Recent content by CoffeeGuru

I know that System Shock 2 is acclaimed to be one of the greatest games of all time, and I don't disagree. For all its glory and muster, I wondered how many people around The Escapist have had the opportunity to play the original.

Yes, the entire Thief series is quite an awesome one. Speaking of old games, I wonder if Yahtzee will ever review the original System Shock. That'd be a classic right there.

Anyone down under heard of Area 7? I found them years ago, but never found more than one or two songs. Who doesn't love an Aussie Ska band though?

Try breaking them out in public... it's fun. I'll wear a black suit and fedora around and about just to revel in it.

Well, it seems like you need to start a trend. ;-P

I'd have to say Bomberman Zero. Any game that requires X-Box live to save *anything* should be sent to a special layer of hell.

Xerces vs. Shodan. Epic battle of the computing minds.

You say that no computer is large enough to facilitate so much information from around the world. I agree. That's why cluster, or cloud, computing is so powerful. It's not one computer at work... it's thousands, hundreds of thousands, and potentially much more. The lag is another valid...

But at the moment, they're streaming Crysis with full detailed settings, no lag at GDC. That's a step up from most arcade-style games, don't you think?

Evidently, OnLive already has agreements with the major broadband providers to ensure minimal packet loss. They've been working for the past 8 years developing the technology to compress high-quality video and filed over 100 patents to show for it. In addition, they have numerous developers...

That's true. The whole project would bottleneck at the internet speeds. But look back at the past ten years... ten years ago, a dial-up modem was nearly commonplace. Now, most people in America have a cable modem or DSL that is exponentially faster. Where will we be ten years from now?

I'm not sure if anyone else has been following the company OnLive, but there's definitely potential for MAJOR change in the way games are stored and played. Essentially, the company intends to use cluster computing to turn any computer or television into a hi-res gaming machine for the cost of a...

Depending on the situation, strongly encouraging them to continue their behavior will make them stop. I don't know what age-range you're talking here, but if you encourage a bully to continue with juvenile behavior, it'll lose it's appeal for them; they won't continue to do it. That works...

Tis true. Most of the western world over in Europe take sex, drugs, and alcohol all in stride. I suppose that's what happens when you've relinquished the "center of civilization" throne to the colonists. ;-P

To be completely honest, I'm not sure if it was worth the upgrade. I bought an Elite about a year ago and just got the three rings of death. It's been sitting collecting dust since I haven't had the time to run around finding a UPS store around here since Microsoft won't send you a box for it...