Want to have some fun? Have a "casual" gamer pick up Oblivion. Help them out through the sewers, get them used to the controls and the play style. Then, when they exit the sewer, they will inevitably ask you where they are supposed to go. This is your response: "Pick a direction, and run."
Do you mean difficult games, or any of the games that I mentioned?
If you meant difficult games, then no problem...don't play them. If you meant the games I mentioned, then I don't know what to tell you. Most of the major genres are represented there...
We had this discussion yesterday here on Slashdot.
There are plenty of difficult modern titles out there if you want a challenge. Try beating Ninja Gaiden Black on the highest difficulty. Try playing The Dark Spire or any of the Etrian Odyssey games. Try playing Demon Souls. Try playing Dragon Age on the hardest difficulty setting. Hell, try playing Fallout New Vegas on the highest difficulty setting.
I get what you are saying about a general shift towards more "simplified" gaming, but there are plenty of challenges out there...you just gotta know where to look for them.
I can already see how many posts here will be about how dumb the game is and how only dumb people play it
This was my knee-jerk reaction when I first heard of Farmville.
Let people enjoy the games they like.
After I got over my indignant nerdrage, this was the line of thinking I took. To me, a game like Farmville is a waste of time...but then again, I'm sure there are plenty of people that think putting 100+ hours into Oblivion or lord knows how many hours into MMOs is also a waste of time.
"Different games for different lames", as a fellow gamer in my office put it.
Only the problem is that people are led to believe that this would somehow protect the internet or the assets connected to it.
We call those people "hopelessly gullible." The number of hopelessly gullible people has been on the rise, ESPECIALLY in the last 15 years with the proliferation of "free" information and the 24-hour non-news cycle.
Really? I'm thoroughly enjoying Slashdot putting out some original content. I like seeing the news aggregated in the firehose, but every now and then it's nice to seem them produce something.
Personally, I'd like to see at least one interview a week with a figure that fits in with one of their submission categories. I think that would help shake things up around here.
Businesses and unions have no place in the political process. It creates conflicts of interest, corruption, and takes away from focusing on representing the public at large.
It doesn't even matter. We're already starting to see current-gen consoles chug along, with the technology gap between Console and PCs continuing to widen at a faster pace. I hope we're two years or less away from a refresh...the current-gen has gotten quite stale to me, something I noticing happening more and more with gamers.
That being said, I'm glad Nintendo is refreshing the DS before the Wii.
Sorry, but I don't consider corporations and unions being able to legally (and openly!) influence politicians to be "filling a hole in freedom of speech."
It's nothing more than legalized corruption, transparency or no.
To play devil's advocate here, if that's the case...what's their motivation? They've already been granted lifetime appointments, why would they need to give in to the demands/wishes of special interests or politicians?
I still can't believe the outcome of this ruling. At a time when people are complaining about special interests and transparency, they enable corporations and unions to do this craziness?
Otherwise, they're just going to end up with a crappy phone/gaming system
That is to say their cell phones have left much to be desired. Piggybacking one on a portable gaming system is liable to make both of them suck horribly. Yes, the convenience would be awesome, but I think it's an unnecessary complication.
...we all new this was coming when the PSP Go was released, right? It already looked very similar to a cell phone that was out at the time (the model escapes me at the moment).
Still, I don't know how good of an idea it is to do this. If it's real, Sony better be pulling some kind of magic out from under their hat. Otherwise, they're just going to end up with a crappy phone/gaming system.
By your logic, the voting machines in Nevada should offer a choice between Goshute and Paiute.
From my post, the one that you posted this response to:
That being said, there shouldn't need to be an "English" option when it comes to voting. you can (in theory, anyway) only vote if you are are a citizen or here legally. I can't imagine either case being true without being able to speak English well enough to vote.
I'm just going to assume you responded to the wrong post, considering I said the exact opposite of what you are implying.
Indeed. Look at something such as Ninja Gaiden Black. On the easiest difficulty level (unlockable only after dying a certain number of times on the first level), you can breeze through the entire game in about 3-4 hours. Yet, "normal" difficulty is hard enough to dissuade most gamers from playing the game, much less the upper difficulty levels. Note that this difficulty isn't cheap, either; it's genuinely difficult (unlock Ninja Gaiden 2)
Or, for a much more recent example, Fallout New Vegas. There are parts of that game that are pretty brutal, especially if you have the difficulty cranked up. The DS is also home to many difficult games...the Etrian Odyssey series, The Dark Spire...
There are plenty of difficult games out there still...you just have to look for them.
My point as well. We're already doing these things and at quite adequate levels. But the environmentally religious want us to do more simply because it is possible to do more.
It looks like at this point we're just circle-strafing each other.
Let me be clear that I'm not "environmentally religious", as you put it...I don't yell at people for driving SUVs or watering their lawns, I don't get mad at them for not using reusable shopping bags, and I don't subscribe to the theory that every little thing we do is harming the planet.
I do believe, however, that despite our technological advancements and changing way of life, we're still connected to nature, and that it deserves our respect.
Read through the whole conversation...it's been well established I'm a fuckwit that went off-topic and started talking about our effect on the planet in general, not limited to just global warming.
Not trolling or being snarky...that's what really happend:)
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Sorry, used the wrong phrase...meant styles of play (third person, first person, turn-based, real-time, action-based, tactical-based, etc.)
True.
Want to have some fun? Have a "casual" gamer pick up Oblivion. Help them out through the sewers, get them used to the controls and the play style. Then, when they exit the sewer, they will inevitably ask you where they are supposed to go. This is your response: "Pick a direction, and run."
Watch their heads explode.
Do you mean difficult games, or any of the games that I mentioned?
If you meant difficult games, then no problem...don't play them. If you meant the games I mentioned, then I don't know what to tell you. Most of the major genres are represented there...
with lot of time to waste
"Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted." -John Lennon
We had this discussion yesterday here on Slashdot.
There are plenty of difficult modern titles out there if you want a challenge. Try beating Ninja Gaiden Black on the highest difficulty. Try playing The Dark Spire or any of the Etrian Odyssey games. Try playing Demon Souls. Try playing Dragon Age on the hardest difficulty setting. Hell, try playing Fallout New Vegas on the highest difficulty setting.
I get what you are saying about a general shift towards more "simplified" gaming, but there are plenty of challenges out there...you just gotta know where to look for them.
I can already see how many posts here will be about how dumb the game is and how only dumb people play it
This was my knee-jerk reaction when I first heard of Farmville.
Let people enjoy the games they like.
After I got over my indignant nerdrage, this was the line of thinking I took. To me, a game like Farmville is a waste of time...but then again, I'm sure there are plenty of people that think putting 100+ hours into Oblivion or lord knows how many hours into MMOs is also a waste of time.
"Different games for different lames", as a fellow gamer in my office put it.
Only the problem is that people are led to believe that this would somehow protect the internet or the assets connected to it.
We call those people "hopelessly gullible." The number of hopelessly gullible people has been on the rise, ESPECIALLY in the last 15 years with the proliferation of "free" information and the 24-hour non-news cycle.
Does it come with the ability to use the Force? No? Then no deal.
Really? I'm thoroughly enjoying Slashdot putting out some original content. I like seeing the news aggregated in the firehose, but every now and then it's nice to seem them produce something.
Personally, I'd like to see at least one interview a week with a figure that fits in with one of their submission categories. I think that would help shake things up around here.
Businesses and unions have no place in the political process. It creates conflicts of interest, corruption, and takes away from focusing on representing the public at large.
What's so hard to understand about this?
It doesn't even matter. We're already starting to see current-gen consoles chug along, with the technology gap between Console and PCs continuing to widen at a faster pace. I hope we're two years or less away from a refresh...the current-gen has gotten quite stale to me, something I noticing happening more and more with gamers.
That being said, I'm glad Nintendo is refreshing the DS before the Wii.
Sorry, but I don't consider corporations and unions being able to legally (and openly!) influence politicians to be "filling a hole in freedom of speech."
It's nothing more than legalized corruption, transparency or no.
...how could it have been getting its ass kicked since day one if it came out a year before the Wii and PS3? /semantics
To play devil's advocate here, if that's the case...what's their motivation? They've already been granted lifetime appointments, why would they need to give in to the demands/wishes of special interests or politicians?
I still can't believe the outcome of this ruling. At a time when people are complaining about special interests and transparency, they enable corporations and unions to do this craziness?
How is it that Slashdot doesn't know that Gingerbread is 2.3? This is old news
You just answered your own question.
Otherwise, they're just going to end up with a crappy phone/gaming system
That is to say their cell phones have left much to be desired. Piggybacking one on a portable gaming system is liable to make both of them suck horribly. Yes, the convenience would be awesome, but I think it's an unnecessary complication.
...we all new this was coming when the PSP Go was released, right? It already looked very similar to a cell phone that was out at the time (the model escapes me at the moment).
Still, I don't know how good of an idea it is to do this. If it's real, Sony better be pulling some kind of magic out from under their hat. Otherwise, they're just going to end up with a crappy phone/gaming system.
Not the first time I've made an ass of myself on here, and certainly won't be the last
I was challenged by my best bud to see who could get the farthest on the highest difficulty level, so naturally...
Needless to say, by the time we were done, we were both much better at fighting games :)
From your post:
By your logic, the voting machines in Nevada should offer a choice between Goshute and Paiute.
From my post, the one that you posted this response to:
That being said, there shouldn't need to be an "English" option when it comes to voting. you can (in theory, anyway) only vote if you are are a citizen or here legally. I can't imagine either case being true without being able to speak English well enough to vote.
I'm just going to assume you responded to the wrong post, considering I said the exact opposite of what you are implying.
Unlike Ninja Gaiden 2*
Gah.
Indeed. Look at something such as Ninja Gaiden Black. On the easiest difficulty level (unlockable only after dying a certain number of times on the first level), you can breeze through the entire game in about 3-4 hours. Yet, "normal" difficulty is hard enough to dissuade most gamers from playing the game, much less the upper difficulty levels. Note that this difficulty isn't cheap, either; it's genuinely difficult (unlock Ninja Gaiden 2)
Or, for a much more recent example, Fallout New Vegas. There are parts of that game that are pretty brutal, especially if you have the difficulty cranked up. The DS is also home to many difficult games...the Etrian Odyssey series, The Dark Spire...
There are plenty of difficult games out there still...you just have to look for them.
My point as well. We're already doing these things and at quite adequate levels. But the environmentally religious want us to do more simply because it is possible to do more.
It looks like at this point we're just circle-strafing each other.
Let me be clear that I'm not "environmentally religious", as you put it...I don't yell at people for driving SUVs or watering their lawns, I don't get mad at them for not using reusable shopping bags, and I don't subscribe to the theory that every little thing we do is harming the planet.
I do believe, however, that despite our technological advancements and changing way of life, we're still connected to nature, and that it deserves our respect.
Read through the whole conversation...it's been well established I'm a fuckwit that went off-topic and started talking about our effect on the planet in general, not limited to just global warming.
Not trolling or being snarky...that's what really happend :)