TheFlyingGerbil

Half life 2 and portal on shield is not so much gilding the lily as polishing a turd so I wouldn't spend too long feeling jealous. That time could be spent on the half a dozen other systems you probably own that could play those for the last decade.

why would the console manufacturers want people buying games through steam and playing them on their loss making hardware? The only reason they make hardware is to sell the software for it.

I used to listen to Out of Time so often - I loved it but the strange thing is it brings back a really vivid memory of me doing a jigsaw puzzle - I can picture the entire scene exactly in my mind right down to the physical feeling of the play button on my walkman under my finger.

I think it's a bit soon to be hoping for a slim model! Aren't they usually two or three years down the line?

I can't believe anyone making any sort of life sim didn't at least look at The Sims and see what sort of things you can do in that, so to say it didn't cross a single employee's mind is rather giving them the benefit of the doubt they probably don't deserve. Saying it's a fun and whimsical isn't an excuse either as it's implying same sex relationships would somehow sully that light mood which is hardly better. Since it was obviously a glitch to begin with that allowed gay male relationships and pregnancy ( and not lesbian relationships) they could have fixed it by adding in same sex female relationships not taking out the male ones. and if they didn't want to over complicate things and keep with the fanciful take on real life they could have kept the pregnancy for both same sex relationships. It would be that far from real life it couldn't be seen as making political statements and the whimsical take on real life excuse would actually make sense in that case.

what was it you wanted to play?

Can't believe all the stupid adults stood around letting the child do that.

This is so important You don't understand how important this is It's a drawing of martin freeman and benedict cumberbatch snuggling on a sofa reading a book. I understand exactly how important it is.

I don't think they should concentrate on becoming number one but on becoming profitable in third place. To do that they need to get back to making profitable hardware. People complain about the kinect pushing prices up but the wiiU pad has meant the console itself is not up to scratch and dearer than it should be plus I still haven't seem any uses that justifies the compromises brought about. I also think their decision to stick with powerPC architecture was a disaster as it just puts one more reason for third party developers not to make ports which really hurts it's chances in a one console household. Also I don't know how they run their company but from the outside it seems to be massively inefficient. They can't afford on any level to have games coming out a year or more after everyone is expecting them. I know everyone complains about merciless publishers crushing the souls of developers, which to that extreme is bad, but it seems like, on both the hardware and software front Nintendo is running itself as an indie developer, doing exactly what it wants to in a time frame it wants to with no regard the business side of things. Stop thinking "that's cool we should do that" and put their business hat on. It feels like Nintendo is the last gaming company, rather than a business that makes games, and in this market that is not going to cut it. Having said that the Wii and DS made a truck load of money - more than enough to keep Nintendo afloat until their fad console so I really don't see them leaving the hardware market. In fact I think they'd be least likely of the three (MS being most likely - at least to sell xbox off not just shut it down. I could see if they had a change of management them streamlining quite drastically and concentrating on selling business sevices with just core products of windows and office left on the consumer side)

I READ THE PREVIOUS POST. I didn't understand what you wrote, because I haven't heard of the app, "press". I've already said that - the previous post doesn't mention press so it doesn't help me with your post. All you needed to do was be nice and write "press is an app that works with feedly" OR be neutral and not write anything and someone else could answer (as two kindly did). Instead you chose to give an entirely unhelpful and douchey response. Anyway. I didn't understand, you were unhelpful - it's a tale as old as time (or at least this board). This conversation isn't going anyway so let's just drop it.

Are you seriously trying to make an excuse as to why I should have to include the question in my answer? I would have liked you to include an answer in your answer. That is the usual response to a question, so seemed reasonable to expect. Two other people managed it.

I've never heard of Press as an app which is indeed why it didn't make sense. Saying it was an app rather than to read the previous post would have been helpful and no more effort. But I guess one isn't obliged to be helpful if it isn't in one's nature.

I did... -do you mean "press on" with feedly it's the best of a bad bunch, or it's about to get better with an update; -Feedly is providing a service - press them to improve it, e.g. feedback your problems to them. Like I said, I don't get what you're trying to say.

It makes my toes curl - I just imagine they are all a bunch of fedora-wearing toss pots. The gentleman and scholar thing is an established phrase though, so I don't really mind that.

I don't understand that sentence at all.

I guess I don't keep up with the world of MMOs, as I would never subscribe to a game no matter how cheap - PS Plus stresses me out enough. Last I read was a few years ago they shut down an everquest game and I thought they had stopped doing subscription games entirely. Must have mis-remembered. but anyway it seems like a good idea to me, the better the perception of value for the customer the more likely they are to subscribe - even if they only end up playing one of the games in the long term so they aren't technically saving money.

which MMOs are Sony MMOs? Are any of them ones that people want to play?

That is exactly why I don't even want to try these games. I'm sure I'll feel compelled to stick at it but not actually enjoy a minute of it.

bonus dog

I enjoyed it apart from the super abrupt ending. Got me to buy the second game though.

The only two games I tried so far worked fine, so maybe they're getting better as they go along? I installed them through the humble app rather than downloading them from the website so I don't know if that made a difference too? It was the actual game of Carcasonne that I disliked, it was just really pointless and not at all fun. I only paid under £3 for the bundle, which is less than the Room 2 cost at the time so I've not really lost anything (I tell myself unconvincingly)

i just bought a humble bundle last week to get that game :/ Oh well, Hopefully some of the other games will make it worthwhile - Carcassone certainly didn't

Has anyone tried google opinion rewards? I just signed up. Hopefully it will encourage me to buy cheap apps I'm dithering about if they're effectively free, but is it going to take me a year to earn enough for one 69p app?