The Sam
El Dandy
The Brainiest Sam of all
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Post by The Sam on May 11, 2015 19:06:08 GMT -5
"Konami has erased P.T. from the PlayStation Network, killing what it probably saw as little more than a commercial for a now-canceled game. Thing is, it was more than a commercial. It was more than a GAME. It was a crucial piece of history that Konami has erased.
This doesn't matter to game publishers, but it should matter to us. The digital age is coming, and companies get to decide what becomes history and what becomes forgotten. We can't archive anything, and we should care."
(LANGUAGE WARNING)
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on May 11, 2015 19:16:50 GMT -5
Saw people on eBay asking quite a bit for PS4s with PT installed. I'm rich, beyotch!
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on May 11, 2015 19:29:23 GMT -5
Saw people on eBay asking quite a bit for PS4s with PT installed. I'm rich, beyotch! Except eBay is taking down the auctions for PS4s with PT on it, because it violates their rules. |
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on May 11, 2015 20:01:32 GMT -5
To the black market then!!
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Malcolm
Grimlock
Wanted something done about the color of his ring.
May contain ADHD
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Post by Malcolm on May 11, 2015 20:06:43 GMT -5
For once, Mr. Sterling, we actually agree on something*. Shit like this is why I'm pro-emulation and wary of an all digital future...
*Truthfully, I haven't really watched any other episode of The Jimquisition...
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on May 12, 2015 6:31:40 GMT -5
I worry about the future of gaming if it goes full download. Will companys that release games in the same series, like EA and Madden and whoever does Call of Duty, withdraw the ability to download games when the new ones come out. I wish we could just burn them and keep them on a disc, but pirates mess that up. Then this is from someone who usually buys used games, but would download them if I got a discount. I get more for my money with the cover and box art.
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Bo Rida
Fry's dog Seymour
Pulled one over on everyone.
Got away with it, this time.
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Post by Bo Rida on May 12, 2015 11:16:16 GMT -5
Film and TV lost a lot of their early history mostly due to a lack of foresight. 75% of silent films have been lost. Nobody at the BBC ever envisioned a future where people in 2015 may like to watch 60s Dr Who episodes because they probably assumed we'd be driving flying cars on the moon by now so they taped over them.
Videogames should have been the first medium to learn lessons from the past and prevented that but instead big publishers gleefully create conditions for the same thing to happen again.
We could be moving towards a future where everybody plays always-online streamed games and who knows if anybody will even be able to be preserve those once the servers get turned off.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on May 12, 2015 13:16:16 GMT -5
We could be moving towards a future where everybody plays always-online streamed games The day that happens will be the day gaming is no longer for me. I flat out refuse to buy digital-only for anything. |
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