Recent content by A.Balthazor

Gamestop pre-order bonuses used to get me, and I ordered games regularly via their online store. Then, one day, they stopped accepting my orders. Changing my billing method still did not allow me to process orders through their online store. I contacted Gamestop and asked "What's up?" I...

Gilmore Girls was great TV, and I make no apology for that. Anyone who hasn't given Buffy a try should; the first season is a bit rough, but it quickly gets better. I could never get into Angel, though.

Totally buying my wife a pair for her birthday. When it comes to stuff like this, she is all ears.

Well, if we're getting 'realistic', it is going to take more than a trip to a pharmacy to fix most zombie-related injuries.

What colors are the explosions at the end if you play with stealth, I wonder?

This is like buying a video card but not being able to display certain resolutions until the manufacturer makes an arbitrary decision. Or a speed governor on a car that unlocks once the manufacturer makes an arbitrary decision. Or... use your imagination. This is just really bad.

"You know, buddy, your book is pretty boring right now." "Oh yeah, what would you recommend?" "Oh, I don't know, but it definitely needs a shot to the arm." "!"

I guess invest in candy companies now?

Descent: Freespace introduced a new, mysterious alien species into a space combat sim environment. At the moment you meet the aliens, which is maybe the 4th or 5th mission into the game, you are limited to spaceships with no shields and basic weapons for destroying the 'known' enemies. When...

You are doing your math wrong. Say the cost of producing the game, manuals, boxes, collectors edition stuff, and special parties is 3 million. Costs = 3 Million To make it profitable, normally a game has to sell enough copies to cover costs and then some. So say the market for this...

If you are convinced that the line you quoted implies that all other available methods of acquiring Wasteland will have DRM, and that is sufficient enough reason for you to avoid the a sequel produced by industry legends, then this game is just not for you.

I'm glad their digital sales are doing well. They'd do a little better if they would LET ME BUY FROM THEM DAMMIT. They will not let me purchase online, unless I create a new userid, and they won't explain why. Amazon and other online retailers have no trouble taking my money, so until...

Waterworld's production showed just how difficult it was to merely film in the open ocean. Stephen Spielberg came away from Jaws convinced that filming in the ocean was a horrible idea due to the difficulty and cost involved. I can't imagine 1-2 million dollars even approaching getting this...

I'm not sure I'd spend nine months of my time to have it quite so close to the edge of the table.

So, I have read part of the book, but have yet to catch up to the show. So I'm still in the dark! But during the episode when they discussed the assassination of Daenerys my thinking that Ned was right, but not only for the reasons given: attempting an assassination, and failing, would...