Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

Do we know for sure if the two additional levels (added to "Jet Grind Radio") are going to be included? I've done several web searches and can't seem to get a firm answer. Read more

I was going to say the same thing, except I was going to replace "XBLA" with "XBLIG" (Xbox Live Indie Games), and the paragraph about prices going up would have been about prices going down to $5/$3/$1. Read more

That's what I thought, looking at it. I had to look closely to make sure it wasn't in fact. Read more

I don't go talking smack about the developer community in Macau because I simply don't know. The Japanese forum commenter on 2ch should have either been quiet about it in their (apparently extreme) ignorance, or taken a few seconds to do a web search first. Read more

Perhaps most of the haters were 15 or under when Fable came out, and know nothing of his achievements before it. Read more

I was confused by your reference to 4 teams, so I searched it. While MLB is technically divided into two leagues, the fact that there're only 15 per league means that a more reasonable comparison is 8/30 for MLB versus 16/30 for the NHL. Read more

16 out of 30 get into the NHL playoffs, which is far from "everyone gets in". WIth the post-salary cap parity we're seeing, a lot of good teams are missing the playoffs each year now. Read more

Only 10 team in the playoffs? Crazy. What's the current playoff format? The NHL's had a 16 team playoff at least as far back as the '80s. Read more

I never thought that the Cell was going to continue on, and I just ignored that part of the analysis of the PC World article. What I did take away from it was that IBM was involved in chip design, was planning on retaining that business through future console cycles, and was openly working with Nintendo and Sony in… Read more

Good point about the Microsoft NDAs. Read more

This is what I wondered, truth be told. Read more

IBM begs to differ: [www.pcworld.com] Read more

I, I didn't say they were working with IBM on a Cell-based processor. In fact, I think they probably are working with them on something different than the Cell, at least the way we think of it today. Read more

Link acquired: [www.pcworld.com] Read more

I'll try to dig up a link for that acknowledgement from IBM. Read more

It won't. While IBM worked with all three console makers last time, they specifically indicated they were working with Sony and Nintendo on new systems, making no mention of Microsoft. Read more

IBM has said they're working with Sony and Nintendo on new systems, officially. IBM has actively courted the game console market since the Atari Jaguar, and increased its CPU participation each generation since. Rumour and speculation about AMD, Intel, etc., seems hollow in the face of that. Read more

Interesting speculation, but: Read more

"broads" Read more

Before the Dreamcast, there was the Sega Saturn NetLink which not only offered head-to-head online play, but also the first instance of a web browser on a game console. This was an add-on for the system, though, not included like with the Dreamcast. Read more