Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

My recollection (and Wikipedia seems to back this up) is that 100 points cost about $1.5x at launch, vs. $1.4x now. Read more

Huh... I wonder if Kinect for Windows works on the 360? It's new "Near Mode" (that promises to work as close as 40 centimetres away from the cameras) could have gaming applications. Though I'm not sure how much of the changes are in software vs. in hardware (ie. some of them may be coming to Kinect for 360 in the… Read more

Microsoft has been sellilng Kinect at a profit since day 1, has sold 18 million units in the first 14 months, and it has been a factor in reinvigorating 360 sales. Yes, total disaster for Microsoft. I bet Sony and Nintendo would hate to sell 18 million units of a high-margin, system-selling peripheral. How will… Read more

I'm curious, but did you read the entire article? The article clearly says it's not the same unit. Kinect for 360 likes you to be up to 2 metres away, Kinect for Windows has been redesigned to focus in much more closely. Read more

I mentioned the gypsies thing only to show that there are (unfortunately) lots of offensive words about groups to go around, and people aren't always aware of how offensive a given word is. Read more

You get promoted for producing a comment nearly as long as the article. Wow, that's an impressive reply. Read more

"Make My Video - Kris Kross" being ported from SegaCD to PS3 confirmed!

"Make My Video - Marky Mark And The Funky Bunch" for PS3 confirmed!!!11!

I enjoyed all three Star Control games, including 3. It wasn't up to 2's standard, but it was far from a terrible game IMO. Read more

From everything I've seen (I got a 360 on launch day, and have been buying points through the dashboard and with cards since day 1) you've always got more Microsoft Points for the dollar in the U.S. than in Canada. They *slightly* increased the number of points you get in Canada at one point, years ago. Read more

"Angry Birds" beat "Hydro Thunder: Hurricane" on Windows Phone? That's too bad. Read more

What the heck... I expected him to sound like Sonic from Sonic Adventure. All we got was a high-pitched peep instead? Read more

That's strange, I'm in Canada and I can see it fine. Read more

I haven't got past the part where 720P HD is supposed to be "bad". Read more

You could argue that a tandem bicycle and a sedan also have the same goal, of providing transportation to multiple people simultaneously, but most people wouln't consider one a clone of the other. Read more

"Hello My Name is Shigeru Miyamoto's broken English is questionable, but the imaginary blog" Read more

All the speculation has Microsoft using an ARM architecture CPU in their next system. That makes sense since they're moving to support ARM in Windows 8, so a lot of the technology investment had already been made for that. Read more

I owe you a great debt for pointing out the user reviews. Thank you so much sir! Read more

I was laughing from the point I saw that they were calling it a 3.3' cable (an awkward way to express a 1 metre cable). Read more

"We're allowed to argue morality and responsibility here, whether our complaining upsets you or not." Read more