We’re not suggesting that ALL lawyers are evil and have unsavory backgrounds (yes we are), but with the recent discovery that most lawyers are former evil henchmen, well, it’s hard not to draw certain conclusions.
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Look – we’re not saying that ALL game companies make this tradeoff ALL the time, but there certainly seem to be specific cases where the decisions that get made clearly fall in the category of “we don’t give a rats @$$ about the users experience, we just want our ca$h money.” Recent issues with New Vegas DLC come to mind, and I’m sure you can think of others, as well.
The funny thing is – people are such sheep that they just keep on buying the stuff anyway, regardless of repeated quality issues. I mean, we’re in the flock, too, I’m just saying…
I love my dogs, but their randomly possessive nature vexes me. We have the same toys in the house that we had yesterday, but for some strange reasontoday was the day one of them decided that a particular toy belonged to them, and woe was the other pup for thinking otherwise. A drag down, brutal fight ensued, twice, before the little one eventually gave up. Then, just as quickly as it began the entire thing was over. Sharing ensued, a rainbow appeared, and it was like nothing had happened. All I can say is – WTF!?
We actually heard of stuff like this happening, and thought to ourselves – what did the Sony execs think when they heard about it?
Astute observers will have already noticed our new podcast, entitled: This Conversation Is Being Recorded. We’re trying to keep them short and sweet (and hilarious) – so those of you with short attention spans shouldn’t have any trouble sitting through one. Go ahead, give it a listen – you know you want to!
So, you may have heard of this new craze that’s sweeping the internet called podcasting. Don’t be alarmed – its really not that scary. Anyway, we’ve officially jumped on the band-wagon and are producing a weekly advice-ish style podcast. Take a list below, or subscribe to our iTunes feed here or our podcast feed here. Also, if you want us to answer YOUR question, just use the contact form here. We can’t promise our advice will make sense, be funny, or even have anything to do with your question. And, I use the term advice pretty loosely. Topics for this installment include getting your significant other to clean, promotions at work, marriage, and more.
Welcome to this week’s news recap.
The biggest news this week is that, unsurprisingly, Duke Nukem Forever sucks. Turns out picking up your own shit in a game isn’t a recipe for success.
In more unfortunate news, id software’s Rage has been delayed. The graphically impressive shooter was originally slated for release on September 13, but has now been pushed back to October 4.
Rumors are floating around that Microsoft will unveil a successor to the Xbox 360 sometime in 2012. Although nothing has been confirmed, a “high-ranking industry source at Crytek,” made the initial reports.
CEO of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, admitted that the Wii U’s announcement could have been handled better. There was some confusion as to whether the Wii U was in fact a new console or just a new controller for the Wii, as well as some confusion as to whether or not the Wii U also works as a stand-alone portable device.
