Chris

Woohoo!

Saying "Period." all the time doesn't help your case. I still don't agree with the stuff you're saying before "Period.".

The pic posted by Bc9b is definitely in someone's mind.

Whoa, my friend Kyle is also in Jordan on a dig/excavation. Do you know if there are multiple groups there, or is it possible you've run into him? He had his 21st birthday last week or something and apparently there was much tomfoolery and drinkery going on.

For someone as self-righteous as you, declarations like this don't really help your case when you're railing against others for their opinions and actions.

Oh man, awesome. I'm going to illegally download that game right now. ...damnit!

I've got a, uh, 16MB video card...

Yeah, I know how you feel. I had the same problem when I first played Goldeneye. It was so frustrating that I stopped using dual sticks completely until Halo, then I just played until I got used to it.

Yeah! Totally! I knew he was from Street Fighter and his name started with an S but I couldn't get farther than that.

Yes, but the nice thing about owning things is that you can still own other things. So if you buy an Xbox you can still keep your PC. In reality, though, I don't really care either way. I'm just suggesting a practical possibility.

No, I mean the guy in the first picture of this thread.

This seems to be the predominant train of thought among people here and at AG, and for the life of me I can't figure out why. You can get an Xbox for $110 if you get it refurbished, and the graphics card alone for a good PC would run more than that.

Oh man, I took a picture with both the Alien Hominid and the big hand guy (whose name I forget even though I know it ¬).

Psychonauts was never going to come out on PS2. Schafer was thinking of working on the PS2 but not for Psychonauts. That game didn't really become a reality until Ed Fries came along.

Hooray Psychonauts!

I don't know, pop is still going strong...

Fine, but how do you expect good developers to survive? By your system, the ratio stupid people buying stupid games to savvy people buying good games is even higher. Tomb Raider 8 still fails of course, and nobody has a fucking clue that anybody enjoyed Beyond Good and Evil.

Times infinity plus 1!!!!!!!!!!

It doesn't really matter at this point. Considering the game was in danger of not being released, this is a good alternative. Not every game can be published by EA or Activision, nor should they be.

Oh man, I love Pikmin. I'm counting the days until Pikmin 2.

I've got to say, that's a fine avatar you have there.

The "wasn't going to buy it anyway" argument doesn't hold any water for me. If you weren't going to buy it, don't play it. Nobody is entitled to free games, believe it or not. I'm pretty liberal, and I think people should have food and healthcare and a place to live--games on the other hand are not a right. I buy very few games, but I don't steal any either. I just make do with playing fewer games overall, and it's not a big deal. It works out for everyone: I'm not buying crappy games and sending bad messages to publishers, I'm not playing crappy games that aren't worth buying (or downloading), and I'm saving money overall. Hooray!

I know what it is, I'm just not surprised that some other random guy wouldn't

Games do cost a fortune, but they cost a much smaller fortune than they used to. I don't know about other countries, but these days a new game costs between $30 and $50, and little budget puzzle games and stuff sometimes go for $20. Generally prices will gradually reduce over time unless the game is a super-duper bestseller. However, back in the day (early 90s and earlier), games were much more expensive. There were games that retailed for $100. You could expect to pay $60 for an average new game. And bear in mind that I'm not adjusting for inflation or whatever. If you adjusted those prices to current prices they'd be even higher. I rarely pay over $30 (and almost never over $40) for a game because I don't generally care about getting stuff when it's new and I make sure to look out for sales. It's still a good amount of money but it's not what it used to be...