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    EA Puts Muscle Behind Deathspank and Shank

    Of course they're not going to say that the product might burn them. They would not be distributing those games if they didn't believe in them. The fact that they are publishing them is a sign of them believing that people might want to buy them. Investing in a new IP and a company that hasn't...
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    EA Puts Muscle Behind Deathspank and Shank

    Nothing wrong with that. I didn't mean to assert that they were doing any of these changes out of the goodness of their heart, but rather to appeal to a more informed and caring audience. I'm not the biggest fan of capitalism, but this is one instance where it seems to work out pretty nicely for...
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    EA Puts Muscle Behind Deathspank and Shank

    I agree about the "appealing to stockholders" stuff is a really shitty aspect of capitalism and I wish it could be done away with. But that's what you get with publicly traded companies. I wish capitalism was more patient with people, but alas, greed waits for no man. But if you outlive your...
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    Ex-Infinity Ward Bosses Sue Activision for Unpaid Royalties

    This. The only voice massive corporations like Activision listen to is money, or lack thereof. Unfortunately, most consumers won't give a shit or even know about stuff like this that goes on.
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    Body-Popping no Problem for Natal

    Or, y'know, people being able to make motion capture based animation for games, movies... anything for next to nothing.
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    Superman Wants to Be in Warcraft Movie

    I see what you did there.
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    Zero Punctuation: Mass Effect 2

    Yeah, I feel the same about posting here. I got the impression that he really liked it as well. All his (actual) criticisms (nevermind the throwaway jokes) were spot-on as well, though I'd argue they were nitpicking more than reasons to dislike the game. Which he sort of admitted himself as...
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    Peter Molyneux: Natal Bigger Than The Mouse

    The mouse a more important innovation than the Intel processor? Really?
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    5 words to your past self

    Honestly, can't think of anything I'd like to say to my former self. I feel pretty shitty but guess I feel like my life could only be worse and I don't know how it could be better. There's a massive risk things would be worse should I try to change or influence the past.
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    MovieBob's Best Of 2009

    QFT
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    Poll: hard of soft sci-fi?

    I prefer soft (which I gather pretty much all the examples here mentioned would count as. It's a sliding scale and Star Wars is probably at the very "soft" end while something like Mass Effect would probably count as slightly harder but still quite soft. I assume "hard" sci-fi means science...
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    Suggest a TV series to me

    I watched the first two seasons of Lost and then started to hate it because the plot started to get too convoluted and the characters were going nowhere. It started really good. Bones I found ultimately boring even though I quite liked it at first, and NCIS is just shit. As is 24, or was in...
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    Suggest a TV series to me

    Doctor Horrible was brilliant. The Guild is alright. Hated the Stargates and BSG. I sort of liked Life on Mars, but it was very depressing, I thought. Life was boring, as was Heroes. I'm not really into war stuff, so have been avoiding Band of Brothers, even though everyone has told me...
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    Suggest a TV series to me

    I haven't watched Dollhouse because the setting doesn't sound very inspiring. In fact, I've sort of avoided it on purpose, I've felt like most people have not considered it up to Whedon's previous efforts in terms of quality and setting. Is there decent character development? Is it as good as...
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    Suggest a TV series to me

    Exactly what it says on the tin. Nothing too heavy handed or tragic, I'm not against stuff like that, just not in the mood. I like shows like: Buffy, The Vampire Slayer Angel Firefly Futurama Veronica Mars Scrubs Farscape Arrested Development Spaced House Dexter Californication...