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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23941 |  ICDP (110) Aug 06, 2011 - 05:27 pm
| | I usually don't care too much, I've got always-on internet anyway, right? A couple weeks ago I take a trip to Sweden to visit family and a wedding. I have Steam on my laptop, load a few games, and set offline mode, so I can play on the plane and after I get there (the house we're staying in has no internet). Works fine the first couple times, but then Steam starts refusing to launch without going online. So, to play my 8 year old game, with no online component, I have to find an internet connection to make Steam happy. Grrr. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=4692 | ICDP (110) Jul 19, 2011 - 05:19 am
| | Mine says 30 unplayed of 60 total. There are a few there though that I know for sure I played (i.e. Sin Episode) that it doesn't register. Then theres the games I have no interest in that were bundled with games I did want. Why do I need five versions of CounterStrike with my HalfLife? Plus some that I bought and played off Steam but was able to activate om Steam afterward (Sam & Max Episodes). Realisticly there's 10 games I care about that I haven't played, 5 of those are recent purchases. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23590 | ICDP (110) May 20, 2011 - 08:15 pm
| Just what every student needs, right? Not much worse than Apple giving away iPods with laptops I suppose.
Of course, I flunked out of college the first time because I was playing to many games on my PC, not console (N64!) :p Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23577 | ICDP (110) May 18, 2011 - 09:55 pm
| | Chef took the words right out of my mouth. I can understand their frustration, but I also refuse to pay $50-60 for a game I may only play for a week or so. I don't personally buy used games, I usually wait until they're cheaper or on sale, but I don't have a problem with it. I also have no problem with devs offering perks to new game buyers, like a new car dealer offering free scheduled maintenance. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23496 | ICDP (110) May 08, 2011 - 02:37 am
| Congrats Orion! I guess this means I can open the copy I bought on sale Thursday ;)
I was trying to come up with an anagram about Chell, before I realized her name had two "L"s in it. You'd be amazed how many sentences an internet anagram finder can make out of that line, but finding one that makes any sense at all it tough :) Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23496 | ICDP (110) May 06, 2011 - 12:09 am » Edited on May 06, 2011 - 12:38 am
| » Yes there's a reference.
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Cave Johnson here.
We've had a good couple weeks with the release of our Virtual Interactive Declassified Employee Orientation/Group Action Managing Experiment software, but we can do better. More users means more dollars, and there are still some slackers out there who haven't completed the program. Like that guy right there. Or him. Or him... oh you're a Mac user? Too bad! Ha ha, just kidding, we got you covered too. Bet you did't see that coming. The point is, if they won't buy it, give it away. Let's start with this guy here, Icy-what's-his-name. Trust me, with the volume we'll do, the profits will roll in. I read that in a book somewhere. Gosh I hate reading. Hate as like ice.
P.S. Don't forget "bring your daughter to work day" next Tuesday.
Cave Johnson. We're done here.
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So, why do I deserve to win a free copy of Portal 2?
Because Cave Johnson says so, that's why. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=23306 | ICDP (110) Feb 15, 2011 - 12:54 am
| The Orange Box (which includes Portal) has been available for 360 as long as it has for PC, and for PS3 for only about two months less, so being a console only gamer is no excuse.
Anybody who doesn't have at least one of those three platforms can't rightly call themselves a gamer in the 21st century. :) Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22790 | ICDP (110) May 23, 2010 - 06:54 pm
| Guess you didn't see this part...
It doesn’t get PC viruses.
A Mac isn’t susceptible to the thousands of viruses plaguing Windows-based computers. That’s thanks to built-in defenses in Mac OS X that keep you safe, without any work on your part.
... no, it's because hardly anybody bothers to write viruses for Mac because of the smaller user base. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Siteseeing Link » /news/siteseeingarticle.asp?searchid=4560 | ICDP (110) May 17, 2010 - 09:45 pm
| I think they will keep the big ship, it works in the same vein as it does in the original, it's certainly out of place in the Death Star trench. I suppose they could space out the seats and make a pod like shell around them, but still you'd have to have a big group of them watching the same screen, otherwise you'd need 100 screens or the line would take forever!
As much as I dislike it, I can see the business sense in the decision. Probably 99.9% of the people visiting Disneyland couldn't care less about the actual Star Wars context, and the pod race was kind of created as roller coaster/video demo sequence. Most people will probably love it (or hate it because it makes them motion sick), even though it's not literally a star war, like Sync said.
I just hope they save the original program, so they can bring it back in 10 years like Captain EO :) Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=22736 | ICDP (110) Apr 27, 2010 - 03:24 pm
| Numbers like this boggle the mind. They sold 12 million in Japan last year (article is updated, that number is for Japan, not world), yet that's not enough to keep producing them.
Never mind that most of us haven't used one in years, if somebody's still buying 12 million a year, isn't that a viable market? :P Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21813 | ICDP (110) Jun 30, 2009 - 12:17 am
| I'm sure this is exactly this what they're trying to prevent. Your "one copy" for "several PCs" that you "will not 'buy'".
I played lots of StarCraft LAN with my friends years ago. Not one of us had a legit copy.
I don't think online-only MP is a deal breaker for the vast majority of PC gamers these days, with WoW under their belt, Blizzard should know. Flag this | Edit this post |
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