TheMightyEthan

There's not a lot of information in it, but here's the link: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/10/ps3-firmware-3-60-is-live-with-cloud-saves-oh-and-hacker-su/

Yeah, I've never had a problem with Shepard leaping over the cover when I didn't want him to either.

I don't have enough hard drive space to keep all my games installed/backed-up, so I like to have a copy of the data on a physical disc. That said, if the digital version is significantly cheaper (like 10-20% cheaper) I'll buy the digital version instead.

That or they're also trying to deter used sales. It wouldn't surprise me if they drop the price on the online pass after a month or so, once everyone who was going to buy it new has already done so.

Only 10$? Then I take it you didn't pre-order it on Steam since the 10% pre-order discount makes it 15$ lower than the PS3 version. Which begs the question: if you went for the PC version, why wouldn't you pre-order directly through Steam? It's cheaper, and you'll have to register it anyway. 1) Gamestop also had it for $5 off. The PS3 version was $5 off too. So $55 for PS3, $45 for PC (same as on Steam). 2) I only buy games digitally if they're significantly cheaper than buying a physical copy, because I prefer to have that physical copy that I have control of.

That's exactly what it felt like and I loved it SO MUCH! Then they ruined it with DA2. Maybe most won't, but I certainly will. See above.

Once you get singularity all the way upgraded you have the option of increasing its effective radius to 3 meters, which makes it MUCH more effective.

So I saw a thing on Joystiq that says Sony has locked the PS3 back up with a really simple solution: they've just stopped using the hardware encryption GeoHot hacked and have replaced it with more differenter encryption in their new firmware (obviously there was not much detail about the new encryption). So this sounds to me like everything released before the new firmware encryption is crackable, but games and stuff released after will require the new firmware which isn't cracked yet. And since it's an entirely new encryption scheme the hackers are basically starting from scratch on cracking it.

You didn't like my joke, dean?

This.

reason? (I'm sure you're one of them that was eyeing up the PS3 version). Just wanting to see the whys n why nots of others. I was considering the PS3 version, but I decided the likelihood that I would ever use it, ever, was so low that it wasn't worth paying $10 more for it.

... I don't get it.

Yeah, he said he can play DA:O itself just fine without logging in, it's the DLC that's giving him problems.

Preordered the PC version.

As far as the "EULAs are a binding contract" thing, TN's technically right on that score. However you can still challenge specific provisions under the contract doctrine of unconscionability (and if he had been permanently banned it might be worth it to make that challenge in court). To oversimplify, that doctrine basically means that courts won't enforce contract provisions if doing so would be "unconscionable". Additionally, EULAs are contracts of adhesion (one side writes the whole contract out, and the other either accepts it or rejects it), and courts are more willing to refuse to enforce terms in contracts of adhesion because of course the party that wrote the contract would write it in their own favor. Furthermore, the fact that you aren't shown the EULA until after you've bought the product, and especially with PC games you usually can't return opened products, there's some question as to whether the EULA is binding at all: the purchaser doesn't see the contract before purchase, and after purchase they have no effective means of refusing the contract. Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eula#Enforceability_of_EULAs_in_the_United_States *Edit* - tl;dr: it's probably a contract, but depending on the laws/courts of your country/state any specific provision may or may not actually be enforceable. Disclaimer: This is not legal advice and AFAIK it only applies in common-law countries like the US and UK, I have no idea how it might play out in a civil-law country.

I'm not offended, but I am a little confused: have I ever actually mentioned my own piracy habits? I thought I'd been careful not to, to only speak in theoretical terms. Oh well, I'll break my rule: I pirate to demo, but that's the only time I ever pirate (I know you don't agree with this justification either). Furthermore, I only pirate to demo in two situations: 1) there is no official demo, and I'm still on the fence about the game, even after reviews and word of mouth has come in, or 2) there is an official demo, but I didn't like the demo, and I've heard that the final game is better than the demo shows. In situation 1 I'm not going to buy a game I'm on the fence about without trying it, so either I pirate it or I don't buy it. In situation 2 I've already decided I didn't like it based on the demo, but I'm giving the full version a second chance to change my mind. In either situation the pub/dev stands to benefit because in the absence of the piracy I'm not buying the game (at least until a future price drop), but the piracy may get them a purchase out of me.

Yeah, the GT review described the ending as "weird". I've heard that the game doesn't do a good job of letting you know why you should care what happens to Hawke.

I think George W. Bush's plans for NASA were like the only things I ever agreed with him on.

So because something's openly sexist it's not okay to criticize it for being sexist?

I've seen that list before and find it hilarious, but not due to any hostility toward JRPGs. I just thought it was funny. No need to get so upset Sindo.

And religious people can certainly be good scientists. It's a theoretical thing, more than a practical problem. It's intellectually inconsistent.

A belief in god is not directly at odds with science except in as much as an affirmative belief in the existence of god requires the kind of magical thinking that is directly at odds with the scientific mindset.

I cannot do it.

This shows a fundamental lack of understanding of how science works. Sure, the big bang theory could very well be wrong (and probably is at least somewhat inaccurate, even if the core of it is correct), but it's not just "made up", it's a conclusion that was arrived at based on theories that work very well to explain the nature of the universe as we are capable of observing it today. Those theories predict a big bang. Since the theories are correct to the extent we're capable of measuring, we conclude that the other predictions are correct as well, until such time as we find evidence to disprove the theory. As someone who is dating a scientist, and worked in a lab, I think you shouldn't jump to conclusions so fast. If you don't want me to conclude that you don't understand how science works then don't make statements that show a lack of understanding of how science works.

Which goes right back to the "intentional" point I was making. There's a reason why Bolo Santosi's voice/accent is a meme. Every voice/accent in this game is exaggerated, and when those voices say satirical quips it's extremely obvious it was intentional. I just realized how hard it is to explain "satire" to people. I get satire, what I was saying is that just because it was satirical doesn't make it good. The fact that I didn't like it, and criticize the way they used it, doesn't mean that I missed the fact that it was intended to be satirical, it just means I didn't like it.