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That isn’t what he asked :P

Buggy in what way?

I’m curious. The most I have had over the past few years are occasionally slow downs and freezes when plugging in devices, or when they are synchronising.

a cross-playform game engine

That meant to be cross-platform?

This is very, very cool.

Top notch ugly :P

It’d be massively disappointing for me if they do a TV and it is LCD. Sort of. It isn’t like I expect them to go with plasma, but it’d rule me out of getting one.

I’d hope anything they would put in an actual Apple TV would also be available in a box similar to the current Apple TV, if it was at all different. Which I would hope so, because an Apple TV, just with an Apple branded display but with the same functionality of the current Apple TV box would be… very disappointing.

I thought this sounded like a very general quote, that usually, as they are working on something new, they approach it like, or a feels like their most important work every time.

Perhaps, yes, if people understood my reasonings behind scores.

It isn’t just DRM though. The game is essentially a heavily instanced MMO that you can play on your own. All the game logic and most of what makes the game tick is all handled on their servers.

It really isn’t a single player game. It is a multiplayer game that you /can/ play alone.

10/10 doesn’t mean it is a perfect game. My interpretation of 10/10 scores is that “It is one of the best games you can buy at the moment, perhaps the best of this genre”

Why would something that is completely optional and doesn’t affect your experience be a reason not to get an iPad?

Also, I certainly don’t see it as a myth created online. I see a lot of people using cracked iPhones.

Want to get to know me?

I have never smashed an iPhone as I don’t drop mine.

I have had an iPhone 4 and now have an iPhone 4S. I would change it.

There, now you know a single iPhone owner who would.

You misunderstood me. The low barrier to entry for developers.

But the barrier to entry for PC gaming isn’t anywhere near as high as people think. Thanks to the consoles really, it is possible to get really cheap hardware that can run games at very, very acceptable levels.

It should be another way due to the masses amount of people I and many other see with smashed iPhones. The build quality of the iPhone is the best, the materials feel expensive and well put together.

However, they are not practical and glass that extends to the edges like it does on the iPhone is not ideal. I’m guessing Apple have seen a lot of smashed iPhones in their stores and they will likely want to change that.

Lost what? They had many, many extremely important firsts.

If anything, PC gaming is the one always doing new things with games. It’s low barrier to entry gets the most indie games, experimental games, and pretty much all the genres.

Examples?

This is so cool. A really enjoyable read. This is why The Verge is probably my most visited site. I’ll click that bookmark more than any other, really, it is no exaggeration. No other site or site that provides a service I use gets more visits from me than The Verge.

It provides me with all the news I need, and I am always looking out for features because I always enjoy consuming them.

Also, heads up guys for people with criticism. If you want to be taken seriously, don’t bring your criticisms in such a rude and snarky manner. On that note, I found this to be an enjoyable read from a writing perspective too, I didn’t feel like it was overwritten, the details aren’t something you typically find on a technology website and I think perhaps that is what people struggle with.

But as is said about the verge, it isn’t just about technology, it is also about technology culture, how technology affects our culture and others. These extra details are important and enhance the article and message.

I came away from this article, again, wanting to write something. I wish I could write as well as these guys do, I try, but get frustrated noticing my mistakes and lack of grace (for lack of a better word) when writing and not knowing how to get around them.

The writers and all the other guys who work on the site, who do the video, who do the website itself, editors, developers, etc, have created something that even after all those months since launch consistently impresses me with how much effort is put into the content on this website (and how it is presented).

I’ll stop gushing now, I am getting a little light headed.

Being a person who regularly uses OSX, iOS, Windows, Linux and Android machines I do genuinely believe there is something about the stock experience on Apple platforms that encourages developers to focus more on UI design than other platforms.

Now, it isn’t the only one to do this, but noticing the difference between my most used Windows applications and most used OSX applications, there generally does seem more experimentation working around the ideas Apple have introduced into their OS as of late, gestures and overall design to be specific (though the stitched leather is something that has thankfully not caught on in the 3rd party dev scene).

However, I do think both Windows Phone 7 and Windows 8 are going a similar route, their new heavily stylised UIs may push developers to be more creative and focus more on UI design, developers are users too and if a UI is striking or enjoyable from a user perspective then it will be in their mind when they are using it.

Because you can deliver a better, smoother and more custom experience within a native application. Also, it leaves open possibilities for things like notifications.

They have been saying that one is in the works since launch of the site. It is just a matter of time..

I remember Paul (@tapbot_paul) saying before the iPad release “The problem with making an iPad version is once we have done that, people will just demand a Mac version.”

He was right, but also, at the time, they were denying that they were doing an iPad version. I currently use oosfora and it’s very nice, but it is missing one killer feature for me, streaming. They say it is coming so I hold out hope, but if tweetbot for mac is as full featured and polished, i’ll no hesistate to jump on it.

I think the tapbot guys know this, they have a large fanbase for their software and it is pretty much a guaranteed top 10 hit in the Mac App Store, at least for a while.

No, I think it’s perfectly fine. People these days don’t understand the consequences of just accessing someone elses accoumt, it’s a breach of privacy and breaches the computer misuse act, it should be punished like this to make people realise that it is a serious crime.

It has nothing to do with style.

Thanks RMS.

Four years to the date since the Metal Gear Solid 4 worldwide release! Brilliant.

Absolutely zero going off what Blizzard have been saying over the past few months. They have even made comments like “This isn’t the sort of game you should be playing on a plane anyway” when people brought forward the situations where people would want to play Diablo, but perhaps couldn’t without an online connection.

It’s a bit silly, and I can’t say I’m particularly fond of it. But when it works (and it has been for me, here in the EU pretty flawlessly ignoring the 11:01pm launch, I woke up the next day early and it was perfect all day) it is great, they do have a lot of persistent online functionality, especially on the social side that does add to it.

So while it doesn’t affect me much personally, as I can get a connection pretty much anywhere, I understand the problem people have with it.

You can’t plan to repeat success in the games industry. It just isn’t possible.