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My step-son was a huuuge Star Wars fan when he was about 5. I used to load up Battlefront 2 and he would play in an empty server for hours just running around and piloting the vehicles and letting his imagination fill in the rest. It would be fun to play a new one with him now.

I'd be interested in reading some closed beta reviews. Got any links? I'm hopeful that this game might actually be compelling and not a horrible cash grab like the internet has already dubbed it. This is the first I've heard about "freedom" combat. All early signs indicated a WoW-like...

There are a few things that don't make sense. I can understand the outrage if he was a regular, full-time, company employee. But the article mentions that he ran the same process at several different employers, which indicates to me that he's not a regular employee but a contractor. Otherwise...

It's uh ... well it's kind of ugly isn't it? Aion and TERA look a generation more advanced (Crytek and Unreal3 engines, respectively). Frankly the models and textures look a lot closer to WoW quality than I expected. I hope the animations and environments are well done. I need to check...

I ... didn't even realize this was out yet. And I'm an avid pc gamer (including MMOs) and follow several game-related discussion forums. What a major, major failure by their marketing crew. There are so many interesting angles that they could have played up to create buzz (modern-day...

I'm disregarding everything they say until I see some beta reports, and so should everyone else. I've seen hype threads for this game popping up on every game forum I read, and it's all completely unsubstantiated. So far, they've shown nothing.

My first reaction to this was incredulous - why would they spend $ to enable pervs looking at porn in public!! ect.. But after reading the arguments about true freedom of information, relative differences in what's morally "acceptable" in different areas, etc. I've definitely changed my...

Yoga lady needs to learn some customer service skills. If a waiter continually left a wake of unhappy customers, for whatever reason, he's going to be replaced. Well guess what, she's in the exact same business. Personally I'm guessing they're trying to replace her with someone younger and...

That made me chuckle, nice job [H]! :-)

Don't be a fucking retard. Anyone, anyone, in this position would do the exact same thing. Every single company and individual has the right to minimize their tax bill as long as they follow the rules adopted by Congress, and they do. It's not greed, it's good business...

sheesh, calm down kid.

If that key is still available I'd love to try it out this weekend. If not I guess I'll have to shuffle down to Gamestop and lay down my $. I had a blast in the Aion free beta weekends, my biggest concern is that just like that game we'll get to see all the cool stuff for free and then the...

I love the idea of kickstarter. The less influence the publishers have over the creative talent the better, but it's only going to take one high-profile flop for the whole system to dissolve. The sad fact is that it often requires a publisher's firm "we are shutting off the lights at 5:00...

This is a stupid, throwaway product meant to take up space on the "impulse purchase" counters at Fry's. Frankly it's not worth being showcased on the [H].

There's one major fact that people seem unable/unwilling to recognize: Video game review magazines/websites are not journalistic publications. They are marketing tools, purely and simply. Their job, their basis for existence, is to sell games to you. Your money is how they pay their...

This seems like a huge waste of resources. What's the point? Not to mention that the vast majority of popular apps have nothing to do with "playing" at all.

Uh-oh, I think it's time to short EA stock. This is going to be a bloodbath.

I have still yet to see a better performance/price offering than the 5850 xtreme I picked up for $140 last year. Very disappointing that the newest generation isn't any faster in the <$200.00 market.

Bottom line, if Amazon's algorithms determined that she could only fulfill 20 orders/day then their store should not accept more than 20. It sounds like they're trying to protect consumers/themselves from new vendors who overextend themselves and then go bankrupt; but their mechanism is...

correlation /= causation

Are you guys listening? I'm about to save RIM $5m in consultancy fees and explain how to bring their product back from the edge of total obsolescence: 1. Corner the keyboard market. Whatever the cost, whatever the challenges, make sure the Blackberry is the de-facto quality standard in...

These are pretty highly-regarded 'sticks for flight sim players. I would try asking around the forums for a few of the more popular games and see what they say. I'm sure that someone, somewhere has taken one apart and posted a tutorial.

Thx for the tips guys. I'm about to do the same thing.

If you want to see real innovation in MMO games look at what the Koreans are doing. They're light-years ahead of the US developers in terms of art and world design, and they're using all kinds of interesting combat mechanics that make WoW/ToR look as dated as they are. TERA has been out for...

fwiw I felt the main quest was seriously underwhelming too. But it's not really the point. I've been playing daily for 2 weeks after "finishing" the game and I'm still barely scratching the surface of what there is to see.

Exactly. This is a tool for robotics and application engineering, not for playing PC games. I think it's encouraging that MS is releasing this at all, regardless of the price. Youtube has some amazing videos to illustrate the real potential of this device.

To do the license justice, this game really needs to be WoW + EVE combined. I hope a year down the line that's what it becomes with some compelling space exploration and combat.

Pretty disappointed in the main quest. The fights were really dull and annoying and there is no feeling of accomplishment after finishing it. They really missed a creative opportunity

Just like the Grammys, and most every other industry award these have nothing to do with quality or art and everything to do with sales. What's the game of the year? The one the that sold the most copies obviously.

Why in the hell would anyone bother cheating in this game? Much less pay for a hack... I can understand a bored application developer probing at the system trying to beat the detection for a sort of academic challenge, but what is the point of playing if you're going to cheat? There's no...

The obvious question is how can we use this to get a discount on BF3? OP said it doesn't work for pre-orders, but the game is officially released Tuesday. If the code is still active then it might be worth a shot.

Sure, but to require that it be running in order to play BF3 without providing any benefit whatsoever just feels underhanded and evil. At least Steam brings some functionality (friends, chat, etc.) to games that don't provide those things inherently. But Battlefield 3 has every function...

This is exactly right. Most everyone who actually played the beta came to the same conclusion. Battlelog is fine; it's better than fine actually, it works very well. Conceptually it makes a whole lot of sense to separate the browsing/chatting/team forming aspect of a multiplayer game from the...

By my reckoning Bulldozer is ~ twice as expensive as it should be. Back in the day AMD used to compete with Intel's superior technology by offering a better value. Now Intel has them soundly beat in that regard as well. Why did they even release this chip if it's so obviously inferior in...

believe it's expired. I missed out too :-(

Well, whoever decided to buy the full page ad in the WSJ for this laughable product will never work in advertising again. GG Razer!

There's no reason to call the guy and idiot and start flaming about consoles vs. pcs. He's obviously ignorant about what the Battlefield series is all about, and the significance of vehicles and vehicle transport in the overall flow of the game. I can see where someone who's only ever...

Why in the hell would I pre-order a game with no release date? To dress up EA's financials this quarter?

At its core the incentive is always, always, competition with other players. Who can collect the best gear/most money/best skills and become the strongest.

Everything they've released so far looks ultra-generic and uninspired. Rigid tank/healer/dps roles in a 2011 MMO? In the Star Wars universe? Gimme a fucking break. "The Consular is the healing jedi, his job is to watch the lifebars and keep his teammates alive!" yawn... SW:G had a...