FF VII was on PC in 1998. I borrowed it from a friend. It was four CD-ROMs. If you wanted to play it on PC so badly, you have had 14 years to do so.
I bought it for the PC day one. (Didn't own a Playstation, nor did I have any plans to ever get one).
It didn't fucking work. Glitchy and crashy, poorly ported, and generally a shit experience. I didn't get past the first disk before I stopped playing it. I think I sold the discs in a garage sale.
I never had any problems and played through it several times on the PC version.
The discs I borrowed from a friend had a scratch on one disk, so this one FMV would crash when the characters were swinging on a rope to escape an exploding tower.
The discs I borrowed from a friend had a scratch on one disk, so this one FMV would crash when the characters were swinging on a rope to escape an exploding tower.
Hah that was my experience with Diablo 2. I got a free copy from my friend who ended up with two. This guy was notorious for somehow scratching the fuck out of his game discs (I let him borrow a game once and it was a very regrettable experience). Once you got to the third act the game was unplayable, it would freeze for minutes at a time.
FF VII was on PC in 1998. I borrowed it from a friend. It was four CD-ROMs. If you wanted to play it on PC so badly, you have had 14 years to do so.
I bought it for the PC day one. (Didn't own a Playstation, nor did I have any plans to ever get one).
It didn't fucking work. Glitchy and crashy, poorly ported, and generally a shit experience. I didn't get past the first disk before I stopped playing it. I think I sold the discs in a garage sale.
I started playing it a few years ago (we had it from early on but I wasn't allowed to play it because of the rating) and got the car thing you get from the chocobo racing place stuck in a wall, then overwrote my save before I realized.
In a business sense, it's a savvy move - offer a beloved game on the cheap, force the buyer to download some silly SquEnix Marketplace widget, once they have their billing information once, repeat sales become significantly easier. GoG managed to get me a little while ago when they offered the first Fallout for free. Giving me that for nothing probably made them $10 in the long run...
Where they fell short is the execution. The promotional site Pangloss linked to doesn't mention the price and links to the European store. The North American Direct Downloads store blends its digital sales with console games. It just falls somewhat flat. If I were in charge of SquEnix, I'd partner with Amazon or some other big tier online distributor, just to avoid the liability that comes with a new system. I'd also port a few more games during the launch of the service.
But, hey, if this paltry attack doesn't work, they can always just push the game onto Steam in a month.
Hehe, yeah, I gotta admit: if I could tell my 15 year old self how much math would have helped me when it came to building robots, I'd be a much better roboticist right now.
Okay, random amusing note from Sleeping Dogs - You're an undercover cop in the Hong Kong triads, and one mission requires you to play the Kareoke minigame. The only song that's unlocked when you do?
Okay, random amusing note from Sleeping Dogs - You're an undercover cop in the Hong Kong triads, and one mission requires you to play the Kareoke minigame. The only song that's unlocked when you do?
I fought the law, by The Clash.
I splurged and bought this with some money I made selling dice jewelry. It hasn't arrived yet. I can't resist a promising sandbox game.
Okay, random amusing note from Sleeping Dogs - You're an undercover cop in the Hong Kong triads, and one mission requires you to play the Kareoke minigame. The only song that's unlocked when you do?
I fought the law, by The Clash.
I splurged and bought this with some money I made selling dice jewelry. It hasn't arrived yet. I can't resist a promising sandbox game.
You won't be dissapointed, it's great so far. Very well done, and with a dry, self-aware and subtle sort of humor. Oh, and SHITLOADS of Movie-style kung fu.
I'd tell my 15 year old self that all of those things he wanted to do - make video games, mess with hardware, make really crazy advanced websites - could be done by a punk kid like him without costing any money. He wouldn't even need to buy a guide - just look on the internet.
Also, I'd tell the little prick to actually read the books in English class.
I don't know what Microsoft was thinking but every game that came out for Summer of Arcade has turned out to be absolutely horrible. There is always at least one gem in the collection, not this time.
I'm pretty interested in Sleeping Dogs but I'm going to wait because I still have a lot of shit from Steam sale and now CS.
Because my gmail address is just my plain name, I get a lot of misdirected mail. Today I got something from a board of directors with lots of attached paperwork looking for my signature to approve the resignation of some high ranking executive at some investment outfit somewhere.
I can never resist replying-to-all on these. I proposed that we skip all the paperwork and fire the guy out of a cannon and serve popcorn.
I'm pretty interested in Sleeping Dogs but I'm going to wait because I still have a lot of shit from Steam sale and now CS.
I'm lucky, I managed to get it a few months ago right after it first became available on pre-order for super cheap.
Because my gmail address is just my plain name, I get a lot of misdirected mail. Today I got something from a board of directors with lots of attached paperwork looking for my signature to approve the resignation of some high ranking executive at some investment outfit somewhere.
I get that sometimes, but it's mostly mail that people intended to send to either (mostly)Martin Churba, an Argentinian fashion designer, or another photographer, whose name doesn't spring to mind right now, but includes Churba, also Argentinian. I usually send a polite response in English and Spanish that says something along the lines of "Hey, I'm Churba, but not the one you're looking for, I presume you're looking for (Insert presumably correct Argentinian), here's their contact details, thanks for your time, and sorry about the mix-up."
I would tell my 15 year old self that everything turns out just as awesomely as you'd planned and expected. I'd also tell him to kiss more of the girls he almost kissed and to start "podcasting" sooner (once that word existed).
I would tell my 15 year old self to spend less time dicking around on the internet and to learn more things earlier. I would also tell him to write stuff down more. I would also tell him to avoid certain bad things, while allowing him to suffer through certain other things knowing that it made me stronger.
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Where they fell short is the execution. The promotional site Pangloss linked to doesn't mention the price and links to the European store. The North American Direct Downloads store blends its digital sales with console games. It just falls somewhat flat. If I were in charge of SquEnix, I'd partner with Amazon or some other big tier online distributor, just to avoid the liability that comes with a new system. I'd also port a few more games during the launch of the service.
But, hey, if this paltry attack doesn't work, they can always just push the game onto Steam in a month.
With little luck, soon I don't need to bitch about Netflix and lack of it anymore.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/15/netflix-watch-instantly-streaming-scandinavia/
I just hope that pricing is reasonable for my poor ways and the catalog full or at least has most of the same stuff you people get.
I fought the law, by The Clash.
Also, I'd tell the little prick to actually read the books in English class.
I'm pretty interested in Sleeping Dogs but I'm going to wait because I still have a lot of shit from Steam sale and now CS.
I can never resist replying-to-all on these. I proposed that we skip all the paperwork and fire the guy out of a cannon and serve popcorn.
No response yet.
Also, to not be a pussy.