Dvader said:

aspro said:

Milla Jovovich is confirmed for the next RE movie, if anyone here cares.

I don't see why she wouldn't be in the next movie.

Some website was making a big deal out of it, so I figured those that care, may care.  I tried watching the first one the other day on BR (got it free). OMG what shit.  I am amazed it got a sequel.

Scrolls. I think Zenimax is doing the right thing by protecting their trademark. They have an obligation to (once you don't defend your TM it becomes public domain).

Since Scrolls is going to be a fantasy-themed RPG it's only natural that someone buying it may think that it's associated with the best known fantasy RPG that has the word Scrolls in the title. (It wouldn't be a stretch to think that it was s spin-off). TES as a franchise is usually known from game to game by the subltitle, but the franchise is The Elder Scrolls, so Scrolls really is a big part of their brand identification.  What if I made a stealth game called Splinter? Or a 3d platformer called "Galaxy"?

Gabe confronting protestors outside Valve:

Photo was taken moments before he tazed and pepper-sprayed them.

Archangel3371 said:

Then he promptly ate them.

What are these assholes doing outside my lab?!

You know how I always make fun of 'game journalism'? Like I always call them complete idiots!

Well some investors felt left out, so they did this

Bloomberg said:

In “Super Mario 3DLand,” Nintendo Co. will make its iconic Italian plumber battle turtle-like Koopa Troopas on its 3-D player. The company instead should develop titles for Apple Inc. (AAPL)’s iPhone, investors say.

The rift highlights the dilemma President Satoru Iwata faces as consumers shun Nintendo devices to play games on iPhones, iPads and Facebook Inc.’s website. The flop of the 3DS debut prompted the company to slash prices 40 percent in Japan starting today, the first time the games developer has resorted to such a move within six months of a product’s debut.

Iwata, who’s said Nintendo will only make titles for its own products as long as he’s in charge, should scrap that strategy to avoid further alienating investors who’ve driven the stock to six-year lows, fund manager Masamitsu Ohki said. One option may be acquisitions as the past successes of the Wii and DS helped Nintendo, the world’s largest video-game maker, build a 1.05 trillion yen ($13.7 billion) war chest in cash, equivalents and short-term investments.

“Smartphones are the new battlefield for the gaming industry,” said Ohki, a fund manager at Tokyo-based Stats Investment Management Co. “Nintendo should try to either buy its way into this platform or develop something totally new.”

He declined to identify his holdings or to name any companies that Kyoto, Japan-based Nintendo should consider as acquisition targets. Yasuhiro Minagawa, a spokesman at Nintendo, declined to comment beyond statements made previously by Iwata.

Ohki isn’t alone in saying Iwata should reconsider his strategy. On July 6, Nintendo shares jumped the most in almost four months after Pokemon Co., a former unit, said it’s developing a game for the iPhone and handsets running on Mountain View, California-based Google Inc.’s Android software. JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) sent a note to clients saying the move indicated Nintendo may begin making titles for products outside its proprietary hardware.

Hours later, Nintendo denied any change in strategy, and the shares surrendered gains.

“They just don’t get it,” MF Global FXA Securities Ltd. said in a sales note that day, referring to Nintendo. “Sell the stock, because a management once feted for creative out-of-box thinking have just shown how behind the times they are.”

Given the concerns over the outlook of Nintendo’s handheld and home-console business, which account for most of the company’s profit and sales, Nintendo should make better use of its more than $10 billion cash pile, investor Tetsuro Ii said.

“Nintendo should aggressively make acquisitions or increase returns to its shareholders,” said Ii, president of Tokyo-based Commons Asset Management Inc., which held 2,200 Nintendo shares as of February, according to the company’s website. “It’s management’s task to consider how to make use of the cash.”

Source

Pachter has some competition

Looks like they were reading the mobiles taking over thread. God damn it Aspro, why are you trying to destroy Nintendo?

Well speaking of all of that maybe they should worry a little. 2 nights ago I went out to Walmart deciding I wanted either a tablet or a 3DS. I went with the tablet.

Oh please, when you knock my total score out give me a call. Until then you're still just a scrub.

You know when I heard about the 3DS price drop I wasn't that bothered as the retail price before it launched went down from £220 to £180 which is what I got it for. Now stores are cut throat pricing it:

- Tesco for £115


- Morrisons for £120 (games down to £25)


- Sainsbury's for £139.99

And that's a huge fucking drop. That's the price of two new retail games and all they are giving us is a few VC titles? I'd rather have my £70 back thank you.

aspro said:

gamingeek said:

aspro said:

Scrolls. I think Zenimax is doing the right thing by protecting their trademark. They have an obligation to (once you don't defend your TM it becomes public domain).

I think someone should make a game called The Older Scrolls or the Younger Scrolls and see if they get away with it. Or a game called I Know what your Scroll did Last Summer.

I think the fantasy RPG element has a lot to do with it.  If you brought out Scrolls Kart I don't think they'd have an argument.

But Elder Scrolls do not have RPG element anymore

aspro said:

Hey, that was Robe-e-oh's thread.

Wait smartphones vs dedicated handhelds was an Iga thread!