Seven Seconds Archive

  • Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sells many copies (plus bonus rant!)

    Battlefield: Bad Company 2 sells many copies (plus bonus rant!)

    God almighty do I have a bone to pick with Battlefield: Bad Company 2, which I bought on release day like a mark. The game is doing quite well for EA, having already sold 2.3 million units (and projected to sell 4 million by the end of the year). So that's ahead of expectations—it's a hit, have a party. The thing that annoys me (and Matt, for that matter) is the game's implementation of checkpoints. There's not nearly enough of them, and it's infuriating. I was very close to lighting my monitor on fire last night.

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  • Bill Nye, The Algebra Guy?

    Bill Nye, The Algebra Guy?

    Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill "T-minus seven seconds" Bill Nye, the Science Guy.

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