Recent content by shial

How many of the returns are people gaming the system and how much of it is people actively returning something that just wasn't worth even a couple of bucks? Sure devs are going to complain but how legit is their complaints? I've seen a LOT of absolute crap show up for sale just to milk...

A big problem they had was the forced upgrade cycle. They had poor balance and there was a constant power creep that heavily favors the last army they rolled out. This left some armies as vastly underpowered, even moreso when the base rules changed and they were left behind. I started out...

Daily and weekend deals start/end at 10AM PST so right now still an hour and a half out before it would start.

Things being taxable is a pretty low bar. The IRS can nail you for robbing banks if you didn't report your illegal gains as income. Anything with value is supposed to be reported.

Another alternative is do the Batman method. When people grabbed the bittorrented copy remember things all just failed spectacularly. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/94524-Arkham-Asylum-Pirates-Get-a-Gimpy-Batman Make it so a banned player does maybe 1% damage and takes +200%...

The article neglected to include the first line of the actual press release where they refer to users of the toolset and giving them tools to develop. Seems pretty clear that they are referring to the developers as the users of the toolset.

For a really good read look over at Boston Magazine, http://www.bostonmagazine.com/2012/07/38-studios-end-game/, they have a pretty good story about the whole affair. What it came down to is Curt drastically overestimated his own abilities and tried to make the next World of Warcraft with a...

Would be funny to have Sony "accidentally" ship a console or two early then make a big deal that they won't be ##$#$ like MS.

Big problem with War Z is it advertised features that did not have. You can still sell a turd, you just can't try to pass it off as a diamond that can cure cancer and gives you +2 to charisma. They had things listed like skill system, massive multiple maps, private servers, max players per...

You should know better than to google or click on strange topics/links.

Probably just annoying to coordinate the patch changes on both systems. That or XBox Live is very restrictive about who it lets the console talk to. For those who are curious PennyArcade had a really good article about the console/PC difference coming from the designer of Monday Night...

We are about to enter a new console generation. The first iteration of the consoles lose bucket loads on money (Think MS/Sony didn't start to turn a profit until year 3 or 4) because they hardware is so heavily subsidized and they are spending tons on the marketing. A few big name titles will...

My understanding is it has to do with the disconnect between what is on the screen and what your body is telling you. Headaches come from your eyes trying to overcompensate and focus on 3D objects that are on a 2D surface, fast movement your eyes are telling your brain you are moving and your...

The island is only 16 acres in size. That is only a little over 7 city blocks in size total. (using the engineers 100k sq feet for a city block, actual blocks vary a bit in size)

They basically announced and even said they are putting out a PC as a Playstation so people are not going to be all that impressed especially since it makes it really easy to compare systems. A cutting edge GFX does more than 2 teraflops (My 670 is rated as doing 2.4 teraflops, a 680 can do 3)...