Batman's discussions

I've seen or heard of way too many relationships falling apart because they were based on lust or some other selfish misuse of sex that didn't incorporate a mutual (life-long) commitment. Read more

What are the patents in question? Read more

@LucasReis: Just like serious gamers would never choose a console game over a PC game? There's no difference between casual money and serious money. Read more

@dirtybacon: I see no difference between casual games and core ones. This generation grew up on casual and dethroned the last breed of core gamers, PC gamers. Games themselves are more casual than they were 10 years ago, which itself was more casual than it was 10 years before that. Read more

@Shinta: I agree with you about the streaming. Local chips are getting cheaper and we're running out of things to do with the computing power they offer. I do think that sooner or later most games will try to stream a small but critical portion of their content, similar to the Assassin's Creed DRM, or even League… Read more

@commentotron: That's not any different than aiming and pressing the fire button anyways. Or pressing the jump button in platformers. Read more

@Drogmir: You get addicted to the somewhat imaginary internet society, not the game itself. I switched my MMO addiction for a Kotaku one. Read more

@Kduff: I think it's because the Kotaku crowd is slightly console leaning, and people say some absolutely retarded crap about WoW because it's the one PC game you can't ignore. Read more

@JabbaB: I actually bought my wii just for the games. If I want graphics intensive or core games, I play them on my PC. Barring a few exclusives it arguably has better games (it has most of the good ones on consoles and then a few that don't make it over, plus older games that are better than what's available on… Read more

It's actually pretty easy to upgrade some parts of some laptops. I found it easier to change the hard drive and ram on my laptop than PC. Video cards and CPUs were pretty much inaccessible though. Read more

@shawnwilkesbooth: I noticed a real similarity to Dota in the discussions going one. Read more

@BoxOfScraps: Not true. I cried when I heard "Use the boost to get through." Cried. It was pretty compelling stuff. Read more

@CalebAcheron: You might not like physical media, but how many parents are going to get their children a smartphone? Read more

@WillyG15: The head of Sony said it was at least ten years away. If they include a legacy disk drive in the PS5, that could be over 20 years away. I wouldn't be surprised if it was sooner, but I said twenty to cover my tracks. Read more

@someone_else: The prices are coming down, but will they ever be close to or below $3 a game? That's how much blank blu-rays cost right now, and that's just on Amazon for BD-R. Manufactured disks are probably much cheaper. Read more

@BigManMalone: The Rally to Restore Sanity was not about that at all. It was about maintaining politeness and not hating people who disagree with you. Basically, civil disagreement in the context of an era where division is deliberately aggravated into conflict by profiteers in the media and government. Read more

@Saturnine 好きです, ロロナちゃん: Cherry popping is not actually fun, so cheer up at that thought. And inexperienced library sex is more frightening than anything. Read more

@CannibalDan: Really? Sega went pretty hi-tech a few consoles in a row. Nintendo seems to do the best when they stick to less expensive, more reliable tech. Also, weren't Sega systems the hardcore systems back in their day? Read more

@someone_else: I doubt it, consoles are expecting to go digital in the next twenty years. Why would they switch to a far more expensive physical media making it much less attractive for third parties to develop on? Read more

@WhoKnew?: I figured, but how is the mod used? If it offers greater ergonomic control then why not use it? If it has a headset button then that is different. Read more