Recent content by Bomo

I'm really bummed by this. X3:TC is my most played single player game. I was a huge fan of just about everything in it. The huge learning curve was tolerable compared to how much you can actually do in the game (I consider becoming proficient with the UI to be a part of the learning curve)...

Agreed completely. Picked up both on Sunday and I've been having an awesome time with it. It hits me with the right amount of nostalgia and new stuff.

Pretty much this.

Go on, why is it worth mentioning?

First, I think you're unwittingly agreeing with the person you've quoted. He was making the argument that you won't get a "steam" like service on the consoles because they are different. Consoles are designed, no matter how much you put into them and your library of games for it, to have an...

I just got my shipping notice today. I'm having it shipped to my parents in Florida, so they can box it with some of my other stuff and send it over to Japan. It's going to be a good month before I get to play mine, minimum. The latter part is on me (and something I did intentionally), I'm...

Or, you know, turn the damn thing off when you're not using it.

I think we have a winner...

Best find I've had was a pair of Sennheiser HD580's for $4.99. Sold them for about $100-$150 after I got a good year or so out of them. Thrift shopping has been a family addiction pretty much since I can remember. Goodwill is a great way to keep kids moderately entertained for much less...

Half Life is one of the only things for which I actually consider myself a fanboy. Bought the coffee table book, the figures, the posters, freaking love that series. Day 1 purchase for me. Even if it's just five minutes of Gabe laughing at you and then a shot of Gordon's balls.

Dawn of Souls has the original 2 (Japanese FF2, not the FFIV that we got). The best way to look at it is to see the Japanese release numbers as the true numbers and forget the US numbers entirely. With the rereleases that Square has been doing, it's using the true numbered titles, not the...

The Sword and Sworcery soundtrack alone is worth $7. Everything else is just an awesome bonus. That said, I'm getting a bit tired of the repeat games in these bundles.

The EU has fined Microsoft for non-compliance every two or three years since 2004. It's a revenue stream for them now, it's not about competition. 2004 - €497 million 2006 - €280.5 million 2008 - €899 million 2013 - €561 million Totally seems legit. Not at all a way...

Apple's "huge" success in Japan isn't nearly as "huge" as people paint it to be. It's huge in Tokyo, it's not huge in Japan. I still count more people playing with a 3DS on a train here than I do with an iphone. This is a country where sony's smartphones do well because of brand loyalty...

If this is true it kind of makes this entire thread moot, doesn't it? (I agree with most of your points, so far, so don't take that as me lumping you in with the doom and gloomers).