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  1. Re:Links? by basscomm · · Score: 1 · on The Web We Have To Save

    Links

  2. Re:The good ol' days by basscomm · · Score: 1 · on The Battle For the Game Industry's Soul

    Many of the games that come out now have really amazing visuals/graphics/etc, but they all lack something the old classics had. What that something is, I'm not sure. I miss Sierra games with things like Police Quest, Kings Quest, The Island of Dr. Brain. Then you had other games like Hugo: House of horrors and Hugo 2: Who done it? Dune and Dune 2. Their graphics where horrid, but those games were a blast to play. I don't know why, but those older games just seem to have more character and spirit then the games that come out now. Don't get me wrong, there are good games that come out every year, but it seems like a majority of the games coming out now are just the same things rehashed over and over with better graphics and slight variations in the story line. It's almost like the gaming industry has homogenized somewhat. Want to make a FPS, just remake Halo or CoD. Want to make an open world game, just remake GTA,. What to make an RPG, remake Final Fantasy, Kings Quest or Elder Scrolls. Again, don't misunderstand, there are games that come out that do not follow this form such as Dear Esther or Portals and are awesome. I am simply talking the gaming industry as a whole, it way different then what it used to be. The indie game scene, however, seems to be pumping out some pretty awesome stuff these days.

    A lot of modern games (especially the so-called 'AAA' games) are missing a soul. They're paint-by-numbers rehashes of what's worked before (shameless plug).

  3. Re:Nothing abnormal about SSH probes... by basscomm · · Score: 1 · on Distributed, Low-Intensity Botnets

    Seconded. My own low traffic website, gets hundreds, sometimes thousands of failed SSH logins every day, and has for nearly as long as it's been in existence. I usually end up just turning off SSH so I don't have gigantic logs to sift through every day.

  4. Re:Nobody has this game. by basscomm · · Score: 1 · on Register, Others Call Plagiarism in "Limbo of the Lost" Game

    Nobody has this game. Nobody ever heard of it until the plagiarism got scolded publicly. It is an elaborate publicity stunt. Got mine in the mail today. It's totally real.

  5. Re:Whislt on the subject, Bias? by Threni · · Score: 1 · on Where Do You Get Your IT News?

    > http://crummysocks.com/

    Status : 403 Forbidden
    Description : Organizational policies prohibit access to this page.
    Note : If necessary, please contact your Systems Administrator for resolution.

  6. Re:There are no simple answers by basscomm · · Score: 1 · on Is Bughunting Still A Way Into the Games Industry?
    The track goes something like Temp Tester -> FT Tester -> Lead Tester -> Assistant Producer -> Producer, with each tier culling out increasing numbers of candidates.


    I managed to skip the drudgery of being in QA and started out at the A.P. level, without any industry experience. I had the combination of a college degree in a related field, an eye-catching resume, a broad skillset, and a friend in the industry (personal networking is extremely underrated).
  7. Standard Benchmarks? by basscomm · · Score: 1, Informative · on Comparative CPU Benchmarks From 1995 to 2004

    I can't get to the article, so I have to wonder what kind of benchmarks they used that were consistant on all those platforms. Old benchmarks tend to freak out on newer hardware, and I can't imagine newer benchmarks running properly on older hardware.