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In the other thread he states that consoles aren't computers. That one was priceless.

A console isn't a computer, regardless of what people think, Hades_One. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And I thought the 64-bit numbers gaffe was bad. Consoles indeed are computers. I'm curious what you think makes them not computers.....

But what a shot!

Well, he's only had one game so far that was stellar. I think it might be early to go jumping on the bandwagon already.

That depends. Onboard video chips that utilize the same memory as the system perform worse than equal memory amounts that are separate on PC boxes. Shared memory isn't always better.

It's called marketting hype. It's been around for quite some time now.

As other people have said, the biggest advantage of the console is standardized hardware.

Where was this Darque thread?

I guess that's why almost every Xbox title used FSAA to a great degree, and all X360 games will use it 100% of the time, while displaying everything at a 720p minimum resolution. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's not going to work on standard televisions?

Play of the game was totally the save on Hemsky. Oilers pot that and they cut the lead to one, and gain some momentum. Kiprusoff's save was just a slap in the face. Hemsky should have passed it into the net rather than shooting it maybe

I think that only occurs when you don't already have something. Plus, your example is a singleton and unfortunately anecdotal. If you're planning on purchasing something, the one that has free things that come with it often do very well. Maybe my example isn't much better, but we basically have 3 top brands of beer at a liquor store I used to work at. The one that had the free giveaway was always the best seller, because it's getting more for your money. People ARE leery of free, but the "free" in this case required a previous purchase, so people see it as more bang for the buck. People love free online games, and I'd wager games like Starcraft, Counterstrike, Diablo 1 & 2 have done a lot better than the MMO games. In fact, Guild Wars was released with a free online mode (and it's an MMO) because ArenaNet and NCSoft felt it could be more profitable to sell units rather than make money on subscriptions. Free stuff WITH something else is an excellent marketting program. And as long as increased sales cover the cost of the free goodies, it pays off in the long run.

An interesting snippet from my very first lecture in my AI course this year:

The polls in the 1930s had Franklin Roosevelt losing handily in the Presidental Election.

I believe the plan was to start Jussi for this game all along. I keep pulling for Ty, but it's getting harder and harder

Jagr seems reinvigorated.

I played the demo with a 9800 Pro, 1 GB of memory, and an Athlon64 3500 Sure, I might not have been able to turn on ALL the bells and whistles, but I was still able to get pretty much the nicest graphics I had ever seen in an FPS (and probably game period) at very runnable frame rates.

Marines aren't soldiers? And as far as I know, the idea that the Doom movie didn't include Mars or Hell was a myth. The article about it in PC Gamer stated numerous times that it was on Mars and had demons from Hell.

I didn't mind Georges in his game against LA. I like how Avery runs away from him after chirping at him for a bit. He drew a couple of penalties and made some noise going hard to the net.

I bet Eric enjoyed scoring his big goal

Meh, if there's one thing I never do, it's give up on the copper and blue! I was very happy with their effort at the end of the first, and after a shaky start by Markkanen (he was struggling with rebounds, which he spoon fed to Perry, though the Selanne goal was a doozy), we picked it up. And then Stoll decides "Hey, I'm the PP shot man" and starts firing like crazy (which is a good thing). Some nice passes to set him up, and Torres with a wonderful deflection. And Pronger with two assists blasting his shot for gimme rebounds for Reasoner and Dvorak. Nice job rallying and bringing out the win. 3-0 wooohoooo!

Nope, but it IS set in a setting rather similar to another one of their games As for the count at the end of the manual, those include those that work at the publisher as well. I highly doubt that Bioware had 200+ people working on it, given that they have multiple projects on the go. At its peak JE had 70 from Bioware.

If I wasn't swamped with school, I'd happily join in

Oilers vs Anaheim in an hour! :D :D :D :D :D

Dragon Age is still a long ways away. It's certainly not vapourware. EDIT: In other news, where'd you read up about the size of Bioware? I didn't think they had that many people working there yet. I know they're still hiring, and even taking interns.

Dragon Age for me.