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5/17/13 6:09pm
Today on Hard News, Nintendo's new release dates, Sega partnership, and Best Buy premieres.
5/18/13 8:07am
Retro Raymond: pen toss like a BOSS
5/18/13 7:12am
blackmaniac: HE DID IT!
5/18/13 4:19am
Icipall: I guess this means this is his last moment as Hard News host.
5/18/13 12:35am
vork77: no they both should host at the same time
5/18/13 12:02am
zero195: I knew you could do it Sam! Good for you. Good for you buddy >:3
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5/17/13 3:41pm
"We're making E3 for the people,"
tricobalt: At least BestBuy has figured out how to get people into the stores.
mariodk: Fixed the Title of ths post:
Nintendo wants to bring E3 to the public only in USA and lets forget about anywhere else
Nintendo wants to bring E3 to the public only in USA and lets forget about anywhere else
Mcgunn: I wouldn't doubt it if the money saved by the lack of a press conference pays for this. This is cool and I will go check it out.
OVERSKY: Oh my god. I work at a Best Buy in Canada and 3 weeks ago, my boss wished that this exact thing would happen. This is an amazing coincidence.
Fish_Outta_Hell: Awesome! Can't see that happening where I live though :x
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5/16/13 5:36pm
Today on Hard News, EA's new MOBA "Dawngate" and closing their Online Pass system, and Nintendo dooms Let's Play channels.
Badalight: There are hundreds of lets players that use it as their main source of income - and some of them can EASILY provide for their families. The average LPer no... but someone like PewdiePie literally makes millions of dollars - of course he is by FAR the most popular but the point still stands. It's easily possible to be make well above minimum wage.
And if anything, lets playing is a more secure job than most nowadays. People are getting laid off left and right (just look at the game industry) but let players can't be laid off. The only thing they have to worry about are cases like these. It's an incredibly secure job under normal circumstances.
And if anything, lets playing is a more secure job than most nowadays. People are getting laid off left and right (just look at the game industry) but let players can't be laid off. The only thing they have to worry about are cases like these. It's an incredibly secure job under normal circumstances.
PSap29: I know right? When people said Jared looked bored on Hard News, Sidescrollers, and Screwin Around, I didn't get it. Sam flat out doesn't give a shit. I really wish Chad would kick him off of SideScrollers, because you can tell he doesn't want to be there.
Sam also ruined the second game of Mario Party 9 on MP After Dark. They kept landing on spaces that mixed up the turn order, but Sam was ALWAYS first. The problem is, Sam is infamous for taking FOREVER to roll. It made the last half hour or so of that game unbearable. Not to mention Chad and Jared just sat there for a half hour.
Dear ScrewAttack, keep Sam off camera. Thanks.
Sam also ruined the second game of Mario Party 9 on MP After Dark. They kept landing on spaces that mixed up the turn order, but Sam was ALWAYS first. The problem is, Sam is infamous for taking FOREVER to roll. It made the last half hour or so of that game unbearable. Not to mention Chad and Jared just sat there for a half hour.
Dear ScrewAttack, keep Sam off camera. Thanks.
zerorage23: fine then. for the future don't lets play nintendo games.
TwistoFate: When I say "real job", I specifically mean a career in which you can stay with for a very extended period of time. It has nothing to do with difficulty or health insurance.
Let's Playing CAN be a "real job" given the correct circumstances, but in this age of confusing copyright protection it really isn't. Despite what most fans think, developers have the right to do whatever they want with their creations. Let's plays do infringe on copyright, not enough to be illegal but enough to where its not something you want to rely on for money since the developers may decide they want that money.
Also, who in their right mind starts let's plays to provide for their families? I hate to sound callous, but ANYONE who thinks LPs can give them steady money for them and their kin to survive is incredibly foolish. If they reach financial failure because of what Nintendo plans to do, its their own fault for not planning ahead and having a back-up plan.
Let's Playing CAN be a "real job" given the correct circumstances, but in this age of confusing copyright protection it really isn't. Despite what most fans think, developers have the right to do whatever they want with their creations. Let's plays do infringe on copyright, not enough to be illegal but enough to where its not something you want to rely on for money since the developers may decide they want that money.
Also, who in their right mind starts let's plays to provide for their families? I hate to sound callous, but ANYONE who thinks LPs can give them steady money for them and their kin to survive is incredibly foolish. If they reach financial failure because of what Nintendo plans to do, its their own fault for not planning ahead and having a back-up plan.
Badalight: What's your definition of a "real job"? Because let's playing is a "real job" in pretty much any sense of the word. Is it not a real job because it's them talking over video games? What about sports commentators then? They should get real jobs too. Is it not a real job because it's too easy? There are plenty of easy jobs out there that pay incredibly well. Is it not a real job because it doesn't provide health insurance or any benefits? Plenty of those out there. It's income from ad revenue that they still have to pax taxes on, so the government certainly defines it as "a real job". Is it not a real job because they are "self employed? Because technically they are "employed" by youtube, and even if they weren't there are tons of self employed people in this world. Signing up for the ad sense program is an agreement between the content creator, youtube, and google.
Now tell me your definition of what a real job is.
Now tell me your definition of what a real job is.
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5/16/13 5:06pm
Let's see how much money it takes to usurp League of Legends grip on us all...
Flapperdoodle: Be careful MOBA fans... remember, this is EA we're talkin' here. I'd keep my distance.
Branch: I'll just stick to League
The Void: hmmm, F2P quality game with large playerbase vs B2P, or knowing EA P2P, that is likely glitchy, unbalanced and half-arsed attempted at fleecing consumers' wallets.
caboose_-1: 1) I suck at MOBAs; 2) I still don't know what a MOBA is or how it's different from Warcraft or anything like that; 3) I hope no one buys this so that EA gets the message that we hate them and don't want to contribute more money to them. Only downside is that it's unfair to the devs.
Kaepora22: I'll stick to my league and enjoy it. I'm not up to playing another Moba.
5/15/13 3:57pm
Today on Hard News, Gran Turismo 6 coming to the PS3, Brosie the Riveter, and Pac-Man returns.
Jasper Kazai: If that poster was just in MY office, and then they put that second one up in MY office, I'd be kind of pissed. Now, in a more public area, sure.
werdman24: That Pac Man game looks like a breath of fresh air for the franchise.
newdori1: the next time he closes hard news he should say "im sam, and that was news slender." and then he gets attacked by slenderman
Coconut Jo: blue blazer....hype. pink rawkin dress shirt...double hype. seriously sam you don't need to know what show you are on. you are money sir!
Anti_Hipster: heterosexuality is demonized.
If a gay man had only the picture on the right hanging up, then it would be equality in their mind and you'd never hear of this story.
This is a poster hanging up in his office. Feminists aren't even okay with that.
Here's the deal with feminism. Women and feminists can't yell up and down about how strong they are and then get offended at every slight drop of the hat. That's not strong. It's childish.
Here's the deal, I could post everything that feminists lie about, whether it comes to falsified statistics, anything to do with patriarchy, etc. I really could sit here and type out, and explain why feminism is one of the worst and most destructive groups in many years, but there's a woman on youtube who explains it much better. YES. An actual woman who is an anti-feminist. See feminism isn't automatically synonymous with women and their rights. Her name is GirlWritesWhat on youtube. She's so intelligent and well spoken that she has been officially invited to be on Joe Rogan's podcast. Here is her speaking at a Libertarian convention. The video here is over an hour long, but her videos are usually much shorter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LkYDpQQVJ0
She's a good starting point, and if her points that aren't regurgitated from a Marxist perspective are interesting to you, then there are plenty of more youtubers who also have their two cents to add.
If a gay man had only the picture on the right hanging up, then it would be equality in their mind and you'd never hear of this story.
This is a poster hanging up in his office. Feminists aren't even okay with that.
Here's the deal with feminism. Women and feminists can't yell up and down about how strong they are and then get offended at every slight drop of the hat. That's not strong. It's childish.
Here's the deal, I could post everything that feminists lie about, whether it comes to falsified statistics, anything to do with patriarchy, etc. I really could sit here and type out, and explain why feminism is one of the worst and most destructive groups in many years, but there's a woman on youtube who explains it much better. YES. An actual woman who is an anti-feminist. See feminism isn't automatically synonymous with women and their rights. Her name is GirlWritesWhat on youtube. She's so intelligent and well spoken that she has been officially invited to be on Joe Rogan's podcast. Here is her speaking at a Libertarian convention. The video here is over an hour long, but her videos are usually much shorter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LkYDpQQVJ0
She's a good starting point, and if her points that aren't regurgitated from a Marxist perspective are interesting to you, then there are plenty of more youtubers who also have their two cents to add.
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5/15/13 3:48pm
See how after the jump...
Anti_Hipster: I totally agree with you. Unfortunately, I believe that we're already that type of society. We're in third wave feminism. Fourth Wave feminism, which is what Sweden is nearly at, hopes to achieve all of the "privilege" that feminists say that white males have had. The hypocrisy is astounding. They say how horrible "privilege" is, and then make their goal to gain that very thing. If Fourth Wave feminism is as successful in America as first, second and third wave, then it's going to be a scary place here, or the Western world in general.
To further illustrate the point that we are already in the society you speak of, there was a quote that I like.
"To find out who's in charge, just find who you're not allowed to criticize".
Feminists and women definitely fit this bill. If you criticize feminism, you run risk of being called a "misogynist" or a "bigot".
To further illustrate the point that we are already in the society you speak of, there was a quote that I like.
"To find out who's in charge, just find who you're not allowed to criticize".
Feminists and women definitely fit this bill. If you criticize feminism, you run risk of being called a "misogynist" or a "bigot".
spinner981: I try to get the people who are offended by such a thing to think about why they are offended by it. It comes down to their personal opinion and that is it, and their personal opinion isn't what makes something sexist. They need to understand that the reasons for their own complaining are pointless and arbitrary. People that see the world through their own made up ideals need to be told this non-stop or else we run the risk of becoming a society where personal feelings matter way to much and entitlement runs amok.
Molmoran: I think they should have given him a short tight shirt with a bit of under-pecs showing.
Everyone would like a slice of that pie.
Everyone would like a slice of that pie.
ninjaeris13: Slow clap ladies, slow clap.
RealAlphaMail: Whenever I think of sexism I always think of double standards. Would I be insulted if the sexes were reversed? If yes then it could be considered sexist, but if my female boss had the male picture on her wall I wouldn't care in the slightest (aside from the hypocrisy, but that's beside the point). I'm also curious how the female employees would have felt if the poster had been the male version, I doubt they would have thought it sexist either. At the end of the day it's all about double standards, how can we have true equality with that attitude. That being said if it was just meant as a harmless joke and not a stab at sexism then it was pretty good (though if guys had done it we would have probably heard an uproar from the gay community).
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5/15/13 3:42pm
Yeah, so there is a new Pac Man show coming to Disney XD.
LordoftheDerp: Wakka-Wakka
supermatt64: Hmm...not bad.
dbzfanboy-press...: So there's a show now? Freakin' Disney. Just....dammit lol
CryoJ: Just thought of Chameleon Twist...anyone else?
Elrick75: Hi Kirby, o wait...
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5/15/13 3:27pm
Not sure how this plays into the PS4 launch, but what evs...
Fond3ll: Let me guess... It will be exactly the same crap as the first game, just with better graphics. Hooray... -_-
Mcgunn: I honestly think this is good timing. The PS3 is going to continue to be an amazingly popular console for a long time to come. Let GT 7 wait for the powers of the PS4 to get unlocked by others. And now it won't be competition for that other driving Sim for PS4 that the developer was creaming his pants over.
Dcmac: It was obvious it was heading for the PS3. Every system has had two instalments of Gran Turismo.
Metroidvania98: This was announced ages ago. I thought everyone knew that GT6 was coming to the PS3 already.
yggdra324: It will be delayed, so Gran Turismo 6 will release 2 or 3 years after the PS4 is out on the market?
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5/14/13 6:00pm
When I say love, it is more the love a Castrati is familiar with...
Dark Magician: Sweet. Finally a great shooter for the PS Vita. I'm definitely picking that one up when its out.
5/14/13 4:00pm
Bringing the developer in all of us to the surface.
colito201: Speaking from personal experience, the student's will spend an entire year to learn things that shouldn't be rushed in such a short time span. It takes more that a single year to learn what is needed to be a viable employee in the video game industry. Just because some kids manage to complete the program does not mean that they will even be able to get a job. Remember the infamous catch 22, cannot get the job due to lack of work experience - cannot get work experience without the job. And besides, unless you're a programmer the certificate/diploma that one would get at the end is as valuable as TP. What's really important is the Demo Reel (Video Portfolio) that they will need to make. Without that, it's just a waist of $10,000.
LordoftheDerp: Suddenly, I wish to transfer to University of Texas. LONGHORNS!
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