Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

More likely would be a $250+ price with a larger HDD. Read more

I think the odds of the PS3 dropping lower than $249.99 USD/CAD in 2011 are extremely remote. Sony did not project a bit uptick in PS3 sales for this financial year, which traditionally they do if they plan a price cut that is deep enough to significantly stimulate system sales (which a sub-$250 price would). Read more

I remember playing Donkey Kong on the Intellivision, but I'm not 100% sure if I ever played it in the arcade. Read more

I was just about to say that, after perusing IMDB.com, that I could confidently say I hadn't played any game that Nolan North has been in. I scrolled through a long list of games I haven't played, saw that he was in ODST but for a character that appears later in the campaign than I've made my way up to. He… Read more

The way things are going, the PS3 won't even close the global lifetime-to-date sales versus the 360, though, let alone the Wii. The PS3 has closed the gap only about a half-million units in the last 7 months globally, yet there's about a 5 million unit gap remaining between the two. Read more

First place? Ahead of the Wii? I don't see that, unless you mean sales *just* for 2012 now that the Wii's impressive sales are finally falling off. Right now the Wii has a 10 million unit lead over the PS3 in EMEAA so, yeah... Read more

Regarding "game industry history is littered with examples of surprising successes and failures," it's uncanny how consistent the inconsistency is. Outside of the portable field, no company has dominated in any major region (let alone globally) for more than two generations in succession. Read more

When it comes to amazing stories in RTSs, Halo Wars is the best I've yet seen (and I also own the AoE collection from Games For Windows, and the original Starcraft w/the Brood War expansion). And when I herald Halo Wars' story, I don't just mean the great cutscenes between levels but also how the story evolves… Read more

Motor boat? Apparently I'm not up on the latest urban slang. Read more

Zelda free forever? Play now, My Lord!

Hydro Thunder runs pretty well on my Samsung Focus. I haven't tried it on any of my other Windows Phone 7 handsets (yes I have more than one, yes I'm a nerd). Read more

Didn't Red Octane start out by renting video games through the mail? Read more

Agreed. With games like Ilomilo and Hydro Thunder, Windows Phone 7 is definitely doing "real" games. Read more

What's retro, or not, is so much a matter of age and perspective. I grew up on an Intellivision from 1980 onward, and a Pong-clone before that. The Dreamcast is a beloved system for me, but not that retro for me compared to other systems. Someone for whom the N64 was their first system might consider that retro,… Read more

I love it when previous shop contests get referenced in current ones. Ergo, I love the "Ghost House - the Sega Disk" one. Read more

Never mind, I thought it was a toy museum *sponsored* by Bandai, not run by Bandai and featuring only Bandai products. My bad. :) Read more

Huh. I honestly thought I was just missing something there. Read more

"These are not official price drops. Many retailers, however, continue to charge around £500 for the phone." Read more

Update: It appears not to have the original Xbox "Blood Wake" ad which I loved too (also one I saw in Canada, but may or may not have been shown elsewhere too). The site does have some Canadian-specific ads, and it's still a great find, but sadly my search must continue. Read more

Interestingly, at least one Italian Mega Drive ad also pronounced it "See-gah". Read more