In my experience, Valve has been more supportive of their community than just about any other dev i can think of, so theres prolly a better chance of them doing it than others...

burgeg

Grrr! Why does everybody do that! Why does everybody on the internet say NES/SNES/Genesis(Megadrive over here)? There was another great 8 bit console other than the NES you know. Sega Master System anyone? Did it really die virtually straight away in the states or something? Over here it remained popular for years. In fact in Europe the Master System outsold the NES. It was a great console, and it really annoys me that it doesn't get the regognition it deserves. I know it wasn't popular in the US for some reason, but come on it's a great enough console for you Americans to at least recognise its existence! Second best Sega console ever IMO.

Apologies...I remember the Master System, but never owned one. I had one friend with one, thats it. I thought we were talking about SMB though, so NES titles naturally came to mind. Didnt mean to exclude MS, but i personally invested years more time into the NES/SNES/Genesis consoles. Im sure you can thank some dude in marketing/distributing for that.

What I think is funny is how playable i still find SMB and all of those old 2D sidescrollers--- Ducktales, Mega Man 2, or Chipn Dales rescue rangers anyone?? I see their influence everywhere today, too, how could someone say they arent relevant? LBP, Trine, Braid, Splosion Man, the upcoming Limbo, and many more show that the 2d sidescrolling platformer isnt dead, and each one is a continuation of that legacy. I couldnt be happier; while I love the innovations in polygonal models and "3d" graphics, theres still something great about a 2d sidescroller...

Even funnier is that I really dont find a whole lot of the N64 stuff that playable these days, because were still seeing the refinement of that technology push. Im sure it has something to do with remembering how #@$%#@%%ING excited i was being 5 and playing SMB for the first time, but I think that the NES and SNES stuff holds up alot better today than alot of the N64, PSone games...

I really hope its optional....

[QUOTE="TacticalDesire"]

No, not really remember there is online, so that opens many purchasing options and Target (not sure about Wal-mart) actually has a pretty good selection of games, just most are current releases with some platinum and greatest hits thrown in. It is interesting how they have pretty much consumed EB games and Babbages among other gaming stores.

EDIT EDIT: A good example of a Monopoly would the the power companies in most cities generally speaking there is only one company that supplies power for a given region...not exactly sure how they get away with it.

viva_hate

At the risk of going even further off topic, I agree, Where I live there is a monopoly on power, and its NOT run by the state. Theres only one complany to choose from, or live off of propane.

I'm a couple missions into Mexico, and Im so bored of this game. Im tired of boring horse rides to a check point and watching a cutscene. As of yet the story hasn't caught my interest. I haven't played the game in a week or two, but I will Eventually pick it back up and hope it gets better. I'm thinking open world games with auto aim just aren't my cup of tea. So no TC, I'm not enjoying the mexico portion of red dead redemption.

JengyMae

Fast travelling (set a waypoint and travel to it from a camp) and turning auto aim off might help...

[QUOTE="HipnotiKal"]the game's story in general wasn't that great (haven't finished it yet) the best part about this game is the scenery. the landscapes are amazing. the weather is also very good, when there's a thunderstorm at night and lightning occurs, the flashes and everything, very well done. the lighting in the game is great. besides that i'd hate to say it but the game is overrated simply because it's a rockstar game. obviously it's an extremely well made game and there are tons of things to do besides the main story plot, which makes up for lots of the downfalls in the story.viva_hate

Im with Hipnotikal...The story starts out with promise, but isnt really that great. The game is fantastic, and I had a blast playing it, but as for the story picking up, dont get your hopes up too high.

No. By definition Gamespot is nowhere near a monopoly. 21% of market share may be alot, but that means theres 79% of the market share they dont own. I dont buy games from them, and I have a big collection.

mo·nop·o·ly // (m-np-l)

n.pl.mo·nop·o·lies1. Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service: "Monopoly frequently ... arises from government support or from collusive agreements among individuals"(Milton Friedman).2. Law A right granted by a government giving exclusive control over a specified commercial activity to a single party.3. a. A company or group having exclusive control over a commercial activity.b. A commodity or service so controlled.4. a. Exclusive possession or control: arrogantly claims to have a monopoly on the truth.b. Something that is exclusively possessed or controlled: showed that scientific achievement is not a male monopoly.

[QUOTE="azzezino"]You liked the first one?yungswift44

Me too. Bohan was pretty freaking awesome, so was the lizard-chick..

I think its an anagram - if you take the first letter of each thing that is getting cut, you can get at least metal gear solid, but nothing else that makes much sense lolspence1988

I dont follow....im trying to stretch it to follow you on this one, and the first thing looks like it might be a mango, but what about the rest?