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You just don't pay for it. No shame in that "

O RLY = silly "fad" that ranks up there with l33tsp34k and 'pwned' Hudson is forever.

Well, the ironic thing is that swords were still typically used as stabbing weapons in combat...especially larger scale combats.

Game over man!

I would bet the new Indy has a "passing of the torch" type theme. Dr. Jones is getting pretty up there in age....and you can only keep it in the 30s for so long.

Amen brother!

That actually doesn't surprise me. I felt the Russians would be strong and would do better than the USA. Though both pools have their share of wackiness going on.

Hehe. That would be interesting. The one thing I always loved is how insecure Clark is with Lana, because he's different. Though it seems as though every person out there is an absolute freak in that town. We've had people splitting into two, electroman, etc. etc. Clark is pretty normal

I'd bet that the ratio of crap:good is probably pretty common between the platforms. In any case, one cannot possibly say that there is more crap on the PC than on the console, simply because of the sheer volume of console games. Quality controls? I remember Nintendo had them back in the NES days. Doesn't stop people from releasing some absolute **** titles for the consoles.

I do remember that. But so much in Smallville seems to just be episodic, and not really carry on to next episodes.

Come on Paladin....you could say that most of the console games are crap too.

Then that is your shortfall, not the PCs. Still not sure how that relates when you can download it when sleeping. But if you can handle missing out on stuff because of a tiny download, then have at 'er. I prefer to not deny myself any opportunity.

Yes, Lionel is Jor-El. Been Jor-El since last season. He's trying to be Clark's father. We still don't know what was on that picture... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Heh, I completely missed that.

You won't get 100% out of your consoles for 5 years. This can easily be shown just by looking at the graphical quality of a console's first generation games compared to their last generation games. As for a long time patching, not sure why a 5 hour download is a big deal. I typically do those downloads while I'm either sleeping....or browsing internet forums. The thing I like about it in WoW is that it often results in new content. And I got my first mousewheel in 2000. A friend of mine had his since 1998.

So what's he saying?

Meh, I'd wager it filled their pockets moreso than drove things forward. Given their track record, I'd wager that they still would be coming out with the stuff now. Though it would have allowed them to acquire outside IP. I don't recall when the 3dfx buyout happened.

Hmmm...I think I prefer Lois over Lana. Not as much of a Kristen Kruek fan anymore. Oh, I just saw the most recent one...Lionel knows!

Aside from MMPORGs I've never done that. Most MP is saturday afternoon FIFA stuff or just the family playing something. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just played through System Shock 2 with a friend this past weekend. It was great fun!

Actually, you'll laugh at this, it was Nvidia screwing xbox. And it was well documented. The xbox had a special chip that they paid through the nose for the entire run of the unit. Which is why they refused to go through Nividia on the 360. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hehe, bold move by nVidia.

The people that you play against online don't have to be faceless either. The most fun I have playing online is with my friends. And we often use VOIP to trashtalk. The only thing that's different is that we're not actually in the same room.

How can people be so certain about the cost of the XBOX at the end of its life? $300 to make the XBOX? Unlikely. I suspect the majority of the "XBOX is losing money" on its sales was for the fixed costs of R&D. Unless Intel and the rest of the companies that make the stuff is totally giving Microsoft the shaft in prices. Intel could sell the processor for the XBOX for $1 and still make a profit on it. The only thing that could be increasing the cost is that Intel doesn't have many fab units making the old cores. Making a microprocessor is ridiculously cheap. Even then, upgrading all of the components in the XBOX to the components in your computer, is still chump change. The prices that we see for those components are not the prices that the big OEM companies pay.

What makes you think no profits were made though? Keep in mind that companies like Dell and Compaq can acquire parts for mere fractions of the prices that we can get from an OEM reseller (for building our own computers).

Yeah, well, I can put a sign saying "free" anything I want on computers I sell too. Doesn't mean the customer doesn't pay for it. It's marketing.