Things that piss me off

[cramx3]

Pretty sure the last time I bought a disc was Half-Life 2, and that was in 2005.

I bought a PC disc maybe 4 years ago as the last time and I remember having the same problem... it was essentially a disc that contained the key, so useless.  You pop in the disc and you still have to download the game through steam as if the disc wasn't even there.  I said never again after that.  There is no resale value of the PC disc either unlike a console game. 

[BlobVanDam]

Sounds like a lot of messing around. The online Steam system has a lot of pros, but this is why I also love to just stick a disc into a console and play it.

And that reminds me, I bought Super Meat Boy on sale on Steam a week or two ago, and haven't installed or played it yet. Totally forgot.

Except you can't even do that on the new consoles.  Buy a new game, stick it in, does it ever just play?  Not in my experience, immediate updates/download and wait.  Still, an easier system that Cyclops scenario, but it's not just so simple as it used to be.

If you are a PC gamer, I can't imagine a single reason to buy a physical disc anymore.  It's sooo much simpler to just keep it in your steam account and then download/install when you want to play.

I don't know about the latest gen of consoles, but on XBOX 360, yeah I just stick in a disc and play it. Simple as ever. Installing and/or updating the game are optional, not mandatory (probably different if you did online gaming, but I've never once done that on PC or console).
Downloading and installing big games on my internet would take too long and use up far too much of my monthly bandwidth, which isn't worth it to me for gaming, which is one reason I wouldn't game on a PC. Physical copies are little more than shelf advertisements these days.

Both have their pros and cons, which will be different for everyone. That's why we have both!

[cramx3]

Bandwidth, that's something to be pissed off about.  I'm going to be very annoyed when the cable companies start enforcing limits and paid tiers for GB of data at home.

[King Postwhore]

Bandwidth, that's something to be pissed off about.  I'm going to be very annoyed when the cable companies start enforcing limits and paid tiers for GB of data at home.

They better not.  I'm already paying for that convenience.

[BlobVanDam]

Bandwidth, that's something to be pissed off about.  I'm going to be very annoyed when the cable companies start enforcing limits and paid tiers for GB of data at home.

In Australia, it's quite standard except for the top plans. On the plans I can get in my area from my ISP, I can't get an uncapped plan, which sucks. If I was within the area of their own equipment, I could get unlimited internet for the exact same price. So yeah, that sucks.

[Chino]

Bandwidth, that's something to be pissed off about.  I'm going to be very annoyed when the cable companies start enforcing limits and paid tiers for GB of data at home.

They better not.  I'm already paying for that convenience.

Once Google Fiber goes nationwide, cable companies will have to play ball. They don't have to now. I have two options for cable internet in my home. One can't offer more that 6GB download. My only real option is Comcast. Fucking lame.

[cramx3]

Bandwidth, that's something to be pissed off about.  I'm going to be very annoyed when the cable companies start enforcing limits and paid tiers for GB of data at home.

They better not.  I'm already paying for that convenience.

Once Google Fiber goes nationwide, cable companies will have to play ball. They don't have to now. I have two options for cable internet in my home. One can't offer more that 6GB download. My only real option is Comcast. Fucking lame.

That will be one long time before Google Fiber goes nationwide (or if they even can do that) but I fully support bringing fiber to every home.  I am fortunate to have FIOS, but I also have other options if I needed to change providers which most Americans do not have.

[Chino]

Bandwidth, that's something to be pissed off about.  I'm going to be very annoyed when the cable companies start enforcing limits and paid tiers for GB of data at home.

They better not.  I'm already paying for that convenience.

Once Google Fiber goes nationwide, cable companies will have to play ball. They don't have to now. I have two options for cable internet in my home. One can't offer more than 6GB download. My only real option is Comcast. Fucking lame.

That will be one long time before Google Fiber goes nationwide (or if they even can do that) but I fully support bringing fiber to every home.  I am fortunate to have FIOS, but I also have other options if I needed to change providers which most Americans do not have.

[King Postwhore]

Bandwidth, that's something to be pissed off about.  I'm going to be very annoyed when the cable companies start enforcing limits and paid tiers for GB of data at home.

They better not.  I'm already paying for that convenience.

Once Google Fiber goes nationwide, cable companies will have to play ball. They don't have to now. I have two options for cable internet in my home. One can't offer more that 6GB download. My only real option is Comcast. Fucking lame.

No fiber where I live but I have Comcast so I'm paying the premium now.  Every year I threaten them since I've been with them for 22 years so every year I get the same price.

[Podaar]

No fiber where I live but I have Comcast so I'm paying the premium now.

Well if you get a little constipated from no fiber, you could always use the cable to root around in there and unplug yourself.

[King Postwhore]

No fiber where I live but I have Comcast so I'm paying the premium now.

Well if you get a little constipated from no fiber, you could always use the cable to root around in there and unplug yourself.

No need here.  I'm too healthy!

[Stadler]

Man, fuck Steam. How come I have to download a shitload of mb's while I have the dvd in my discdrive? I lost the password to my account and had to dick around for a whole week to varify the damn thing.
Tried re-activating the cd-keycode, they ask you to scan the thing and contact Steam. When you try that the site wigs out. WTF. I pay for a game to play it and then have to go through all this shit??? 

Kind of a tangent, but Xbox Live and PlayStationNetwork.   I am old school (put a disk in and hit "START") but I have kids, so...

I spend more time getting Live and PSN to work (passwords, routers, NAT this and NAT that) than I do playing the f*****g games.   Full disclosure, I am not a "run out and buy on day of release" guy when it comes to video games; I'm just now playing "Thief" and "Far Cry Classic", and next up is Far Cry 2 and BioShock Infinite and Call of Duty Modern Warfare - yes, the first one.   The more the newer games DEMAND full on-line presence the less likely I am to participate, though I do enjoy a little multi-player now and again (though I feel a little creepy, and can't escape the thought that "KllrSk8rGurl27" who just assassinated me in 8 seconds from a third floor balcony in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Online is actually a 14-year-old boy from Germany or some shit). 

[Chino]

Far Cry 4 was the first digital game I purchased. So far I've had the screen go black five times with a message saying something along the lines of "Game authenticity could not be verified by network". Drives me nuts, especially if the game wasn't saved in a while. What's going to happen 25 years from now? Will we be able to play our old games like we can with NES and N64?

[cramx3]

Far Cry 4 was the first digital game I purchased. So far I've had the screen go black five times with a message saying something along the lines of "Game authenticity could not be verified by network". Drives me nuts, especially if the game wasn't saved in a while. What's going to happen 25 years from now? Will we be able to play our old games like we can with NES and N64?

Nope.  But I'd imagine they would continue to be emulated on the newer platforms the way xbox1 is doing and the way a PC can do it.  Not the same, but I doubt in 25 years people are still using the hardware anyway (these systems are not as reliable as an NES or N64 was).  As for the online only games, that I worry more about since in 25 years who is hosting these games on servers? Maybe some will, but I'd imagine it'll be a limited amount.

[Kotowboy]

Final Fantasy 7 and Abe's Oddysee New N Tasty were download only but that's fine. They're old games.

[Kotowboy]

Two toddlers in the cafe today. They're already whinging as they walk in.

  I don't want to come in here !

I don't want to sit at this table !

( the family move )

I don't want to eat anything !!

( the family order anyway )

I take the kids over two cartons of apple juice that they wanted - each of them are identical.

One of them takes one.

The other one : I WANTED THAT ONE !!!!



  Oh My Fucking God.

[Implode]

whinging

I didn't know you were British.

But yeah. Children can be kind of unbearable at times.

[Kotowboy]

Alright Guv. Yes I was born in Surrey - which is not too far from London. I've also lived in the UAE and now I live in Wales

[black_biff_stadler]

Kids are fucking worse than AIDS, the holocaust, and Nancy Grace combined.

[jakepriest]

Kids are fucking worse than AIDS, the holocaust, and Nancy Grace combined.

 

[black_biff_stadler]

 

[KevShmev]

Kids are fucking worse than AIDS, the holocaust, and Nancy Grace combined.

I was with ya until you said Nancy Grace.

 

[black_biff_stadler]

Well played, Kev

[Chino]

Kids are fucking worse than AIDS, the holocaust, and Nancy Grace combined.

I was with ya until you said Nancy Grace.

 

If I could shoot Nancy Grace in the face for charity, I'd contemplate it.

[Kotowboy]

I shall have to Google this person.

[Stadler]

I shall have to Google this person.

Ever see "Gone Girl" with Ben Affleck and... that other girl?   The blonde newscaster played by Missy Pyle, the one who asks Ben if he ever had sex with his sister (or whatever it was), is a very thinly-disguised version of Nancy Grace.    Actually, honestly, not disguised at all. 

[Prog Snob]

I shall have to Google this person.

Ever see "Gone Girl" with Ben Affleck and... that other girl?   The blonde newscaster played by Missy Pyle, the one who asks Ben if he ever had sex with his sister (or whatever it was), is a very thinly-disguised version of Nancy Grace.    Actually, honestly, not disguised at all. 

I thought that was completely blatant.   

[TioJorge]

Yeah I was gonna say that is the absolute first thought that popped in my mind but I'm glad we all thought it.

[cramx3]

I shall have to Google this person.

Ever see "Gone Girl" with Ben Affleck and... that other girl?   The blonde newscaster played by Missy Pyle, the one who asks Ben if he ever had sex with his sister (or whatever it was), is a very thinly-disguised version of Nancy Grace.    Actually, honestly, not disguised at all. 

When I read the book, all I had was Nancy Grace pictured in my head... then the movie it even looked like her! 

[Dublagent66]

Kids are fucking worse than AIDS, the holocaust, and Nancy Grace combined.

Which makes the parents even worse.  Too stupid to realize they are raising retarded, spoiled, entitled little brats.

[King Postwhore]

My cousin.   

He can't read subtext.  It's like he doesn't even know me!

He posted on Facebook about another music death with a founding member of Tower Of Power.  He said he couldn't take another musician death.

I joked I would be ok if it were Kanye.   It's obviously a joke.  He's too damn PC these days.  A joke does not mean the truth.

[jakepriest]

He's too damn PC these days

The entire PC thing that seems to be in lately has been pissing me off a lot. It's like you can't even make a joke without someone twisting it and making you look like a jackass lately.

[Genowyn]

I'm not sure what Kanye West has to do with being PC. Kanye West is not, himself, a minority. If you said something like "I wouldn't mind if it was that damn negro Kanye West", then it would be about political correctness.

To loosely quote Neil Gaiman, being PC just means treating people with respect. So when you see something like

The entire PC thing that seems to be in lately has been pissing me off a lot.

You can just make the substitution:

The entire treating people with respect thing that seems to be in lately has been pissing me off a lot.

[King Postwhore]

Please. You can't make a comment about someone without it upsetting someone. It's not about color. He's just annoying.   

[KevShmev]

You were being a racist.  Just admit it.