Personally, I'd me more interested in seeing some of the projects that didn't pan out get the good olde opes source treatment. Warcraft Adventures is the one I'm speaking of specifically. While it's great to open source games that many of us still own and play; I think it'd me much more interesting to see these abandoned titles.
Obviously the problem with releasing the source for D2, W3 and the like would be the security of Battle.net (unless the network code and BN protocol was taken out of course). So something in the interim like the abandoned title would be great.
I mean, how great would it be if 3d realms gave us every version of DNF they developed along the way as a bonus when we do eventually get DNF? I think it's facinating to see how developers come along, not only in their successes; but also in their failures.
I think that idea sucks horribly. I'm a skinny little git who eats roughly 3500 cals a day. So just because I'm skinny and like junk food you're going to tax me because fat people like junk food too? I'm not fat, yet I'm still going to pay for it.
Cigarette taxes are fine, no one needs cigarettes to live by anyones stretch of imagination. You could make the same argument about junk food, but junk food is still food and people still need it to live. I can barely afford to feed myself as it is!
I'm all ready for another go at Mechwarrior. I'd love to see MechCommander 3 as well. Not too sure about a Mech MMO though. Finally, a ray of hope after M$ crushed 'Mech fans hearts a few years ago.
Jamendo.com is a good source for Creative Commons music, found many a good artist from there; though you'll have to wade through quite a bit to find the good bits.
OMG google is going to make a web phone; I dislike web phones because I refuse to use the "mobile" version of webpages; therefore web phones suck and will fail.
Dvorak OUT!
Someone needs to cut this guys pay by about 100%. My ten year old nephew could come up with the same argument (He hates using web on his phone). How he uses this to support his argument is mystifying. Using his logic I could argue that cars are doomed to failure because Miata's are too small for me to fit in.
It scared me into thinking the article was written by some idiot who though that the best 2d games were all on the PS2. Not the best 2D Games on the PS2. Anyone who thinks 2D games are dead should really look into the indie PC scene though. Aquaria (IGF 2006 Winner) is a beautiful game; and there are many others in development. Heartforth Alicia features some of the best 2d graphics I've seen in a while. http://www.tigsource.com/ You can find a ton of awesome 2d games on there.
Those two little Bean buttons on the top are surprisingly comfortable. I just wish the analogs would click in. But I think N has just assured that the next genny consoles will have 8 shoulder buttons with those ZL and ZR buttons (We've needed more should buttons for a while now).
I've tried that, but my resolution isn't that great, so I end up losing half of the bar, and I actually like the layers on the right side. Just putting the windows in a single container would help alot though.
Maybe you don't want to wave your hands around, but for me; the fact that I can literally point at a target in an FPS and shoot makes me love it. Now if someone would just make a DECENT FPS I'd be stoked. That's been my main thing about the Wii since I learned of the controls. Give me Timesplitters 2 on the Wii (With the Wii controller, not the GC) and I'll cream my pants.
But yeah, I see your point. WiiWaggle != Gameplay. Shit, there's entire mini-game collections dedicated to waggling it. The problem is that they're selling, even the horribly gimmicky controls (Ultimate Alliance). Ninty kinda shot themselves in the foot by not including a classic controller with the system; you can bet that if they had, we would be seeing many more games that support it.
I fully believe in the controller though, it's the computer accessory of the year. I've been playing all sorts of games with it (Thanks to GlovePIE's scripting). Shit, even if you just want a wireless remote for your computer, the WiiMote is the way to go, as it's the cheapest on the market. If I can script decent controls for nearly everything, WTF is holding back Devs? They have software that LEARNS control schemes for crap's sake.
Except that from reports, it seems that the PS3 version is going to be the "definitive" version. Rockstar is having serious issues because they can't count on a Hard Drive being in the system; which essentially means no free swap space (Using the internal Hard Drive for memory swapping was a common thing on the original Xbox). The relatively small size of DVD's is also probably hampering development.
Rockstar knows what they're doing of course, and they will/may have already find (found) a way around these problems; but it just sounds like they're doing first run code on the PS3.
Then there's the issue of how much money they've spent making both versions.
I wonder how long it will be until we see games for the X360 that require a Hard Disk.
Puzzle games still have innovation? What planet do you live on? We've been remaking 10 year old puzzle games for years now and labelling them "new & innovative". Besides a few isolated examples (Meteos and Mercurcy) the puzzle genre has been stagnent for years; largely due to the casual gaming audience.
No, that actually WOULDN'T work. 40% aiming accuracy is NOT too high, 5 headshots in a row ISN'T high either. I've been kicked off countless UT servers (Face specifically) because I'd just start snipin' fools from the tower. Then I'd get booted cause I was "cheating". No, it's called I played hours and hours of Face against God-Like bots thank you very much.
This would punish cheaters, sure; but it would also punish those who just happen to be good (on that map in my case).
There's a huge difference though, Unrated DVD's can be sold in stores. Un-rated games cannot or are not. (Can't remeber if it's actually a legal mandate or just deals with retailers.)
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You mean they'll get shutdown for indexing torrents to illegal content?
Because we love having to swap discs every ten minutes!
Personally, I'd me more interested in seeing some of the projects that didn't pan out get the good olde opes source treatment. Warcraft Adventures is the one I'm speaking of specifically. While it's great to open source games that many of us still own and play; I think it'd me much more interesting to see these abandoned titles. Obviously the problem with releasing the source for D2, W3 and the like would be the security of Battle.net (unless the network code and BN protocol was taken out of course). So something in the interim like the abandoned title would be great. I mean, how great would it be if 3d realms gave us every version of DNF they developed along the way as a bonus when we do eventually get DNF? I think it's facinating to see how developers come along, not only in their successes; but also in their failures.
I think that idea sucks horribly. I'm a skinny little git who eats roughly 3500 cals a day. So just because I'm skinny and like junk food you're going to tax me because fat people like junk food too? I'm not fat, yet I'm still going to pay for it.
Cigarette taxes are fine, no one needs cigarettes to live by anyones stretch of imagination. You could make the same argument about junk food, but junk food is still food and people still need it to live. I can barely afford to feed myself as it is!
Gamma rays? Sounds like Metroid territory to me!
Another problem solved by burying it in the ground! It worked for ET!
Mackie's are only good if you're a pissed off Smoke Jaguar who's about to sell out his clan.
I'm all ready for another go at Mechwarrior. I'd love to see MechCommander 3 as well. Not too sure about a Mech MMO though. Finally, a ray of hope after M$ crushed 'Mech fans hearts a few years ago.
Yeah, you can; if you install windows on the Mac. We're talking OSX here. Apples and Oranges.
Jamendo.com is a good source for Creative Commons music, found many a good artist from there; though you'll have to wade through quite a bit to find the good bits.
OMG google is going to make a web phone; I dislike web phones because I refuse to use the "mobile" version of webpages; therefore web phones suck and will fail. Dvorak OUT! Someone needs to cut this guys pay by about 100%. My ten year old nephew could come up with the same argument (He hates using web on his phone). How he uses this to support his argument is mystifying. Using his logic I could argue that cars are doomed to failure because Miata's are too small for me to fit in.
It scared me into thinking the article was written by some idiot who though that the best 2d games were all on the PS2. Not the best 2D Games on the PS2. Anyone who thinks 2D games are dead should really look into the indie PC scene though. Aquaria (IGF 2006 Winner) is a beautiful game; and there are many others in development. Heartforth Alicia features some of the best 2d graphics I've seen in a while. http://www.tigsource.com/ You can find a ton of awesome 2d games on there.
Those two little Bean buttons on the top are surprisingly comfortable. I just wish the analogs would click in. But I think N has just assured that the next genny consoles will have 8 shoulder buttons with those ZL and ZR buttons (We've needed more should buttons for a while now).
I've tried that, but my resolution isn't that great, so I end up losing half of the bar, and I actually like the layers on the right side. Just putting the windows in a single container would help alot though.
Thanks though.
May Derek bring a voice of reason to gametunnel's mysterious high scoring of everything. Plus, you know he's representing TIGSource, so I'm biased.
Maybe you don't want to wave your hands around, but for me; the fact that I can literally point at a target in an FPS and shoot makes me love it. Now if someone would just make a DECENT FPS I'd be stoked. That's been my main thing about the Wii since I learned of the controls. Give me Timesplitters 2 on the Wii (With the Wii controller, not the GC) and I'll cream my pants.
But yeah, I see your point. WiiWaggle != Gameplay. Shit, there's entire mini-game collections dedicated to waggling it. The problem is that they're selling, even the horribly gimmicky controls (Ultimate Alliance). Ninty kinda shot themselves in the foot by not including a classic controller with the system; you can bet that if they had, we would be seeing many more games that support it.
I fully believe in the controller though, it's the computer accessory of the year. I've been playing all sorts of games with it (Thanks to GlovePIE's scripting). Shit, even if you just want a wireless remote for your computer, the WiiMote is the way to go, as it's the cheapest on the market. If I can script decent controls for nearly everything, WTF is holding back Devs? They have software that LEARNS control schemes for crap's sake.
Uh, Win95 may have been a piece of shit; but it was a huge step up. I agree with the rest of your list though.
7 eh?
I'm assuming they're using this name to tell us how many service packs it will take before it should function like advertised, right?
Except that from reports, it seems that the PS3 version is going to be the "definitive" version. Rockstar is having serious issues because they can't count on a Hard Drive being in the system; which essentially means no free swap space (Using the internal Hard Drive for memory swapping was a common thing on the original Xbox). The relatively small size of DVD's is also probably hampering development. Rockstar knows what they're doing of course, and they will/may have already find (found) a way around these problems; but it just sounds like they're doing first run code on the PS3. Then there's the issue of how much money they've spent making both versions. I wonder how long it will be until we see games for the X360 that require a Hard Disk.
Sega Swirl was the first iteration of Bejeweled I played, but I'm sure the gameplay extends a few years before that even.
I laughed, but the joke lost it's humor after the 100th "match 3" game. At least you pointed to something that's kinda indie oriented.
Puzzle games still have innovation? What planet do you live on? We've been remaking 10 year old puzzle games for years now and labelling them "new & innovative". Besides a few isolated examples (Meteos and Mercurcy) the puzzle genre has been stagnent for years; largely due to the casual gaming audience.
No, that actually WOULDN'T work. 40% aiming accuracy is NOT too high, 5 headshots in a row ISN'T high either. I've been kicked off countless UT servers (Face specifically) because I'd just start snipin' fools from the tower. Then I'd get booted cause I was "cheating". No, it's called I played hours and hours of Face against God-Like bots thank you very much.
This would punish cheaters, sure; but it would also punish those who just happen to be good (on that map in my case).
There's a huge difference though, Unrated DVD's can be sold in stores. Un-rated games cannot or are not. (Can't remeber if it's actually a legal mandate or just deals with retailers.)
You guys are a little off here. Basically it goes like this.
ESRB "Take your trailer down or age-gate it."
Publisher "No."
ESRB "Then we won't rate your game, meaning it can't be sold in stores, effectively killing any kinds of sales, have a nice day."
Basically, it boils down to strong arm tactics. ESRB has been on a witch-hunt lately. Thank god for the Indie's.