[project1dev] Re: wtf EA
- From: Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:39:14 -0700
Have you ever seen a japanese anime body pillow!?
http://blogs.whataslacker.com/2008/02/13/sexy-anime-body-pillows/
Yes, they do make ones with... holes.
On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Matthew Freeland<mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ultimately I think Japan is trying to reach the goal of making antonymous +
> anatomically correct Love-Bots that won't accidentally weld off your vital
> bits then they will probably give up on Robotics all together. They be
> CRAZY.
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> yeah but a basketball is 20 dollars and maybe a robot pal to play it w/
>> you would cost 150 with maybe 30 dollars to charge him over the year haha
>> i was just thinking of the hypothetical world where technology veered in a
>> different path entirely from the one we're on now... like i bet we'd have
>> hoverboards ha
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Matthew Freeland <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm glad it was invented... $200 a year buying video games keeps me
>>> entertained for the entire 365 days. :P That's a damn cheap habit.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:29 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> hey, i wonder what the world would be like if technology like
>>>> monitors/tv's/etc. were never invented, like all displays were analogue
>>>> like
>>>> watches, etc. how crazy shit would be, like instead of videogames all the
>>>> creativity and tech research went into robots and the like - i bet the
>>>> world
>>>> would be a really weird place! i kinda wish it happened although i guess i
>>>> like movies and videogames :P
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:21 PM, Chris Riccobono <crysalim@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, EA is the devil for what they did to Will Wright. They made him
>>>>> hate video games so much by what they did to his game that he now
>>>>> makes toy robots
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:19 PM, eric drewes<figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> > hey have you played the tecmo bowl remake for the DS that came out
>>>>> > recently?
>>>>> > i read about the DRM stuff from EA, pretty ridiculous... wasn't there
>>>>> > a huge
>>>>> > fiasco w/ spore over this?
>>>>> > i love the Valve approach w/ steam... its so nice to never worry
>>>>> > about disks
>>>>> > and codes again. I noticed blizzard is doing the same thing but
>>>>> > unfortunately i cannot find my starcraft code...
>>>>> >
>>>>> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Matthew Freeland
>>>>> > <mattthefiend@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Yeah I pretty much said Fuck EA for life about 5 years ago. Not only
>>>>> >> do
>>>>> >> the abuse the shit out of their developers they produce crappy games
>>>>> >> and the
>>>>> >> only lifeline they have these days is their sports games. Don't get
>>>>> >> me
>>>>> >> started on that, I'd rather whip out my nintendo and play Tecmo Bowl
>>>>> >> than
>>>>> >> play most of the new football games. :P
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Also EA games pisses me off hard because they were probably the
>>>>> >> biggest
>>>>> >> adapter of really oppressive and vicious DRM.. They have since
>>>>> >> backed down
>>>>> >> but when I got Sim City 4 I think it was a few years ago I went to
>>>>> >> install
>>>>> >> it and It wouldn't let me install it unless I had an EA Games
>>>>> >> Passport and
>>>>> >> went to sign me up for one and I was like 'Well fuck that shit!'.
>>>>> >> Ultimately
>>>>> >> I went and set up one of the stupid accounts and then I couldn't
>>>>> >> install the
>>>>> >> game because their authentication server was down and assumed I was
>>>>> >> pirating
>>>>> >> it. Fuck EA.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >> wrote:
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> im not sure who DOES like ea cause they are crappy to their dev's
>>>>> >>> too.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> maybe retailers like them? :P
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> i heard EA was origionally started cause so many game companies
>>>>> >>> treated
>>>>> >>> their employees like crap and required long hours.... now they are
>>>>> >>> by far
>>>>> >>> the worst offenders.
>>>>> >>>
>>>>> >>> damn man fuck those guys :P
>>>>> >>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 5:20 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> >>> wrote:
>>>>> >>>>
>>>>> >>>> wow, ok so for NCAA football this year they stripped a bunch of
>>>>> >>>> features
>>>>> >>>> THAT ALREADY EXISTED IN THE GAME and then re-added them as
>>>>> >>>> microtransactions
>>>>> >>>> you have to pay real $ for... wow, that is fucking ridiculous.
>>>>> >>>> seriously,
>>>>> >>>> people already pay 60 dollars for a game, then they have to pay
>>>>> >>>> extra for
>>>>> >>>> content that was already in the game for free last year? You
>>>>> >>>> know, for
>>>>> >>>> games like fallout 3, etc. i am cool w/ downloadable content but
>>>>> >>>> the thing
>>>>> >>>> about sports games is they basically just sell you a roster update
>>>>> >>>> every
>>>>> >>>> year, and the 360/ps3 versions are STILL catching up on features
>>>>> >>>> that
>>>>> >>>> existed in ps2/xbox... what else makes it FUCKING TERRIBLE is that
>>>>> >>>> EA paid a
>>>>> >>>> ton of money to buy exclusive rights to all major football
>>>>> >>>> associations,
>>>>> >>>> college, pro, even canadian league and arena league, so if you
>>>>> >>>> want to play
>>>>> >>>> a football game on a console, you are forced to pay for an EA
>>>>> >>>> product.
>>>>> >>>> i buy maybe 3-4 games a year tops (this year i have purchased
>>>>> >>>> Zero,
>>>>> >>>> unless you count orange box for pc for 10 bucks) -- EA may have
>>>>> >>>> just earned
>>>>> >>>> a special place on my "never give these assholes my money no
>>>>> >>>> matter how good
>>>>> >>>> their game might be" list.
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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