Hell Kitty

What? You mean people are posting comments condemning piracy? What on earth does that have to do with fighting piracy. Pirate downloads game, pirate downloaded DLC/patches/mods/whatever. How are people being rewarded or punished?

Oh I just realized what the special crates are for, awesome. MC: Have you played the original STALKER?

I don't get how DLC could possible fight off piracy. I pirates can get their hands on the original game, what's stopping them from getting the downloadable content?

With all the driving around I was reminded more of Boiling Point than STALKER. Except in BP at least I could pass through checkpoints unmolested thanks to alliances, but here it seem everyone wants to kill me. After the tutorial I was mostly hunting diamonds, which you find in almost exactly the same way you find artifacts in Clear Sky. I agree that it's annoying the when the map obscures your view, especially when diamond hunting, but I always have the map open when in a vehicle because it doesn't get in the way. Why can't he do that out of the vehicle? The first mission I took was from the arms dealer, involving eliminating some competition, which I did. Then I ran out of rifle ammo and didn't like my chances with just my pistol considering I was surrounded by a crapload of guys and more were coming, so I stole a jeep and got the hell out of there. I drove right past the two guard posts I had just cleaned out minutes and then they too started chasing me. Good times. Now I went back to the bar and me and Warren are going to go on a mission. I rescued Warren after stumbling across him while I was hunting for diamonds. My bestest homie is Flora and my second bestest is Ferenc? That guy who was with the IDF. How many pills do those containers have? I've used three already and I'm kinda paranoid I'm going to run out lost in the middle of the jungle and end up dying alone.

Everyone in this game falls in love with me at the drop of a hat. I gotta stop flexing the guns.

Just started Far Cry 2.

My dog led me to a treasure which turned out to be a condom, but it's too late, I've already had unprotected sex.

I was waiting a bazillion years for STALKER and that turned out pretty good, so I'm still looking forward to Alan Wake.

Currently finishing the storyline in SR2, then I've got Dead Space and Fable, and tomorrow I'll buy Far Cry 2 on PC. So many games, so little time.

People are aware that in this particular case there haven't been any threats of violence or any other craziness, right? Anyway, I mostly agree with that M. Zuhdi Jasser guy, but ultimately this is a product and Sony have made a business decision. I guess it's better to have Angry Internet Men against you than angry Muslims.

Try playing with only the Plasma Cutter, that's what I'm doing. Do you agree on the repetitiveness of the environments?

I really couldn't see them making such a big deal about a KOTOR 3 to be honest.

Dear Tigranes, I don't really know how to tell you this, but you're a pervert. I think I realised it when your dog ran amok at the mental hospital and I saw you sit on Donald Duck. I'm sure you're ashamed enough to understand how awful I've felt. I'm returning your ring to you, but I'll keep the oil stocks as a memory. You should also know that I told in my confession today about the apartment building. Go burn, Hell Kitty (What happened at the apartment building is what explains why he is such a pervert.)

Still playing Saint's Row 2. I love this game. 10/10.

Oh, and anyone who criticizes journalists for giving a game 10/10 and then making their own 10 list, you get 0/10

There is nothing funny about that. 1/10

Except there is really nothing to suggest that. 3/10

Specifically it says "In this post-Mass Effect era, it's disappointing not to hear yourself talk and to have to pick your dialogue options from big blobs of text" so I'm guessing he just prefers the ME system for dialogue rather than having a problem with lots of text. Then again maybe he's a big dummy and would cry at the sight of all Van Burens text before going back to play [insert whatever game you don't like here, preferably one without much text]! Lol!

We all need to be offended by something. It's what powers the internet. The question is does it draw more power from offended Muslims or those offended by Muslims?

Here is the thread posting that supposedly started it all: link Hmmm, well I suppose if responding to a polite request is caving in then Sony caved. I agree with Tigranes, that if it is considered offensive, it's probably for the best for Sony to remove it, and they've done so before some crazy fundamentalists potentially freak out about it. I also agree with Meshugger. If anyone is going to make a big deal about this it'll be folks who want to complain about the big bad Muslims forcing their will on everyone. Or possibly crybaby gamers with a sense of entitlement who can't handle getting a game a week or two late.

So did Sony actually "cave in" to the demands of some group or individual as others here are suggesting?

I just broke up a fight between pirates and ninjas.

Personally I find the BOOOOOOO HISSSSSSSSS worse than the WOOOOAHHHH COOOOL. I can't really fault people for being happy and positive, and even the most obnoxiously happy isn't as bad as someone constantly whining about something they insist they don't care about. Honestly, I think most of the people who claim they aren't interested but keep absorbing every little bit of information that comes out do so because they are looking to justify their initial hatred/annoying/crybabywhininess. "I always said it was going to be Oblivion with Guns and look the animations are just like Oblivion I was right all along take that Bethesda!" Actual criticism is nice, it's just that there is far more whining than actual criticism, which is true of everything I suppose. Stuff like constantly claiming Bethesda is wrong for Fallout or the game is Oblivion with Guns or that the videos look just like a modded Oblivion or every positive preview of the game is just a regurgitation of the press release or personal attacks on Todd Howard and Pete Hines or how it should use a subtitle instead of a number or how it's not a true Fallout game... don't make for interesting criticism.

I am no madam! If I'm going to be cynical (and I am), I'd say people are probably more likely to accept the DRM when they've already bought it and are now waiting for it to install so they can play it.

I have yet to resist buying a game because of complaints about bugs, because like many others I've often had no problem with games that others claim are buggy messes.