Deadpool
Member since: Jan 6th, 2006
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| Blog | # of Comments |
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| Joystiq | 8 Comments |
| Engadget | 4 Comments |
| Engadget Mobile | 1 Comment |


Joyswag: Set of Afterglow controllers for PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii
Jul 9th 2010 1:33PM (Joystiq)North Star Musou videos punch a hole in our heart
Dec 29th 2009 4:17AM (Joystiq)Xbox Live Aracade to get Settlers of Catan & other Euro board games
Aug 23rd 2006 4:17PM (Joystiq)In any event, prepare for the new most addicting game on XBL.
Sega enlists Infected developer to revive classic IP on PSP
Aug 16th 2006 6:51AM (Joystiq)Fan-made box art for really bad games
Jul 28th 2006 4:29PM (Joystiq)A glance at gaming's goriest
Jun 21st 2006 11:06PM (Joystiq)Ol' gorefiends like me love this stuff.
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Free expression isn't always a good thing
May 2nd 2006 4:56PM (Joystiq)http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/6290/offensiveanimalcrossing9ck.jpg
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LOL!!!!!
Opie and Anthony XM 202 and Free FM.
I think i know the guy who made that one, and obviously it's done in jest. Germany and Russia weren't exactly good friends way back when.
Video: The History of Video Games
Apr 19th 2006 12:37PM (Joystiq)Day 10 of Engadget Mobile's 30 days of cellphone giveaways
Feb 22nd 2006 7:26PM (Engadget Mobile)Samsung's Helix portable XM DAP available for preorder
Feb 21st 2006 3:33AM (Engadget)Sirius is run closer to an FM station. There's a multitude of commercials. I've actually listened to a ten minute commercial break on sirius. I can understand 3 or 4 commercials an hour on the talk channels, but jesus. Ten minutes of commercials on a music channel? Does a board op need a ten minute pee break?
Then there's the whole throwing money at stuff hoping for success problem. Howard switched over to sirius for half a billion dollars, and with 3.5 million subs paying 12.95 a month (there's actually also a rate increase of 2 dollars coming in a couple weeks!) how do you expect them to be able to pay it other than with commercials? Never mind that they have to pay eminem, bam margera, martha stewart, etc etc etc. Do you honestly think that those people aren't going to put their hand out and ask for money for their work?
Then there's the no real portable unit. It's basically a tape recorder. Congrats Sirius, you re-invented the tape recorder while XM is able to get live streaming, a buffer, live recording, and they're working on video for their portable units. Way to go!
Then there's the programming choices, sirius tries to get more and more non-DJs for their programming (remember the pamela anderson radioshow? yuck) whereas the DC based XM tends to hire radio professionals such as erick logan and tends to put more money into research and developement than sirius does.
All in all, this is what sirius is hoping for, hardware that both XM and sirius can co-exist on. I've got news for you sirius, it's not happening.
Another plus for xm. They've created the passport system. They've done away with having to pay six bucks for each additional unit by giving you a passport you can switch in and out with units so you can go from your car to your portable to your home unit without having to pay that extra 12 bucks a month. Needless to say, sirius doesn't have any plans for this.