the8bitNacho

It makes sense. Within the next decade we will likely witness a dramatic shift from physical media to digital distribution on consoles, similar to what we have already seen in Valve's Steam service on computers. GameStop is going to have to do something to remain relevant; once publishers have direct control over how their products are made available there won't be much of a demand for a used video game market.

Jesus, where is the patch? I am refusing to move forward with the game until it has been released. Microsoft certification is taking a ridiculous amount of time.

@MrKlorox said:

Because I like metal.

So you...haven't liked any music since 1991.

I would also check out some community maps. There are some good ones.

• Dead Island
• Gears of War 3
• Battlefield 3
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
• Uncharted 3
• Batman: Arkham City
• Star Wars: The Old Republic
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

@gladspooky said:

"We're playing the XBOX version."

*stops video*

Snob.

@Video_Game_King said:

@Kombat: I'd sarcastically ask, "Really? I'm being snarky?", but then I'd remember that text lacks any form of intonation. Therefore, I'll just call you a dick for reading my post in a dickish tone that I didn't write into it. (This post is kinda hard to misinterpret.)

I apologize; I am getting tired of watching this community be taken over by the sort of filth you will find on every other gaming forum on the internet. This used to be a respectable place to have a discussion and I suppose your post blew the pressure cap on my level of tolerance. Someone's blog isn't really the right place to have a debate on forum ethics so I will just leave it at this.

@Video_Game_King said:

Why is everything italicized? Are you trying to put emphasis on everything?

Maybe you should simply let him know that everything shouldn't be that way instead of being a stereotypical snarky video game forum troll.

There was an MMO blog on 1UP quite a few years back called My Life in Vana'diel. It was written by James "Milkman" Mielke and followed his adventures in Final Fantasy XI. It was a lot of fun to read on a weekly basis, but unfortunately modern MMOs are too streamlined for such a feature. FFXI wasn't nearly as guided as something like World of Warcraft, the template from which the genre as a whole is now derived. So there was always something new and interesting to read about in that blog, like Milky gathering up a host of Japanese players to take on a difficult boss like Hakutaku, or running around in Castle Zvahl Baileys for the heck of it. I really miss it.

It doesn't have a lot to do with your blog post here, but reading this just sort of reminded me.

I can't speak for Deus Ex: Human Revolution specifically, but OnLive is a pretty stunning services. I can play games away from home on my underpowered (for gaming) 11" MacBook Air and do so almost flawlessly. We're talking about a platform that doesn't even support 90% of the games OnLive offers, yet because it is only video being streamed to my system I can play to my heart's content.

It's excellent.