My nihilism is defeated only by my apathy.

insanelygaming: Pokemon Illustrations Prints available...

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:38:53 -0400

Pokemon Illustrations

Prints available on Society6

Created by I Heart JLP

talesofanerdyboy: I get Wade feels (1/?) This part made me...

Sat, 25 May 2013 18:26:31 -0400

I get Wade feels (1/?)

This part made me laugh like a fucking idiot in the middle of a coffee shop when I first read it.

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squidpirate: Final Battle by ~thatSanj

Sat, 25 May 2013 14:36:55 -0400

squidpirate:

Final Battle by ~thatSanj

donotfearthedarkness:

Sat, 25 May 2013 00:43:35 -0400

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cybercitrus: People that think they are going to be magically independent when they become...

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:29:26 -0400

cybercitrus:

People that think they are going to be magically independent when they become 18.

sodomymcscurvylegs: SHADE!

Fri, 24 May 2013 23:29:17 -0400

sodomymcscurvylegs:

SHADE!

castiali: angelfire93: Alright, if you’re a consumer and...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:22:11 -0400

castiali:

angelfire93:

Alright, if you’re a consumer and you’re considering picking up the new Xbox One console, then please, take a moment to listen to me. Before we begin, no, I am not a fanboy or a hater. I have no console Bias. I have a PS3, Xbox 360, Wii, and a Gaming PC. Each has their pros and cons but now onto business.

DO NOT BUY AN XBOX ONE. Why? See the reasons below:

Xbox Requires an internet connection. Here’s how it works: Every 24 hours your Xbox will try to connect to Microsoft’s servers for verification. If it is unable to connect, sucks to be you. You’re blocked from playing even single player games until it can connect.

Source: http://kotaku.com/xbox-one-does-require-internet-connection-cant-play-o-509164109

Do you like renting games, lending them to a friend, or even borrowing them from a friend? No longer possible. Every Xbox One game you get must be registered to your Xbox live account to be played. After that point it will only work for you. No one else can use it unless they pay a fee. Essentially it works like this. You pick up a used Xbox One game from somewhere or someone, pop it into your console. The system verifies it’s been registered to your account. Uh-oh, it isn’t! In order to play it, you have to pay Microsoft a fee, which is currently slated to be full retail price. Doesn’t matter how scratched up it is or how cheap you got it at gamestop or from a friend. You aren’t just buying the physical copies anymore. You’re paying Microsoft for a LICENSE to be allowed to play that game.

It is worth mentioning Microsoft is exploring ways for you to trade in and resell your used games. This is rumored to mean that you can sell your digital license to play the game (registration) back to microsoft, likely for microsoft points. You can then trade in the game at gamespot for some cash if you like. Either way, as it currently stands, the new owner would still have to pay a fee on top of the price of actually buying the physical copy.

Source: http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-fee-for-buying-used-games-full-retail-price/

Is it worth mentioning that Microsoft if shafting Indie Developers as well? Where as on Playstation Network or (whatever the Wii has) Indie Developers can self publish their content easily. Playstation even encourages this. Microsoft however forces these Indie Devs to enter publishing deals with them to be allowed to market their content. You don’t go through them, you don’t get to sell what you developed.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/indie-devs-cant-self-publish-on-xbox-one

I’m not quite done yet! Now, I’m sure you heard a lot about “TV TV TV TV SPORTS TV TV SPORTS SPORTS TV.” Yes, the Xbox is slated to be able to stream live tv, live sports, etc. So let me ask you this. You obviously already have something like cable or DirecTV. Do you really want to shell out hundreds of dollars more and pay a monthly subscription fee to have another television provider? Yes, I said hundreds of dollars, and I don’t mean the cost of the console. To view live TV from the Xbox you are required to purchase ANOTHER separate device for it to work. Why would you even consider shelling out more money for something you already have anyway? Even if you didn’t, DirecTV is cheaper. Or you could even subscribe you Hulu.com and watch live tv on your computer. FOR MUCH CHEAPER. You essentially have to buy another cable box if you don’t have one. And if you do… what do you need the Xbox One for?

Source: http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-live-tv-available-in-us-only-at-launch-requires-separate-device/

So far we’ve discovered that the Xbox One is not really a gaming console, at least… not a consumer friendly gaming console. It’s being marketed as an all-in-one home entertainment system. Something to replace all of the other devices in your house. But there are drawbacks even to that. Put on your tin foil hats for this part folks. Take from it what you will, all I’ll say is… possibilities…

The Xbox One’s features will not function unless the Kinect is plugged in and active. This is not an optional piece anymore.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/21/xbox-one-will-not-function-without-kinect-attached

So imagine your Kinect piece breaks? Tough luck, no more Xbox for you. But you know what’s worse?

Pay attention, because this is important. The Kinect is always watching. Always listening. Even when the system is off.

Yes. One of the ways to turn the system on is to audibly say: “Xbox On” while the system is off. The Kinect, which is always on, hears you and turns it on. Now this might seem like a cool feature, but did you know Microsoft patented a feature that would allow the Kinect’s camera (It’s no longer just a sensor, but a camera) to spy on you for the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America?) While they may not actually do this, it is actually possible for them to do this now. It has a camera, and a microphone. The Kinect is always on. It is ALWAYS listening, ALWAYS watching.

An idea has been tossed around that by using this feature, it will allows game developers and movie produces to set a limited amount of how many people can be allowed to view the entertainment. So as a hypothetical example, you and three friends are watching a movie, which is the maximum allowed. A fourth friend enters the room and the Kinect’s sensor registers the fourth individual. The movie stops and you a prompted to pay a fee so that the extra individual may also view the film. Again, that is NOT currently the case, but these are the ideas currently being tossed around with the system’s current capabilities.

Source for listening: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352596/the-xbox-one-is-always-listening

Source of spying: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/139706-microsofts-new-kinect-patent-goes-big-brother-will-spy-on-you-for-the-mpaa

Now, just two more things and I’ll be done here!

This isn’t really a good or bad thing, but it’s annoying. It also explains how they can prevent you from playing a used game if you didn’t pay their fee. Xbox one no longer plays games off the discs, you HAVE to install them to the hard-drive in order to play them. I believe PS3 also has you do this (on a number of games but not always it seems), except that PS3 isn’t trying to Nickle and Dime you at every corner. It also seems according to this article there is something related to the Online portion at the beginning of this post. The option is there for Developers to require the Xbox to always be online to play their particular game. Well, it seems PC gamers and console gamers have one thing in common now… DRM.

(At least pirates on PC can bypass DRM easily. Not an option for Consoles.)

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4352314/xbox-one-hard-drive-game-installs

And last but not least, another annoyance… Xbox One will not be compatible with any and all current headsets. Nope, companies will either have to make new headsets altogether specifically for the Xbox One, and they have to adhere to what Microsoft wants. Look forward to price gouging.

Source: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/22/xbox-one-incompatible-with-current-gaming-headsets

Oh, one more thing… If you have an Xbox 360, don’t get rid of it. Why? Well if you want to keep playing your old 360 games you’ll need it. The Xbox One isn’t backwards compatible. At all. Not only that, but President of Microsoft’s Xbox Division Don Mattrick insults the very notion of backwards compatibility! He calls it: “Backwards thinking.”

Source: http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350662/new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibilty

Source of insult: http://www.polygon.com/2013/5/22/4355984/xbox-one-backward-compatibility-backwards-thinking-don-mattrick

That is all I have to say currently folks, and I hope you took the time to read this far. I’ll conclude with the following… please… PLEASE do not buy this console. Paying for this supports greedy and anti-consumer business practices. Speak with your wallet, and pass up the Xbox One. No matter what games it might have that you want, even if they are exclusive. Do the right thing and make a statement. Refuse to be nickle and dimed like this. Refuse to be seen as a mindless consumer who will buy anything tossed to them.

We won’t know much else until after E3, but as it stands now, the PS4 or a decent gaming PC is the best way to go.

If you are willing to do so, please spread this post around. Liking is not even remotely necessary, but do please share it if you agree with and acknowledge what you’ve read here. The more people know, the fewer of them waste their money.

Thank you, kindly.

~Dylan Jordan

(Originally posted on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201352632321514&set=pb.1344751593.-2207520000.1369431810.&type=3&theater) by one of my friends. He brings up many valid points. Mind you, I haven’t been a fan of Xbox in a long time and I will most likely get a PS4. But this confirms further for me that I won’t be getting an Xbox one any time in the foreseeable future.)

“Do you like renting games, lending them to a friend, or even borrowing them from a friend? No longer possible.”

ding dong that is wrong

The Xbox One will not require gamers to pay a fee to reactivate a used game, but it will require a regular online spot check to verify the authenticity of games being played

there are no plans to charge gamers a fee to sell or reactive a used game. Earlier today, Microsoft’s Larry Hryb touched on the topic of used games on his blog, but didn’t say whether fees will be required.

“The ability to trade in and resell games is important to gamers and to Xbox,” according to the official statement he included in his post. “Xbox One is designed to support the trade in and resale of games. Reports about our policies for trade in and resale are inaccurate and incomplete.”

also the 24-hour check is “one potential scenario,” but it’s not set in stone.

While an internet connection will be required for the console, the company is also experimenting with special exemption codes that could be given to select people in very particular, internet-free situations, like active-duty soldiers serving in war zones.

source

on top of that, everything being tossed around are rumors anyway. we hardly know anything about the console. here’s an article on why The Xbox One reveal wasn’t nearly as bad as you think.

Microsoft so much as publicly stated before the event that it wasn’t going to focus on games. Rather, E3 was where it intends to flaunt the system’s software.

microsoft wouldn’t use the kinect sensor to “spy on people.” if they were caught once doing that, it’d be all over the media and they’d lose all of their money. it’s not a risk worth taking.

one more thing i’m seeing: people claiming their PCs are better than the xbox one. but both the xbox one and ps4 are a generation ahead of the highest end PC on the market.

everything is loose-ended and there are no facts yet. while i’m just linking to information from articles like your friend did, you can see that all of the information we’re hearing is completely contradictory. i’d give a smart company like microsoft the benefit of the doubt and wait until we have clear facts before telling everybody not to buy the xbox one because of a couple of ever-changing rumors.

ringaroundthebusterposey: I would like to add “Marry...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:09:35 -0400

ringaroundthebusterposey:

I would like to add

“Marry me”

Michael says “her”

“That was a freebie”

“And thats why…”

The doctor gives misleading news to the family

“Hop on”

cracked: If you want to have a really ridiculous sounding movie...

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:09:33 -0400

cracked:

If you want to have a really ridiculous sounding movie pitch, you have to include Bruce Willis.

Famous Movies That Must Have Been Pitched by Crazy People

necromorph-slayinglovemachine: Another anon wanted...

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:22:07 -0400

necromorph-slayinglovemachine:

Another anon wanted Haunter/Cubone and since everything I touch becomes nightmarish well… this happened

A Haunter possessing the armless decaying corpse of a Cubone HELL YEAH

distractionsinspace: Now comes the gymnastics. Apollo 11 audio...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:57 -0400

distractionsinspace:

Now comes the gymnastics.

Apollo 11 audio transcripts

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scienceheroextraordinaire: 0ver-doze: lamp guaranteed to make...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:10:24 -0400

scienceheroextraordinaire:

0ver-doze:

lamp

guaranteed to make your friends shit themselves

whitestfanuknow: cocainemondays: We all know who won here. I...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:08:01 -0400

whitestfanuknow:

cocainemondays:

We all know who won here.

I can honestly say I love it when Trevor trolls like this. It’s hilarious.

A supercut of the 18 best running gags on Arrested Development...

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:06:44 -0400

A supercut of the 18 best running gags on Arrested Development

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