Recent content by SmokePants

Nobody likes GFWL, but if it brings down games with it, there will be a riot. It's not just multiplayer that would go offline -- in many cases, the save files are keyed to your Live account. If you can't log in, you can't save and you can't load your previous saves. This is not going to...

1) The dev kit is Windows 7 because they started shipping them last year BEFORE Windows 8 launched. 2) You cannot directly compare PC gpu specs with console gpu specs. Consoles can do a lot more with a lot less. Not saying that an Xbox is on par with a GTX Titan, but there's no reason to...

Your logic is putrid. You are drawing a false equivalency between an upgrade incentive like DX10 and outright disabling the previous version. Did MS turn off Windows XP authentication? Did they turn off Windows Vista authentication? Did they turn off Windows 7 authentication? No, no, and no. Why...

What is this assumption that there are some servers that will be shut down when the next console launches? You can still authenticate Windows XP, despite there being a Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Authentication doesn't need some dedicated machines that can ONLY authenticate the Xbox...

"It remains unclear whether Carmack's stance on next-gen consoles stems from disappointment in the rumored hardware specs or a belief that developers simply won't push the consoles to their respective limits." It is neither. The next generation will be at 30fps for the same reason that this...

Amazon probably crunched the numbers and found that they'd lose money because of Amazon Prime's free shipping and a razor-thin profit margin from stingy ol' Nintendo.

It's been obvious for years that the PS3's memory architecture (256MB of main memory) has been the bane of Bethesda games. Of course, they can't come out and actually SAY that. I'm pretty sure the PS3 issues are technical challenges that there isn't an easy way to solve and therefore they have...

Sterling, for every point you raise in these videos, there are about 5 that completely fly over your head. In your perfect world where rights go to the creators, nothing original will ever be made again. If the greedy old men can't own it, then they won't fund its production. They will simply...

They can pull off a Metal Gear game better than Kojima Productions can pull off a twitch action game. I actually got excited when rumors of Platinum's involvement first surfaced. Bayonetta was really good and Rising is going to be a better game than it would have otherwise been... well, if it...

Stupid move from a development point of view. They have to waste resources working with Bungie's engine, rather than on their own next-gen tech. They will have little opportunity to set themselves apart from the Halo games that already dwell on the platform. And their "trilogy" will be broken up...

This doesn't mean as much about the next generation of hardware as people are assuming. Epic always debuts their new engines with their own games and it's probably going to take 3 years for the Gears 3 team to make their next game. UE3 launched a year into the 360's life cycle.

How much "trash" do you need to produce a gallon of fuel? How do you extract the fuel? How do you keep from contaminating the bacteria? Is it a good idea to make our forests our primary fuel source? How much will this cost? If paper is fuel, how can we afford to use it as printed material? Would...

SonyPictures was hacked via SQL injection, exposing over a million unhashed passwords. This isn't Special Forces vs Soldiers, this is Special Forces vs a single narcoleptic, geriatric night watchman. Although, I have a hard time dubbing a group calling themselves "LulzSec", running operation...

Mythical rewards... Oh! Like a Triforce! Why didn't he just say Triforce? Seriously, though, this guy needs to be called out on his BS. When people play a Mario game and try to get every last star, they know exactly what they're trying to do. They aren't surprised when it finally happens...

Total nonsense. The fact that this guy would even conceive such a ludicrous experiment points to him being a nutjob, nevermind the "results".