Everything posted by Hurlshort
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Piracy or not?
Most likely dangling something attractive in front of their noses and having the audacity to charge money for it. I'm pretty sure that we both know very well how the music industry (as a very obvious example) has been treating both consumers as well as artists, in that light I can't help but feel that your interpretation of my words is rather disingenuous. We are talking about entertainment products here, right? Not like food and water? If I can't feed my children because of greedy corporations, I might take matters into my own hands. Listening to the latest pop sensation, not so much.
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What are you playing now
Been playing it as well. I know folks are all about Watch Dogs right now, but SR4 is just on a different level from all the other sandbox games.
- The NHL Thread.
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The Funny Things Thread.
I got the same thing. We are language bros.
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What are you playing now
I didn't even bother starting the BF4 SP campaign. I bought it strictly to deforest islands with a chaingun in multiplayer.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
My poor pip boy bobblehead sits on my desk decapitated.
- Hoops 14-15
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Piracy or not?
Eh, most of my ebooks aren't much cheaper than when I bought physical copies. The benefit is I can buy them in the middle of the night or whenever something strikes my fancy, and I can carry around quite a few of them on one device. So yeah, it's a bummer that I can't share the latest book I bought with my wife without giving up my device, but life is full of trade-offs.
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Piracy or not?
Bester I don't think you are taking the scourge of Pirating seriously It seems like you are justifying it ...... My wife is a Unity developer and while she sells her stuff on Asset Store, she also uploads all her products (to which she holds all rights) on torrents because it's just how we are. You'd never understand. I am very surprised that your wife is in the industry and yet you guys seem fine with Pirating. So yes I probably won't ever understand I wouldn't really put too much stock in anything Bester reveals personally. He's playing a character here. His anti-kickstarter material is fantastic, but I think he's been a bit heavy handed with the piracy thing. His intention is to elicit a reacting, hence the jumping to porn when the thread started to slow down. Back to the scenario, there are plenty of creative people who put their content up for the masses. That is a wonderful part of the internet. I actually think that is a good argument against piracy. There are so many free books, games, and video out there, you really have no justification to take something from a creator who wants to be paid. This is entertainment, you can live without the stuff from big companies just fine.
- Hoops 14-15
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Piracy or not?
I can't believe your friends are too cheap to drop $5 on a book. That's the price of a coffee at Starbucks.
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What you having for dinner tonight?
Not true. Many years ago I ate a cheeseburger at McD's and got violently ill for about a day. My wife and daughter were sharing a hotel with me at the time, and my daughter has never bothered me for McD's since.
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What you did today
The biggest benefit from those local honeys is they will help with allergies. Consuming all that local pollen is a fantastic way to build up immunity.
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What are you playing now
Started Saint's Row 4. Holy moly, they really keep ratcheting up these introductions. Volition is amazing.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
Yeah I get preferring Steam, since they have a better selection and much better sales, but I've never understood trying to argue one is worse than the other in terms of DRM. In reality, Origin is less of a resource hog and the offline mode seems to run smoother.
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RANDOM VIDEO GAME NEWS
That sounds awesome, and great fun, I'd have paid money for it if it was'nt for the fact that it'd come loaded with online DRM; Origin or Steam. I am quite ok with Steam, at least they sell all games, but closed platform like Oriign is no go for me What do you mean? Origin has non-EA games. You can even add all your non-EA games to your library with a bit of work. They don't get as many games as Steam, but that has nothing to do with EA.
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What are you playing now
Finished Saint's Row 3. It was fantastic. I think I got the good ending.
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What are you playing now
I've been finishing up the storyline in Saint's Row 3, I was about halfway done last time I picked it up. Always a blast. This will scratch the itch I've been getting from all the Watch Dogs buzz.
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What you did today
I've mentioned to Woldan that he has no idea what is in store when he hits his 30's. It's no joke.
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Odd questions
Probably because they often fall under public domain, and they don't have to worry about the copyright consequences.
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What you did today
Geez, I'm really sorry to hear the Labadal. Did you have any insurance?