Between 1999 and 2001, I probably spent close to $10,000 on anime DVDs, CDs and related items. After that I almost completely stopped spending on anime stuff entirely. Mostly because shows I wanted to watch were not being released or wouldn't be released until long after it had already been available in Japan. An… Read more
I love GFWL games since I can tie the efforts into my 360 efforts. Mmm, loving having those Halo 2 achievements, and poking at my gamerscore at PC-Steam prices! Those who want nothing to do with LIVE though, completely understandable. It's an added service they're forced into using. Read more
Why I completely and fully support downloading patched .exe files as needed to get around that bs if you own it. We, the paying customers don't deserve to be punished, and I will at the very least enjoy the same DRMless benefits if I find it gets in the way of my playing. As a paying customer, you have a right imo to… Read more
For the N64, I think it was more common to pirate for emulation, which was even more damaging. No console sales and no game sales. Although you had to have a pretty impressive computer back then to even consider it. I owned both consoles (1999), and at the time was running a 400~450mhz AMD computer I had built, with a… Read more
I'm pretty damn sure that "shovelware and crappy" games were not the reason for piracy 17 years ago in the days of AOL, when chatrooms "warez" "warez1" "warez2" etc etc were filled with dozens of bots, countless numbers of people making their requests as if ordering from a menu. Back in the days when seeing the… Read more
True, but the point of shooters like these are to be realistic, in realistic environments, in real places, in the present. I'm not bashing the genre. I would be a hypocrite to do so as I enjoy plenty of war movies and documentaries, including those that include very real events. but no, the big issue(s) here... Sam is… Read more