lucifertdark have you read my comment at all? This is exactly what I'm not saying. I'm saying the contrary. I am questiong a statement made by BillNyeTheBlackGuy.

Seriously, what the hell, people.

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Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyif the boss does something stupid then he gets fired or forced to quit

wat.

Gets fired? Forced to quit? This is a two man studio. Privately owned, I'm pretty sure. There is no board, no nothing.

And even for big, publicly traded company: yeah, when the boss does something stupid, there are consequences besides "the boss gets fired". Assignments will be lost, severance will be payed, the stocks will take a hit. Very likely that other, uninvolved people will be fired to balance it out.

In what world are you living?

Valve wasn't being fair to the other people in the company? Mike is literally half the company.

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He was working for them; he represented them!
When an employee of company X does something shitty, of course that reflects badly onto company X! It always does, everywhere.

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I got it too, and I'm Windows-free. Everyone who has Frozen Synapse got it. It expires in a week or so.

Funny anecdote: they messed up at first. The coupon couldn't be used in conjunction with other sales, and since they had a general small percentage off (5%? 10%? something like that) for the same time window, the coupon was basically useless. They talked to Valve and fixed that though, I think.

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Quoting: TheinsanegamerNyou can't just say "it was not a serious comment" and get away with it.

I completely agree.
Excusing it with "it was just a joke" only establishes that people can get away with nastiness. Not a signal you'd want to sent.

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Quoting: HadBabitsFrozen Cortex.

I really liked Frozen Synapse. But Frozen Cortex...left me cold.

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Well, I already gave my opinion on that thread: http://steamcommunity.com/app/328600/discussions/0/624074858812458996/#c624075036358918513 [External Link]

Which yes, is a bit flippant.

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We're also still waiting on Giana Sisters. It's supposed to come this year; they've got two more months left.

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Three years have passed since the popular To the Moon melted our hearts with its touching story of a dying man's last wish

Converserly, I found the story absolutely vapid and stupid:

- Whatever they do to his memory, it doesn't matter. At all. He's going to die in a few minutes. He will be gone. Poof.
- The whole thing about him getting back with his love interest. It doesn't matter. It's not real. There is zero emotional impact, because: it. is. not. real.
- Moreover, in the real world, that love interest is dead. Doubly doesn't matter what happens.

This technology would be very interesting in picking the brains of witnesses of important historical events. Or scientists, artists, anyone with unfinished / unfinishable things in their mind. But to use it to manipulate the memory to make someone feel good in the last minutes of their live? That's just silly and wasteful. And, again, meaningless.

While playing the game, I just felt taking for a ride and emotionally manipulated.

I have read similar concepts executed way better in various science fiction stories.

EDIT: Also, as someone for whom the idea of memory manipulation, brain trauma, Alzheimer's, really anything that can fundamentally change what kind of a person I am is a horror that keeps me up at night, there's no way in hell you would find me hooked up to such a machine. Brrr.

As a side-note, that's also why I'm disappointed that SOMA will be just your standard Frictional Games thing, instead of a philosphical adventure game exploring these themes of brain/mind/personhood. That could induce way more intense, existential horror in me than your general tension-based jump-scares.

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Quoting: oldrocker99Grrrr.:><: I just now downloaded PQ on my laptop and it (wait for it) installed AIR:><:

Quoting: http://discourse.leveluplabs.com/t/dq2-update-and-dq1-hd-announcement/516Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten will receive a free update sometime in the near future, that we are calling "DQ1HD."

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I.e. DQ1HD is not yet out, but will be in the near future.

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