Recent content by fierydemise

Although those bits of dialogue would have added a fair amount to the final mission the ending is still nonsensical and just outright stupid.

Its hard for me to get all the excited over the impending March release when a lot of those should probably have been there at launch. TOR for all it does right with the leveling experience has a number of really glaring holes. Even if TOR doesn't add a full fledged API for addons like WoW has...

Responding to a bunch of different points Bold Added. Why would you pay a subscription for something like Netflix or Hulu? Its because it offers you a compelling content that you want on a regular basis, you know that your unlikely to ever run out of content. Consider most single player...

I guess I'm going to be the first dissenter. WoW is only a job or a chore if you make it one and it isn't the money sucking pit that Greg makes it out to be. Even a game as big as Skyrim generally only lasts for about 1 month at the outside. People who picked it up at launch are moving onto...

Basically this. Back when it came out you could make a case for AP as one of the better FPS/RPG games in the Deus Ex mold but now that DE3 is out it doesn't make a great case for itself. Its not a terrible game but it has some definite wonkiness that really holds it back. It still might be...

I'm curious Bob what you think of the current MPAA rating system. We can all list the obvious problems but mostly I'm curious what your take on statements made by a number of media and first amendment scholars that a government system would be preferable to the current MPAA system.

Nothing on the Hays Codes? I would expect just about any discussion of the early movie industry to talk about the Hays Codes, if only perhaps because it gives some interesting insight into entertainment industries vs. the first amendment which has been a big topic around these parts.

In a nut shell because this ruling would have placed video games under scrutiny that didn't apply to other forms of media. Additionally the way this law was written would have made the claim that video games were being placed in this special category because they are uniquely obscene without...

Basically most distributors agree not to sell games without an ESRB rating and not to sell M rated games to minors. There is a voluntary system of regulation by the industry and associated distributors and those distributors have a higher compliance rate then other industries with similar...

Well kinda, if the Alito decision was the controlling decision it would be really bad news. The Alito decision accepts that violent video games may be singled out for special scrutiny but the California law in question is too broad. Had his decision controlled this wouldn't be over, we'd have...

I'm quite sure this is the end. Scalia's decision is broad and comprehensive, while the public may take time to come around to our side the legal challenges are for all intents and purposes over.

Well that was actually part of the issue, movies have a voluntary rating system imposed by the industry and enforced by the distributors. Since this exists there is no compelling interest for the government to regulate. One of the primary arguments the EMA made was that the E-T-M system was...

7-2, Scalia writing for the majority. Alito concurring with Roberts joining. Thomas and Breyer each writing dissenting opinions.

My thoughts from another thread Heres the decision, I suggest you read that if you really want to get a sense of how good of a result this is. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/08-1448.pdf Scalia's majority decision declares video games as non-unique with regards to regulation (at...

Heres the decision, I suggest you read that if you really want to get a sense of how good of a result this is. http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/10pdf/08-1448.pdf Scalia's majority decision declares video games as non-unique with regards to regulation (at least with the current state of...