Microsoft explains Xbox One cloud gaming in an effort to justify online requirement | The Verge

Clearly Microsoft is unaware of things like the bandwidth caps that most US broadband ISPs have in place. I can only imagine how many gigs having game elements rendered via cloud will suck up.

The more I read, the worse this thing sounds. And I’m somebody who loved the first two Xboxes, except for the 360 I had that RRODed on me.

nbcnews: Creator of GIF files insists it’s ‘jif’ - Internet in turmoil (Photo: Webby Awards / YouTube, GIF: Sappavu / YouTube) And the battle rages on: After the White House weighed in on the “gif” versus “jif” issue, some thought it was settled in favor of a hard “G” — but the creator of the .gif image format himself has made a final pronouncement: “It’s a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.” Read the complete story. Tell us, Tumblr: Is it ‘GIF’ or ‘JIF’? The G in GIF stands for “Graphical”. You don’t pronounce “graphical” with a J. You also don’t pronounce G with a J. To pronounce it as “jif” is stupid, with an s that sounds like an s.
Zoom Info
nbcnews: Creator of GIF files insists it’s ‘jif’ - Internet in turmoil (Photo: Webby Awards / YouTube, GIF: Sappavu / YouTube) And the battle rages on: After the White House weighed in on the “gif” versus “jif” issue, some thought it was settled in favor of a hard “G” — but the creator of the .gif image format himself has made a final pronouncement: “It’s a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.” Read the complete story. Tell us, Tumblr: Is it ‘GIF’ or ‘JIF’? The G in GIF stands for “Graphical”. You don’t pronounce “graphical” with a J. You also don’t pronounce G with a J. To pronounce it as “jif” is stupid, with an s that sounds like an s.
Zoom Info

nbcnews:

Creator of GIF files insists it’s ‘jif’ - Internet in turmoil

(Photo: Webby Awards / YouTube, GIF: Sappavu / YouTube)

And the battle rages on: After the White House weighed in on the “gif” versus “jif” issue, some thought it was settled in favor of a hard “G” — but the creator of the .gif image format himself has made a final pronouncement: “It’s a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.”

Read the complete story.



Tell us, Tumblr: Is it ‘GIF’ or ‘JIF’?

The G in GIF stands for “Graphical”. You don’t pronounce “graphical” with a J. You also don’t pronounce G with a J. To pronounce it as “jif” is stupid, with an s that sounds like an s.

You Will Be Able To Trade Xbox One Games Online, Microsoft Says [Update]

You can’t loan somebody a game and if you want to bring a game to a friend’s house you have to login to your Live account, not theirs…

But what if you want to bring a game disc to a friend’s house and play there? You’ll have to pay a fee—and not just some sort of activation fee, but the actual price of that game—in order to use a game’s code on a friend’s account. Think of it like a new game, Harrison said.

Another piece of clarification around playing games at a friend’s house – should you choose to play your game at your friend’s house, there is no fee to play that game while you are signed in to your profile.

Fuck that noise. PS4 for me.

theouthouseblog: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Writer Damon Lindelof Apologizes for “Gratuitous” Underwear Scene Do all of the whiners out there that complained about this also want apologies for all the shirtless men in the TWILIGHT movies or movies like MAGIC MIKE? I’m pretty sure the trailers for those flicks played up the shirtless muscles of the male actors.
Pop-upView Separately

theouthouseblog:

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’ Writer Damon Lindelof Apologizes for “Gratuitous” Underwear Scene

Do all of the whiners out there that complained about this also want apologies for all the shirtless men in the TWILIGHT movies or movies like MAGIC MIKE? I’m pretty sure the trailers for those flicks played up the shirtless muscles of the male actors.

A Few Interesting Xbox One Tidbits

No backwards compatibility. So I guess we all better hope our 360s don’t break.

It will have a Blu-ray drive, and discs are only needed once to install games to the hard drive. You won’t need the disc in the machine to play like on the 360. Used games will be possible, but a second installation of a disc on another account or machine will come with a fee. (Source)

Honestly, I didn’t see anything that makes me want this more than a Playstation 4. I haven’t quite decided yet if I’ll want it in addition to the PS4.