February 26, 2009
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Andrew Eisen: Here's the full quote on EA making Wii U games according to Neogaf: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=56112105/21/2013 - 8:19pm
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Andrew Eisen: Xbox One may not be always on but that doesn't mean you can use it without an internet connection. http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-50916410905/21/2013 - 7:39pm
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Andrew Eisen: Polygon says EA's CFO says it is developing games for Wii U but doesn't provide that quote. http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/21/4351844/ea-developing-wii-u-games05/21/2013 - 7:11pm
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Andrew Eisen: Well, I was right. Both Sony and Microsoft's consoles will be out by the year's end and both will be significantly more powerful than the current gen.05/21/2013 - 5:06pm
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james_fudge: thnx05/21/2013 - 4:47pm
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Zen: Just to let ya know...you called it the "Xbox 260" in the backwards compatibility article lol.05/21/2013 - 4:26pm
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Zen: @PHX Awesome, I will hit those up after class tonight. Going back to college finally! :) My kids have had a blast telling ME to do my homework now lol.05/21/2013 - 4:19pm
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PHX Corp: @Zen I sent you a friend request on both PSN and XBL, just a heads up05/21/2013 - 4:16pm
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Zen: I noticed it with the football players when EA showed off Madden as well.05/21/2013 - 4:11pm
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Zen: Is it just me or is call of duty hitting the "uncanny valley" with their nicely modeled faces and dead looking eyes? I found it distracting and seemed actually "less" real to me lol.05/21/2013 - 4:10pm
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james_fudge: it sounds like if you have an HD reciever you'll be able to use it with a pass-through cable... not 100 percent sure yet05/21/2013 - 2:41pm
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james_fudge: happening now http://majornelson.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-architecture-panel/05/21/2013 - 2:20pm
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E. Zachary Knight: Some reading material for Microsoft on its used games blocks. That will hurt the console more than helping. http://ezknight.net/?page_id=20505/21/2013 - 2:18pm
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james_fudge: yeah good luck with over the air TV05/21/2013 - 2:12pm
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E. Zachary Knight: But what if I want to only watch over the air tv? I don't subscribe to pay tv. I never will. If that is a requirement, then MS wasted 45 minutes telling me how great TV will be.05/21/2013 - 2:08pm
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james_fudge: EZK it will depend on your provider, just like HBO Go i'd imagine.05/21/2013 - 2:05pm
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PHX Corp: @IanC there's also a chance that those titles might be Xbox one exclusive, but it's too early to tell afaik05/21/2013 - 2:03pm
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IanC: @E. Zachary Knight - MS certainly got the checkbook out for EA, so no surprise on how negative they are over the Wii U.05/21/2013 - 1:54pm
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MaskedPixelante: So now I have to wonder, how many of EA's games are skipping the PS4 because of their pro-used stance?05/21/2013 - 1:53pm
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E. Zachary Knight: On the TV front, does the XBox One require a cable/satellite subscription or will I be able to use my over the air channels?05/21/2013 - 1:48pm
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Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
You know what would really suck? If the apocalypse came the day before "I Am Alive" is released. Then we miss out on our apocalypse survival simulator because we're all dead.
"That's not ironic. That's justice."
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
Obviously they're not. We need PRE-apocalyptic games for that.
"The apocalypse is coming. Will YOU be ready in time?"
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Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
If anything, I have a zombie plan. Do you?
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Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
Get the neighbor who's a bowhunter, my best friend whose entire family hunts, and head to the National Guard base that's a half mile away and has tanks. Use the vehicles to set up a perimeter until we can get a proper barricade, and have people head to get supplies in heavy vehicles as needed. Also, I'm working on my shuriken skills and other Ninja stuff, so I think we'd make it out okay.
"That's not ironic. That's justice."
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
I am going to my vault and create an invincible league of super-mutants...
(Oh, crap...)
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
Anyone think Jack Thompson is going to take this news report seriously?
Like church members, once sent Scholastic an Onion article that said kids were converting to Satanism because of Harry Potter, not realizing it was a joke.
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
Man, the people in Scholastic's offices must have had a good laugh at that.
Some will take literally anything they can get i nattempt's to ban what they find offenisve I guess.
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
I'm already saving up bottle caps so I have spending money in the future.
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
I agree with this video, more needs to be done in order to prepare for the Apocalypse. I wonder how we will ever survive if kids can not learn how to make a shelter out of cars...
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Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
This is fantastic!! I say whatever contributes to society and our future is king in my books. Desensitize the children. Desensitize the future. I say Wiis for all. The we can live in a happy fit world. Isn't that a lovely thought? Nintendo brings love, but are we doomed for the future? Shooters forever. Seriously though, perhaps this argument about the apocalypse and our kids, perhaps the next gen games will. Imagine how great and realistic the environments will look on our hi def tvs. Good or bad? Depends if you are a supporter of desensitizing our future...
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Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
Haha...if we go along with the arguments that video games teaches kids to become so-called "cop killers" and stuff, then definately, games would teach you to prepare for the apocalypse. Especially fallout 3.
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To be serious, does anyone genuenly learn stuff from video games? Like I belive that this generation will either be the worst or best soilders in the world, or the best and worst drivers of the world. From games I learned how to aim a firearm, why you should hold your breath while shooting long ranges, why you should implement covering fire, why cover, manever, and flanking are all important docterines. At the same time with driving games, you learn how to counter-steer, drift, E-brake, and so forth. At the same time, an inconsequencial world might provoke actions that are "risky" for some.
That video wasn't as good as the other works The Onion has done like the Mac Wheel.
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
The first time I ever drove in snow, I hit a bad patch of ice during a turn and my car started to spin, but my gaming training took over and I was immediately able to get the car back under control. I've heard of this being a fairly common situation with gamers.
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
The breath holding thing is applied incorrectly most of the time.
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"At the same time with driving games, you learn how to counter-steer, drift, E-brake, and so forth."
Yeah unfortunately, cause to this day I still pop in NFS: CARBON on occasion and tear up the drift events... there's one course in particular I almost broke 500,000pts on, even though I probably couldn't do it in real life :(
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Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
Aparently they aren't teaching us basic spelling and sentence structure...
Anyway, The Onion is great, that was funny.
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Have fun reading Zippy's responses in the future then. XD
Edit: It just came to me that I don't think people saying "KK LOLZ" on WoW is helping "traditional" grammer and sentence structuring.
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I know a kid who plays wow a lot and has that grammar issue, though more or less the issue of capital letters and punctuation.
Of course, my response is that he can be very much an idiot since right now I am, to the the best of my ability, using those said things.
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We shouldn't have to worry about grammar since we won't need it when the world goes to hell. =P
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Lol, touche.
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids ...
You won't be laughing when poor grammar causes the apocalypse.
"That's not ironic. That's justice."
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
Of course they are! Afterall according to some, Games actually train your mind to do these tasks! So I now know that if the world goes to shit, I need to stockpile a couple flats of Coca-Cola...have a mountain of bottle caps, and get a shotgun and bolt action rifle! Oh and stay away from radioactive waste, it may turn you into a ghoul.
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Just tune in and listen to three-dog and you'll be fine.
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"Don't feed the Yao Gui! That is all."
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
Of course not, they don't teach skills like baricading a building, finding water sources, and conserving ammo.
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
Fallout 3, COD5 zombie mode
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Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
Someone hasn't been playing Resident Evil!
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
Resident evil isn't post apocalyptic.
Not yet atleast
Re: The Onion: Are Violent Games Adequately Preparing Kids For
Close enough though.