Recent content by dcrane

Load spikes aren't a technology problem, they're a $$ problem. Which is why Amazon Web Services exists. Did BlizzaVision not have the time/resources to create a bunch of images on Amazon and have them ready to spin up when they hit the inevitable release day load spike? They can always spin...

A hobby? Are you kidding me? your life is "boring and meaningless" and you're looking for a hobby?!? Either your subject line is a typo, or you need to change everything.

Level 51 and still going strong. Constantly surprised by the sheer amount of content in the game - not only to explore out there in the world, but also, after activating a quest, I now have new dialog options with NPCs I thought I was done with. Less repetitive than Oblivion Not as many ah...

rogue deck - (usually) much more fun to play

Yep, Shadow of the Collosus - couldn't bring myself to kill these huge majestic (and as far as I could tell, unique) beasts after the first two. Extinction for 12 awesome species just so I could save another human? Nope, doesn't work for me...

Drink...

Hell, I ain't forgiven 'em for Dragon Age

Simple: You're either not getting out enough/finding enough reasons to interact (in the flesh) with new people Or When you do get out, you present yourself as closed: always on your cell/game system/Kindle or subconsciously rejecting people on the surface ((s)he's not hot/ not interested in...

Nope, but i treat a$$hole$ the same. And yes, some online girls do act like a$$hole$ ('course, nowhere near the number of guys that do...)

Stalker - played the games, which compelled to read the short story, which meant I had to watch the movie

If you mean hardcore PC gaming, then yeah, you've got a problem there. But if you mean gaming in general, then the industry is in a boom time that dates from the release of the Wii attracting everyone and their grandma to the gaming scene, followed by the absolute explosion in mobile gaming...

Depends: do you like open, sandbox games, or on-the-rail, jump-through-the-hoops shooters? If you're in the mood for the latter, you could do a lot worse than Half Life 2

Two things: Hoop jumping: to get Foo you need to get Bar, which lets you get Bar2, which enables the getting of Bar3. Wait a minute, you say you actually just wanted to kill the Foozle? Well, let me tell you a story about the woman who swallowed the fly/spider/bird/cat/dog/goat/cow - no...

Tom Chick on QuarterToThree.com - provides context and explains why he likes/doesn't like the game.

US loses in World Cup soccer and gets upset enough to show their ignorance - again: http://images.newstatesman.com/us-football.jpg