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03/19/09
I don't know whether those features are still in the final version, but a banking license to manage those transactions makes sense... and it's also rather scary. When you own a virtual casino, you can set the odds however you like....
03/19/09
03/19/09
The odds are always stacked in favor of the house, but it's easier to rig a game in a virtual world than in the physical world... isn't it? Who enforces the odds in a virtual casino?
03/19/09
03/19/09
so, in theory, the game company pays you to play by offering you the opportunity to withdraw currency from the game world after some kind of value additive action. i'm interested in seeing what kind of rates you can pull per hour.
opportunities for triage in other MMOs i've witnessed are quite rampant. i wonder if the assumption is that they will quickly fix themselves or if they will automatically fix them or if there is no allowance for addressing this issue.
does allowing a minor to play the game constitute child labor? does paying for sex with in game currency constitue prostitution? does scamming someone in game constitue fraud?
03/19/09
Do you mean arbitrage?
03/19/09
interestingly enough in most of the MMOs i've seen the opportunities for triage are also quite rampant.
@ShubNecktie: when you say 'virtual prostitution' do you mean paying for virtual services with virtual money or tactile servicies with virtual money?
03/19/09
03/20/09
03/19/09
Calyps-o, Cal-ah-lyps-o
Pay check come and me wan' go MMO
Calyps-o, Cal-ah-lyps-o
Pay check come and me wan' go MMO
Work all night on a drink of (Mountain) Dew
Pay check come and me wan' go MMO
Surf on Net till de Pay check come
Pay check come and me wan' go MMO
Come, Mister Banker man, Bank me entropia
Pay check come and me wan' go MMO
Come, Mister Banker man, Bank me entropia
Pay check come and me wan' go MMO
03/19/09
02/22/09
I remember signing petitions, and saying I would boycott the first Daniel Craig Bond film. Of course, I ended up watching it twice at the cinema in the first week - Don't believe the hype!!!
02/23/09
02/21/09
Low-balling Rourke is ridiculous.
02/21/09
02/21/09
02/21/09
Of course, this sounds obvious, but it seems like common sense has left Marvel long time ago. When you consider Elektra and the first Hulk, it makes perfect sense.
02/21/09
02/21/09
02/21/09
Marvel didn't "hire" them.
The studios paid Marvel to let them make movies based on their properties.
02/22/09
02/21/09
It cost $130-180 million (according to wiki.) Who the fuck has (probably) $150-200 mill required for the sequel? In the past they would have no problem because they knew they were guaranteed an audience. Now? I highly doubt that thanks to the rapid shuttering of the world economy so no finance guy worth his Ferrari is going to take that big a risk.
So, they must pare down the budget. The largest budget chunk of a Hollywood movie is the stars, producer and directors cuts. If you can replace the secondary characters with cheaper actors then you will because you're not going to cut the stars (even though they probably should) or the SFX.
Considering the ways things are going, I'm beginning to have doubts that this movie will even be made.
02/21/09
Cutting back on secondary actors is a smart choice. Terrence Howard is not a loss. I prefer Don Cheadle personally. Not sure how I feel about losing Samuel Jackson, as I think I've seen him enough, and he isn't much of a draw to me. Also, he's a bit of an ass IRL.
I just paid $15 for a ticket for Watchmen, so I'd personally like to see some cost cutting in these films.
02/21/09
Honestly, I'd rather see Jackson back than Rourke. Even if Crimson Dynamo is the main villain, Rourke isn't exactly A-list. Yeah, I know, the Wrestler is supposed to be amazing. So go do Brokeback Mountain 2 if you want to show off acting talent. This is an action movie. You don't need Sir Lawrence Olivier to deliver the lines.
02/21/09
Also Pick up a copy of "Once upon a time in Mexico" on your way out.
Come back when you have some perspective.