Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

Not to mention, the article title is weird. "Erotic Game for Women Combats Hairy Dudes" makes no sense, if body hair can be turned on and off.

I watched the whole thing debating about whether it was a real video, or satirical. By the end it seemed to be real and, if so, I have absolutely no interest in this game. Read more

That is fantastic. Very relevant. Read more

The DS Lite came out 16 months after the DS Phat. So, based on that precedent, you have a bit to wait yet. Read more

New colours may make a difference, but the data suggests further price drops may not help the Wii (Wii sales dropped despite the last price drop). I don't think there are many people out there saying "Man, I would love to buy a Wii but they're crazy expensive!". Read more

Does that include all three generations of DS (DS, DSi, and 3DS)? Or just the first two generations of DS? I'd check myself, but the article doesn't link to a source. Read more

There is something to be said for this argument, some times. Child labour, for example, people can suffer when child labour laws are forced on a foreign jurisdiction, as the children often find themselves pressed into crime instead (their families need the paycheque, they can't simply go back to school when they lose… Read more

Why do you question the timing? Wii sales are in freefall, so they have to do *something*. Read more

To be fair, Luke lives in Australia. :) And to be fair, since we're talking about home consoles here, how strong an argument is there for Japan to be a major territory now? Major territory for handhelds certainly, but home consoles? Not so much. If it was, the Xbox 360's poor showing in Japan would have pushed it… Read more

This argument is the same as arguments used by people who suggest that game prices will drop massively if piracy was ever stamped out. Yet, when systems enjoy a period of time with little to no piracy (early life of the Dreamcast, and early life of the PS3, for example), games are as expensive there as anywhere else.… Read more

I can't get in to see if my favourite game, Halo Wars, is on the list or not, the site appears to be Kotakued. Read more

My thought exactly. Cigarette in photo shoot = instant negative sexiness quotient. Read more

"But I think it's entirely feasible. What do you think?" Read more

I'm sure Finland uses Celcius, as the only places on Earth that still officially use Farenheit are the United States (and its territories), and Belize. Read more

Other than Sega, perhaps, which last I knew was open to the used market (perhaps understanding that gamers frequenly trade-in used games not towards other used games, but more often than not towards *new* games). Read more

My point isn't just that they greedy jerks, my point is that eliminating the used market may not make them more money, and may in fact *cost* them money. As evidence of this I point out that some people use trade-ins to buy a new release at $60, that (without trade-ins) they may otherwise not choose to buy at full… Read more

The article suggests it will be "based on" that Radeon, which means it could be a less powerful version of the graphics card mentioned but designed to work on the same principles. Without question, Microsoft will be focusing on whatever design gives reasonable power while still being able to be miniaturised over… Read more

-25C or -25F? If it's -25, I guess it doesn't much matter. :P Read more

Threadless, you say? Damn, image fail. [ecx.images-amazon.com] Read more

You're likely right, but not in the way you think. Kinect costs a fraction of traditional depth-sensing cameras, so they can create this exhibit more cost-effectively. One university replaced a robot that cost a quarter-of-a-million dollars with a Kinect-based one that cost a couple of thousand, as an example of how… Read more