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The Halo PC Demo is out.

Check it out.

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Grrr... "Max Payne 2"... "Halo" for PC... how am I supposed to have the money for all this?

DPDarkPrimus wrote:Grrr... "Max Payne 2"... "Halo" for PC... how am I supposed to have the money for all this?

Well, they did push Half-Life 2 back, so that should help. Don't forget to pick up KotOR for PC, too!
As for the money, you could get a job...

When's KoTOR coming out on PC?

Soon, apparantly. The Lucasarts online store has started taking preorders.

I'll give it a try. I don't think I'll be buying it though, as Deus Ex: IW is coming in December and it looks pretty damn cool.

Do they normally release the demo after the game is alread out?

Robert Treder wrote:As for the money, you could get a job...

It's easier to say it then to actually get one.

Downloaded it, played it, going to delete it after I install Maya PLE.

Boooooooooooring.

Meh, beat it already. Pretty lame. HL2 and Deus Ex 2 are going to kick its arse.

Yuri Prime wrote:Meh, beat it already. Pretty lame. HL2 and Deus Ex 2 are going to kick its arse.

Which? Max Payne 2 or Halo?

DPDarkPrimus wrote:

Robert Treder wrote:As for the money, you could get a job...

It's easier to say it then to actually get one.

It's not that hard. Starbucks pays quite well for starting, and I'm sure you've got one near you. Failing that, places like McDonald's and Safeway are always hiring. And Safeway pays well too, depending on what you get into...there's a union for grocery cashiers. If your boss tells you to clean up a spill, you can tell him it's not in your job description. And if one of your fellow cashiers cleans it up, you can have the union kick him out for doing more than he needs to.

Believe it or not, there is only one Starbucks within 20 minutes of me. Also, I am not going to work at a fast food resturant. At all.

neoolong wrote:Do they normally release the demo after the game is alread out?

That happens quite often, it takes a lot of work to make a decent demo, and that can seriously delay the finnal product. Given all the delays Halo for PC already had it seems like a wise move, especially since so many people have already played it on consul.

Robert Treder wrote:

DPDarkPrimus wrote:

Robert Treder wrote:As for the money, you could get a job...

It's easier to say it then to actually get one.

It's not that hard. Starbucks pays quite well for starting, and I'm sure you've got one near you. Failing that, places like McDonald's and Safeway are always hiring. And Safeway pays well too, depending on what you get into...there's a union for grocery cashiers. If your boss tells you to clean up a spill, you can tell him it's not in your job description. And if one of your fellow cashiers cleans it up, you can have the union kick him out for doing more than he needs to.

It's quite harder than you think. I've applied at almost every establishment in town, and few were hiring. The ones that were hiring have already hired others.

Really people, when you can't get a night shift job at a gas station, or something at a fast food joint, there's a major problem with the job market.

Labour market problems tend to involve mismatched supply and demand. Sometimes the market has a strong demand for unskilled labour in service industries but nobody wants to take that kind of work (we saw this in Toronto a few years ago). Other times, manufacturing companies are crying out for skilled labour but they can't get it because too many people went to university to acquire useless skills like doctorates in classical history.

AdmiralKanos wrote:Sometimes the market has a strong demand for unskilled labour in service industries but nobody wants to take that kind of work (we saw this in Toronto a few years ago)

You are refering to the garbage fiasco?