Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

Their definition of "America" could use some fine-tuning then, apparently. Read more

I'm curious, is your pseudonym meant to be intentionally ironic? Read more

I'm curious why you don't find it to be a relevant comparison. Both are forms of media. Both can suffer wear and tear. Both can be legally resold used. Read more

The game industry's war against used is ridiculous. How would you feel if you bought a used book only to discover you had to purchase the final pages from the book's publisher. While that comparison's a technical improbability, how I'd feel as a consumer if it somehow happened is much the same. Read more

Was that pre-rendered or real-time rendered, though? Makes a huge difference. Read more

As a long-time Babylon 5 fan, nice to see Claudia Christian getting some voice work in this. But will she sound just like Ivanova? I'm not sure how much range she has, having not seen/heard her in anything else. Read more

It'd be hard to replicate the massive feet of Marcus and Dom. Read more

"All it takes is a lot of creativity and a little luck." Read more

I don't think a direct sequel to a FF game is in and of itself a problem, and they've been milking the FF games for ages (re-release upon re-release upon re-release). Read more

That's all I needed to know for future discussions (you're happy to make baseless assertions, and happy to ignore any points made in retort that you find inconvenient). Thank you for the clarification of your position on the matter. Read more

*crickets chirping* day three Read more

He stops taking the stairs when there are 12+ floors? I'm just getting warmed up at 12 floors. Read more

That's anecdotal. I listed three high quality titles just off the top of my head, have you played any of them? How long ago did you play games on WP7, the first month or two of release, or the more recent ones? Read more

I've got several Windows Phones that I'm trying out, currently rocking the Samsung Focus. I didn't buy a single one from my carrier, I bought them all off of eBay or UsedVictoria.com. You'll love Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango), it's sooooo much better than Windows Mobile 6. Read more

Windows Phone games are "absolute shit"? Come again? Windows Phone has focused on fewer, higher quality releases (Hydro Thunder, Beaks and Beards, Ilomilo, etc.) and has a reputation for having some of the highest quality platform-exclusive mobile games. And the XNA community is there in full force too, with some… Read more

I'm not sure BD is still a huge mover of PS3s, or would be of a future Xbox. After all, digital distribution (Netflix, et al) is eating BD's lunch. BD looks like it will never grow to the size of DVD. Read more

It's likely far beyond FF13 given the entire game is completely rendered in real time (no pre-rendered cinemas here). Read more

He didn't say that was his viewpoint, just saying that the scope of the game wasn't what really drove up the disc size. Read more

Hot Coffee was hidden code that could not be accessed in the game without an external hack. This is accessible, presumably, in every copy. I'd say that gets them into a similar ballpark. Read more

*crickets chirping* Read more