Sony cutting jobs

[cmlancas]

Maybe, but I would like to think in my pretty world that companies are learning not to release complete shit in a box. Or it could just be that I'm still mad at McQuaid for fucking my face for a grand total of close to $86.95.

[Murgos]

Awesome.

And again, I'd max if i could. But the max contribution would be 35% of my annual gross salary. That just doesn't fly.

My point in bringing up maxing the contribution to the 401k earlier was that there is a hidden (sort of) benefit in the tax savings.  When I went from just doing the company match to maxing it my contribution went up A LOT but the hit to my paycheck, while not trivial, was not nearly as severe as I had expected.  I look at is as the government providing a match as well as my company.

I have 200 bucks less a week to screw around with but when I'm staring at retirement I'll be a lot happier, I think it's worth a bit of scrimping.  Plus, it's fun to watch the numbers grow, and they grow pretty quick when you are saving that much.

[Big Gulp]

I have 200 bucks less a week to screw around with but when I'm staring at retirement I'll be a lot happier, I think it's worth a bit of scrimping.  Plus, it's fun to watch the numbers grow, and they grow pretty quick when you are saving that much.

We finally got our 401K earlier this year, but I've been socking money into Vanguard IRA's on my own for a while now, and it is fantastic.  I'd sock more into the 401K, but I'm hoping that I'll be self-employed here shortly, so I'll just stick with the Vanguard account.

[Murgos]

I looked into the 401k as a self-employed thing (cause, you know, eventually...) you can do you're own company match and do a contribution up to 45k a year with the 2006 changes.  Pre-Tax!!!  I've seen a few things that suggest the 401k (even with the 2006 changes) isn't entirely optimal as some other, more involved plans, but, I dunno, being able to sock away that kind of money AND lower your tax burden significantly seems pretty good.

[Merusk]

Awesome.

And again, I'd max if i could. But the max contribution would be 35% of my annual gross salary. That just doesn't fly.

My point in bringing up maxing the contribution to the 401k earlier was that there is a hidden (sort of) benefit in the tax savings.  When I went from just doing the company match to maxing it my contribution went up A LOT but the hit to my paycheck, while not trivial, was not nearly as severe as I had expected.  I look at is as the government providing a match as well as my company.

I have 200 bucks less a week to screw around with but when I'm staring at retirement I'll be a lot happier, I think it's worth a bit of scrimping.  Plus, it's fun to watch the numbers grow, and they grow pretty quick when you are saving that much.

Dude, I don't disagree at all, but I make $43k a year.  $15.5k is the max contribution to a 401(k).  I simply CAN NOT pay for my house, student loans, kids, and medical/dental/life insurance on $27.5k a year pre-tax - and that's ALL I'd be paying, no luxuries at all.  I'd be at government-assistance level of income. 

"It's only $200 a week" is fucking hilarity at this income level.  Fuck I'd be elated to have an additional $100 every two weeks. I fucking laugh every time someone so far above the median income says "Max your contribution."  Maybe I would if you and Mrs. Antoinette would care to work the fields a bit.

[schild]

<rerail>

Sony just got a pretty big win in terms of adult gaming. The next Quantic Dreams game (previously made Omikron and Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit) is a PS3 exclusive.

Not sure if it's an unannounced game or Heavy Rain. All I know is that Fahrenheit was ALMOST a revelation (the ending sucked the wind out of the other 6 hours of gameplay :( :()

[LK]

I liked when Farenheit turned into a Dragonball Z game.  Granted I eat that stuff up, Matrix/DBZ style fights, but that was unexpected.

[schild]

I liked when Farenheit turned into a Dragonball Z game.  Granted I eat that stuff up, Matrix/DBZ style fights, but that was unexpected.

You shut the hell up or they'll do that shit again.

[Riggswolfe]

<rerail>

Sony just got a pretty big win in terms of adult gaming. The next Quantic Dreams game (previously made Omikron and Indigo Prophecy/Fahrenheit) is a PS3 exclusive.

Not sure if it's an unannounced game or Heavy Rain. All I know is that Fahrenheit was ALMOST a revelation (the ending sucked the wind out of the other 6 hours of gameplay :( :()

Well....fuck!

[LK]

I liked when Farenheit turned into a Dragonball Z game.  Granted I eat that stuff up, Matrix/DBZ style fights, but that was unexpected.

You shut the hell up or they'll do that shit again.

Oh I hope they do! Just not in that game.  I like that style of fighting they did but it was so opposite what the game was.  It's like if a Star Wars adventure game suddenly broke out into a hillbilly dancing segment.

[schild]

They have just said that there is no Supernatural shit in this game.

YAY.

I hope that rules out AI run amok.

[HaemishM]

As long as they remove the necrophilia, it might have a chance. That just totally took me out of the Indigo Prophecy story.

[Miasma]

As long as they remove the necrophilia, it might have a chance. That just totally took me out of the Indigo Prophecy story.

Wow, I must have missed that plot branch.

Sony just got a pretty big win in terms of adult gaming.

I immediately linked this to the 380 games by March statement and assumed Sony got desperate and were going to port a bunch of fucking Hentai games.  No pun intended.

[Riggswolfe]

As long as they remove the necrophilia, it might have a chance. That just totally took me out of the Indigo Prophecy story.

Wow, I must have missed that plot branch.

The main character "dies" before the last series of battles. I think this is what he was referring to. Other characters even note that his skin is "ice cold." I was mostly pissed that nipples had to be removed when the game was imported to America.

Sony just got a pretty big win in terms of adult gaming.

I immediately linked this to the 380 games by March statement and assumed Sony got desperate and were going to port a bunch of fucking Hentai games.  No pun intended.

I'll tell you what, there are one or two Hentai games that are actually interesting adventure games, despite all the other stuff. Yeah, I've been known to play them once or twice, I'm a horny male, sue me.

[schild]

Screw that, there's a whole shitload of good stuff in Japan we should see this gen.

Look, desperation brought us Final Fantasy.

It's a good thing, perhaps the best of things.

[Yegolev]

Necessity is the mother of invention.  I'd play a hentai game if it was fun, but that's a big if.

[Merusk]

Necessity is the mother of invention.  I'd play a hentai game if it was fun, but that's a big if.

A fun hentai game rather elminates the poitn of being a hentai game.  Theres a reason most - if not all - have a 'hands free' mode, eh.  Fun means you'd be playing with it instead of yourself.

[Yegolev]

Sounds like WMP is a hentai game, then.

[HaemishM]

As long as they remove the necrophilia, it might have a chance. That just totally took me out of the Indigo Prophecy story.

Wow, I must have missed that plot branch.

The main character "dies" before the last series of battles. I think this is what he was referring to. Other characters even note that his skin is "ice cold." I was mostly pissed that nipples had to be removed when the game was imported to America.

Yes, that's what I was referring to. The chick humps a dead guy, then has a baby by him. I didn't mind the matrix-y combat part, though it was pretty abrupt. The zombie boffing, though, was just a bit off for me. Otherwise, the game was pretty decent.

[bhodi]

The chick who had made no previous forward advances suddenly has abrupt sex in a subway before the final level. It was awkward to watch and seemed really tacked on. That, or they had a bunch of plot that never made it into the game...

[Signe]

What happened in here? 

[Mazakiel]

From what I recall reading, something like a 3rd of the game ended up having to be cut, which is why the last parts of the game were rather rushed feeling. 

[Chimpy]

What happened in here? 

Zombies.

[Riggswolfe]

From what I recall reading, something like a 3rd of the game ended up having to be cut, which is why the last parts of the game were rather rushed feeling. 

Yeah, you can tell. In the beginning of the game things feel much more organic. I was actually into doing all the little things, playing basketball for cash, using the yo-yo to think, etc. Then...pow...mad rush to a final confrontation.

[ahoythematey]

Speaking of zombies, World War Z is a fucking amazing book.  Read it to remove the bad taste of Fahrenheit's ending

[Tairnyn]

Speaking of zombies, World War Z is a fucking amazing book.  Read it to remove the bad taste of Fahrenheit's ending

I agree. I read it on the plane the last time I had to travel and still have the last third to get through. You can tell the author spent a lot of time thinking about the contingencies during a disaster and human nature in the face of adversity. The characters are really well done and make it seem like a true documentary.

[cmlancas]

Speaking of zombies, World War Z is a fucking amazing book.  Read it to remove the bad taste of Fahrenheit's ending

451? How did that have a bad ending?

[Yegolev]

That was the non-American name for Indigo Prophecy.

[cmlancas]

That was the non-American name for Indigo Prophecy.

Goddamn my ethno-centrism. I'm gearing up to meet with my thesis advisor today so the Lit is on the brain.

[Yegolev]

Did you watch Equilibrium?

[cmlancas]

Did you watch Equilibrium?

Looks interesting here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium_%282002_film%29 . The premise of combining all the dystopian aspects of the novels into one for a movie sounds great. Do you know where I can get a copy of the movie other than illegally? (I actually believe in non-piracy)

Unfortunately, no. I really would like to see a good movie adaptation of The Giver though. I always liked Jonas as a character.

[MisterNoisy]

Rumors floating around re: $499 price for PS3 soon.  Add some games worth playing and I'm sold.  :)

[Velorath]

Rumors floating around re: $499 price for PS3 soon.  Add some games worth playing and I'm sold.  :)

Not enough of a price cut.  If I wanted a PS3 at $500, I would have picked up the 20GB model when it was still available.

[Abel]

Rumour is being denied by Sony's president on Reuters: "At present we have no plans"

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUST5013420070706?src=070607_0814_INVESTING_comment_n_analysis

Considering the still high production costs I don't think Sony can cut the price by much anyhow ...

[WindupAtheist]

Equilibrium is a woefully underappreciated flick.  In the category of "thinking man's action movies" it's roughly the equal of the first Matrix, and far superior to the other two.