Bslashingu
Member since: Jan 13th, 2007
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| Blog | # of Comments |
|---|---|
| Joystiq | 60 Comments |
| Joystiq Nintendo | 11 Comments |
| WoW | 12 Comments |
| Joystiq Xbox | 10 Comments |
| Massively | 6 Comments |
| Big Download | 7 Comments |


Rumor: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012's first DLC pack revealed
Jun 29th 2011 8:30PM (Joystiq)lol...
Joyswag: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition codes
May 16th 2011 4:45PM (Joystiq)12 Days of Joyswag: StarCraft 2 Collector's Edition, t-shirt, Razer Abyssus mouse and Vespula mousepad
Dec 20th 2010 8:59AM (Joystiq)12 Days of Joyswag: Mass Effect 2 tin, with games, books, and a print!
Dec 16th 2010 1:03AM (Joystiq)BALLLLIIIIIIN
Contest: Win one of three $200 Best Buy gift cards
Aug 31st 2010 1:38PM (Big Download)Swag Sunday: Assassin's Creed 2 (PC) [update]
Mar 21st 2010 7:27PM (Joystiq)ALL HAIL GABE
BioShock 2 for $49 at Newegg for just 72 hours
Feb 25th 2010 8:16PM (Joystiq)No dedicated servers or LAN play for BioShock 2
Jan 28th 2010 4:49PM (Joystiq)Console games generally don't have dedicated servers, and instead are hosted off of the console of the person with either the best connection, or whoever doesn't have access to server hosting blocked. By not having a dedicated server on the PC, control is taken away from the community, and is left in the hands of the developer, who often does nothing with it. Dedicated servers are usually excluded from PC games because the developer wants to keep out piracy, but it harms the PC community in the process (see Red Faction Guerrilla and Gears of War, both for PC, both have matchmaking without dedicated servers, and both have dead multiplayer communities)
Games without dedicated servers are not able to have custom maps or mods, which is a major part of the PC community. When a cheater or hacker plays a game that has no dedicated servers, they cannot be kicked, the players either have to deal with it or leave.
Ubisoft to introduce new online-enabled DRM for PC games
Jan 27th 2010 2:17PM (Joystiq)Joyswag: 1 year of Xbox Live Gold & a pile of XBLA games [update]
Dec 23rd 2009 7:16PM (Joystiq)