Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

I'm a straight male, but I find the idea kind of interesting. I'm used to seeing M/F and F/F courting/encounters on TV and movies. It'd be kind of interesting to play out M/M courting. *shrug* I figure I would find it interesting, if not titillating. Read more

I actually have a copy of this that I haven't read yet. You have me stoked to check it out now! Read more

I checked my e-book store of choice, and couldn't find a single one of these. *sigh* So hard to come across obscure/classic SF in e-book stores. You'd think that would be the very best place for it, too. Read more

Actually, many fans consider JSRF to be the superior game in the series. Read more

What the hell. The study looked at religion in gaming, and *DIDN'T EXAMINE CIV IV*??!! Read more

The Dreamcast wasn't the first console that could be played online, it was the first console with all the necessary hardware to play online out of the box. I think some of the Dreamcasts other innovations were actually more significant than that, with the benefit of hindsight. It was so far ahead of its time in so… Read more

My favourite all-audio games are Walketh and In The Pit: [writingsofmassdeduction.com] Read more

??? I feel that I'm missing a reference, here. Read more

I enjoyed Gears 2's singleplayer, despite the occasional glitch. *shrug* I'm looking forward to Gears 3 which has a much stronger narrative I'm told. Read more

Nice. :) I like. Read more

A web search came up with a similar bundle offered in Canada for $299.99 CAD (which is worth essentially the same in USD at the moment), and that's what I believe this bundle would be offered for in the U.S. But definitely not as high as $370, IMO. Read more

Exactly right. The 360's launches were closer together than the original Xbox's launches. Read more

I believe the article is incorrect to suggest this bundle would cost $350 to 370 in the U.S. Read more

*sigh* Read more

The original Xbox launched on March 14th, 2002 in Europe. So the article is incorrect to say it's late. If March 9th ends up being the release date, it's actually 5 days early. Read more

This. The exact date was March 14th 2002. In fact, if this comes out before March 14th, it'll actually be coming out *before* the 10th anniversary of the original Xbox's launch. Read more

I don't have any insight, personally. It's an interesting fact. I'd be unsurprised if a lot of DLC is a mixture of downloaded assets, and repurposed assets that shipped with the game, though. Read more

More likely they'll create a CPU from scratch that's based on an evolution of a mobile design, taking some of the advantages (low cost, low power consumption, low heat production) and, as you say, overclocking the frak out of it, much more cache, etc. Read more

Get the right set of glasses, and you can see what no one else can see.

I wonder if it'll have the extra two levels from the North American release ("Jet Grind Radio")? They weren't hugely popular with fans, but I liked them. Read more