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Propeller Arena - Sega's Lost Dreamcast Title?
Thanks to TNL for their new feature exploring the unreleased Dreamcast online-enabled flight title, Propeller Arena, which was cancelled in 2001 "at the last moment in the wake of the September 11th tragedy." The article points out: "Initially, Sega's pulling the plug on Propeller Arena might have seemed a bit of an overreaction to the events of 9/11. After all, what did a fantastical WWII-style arcade game have in common with modern day events?" However, the writer has had a chance to play a near-final Beta of the title, and suggests that "...once one actually plays the game Sega's decision seems much more understandable. One level is called 'Airport,' while another, 'Tower City,' is apparently patterned after Manhattan, the anchoring feature of the stage's city skyline being huge replicas of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers." But he finishes by praising it as "one of the most graphically pleasing ganes for the console", and arguing that the "fun factor of the online mode would have been through the roof."
I have always thought highly of slashdot because of anonymous posting. Kuro5hin is nice, but it just feels so closed off and stagnant without anonymous posting. They still have trolls, they are just extremely dull pretend right-wingers. At least the trolls here make me laugh. I don't understand why slashdot would really care about trolls. They have their moderation system, they have the ability to read at any rating level they choose. The "day in the life of a troll" privacy invasion with Fyodor(sp?) was shocking. It could have been an elaborate troll I guess, but nobody even hinted at it. I have also noticed the same problem with anonymous posting and moderation. While kuro5hin's moderation system up until recently has been completely useless, slashdot seems to have something going for it. Why they decided to not allow someone to moderate and post in the same thread is beyond me. All it seems to do is get people to shut their mouths so that they don't waste previously used mod points on something they could shed more light on. Keeping track of who posted what as AC is another step in the wrong direction. I have a sub-2000 UID, and I am posting this logged in. If what you say is true, I may never moderate again. To me the risk is worth it, I really want to know what is going on behind the scenes here. If editors are able to see who posted what as AC, that is just as much a privacy violation as reading someone else's email.
He did rip it for us, didn't he?