Donutta's discussions

@GorbyGipper: Great America, FUCK YEAH, there. 500 MS Points costs me NZ$8.25 or US$5.82. Now you do the ratio math for that off the top of your head without a calculator every time you want to make a purchase. Read more

@D-K: Heh, this is why I need to remember to write things as NZ$ or got to Xe before I post. :\ Read more

@dh4645: Sorry, New Zealand prices. If it's over $10, I can top up with the exact amount. Under $10 and I need to pay that at the very least. Read more

To be fair, how is MS any different from Sony and Nintendo in this case? I've had 200 points sitting on my Wii for God knows how long, and if I want to buy a $3.90 game on my PS3, I have to top up my account with $10. Read more

@AnOkayLumberjack: Well yes, I was trying to say that if nothing separates the core experience of games and books or movies, why have games? Read more

@meatpopsicle: Now you're missing my point. It has nothing to do with the infancy of the genre. (Video games, after all, are not a medium; the medium is the computer.) It has everything to do with the, ahem, authors of such games. Read more

@meatpopsicle: You were doing okay until you mentioned Kojima and Raymond. It proves my point: we cling to substandard material and try to unjustifiably elevate it in order to feel good about the fact we are spending time with a vapid medium. Read more

@Muckamuck: It's New Zealand. So really, calls would start with "Yo, cuzzy-bro!" Read more

@WhiteMåge is in fact a boy, damnit: New Zealand has a population of about 4 million, is quite a poor nation by "developed" standards, and until this was posted, the chances of many people seeing this poster were slim. This guy probably only earns about US$30,000 a year... what are Take Two really going to achieve by… Read more

@Orihalcon: You're wrong because, as I have stated, the Consumer Guarantees Act overrules that. Situations like this have been tried and tested in the courts. The best part of the law is that it covers "reasonable expectation" and so thus any claims of "you merely rent this" (including the console itself) are… Read more

@Ben506: I wasn't commenting on the experience. It matters not that it's shaking orange juice or pressing up to take a piss. I was saying that the way this is presented coupled with the media attention it is getting... Read more

You know, watching this, I have this gut feeling that this will be the game that destroys video games. Read more

@Orihalcon: Not at all. I think maybe you need to realise that many countries — not just mine, the UK is also another — have laws that protect their citizens and override many "contracts" that come with goods and services. For example, Sony offers only a 12-month warranty on the PS3. Many people had had their PS3s… Read more

@spadders_: New Zealand. Consumer's Guarantees Act FTW. :) Read more

@Orihalcon: You know nothing of my country and how our laws protect us against even warranties, let alone EULAs, so I'd quite while you are behind. ;) Read more

@Marios_shadow: New Zealand. About 18 hours, unfortunately. (Actually, when I immigrated, it was 24 hours from London. *dies*) Read more

@petrieslastword: Thank you both. I guess that proves my point. Kinda... :) Read more

@Ero_Elohim: Thank you both. I guess that proves my point. Kinda... :) Read more

@Orihalcon: Doesn't apply in my country. Our laws override most things. In fact, even before Microsoft's 3-year warranty, most people could get their 360 fixed for free when it broke. Read more

@AlexBadger's hat makes him look flyeth: No idea. I'd be surprised though. There is a HUGE difference between "I pirated a game and played it/My Xbox is modded" and "I took advantage of your staff's incompetence." Read more