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Back on topic! I found this to be interesting. http://www.destructoid.com/how-i-learned-to-stop-pining-for-half-life-episode-three-211344.phtml

Wait, the whole game is a mirror of the GC version? Or both games were mirrored? I'm confused. Why did they have to mirror the game rather than just mirror Link?

Aren't they doing their own metro app store thingy for it though?

It's getting less so with Windows 8 I think. Maybe I'm wrong. MS as a whole has gotten very closed. WP7 is closed, Xbox is closed and I'd be shocked if they don't start closing windows off more.

Yeah, there's no perfect analogy but at the same time you can for sure say that retailers aren't happy about the way that things have changed from walkmen to iPods because they used to be able to sell you cassettes and CDs and now they only have accessories and I suppose iTunes cards. I think that's actually why you've seen most electronics stores dying out because WalMart and other stores sell these items only to get you to purchase other things but electronics themselves are becoming less and less profitable for retailers. I get what you're saying about Valve being hypocritical. I can agree to some extent. I just think that it would have been better to say that we should be making things more open. Nothing is really all that open right now though. Everything is getting more and more closed. Edit: Just found this for you TN Gabe Newell's Hypocrisy

I can say that I agree with Valve on why they removed the EA games from their store. It would be like if you worked at an electronics store and whenever someone bought an xbox you tried to sell them a game yourself and undercut the store you worked for. If Valve are aiding you by distributing your games though an agreement and then you attempt to cut them out of further sales you're just using them to get your foot in the door. I know it's not a perfect analogy but either sell all your content through that door or none but don't use it as a gateway to direct people away from steam. It is funny all this talk of open and closed platforms. It seems that everyone is pushing all of your content to rentals now and not acutal ownership anymore. Apple has tried to go so far as to say that the EULA applies to the software on your iPhone so that you can't use the device itself in any way they don't authorize. As old systems die companies don't let you use your old content on new platforms so they attempt to make you repurchase games over and over. It's a really negative trend for consumers. I don't consider any platform actually open unless you're free to use the content or devices you purchased however you see fit.

I really like GT Reviews too but the Achilles heel is that sometimes they show off too much of a game and I like to not spoil a game. Sometimes I'll read their reviews rather than watching them.

In honor of the Rangers win last night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUZKzV4H-0M

I know it's only a matter of taste but I get way more "fun" out of a $30 DS game than I get out of the garbage that's on Android. Can't speak to iOS though.

I remember this being the case as well. and not anymore he isn't.

Oh I agree, A lot of the everyday uses are the same but there are some people who freak out if anything goes wrong ever and they're willing to pay more to make sure they never have to learn what a jumper is. I've given up long ago trying to convince these people of the advantages of an open platform.

I guess I should have mentioned, I'd actually like this to be what you guys would rate as your most influential sites, PXOD notwithstanding.

That was my dyslexic moment for the day. I guess it's up to the voter to decided but yeah. I would think influential is how much a publication influences your opinion. Funny that the sites most notorious for selling coverage and reviews are the tops of the list.

I'm not sure where to file this so I started a new topic. http://www.destructo...es-213567.phtml I'm shocked to see Gamespot as #1 still and I'm a bit shocked to see anyone give any weight to an official XBox or Playstation magazine. What would you guys say is your most influential game site?

It's pretty open to interpretation. PS1 days were the days of abandonware before companies seemed to care too much about their old games so I'm a little inclined to agree that the original intent was probably not to keep you from porting the software to other platforms.

Well, I think what Valve have done which is really huge is that they've made purchasing and installing and updating videogames beyond simple. They've sort of managed to bring the console experience to PC. That being said, there's arguments on both sides of the coin for closed/open systems. It's the age old Mac vs. IBM PC argument. It's being held right now on Android vs. iPhone, PS3 vs. Xbox and so on. There are advantages to closed and to open and I've had to accept that some people prefer one while some people prefer the other.

Yeah, OOT had awesome graphics for it's time. It's really hard to describe just how freaking huge of a game it was.

Interesting. You'll never hear pissed used in relation to drinking in America AFAIK.

I didn't seed or even download the material. I ripped the ISO onto my computer from the disc I purchased and then used a program to put the proper PSP headers on it so that it would run on a PSP so there was no infringing material save for perhaps my own backup. Also, just because a publisher says you agree by using the software that isn't always true. There are a lot of contracts which require signature and I believe there is some legal questions remaining as to whether EULAs fall under this category.

Maybe this got covered a while ago but it's been so long. America: Pissed = angry. Usage: I'm so pissed at you right now. UK: Pissed = drunk. Usage: You're pissed aren't you. Also, America: piss = urinate. Usage: I've gotta go take a piss. I keep finding things like this when I'm watching the IT Crowd with friends and they get confused about things like this. Fanny was the other one that came up watchin the IT Crowd that confused some of my friends. Dean had already explained that though so I was able to pass on that nugget of wisdom. Also, there's this

Psh, you can't put a price on Apple tech. Well, you can, but the actual price is always moot.

Yeah, that's kind of what I was getting at.