TheFlyingGerbil

Would anyone give a quick rundown on the outage on LIVE in 2008 when they gave you undertow for free (I didn't have a 360 at the time) for a comparison? E.g. how long did it last and why did it happen. Did they extend people's LIVE subscriptions. How worked up about it did people get? I see it didn't effect everyone so roughly how many? How well did MS handle it?

I thought they only recently advertised for a graphics hardware architect, so it seems too soon to have a dev kit for games developers to me.

yeah, you sounded fine to me too, just need a louder mic!

From that article it sounds more like a redesign of the current console, not a new console. More likely (and I'd laugh pretty hard if true) is that they've made a new, cheaper/better dev kit for the current console. That's something I believe Wii did so indie devs could afford one. edit: not to say they aren't working on a new console.

I don't mind what they do - I was just guessing what they could do. I'm quite open to them making one of the characters gameplay quite different (ezio because of his age (maybe more strategic), or Desmond because he isn't being played as a memory).

they could have the people who work with desmond (I forget their names) could be at a base location sending him info such as objectives and a map doesn't have to be from memory. It is a game so it doesn't have to be 100% realistic, they could maybe say they've developed facial analysis software that decides how alert someone looks. I dunno exactly but it could work.

I'm sure they could steal an implantable animus technology from abstergo or something like that.

Wales has a national assembley, which has recently had its powers increased so it is able to make its own laws now., but we still are mostly governed by UK laws.

I'm praying hoping for scottish independence: more money for the rest of us.

we7 is pretty ace - you type in an artist you like and it builds a radio station based on them. The best bit though is if you use it over wifi it pre-caches songs so you can listen to them when you are out without using mobile data. Great for cheapskates like me on PAYG tariffs. edit: if you copy the .we7 files out of the we7 folder and rename them to .mp3 then they are... free mp3s! they're 192kbps too, so not too shabby.

yeah, I'm not upset at all, but I would see it as more of a slap in the face of customers than the PSN debacle, especially after the way they pushed the original xbox under a bus. I'm not upset about the PSN thing either. Hell, if MS would give away free stuff I'd be happy for LIVE to be hacked.

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because they only released the slim less than a year ago, which is when I, and many others took the plunge. I wouldn't have had I known that focus would be pulled within one year and it would be superseded within two years.

Christ, this would piss me off more than the PSN outage.

I think you could make a pretty cool spin-off show about River Song - better than torchwood at any rate.

"From our perspective, and the doctors, she already has." huh, she already has what? I'm not sure how the clip helped as it didn't mention her at all. Anyway, I've just reread the posts and I think I must have missed where you put 'on the show' because I was looking at it from River's perspective, not the doctor's/viewer's perspective and just though you meant she new less and less about him, and he knew more, and from her perspective that is the wrong way around. I guess my reading comprehension drops off a cliff after midnight so I'd best be off to bed before I make even more of a fool of myself

clipped from a wiki: edit to add link to prove I'm right! http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b010tb7q on bbc iplayer it's 37.40

one good thing about no HDD is that at least game patches are kept small.

lol, no, they were hacked on the same day as PSN, it's just they took even longer to figure it out. not sure that;s actually any better! edit: oh, and we have a proper apology now: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109693-Sony-Offers-Sincerest-Apologies-for-PSN-Attack

Pretty much every 3D game looks like it's populated by zombies to me.

Yeah, I believe they don't store the security number - I'm sure they try to put a spin on the problem, but they've said they don't store the number and I don't think they would outright lie. Of course that doesn't mean someone isn't selling the info and exaggerating what they have. Mind you I don't think the whole thing is as bad is it is being made out to be, if only Sony would tell the truth people wouldn't be believing the worst.

Finished IloMilo, except the completely evil ilomilo shuffle achievement. Going to buy the autumn's tale DLC.

stop digging!