Someone hacked into my account recently. I hadn't used the account in forever. I think they were more interested in fooling me into giving them real world money though.
I work out for thirty minutes four times a week. I go through spells of being good and then a few weeks here and there of not going. Started running recently, really enjoying it.
" Eh, I've never bought a map pack, doubt I'll start anytime soon. "
Me too. I was playing a lot of Halo: Reach until recently and now I'm not sure if I'm playing enough to justify this. Of course, the beauty of Halo is that there should be plenty of people to play "vanilla" Reach for quite a long time.
@CookieMonster: Yeah, those portable games really weren't bad, although the sales weren't great. I guess people who want a "good" Sonic game are vocal but limited in number. I consider myself amongst these people but I don't like the XBLA game. So, maybe I'm part of the problem? I don't know, but the new Sonic game is trying way too hard to emulate what came before rather than looking for a creative way to capture the same sense of excitement.
" @Irishjohn: Well I can't speak for the customer service or international support, but BN has a load more ebooks than Amazon. People seem to think otherwise for who knows what reason. "
I can see why you would make this assumption. Amazon says they have 670,000+ ebooks for SALE while Barnes and Noble's site says they have millions of ebooks available. See in BN's number they are including books that are free because they were published before 1923 while Amazon's number only includes books that were published after 1923. This means BN is offering no solid number on how many ebooks they currently have for sale which leads me to think they have less. "
I don't make assumptions, I work on facts. BN has 1.2 million titles in it's store, for purchase, not public domain. Beyond that there are 956,000 public domain titles to add to that number making a total of 2.1 million or so. Amazon is still set at around 700,000 before factoring in the public domain library. BN also takes books from other ebook retailers as well as from public libraries that have begun to put ebooks out via their own websites. Amazon does not. I don't make guesses, it is my job to know these things. "
Is it your job to be a superior ass? Come on man, take it easy. How about a link? I don't doubt your facts but I'd like a link as this completely contradicts everything I've heard about e-books in the two stores.
@tranquilchaos: Well, there's a few things. For one, Amazon just seems to have more books available online. I also hold a lot more faith in Amazon's commitment to get more titles in e-book format. Secondly, I've had bad experiences with B&N in the past when ordering good old fashioned books, i.e. being charged for several books which never turned up. Finally, I fly to Europe and Asia a lot, and B&N's international support is pathetic compared to Amazon's. The second point is more of a personal thing that is the result of a bad customer service experience and the third point is clearly specific to my situation, being from Europe but living in the US and occasionally working in Asia (not typical for the average American customer!)
Maybe this will shut SOME people up on the SC2 forums. I am a Silver League player and I have fun playing the game, so it's frustrating to have my opinion shot down by Diamond and Platinum players on those forums. At the same time, I am sick and tired of hearing Zerg players complain when they are at a similar level to myself. At this level those imbalances shouldn't be making that big a difference. You just need to get better!
@WinterSnowblind: I really don't agree that the gameplay was clunky on PC. It is pretty clear from the outset of the game exactly what game it is supposed to be. I really enjoyed the combat on PC, and though I'm no RPG purist, I really don't need it to be any more Action RPG-like.
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