Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

That's the boat I'm in. I don't have any of the Reach DLC, so Halo: CE Anniversary is a no-brainer for me. Read more

I don't understand how people who choose not to play the game (Fahey, in this case) even get a vote. As far as I'm concerned it's tied at one apiece. Read more

Since you have to pay for a Gold account, that limits the appeal of multiple accounts on Xbox Live. :) Read more

I was in the second wave of beta testers (the last to get Re-Volt discs, IIRC), circa September 2002. So 9 years and going strong. :) Read more

Most people with a console likely also own a Windows PC (or a Mac or Linux box capable of running Windows), yet I suspect the 360 version will easily outsell the PC version. Read more

If I played it, it would likely be for the campaign mode only. I've never got into competitive multiplayer for FPSs. I love competitive multiplayer to death in Halo Wars, but in shooters I prefer solo or co-op campaign. Read more

The thought has occurred to me. Heck, there are people who I could borrow it from. It's not that COD3 wasn't good enough for me to warrant playing the sequel, it's that I'm just losing interest in shooters in general. *shrug* Read more

What you're saying appears to be the opposite of conventional logic to me. I thought FPSs were generally seen (despite their huge popularity post-Halo on consoles) as better suited to PCs and keyboard/mouse, whereas Skyrim seems better suited for a gamepad to me than an FPS. Read more

I don't play Call of Duty. However, because of its ubiquitousness, I read reviews and follow the series to a certain degree. I tend to follow it with dispassionate near-indifference, though. Read more

Over two million copies sold (the first million at full price), and thousands (sometimes tens of thousands) of concurrent players at any one time a full 2.5 years after release... for a console RTS that's a triumph. Read more

Uninstalling yes, but what's the advantage of clearing the cache? It says in the article that the game's at its best when it's running off the disc, and fully cached. Read more

Absolutely. Because when you find it you, you know, stop looking. :P Read more

I have a co-worker who still figures Call of Duty 2 on the 360 has the best multiplayer in the series. Read more

The first Xbox was based on a Windows kernel, had an nVidia graphics chip, and an Intel x86 processor. Read more

"QUOTE | "PS3 has a performance advantage over 360." - Team Ninja Leader Yosuke Hayashi gives the edge to PS3 in a special feature on console horsepower and how much more is left this generation." Read more

Hey Ben, Steven of "Writings of Mass Deduction" here. Both this and Lair of the Evildoer are in my "to check out" queue. Glad to see Kotaku giving you some love! Read more

EA bought and killed Westwood Studios (Command & Conquer), Bullfrog (Populous, etc.), Pandemic (Mercenaries, Destroy All Humans, etc.), and more. Here's a list from C&VG Read more

Just remember, "IGN" are the first three letters of "IGNorant". :) Read more

Interesting, never heard of this site before. Games journalism is definitely suffering, though I'm not sure Kotaku's the worst offender (and do they even profess to be journalists, since Kotaku insists it's actually a blog)? Read more

If you read the original Kotaku article, the majority of people raising the issue were men. Read more