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Rin Stowleigh

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Apr 20, 2011, 8:45:06 PM4/20/11
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Some folks have just not figured out how the human mind works.

http://www.industrygamers.com/news/epic-99-cent-apps-are-killing-us/

The threat to PC games from consoles. Now the threat to consoles from
phones. Next, the threat to phones from wristwatch and
hearing-aid-embedded games. TV on the downslide says the stockmarket.
Why watch TV when you will soon be able to insert your mobile phone
into a slot on your microwave oven, and watch a movie that unfolds
with a different story depending on what is being cooked?

Do not invest in gold. Take every penny you've got and invest it in
high end arcade games. The kind that used to require a dollar to play
and has built-in, dedicated controllers. One set of hardware per
game, settle for nothing less.

End of the western world I tell you. And there's not much alternative
because soon the entire eastern world is either nuked or under water.

Dan Lingman

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Apr 20, 2011, 11:04:57 PM4/20/11
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Rin Stowleigh <rstow...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:o5vuq6l8rc1eej7u1...@4ax.com:

> Do not invest in gold. Take every penny you've got and invest it in
> high end arcade games. The kind that used to require a dollar to play
> and has built-in, dedicated controllers. One set of hardware per
> game, settle for nothing less.
>

Hear Hear. Steel Battalion showed the right way to do this.

Dan.

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Jagg

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Apr 21, 2011, 1:21:58 AM4/21/11
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On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 20:45:06 -0400, Rin Stowleigh wrote:


> End of the western world I tell you. And there's not much alternative
> because soon the entire eastern world is either nuked or under water.

Pessimistic much?

Rin Stowleigh

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Apr 21, 2011, 3:12:38 AM4/21/11
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Nope. Sitting tight on my gaming dollar here though, no need to
upgrade the 486 until Portal 3 is on the horizon.

WDS

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Apr 21, 2011, 9:25:40 AM4/21/11
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On 4/20/2011 7:45 PM, Rin Stowleigh wrote:
> End of the western world I tell you. And there's not much alternative
> because soon the entire eastern world is either nuked or under water.

Would you please shut up? The zombies are eating my plants and getting
close to the house...

Christian Brandt

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Apr 21, 2011, 10:38:01 AM4/21/11
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I bought Borderlands GOTY some days ago for Ł5. Can't see anything wrong
with that price.

On the other hand I am not going to buy the 27.Tetris clone. Not even
for 99 cent.

BrunoN Bluthgeld

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Apr 21, 2011, 12:06:53 PM4/21/11
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W dniu 2011-04-21 02:45, Rin Stowleigh pisze:

> End of the western world I tell you. And there's not much alternative
> because soon the entire eastern world is either nuked or under water.

"How do you sell someone a $60 game that's really worth it ... They're
used to 99 cents"

Wait, there's CoDblops on iPhone? Now we're doomed.

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