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Offline mode always works and you can always launch your games. The problem is getting into it. It'll often try to update Steam for 5 minutes before it gives you the offline mode option, but it IS there, even if you try to turn that mode on with no net on a fresh boot. Edit: As it stand nows, my Steam folder is about 180gigs and my GOG folder 30 or 40. I always try to buy on GOG first to avoid ALL DRM, but Steam has been extremely pleasant. None of the nastiness I was expecting.

I couldn't get through the Machinarium 1st/2nd puzzle so I gave up. Sanitarium was a breeze, though. Good game.

One of the big pluses of an Apple tablet-style device is a massive software ecosystem and developer base specifically targeting a single device which no other company can provide, except maybe Google (and they haven't officially entered this market yet).

Sweet! Thanks guys, I will dust off KOTOR2.

4 hours. Arg.

Whatta smeg. Oh jesus, this **** is why I vote Greens (whatever your crazy thoughts on their environmental stance is - they at least have the Senate power to control legislation). And why I really really do not ****ing trust the government to handle a web censorship scheme. The problem is that this crap doesn't appear to be legislation. It's just the whims of the censorship authority. WHAT THE F...

Huntsmen are completely harmless, clean, and eat all the insects in your house. They also move about 100km/h and are the size of your hand.

It's funny because the criticisms are the same ones the iPod and iPhone copped. And look how badly THEY failed.

What? It can play music while you surf the web. What do you mean by "can't multitask"? This isn't a device you'll be multitasking on anyway besides what I just said. Hell, what is this "multitasking" people rave about? How many times have you ever done more than one thing at a time on a computer? You almost ALWAYS do things in a sequence, not parallel. If only this thing had a Python or C compiler. Krezack I think they mean "multitasking" by the fact that (if what they're saying is correct, and if I'm interpreting them right) - you can't have Safari and Word open at the same time. Which would totally suck. Hmm. Well they're wrong - Apple confirmed you can. That was a deliberate iPhone limitation (probably for performance reasons) which is not related to the iPad. Edit: To clarify, you can run multiple apps at once on it.

What? It can play music while you surf the web. What do you mean by "can't multitask"? This isn't a device you'll be multitasking on anyway besides what I just said. Hell, what is this "multitasking" people rave about? How many times have you ever done more than one thing at a time on a computer? You almost ALWAYS do things in a sequence, not parallel. If only this thing had a Python or C compiler.

That's called Fallout Tactics. Except they totally ****ed up pretty much everything in Fallout: Tactics. Missions are way too long, lorewise the game is annoying. Your charachters have no personality etc.. I enjoyed Tactics, but it was a far cry from JA2. The character personalities was probably the biggest crime, but the horrid inventory was probably a close second. I enjoyed Tactics more than JA2 but possibly because it was Fallout and because I played Tactics first. It did muck up some Fallout canon but w/e - beats Fallout 3!

OS X wouldn't be able to used the iPhone OS software ecosystem and market (which is the main selling point for this device, both to shareholders, consumers, and publishers). It'd also have to have code changes to run on the low-power ARM chip it uses which provides the 10+ hour battery life. I think you misunderstand how light its weight is. And 10 inches is pretty small. Too big to fit in your pocket, but probably, what, A4 paper size? Smaller? Think about carrying a Harry Potter book around with you. A mild annoyance in the sense that you need to carry something at all, but not any kind of muscle strain or burden.

Time-travel is a new and novel concept!

It is half the price I was expecting. I will definitely buy this. It's the device I'll take to work and class every day for sure. Will wait for 3G model though. Biggest problem with it (and this is a real gripe, unlike the douchebaggery posted above): No USB slot. A smaller gripe is no phone or SMS capability even though it takes 3G SIMs.

I'll be downloading a crack to remove it from BG&E. No ****ing way am I playing with this 'phone home' **** on my system.

What? Every quest had multiple solutions, how many games let you do that anymore?

When I was doing some State Emergency Services training today we had to swim for 6 minutes in our clothes (overalls, jeans, shoes, etc) as part of the assessment. Anyway it was so damn hot and I figured the pool would be a refreshing change. I dived in and it turns out the ****ers hadn't bothered to turn the pool's heating off in summer. Uhhhhg!

Burn the heathen!

I'm into anything involving Selma Hayek!

What the ****. Also, it was yesterday you temporally-delayed bastard!

So... what you're saying is... you need a balance between the two?

When I am king you will be first against the wall.

Harvey Smith is one of the main reasons Deus Ex 2 was so ****ed up (all he cared about was streamlining it to the point it was just a slightly interactive novel or movie). This is not win at all. He also played an important role in the original, and I'm sure the sequel taught him a few lessons on what not to do. With that in mind I'm certainly interested in learning more about the game he's working on. Fair point. A categorical 'meh' from me then.

Oh come on! Sleeping in a tent will be half the fun!

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