Mass Deduction (née scrapking)'s discussions

I was playing it via "Bleemcast!" on the Dreamcast. I never figured that puzzle out. Therefore, I never advanced past that part of the game. The first word that comes to mind for me is less charitable than "iconic". :P Read more

I'd be happy with OG Full Spectrum Warrior, with Kinect overlaid. I don't even need a graphical upgrade, though they could easily do one even without the extra bump in available CPU that we're talking about. I wanted this for the Xbox 360, and I'm still wanting it. Read more

No worries. Reasoned discussion is way more valuable than flippant internet hate. :) Read more

I've been playing the hell out of Halo: The Master Chief Collection recently. Before that I was a Peggle 2 addict. I've had dalliances with PvZ:GW, Battlefield 4, and Titanfall as well. So I game on the Xbox One. Read more

I have an Xbox One, and I miss my Xbox 360's Chatpad so much. :( Read more

I would buy this in a heartbeat if it were available in Canada for a similar price. Hell, it comes with an Office365 subscription that would cost $69.99 separately. So if you want Office365 Personal, they will *pay you $10 to take their tablet*. O_o Read more

Game controllers for years favoured left-handed people. On the NES, for example, you button mashed with the right and did the defter movements with the left. That continued for most consoles until the introduction of dual-sticks, at which point you were typically deft movements with both for 3D games. I'm… Read more

Every game could easily be 720p/30fps. Every game could easily be 1080p/60fps. It's all a question of what trade-offs they're willing to make to hit that threshold. How low-res are they willing to let the textures get? How low-poly are the models going to have to be? What sacrifices are you willing to make in AI… Read more

Going from 75% to 81.25% is an 8.33% increase in available power. Going from 75% to 85% is a 13.33% increase in power. Where the heck, based on your own numbers, do you get a "factual increase is of less than 4% of CPU power" from? It seems like taking advantage of this extra core offers the developer an increase… Read more

And it's that kind of game, with lots of AI going on, where extra CPU power can make a more significant difference than a game that's graphics heavy and AI-light. Read more

Please, please, please bring me a new "Full Spectrum Warrior" where I get to bark commands at my squadmates, and do hand gestures to make them crouch when I see the enemy, etc.! I want this badly! Read more

Except I wouldn't want them to. I don't use the Kinect for much aside voice commands to control the TV for when that's convenient, but that's a daily occurrence for me. I don't play games every day, but I do control the TV with my voice (on, off, volume up/down, etc.) on a daily basis. If not for that I might have… Read more

I've read this long thread with interest. I'd like to add simply that, in reference to the original assertion that there's a slippery slope where we might end up not making jokes about any group, that I'm OK with that. I feel that kind of humour is kind of lazy compared to genuine wit, and in any case jokes about… Read more

Or, you know, if you want to see it in English. :)

That was pretty good, especially the appearance by Thrawn. But I actually like the X-Wing intro more.

Based on that video, I think it's very much in question. I personally detest it when a pre-rendered intro looks much better than the game itself, leading to a jarring experience when you get to the actual gameplay. That's especially true when pre-rendered sequences of greater quality than the game engine are… Read more

Wait a minute... this survey was taken by readers of an article about the PS4 release? If I'm a Playstation fan, I'm highly likely to read this article. If I'm an Xbox (or PC, or Wii, or whatever) fan, then I'm probably less likely to read the article. That means that I'm less likely to see the survey, and to vote… Read more

There's more than just sex that this is guilty of. In how many movies or video games do you see the star riding a bike with a helmet, for example? Then there are portrayals of smoking: I live in Canada where 84% of the population does *not* smoke tobacco, yet the majority of movies depict tobacco use as if it's… Read more

To all the many people replying: sales taxes in Canada and the U.S. are not included in the advertised price, they're added when you attempt to purchase it. Sales taxes are generally *included in the price* elsewhere. When you look at sales taxes/VAT, import duties, and other things included in the price in… Read more

'But one exception is the above "fireside chat" with...' Read more