LAMP

Also seconding tUne-yArDs

"Steam has imposed a set of business terms for developers hoping to sell content on that service – many of which are not imposed by other online game services. Unfortunately, Crytek has an agreement with another download service which violates the new rules from Steam and resulted in its expulsion of Crysis 2 from Steam."

Another download service? Oh, you mean like Origin? Wait, why would that effect Battlefield 3 and Alice?

I almost have to applaud the nerve here.

I would just like to say that AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

Oddly, the best anti-legalization argument I've ever heard is "it would taste different."

The repeated failure of marijuana legislation is an interesting commentary on the economic ignorance of California, though. The estimated street value of seized crops in 2005 was nearly $10 million (source), which puts it pretty comfortably on top of the list of cash crops in California. And that's just plants seized- plenty did not get taken by the DEA, and were distributed and sold to a good profit. Good enough for people to live off of, anyways, proving that the demand still exists.

The California deficit was about $6.7 billion in 2005, and has since almost tripled to $19.1 billion (google). I'm not suggesting that the legalization of marijuana earlier in the decade could have prevented the deficit. 

Entertain this thought, though: the tax rate on non-cigarette tobacco products is 33.02%, and I think the two products are similar enough to reasonably argue a similar tax. 33.02% of the seized number of crops in 2005 comes out to $3,204,856.15, which over four years (assuming ratification of a legal marijuana bill in 2006) would generate $127,184,24.70 in tax revenue. It would cover it's own costs easily by the nature of growing a weed for consumption, and would generate a healthy profit that could benefit any number of state programs. And this is just off the figure of obtained plants in a single year.

At the end of the day, the failure of Prop 19 is not a referendum against the consumers of marijuana, but of the presentation of the argument and the education of the masses. 

Oh hey is this where we brag about being successful podcasters because I am lolololol

UFC Undisputed 2009. 
 
I'm pretty sure no one expected that game to be any good, and it's fucking incredible. I'm still playing it.

Sure, the ads are shady, and the theme was gross, but the pre-video ads are a good deal worse. 

I GET IT 
BOOT CAMP SUCKS 
I JUST WANT TO WATCH THIS THING 
 
EDIT: Also, this sentence made me feel really, really bad. 
 "  It's actually well integrated into the site and thoughtfully includes the personalities we've come to know and love and associate with the great content here." 

I would get more creative people from outside the game industry into the game industry. Left to our own devices, we seem to make realistic games that defeat the entire purpose of the medium. So, instead, get someone creative from outside of games to oversee the world, concept, et cetera. That'll be when we get actual innovation; when people with new ideas have avenues and resources to see these games made. 

#6, 5, 4, 2, and 1 are all wrong. 
 
-Soul Calibur should be higher.
-Sonic Adventure 2 is ranked on the basis of stuff possession, despite it being a worse game as far as level design goes.
-This idea that people liked old Resident Evil gameplay is entirely ridiculous. It's certainly the first I've heard of it. Hell, most of the RE diehards I have talked to begrudgingly admit that the gameplay just wasn't that great.
-Shenmue is GARBAGE. 
-A multiplatform game as the best game on a console? Quick, go find another "best console games" list on Screw Attack that has a multiplatform game as it's best. Such incredible bullshit.

" @ZombiePie said:

" @Metal_Gear_Sunny: Fixed, and this is why Masuta thinks I don't like him... "

I didn't listen to that until now. It was great. "