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I will tell my friend this.

How does it perform over loose... somewhat wrinkly skin? Can it handle fairly wiry hair? Asking for a friend...

If you've got that much money, I'm sure that space is the least of your issues. Just sling it in a wall cavity or something. I'm not suggesting that these systems are a waste of time by the way. Sometimes it's done as a vanity project. A lot of those super ultra collectors editions break even at best, they're done because it raises overall profile of the brand. I'm just saying that not many people are going to buy these.

Rolex already beat them to it. An expensive watch like a Rolex, Philippe Patek, Hublot, Omega, will retain it's price, and may well go up in value. It will always be relevant, and will be passed down through generations. The Apple Watch 1 will be relevant for about 5 years, functional for up to ten and be worthless by the time you are ready to pass it on to your kids.

I'm on season one of The Following. At the moment the bad guy seems to win every encounter, whether by being crazy prepared or serendipitous arrivals bordering on the deus ex machina. Should I plough on to season 2 or quit while I'm ahead?

All of this does depend on your existing ecosystem of choice. If you have iDevices all over the place, then carry on. If you have a variety of devices, or mostly google devices. Go Android. Each have their benefits and drawbacks for the 10% who use the more advanced features. But for the average Joe, email, twitter, facebook, candy crush, maps etc. are all pretty much the same across the two. So stick to the ecosystem you are in, or pick one now and stick with it.

I didn't mean to include Touch ID in the list of power user things, rather it is something available on certain Android devices out of the box. As Dean said, most of the "continuity" apps are installed out of the box. My point is that unless you are already in an ecosystem, then choosing Android or Apple is pretty much a fashion / price choice.

I think you mostly see "[Genre] with Roguelike elements" these days. So FTL would be a "Roguelike Strategy Game" and Rogue Legacy would be a "Roguelike, Hack and Slash, Dungeon Crawler". Much like Portal would be an FPS Puzzle Platformer. I think as Dean said, these big umbrella terms are less and less useful as games get more and more complex.

"Continuity" Apple Pay and Touch ID are very much power user applications. From what Revan said, I can't those features being particularly in demand. Not to mention the fact that Continuity exists on Android (I have whatsapp, chrome to phone, google mail and Drive and keep and music all seamless linking between the two), Touch ID is available on the S5. I will concede that Apple has a good reputation for after sales support. (It's not a criteria I would use to decide a gadget purchase though).

I'm going to assume that you know where the Rogue in Roguelike comes from. I agree that it doesn't tell you much in terms of charcters, controls and so forth. But it does capture the essence of the thing. FTL and Rogue Legacy are very different games, but both in the roguelike genre, and I like them both because they are in that genre.

I think that smart phones are as complicated as the person using them. My dad bought himself an S5. I reckon he doesn't use even half of the feature set, but what he does use, he loves. If she's got an android, stick with that and spend an hour with her setting up the home screen so that everything she needs is a couple of swipes away. If she's getting her first smartphone, then she might as well choose the phone that she likes the aesthetics of the best be that iPhone or Android. My gf like her S4 mini. I'd probably steer clear of Windows Phone just because there are fewer apps on that ecosystem, even though the main ones, Facebook , Twitter, banking etc. are covered.

There's Falcon Northwest stuff in there. Good luck building that yourself. There could be a mac pro on there (good luck building that) and it would still be fucking expensive. The question was "Who is going to pay up to $5,000 for a micro pc steambox instead of getting a tower?" The answer to that is "Not many people."

Stop breaking this thrice cursed thread!

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The inFamous ones as well, First Light and Fesitval of Blood.

I have that one too. It's good.

I think what Ethan is saying is that if instead of "Buy a monster for $15, buy a hunter for $X, buy some skins for $Y" is that if they did "Expansion Pack 1 for $25" and you got the new arena, a monster, a set of hunters and some skins, it would feel like you paid a chunk of money for a good amount of content. Rather than the (arguably better value) buying exactly what you want. It's essentially the expansion pack vs microtransaction argument. On which, I'm inclined to agree with him, I prefer to pay an amount for something that feels complete, rather than trying to hoover up all the content and assemble it myself. (Ethan can correct me if I'm wrong here.)

I liked Contrast. Told a good story. Had a nifty game mechanic. Came across one really annoying chapter restarting bug. But it was a decent puzzle platformer. Especially as a PS+ freebie.

The issue with that system is that it generally favours the quickest posters as insightful comments that appear later will be hidden while the initial crowd pleasers get more views, more upvotes and therefore become entrenched. Not saying it is bad, just pointing out that it is not perfect.

Just Frozen Synapse now.

German actually has three, masculine, feminine and neute. (Der, die, das).

Anybody want a copy of Frozen Cortex and / or Synapse? I have a spare of each on Steam.