Recent content by zephyron

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    Is the Steam version of FFVII a good port?

    Stand-alone, you're probably better off getting a legitimate FF7 disc and emulating it, but the great thing about FF7 PC (and I'm surprised nobody has mentioned this yet!), is that it has a very active modding community. In fact, they've written this great program called Tifa's Bootleg...
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    Favourite Programming language?

    I hope you mean "my favorite language for scripting is C#." C# is just as much of a programming language as Java (and, in fact, includes pretty much every feature I like about Java). C# does work pretty well as a scripting language, both in terms of commandline scripts and stuff like video game...
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    GRID 2 Deal, FF14 Preorder, 8th Humble Bundle

    By the time I got to the Defense Grid keys, they were all gone. You might want to remove that entry.
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    Nintendo Details Additions To Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

    I'm not sure how the Escapist's content engine works, but it appears you've only edited the version on the thread and not the one on the site that most people read. Maybe the main page is just heavily cached and it takes a while to update? I can't speak for the 3DS version, but the Wii version...
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    Nintendo Details Additions To Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

    So uh... This story is pretty off. DKCR isn't a "remake" of DKC any more than DKC2 is a remake. It's a sequel, a completely different game with its own story, levels and mechanics.
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    Escapist Podcast: Bonus: The BioShock Infinite Podcat!

    The racism is actually well-explained near the beginning of the game. Right after the raffle scene, there's a voxophone of Fink saying that running Columbia takes a lot of manpower and that the upper-class citizens of Columbia wouldn't want to do it, so Fink could get prisoners and poor people...
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    Returning to WoW

    Frankly, I've heard the same exact line every time every new MMO comes out. "This is the first legitimate competition WoW has ever had" until it turns out that it isn't. The number of people actively playing GW2 is significantly lower than WoW. I'm not saying that GW2 isn't a good game, but if...
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    Returning to WoW

    "Fun" is an incredibly subjective and personal. I personally think it's fun, and there's over 10M subscribers, so that's saying something (although not necessarily that the game is fun), but it's quite possible you might not find it fun. You may want to consider having somebody use a Scroll of...
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    Returning to WoW

    I find it ironic that you're complaining that I ignored everything when you seemed to have ignored the main point of my post, which is that people are having "bad feelings" about about CRZ because of things including bugs which I specifically mentioned. My thesis, which I stated in terms of an...
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    Returning to WoW

    The statement is pretty simple if you actually understand the basic architecture of WoW's realms. A single realm has a number of separate servers, including a Kalimdor server, an Eastern Kingdoms server, a Northrend server, etc. Because CRZ does not always have to be on, all of these servers...
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    Returning to WoW

    As for the OP's question, if you liked WoW before it's likely you'll like MoP. If you like doing dailies, there's plenty there, but I should emphasize they are totally optional, no matter what people think. Evil Cheese is right, the rewards they give you are on par with other things that require...
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    Steam TOS Leads to Trouble in Germany

    Minor gripe, but "heretofore" means "before now" not "after now." Maybe you meant "henceforth?"
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    Valve's Source Engine Runs Better on Linux Than Windows

    If you read the Q&A below the blog post you linked, you'll see the Valve Linux Team said that their experience collaborating with NVIDIA was excellent and they looked forward to continuing the collaboration.
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    Best weapon customisation games.

    Resonance of Fate. It is a very quirky JRPG that doesn't play like any JRPG before it, but between its niche appeal and its release coinciding with Final Fantasy XIII's, few have heard of it. Not only is deciding how you wanted to customize interesting, the puzzle-like interface and the tools...
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    The Half-Naked Elf Problem

    Some people have mentioned a specific MMO here and there, but the fact is, pretty much every modern MMO already has this feature in some sense. Plenty of them have the "two ragdoll" approach that Shamus described, WoW as mentioned has a very similar system where you implant the looks of one item...