Recent content by NightRaven

Most of the FF series was less than stunning to me (and I have a hard time understanding what drives the FFVII obsession beyond nostalgia), but I think FFXII really knocked it out of the park this time, so it gets my vote.

My first game was probably but not definitely sure, Galaga in an arcade, when I was about 4-5. Either that or Super Mario World on SNES (if I played Galaga later than I recall). I've been hooked ever since ;)

Ah, left out one thing. Note that it says the bundling of the iTunes Music Store and the iPod, not the iTunes software.

How many of you read the (short) article? Whatever it is, I think Reuters did not communicate clearly in the title. The objective here was made quite obvious: "Do you think it's fine that a CD plays in all CD players but that an iTunes song only plays in an iPod? I don't. Something has to...

Hah. One time my whole Font folder became corrupted and no text existed..., causing Windows to behave very very strangely. Random things just didn't show up, and things didn't work properly. I think I ended up booting to disk and copying over a fonts folder... Just copy the Fonts from some...

Oy, I hope Google never picks it up. They have enough on their table already and Wikipedia ought to stay a nonprofit org anyhow.

Oy. This isn't 'selfish' by any means. The idea is fair and discourages pure leeching. I used this for a few days before I was tired of the bloated Azureus client it was based off of and switched back to uTorrent. I don't know how big of an effect it had though, I think my speeds were fairly...

For some people, spending a few thousand on a computer is not a huge deal. (I'm not one of them ;_; ) For most people, top end cards probably aren't worth it, as the performance increase is typically marginal. Though with the 8xxx series, the midrange cards are still yet to come >.<

Without a unified physics API, I don't really think the industry is really going to build up any significant market in physics. Having separate incompatible solutions isn't exactly encouraging for software developers. Having a single MS-lead standard will certainly help, and make it far more...

The reason why specialized co-processors go the way of the dinosaur is pretty apparent: They're too specialized. Any sort of highly specialized co-processor will be effectively wasted except when doing its particular task. If the demand for that sort of processing is sufficient, then over time...

I can see a tax applying when you convert in game material to real money, since its really 'income'. But in game transactions cannot be taxed, as they have no real value. In all games so far, this is actually against the terms of service also. If a virtual economy gains enough size and...

Don't forget Cataclysm! Though Homeworld don't really apply to the 'exploration' theme so much.

The top end flagship products will always come with a premium for that kind of performance, and it takes a lot of effort to squeeze out those last drops. But in spite of the fact that the high end cards are so expensive at retail, the vast majority of the profits come from much cheaper...

It's a good idea, one that worked out pretty well. But yeah... sounds like you've been out of the loop a bit ;)

And probably 3rd parties for less. Ah the joys of limited supply...