Recent content by Rebel44

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    So the EU just ruled that it's legal to re-sell digital versions of games.

    You all need to understand something. This ruling in NO way requires retailers like Steam, Origin, PSN, and XBLA to provide you with a way to transfer licenses. This ruling simply makes it legal to do so if you find a way. You need to understand the specifics of this case. UsedSoft was...
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    Gabe Newell Appears on List of Global Billionaires

    3 Billion $ is conservative estimate - because Valve doesnt make financial results public, its hard to make reliable estimate company value.
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    Pachter Says Team Bondi "Wasn't Entitled to Overtime Pay"

    110 hours per week is crazy - thats more than what GULAG prisoners had to work during Stalins rule. If my employer tried such BS I would sue (because its illegal to work such hours here) and win very nice pile of money.
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    Israeli Missile Defense System Blasts Threats With Liquid Metal

    If EFP (ammo for Trophy) is placed into firing position it might be effective even against HEAT rounds fired from short distance (few hundered meters or even less) - technical data are secret, so we most likely wont know answer for some time (iz depende entirely on how fast is cycle from...
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    This Talking Plush Portal Turret Doesn't Hate You

    With real machine guns :)
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    This Talking Plush Portal Turret Doesn't Hate You

    I want one. NOW!
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    Steam Boss Blasts Idea of Digital Sales Charts

    Nothing is stopping publishers and developers from making their data from Steam available to public - if mostdoes it, we wont need data from Valve. I would like to see data directly from Valve, but that is unlikely to happen anytime soon (unless someone hack their server :) ).
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    Trailers: Portal 2: Bot Trust

    I love their adds.
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    Crysis 2 Is a PC Game First, Console Game Second, Claims Crytek

    Lies + dumbed down game = let me know when this is at 5? on Steam
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    NASA Wants to Shoot Lasers at Space Trash

    Good idea
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    Poll: Steam: How many games do you have on it and what do you think of the system?

    Almost 300 games. I love Steam - I always had problems with CDs/DVDs (scratched, lost etc.) and in all those years (using Steam) I rarely had problems - also if you provide all required info into your support tickets, their tech support will be able to resolve your issues pretty fast.
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    Gabe Newell Gives Away Personal Steam Password

    Steam Guard FAQ: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=8232-WSGZ-8021
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    The Future is Still Retail

    There is also big danger for retail - if there is long term oil price spike, retail might just become too expensive (compared to digital distribution) for most customers.
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    UK Retailers Worried Over Tax Hike Hurting Profits

    One thing that could happen is that in such case publishers will be more likely to use (at least for PC games) tools like Steamworks , which will kill second hand market for those games.
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    Ubisoft Releasing "Big" Assassin's Creed Game in 2011

    As long as it has stupid Ubi DRM, I wont buy it.