Rant 670 / Witcher2DungeonSiege3ArcaniaGothic4DeusExHumanRevolutionNuclearDawn

Why don't the porn industries (other than Playboy) ever complain about piracy?








It has begun! Someone has made a software to allow the user to control the PC via the Kinect!! It has come true! If it's ever proven to work well, there will be another reason to buy the Kinect. It's not like I need to remap all the keys on the keyboard. I just need it for the keys required for controls in the games I play (eg WASD, E, R, Q, 1-4).








I don't think the Euro zone will be collapsing so soon. They just need to hold on for a few more decades for the new way of thinking to really sink in. The older generation will never forget they're no longer completely separate countries and more younger people need to realize they need to work as a whole. Someone's got to counter the might of the US and China alone cannot be enough. The PRC is not even there yet.








I will never understand why a government would ever cut the budget of its education system. IMO it's one of the worst and most myopic thing it can ever do. It's stupid and will only make things worse in the long term.








Steam is having some crazy sale at the moment. Other than having insane discounts, they're selling games in bulk for insane discounts. Yea I know it's not as great but it's still pretty cheap compared to... everywhere else.

For example, today's sale consists of

8 copies of Dawn of War 2 for US$40 is a fantastic deal... if you have 7 buddies to give the rest to. Usual price on Steam is US$20 per copy.

Too bad they aren't offering anything I'm really interested in.

The other, even more exciting event is the sweepstakes. Everyday, 30 Steam users are going to get the top 5 games on their wishlists for free. There are over 30 million users, so that's 1 in a million chance.

I couldn't miss this. Since I'd never set up a wishlist on Steam, I had to do it immediately. I have nothing to lose anyway.

Realistically speaking, I don't think it's the best idea to list only expensive games unless you're really in need of cash. Instead, I'm listing the games that I don't have that I want most. Coincidentally they mostly cost about US$50 due to the fact that most of the best RPGs are that expensive.

Here's my list. Hoping to get these :D

Yep, I don't have any of these because most of them aren't out yet (not priced = preorders aren't even available yet). As for Arcania, I haven't been checking for new games too closely recently for rather obvious reasons.

1 in a million.

Happening till the 29th in the PST timezone.