Fun demo.  The interface from the first game needed a little work and it seems like they really have a good version of it here.  I think the main portion of the action happens way to fast personally... I found myself pausing a lot and wishing I could just go through it at about half pace, but overall pretty cool.

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That was my feelings when I played the first game...is there an option for slowing down the game speed in this one?

Judging by your example of APB, both VE and Blues News (who is notoriously NOT a console news site) had that posted yesterday.  Hell, even IGN had it up yesterday, and they're not exactly the kings of posting news.  If you're judging yourselves agains Yahoo, then sure, you probably post game news a day or two before them.  If you judge against actual games news sites, I think your statement is totally unfounded.

Hey, screw you guys!  S.T.U.N. Runner and Super Off-Road are probably better games than the majority on the last two releases.  Certainly enough to make me want to purchase this one.  

Now if only they could do the same for baseball...

Yeah, with a minimum of 2 years before this one comes out (and more likely 2.5 or 3), I will save my enthusiasm for a much later date.

why even have a front page then?

Oh not to worry, I won't be doing this very often and I'm not going to do the work to put up the links.  Just demonstrating why they should visit...

OR

They can continue to visit all these other pages that will get to the news we posted probably tomorrow or the next day.  *shrug*

That's a little pompous, and blatantly untrue.  The other news sites I frequent, such as Voodoo Extreme and Blues News have all the news you posted now or previously, and often have more news besides.  I like the site but lying isn't a way to get readers.

Hmmmm, unable to determine potential level of suck...

So am I the only one that thinks buying movies on a shitty proprietary, low-resolution format is probably not going to fly?  

I'm not buying that thing for it's multimedia capabilities (do I really want to worry about smashing the screen while listening to MP3s?), I only care about the games.

OK, if they can actually get Off-Road and S.T.U.N Runner on the same disc, I am so freaking there.  Those other ones should be decent additions, also.  s

I would suggest getting a new goddamn ISP, then.

I work for an ISP, let me tell you that almost all of them do it to one degree or another.  In my case its Qwest.

Well, as I said, Comcast (formerly ATT Broadband) hasn't fucked me in the ass like that.  Just because your company does it doesn't mean it's right.

If you are smart about giving out your primary email address

I wish I could say that was true but ISPs sell your name bud.  :/  I built an account and within 1 day had 15 pieces of spam.  Nobody knew about the account and I hadn't used it yet.

I would suggest getting a new goddamn ISP, then.

If you are smart about giving out your primary email address you shouldn't have any problems with Spam email.  I've had the same exact email through Comcast for 2 1/2 years and have yet to get spam.   Unless you count my Dad's retarded Forwarded joke lists...

Doesn't it get old looking at crappy green graphics all the time?

And are there lots of nice character customization options?

Cockgobbling whores!  Once again we get "extended maintenance"!  Are they ever going to get this shit right?

Not to mention that if you're a hardcore enough fan to buy the series on DVD, you will probably give it stellar ratings...

Ah, I don't know crap about priest talents or anything, I was just going off your statement about not getting the big talents that have an impact on mana pool.

No offense meant, but isn't it a little silly to build your character for the Battlgrounds now?  Wouldn't it be a lot better to build him exclusively for PVE right now and then pay for one respec once the Battlegrounds actually see the light of day?  I just can't see spending a couple months with a talent tree that you don't feel is as good as it could be for your current situation.

ONLY 29% faster?  What are you looking for, a limo driven by Mario Andretti?

I don't know...it's probably a lot more noticeable to a non-hunter since I already have the Aspect of the Cheetah which gives me the 31% speed boost.  Considering the fact that I can still get stunned and knocked off my mount, along with the other negatives, it just doesn't seem all that useful for anything besides running across a whole map.  And I try not to do that very often.

But here's a screenshot of my silly dog anyway:

the current trend up here in seattle is to turn decent rock stations (ok, not that decent but the about as good as radio gets anymore) into a mindless mix of 80's, 90's and the same boring shit you hear from the last few years.  

Fuck, if I wanted to listen to crappy 80's radio I'd turn it to the 80's station!  Just because your market was waning when you played the same 10 songs every hour doesn't mean that you need to play the same songs that were popular 15 years ago.  They say that "we now play deeper tracks on the albums that you want to hear", but it just means "we now play more OLD Pearl Jam and Sublime that you didn't need to hear again".  

Radio is the suck, and I don't know why they can't realize that.

Also by the way, I expect this whole plan to not last past June.  I have noticed a lot of even new movies/games out of stock because everyone is holding them after their "normal return window" (2 days/1 week).  Either BB has to increase the units of each item in the store or they're going to see profits drop quite a bit even without late fees.  Just my opinion though.

Yeah, exactly.  Between this new schtick (which is falsely advertised in my opinion) and the program they were running where you just paid 15 dollars a month (for the first month...30 after) for all the movies you want, they never have any of the movies in that I want.  I know that I signed up for that pay by the month deal and I would go a couple weeks without returning a couple movies because they didn't have the ones I wanted to exchange for...which means they didn't have those back in stock like they normally would have.  

They are both pretty ill-concieved plans to stop the bleeding ulcer that is the Netflix market.  When I can go to the same Blockbuster 5 times and not find one of the three movies I'm interested in renting, you know there's a problem in the system.  Or maybe they could just order a few less copies of "Harold and Kumar go to the shithouse" and a few more of "Shaun of the Dead".

Man, I always had a thing for her.  She is still an ultra-hottie despite not being in any movies or anything for a while.

Oh, yeah.  That show!  It's the best show out of all the shows on the big show-schedule.   :?

I haven't gotten technical with my talents at all, and doubt that I will.  As a lvl 43 hunter (currently) I'm pretty much just putting them into Marksmenship and Beastcrap in a 3:2 ratio.  I can do some massive damage with my bow, and my pet does pretty well, too.

I'm a level 43 Orc Hunter and I have a grey Dire Wolf mount.  I had to wait until 42 to actually buy him since I didn't start saving up quite early enough.  

I have to say I'm not that impressed with the whole mount thing.  He can't swim, he can't go in buildings (including just up some stairs), you can't go into combat mounted, and you can't even cast any buff aspects or call my pet while on him.  Shit, it's only 29% faster than my Aspect of the Pack/Cheetah, so unless I'm running across a map it's pretty useless.  

To me I just don't think it's worth all the money, time and effort it took to finally get him.  I had to sell all of my leather and other goods for like 5 (or more?) hard levels, not to mention not upgrading gear and stuff.  Instead of this retarded wolf that I hardly ever use I could have had uber gear and master leatherworking skills.  Too bad I didn't know that beforehand.  Although I'm sure my guildmates would have guilted me into getting one anyway...

I find that despite any problems I have with the game and the further development of it (including frustrations with lack of info and patches) I am still getting tons of play-time out of this one.  For only 15 dollars a month I am putting more time into this than I am any other game I've bought...probably forever.  Half-Life 2?  Unfinished.  Mercenaries?  Not even 1/8 of the way in.  Halo 2?  Ha!  And these are the games that I really enjoy!!

Obviously if you're not getting that much use or fun out of the game your best bet is to do exactly what you did and quit paying for it and let Blizzard know why.  

As for me, there's enough great content in the game that I'm going to continue being a tool, pay the money and have my fun.  And complain every few weeks when the shit hits the fan like it inevitably seems to do...

Yeah, that guy doesn't have a drug problem at all...

I seriously doubt anything they included with the LE will significantly affect gameplay.

You mean like another playable character?  Or an additional fighting style?  Yeah, that doesn't affect gameplay at all...

Did you miss the "significantly" part of my post?

Read.  Comprehend.  THEN post.

I guess it all depends on your definition of "significantly"...but thanks for being a jackass anyway!

not funny to me.

does it get harder lol.

yeah man you are gonna get harder missions starting right now with the diamonds but the game does not really get challenging untill the face cards for the hearts.  As for how you feel about the game, the whole thing will play out just like the clubs did, so if you really dont like it now there is nothing later in the game that is going to change your mind.  Now how you can come away with a meh feeling after bunkerbusting that huge tower in the ace of clubs mission, ill never know.

I was underwhelmed by the explosion....everyone said bunker busters are amazing...not much happened...

I like the game, but I'd have to agree that the bunker buster didn't live up to people's hype at all...it left me waiting for the big boom.

I seriously doubt anything they included with the LE will significantly affect gameplay.

You mean like another playable character?  Or an additional fighting style?  Yeah, that doesn't affect gameplay at all...

It kills me how a game that I really enjoyed, Motor City Online, had more subscribers than many other games in it's short lived stint but EA didn't have the balls to support it and stick it out.  Instead they just announced that they weren't getting blockbuster numbers and that they would be shutting down the servers 6 months later or whatever.  

I'd like to see a breakdown for the stats by country (or be able to select which countries contribute to all stats), seeing as how most of the high-number games are ones that are extremely popular in east Asia but have pretty much been blasted as suck-fests elsewhere.

So if all preorders are getting it, does that mean they are just going to make the whole initial batch that version?  

Either way, I can't believe they include special content that can only be gotten through preordering.  That kind of thing pisses me off.

I'm gonna pick up the XBox Deluxe release (both games) when that comes out soon.  It has all the levels and mini games from both of the first two as well as some added levels.  I do hope that it has cheats, though

But again, enjoy it because you guys earned it.

No, I'm pretty sure the TEAM earned it.  You guys didn't do shit.

because they have some silly religious hangup about an old guy making decisions for millions of people and to let on that he is a delirious invalid kind of makes them look a bit goofy in the head.

Okay, so I think this one isn't the kid's fault.  I mean who knew drinking too much water could kill you?

I did.

You may want to post this and any similar posts over in the Steals and Deals forum.  Thanks for the heads up!

Psychonauts

I'm assuming the job would have nothing to do with testing new drivers or the useability of advertised functions that are not actually working in the cards.

Well I know the school is legit.  I don't know all the details but they have been around for over 10 years with their various programs such as recording arts and stuff.  I can't say whether it's the best place to learn comptuer animation, but I think you can feel safe that it's not a scam or a fly-by-night sort of operation.