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Balius commented on Your Game Consoles Have Hazardous Chemicals!,
at 3:18 AM on May 20
@Llost: PVC is made from some fairly carcinogenic chemicals, and releases harmful chemicals when burned.
I ran a quick search for Phthalate regulation, and only found concerns about it's presence in food and young children's toys, which would mean that the consoles would need to be classified as such in Europe for any regulation at all to matter.
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Balius commented on My First Steps Into The Age Of Conan,
at 11:22 PM on May 19
I may well pick this game up, but I'm going to wait a year to give it time to settle into what it wants to be (or time to die before I invest in it).
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Balius commented on The Ultimate Blaxploitation Scifi Hero Finally Has A Movie, at 5:15 AM on May 21
@Final: "Most of the Black heroes in the Marvel U.
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Balius commented on Dragon Quest IV DS Coming to America, at 5:07 AM on May 21
@Sunjammer: If you're not into the genre, the games probably aren't for you.
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Balius commented on Your Game Consoles Have Hazardous Chemicals!, at 10:32 AM on May 20
@quen: No, Greenpeace in specific is credibly insane, and deserves ridicule and hatred.
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Balius commented on Your Game Consoles Have Hazardous Chemicals!, at 6:32 AM on May 20
@PJK: Yes, and unfortunately some do listen.
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Balius commented on Parents! Watch Out For Meat Shields, at 5:42 AM on May 20
I know I've seen the same thing in movies, and heard narry a word about it...
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Balius commented on Nintendo Complaining About A Six Year-Old Fine, at 4:54 AM on May 20
Out of curiosity, if they were artificially raising prices between those two dates, then presumably they stopped, yes?
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Balius commented on Your Game Consoles Have Hazardous Chemicals!, at 4:19 AM on May 20
@Llost: PVC IS proven harmful, but only in its creation and its destruction.
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Balius commented on "We Need To Go Beyond Traditional Square Enix", at 4:04 AM on May 20
@Ajh: The problem with Samurai Legend Musashi is that it's a sequel to Brave Fencer Musashi.
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Balius commented on Your Game Consoles Have Hazardous Chemicals!, at 3:18 AM on May 20
@Llost: PVC is made from some fairly carcinogenic chemicals, and releases harmful chemicals when burned.
I ran a quick search for Phthalate regulation, and only found concerns about it's presence in food and young children's toys, which would mean that the consoles would need to be classified as such in Europe for any regulation at all to matter.
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Balius commented on "We Need To Go Beyond Traditional Square Enix", at 2:48 AM on May 20
@kermit007: A game changing your life is not the same thing as being obsessed with a game.
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Balius commented on Uwe Boll A Bit Upset About Postal, at 1:14 AM on May 20
@73mike: Wrong way around.
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Balius commented on "We Need To Go Beyond Traditional Square Enix", at 11:35 PM on May 19
@kermit007: The original Legend of Zelda inspired me to learn to read back in the day, I consider that life-changing.
@Zerozaki Ishiki: The only Zelda game to have roleplaying characteristics is Zelda 2.
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Balius commented on My First Steps Into The Age Of Conan, at 11:22 PM on May 19
I may well pick this game up, but I'm going to wait a year to give it time to settle into what it wants to be (or time to die before I invest in it).
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Balius commented on "We Need To Go Beyond Traditional Square Enix", at 11:18 PM on May 19
@valleyshrew: Go to a psychiatrist.
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Balius commented on "We Need To Go Beyond Traditional Square Enix", at 11:15 PM on May 19
@Sauce: "Samurai Legend Musashi" is why they shouldn't release sequels of good games from their past.
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Balius commented on South Korean President Scores Surprisingly Tasteful Custom 360, at 11:12 PM on May 19
@Ramonskito: Yeah, and the 360 doesn't even play Starcraft, so where's the draw?
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Balius commented on "We Need To Go Beyond Traditional Square Enix", at 11:09 PM on May 19
I'm fine with RPGs if they start making good ones again...
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Balius commented on Fly Through the Biggest Valley in the Solar System, at 10:54 PM on May 19
Hopefully these guys will be picked up for the Watchmen movie...
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