Man, that sucks for SK. Then again, they brought it upon themselves with how they acted; trying to blame UE3 for their issues when dozens of other developers have worked with it successfully is just ridiculous. Then they make a public statement about how they're still going to use parts of their "modified" UE3 engine for other games and not pay Epic for it, and then they try to sue Epic over this shit and it blows up in there faces.
I'm surprised this studio's doors are even still open, and I'd guess that won't be the case for much longer. I hate to see people lose their jobs, but this one seems inevitable and kind of deserved, at least for Dyack and anyone else at the top of SK.
So i'm going to Disneyland with friends this coming Monday, and it just so happens to be my birthday. Are there any cool things you get as an adult for it being your birthday. I know they give you a button that says it's your birthday but are there any awesome things I should get in on while I'm there?
So what are your predictions for The Walking Dead Game finale? Who lives? Who Dies? Where does the series leave off for season 2? Do you think next season will be related to this one, or will it be totally different characters? Leave your opinions here.
WARNING: British person about to talk about American society and politics...
It kinda seems like a silly idea, legalising it on a state level. Doesn't this just mean that Colorado and Washington are going to be inundated with potheads and undesirables - the very worst elements of 420 culture. If you're going to make a change, it makes more sense to me to do it on a national level. I understand that the complex nature of American state politics makes this unrealistic, but still, isn't there a way it could work as a national initiative?
Anyway, in principal I feel about marijuana is pretty much the same way I feel about other narcotics and prostitution. I do not take drugs, and I have zero love of drug culture, but in free countries in which we allow people to intoxicate and kill themselves with tobacco and alcohol, why not also legalise marijuana, which some studies suggest is less harmful than booze and cigarettes and even has positive medicinal purposes? The US government spends an absurd amount of money on the war against drugs, money which could be spent on education, healthcare, social programs, and balancing the budget if it was legalised, regulated and controlled by the state. As for prostitution, wouldn't legalising and controlling the industry mean it would be less corrupted by human trafficking and other human rights abuses? At least prostitution is mostly harmless for those who choose to indulge in it, except for the possibility of contracting an STD.
It would be smart to do it on a national level but it's very difficult, if not impossible, to make a sweeping change like this nationally. Usually it starts at the state level and spreads from there, so this is like a first step. Or you could even call it the second step, with the first being its legalization for medicinal use in California a few years ago. I definitely agree with you about the wastefulness of the War on Drugs but we'll probably see a continued pissing contest between the feds and the states that allow the use of marijuana, at least until the movement picks up more momentum and it becomes legal in more states. Eventually the feds may back off and then we can see it legalized nationally, but it will probably take several more years at least.
Man, that sucks that Darksiders 2 didn't do well, and I really hope that THQ can keep themselves afloat; they've been publishing some really interesting game over the past few years and it would be tragic if they shut down and those IPs (Saint's Row, Darksiders) wind up abandoned with no one to fund them.
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