I don’t think I could stuff enough glucosamine and chondroitin into my body to be able to justify the risk versus the reward for playing God of War.

So what else should I probably avoid playing?

• Most PC games that use kb/mouse
• Anything else like God of War with moments of huge button tapping.
• Typing of the Dead
• Diablo
• Command and Conquer 3′s kind of speedy RTS

And I’ll probably go buy whatever Microsoft Natural keyboard they’ll sell me at fry’s, a good wrist brace, and maybe order some joint juice plus online since I can’t find it in stores. This is what you get for 20 years of computer usage without taking ergonomics or health in general into account.

Guess what, Epic didn’t just fuck up, they planned the fuck up and released the game with a half-assed solution, no content or context leading up to the final level.

Oh and if you want the extra content you can buy the Windows version:

In Gears of War PC, players will be treated to five new chapters in a “Timgad” act that takes place just before the game’s final level (where you head towards the train), in addition to a level editor, and minor gameplay tweaks and graphical touch-ups.

The new act centers on the Brumak character that some felt was underused in the original game, and gives players more context on what’s happening and why they are moving towards the train for the finale.

I guess Microsoft might even “make” them sell the content on the 360 marketplace again, or they’re release a new version with it for the 360. I’m sure their new cars, houses, loans and mortgages, won’t assist in that decision making process.

Zachary Slater
10:09
epic is fucking evil
[zakk] why is this game broken? it feels like it is missing levels before the last…
[epic] HERE IS OUR NEW VERSION

Bob
10:10
hahah
it really did feel like…how’d we get to this train?!

Zachary Slater
10:11
[epic] GUESS WHAT GUYS, HERE’S YOUR CONTENT!

Bob
10:11
[epic] don’t forget to pick up the crossbow you’ve been avoiding all game! We won’t give it to you when you need it!

Zachary Slater
10:11
hehe

Bob
10:11
I was so pissed about that.

Normally I’m loathe to disagree, however in this I must. GFW Live is a pox upon PC gaming’s free and diverse online multiplayer gaming realms. Sure some parts of GFW might seem nice now, but when you end up paying $50 a year to get called names by 10 year olds over ports of ancient Xbox 1 software (that will most likely end up remaining solely on Windows unlike it’s predecessor) you might change your mind.

In any case, as is plain as day, you won’t see EA doing this, and Epic isn’t airing their grievances properly to get what they want. Even if Epic gets special indemnity against the your-customers-must-pay-us-too clauses of the GFW Live service, will the licensors of Unreal Engine 3?

You are aware that no Live games have actual dedicated servers, right? How does this even remotely fit in with the volunteer servers that normally feed in with the rest of PC gaming?

You should listen to the painfully low-quality Skype conversation 1up Yours (the 04/06/2007 episode) had that started all this discussion anyway. It is extremely informative regarding GFW Live.