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You can see the edited version of the clip here, with Lucas's braindead commentary on his reasoning for the change.

Here's the link for anyone who hasn't seen it:

Gamer Switch (ugo.com)

You mean they're not?

Homosexual? No. Naked? Yeah

Two other words: The Darkness

Sorry for the asp / wmv format.

I said that the majority of PCs out there are less powerful than a PS2

on what planet "out there"? even 3 years old PCs with good video card are more powerful than PS2 with so called "emotion engine" and another marketing blabla

some links that i quickly googled:

GTA3 - "High resolution textures, enhanced sounds, and accelerated 3D graphics make GTA3 PC look and sound much better than the PS2 version"

Vice City - "As they did last year with Grand Theft Auto 3, Rockstar Games has ported the massive Playstation 2 hit Grand Theft Auto: Vice City to the PC. And as before, the PC version sports better graphics, new mouse controls, MP3 playback, custom skins, and the ability to do quick replays."

and that's not only with GTA series... gaming on PCs simply rocks :-)

the original Stan Lee - Steve Ditko Spidey comics

As part of the leadership role, Baker has the ability to command elements, which are your fellow squad members, ordering them to attack a target, move to a position or follow him.

My favorite gaming news site, Blue's News, has advertisements from UGO that has advertisements with women as well. Same with IGN. It is not just the hardcopy magazines.

Photoshop doesn't count (.mov).

My bet is that the big ad was set to a different size in the HTML than it actually is (maybe it was set to 450x515, when it is really 475x530) and so Mozilla has to render it smaller than it really is, which is not a strong point for Mozilla. Try viewing the image alone and shrinking your window so that you get scroll bars and see how there's not as much delay as there is when scrolling down that page.

In IE, I get similar CPU usage. It's probably the ripples-in-water effect used in the Flash ad.

It must detect that I've not got a Flash plugin installed for Mozilla and just displays the next best thing, a poorly-sized image.

This sure reminds me of my favortie Christmas present of 1979, this, although the modern one is so big it must include an expansion set.

Even if I didn't dig the hell out of the mini, I'd watch the series for more Grace Park. =D

This Apple "switch" ad should help you figure it out:

You're right - they should do it with the folks playing. These guys had a good idea with a decent presentation - but could use some work.

This (except for the commercial preceding it). Though I'm not sure what to say about it. A little long, a little hit and miss but at least it's not the same old same old.

Features like software (iTunes, iSync, iCal, iChat, Safari, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, Quicktime etc...etc...etc...)

That's stuff that came with your OS -- all OS's offer that generic stuff. You know as well as I do that I'm talking about being able to go to the store and buy software. Like games, for example...

"Photoshop..."

Hardware/software integration that provides a true plug and play experience so you don't have to deal with the damned "Hardware Wizard" from Microsoft whenever you plug in a firewire hard drive or something like that. With OS X, you never get "I see you are trying to add a new hardware device". Rather, you plug the device in and it simply works.

Or, it doesn't work, and nothing happens. Yup, no hardware wizard, just plain nothing. That isn't user-friendly, by any stretch of the imagination.

Also, the hardware feature set among many Macs is far and away pretty impressive. The 12in Powerbook I have has built in Firewire, built in wireless antennas for 802.11g, built in USB, built in ethernet, built in slot loading Superdrive allowing me to burn DVD's, built in support for multiple monitors etc..etc...etc... all in a compact package less than 4lbs with good battery life.

With Apple, you also get thoughtful and well researched design that is completely lacking in the Wintel arena. For instance, the last Wintel laptop I had was a joke compared to this in that the manufacturer placed the fan outlet on the bottom!!!! of the case so that if you were using the laptop on your lap, you blocked the fan output of the laptop thus causing it to overheat. Smart, eh? Or look at the design of the dual G5's. This thing is quiet, fast and easy to work with when adding hardware, and one of the most innovative case designs I have ever seen.

First of all: what possessed you to buy a laptop with a fan on the bottom? That's not only dumb design, but also a dumb purchase.

Second of all, sure, Mac makes pretty hardware. But pretty hardware doesn't justify paying the kind of money they ask for. I have a Shuttle XPC -- it, like the G5, is quiet, fast, easy to work with, and looks cute.

Unlike the G5, though, it only costs about $500 to put one together. The cheapest G5 is $1999. So, I saved about $1499. So, not only can I go to the store and actually find software for my system, but I also have the money to buy it with.

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In other news, the high in Miami is expected to reach 92; please drink more Powerade. Thank you for your cooperation.

It points to http://ugo.com/ , not http://www.ugo.com/

Corrected link

On my system using Mozilla Firebird and Opera 7.11 at least -- connecting to the server sans the www gets me a weird error page with the mime type of a GIF image, returned as HTTP 200 OK... not even a 404. Then again they are running Microsoft-IIS/5.0 as a server, so this breakage is probably by design.

or

http://matrix.ugo.com/zionswitchboard/messageview. cfm?catid=39&threadid=8247

http://forums.audiworld.com/other/msgs/1119188.pht ml

or

http://matrix.ugo.com/zionswitchboard/messageview. cfm?catid=39&threadid=8247

http://matrix.ugo.com/zionswitchboard/messageview. cfm?catid=39&threadid=8247

I used to like this site until they started redirecting me to ads that weren't exactly popups.

In the karma-whoring off-chance anybody doesn't pick up the reference, check out this switch-ad parody.

Butt they promised if I Switched, everything would be ok!

Boy oh boy, Linux as a gaming platform... Linux was optimized to outperform in the areas of Software Design (for stability of the kernel) and Server Architectures. I have a partition kicking around whenever I need to do *real* work with C++, and I've used it since Slackware in 1995

But, as a gaming platform, Linux still isn't exactly jumping out at me ... the UI/core apps now need about a half a decade of interface redesign to catch up. For one thing, a Control Panel type app would go a long way towards standardizing the configuration of these beasts. In all, completely giving up Windows for Linux is about as compelling as Switching to a Mac...

Those who don't understand why the parent post is funny, check out Drunk Gamers' (R.I.P., I guess...) "Switch" parody.

Thanks, Quarters. Until now I couldn't hear that he said "Photoshop". :)

A recent interview didn't really give too many clues. It could be him or maybe not.

...as a gaming platform. Almost as much as this guy.

Are you sure you're ready for the switch?

What exactly is Odessey 5?

And why is it such a security risk that us subversive Canadians must be kept from it

Well, I can't tell you what it is, 'coz I've not really read much yet, but I can tell you that Google is your friend (you want to be clicking on those cached links if, like me, you're outside the US =).
Oh, and here's a few more links about it...

HTH, etc... (=

What's with the advert in the middle of your post, eh? I feel like I'm reading UGO.

Might as well mention Morrowind, which went gold last week and is expected in stores late next week. According to the many previews out there, Morrowind looks to be more open-ended and immersive than any other RPG to date. It's only single player, but given the joys of many multiplayer RPGs, that's probably a good thing. In addition to the official site and forums, there's a good RPGPlanet site that collects most relevant information. Look for the water screenshots; they use pixel shading to get some truly impressive effects.

Nope, I like them too, I can play games on the XBox for hours on end with my hands getting all cramped up like they do with those tiny little controllers on the PS2 and GameCube.

Besides, if its a big issue, just buy one of the smaller "S" controllers or any of the 3rd party controllers. The S controller is basically the controller that Microsoft shipped with the Japanese Xbox, since supposedly Japanese people have smaller hands then we do. If you've got tiny hands too, then read about the Xbox S controller here. You can preorder them from EBgames.com for delivery later this month. I'm getting one for when my nephew comes over. He's only 7 and the controllers are a bit big for him.

Apparently, Peter Jackson is an avid Slashdot reader with all the free time on his hands. Having read this story, he decided to add a few hours of Nien Nunb to the director's cut along with Hammerhead and the Jawas. Says Jackson, "The movie was running short and, hopefully, this will give them the added exposure they so richly deserve. Who knows, maybe this story will even be duplicate-posted on Slashdot in 5 or 6 months!"

Apparently, Peter Jackson is an avid Slashdot reader with all the free time on his hands. Having read this story, he decided to add a few hours of Nien Nunb to the director's cut along with Hammerhead and the Jawas. Says Jackson, "The movie was running short and, hopefully, this will give them the added exposure they so richly deserve. Who knows, maybe this story will even be duplicate-posted on Slashdot in 5 or 6 months!"

Apparently, Peter Jackson is an avid Slashdot reader with all the free time on his hands. Having read this story, he decided to add a few hours of Nien Nunb to the director's cut along with Hammerhead and the Jawas. Says Jackson, "The movie was running short and, hopefully, this will give them the added exposure they so richly deserve. Who knows, maybe this story will even be duplicate-posted on Slashdot in 5 or 6 months!"

Not true! We nominated Anachronox for Best RPG of 2001 at GamePen.

It didn't escape our notice. :-)

Why is this a slashdot story? It's rubbish! Have you read it, here's some of the juvenile going's on: "Amanaman presents one of the more interesting phenomenons in the Star Wars universe, that being creatures that cannot possibly exist. Because I created the theory on evolution, and yes I did, I can tell you...anything with arms this ridiculously long would've been wiped into extinction years ago. Amanaman can't possibly do anything - much less the alleged 'headhunting'...." Seems appropriate for some starwars freaks site, but not Slashdot.

The "interview" with Tolkien and the other Ring-related stories on that site were dreadfully boring. The funniest thing I saw was a smallish picture of Gary Coleman as "Merry".

Hey guess what katz, the people who own seanbaby and affiliated sites are in fact the same clueless old fart executives that "don't get it". In fact the tops execs from MTV are in charge of these sites. In case you don't know about MTV either it is owned by Viacom a huge media behemoth. You are very full of it, or extremely gullible my over the hill friend...why don't you give this a read...

The Truth

Once again katz is full of it...

Seanbaby, is part of the Portal of Evil, which is part of the Old Man Murray Network, which is part of UnderGroundOnline.

UGO PRESS RELEASES

UGO Networks Raises $13 Million; Closes A New Round of Funding with $23 million

New Proceeds will be Used to Grow its Technology Business and Develop Advertising Sponsorships Packages

New York, NY March 5th, 2001 - UGO Networks, a leading entertainment company for 18-34 year old males, announced today that it raised $13 million dollars, closing a new round of funding with a total of $23 million. Lead Investors are GRP and Missouri-based Gryphon Holdings II, LLP Inc. and their investment partners. UGO Networks has raised in total $80 million. UGO Networks consists of UnderGroundOnline (www.ugo.com), a network comprised of 350 affiliated sites which feature content in animation, music, games, wrestling, technology, TV & film, celebrities and UGO Networks Technology Solutions, which provides Web hosting and other professional services to UnderGroundOnline affiliates, strategic partners, and third parties. Board members include Strauss Zelnick, Former President and CEO of BMG Entertainment and Yves Sisteron, Managing Partner of GRP.

"UGO Networks' strength lies not only in the size and composition of its audience, 18- 34 year old males, but in the way in which its unique business model enables multiple revenue streams," said John Wehrle, Managing Partner of Gryphon Investments. "The Company's management team has proven to be extremely adept at leveraging and maximizing all of its internal resources."

"UGO Networks has demonstrated the ability and business acumen not only to survive but to succeed in today's market environment," said Yves Sisteron, Managing Partner of GRP. "The management team is highly adept at both managing cash and generating revenue. The company has had tremendous success in building a base of blue chip advertisers and technology clients."

UGO Networks has overall annual revenues of $15 million.

"UGO Networks will use the new funding to continue operations until our breakeven which will happen before the end of calendar year 2001," said UGO President and CEO, J Moses. "To this end, we are taking cost cutting measures to increase efficiencies in our business."

UGO Networks will use the new proceeds to grow UGO Technology Solutions, its technology business and to develop and sell advertising sponsorship packages.

"As a well funded company, we are looking to leverage our cash position to explore potential strategic partners. An ideal partner would enhance our market position and leverage the Company's core assets," said Joe Robinson, Chairman and Founder, UGO Networks.
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Remember the whole eFront fiasco from a few months ago? Well, eFront did the same thing as UGO is trying to do: in order for webmasters to get back to their domain names, they had to forfeit 5 months of backpay, and agree not to sue eFront at any time in the future. As far as I know, a lot of webmasters agreed and signed the contract in order just to get their domains back quickly, as one weekend eFront blocked out all webmasters from updating their sites for "security reasons".

Looks like UGO is on it's way to becoming a member of Pud's list...oh wait, nevermind...Pud has an article that UGO just bought Bla-Bla!. Sheesh! Rough times indeed...

UGO just bought out Bla-Bla, another troubled web advertising network.

Sigma is a game being developed by Relic, the studio that created Homeworld (Game of the Year by some accounts, etc, etc.) Anyway if you dig B&W, you might also dig Sigma (when it's out, late this year?) It involves crazy creatures, a B-movie plot, genetic wackiness, a pretty impressive rendering engine, etc. I'm sure the dev team of Sigma has watched B&W closely (it's been in development for about as long), though the gameplay and objectives seem to be different enough. Homeworld cameras and gameplay were great, so I have high hopes for Sigma!

In the words of Relic's CEO, Alex Garden, (who has brushed shoulders with Peter Molyneaux)... "We prefer to think of Sigma as what happens when a geneticist smokes far too much crack."

Some links for more info...
http://forums.relicnews.com
http://pc.ign.com/previews/14840.html
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/features/gamestock01 /page2.asp
http://www.gameweek.com/features/gamestock01/pc/in dex3.shtml
http://gamepen.ugo.com/gamepen/Features.asp?itemid =92&pageid=5
http://www.gamesmania.com/articles/PC/sigma/previe ws1.asp

How does Relic afford to fund a game that has also been something like 3 years in the making? Microsoft dollars. Sierra funded Homeworld. Not sure why MS is backing this one, and say what you want about the evil empire... but they've got money to risk on crazy games like Sigma. And I think that's pretty goddamn cool...

Great Transformer nfo