I am definitely impressed with Atlus. I am looking forward to this game now.
Although it might end up as a rent rather than a purchase for me, just depends on available funds at time of release.
@Dan: I support your call for Lego zelda in both forms!
@Robotic-Richard-Simmons: I hear ya, but U-verse is actually very good. Also, I have used AT&T internet for years and have rarely had any problems with it. The cell service is questionable though. I think it is just too much bandwidth being used by those pesky iPhones.
@TRT-X: Well, with U-verse, you only need one DVR. Then you can watch shows from that single DVR on any television with a box hooked up to it. I assume this would allow the Xbox to access the DVR and retrieve programs from it. You might also be able to transfer recorded shows to the xbox for storage, but that part is just speculation.
Maybe the xbox could function as the main DVR unit, but if you have U-verse, all of the packages include at least one DVR, if I remember correctly.
@RevProtocol: It makes me think the move was planned a long and the statue was going to be a pain to move. He didn't want to get rid of it, but she wasn't interested in taking it with them, so it became a either or situation.
I could be reading too much into the whole thing though.
@Ursus-Veritas: I have two words for you...
Game Fly.
Seriously, buy your ME2 and rent dark void if you like the demo. Then if you love it you can opt to keep it later for less than the price of a used game at Game Stop.
@VideoGameFan: What I still don't understand about all of this is how banning all electronics will prevent future terrorist acts or attempted acts?
Sure, you can say it will, but what specifically does it do to prevent them? Is every iphone a detonator? Is every DS packed with C4? What are all the electronics doing that means they should all be banned and how do we benefit from that?
The little I have seen about this case do not mention anything about how electronics were the key aspect of the plot. Supposedly the guy had laced his underwear with explosives... Ban all underwear?
@TheHeeyyy: I know you're joking, but part of me thinks you have the gift of seeing the future...
@fernandosolano: What I want to know is, can he tell me how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.
The artwork is amazing. I could never imagine doing something so beautiful.
That was my first thought. My second thought was, I hope Microsoft is paying well for his ad placement. Just how they like it, 360 controller in charge!
And doesn't it look like the 360 controller is shooting the PS controller? Perhaps it is just me :P
@NeVeRMoRe666: you guys might like Neil Gaimon. I really enjoyed Anasi Boys and Good Omens. And it seems like Good Omens is perfect here since it is written by both Gaimon and Pratchett. I know it is different than the disc world stuff, but I really enjoy the writing style and story elements.
@NoelVeiga: Haha, right on thanks :D
In the mean time you can go to the following link to listen to an archived copy of the podcast from today.
[www.blogtalkradio.com]
@ceilingFANBOY: I think the point is that she figures out a way to get the achievement on her own. Such as figuring out that if she puts the mic up to the stereo she can get the achievements easier and faster. Or working with another player to win trade.
I do see your point though, getting someone else to play for you could be considered a "strategy." Especially if we consider these other things "strategies."
@nowayman: Or commenting on Kotaku...
I am so happy to read this article. The final paragraph really resonates with me. Finally we see a major media publisher approaching the piracy issue with an inclusive strategy rather than an exclusive strategy.
I think he is right when he says the music industry erred in demonizing the pirate community. The games and movie industry were going in that direction too, but it is very refreshing to hear a top executive realize that is an error and start to make efforts to take a new approach.
Will it work? Only time will tell. One thing is for sure; the other strategy of demonizing has not worked. So a new approach was needed and I am happy to see it.
Offering the consumer more incentive to purchase the product is definitely the right way to go.
@selderane: We don't know how this all went down. The games cited are a tennis game and MW2. If he really was literally playing MW2 7 hours a day since release, then this is a relatively new problem. And yes it is a problem. 7 hours a day, everyday, is too much.
However, if he was playing 7 hours on some days or playing quite a bit when she was around and she wanted more quality time, then she should have been able to talk to him about it. If their relationship were meant to be then they could have worked out a compromise.
Judging from past experience with how people are not very capable at broaching such subjects; if she did talk with him, it was probably more accusatory and less loving, thus causing a further rift. I imagine it was more of an ultimatum than hey, I really enjoy spending time with you and I am feeling neglected when you spend so much time playing games. And then going from there.
If the guy was not receptive to something honest and open like that, then he was probably playing more games to avoid spending time with her. Of course he probably should have talked to her about his frustration too. It certainly goes both ways, but just flat out saying he has an addiction problem is probably incorrect when we don't really know the full circumstances or even a semblance of the truth about this whole thing.
They were both probably wrong and if they had really cared about staying together, then they would have worked on a compromise that left them both satisfied. (If her goal was to stop him from gaming all together, then that is not a compromise and she clearly would not have cared about him, just who she thought he should be.)
I'll definitely be playing some more borderlands and demon's souls, but I don't think I will be able to resist throwing at least a little MW2 on top of that.
Probably a little bit a trine in there somewhere.
@n00b_pwner: Secret of Mana is one of my all time favorites! Enjoy it!
@Friedhamster: But you don't need to pay for a gold account to download that stuff, at least not the last time I checked. So yeah there are exclusives on Xbox, but it has little to do with you paying 50 dollars a year verse a free service from Sony.
