Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

I agree with everything you said, aside from feeling like you were getting "gypped". Let's leave the gypsies out of this. Read more

What book store would ban a book publisher from reporting how many books were sold through their store? Would it be reasonable for iTunes to demand a music publisher not report iTunes sales of their songs? I don't find this reasonable at all. Read more

"new price points," Read more

Interesting. What was the size of the file after the patch was applied? Read more

There are some XBLA games developed within XNA, actually. Every once in a while a game first created to be an indie game gets released in XBLA instead, and vice-versa. Read more

In Halo Wars your units gain experience based on the number of units killed, not how powerful each of the units are. All units, whether a huge scarab or a tiny flood spore, count the same. There's a 1 Vs. 1 multiplayer map called "Release" where you can release the flood. The intent was that you release it on your… Read more

Are we talking about girls with physical disabilities, girls with developmental disabilities, or both? Enquiring minds want to know. Read more

Unless there's a significant gift posthumously, I don't see Steve Jobs being remembered as one of the great CEOs of all time. When you think of some of the greatest CEOs of all time, their philanthropy was a key part, and Jobs doesn't seem to have engaged in that. Certainly not in a public way, at least, and it… Read more

Fun Fact (and spoiler alert for those who haven't played Shenmue 1). Read more

Shenmue II was also released in Europe. It was basically only in Canada and the U.S. where Shenmue II didn't have an official Dreamcast release. Read more

Hell, the original Xbox version of Shenmue II is backwards compatible on the 360. Release that on Games on Demand at an absolute minimum! Virtually zero work to test the waters. Read more

The best launch line-up ever was the original Xbox's launch line-up in New Zealand. It launched there with about 50 games, including the original Splinter Cell if memory serves. :) Read more

I both agree and disagree with a lot of your thoughts. Read more

I already carry a smartphone (Dell Venue Pro) and a Kobo Vox e-reader/tablet with me virtually everywhere I go. I really don't want/need/desire a third device to carry around. In that sense the PS Vita is behind the times IMO simply because it's designed primarily/exclusively as a games machine. Read more

What, no DS or PSP lists? Those things are pirate havens. Read more

Wow... you aren't kidding. So disappointing. I wanted to scream at the monitor as he talked about how Men are from Mars, and Women are from Venus. If our genetics predetermine what it means to be male, or to be female, why the frak does it change so much from culture to culture? You can debate all you want how… Read more

The old Battlestar is worth watching if you enjoy classic space opera. It's possible to enjoy both, and it's possible to enjoy one and not the other (and that goes both ways). So we need more info, in other words. Read more

Really? Now you've got me curious. Read more

Wow... that picture just won the internet! Read more

Apparently those features were missing from Fallout 3, so the OP did mean Fallout 1 & 2. Read more