Fellow Canadians, do not purchase from RedOctane's online store. They charge 26$ for shipping and then another 40$ for customs and taxes. It ends up costing about the same thing as what you bought and forget about ever getting a refund from them. Worse customer service experience I have ever witnessed.
Nice reference to a certain Monty Python movie at the end. Now, can someone finally answer this age-old question : what is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
Took me about 40 minutes to cancel my Xboxlive subscription. I was on hold half the time and the other half i had to talk with a guy that understood half of what i said.
That's a lot of time for a simple operation that can be done via a secured webpage in a matter of seconds.
Actually, people selling PS3s on Ebay are doing a good thing for the economy. They're actually maximising the market wihtout even knowing what the hell that means.
The will to pay is higher for some people (those buying PS3s over 2000$). Take a hockey game for example, there are people buying seats at 140$ and some buying seats for 20$ but they're all viewing the same show.
It's a shame though that Sony is taking in losses while some friends of a Walmart employee rakes in the money.
The good : -Played Wii Sports and Zelda a week before the official launch -Got some time with Gears of War (which has a great multiplayer) -Attended some nice panels on careers in game developement
The bad : -Booths were a little bit small considering the huge space available (was victim of my first Wii arm flinging moron while playing Zelda) -There was not enough to do for three whole days (unless you didn't try the Wii on friday, then you'd have waited 3 hours in line to get in the Nintendo booth and 30-40 minutes to play a game) -The show was at a different venue (and with a separate fee from the fest). The Minibosses were awesome, Touchboy was nice and Freezepop was alright.
The ugly : -Logistics problem on saturday. They were clearly not expecting that many people. There were bottlenecks for people entering and leaving the event (you had to drop and then claim your coat) -Saw a dude dressed as Sailor Moon for the first time
Actually, the last shooting in a school in Canada would be in 1992 at the Concordia University. Valery Fabricant went berserk when his paranoia got the best of him and he killed 4 of his fellow teachers.
Judging by what i've seen on tv in the last 2 days in Montreal, the debate around here was more about the firearms and how he was dressed (i'm not joking). They did talk about the video games he played (mostly Super Columbine RPG). It's a real shame how some people use tragic events such as this shooting to support their unfounded theories.
Getting deep on Dead Rising
May 23rd 2007 12:40AM (Joystiq)The controls in Dead Rising were all but intuitive and totally destroyed the whole experience for me.
No Spore until Q2 2008 ... no, seriously
May 9th 2007 12:20AM (Joystiq)It's not easy to understand those crazy accountant calendars right?
Xbox 360 Guitar Hero II supply issues in Canada and UK
May 4th 2007 6:40PM (Joystiq)Today's game over video: The End of the World of Warcraft
Apr 5th 2007 12:30AM (Joystiq)Customer service stories
Jan 5th 2007 7:26PM (Joystiq)That's a lot of time for a simple operation that can be done via a secured webpage in a matter of seconds.
The mind of a PS3 scalper (hint: it's not pretty)
Nov 18th 2006 6:13PM (Joystiq)The will to pay is higher for some people (those buying PS3s over 2000$). Take a hockey game for example, there are people buying seats at 140$ and some buying seats for 20$ but they're all viewing the same show.
It's a shame though that Sony is taking in losses while some friends of a Walmart employee rakes in the money.
Joystiq visits the Arcadia Festival in Montreal
Nov 13th 2006 7:25PM (Joystiq)The good :
-Played Wii Sports and Zelda a week before the official launch
-Got some time with Gears of War (which has a great multiplayer)
-Attended some nice panels on careers in game developement
The bad :
-Booths were a little bit small considering the huge space available (was victim of my first Wii arm flinging moron while playing Zelda)
-There was not enough to do for three whole days (unless you didn't try the Wii on friday, then you'd have waited 3 hours in line to get in the Nintendo booth and 30-40 minutes to play a game)
-The show was at a different venue (and with a separate fee from the fest). The Minibosses were awesome, Touchboy was nice and Freezepop was alright.
The ugly :
-Logistics problem on saturday. They were clearly not expecting that many people. There were bottlenecks for people entering and leaving the event (you had to drop and then claim your coat)
-Saw a dude dressed as Sailor Moon for the first time
Canada's Arcadia gaming festival in Montreal
Nov 1st 2006 8:02PM (Joystiq)Already got my tickets and i'm ready for an awesome weekend.
The Political Game: The blame game
Sep 15th 2006 3:31PM (Joystiq)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery_Fabrikant
Judging by what i've seen on tv in the last 2 days in Montreal, the debate around here was more about the firearms and how he was dressed (i'm not joking). They did talk about the video games he played (mostly Super Columbine RPG). It's a real shame how some people use tragic events such as this shooting to support their unfounded theories.