Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-23 Thread Jerry Barnes
"'Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle.'" "I threw the controller." So, in my internet ramblings, I came across the following animated gif based on Mario, the Princess being in another castle, and Chuck Norris: http://funnyasduck.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/funny-chuck-nor

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-19 Thread Scott Stroz
You calling me close minded it so thick with irony you need a chainsaw to cut it. Other parts of your response do little to dissuade the perception of you being arrogant, condescending, smug and uptight . Thanx for helping me demonstrate my point. On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 2:18 PM, Jerry Barnes

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-19 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I do say so.." And there you go. If you say it, it is so. Go figure. "You seem like the arrogant, smug, close minded, 'know it all' type - but I try not to make generalizations about your behavior because, well, my perception might be wrong." Well, of course you're wrong. You get up in th

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-19 Thread Scott Stroz
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I have never throw a controller. > > If you say so. > I do say so.. > > > "Your perception is off...again." > > I admitted it might be. > > "You seem like that type (that might be a misperception)." > > > You just seem like the type.

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-19 Thread Jerry Barnes
"When i was 12, i spent an entire weekend at my buddy's house playing Super Mario Brothers on his new Nintendo. It took us forever, but we finally beat the Bowser in the castle. We won!" Those were the days. Did you ever play TMNT? It was supposed to be one of the most infuriating games ever.

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-19 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I have never throw a controller. If you say so. "Your perception is off...again." I admitted it might be. "You seem like that type (that might be a misperception)." You just seem like the type. Like there is some pent up agression or something. Again, my perception might be wrong. And i

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-19 Thread zaphod
roflmao On Jun 19, 2013, at 7:50 AM, GMoney wrote: > > When i was 12, i spent an entire weekend at my buddy's house playing Super > Mario Brothers on his new Nintendo. It took us forever, but we finally beat > the Bowser in the castle. We won! > > "Thank you Mario, but our princess is in anot

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-19 Thread GMoney
When i was 12, i spent an entire weekend at my buddy's house playing Super Mario Brothers on his new Nintendo. It took us forever, but we finally beat the Bowser in the castle. We won! "Thank you Mario, but our princess is in another castle." I threw the controller. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 8:2

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-18 Thread Scott Stroz
I have never throw a controller. Your perception is off...again. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "So, just so I understand, when someone mis-perceives what you say, it is > their > problem." > > I don't know what your problem is. > > > "When you mis-perceives what some

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
"So, just so I understand, when someone mis-perceives what you say, it is their problem." I don't know what your problem is. "When you mis-perceives what someone else says, it is their problem." When I misperceive something, it is my fault. Unlike some, I can admit it. I don't see where I ha

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-18 Thread Scott Stroz
So, just so I understand, when someone mis-perceives what you say, it is their problem. When you mis-perceives what someone else says, it is their problem. Does that sound right? On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:05 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "You mean your perception is that I put word in others

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Heh.the irony of this post made me chuckle." Me too. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
"You mean your perception is that I put word in others mouths. " Or that you do. "Your perception is wrong." If you say so. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tun

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-17 Thread GMoney
Heh.the irony of this post made me chuckle. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 1:38 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > You mean your perception is that I put word in others mouths. > > Your perception is wrong. > > > On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Jerry Barnes > wrote: > > > > > "I love how you pretend t

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-17 Thread Scott Stroz
You mean your perception is that I put word in others mouths. Your perception is wrong. On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "I love how you pretend to be an expert on everything. Actually, no I > don't." > > I have not pretended to be an expert on anything. I actually

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-17 Thread Jerry Barnes
"I love how you pretend to be an expert on everything. Actually, no I don't." I have not pretended to be an expert on anything. I actually deferred to your assessment by saying "If you say so." and told you to enjoy. I do not love or even like your tendency to put words into the mouths of ot

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-16 Thread Scott Stroz
I love how you pretend to be an expert on everything. Actually, no I don't. On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "Yes. You can." > > If you say so. > > Have fun. > > J > > - > > Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. > - Henry Kissing

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-16 Thread Jerry Barnes
"Yes. You can." If you say so. Have fun. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-15 Thread Scott Stroz
Yes. You can. On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "You can turn it off completely if you so desire." > > Or can you? (X-Files music plays in the background) > > Even if you can turn off the camera and microphone, the kinnect does have > to be connected at all times. The

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-15 Thread Jerry Barnes
"You can turn it off completely if you so desire." Or can you? (X-Files music plays in the background) Even if you can turn off the camera and microphone, the kinnect does have to be connected at all times. The xbox one will not function if it is disconnected. Here's a tidbit: What Microsoft

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Scott Stroz
You can turn it off completely if you so desire. On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "The Kinect (the camera) can be turned off." > > Or can it? (X-Files music plays in the background) > > What about the microphone? Can it be turned off. I have seen on the demos > that

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
Although, this looks pretty cool... http://vimeo.com/68314832 On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:32 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > Yeah, not so fast with the chants Will. Seems that MS has managed to > alienate a lot of service members as well. > > http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130614/OFFDUTY02/3061

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Bruce Sorge
Yeah, not so fast with the chants Will. Seems that MS has managed to alienate a lot of service members as well. http://www.armytimes.com/article/20130614/OFFDUTY02/306140030 I can see where the always on microphone will become an issue. Soldiers sitting around will talk about things that the p

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread William Bowen
U! S! A! U! S! A! :-P On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 1:03 PM, Vivec wrote: > > Microsoft can really go f* themselves with the Kinect. > > I understand from an article today that the entire console will be region > locked, and retailers are warning customers who pre-order. So if you don't > live in o

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Vivec
Microsoft can really go f* themselves with the Kinect. I understand from an article today that the entire console will be region locked, and retailers are warning customers who pre-order. So if you don't live in one of the 21 countries that Microsoft is supporting artrelease, you will in effect b

RE: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Eric Roberts
ty Subject: Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles "And this differs from a cell phone how???" Cell phones can always be listening. They can be turned into monitoring devices. Hmmm. Wonder in the government would ever do that. Surely not. Anyway, instead of buying burner phone

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Jerry Barnes
"The new one come out in October. Lots of ship battles in this one." I usually don't buy games on release due costs. I usually wait for the price to drop. This might be an exception. There was just a price drop on Dishonored. I got it for 19.99. Very enjoyable. J - Ninety percent of polit

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Jerry Barnes
". I do not want to spend the $$ to get ps4 versions." If I do get a PS4, it will be years down the road. My next console will probably be a PS3. Then I can catch up on PS exclusives that I missed. Just waiting on another price drop or two. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other t

RE: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Bruce Sorge
The new one come out in October. Lots of ship battles in this one. -Original Message- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 1:29 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles "My wife and I are really into assa

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Jerry Barnes
"And this differs from a cell phone how???" Cell phones can always be listening. They can be turned into monitoring devices. Hmmm. Wonder in the government would ever do that. Surely not. Anyway, instead of buying burner phones now, we can switch to burner game consoles. "I would expect th

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Jerry Barnes
"My wife and I are really into assassins creed. Great game and so historically accurate. " I've played all of the AC games available on the 360. I enjoyed them. J - Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - Henry Kissinger Politicians are people who, when

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Larry C. Lyons
7 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles > > > that's disappointing. we may not upgrade all that soon then. > > > On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > > > > According to Sony, no. > > &g

RE: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Bruce Sorge
[mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 9:27 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles that's disappointing. we may not upgrade all that soon then. On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > According to Sony, n

RE: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Bruce Sorge
Hardware: http://www.extremetech.com/gaming/158130-ps4-pricing-hardware-specs-and-game s-detailed-the-anti-xbox-one -Original Message- From: GMoney [mailto:gm0n3...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 9:18 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Larry C. Lyons
px > > -Original Message- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 8:52 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles > > > Anyone know whether the PS4 is backwards compatible with the PS3? I

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread GMoney
> > -Original Message- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2013 8:52 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles > > > Anyone know whether the PS4 is backwards compatible with the PS3? I&#

RE: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Bruce Sorge
: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles Anyone know whether the PS4 is backwards compatible with the PS3? I'd hate to lose all the games we have when we upgrade. On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > My wife and I are really into assassins creed. Great

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Larry C. Lyons
Anyone know whether the PS4 is backwards compatible with the PS3? I'd hate to lose all the games we have when we upgrade. On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > My wife and I are really into assassins creed. Great game and so > historically accurate. Looking forward to the nex

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Bruce Sorge
My wife and I are really into assassins creed. Great game and so historically accurate. Looking forward to the next one in October. We have a ps3 and are pretty happy with it. Sent from my iPhone 4S. On Jun 14, 2013, at 8:30 AM, GMoney wrote: > > I dusted off the old PS2 the other day and

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread Casey Dougall - Uber Website Solutions
On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:33 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > What about the microphone? Can it be turned off. I have seen on the demos > that you are supposed to be able to tell it turn on, which means it should > always be listening. > And this differs from a cell phone how??? I would expect th

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-14 Thread GMoney
I dusted off the old PS2 the other day and got in a round of GTA: Vice City. Not much of a gamer, but man, that was a fun game. On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > "The Kinect (the camera) can be turned off." > > Or can it? (X-Files music plays in the background) > > Wha

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-13 Thread Jerry Barnes
"The Kinect (the camera) can be turned off." Or can it? (X-Files music plays in the background) What about the microphone? Can it be turned off. I have seen on the demos that you are supposed to be able to tell it turn on, which means it should always be listening. An oldie, but a goodie: Ho

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-13 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
It definitely is for me. Not even so much with the specifics, but with the attitude they are showing towards their customer base. They lost me with these "improvements", none of which are for MY benefit, just theirs. On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:15 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > The Kinect (the ca

Re: Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-13 Thread Scott Stroz
The Kinect (the camera) can be turned off. The game 'sharing' and purchase and sale of used games is kind of a bummer, but I rarely buy or sell used games. Every time I play XBox, I connect to my XBox Live account, so 'calling home' is not a big deal for me either. Pre-ordered XBox One yesterda

Game Sharing on Next Generation Consoles

2013-06-13 Thread Jerry Barnes
If you following gaming, you may have heard of about the Xbox One. Quite a bit of controversy surrounds the system. It has a mandatory camera built in, is always on, and must call home at least once every 24 hours in order to remain operable. Then there are the draconian restrictions on used ga