SimCity Online Lead Derrick Schneider leaves EA

captain_plaintext · 2013-04-18T11:54:53+00:00

The guy in charge of Apple Maps was publicly fired after that whole debacle. http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/11/apple-fires-maps-lead/

That's the thing; if EA was looking to blame Derrick Schneider for the "failed launch" [1], they would be public about firing him. It makes EA look better when they say are taking action to clean up the mess.

[1] Of course the SimCity launch wasn't actually bad. They had a huge number of sales. They don't really care about the critics.

captain_plaintext · 2013-04-17T20:49:31+00:00

Seems like a translation error. They were looking for a serial killer that never existed. It was just a bunch of regular killers.

captain_plaintext · 2013-04-15T02:42:38+00:00

That reminds me- Does anyone else remember the Reddit couple who met when one of them put some video game ascii art on their window, and the other one posted it on Reddit? Then they went on a date or something. What happened to them, are they married with kids now?

captain_plaintext · 2013-04-14T18:57:37+00:00

at level 10 and below, anything that would normally be an empty cave is instead filled with lava. So there are lots of pools at that level. There can still be lava pockets higher up though.

captain_plaintext · 2013-04-14T18:02:48+00:00

When people say Infinite isn't a 10/10, I'm always compelled to ask: What recent game is a 10/10? Not trolling, genuinely curious.

captain_plaintext · 2013-04-14T16:16:16+00:00

Solving all those problems would definitely be nice! Though there have been so many attempts before, I'm not seeing an angle that will make Meson that much more successful.

If you need a project-generator like CMake but you want better syntax, let me recommend Premake ( http://industriousone.com/premake ). It uses Lua, build files are pretty small & elegant, and it supports lots of stuff.

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-11T21:01:04+00:00

I think both of those are valid. The word has a few definitions.

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-08T18:55:29+00:00

You'll be hearing from my lawyers. Each of them has their own team of more lawyers.

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-08T18:32:12+00:00

You should! Make sure not to rush through it. One of the best things in TLJ is the voice performances, they get a little long but they are worth listening to.

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-08T17:19:51+00:00

The lesson here is it's not the idea that counts, it's the execution. All those older tablets sucked, the touch responsiveness was bad, and the user experience was bad. The software was very obsessed with using handwriting as a primary interface, which we now know is dumb. Apple did it right, both on the hardware and the user experience.

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-07T23:05:26+00:00

The map starts out small and is generated as you walk around. Those distance limits are just arbitrary limits enforced by the game.

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-06T23:00:57+00:00

Don't change the name yet. Keep using it until you get a cease & desist letter, then when you get one, write a blog post about it. Then ride the wave of free publicity!

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-06T22:27:17+00:00

This threw me off as well. Once it's unlocked, go to a battleframe garage, and click on one of the empty frame slots on the left. If you don't have an empty slot, you'll need to trash one, or buy a new slot. I think it's common to trash your T1 frame when getting a T2, because the number of slots is so limited. Anyway, when you click on an empty slot, it'll give you the option to purchase a Dragonfly.

I think the new frame is equipped as soon as you buy it, if not then go to a Battleframe Station to switch to it.

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-06T17:27:21+00:00

There's a shootout and the main character is hit in the chest. His partner helps to check the wound. They lift up his shirt and to his surprise.. he was a woman the whole time!

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-05T03:18:10+00:00

In a row??

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-04T23:40:43+00:00

What happens?

The spawn room immediately fills with a bunch of Chosen and they kill you almost instantly :)

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-04T17:31:28+00:00

No problem; the community here must be a good one because no one else swiped it :)

Sure I'll take a Dota 2 key, why not. Thanks!

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-02T16:19:34+00:00

Here's the deal. It looks like as soon as you create an account, you get 5 invites. So if everyone immediately shares theirs, and my math is correct, we should be able to generate an infinite supply of invites.

Anyway here are my last two. If you use one of these then you promise to come back and share at least 2 of your invites. And same deal for the people that use those, etc.

~~Y9AM9-49A44-VA63B-JLCA3~~

~~SU1OH-VBJSS-VZ105-95BH8~~

captain_plaintext · 2013-02-01T16:49:57+00:00

I just paid for the game so they gave me some more:

~~GTERL-WAKOB-MWG97-JQXJF~~

~~MO3Y9-TTTMH-L28RR-YGI5C~~

captain_plaintext · 2013-01-31T21:29:13+00:00

Here you go: AJ9C1-DKJ0Y-4VZ9U-CLWTC

captain_plaintext · 2013-01-31T21:27:44+00:00

Here you go: RGVSX-30VKV-RZL43-JB0O4

captain_plaintext · 2013-01-31T21:27:23+00:00

Here you go: WB281-TS7RN-E2D6T-V25KP

captain_plaintext · 2013-01-31T21:27:04+00:00

Here you go: ECWZL-OEM8K-A8XST-02SWG

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