Yeah, the attacks on CBS and Universal actually have relevance behind them more so than xbox live would, unless I'm missing something. CBS especially, since their cnet division is almost solely responsible for distribution of major file sharing clients such as bittorrent and limewire, yet while at the same time they're complaining about the rampant piracy that they themselves have fostered. CBS should be shut down, as well as cnet and download.com, and the media moguls behind it should be jailed. What really gets me is that the megaupload crew is getting extradited to the US for their crimes, rather than being dealt with in their own country. THAT'S some bullshit right there. So yeah, tl;dr I'm mad at CBS and the Federal Govt.
Those look deceptively like the memory stick micros that go in the PSP go; there's notches in different places unfortunately, but it would be great if they were the same thing. I don't know what I would like more: the ability to use my old memory card on the Vita or the ability to have a PSP go with 48 GB of storage
You know what? If he went to the trouble to set all this up and get it automated right, I wouldn't even call it cheating, just creative problem solving. Good on him for figuring it out, whatever makes him happy.
Me too, I've already filled up all of my bookcases, and I still have chests full of them! They need to have a house in Skyrim that has a study, with floor to ceiling bookshelves on every wall! I still can't believe that I spent 25,000 septims on proudspire manor and hardly any more bookshelves than Breezehome! I mean c'mon!
Exactly, a bard was all like, "Hey, aren't I cool? You can be a bard too! Head on over to the Solitude Bard's College!!", so I walk over and do the quests and still no lute playing for this guy... That being said, the Bard's College starter quest was pretty bad ass with the ghost battle and all, so I can't say I'm too disappointed.
sadly, yes. But I do have high hopes for skyrim; it's a new engine, so maybe mods will be more friendly this time around. I'll pick up the PC sometime next year most likely, then I'll get the morrowblivionrim map pack mod for great justice haha
well, Kotaku's gotta make its money somehow though. Most popular websites these days are riddled with ads, and Kotaku has had it's fair share of NO's on gut checks as well; even if advertising weren't present then, those games were also sold at Best Buy.
Idk, the whole gut check fiasco is kindof a big grey area (albeit dark, dark grey), but like herogear was getting at, if you're gonna criticize gut checks there's a whole lot more to scrutinize as well. It's just important to realize that the bottom line is the games themselves that are coming out, and to be honest I'd be surprised if Modern Warfare 3 weren't an outstanding FPS. My gut says yeah, it's gonna sell well, if you like CoD you're probably going to want to pick this one up, and it's probably going to dominate Xbox Live server space.
Idk, the whole gut check fiasco is kindof a big grey area (albeit dark, dark grey), but like herogear was getting at, if you're gonna criticize gut checks there's a whole lot more to scrutinize as well. It's just important to realize that the bottom line is the games themselves that are coming out, and to be honest I'd be surprised if Modern Warfare 3 weren't an outstanding FPS. My gut says yeah, it's gonna sell well, if you like CoD you're probably going to want to pick this one up, and it's probably going to dominate Xbox Live server space.
Well yeah, but reviews are a WHOLE 'nother story, and more of a global problem than gut checks on Kotaku. You also have to realize that games are a much more dynamic, not to mention newer medium than books or movies, so the industry in general is going to have to struggle in order to find some kind of accepted reviewing rubric. I wouldn't go as far as to say gut checks are better than reviews at this point though; there's still the whole issue of having to had played the game prior to write a review that holds gut checks back. In the end though, you're right: they're both opinions, and should not be used to "decide" what games to buy, although they certainly can help. I personally enjoy more visual game reviews like the ones that IGN does because it helps me know things like what gameplay looks like, what the soundtrack sounds like, and what the game looks like in action in general, rather than just written impressions. Don't get me wrong, opinions are good too, but it's nice to have a more well rounded experience. I think I'm guilty, too, of the whole confirmation bias thing as well. Often I won't even watch reviews of the game until I've started playing it just because I want to know what others think of it. But that's just me.
oh man can that ever be a clusterf**k when you're running past all the different scenes. Also, not sure how I feel about a violin based remix of city escape. Oh wait, yes I am. NO.
Well, there I'd have to say it depends on what each person's individual situation and preferences are. When I bought a console this cycle, I got a 360 first just because most of my friends had it and we could chat/play together/compete for achievements. I think in many ways CoD is the same. Sure, you could stick with an older one that may be just about as good, but FPS' nowadays are centered on multiplayer, and if the rest of you crew moves, well, chances are you're gonna move too. Whether the move is to B3 or MW3 is irrelevant. Me personally, I don't play CoD because I suck, so to me, multiplayer is a maddening, humiliating experience. I have been known to play some halo though, but that's just because I like unrealistic jumping and all the pretty colors the alien bullets make. So, yeah it's pretty much personal preference at that point.
I'd have to agree with you, they don't really offer all that much, and I will go on the record saying that I HATE the little green or red thumbnail image with either YES or NO plastered on it. That's probably what drives people into taking these impressions so seriously. Kotaku has set a high standard for themselves, and these gut checks kinda do feel like smut.
Ah, good point, I guess it would be more like someone asking me what I thought of it, and me giving an opinion based on perhaps other games I had played in that franchise or genre, or some videos or trailers or something like that. Off topic, me and my friends do have a ritual of going through $5 video game bargain bins, picking up the most unattractive games and handing it to each other saying, "Here, I think you should get this". Not helpful, but hilarious.
So, I find myself nowadays clicking on these gut check articles just to see all the raging comments below, which for the most part can be classified into two types of arguments:
1) Gut checks should/should not be on Kotaku
2) The game in question should/ should not have received the gut checks it did
*gets on soapbox* (hold on kiddies, this is gonna be a long one)
So, should gut checks be on Kotaku? I believe the biggest problem with gut checks lie not in the articles themselves, but rather in the way they are perceived by the Kotaku readership. These "gut checks" are the real life equivalent of me being with a friend at a video game store and saying, "Oh, check out that game, it looks neat-o, you should get it". That's it. It's not a review, I probably haven't played it, I could just think the case looks pretty and I still have a right to say what I said. Everyone does this, no big deal. What makes it a big deal here is that it's being posted on a video game website where people are used to getting their reviews, and they STILL DO. I think the problem here is, we all just like Kotaku too much. I think it's just that everyone here has set a standard for what gets posted on Kotaku, and while there's always the bit of old news or the four year old youtube video getting posted, everyone seems to hold Kotaku's writers in high regard. So, when they post their pre-impressions of the game everyone seems to misunderstand the weight of their words, and look at this like a review rather than what you'd post on facebook. We as a readership just care too much about what the writers think. Although it has got to be maddeningly frustrating, the writers here should take it as a compliment as to how much their opinions are valued on this website. "Journalism" seems to be a buzz word here nowadays, but don't forget that at the end of the day, Kotaku's just a blog. The blame shouldn't lie with the writers here, but rather with the readers. You bear some responsibility for this website too reader, especially considering that you can pretty much add whatever you want to the end of any article. We ALL just need to take gut checks for what they are, and remember that no one is going to think any worse of you for whatever purchase descision you make. I personally skipped on getting BF3, CoDMW3, and instead bought Pokemon Rumble Blast and that Kirby Wii game(I've kinda been on a Nintendo binge recently). Did I do it to spite Kotaku and their stupid gut checks? No. Do they care? Nope. If you're on the fence about what to buy, let them tell you what they think, and then make a purchase based on YOUR gut. If you already know what you want (most of you here seem to), be happy with your new game, even without the confirmation bias. That being said, ehh, maybe gut checks shouldn't be on Kotaku. I respect all of your opinions; Brian, Steven, and um, Brian, but maybe the world isn't quite ready for this kind of thing yet. At least not here anyway. Although I gotta say, it makes for some great comment surfing.
**Oh, BTW Kotaku, a DEFINITE improvement would be adding paragraph indentation capabilities to the TAB key in the comment box. I tried to TAB to indent, got mixed up, hit backspace, and lost my entire comment. It was even bigger than this one was.
1) Gut checks should/should not be on Kotaku
2) The game in question should/ should not have received the gut checks it did
*gets on soapbox* (hold on kiddies, this is gonna be a long one)
So, should gut checks be on Kotaku? I believe the biggest problem with gut checks lie not in the articles themselves, but rather in the way they are perceived by the Kotaku readership. These "gut checks" are the real life equivalent of me being with a friend at a video game store and saying, "Oh, check out that game, it looks neat-o, you should get it". That's it. It's not a review, I probably haven't played it, I could just think the case looks pretty and I still have a right to say what I said. Everyone does this, no big deal. What makes it a big deal here is that it's being posted on a video game website where people are used to getting their reviews, and they STILL DO. I think the problem here is, we all just like Kotaku too much. I think it's just that everyone here has set a standard for what gets posted on Kotaku, and while there's always the bit of old news or the four year old youtube video getting posted, everyone seems to hold Kotaku's writers in high regard. So, when they post their pre-impressions of the game everyone seems to misunderstand the weight of their words, and look at this like a review rather than what you'd post on facebook. We as a readership just care too much about what the writers think. Although it has got to be maddeningly frustrating, the writers here should take it as a compliment as to how much their opinions are valued on this website. "Journalism" seems to be a buzz word here nowadays, but don't forget that at the end of the day, Kotaku's just a blog. The blame shouldn't lie with the writers here, but rather with the readers. You bear some responsibility for this website too reader, especially considering that you can pretty much add whatever you want to the end of any article. We ALL just need to take gut checks for what they are, and remember that no one is going to think any worse of you for whatever purchase descision you make. I personally skipped on getting BF3, CoDMW3, and instead bought Pokemon Rumble Blast and that Kirby Wii game(I've kinda been on a Nintendo binge recently). Did I do it to spite Kotaku and their stupid gut checks? No. Do they care? Nope. If you're on the fence about what to buy, let them tell you what they think, and then make a purchase based on YOUR gut. If you already know what you want (most of you here seem to), be happy with your new game, even without the confirmation bias. That being said, ehh, maybe gut checks shouldn't be on Kotaku. I respect all of your opinions; Brian, Steven, and um, Brian, but maybe the world isn't quite ready for this kind of thing yet. At least not here anyway. Although I gotta say, it makes for some great comment surfing.
**Oh, BTW Kotaku, a DEFINITE improvement would be adding paragraph indentation capabilities to the TAB key in the comment box. I tried to TAB to indent, got mixed up, hit backspace, and lost my entire comment. It was even bigger than this one was.
See, that's why I got oblivion for the PC, long after I had played and explored to my heart's content on xbox360; I wanted to mod it. So, I buy the GOTY edition, install the program, and get down to the brass tacks of installing mods. Well, Obliv has a built-in mod utility, so I figure I'll just use that. That works for like two mods, but anything beyond that and I get a white screen. Yeah, yeah, I know, load order conflicts and all that jazz. So I hear of this nifty little program called Oblivion Better Mod Manager. So I install obmm in the right folder, convert all my mods to OBMM, and run it again. Still no dice. I deactivate mods one after one until I'm left with just one mod, and it still doesn't work. Oh wait, what's this? Better Oblivion Sorting Software? Fixes all load order issues with OBMM? Sign me up! So, delete fucking everything, clean install, do it all over again, except this time I'm running B.O.S.S. (like a boss). But noooo, still no dice, I can't get the damn games to run mods. At this point, I'm literally willing to pay someone to come to my house, install the freakin' mods I want, and get everything working right, but of course I live in rural Florida, where everyone is too busy fishing or driving their pickup drunk or playing their games on consoles, shit I don't even know what to do. Maybe I need a pickup.
TL;DR I've got a $4,000 gaming rig and I'm getting this for the 360.
TL;DR I've got a $4,000 gaming rig and I'm getting this for the 360.
wait, was that a Two Worlds reference in there?
I think you answered your own question there buddy.
I'm glad I wasn't the only one who saw that. How befitting too, that the caption below it says: "Let the robot do the work for you." Lol
Hmm, let's see:
Intel i7 975 processor @ 3.33 GHz
2 nVidia GeForce 285 with SLI bridge
12 GB DDR 3 RAM...
Pre-Ordered on Xbox 360, lol. I like easy control setups and am a little of an achievement whore.
Probably will get it on PC later for mods tho.
Intel i7 975 processor @ 3.33 GHz
2 nVidia GeForce 285 with SLI bridge
12 GB DDR 3 RAM...
Pre-Ordered on Xbox 360, lol. I like easy control setups and am a little of an achievement whore.
Probably will get it on PC later for mods tho.
I love dad babies, this is awesome.
And welcome Evan! Kotaku is a pretty cool website, just don't talk about pirates. Tends to rile people up a little.
And welcome Evan! Kotaku is a pretty cool website, just don't talk about pirates. Tends to rile people up a little.
See I'd have to agree with i'm a snake here, although it's true that this was brought about by piracy, it's just NOT a proper way to deal with it. People who were going to pirate the game are still going to pirate it, even more so now because the legit copy of the game has the garbage DRM. The way to prevent piracy, if that's even possible, is to offer incentives for buying the game legitimately, rather than to handicap their customers. I honestly don't know why I wouldn't, if I wanted to play this game, buy a copy and then keep it in the box and just download a cracked version. There's no benefit to their drm. As for DLC and extra content, that can be downloaded too. The ONLY way this can be explained would be if their security measures are so good, that there's NO way to crack it, which simply isn't logical. I guess I shouldn't really care, I have no plans on buying this game (or pirating it either for that matter), but still it just doesn't make sense, and that pisses me off.
