Recent content by smwScott

Well, they're the one's who started this "walled garden" trend in consumer electronics. Microsoft copied their basic model with the 360 (and they're doing it again with Windows Phone 7 btw). It's a fairly relevant point of comparison. But ****, even Apple doesn't charge customers to access...

I don't know about Sky Player, but Last FM is its own service. Why the f*ck do you have to pay MS to use Last FM? Or Netflix? That would be like me paying a monthly fee to Firefox to go to Pandora.com. It's ****ing absurd. I take back what I said earlier. MS is worse than Apple when it...

Wow, for only $60 MS will let me use my internet connection to play games online. What a deal. For a mere $100 I can even by a wi-fi adapter that will only work on their console. For another $100 I can get a HDD that will only work on the 360... Seriously, **** MS. They're the Apple of...

Well the quick-time events are certainly cheesy, but helicopters and turret gunning sound like good additions. The game needs to provide the full air force experience ... would definitely go a long way towards recapturing my interest.

In a lot of ways I agree with Rakurai. The law as it currently exists is a very watered down compromise that does little to fix the core problems plaguing America's healthcare. Most of the changes it makes are steps in the right direction, some may actually make things worse. Nevertheless, it...

I love the book ... and I can actually see it making a good film in the right hands.

Yeah, ridiculously overpriced and sure to fail. I was actually a bit interested in Move, especially when previews said SOCOM actually controlled better with it. However I think even that is too expensive, let alone Kinect (which although is built on neat tech, will probably provide a far...

I voted no, because I haven't made any conscious effort to avoid BP nor do I intend to. Still annoyed by the little addendum added on to the answers, as "it was bad luck" does not reflect my opinion. I hate overly wordy polls that just serve to muck about with meaningful results ... should...

Spoilers here and there: Even if you were playing Marston as a "good" guy ... he was still pretty ruthless and made it very clear that everyone he met in the game was a means to an end. This was a man that, prior to the events of the game, had run in a gang that had taken part in the murder...

Not a fan of Apple and especially the iPhone. Censorship, limited capabilities, over-simplification ... just not for me. It would be infuriating to own an iPhone and have to endure Apples constant banning of competitive and often superior apps/services. Their treatment of the new video chat...

^^^ Yeah. He's only funny when he's reviewing bad games. When he reviews good ones he has to bend over backwards to find things wrong to make fun of ... it just doesn't work.

I loved the first two games. And despite what the droves of bandwagon hoppers may say, Driver 3 wasn't half bad either. Parallel Lines was just an average GTA clone. A return to form would be ideal. Hell, I wouldn't even mind if you couldn't get out of the car at all like in Driver 1. Or...

They were wearing costumes for a film project. How is this any different than wearing Nazi uniforms in a WW2 film? It's a college campus for gods sake, they shouldn't have to tip-toe around sensitive topics. If I was a teacher I probably wouldn't have even considered telling students they...

It doesn't ****ing matter if it was an accident. If I was acting like a macho jackass playing with my gun and accidentally shot some girl in the neck I'd be charged with either manslaughter or 2nd degree murder. It should be no different with police. It's shit like this that really makes me...

Haha, I kinda liked the guy in the ad from the OP. Wouldn't vote for him of course, but I kinda like him :-P . I think it's the cheesiness of the jump cuts that makes it endearing. The whole "ship em' off to an island" thing is 12-year old logic. Just ****ing stupid, impossible, and never...