Hurlshort

I don't think I've ever watched a video of a game I wasn't interested in. That must be tough.

My issues with Oblivion had nothing to do with the way it looked, so I'm not sure why it would be a problem if Fallout 3 looked like Oblivion. But I don't see much of a comparison graphic wise, sure you can tell the engine is similar, but it's not Oblivion 2.

I'll be honest, I'm very disappointed in the direction this game has gone. When I heard they hired a write from Playmakers, I thought they might actually create a game where the players have personalities, and you would actually need to manage them to get the full potential. I thought a story based football game could be great. But they seem completely focused on making it as violent as possible, and seem way too focused on drugs and sex to make this a good game.

Not if you only make one back-up copy for personal use and do not distribute it. I should make a backup copy of my car, that thing might break down. Yesterday I scratched my car's rear bumper. It broke down completely. My mechanic says it's beyond repair and has to be totaled. That's what you get for buying a $50 car.

The Sharks looked a good deal different, even though it's only the first game. It helps to have the blue line vets Blake and Boyle, but the forwards all seemed much more active, particularly on the power play. I can see the differences in the coaching style right away. Not that Wilson was bad, but I don't think his defensive focus was conducive to the Sharks line up.

Redneck Rampage?

I'm on White Tower as Chaos and Tor Elyr as Order. But the game was crashing for me a lot, I think I'll give it a few months and try it again. Still is a very good game though, I recommend it despite the crashing.

Yeah, that was a good movie.

WoW is such a gear-centric game. I realize that most MMO's are about loot, but WoW really seems to be all about the gear. For example, I worked to get an entire suite of the Imperial armor for my Pally, you know, the set that Stormwind Guards use. But it was really a weak set, and it even made me rather ineffective in the game. That always bothered me, it's one of the reasons I stopped playing.

I didn't read your full post, but let me just say Warhammer Online makes WoW PvP look like excrement. I loved WoW, but I never really understood why they started focusing so much energy on the PvP.

Curses! I would have gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you nosey kids!

Maybe he meant Speed Racer?

It's a pretty cheap car, it's $4999 so technically it's a misdemeanor.

Go right ahead. And be sure to post how you did it. I worked on it for a bit, but the stupid car kept getting stuck in my DVD burner. So I just stole one from the dealership.

You need to burn it to a DVD and play it on an X-box 360 - there are ways to play burned games without chipping. Can you be more specific on ways to play without chipping? I still see this as a lot more difficult than pirating PC games. You need a DVD burner, that alone creates a bit of a hindrance that PC games don't get.

Not if you only make one back-up copy for personal use and do not distribute it. I should make a backup copy of my car, that thing might break down.

I thought the whole point is that it is now downloadable off the internet - maybe I am confused? I dunno what Hurlshot means either, it's on torrent and file sharing sites. So do you need to burn it on a DVD and then play it on a modded Xbox?

This doesn't seem quite as serious as being able to download it off the internet. Not that it isn't terrible, hopefully they can trace the leak, but I don't think it will be able to spread very quickly this way.

Big Bang Theory

It's too bad he chose the Wii version.

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/big_bang_theory/ Here's a link, since most of you hermits probably don't know how to work a TV.

Just as an aside about the firepit, the child wouldn't actually need to fall into the fire to burn to death. Just being close enough to overheat can be deadly, it's why you hear about children dying in hot cars every year.

Anyone catch the most recent episode of "The Big Bang Theory"? It was all about Age of Conan and what happens when the hot girl next door gets addicted to an MMO. It was geek-tacular. It amazes me that a sitcom on a major network during prime time focuses on MMO's and it hasn't been canceled yet. I also wonder if Funcom paid for the opportunity to be in the show, or if Funcom got paid for it. They actually used the game engine to create some cut scenes, at least it looked that way.

Dang...I really feel like I missed something!

Yeah, that was pretty unsurprising. I'm in support of this legal action. While it might be a hassle to need to carry your DVD's with you if you want to watch them on a laptop, there is too much room for abuse in allowing full copies on the hard drives like this.