Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

Really? "X" has long been associated with negative and/or rejection in North American, at least, such as the famous red-X over things that you don't like. More so than "O" has been, as far as I can see. Read more

I'm not sure I'd be comfortable using the word "racist", but I had a couple of friends spend a lot of years (about 8+, IIRC) teaching English in South Korea. Their experience living in several cities and working in various schools was that South Koreans have very little understanding of the outside world, and a lot… Read more

I love the Red Vs. Blue episode where they explain that the password is "PASSWORD". I love even more the later episode where it's explained that the codeword is "CODEWORD". Read more

Part of the success is that you get the full copy of the final game at the minimum ($15) level. That's super-reasonable. A lot of Kickstarter campaigns cost more than what the final product would normally cost, yet give you less. Double Fine succeeded in part by not being greedy. Read more

"As we reported last year, Apple pulled the title from its App Store almost immediately after launch." Read more

What does any of that have to do with anything??? Read more

I have no context for this. On the face of it, it seems satirical... but hard to say definitively. Read more

Most of the comments below largely miss the point. People keep arguing whether digital distribution, or physical copies, are better based only on their own needs and desires, rather than stepping back and looking at the issue generally. The answer is that both have strengths over the other, and it's simply a matter… Read more

I've been playing console games since 1980. My game collection, stretching back to the Intellivision, takes up more space with every passing year. I don't live in Trump Towers, nor do I want to buy a storage locker. I buy everything I can through digital distribution now: games, books, movies, music, TV shows, you… Read more

As someone who once stepped on (and shattered) disc 1 of Skies of Arcadia for Dreamcast, and who has a copy of Metal Gear Ac!d for PSP somewhere but can't find it, the ability to trade used games isn't nearly the selling point that being able to re-download them is. Read more

OK, but the article we're replying to is about the iPad. Read more

At 1GB, GD-ROMs held about 50% more than CD-ROMs (approx. 650GB). So that's not nothing, but I suppose the Dreamcast version was at least 50% larger too with more detailed textures and geometry, and likely higher-resolution music as well. Though the Dreamcast could also handle more advanced compression, so I still… Read more

Though Shenmue was originally intended as a Saturn game, it was way too ambitious for the Saturn (look at the trailer I linked to, it has content from well into Shenmue II in it!). Read more

Shenmue Trilogy on Saturn... can you imagine how many discs that would be?! O_0 Read more

I think I do understand. Read more

If I were the girl's parent, I would require a helmet. I'm a true believer, I would wear a helmet even if the government didn't make me. I have yet to hear a cogent argument against it that I accept. Read more

Having read [en.wikipedia.org] I still have no idea what you're getting at. Please elaborate, if you're so inclined. :) Read more

That's not the future of games, that's the *present* of games, sadly. Read more

They're certainly going in different directions with the billions they both suddenly earned. Read more

What, no Saturn port?