Seriously tho. Who designed this page? I mean, I love anime, and Im fairly confident that this is going to be a wonderful (and profitable) movie, but fullscreening to a black "loading" page right away?
I know gradius V is in the works. Ive seen screenshots. Talk about disturbingly sick. Imagine all the play control of the original NES/SNES games.. but with the graphics of a ps2.
But having kids is _not_ a good way to "take back your time."
Sure, you'll value the intangibles now, but if you think youll have ANY free time after you have kids, then you are fooling yourself... or you are a shitty parent.
The next generation of consoles (or gen after) will, likely, have movie quality graphics. IE, Gollum rendered in real-time on your home console as you make him throw rocks at frodo to get that damn precioussss back.
This is an amazing accomplishment, but it introduces an unparalleled level of complexity. The industry is simply not going to have time to make as many games... unless...
They develop actors and sets. Dont be suprised if, say, Mitsurugi from Soul Calibur becomes the next "Standard" action hero for a bunch of Japanese samurai games. Hes already got a super-complex model of him ready to go. In fact, were already seeing this, with Nina (tekken) getting her own game.
While it will be interesting to see this development, there is the worry of a stagnation of game types. The "Time To Crate" factor may come into play here, to an almost unbearable level. While tweaks will be available, its quite possible that the door frame in a horror game will look exactly the same in an action game, or RPG. Simply to keep production costs down.
Tweaking and adjusting styles will be where the real gold shines in on future games. Sure, we will still get creative games like Rez, but the standard-type games will become more like Movies....and I didnt even mention the in-console standard physics engines or other such ideas coming into play.
Other commenters beat me to it, but i post anyways.
Neither GTA nor KOTOR were developed by american companies.
I think the real reason that American games sell better is because the Japanese dont really attack the american football/sports market, which makes up a fairly large percentage of videogame sales.
For the record, Ive never really enjoyed sports games. Other then NBA Jam and blades of steel (NES), I cant really think of any sports games I like _that_ much.
America and the worlds infrastucture is currently dependant on oil production. This allows the individuals who have the oil to gain tons of power through the sales of billions of dollars worth of black sludge.
We dont generally like these people much. (Racism not-withstanding, politics in the middle east are a huge mess.. but we all knew this)
Why dont we just sweep the rug out from under them and switch our infrastructure to something like this? I mean, america already produces enough food to feed the world, the waste of this production is a byproduct that, basically, goes to waste.
Build these power plants in America. The oil companies can do it, profit greatly, and at the same time, destroy the source of funds for our "Rivals."
This post is from a compleatly political perspective, and many of the ideals do not exactly reflect my own beliefs.
This is nice and all, and simply done so the politicians can assure themselves a re-election. "See this internet businesses and consumers? We love you so no taxes, vote quimby!"...but whats really amazing is that my work closed today because of the hurricane.
Not only that, but some of the anime companies actively hate copy protection and the DMCA.
ADV keeps getting harassed by macrovision for not having any copy protection on their dvds. ADV, being made up of techie geeks and cool folks, laugh in their face and hang up the phone.:)
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Flash.. Ahhhh~ Savior of the universe.
Seriously tho. Who designed this page? I mean, I love anime, and Im fairly confident that this is going to be a wonderful (and profitable) movie, but fullscreening to a black "loading" page right away?
How about some basic design principals?!
Try a Card Cult.
http://www.illwillpress.com/cardculttoon.html
(needs flash)
its an interesting idea.
I know gradius V is in the works. Ive seen screenshots. Talk about disturbingly sick. Imagine all the play control of the original NES/SNES games.. but with the graphics of a ps2.
Most anticipated shmup ever.
Thats nice. What about those of us that dont want to spend an additional 200$ per person to buy outlook again?
Dont mind me. Im in a bitter MS based office.
Er. Yes.
But having kids is _not_ a good way to "take back your time."
Sure, you'll value the intangibles now, but if you think youll have ANY free time after you have kids, then you are fooling yourself... or you are a shitty parent.
Im not worried, we'll win. ...Use the force, NASA.
(obvious)
They fixed this problem a long time ago.
How about you nominate him for the first annual montgomery burns award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence?
The next generation of consoles (or gen after) will, likely, have movie quality graphics. IE, Gollum rendered in real-time on your home console as you make him throw rocks at frodo to get that damn precioussss back.
...and I didnt even mention the in-console standard physics engines or other such ideas coming into play.
This is an amazing accomplishment, but it introduces an unparalleled level of complexity. The industry is simply not going to have time to make as many games... unless...
They develop actors and sets. Dont be suprised if, say, Mitsurugi from Soul Calibur becomes the next "Standard" action hero for a bunch of Japanese samurai games. Hes already got a super-complex model of him ready to go. In fact, were already seeing this, with Nina (tekken) getting her own game.
While it will be interesting to see this development, there is the worry of a stagnation of game types. The "Time To Crate" factor may come into play here, to an almost unbearable level. While tweaks will be available, its quite possible that the door frame in a horror game will look exactly the same in an action game, or RPG. Simply to keep production costs down.
Tweaking and adjusting styles will be where the real gold shines in on future games. Sure, we will still get creative games like Rez, but the standard-type games will become more like Movies.
Other commenters beat me to it, but i post anyways.
Neither GTA nor KOTOR were developed by american companies.
I think the real reason that American games sell better is because the Japanese dont really attack the american football/sports market, which makes up a fairly large percentage of videogame sales.
For the record, Ive never really enjoyed sports games. Other then NBA Jam and blades of steel (NES), I cant really think of any sports games I like _that_ much.
Yeah.
For the record, amplitude is a fantastic game. Its like a live-action modtracker.
Madfun in vs mode.
Greetings program.
ahh
hopefully they'll put back in chun-li's air super.
God, I loved that move. I think it was only in marvel vs capcom 1
no no no.
The Kegger is going to be after they finish selling all their SCO stock.
you dont want to play the original streetfighter. it sucks.
i wonder about "all the sf2 charcters"
uh
isnt that just super street fighter 2?
I have tons of books plus a gba-sp w/ plenty of spare batteries.
:D
No worries!
Er, yes.
Im also very far inland, and in no danger of flooding whatsoever. Im extremely well stocked and have been since tuesday.
Im ready for this, and confident I can handle it.
Im suprised noone has mentioned this yet.
America and the worlds infrastucture is currently dependant on oil production. This allows the individuals who have the oil to gain tons of power through the sales of billions of dollars worth of black sludge.
We dont generally like these people much. (Racism not-withstanding, politics in the middle east are a huge mess.. but we all knew this)
Why dont we just sweep the rug out from under them and switch our infrastructure to something like this? I mean, america already produces enough food to feed the world, the waste of this production is a byproduct that, basically, goes to waste.
Build these power plants in America. The oil companies can do it, profit greatly, and at the same time, destroy the source of funds for our "Rivals."
This post is from a compleatly political perspective, and many of the ideals do not exactly reflect my own beliefs.
This is nice and all, and simply done so the politicians can assure themselves a re-election. "See this internet businesses and consumers? We love you so no taxes, vote quimby!" ...but whats really amazing is that my work closed today because of the hurricane.
This is way offtopic, I know, mod me down.
But still.
WOOT! No work! I have beer!
Only Fourteen Million businesses to go.
This is an extremely minor accomplishment. Dont let it go to your head.
Im so glad starpower exists.
They are the only _good_ cable/bandwidth provider ive ever seen.
http://www.starpower.net/
of course, comcast has gone through legal steps minimizing its growth and sales.
woot.
You seem to be compleatly ignoring corporate bullying.
Or do you think that doesnt exist as well?
Nope. Got the info from them at a con, or on IRC. Cant remember which. :)
I guess you could ask on the animeondvd.com forums tho.
Not only that, but some of the anime companies actively hate copy protection and the DMCA.
:)
ADV keeps getting harassed by macrovision for not having any copy protection on their dvds. ADV, being made up of techie geeks and cool folks, laugh in their face and hang up the phone.
...the CHILDREN are our future. Teach them well, and let them lead the way.
This Linux thing is just a fad.