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Posted 08/07/08 at 06:58pm
SticKboy: @ Muninn - next time, eh? :) Cool handle btw - like Huginn & Munnin?
SticKboy: @ Muninn - next time, eh? :) Cool handle btw - like Huginn & Munnin?
Posted 08/07/08 at 06:03pm
Muninn: it was not my intent to offend, nor to come across as patronizing as i now realize i must have. it was a poor attempt at humor.
Muninn: it was not my intent to offend, nor to come across as patronizing as i now realize i must have. it was a poor attempt at humor.
Posted 08/07/08 at 05:59pm
SticKboy: No, I was merely apologising for assuming he wasn't British in a previous retort. But hey, if you're spoiling for an argument... comments like yours make me think otherwise.
SticKboy: No, I was merely apologising for assuming he wasn't British in a previous retort. But hey, if you're spoiling for an argument... comments like yours make me think otherwise.
Posted 08/07/08 at 05:17pm
ZippyDSMlee: Muninn:fanboyisim FTW!! :P
ZippyDSMlee: Muninn:fanboyisim FTW!! :P
Posted 08/07/08 at 05:16pm
Muninn: @stickboy: are you trying to say that you can only be reasonable with people from the UK?
Muninn: @stickboy: are you trying to say that you can only be reasonable with people from the UK?
Posted 08/07/08 at 01:56pm
SticKboy: @ beemoh - I apologise profusely for assuming you were North American all this time. It makes half of my replies to you ignorant beyond belief. In future, I'll take a more reasoned stance.
SticKboy: @ beemoh - I apologise profusely for assuming you were North American all this time. It makes half of my replies to you ignorant beyond belief. In future, I'll take a more reasoned stance.
Posted 08/07/08 at 01:54pm
beemoh: You're coming to the UK, GP? Awesome- let me know when that happens :D
beemoh: You're coming to the UK, GP? Awesome- let me know when that happens :D
Posted 08/07/08 at 01:14pm
SimonBob: You should swing up to Ottawa sometime, the Tories don't bite (much) ;D
SimonBob: You should swing up to Ottawa sometime, the Tories don't bite (much) ;D
Posted 08/07/08 at 01:00pm
GryphonOsiris: @GP, you should take up Black Velvets when you are there 50% Guiness, 50% hard cider. They are heaven.
GryphonOsiris: @GP, you should take up Black Velvets when you are there 50% Guiness, 50% hard cider. They are heaven.
Posted 08/07/08 at 12:56pm
Pominator: GP there is a pub opposite my college, bad planning I think, Stuart reckons it is genious!
Pominator: GP there is a pub opposite my college, bad planning I think, Stuart reckons it is genious!
Posted 08/07/08 at 12:10pm
gamepolitics: never had that before with an embedded video here
gamepolitics: never had that before with an embedded video here
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:45am
Dark Sovereign: @GP: I suspect for the same reason that youtube videos do. They're on autoplay.
Dark Sovereign: @GP: I suspect for the same reason that youtube videos do. They're on autoplay.
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:42am
gamepolitics: omg, why does this video start when you load GP?
gamepolitics: omg, why does this video start when you load GP?
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:41am
gamepolitics: pom, I go where the Guinness flows... LOL
gamepolitics: pom, I go where the Guinness flows... LOL
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:38am
Pominator: a bit early for me to start creating your itinerary then?
Pominator: a bit early for me to start creating your itinerary then?
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:34am
gamepolitics: I think my first stop should be a college in Miami...
gamepolitics: I think my first stop should be a college in Miami...
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:16am
Pominator: Hey GP, you should definitely speak at my college in the UK! it has been rated the second best college in all of England! N&CC
Pominator: Hey GP, you should definitely speak at my college in the UK! it has been rated the second best college in all of England! N&CC
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:12am
gamepolitics: LOL... So much history!
gamepolitics: LOL... So much history!
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:09am
SticKboy: Ah well, hopefully at some point in the future then. Although, why anybody would want to visit ol' Blighty for a holiday is beyind me... I suppose you have a thing for bad food and worse weather?
SticKboy: Ah well, hopefully at some point in the future then. Although, why anybody would want to visit ol' Blighty for a holiday is beyind me... I suppose you have a thing for bad food and worse weather?
Posted 08/07/08 at 11:05am
gamepolitics: stickboy, tourism, I'm afraid on this upcoming trip
gamepolitics: stickboy, tourism, I'm afraid on this upcoming trip
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While one of the consequences of this bill could indeed be the ESRB just folding up, I should point out how this would be a bad thing. Why? With the ESRB gone the government could step in and have the FTC start rating the games. Government bureaucracies being government bureaucracies, this new agency would be vastly underfunded, understaffed and uncoordinated. Getting any game rated and approved would probably take months (and that's before they even start to play the game "all the way through") and the video game industry would suffer heavily because of it.
OR, the video game industry would move to download-only distribution to circumvent the laws. The problems here are 1) not every video game fan has broadband and 2) consoles would be screwed. People would lose their jobs as smaller developers went under and brick & mortar stores couldn't support their businesses.
That's a worst-case scenario, mind you.
I know the governments in other countries have ratings boards (England and Australia come to mind), but I think they also function closely to the way the ESRB operates. Someone can correct me if I'm wrong on that.