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Quote from: krisslanza on October 30, 2012, 03:15:32 pm

Fixing bugs isn't really that simple usually. Because to fix the bug, they have to know what made it happen. And even if they know what it happen, they have to know what to fix to make it NOT happen.

It's never quite as simple as people think, unfortunately.

it is. and when it isn't, well, you probably have bigger issue at hand. like not understanding how the stuff you made works.

You don't really have any idea how many people work on how many lines of code for a AAA title like this, do you? A single typo somewhere can cause all sorts of unintended consequences. Different computers might parse code differently, compounding the issue.

@ Meph: Ah, okay. Yeah, I have had that problem, but it was just a minor annoyance. I figured it was a worse problem from the name.

Some of those bugs shouldn't have been there in the first place. Especially the abductor mission roof bug.

A big firm like 2K though should have enough resources for testing. Still this seems to be more common in AAA developers releasing buggy games.

Except that some bugs only seem to occur on specific systems or for a tiny minority of people. The game might have worked perfectly on Firaxis' own computers and in-house testing equipment.

Also fits in the storm and WTF threads, but...

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Bush’s FEMA Director During Katrina Criticizes Obama For Responding To Sandy Too Quickly

Translation:

"WAAA! Stop making me look bad!"

Are you guys still going on about this? 

I had trouble sleeping last night because my pillow kept buzzing. How can a pillow buzz?

Hmm.

Reminds me of a short horror story I read in high school, involving a bedridden woman slowly dying of blood loss. After her death, they discovered a MASSIVE FREAKING BUG in her pillow that had been feeding on her for weeks, if not months.

I thought Cleverbot was Russian Jesus. Why would it want to destroy the world?