sorceror171

Valve isn't going to make or sell hardware. They will create a *standard* that hardware makers can build to, like Intel did with Ultrabooks.

I still use that Infamous 2 bag if I'm going to be walking around for a day. Just the right size, and comfortable.

I had some WHQL drivers that totally borked my system. Well, it booted, but no hardware acceleration at all. Wouldn't uninstall, wouldn't install (or tell me why it wouldn't), and I finally had to reinstall Windows to get the damn thing running again.

I'm going to be *very* cautious about updating, I'm afraid.

Actually, it seems almost tailor-made for the Move. Sony, there's an investment opportunity for you...

Short answer - no.

Long answer, even if it creates a "cheater's arms race", the cheaters can go play other cheaters, and people who play fair can have a mostly unspoiled experience. Yes there will be false positives, but FFS, there are false positives *now*. The choice isn't between "the cheaters's pool" and "perfection". The choice is between "the cheater's pool" and "banning".

I think PvP said it pretty well:

http://pvponline.com/comic/...

Some of those are cute. One minor note, some recent Android tablets (like my Transformer Prime) can use a PS3 controller plugged in by USB cable, no rooting required.

Just Cause 2 is worth a look. The story's lame, the voice acting hilariously bad... but it's just plain *fun* to run (or drive, or fly, or parachute, or car-surf) around and blow stuff up.

I'm gonna download I2 and JC2, and loan the discs I have to others so they can enjoy a couple good games. My kids'll be happy to play around with LBP2, too.

I just love the gameplay. Every power available every moment, enough challenge to be exciting but without an abundance of cheap deaths.

I actually enjoyed the UGC; the only real issue with it is that the rating and searching system needed better management so the good missions - and there are plenty - could be easier to find.

It's not going to be a console. It's going to be a hardware standard, like Intel's "Ultrabook". It'll be a certification program that will allow hardware makers to declare to consumers, 'this box will play Steam games well'.

Valve doesn't need to make hardware that way. And hardware vendors get marketing help at little expense. An evolutionary move, not a revolutionary one.

You have a treat in store.

Asus P8Z68-V/Gen3 mobo, Core I7-2600K, Geforce 560Ti, 16GB DDR3... but only 3 TB drives and one 1080p monitor. Still gets the job done.

Sure, people have the right to demand that. And the artists have the right to say "No."

My 40GB Fattie died the day after Christmas, 2010. I managed to reflow it several times - about once a month for six months, then it finally perished. But by that point, we had a Slim, and got all the critical data moved over.

Reflowing is a temporary fix, but at least the first time it usually works. Great for getting the data off the machine...

Huh. Gotta keep an eye out for this one!

I loved Infamous 1 & 2, but this kind of game just has no appeal for me. I'll probably just glance on Youtube...

Fat 40GB PS3 lasted two and half years, then YLOD the day after Christmas. Managed to re-flow it about once a month for six more months, then got a Slim.

@golden_cannon - True, no OS is immune to malware. But Windows has a fundamental problem - it grew up from a single-user, single-tasking origin. The *habits* of security just aren't ingrained, they've had to be grafted on after the fact.

If Linux became more popular, more malware would be targeted for it, sure. But Linux would handle it better than Windows can. It was built from the ground up with the idea of privilege separation, restricted capabilities, etc.

I don't care how far you tessellate them, in the end they're just polygons. :)

@sidar - Intel has the "Ultrabook" spec, which other manufacturers (like Dell, Acer, etc.) can qualify their products for. The label is supposed to tell the customer something good about the product - light, thin, fast, etc.

Having some kind of 'Steam certified' label would tell the customer 'this computer can play Steam games really well with minimal hassle', and would theoretically be a selling point. All marketing costs; this *might* be a decent d...