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Jin, thanks for the tip, I've placed an order too! :)

Personally, I like the Alvin Maker books - though I was disappointed with how the series has ended (has it?).

Interesting alternate history of the US.

Where's all the preview videos for Scratch: TUDJ?

Marketing team for Activision for the win.

Sorry, leftover habit from work.

Should I sign with a clever comment instead?
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Why's the DJ's moves so jerky?

Looks really fake.

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I agree that the Avatars are really effeminate. Its not because they're "cute" or the art style. Its their stance. They stand like girls, with cocked hips.

Straight guys (and most gay guys too for that matter) don't stand like that, unless they're intentionally trying to look flamboyantly gay.

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I apologize. I didn't mean to bash Montreal, but I definitely aim to bash stupid Quebec language laws.

I really meant to say that I would have thought that Toronto would have made more sense as a video game development hub than Montreal. I don't understand what would have made Montreal more attractive, except that its population is primarily bilingual, and UbiSoft is a French company.

I guess it was just a matter of critical mass and organic growth. Props to Montreal for getting and keeping them though.

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I second the motion - Toronto is a real North American media production hub, for movies, television, magazines, etc. We also have some key universities and colleges that produce some prime talent that usually ends up moving elsewhere.

I'm glad we finally have a big gaming company coming here. I have no problem with tax credits - its not a handout, its no different (and more beneficial I would argue) than most cities subsidizing stupid sports teams or auto plants.

I'm actually surprised that it hasn't happened before. I mean come on, Montreal? Its had a net decline in jobs for years because of the stupid french government.

Want to hear a funny story? I work for a big telecomm, and we have to localize one of our internal apps because we have users in Quebec (Montreal, and they all speak English of course). Well, while testing, our French users are confused, because they don't understand the translated telecomm terms, like VPN (whatever it is in French). They just know the English, yet ironically if we don't translate to the French (which the French users don't understand), we risk being dinged by the government for non-compliance! F@#@C@#s!

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Dude, that's like the plot for Transformers 3!

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I have a Griffin FireWave on my MBP (last generation before this one) that uses the Firewire 400 port to give me 5.1 audio.

Now that port is gone, so will I still be able to use the FireWave with the FW800 port, perhaps with an adapter (sorry, i'm a long PC user but recently switched to a mac)?

They're also charging an arm and a leg for the video adapters. I'm currently using the DVI-out on my MBP to connect to my 47inch Samsung 1080p LCD TV for movies/second monitor (nice!), the display-port to DVI adapter is like $50.

Whats the dual link DVI for, two monitors?

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