deadjesterx

*BOOM* Headshot.

He's probably still going to be invited on news programs as a "violent video games expert" though...

Some of the stuff in there is cool, but for almost 3-times the cost of the game? That's ok, think I can live without it.

Now if they made a Super Duper Special Ultra (combo!) Limited Edition we'll talk.

Couldn't it also stand for Vau...oh, got beaten to the punch thrice over already. Nevermind.

If they are making a Fallout MMO, here's hoping they expand the genre beyond grind quests.

Oof, that's a hard one to call. I'm looking forward to both titles.

I'm rather skeptical about this rumor though. They have released a whole lot more information about SC2 than D3. Also SC2 was in development since right after they finished WC3, while (as far as I know) we havn't a clue when they actually started on D3.

Ya see, this is a pretty good example of why I can't stand fanboys.

Death threats? Really? And someone actually took the time out of his/her life (an apparently sad, little one at that) to write a 2,000 word story? All because someone else was chosen as a voice for a digital character...

Ok people, it's shit like this that ends up justifying the negative stereotypes about gamers. I love games just as much as the next gamer but sending hate mail, especially over a voice actor, is pathetic and a sign of a very unhealth obessesion.

Reading this made me jump up and down like an excited 5-year old going "Gimme gimme gimme gimme!"

@Boffo: Yeah, I had a similar experience with my friends. Conversation when something like this:

"Dude, there's this 4-player co-op zombie apocalypse shooter coming out..."

"I'm there. When does it come out?"

For what conceivable purpose does a person need 4000dpi for? Hell my G8 goes up to 3200 and I don't think I've ever so much and gone up to half that speed.

Is anyone really surprised that Gamestop is downplaying DD? If DD were to become the standard for gaming Gamestop would quickly lose business.

For PC gaming, I'd say DD is or is on it's way to becoming the standard. Most retailers won't accept PC games for trade-ins anyway and I havn't seen Gamestop stock a decent amount of PC games in years (with the exception of WoW). Gamestop doesn't really give a damn about PC games anyway.

As for consoles, I think DD is eventually going to become the standard. Oh it'll take awhile, at least 10 years if not longer, but it'll happen. As the Gamestop exec stated the companies get a bigger cut from DD and, from a business perspective, that's very tempting. Piracy also won't be as nearly of a problem on consoles as this exec would like you to think 'cause consoles aren't nearly as easy as PC's mess around with in that regard. I figure that the consoles will be following the PC's example and test the waters with DD by offering a retail version of games and the option to do DD. If the DD does well enough they'll start to slowly switch to DD-only until disc games are a thing of the past.

And before I forget, fuck this guy for trying to pass off Napster as direct download. It was a P2P network. Napster (originally, anyway) never just put up content for download someone else had to have the data to share. DD and P2P are two seperate things.

Got Spore yesterday and I had a lot of fun with it. Got up to the Galactic Phase before I had to stop to go to bed. (Curse you job!)

Out of the first four phases, I liked the Creature phase the best. Controlling the creature felt like it had more depth than the other phases for some reason and there's most creation choices in that phase than any of the others.

It should be noted that the game's bigget strength is the creature creation. In terms of gameplay, well, it's nothing all that special. Phase 1 is kinda-sorta like Flow, Phase 2 is MMO-lite, Phases 3 and 4 are RTS-lite, just on different scales. I guess the major appeal is the fact that the critters on the screen are something you actually created and there is something about destroying a rival tribal with beings that you designed rather than Generic Ork #45 (not to be confused with #46).

Those looking for a really in-depth civilization sim are probably going to be disappointed. Those looking for something quick and fun or a game with heavy emphasis on the user's creative output will have a blast.

Ok, so not only is EA producing an original IP but it's bumping UP the release date for the title instead of delaying it over and over again?

I think my whole perspective of reality just shattered. Up is blue and down is marshmellow!