Recent content by bojac6

I absolutely agree that it's a bad practice. And I too no longer preorder either. But it sucks, because the only way to fight it is to not preorder, and eventually publishers will realize we care more about not getting screwed with a preorder than the additional content. Unfortunately, so...

Holy crap, Nater, I had to call this out because you are exactly right. You managed to phrase it so much more succintly and better than I too. This, this is the best summary of the issue I've read right here.

How is that sentence bigoted? In what way? I don't know the game, so I can't tell you. Is the Engineer just a block of pixels that is the player avatar? Then no, it doesn't matter at all, because the Engineer isn't a character, it's just a block of pixels. But if the Engineer has...

We're not talking about genetic race in this discussion we're talking about societal race. Actually, we weren't talking about just race, we were talking about minorities in general. How society views people of different origins, skin color, religion, gender, etc. Very few variations in these...

I suppose you also think a journalist protecting an anonymous source is also just a PR man? The relationship for access is key to journalism, whether it's games or working at the White House. It's why certain reporters continually get the same key stories, because they've proven that they can...

Here's the thing. Do you have a niche interest that is sometimes portrayed in media? It's a topic you are very knowledgable about and that you care about deeply, but not something that even most of your friends know a lot about. Like lets say you're really into archery. Then when you see the...

I've been playing Shadowrun since the 90s. This looks awfully familiar.

That's their main weapon. Surprise. Surprise and fear

Or, you can take one of your coop characters, who is hopefully going to have a distinct voice actor anyway, cast a woman and give her a woman's name. That's it. Why should she have a completely different animation? They're all hyper-fit gymnasts wearing layers of armor, cloaks and belts...

It all depends on your contract and company policies. Some companies view vacation time as a benefit for working there, but most companies I've worked at view vacation time as earned. What that means is that for so many hours worked, you earn an additional number of hours paid, to be used when...

Maybe I'm just bad with faces, but I don't see it. Maybe the comparison photo in this video wasn't the best. I don't really have a dog in this race, though. Seems like Ellen Page is just saying it wasn't cool, not actually doing anything.

Well, my worry is now which company will be the first to reverse the policies and institute DRM? As a more important question, since I seem to be way behind on game trailers, what was the game with stopping time during an explosion or whatever? That looked interesting.

There's a lot of tradition in opening credits for movies, and they have changed over time. For instance, "And Introducing" used to be more popular than it is today. I'm using actor as gender neutral here. In short, though, it works like this. The lead actor of the film is credited first...

Ok, but remember Linux support on the PS3? Or backwards compatibility with PS2 games? What guaranty do I have that they won't just release a patch a few months after release and implement everything Microsoft is doing? The patch could be in the works already. Basically, I have little...

Well I am a big Star Trek fan. I was the only one in the theater laughing at the guy being from Section 31 (something from Deep Space Nine), and many other references. With those credentials established, let me say I agree with you on so many points. This movie did references right...