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In Topic: Sony patents in game interruptions (ads)

Yesterday, 1:14 PM

View PostBillyHW, on Sat May 26, 2012 12:28 PM, said:

View Postgodslabrat, on Sat May 26, 2012 11:11 AM, said:

The ads will be for tampons.

And feature most prominently in sports games, no doubt.

Nah, forced Cialis ads run during halftime in Madden, just like in real life.

In Topic: Wow

Fri May 25, 2012 8:50 PM

I played Guild Wars probably 20-30 hours per week for about 3 years. I think I have arounf 4,000 hours in. I took days off from work to play. What's funny is that in that game, you hit max level in a matter of hours. After that, it's all monster hunting for rare skins and materials and dungeon running. There's a pvp aspect as well, but I never really got into that.

I would say I enjoyed playing in my clan, even though we were playing like bots, using established roles and tactics. We all had the dungeons memorized. Knew who had to use what spells and where. There was little room for improv. One person not following the script could cause the group to be overrun. Then it would be a matter of running away and hoping someone with a rez survived.

With all that said, I often stay up way too late playing Xbox or whatever. I do sometimes wonder if I'd be a better father & husband if I turned off the console and went to bed.

It looks like Guild Wars 2 will be out some time this year (but the same could have been said last year and the year before). I'm still not sure if I'm getting it, but if I do, I have all the titles/achievements needed to secure all my legacy bonus items!

In Topic: Sony patents in game interruptions (ads)

Fri May 25, 2012 8:24 PM

View Postgodslabrat, on Fri May 25, 2012 2:17 PM, said:

Well, making the obligatory point that in-game ads are nothing new...

(snip big pic)

... it'd be really interesting to see how Sony can try to push this on customers and still present themselves as better than the competition.

Two thoughts, First, while in-game ads like the Pizza Hut ad above can be annoying, they also can blend into the scenery when done well. Think billboards in racing games, ads on the boards in hockey games, etc. This patent, however, is for a method of pausing a game to force an ad to play.

Second, I read once that iPod apps have taught game players that games should cost $0.99 or something very inexpensive. I guess it's also fair to say iPod apps have taught game MAKERS that people will put up with numerous ads to play cheap games!

In Topic: My styrofoam head arrived today

Sun May 13, 2012 4:19 PM

 SRGilbert, on Sat May 12, 2012 7:11 PM, said:

I didn't know you could get head through the mail.....interesting.

I can picture it now...
[bradpittvoice] What's in the baaaaaaax?[/bradpittvoice]


In Topic: Guess who is never getting my money again?

Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:27 PM

View Postgodslabrat, on Wed Apr 25, 2012 8:35 PM, said:

""From a business perspective that would be absolutely awesome," he told the publication. 'It's weird that [second-hand] is still allowed because it doesn't work like that in any other software industries, so it would be great if they could somehow fix that issue as well.'"


Also: what a douchebag.

Sure, video games are the only software that gets resold. I've NEVER bought a used album, cassette, VHS, DVD, CD, or Blu-Ray.