Tropic Thunder…

August 30th, 2008 by Stig-san
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is an absolutely hilarious movie.  The movie is half comedy half action with an all-star cast to boot.  Tom Cruise plays a genius part, Robert Downey Jr. plays a genius part, and the rest of em play absolutely genius parts.  GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!!  I can’t stress that enough.  In fact, have a double movie day, go see that and Pineapple Express.  You can’t go wrong with either of those.

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The Bill of Rights…for gamers

August 30th, 2008 by Stig-san
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Stardock has made a gamer’s bill of rights.  these are things that we, as gamers, have a right to and should have.  Here they are:

1) Gamers shall have the right to return games that don’t work with their computers for a full refund.
2) Gamers shall have the right to demand that games be released in a finished state.
3) Gamers shall have the right to expect meaningful updates after a game’s release.
4) Gamers shall have the right to demand that download managers and updaters not force themselves to run or be forced to load in order to play a game.
5) Gamers shall have the right to expect that the minimum requirements for a game will mean that the game will play adequately on that computer.
6) Gamers shall have the right to expect that games won’t install hidden drivers or other potentially harmful software without their consent.
7) Gamers shall have the right to re-download the latest versions of the games they own at any time.
8. Gamers shall have the right to not be treated as potential criminals by developers or publishers.
9) Gamers shall have the right to demand that a single-player game not force them to be connected to the Internet every time they wish to play.
10) Gamers shall have the right that games which are installed to the hard drive shall not require a CD/DVD to remain in the drive to play.

For the most part, we don’t curently get these.  We should, but between hurried games and retail stores and piracy, these things don’t come easy.

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