If you plan on picking up any video game, I would suggest not doing so at Gamestop. Because the entire corporation is run by shady douchebags.Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer
If you plan on picking up any video game, I would suggest not doing so at Gamestop. Because the entire corporation is run by shady douchebags.
So where else do we go to buy really old used DS and Gameboy games?
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Amazon & eBay are good places to start.
I've picked up used DS games from Amazon's Warehouse Deals page before. Half the price that Gamestop wanted (3 pokemon games) and they were flawless. Even had the nintendo club slips still. Knew they were used cause one of the games had a full pokedex.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Yeah, Darkest hour varies a bit from the general HOI games though. I like most the ability to play as essentially political nobodies like Argentina.
The learning curve is killer indeed. I still haven't broken free from the yoke of cheat codes either.
I recently invested in Real Life. Anyone know any cheat codes?
Nope, just lackluster graphics and monotonous gameplay. Just so you know the college line of quests can take longer than 4 in game years.
I've sold a few on Amazon, but never bought any.
We're stuck in a bloody snowglobe.
Quote of how they're bragging?
Deux Ex has the slowest loading screens in the world. Fuck man. I'll probably get through a copy of Atlas Shrugged by the time I finish the game.
They gave up moderating the comments and wall posts a few hours into the whole thing. so if you check before morning I assume you will see the type of response they have gotten. Seen this spread to kotaku, cnn, ars, consumerist digg, reddit, etc. Gamestop has simply given up and is no longer stocking the game in store, but you can of course still download it from Impulse (which Gamestop bought a few months ago), and its a Steamworks protected game, so its still on Steam. Which makes Gamestop's decision to attack OnLive even more retarded.Regarding the Deus Ex OnLive Codes: GameStop’s policy is that we do not promote competitive services without a formal partnership.
Square Enix packed a competitor’s coupon within the PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution without our prior knowledge and we did pull these coupons.
While the new products may be opened, we fully guarantee the condition of the discs to be new. If you find this to not be the case, please contact the store where the game was purchased and they will further assist.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
<shrug>
They have a point about the game containing a promo for a competitor's service. Not that I'd be upset to see Gamestop die, or anything like that, but it's a valid point... I don't think Apple would keep something in their app store that came with a promotional discount for Win7, so I don't get the big fuss.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
Its not Gamestop's position to decide what the publisher puts inside its packaging. If Gamestop doesn't like it they could very well send it all back or not accept it (ie Apple). Like they finally decided to do. Valve games use Steam, games with Steamworks use Steam, EA games now use Origin. The PS3 version of Portal came with a free PC Steam version. All competing services. I doubt Gamestop doesn't understand this. They took something out of the package that their customers were expecting to be there, even the employees seem to understand this since the coupons are popping up all over ebay. Guess thats why they are now offering full refunds, even though its a Steam activated game.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
So.... you're outraged that it took Gamespot a day to figure out the right thing to do, and make things right (or better) with the customers they wronged? Oh, yeah, that really boils my blood too.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
If you plan on picking up Deus Ex, I would suggest not doing so at Gamestop. They are opening every PC copy and removing the inserts because they include a free game coupon to OnLive.So.... you're outraged that it took Gamespot a day to figure out the right thing to do, and make things right (or better) with the customers they wronged? Oh, yeah, that really boils my blood too.
You have a funny understanding of the world around you.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
And you're a lying sack.
Snipping out your own post where you acknowledge that GS has already returned remaining copies to the publisher, and is offering refunds to customers who got shorted a coupon. Yeah, outrage!!
Kindly stop being a disengenuous shit to misrepresent my position, and do so at your earliest convenience, thanks.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
Still not seeing this outrage you're screaming about. A provided a warning, then follow ups as the story progressed. You seem just a tad bit insane.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Alright, I get it. You're FOX News, providing us with fair and balanced coverage. Thank you for providing us that service.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
I'm not even sure what you're whining about this time. The idea that I passed on what Gamestop was doing? Or that I updated about how Gamestop is doing damage control in my first post of the morning? Or that I quoted directly from Gamestop PR?
Are the boards really so dead you have to reach for such straws, are we so light on content you have to get your daily fix of assholishness from attacking GameStop news?
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
I think I'm almost done with Guild Wars Factions. My in game map looks almost like the map on my wall, so the quests should be wrapping up any second.
Direct2Drive is currently selling Dragon Age 2 for ~$12 US, use coupon RETAIL15 to bring it to $10 and some change. Great deal to help last until the winter sales.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
If you think DA2 is worth 10 bucks, at least. It's sure no DA:O... EA went on a "suckify our RPG franchises" binge after Origins and the sequels are all pretty lacking. But I guess they look pretty and appeal to console gamers and other small children.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
I think we had the "its ME2 with swords instead of a NWN that works" conversation for DA2 back in March.
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
ME2 was awesome, though. One of the best games ever made. DA2 does not suffer from that description.
Haven't actually played it yet. Own it, but I can never find the time.
Yeah, not a bad description... I'll go read that convo, then.
Hmm. Well, if you thought ME2 was awesome, you might love DA2 too. It got the same kind of simplifications and prettiness enhancements that happened between ME1 and ME2, so, yeah. Personally, I loved both originals and was sorely disappointed by both sequels, so that's where I'm coming from.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
I found that it was really just the idea of the changes from ME1 to ME2 that I didn't like. The actual reality of them worked. ME2 was awesome.
Though, to be fair, while the gameplay was pretty good, it was really the writing and acting that put the game over the top.
I felt the gameplay of ME2 was rather more. . . restricted is the word I would choose, I think, than ME1. Certainly once I was on the ground I felt like I was on rails. In space, exploration was made way more 2-dimensional at the same time as it was made more time-intensive and boring. The inventory changes were a good thing though they may have cut too far, but they're directly countered by the reversion to a "count every bullet" model. ME1's abandonment of that for temporary overheating was, IMO, an advance as great as ME2's inclusion of interrupts in scripted scenes and I disliked seeing that advance abandoned.
Last night as I lay in bed, looking up at the stars, I thought, “Where the hell is my ceiling?"
Yup, that's what it was. The sequels are both prettier and streamlined and easier to play, but they feel a lot more restrictive - like a sequences of scripted events rather than an open world in which to explore and kill and so on.
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them."
"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
-- Thomas Jefferson: American Founding Father, clairvoyant and seditious traitor.
Did anyone else get that latest Humble Bundle? And if so, which of those games are most fun?
Keep on keepin' the beat alive!
VVVVVV
"In a field where an overlooked bug could cost millions, you want people who will speak their minds, even if they’re sometimes obnoxious about it."
Realm of the Mad God is a free random game you can burn some time on (no download required). Just move with WASD and click to shoot.. if you die you have to restart though. If you hit level 20 and die you can make a new class. try it out. you can save progress at level 5.
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