Recent content by Smegma

How could they be so idiotic? Did they really think Hasbro would just shrug and ignore them?

Yes, snorting anti-virus is a human tragedy. Especially the desktop version.

Brilliant journalist. He didn't realize that iPhones embed GPS location into photos? Pathetic.

Hrmm - just a thought... I can't help but to wonder if Warcraft's success is because Blizzard has done such a bang-up job... or that it's competitors have been woefully incompetent. What competition have they had? Age of Conan - plagued by balance and technical issues. Star Trek Online -...

I'm quite pleased with the resurgence of what publishers consider niche genres - especially since publishers seem to treat games of these sort like lepers at a bikini contest. There's no end of developers who bemoan the risk-averse nature of publishers. But - and all credit to Kickstarter -...

If I wasn't clear enough, let me re-state my position: Blizzard customer service has degraded overall in the last few years. Their ignoring outcry on the forums is only one aspect of that degradation of quality, and by no means is it the only area where customer service has become a sad and...

I'm having a very disturbing feeling regarding Kickstarter with regards to game development projects. First, there is no real accountability. Kickstarter quite specifically states that it does not police for anti-fraud. All you need is a slick marketing campaign, and you can take the cash and...

Perhaps you should take some reading and comprehension lessons. I never implied that. Seriously, are you using Google translation or something?

Cite your source regarding Blizzard architecture? Seems pretty clear that they have to run fewer physical servers with CRZ than without. I really don't understand how you come to the opposite conclusion.

Nicely done. You've just ignored all of the bugs listed and verified in that thread alone - on the basis that you think that it's because of "bad feelings". Would it be possible for you to take a more arrogant stance that's more dismissive of the complaints? I think not.

Blizzard is running a business - they don't do something on the scale or technical difficulty of CRZ just to make their player base happy - they do it to turn a profit. I honestly can't think of any other reason than saving on server costs and the trouble of balancing server populations, that...

The numbers give overall rates of success/failure/ongoing for ALL projects - is there any breakdown by category? Specifically, are there any numbers for computer games projects? From what I'm seeing on Kickstarter, there are far too many game projects being floated by people with...

In short - crappy implementation?

Buggy is one thing. This is beyond "a bit fiddly" - it's utter rubbish. The OP in the thread I linked put forth an itemized list of the CRZ defects. All of those defects were still unaddressed as of the end of Nov, when my subscription finally died. This is just one more maggot wriggling about...

I find no logic to your first statement, that CRZ costs more. That strikes me as utter twaddle. Fewer servers to handle the same number of players seems to me to be a VERY strong indication of a cost savings motive. Your statement is sheer nonsense. "bit buggy" - is an understatement. That's...