BlazeHedgehog

Wait. Protractors and rulers actually don't do anything? I figured you got buffs to your accuracy.

If you're going to about-face on 75% of your originally stated policies, well, hey, why not go all the way to 100%?

http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/blazehedgehog/blog/never-mind-disregard-this-post/101747/

I was going to attempt to post this here first, but after spending an hour adding images and apparently linking them to the proper Xbox.com entries, GiantBomb overrode all of that and forced them to link to the image files themselves.

The fact that I cannot delete that blog now that I know it's a failure is a pretty big bummer, too.

So if you could, mods, would you kindly delete that for me?

@devillofanger: Okay, so Castlevania 64 had fall damage. But Castlevania 64 was also a hot mess of nonsense.

I absolutely loved Aria and Dawn of Sorrow - the two best Castlevania games besides SOTN, if you ask me. But boss encounters are a different story - of course bosses are going to involve lengthy battles with tough enemies. EVERY enemy in Mirror of Fate might as well be a boss battle, given they take anywhere from 10-15 hits each to kill. That's what I meant. And the actual BOSS in Mirror of Fate takes even longer - it goes well beyond that point of "okay, I get it, just die already".

You're merely arguing a suggestion I made, and one I don't even necessarily agree with, I just made because it was all I could think of. :P

I'm actually the most fond of "Used games aren't my problem, they're my solution." I kind or wanted to end it there, but I figured it would've seemed a little abrupt without a little more setup.

It must be nice to live in a world where the only thing that exists is "logic completely divorced from intent".

That's exactly what I was getting at, actually. With Steam launching Greenlight, they're actually opening the flood gates to MORE games, even. So far, neither Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo or Valve has even implied plans to remove depreciated software - it was simply a possible solution to the notion of a cluttered marketplace. A fairly heavy-handed one, but a solution none the less.

It still kind of bums me out to read about Sonic X-treme. On some level, I had that story in my hands and I let it slip through my fingers years ago because I couldn't summon the courage to do a phone interview with Mike Wallis.

But that's how it goes, I guess. Live and learn, whatever.

Yeah, but like I said to the other guy, consider piracy on other consoles. There's no modchips involved - with the Wii, all you need is an SD Card in order to install the Homebrew Channel. The PSP was in a similar boat, and DS flashcarts were cheaper than a lot of DS games. The PS3 narrowly dodged a bullet, though I'm sure there are a small pocket of hackers out there who never updated and are using custom firmware on their PS3 now.

Having to install physical hardware in order to enable piracy is the sticking point and moves it beyond the realm of "anyone can do this if they follow the guide". Again, yes, it happens, but it's more secure than the other guys were. There'll probably be a modchip for the Xbox One, too.

Just because you can torrent games from TPB doesn't mean it's widespread, though. Chicago is a pretty big place; it doesn't surprise me that you could find a place like that there. That's definitely not the case once you get out of the big city, though.

Furthermore, consider that hardware mods are more difficult to deal with than software mods. Anyone can mod their Wii these days, you just need an SD card. Look at what happened to the DS and PSP. It almost happened to the PS3, too.

What is this even supposed to mean?