Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

You're right that apple shaped is more common (and less healthy) than pear shaped, from everything I've read. Read more

Give them time. As they continue to stray further from their traditional diets in Asia, they'll see weight gain that will start wreaking havoc with *their* psyches. Read more

You simply can't make a blanket statement like that. Some people simply have greater bone density than others, some people are more muscular than others, etc. Read more

I'm not sure if I or any of my classmates weighed that in grade 6, but Canadians are a little lighter than Americans statistically (obviously still heavier than Japanese, though). Read more

Wowza... are there more pics of her? Read more

BMI isn't a reliable indicator. Weight lifters are considered hideously obese under BMI. Read more

Damn straight. Couldn't agree more. Read more

I'm pretty stoked for this on Windows Phone. I have a tonne of XBL Indie Game shoot-'em-ups, but not many on my Windows Phone yet. Read more

I'm a pure functionalist at heart, so it's kind of shocking to me to read this designers' form over function arguments. Read more

When I was last at EB Games, though I was there for only a short time, one person phoned in asking about Skylanders toys and a group of two also came into the store and enquired about them. So, yeah, basically just like what the Kotaku story suggests. Read more

Game consoles tend to be sold on the so-called razor/razorblade model. By that I mean they sell the razors at close to cost (or even a small loss), because then people must buy their razors from that point on (which they sell at a huge profit). Read more

Agreed that he hardly seem to "rip" into the reboot efforts. Doesn't seem like the correct word. Read more

Almost all, yes. But not all. For example, certainly not all MMOs have "NPC characters which accompany the player through most of the game provide support to those who need it without forcing them to request help from other players,". Read more

Haha, brilliant. If you animated it, you could put it to dubstep. :P Read more

Or not so strangely meta. Quite appropo, IMO. Read more

As always, if you don't like the current dashboard just use the Xbox Guide button exclusively. That's been the best way for detractors of the last few dashboards. You can access all of the hardcore content there, it's virtually identical to the old Blades dashboard. Read more

Absolutely, though that was a somewhat different situation. :) Read more

I was about to ask what the heck MIC refers to, then suddenly realised you must mean the "Military Industrial Complex". Read more

I recall there was talk of tournaments with real-world prizes and thousands of people spectating with the Project Gotham Racing series back when Peter Moore was the head of the Xbox division, but nothing much came of it in the end. Read more

Nintendo enthusiasts may have said that, but I don't recall Microsoft fans saying that. They did criticise Blu-Ray, but to the best or my recollection only to the degree that it made the system more expensive and contributed to it having terrible load times. Read more