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robophobia:

spacefragments:

ohmyachingsushi:

fuckyeah-nerdery:

vampishly:

confuzzeldmind:

greatelsewhere:

Buying used video games is great for gamers who don’t want to pay full price for the latest hits. You know who doesn’t like used video games? Game publishers. In a very sad twist, Capcom’s fighting back against the second-hand game market with a game that can only support one save file — for life. It’s been confirmed that Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D for the Nintendo 3DS is a game that once finished, cannot be reset for complete replay. According to both the U.S. and U.K. game’s instruction manual “saved data on this software cannot be reset.”

oh my god SERIOUSLY WHAT

That is so incredibly stupid. I hope your sales take an extreme dip Capcom.

=_= really lame

The thing to keep in mind is why video game companies don’t like people buying games used: They don’t get any of the money, the store you buy it from does. When you buy a game new, the publisher and developer get most of the money, but when you buy it used, they don’t. Having said that, I think what Capcom is doing is a horrible idea.

If companies want people to go out and lay down bucko cash on a new copy of a game, then add some kind of incentive, like a code for DLC that can only be used once. Bioware did this with the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series and I think other companies have done it with their games and I believe it’s effective. On the other side of the coin, companies need to realize that it’s not always possible for a person to buy a game new, especially if it’s an older game. I mean, I doubt you’ll be able to walk into a GameStop and buy GTA: IV brand new. Finally, all parties involved might want to think about lowering the prices on their games, because in the end, most people are going to buy a game used if it’s cheaper than the 60 bucks they’d otherwise have to shell out.

I know I certainly don’t want to buy games new, especially since they’re almost always $60-70. Also, this completely screws over the people who buys the games new, anyway, because how many times have you wanted to play through a game completely over, without any of the unlockable content, weapons, etc.? I mean, I can’t count the number of times I’ve gone back through old games that I love and replayed them, and it would really, really suck if that option weren’t available for me, just because the developers have become greedy bastards and refuse to find some way of working with the companies that sell used games.

One thing that really bugs me with the PSN is how few older titles are available to purchase online. There are quite a few PS1 titles, but the fact that there aren’t any PS2 titles available for purchase at all really pisses me off, especially since Sony went out of their way to remove backwards compatibility from all PS3 systems. Sony and all the game developers could be making a ton of money from that alone, especially as a lot of people don’t want to have multiple systems hooked up to their TV. (Seriously. I’ve got five total - PS2, N64, GameCube, Dreamcast, and my PS3, and as my switcher only has four ports, I have to switch cords constantly when I want to switch systems.)

It’s ridiculous that they see this as the only way to cut people off from buying used games. It’s even more ridiculous when you take into consideration the people who share systems and games - so instead of two people sharing a game and having separate save files, they either have to use the same save file or go out and drop an extra $40-50 dollars on another copy of the same DS game.

Fuck that.

Capcom, what the fuck is wrong with you? First, you make an entirely new game just for Mercenaries, which only gives people the same amount of characters as were available in RE5 Mercs, the same amount of maps, etc., instead of just releasing more DLC for RE5 - which people are still playing. Then, you outsource development of several of your flagship titles - and let’s face it, the new Devil May Cry and Resident Evil Operation: Raccoon City both look like shit. And now this? Are you trying to fuck things up?

i was planning to make this game my first buy for the 3ds. welp, not anymore :|

STU

PID

GDI Capcom. 

mattparty:

Hear me out on this one. Like I can’t believe the amount of people who think marriage should be something between same sex couples. That’s going to sound homophobic, but here’s why. Marriage was a sacrament that has been introduced into humanity via religiosity; ie. The Bible. The…

Actually, marriage was not something introduced through religion. Marriage started as a way of keeping track of property and money. That’s it. Sorry to shit on your parade (I’m really not) but your whole argument is flawed because it did not start with the church. Religions appropriated the institution as a way of enforcing cultural norms. I mean what wife would up and leave her abusive husband in a time when HE LITERALLY OWNED HER if she was being told by everyone that ‘God’ had overseen their union? There is nothing sacred about it.

mistergrundy:

That link about praising children got me to thinking about how we treat artists. Well, everything leads me back on to art eventually.

I often hear people talk about how artists either got it or they don’t. An innate talent that they’re born with.

What a bunch of crap, says I!

Anyone with the…

YES.

robophobia:

bigbigtruck:

sonoyourface:

mistergrundy:

tetw:

by Po Bronson

A growing body of research suggests that labeling kids “smart” does not prevent them from underperforming. Instead, it might actually be holding them back.

Very interesting.

I can relate to some of this, actually.

• Dweck wrote in her study summary, “we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don’t risk making mistakes.”

I feel like my whole life has just been explained right there. With that sentence.

HELLO SOURCE OF ALL OF MY INSECURITIES! THANKS FOR SHOWING UP A DECADE OR SO LATE.

“I am smart, the kids’ reasoning goes; I don’t need to put out effort. Expending effort becomes stigmatized—it’s public proof that you can’t cut it on your natural gifts.”

I should probably write a post about why this clicks so hard with the issues I have with “inborn talent”, and the idea of good art being “effortless” but I’ve got too much work to do today. :|

Well hello there source of all my neuroses, nice to meet you!

OH HAY THERE.