Waldorf and Statler

It depends on a lot of factors. Worst comes to worst I still have my laptop to play old games I care about that it can run. But a large part of my decision depends on whether developers I care about will support it with no-second thoughts when it comes to big releases and what the hardware quality/sale price ratio is. If at the end of the day I'm better off getting a regular console by the big three, so be it.

I personally prefer the later seasons of community when the characters are basically parodies of their personas.

Ugh. I trust Valve like I've trusted them before but if this ends up being "Developers promise they'll make games to run on this Linux based device" then I won't be game till much later when it becomes evident if developers are actually going for it.

And the regular cover was just Shepard ad co. looking angry with guns. Don't remember much complaining about those....

I'm not usually enough of a fan of College Humor videos (at least newer ones) to recommend them to others but this one is pretty fucking good. "Hold still, goddammit, Fuck!"

I'm sure they've done some sort of observational study. Like maybe a group of people who know nothing about video games needing to choose between an artistic cover and say, Black Ops II. If they're guys buying for themselves or family members getting gifts I'm sure they'd choose the guy with two guns looking away from the portrait. Mass Effect 2 and 3 basically had shitty covers too.

It's not that I absolutely hate Sonic. It's that I played Sonic '06. Watching Game Grumps play Sonic '06 definitely doesn't help with the shitty memories

See this is what I like on my sci-fi. Not Tom Cruise.

If it is Steam-Linux let's pray they find a work around where it can still run the old games or they'll have taken out their target audience. And Madbass why would it only appeal to those not interested in PC gaming? I'm interested in games in the PC, problem is when I have to shell out $800+ to build a decent gaming PC and then have to update it. My friends spent around $1500 And they don't have to update in a while, but if they release something that can play PC games meant for Steam at a fraction of that price, and it guarantees playing certain games more than decently until the next update it could save quite a bit of money.

I thought the main reason consoles could run games as well as they can with low-end hardware is because developers can optimize to use the hardware as best as possible instead of having to take into account customization and different pieces of hardware.

Huh. Maybe I'm too used to Kotaku but it's nice seeing a community that largely as a group isn't spitting white foam from its mouth. Kudos to PA.

Yep. Running it on Linux would be a major problem if it isn't a stand-alone console. They would lose a large interest of the people interested in buying it if they basically can't play anything but upcoming games. I'm just imagining the possibilties and I am pretty excited. If done correctly it could usher a new era of PC-gaming as it attracts more and more console gamers. They would definitely need to improve their servers and have the thing come with a gigantic hard drive seeing how it is all digital based.

Maybe I shouldn't have said the word open-source. Maybe should've just explained Valve's previously stated disgust to how extremely closed say Microsoft and Sony (especially Microsoft) are with their consoles. Gabe went towards the ps3 in mind for Portal 2 to try that Steam-PS3 merger. It never went on from there but hey, at least they attempted it. Microsoft, like Valve, wants to run shit on their own. Mods are near impossible on a console. Sure the PS3 had some mods but compare installing mods on a console vs a computer. And after reading evidence and opinions, I do think the most logical/realistic approach Valve can do with the Steambox would be similar to Google and their Nexus series. Release hardware they have some sort of control over and make sure that developers optimize their games to run on said Steambox as best as possible as they do with consoles. Once games reach a point they can't run there, release a new Steambox2. I'd assume hardware manufacturers can sale said PC/consoles at a loss if they can get a certain percentage of sales/revenue from Valve's Steam service in general. Competitively this hardware would need to release as a mid/upper-tier system at a price range no more than $500 imho. Have it run on 1080p natively and be as painless as possible to work with tvs. Maybe have accessories that can be used from a distance such as the steam controller they are planning, a wireless mouse/keyboard. Though I saw they mentioned something about a motion-sensitive wrist-band that sounds pretty cool.

If it's a game on multiple consoles they may have gotten it on another console. Either ways I wouldn't worry too much about it and just give it to him/her.

Steam is not open-sourced but Gabe has always complained consoles are too closed off. At least Steam is attempting to correct how closed they are with Greenlight. I don't know all the technical details of Steam but I'm gonna go ahead and assume they don't charge game makers thousands of dollars to update games via Steam

I don't see MS keeping it. I see it as MS making their smartphone/touchscreen OS and deciding to bring it out for PC's as well

They might get a percentage from sales, not to mention the guarantee of people using Steam almost exclusively. But you forget that Valve has always been about promoting open-source. They see consoles as too restrictive for everybody besides big name companies. They want to bring in console gamers towards open-source ideals. If they make a Steam-like PC I might go for it depending if I can't afford my own gaming PC by then.

I got the perfect cover for you guys wanting something artistic and exciting.

I'm sorry what? I was distracted by those massive milk balloons

Guess it's been a while and I forgot. But I've been keeping up with Dexter except for the past 2 or so episodes and the season is ok. I preferred last season.

I already returned my ACIII. Shame seemed like fun

I beat Hitman. It was stressful like the previous games, but moreso in the action-packed you're-being-hunted levels. To the point I gave up. I would only recommend it to Hitman fans as the game can get very stressful unless you play in easier modes.

In the second one you play as the very first big daddy tryng to rescue your own personal, now grown, little sister. You get a drill. If you want the game to be easy mode then upgrade the drill straight away, especially with the ice-power. Any Big Daddy you meet will die within seconds. If you don't want it to be easy mode, then wait until later in the game to upgrade it.

Vecha 3 of the shows on your list of must watch are DEFINITELY a must watch. Recommendations in order: Firefly (show is already over and only had like 2-3 seasons so definitely watch it now, it's on Netflix. Then watch Serenity the movie sequel and hate Joss Whedon's joke). Game of Thrones. Third season is about to start in 4 months or so and if you don't have the time to read the absolutely fantastic novels watch the show asap. Basically this is our modern age Tolkien-level fantasy. Boardwalk Empire. I absolutely love this show but it doesn't have the fanbase or ratings of say, The Sopranos. It's not as sleazy as The Sopranos and much more political, but it does have its badasses. Highly recommended by me personally. Three seasons out and fourh season comes out in a year. I honestly wouldn't even recommen Smallville past the first couple of seasons. It dragged on for too long seasons-wise and later seasons were pretty shitty.