All I could think of when reading this headline was Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Specifically the second season, when they introduced Twiki's robot girlfriend. You know, the one who said "bootybootybooty," instead of "bidibidibidi." Wasn't there a scene at the end of that one where Twiki and Booty were dancing (the robot dance of course), and the camera switched to Hawk who gave them an uncomfortable smile? Then Buck and Wilma go in the back to hook up? Maybe in my mind, that's how I wanted that episode to end.
the curriculum is divided into eight different "threads" Sounds like the program was lifted straight from the AD&D 3.x rules for the various wizard sub-classes. I knew I should have gone with Georgia Tech when they sent me that 1991 National Championship t-shirt along with my acceptance letter! But noooo, I chose a school that had a 45/55 ratio of men to women instead of GT's 75/25 (I think).
See, I stayed on topic, with the nerd stuff and the male/female ratio stuff!
"...some women love applications and some men love applications." Isn't that what the "Information Technology" discipline/sub-degree is for, that some colleges offer in their business schools? And if it's more than just business apps, well go use your scientific apps, or become those management types that act as "the client" who works with lead developers to flesh out specs and look-and-feel and all that other crap.
Not everyone needs to go into CS. Just enough, regardless of sex or the ability to attract a mate.
I went to highschool and college with a girl who was in most of my CS classes. She was a hotty, cool as hell, and a college athlete. Not nerdy in any sense. I think she went into teaching afterwards. Her father is/was a college CS prof, so I think that's where that came from. If that's true that she's teaching, I'm not sure if it's good or a waste.
Unrelated. Man, there are tons of Chinese women programmers at the new company I work at. Seems like a pretty good pool of talent to draw from.
Okay, I didn't know what to put in the subject line.
If this affects music videos from the 80s, I guess I'll just have to stop going to Youtube. People with webcams just get tedious after a while. It's back to watching VH1 Classics on the weekends and fast forwarding through Musical Youth and Big Country.
This format war may well be decided by titles rather than player sales HD-DVD shouldn't let this linger until November-ish. Spiderman 3 will come out by then, I assume.
If you want to play video games on your TV, get a console. I can't imagine using a remote mouse/keyboard to play an FPS on a TV, especially if you have an SO or friends over. How boring. Well the guy said FPS or Driving game, so I won't say "You can't get Supreme Commander on a console!" But then there's Farcry, Duke Nukem Forever,... wait...
Besides, it's just so much easier to control all aspects of an FPS game when you're using a mouse/keyboard than console controls.
What if the bacteria gets out of control. Then we have to generate a bunch of viruses or organism that eat bacteria in order to control their population. Then have things that eat those things. Then, a few levels up, bring in snakes for some reason. Then mongooses... monkeys... robots. It's a slippery slope my friends.
I for one am still waiting for the day when cars can run on used cans and banana peels. Then I can cruise down the Main Street strip with my homey Doc Brown and impress the chicks.
Not necessarily considered RPGs, but JA seems like the ticket for this idiot. You don't have to start out as a "loser." One or two characters on your team (party) can be pretty major badasses from the get go. It doesn't make the game any easier, and you still get to experience the entire storyline.
The author is actually speaking about "single-player" RPGs, though the points of the article seem more evident in MMORPGs.
Avernum and Geneforge. Eh? Wouldn't know those two games if Ray Muzyka and Richard Garriot smacked me over my head with those game boxes. Granted, sales numbers and popularity don't mean everything, but something tells me that the author is sick of RPGs because he's not getting the point of what makes some RPGs successful and good from start to finish. As if he's taking the character's tasks too literally. Immersion, smooth learning curve, is probably interpretted by him as busy-work prior to head bashing heroics. Sort of an ADD view on RPGs if you ask me (and you didn't).
You've summarized SFII culture in a nutshell. It's absurd when you think back on it. Like who's quarter was whom's? What's constituted as "cheese" or whatever your local term for the old "hit the guy then throw him while he's still blocking" move? And how come random strangers can walk up to the game, ask for "seconds" and actually get to play someone else's second round of a match?
There was nothing like waiting at the entrance to the dungeon and typing "Hey, come on down to the dungeon and help me!".......... WHAM! That was you?!? Can I send you my therapy bills?
Quake 3 ushered in professional gaming as we know it today. On a large worldwide scene. Counterstrike carried the momentum from quake 3's professional gaming success and expanded it 100 fold. Modern pro gaming as we know it largely has Quake 3 to thank. To a smaller degree, Total Annihilation was a part of this. The first PGL (which I guess is defunct?) had Quake 3 and TA as its competitions.
The original Gauntlet arcade game? Yeah. Huge omission! Were there 4 player arcade games before it? Or games in which you "buy health points" with quarters, not just continue after you die.
Just out of curiosity, how does someone with a nick like "lonechicken" get a date with a pro cheerleader? No offense intended...but c'mon, this is slashdot... Because it's easy for me to remember. I have enough passwords floating on various systems. I don't need a million usernames too.
The date? She was a co-worker's sister. I suppose it's a quick lesson on how to get a date with a "hot chick" without having to go to a bar and get up the balls to approach someone at said bar. And also a lesson on how not to blow it by referencing something slightly geeky to try to get a laugh when you don't even know if she'd get it.
If you're even slightly more than a casual Beatles fan, wouldn't you already have all the Beatles music you need. Are there going to be people actually seeking out Beatles songs on iTunes?
...As an icebreaker. Classic moment is when Ralph Wiggum is walking with Lisa and he didn't have anything to say, so he said, "So... do you like... stuff?"
I have this theory that all things in life can be referenced by something on Simpsons, Futurama, or Family Guy. So like an idiot, I tried testing this theory once, with an actual pro football cheerleader I was out on a date with. (Yeah, wrong time to test that theory).
We had things to talk about, but when a moment of dead silence came, I did the Ralph act, "So... do you like... stuff?", and she gave me a WTF look. Yep, I quickly moved onto music and other safe topics.
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Have we gotten to the point yet where bots outsource the programming of good bots to bot-Delhi, in order to combat evil bots that have run rampant?
See, I stayed on topic, with the nerd stuff and the male/female ratio stuff!
Not everyone needs to go into CS. Just enough, regardless of sex or the ability to attract a mate.
I went to highschool and college with a girl who was in most of my CS classes. She was a hotty, cool as hell, and a college athlete. Not nerdy in any sense. I think she went into teaching afterwards. Her father is/was a college CS prof, so I think that's where that came from. If that's true that she's teaching, I'm not sure if it's good or a waste.
Unrelated. Man, there are tons of Chinese women programmers at the new company I work at. Seems like a pretty good pool of talent to draw from.
Okay, I didn't know what to put in the subject line.
If this affects music videos from the 80s, I guess I'll just have to stop going to Youtube. People with webcams just get tedious after a while. It's back to watching VH1 Classics on the weekends and fast forwarding through Musical Youth and Big Country.
Besides, it's just so much easier to control all aspects of an FPS game when you're using a mouse/keyboard than console controls.
No, this is the dupe. The original will be posted tomorrow. Posted on \. (backslashdot)
What if the bacteria gets out of control. Then we have to generate a bunch of viruses or organism that eat bacteria in order to control their population. Then have things that eat those things. Then, a few levels up, bring in snakes for some reason. Then mongooses... monkeys... robots. It's a slippery slope my friends.
I for one am still waiting for the day when cars can run on used cans and banana peels. Then I can cruise down the Main Street strip with my homey Doc Brown and impress the chicks.
Not necessarily considered RPGs, but JA seems like the ticket for this idiot. You don't have to start out as a "loser." One or two characters on your team (party) can be pretty major badasses from the get go. It doesn't make the game any easier, and you still get to experience the entire storyline.
The author is actually speaking about "single-player" RPGs, though the points of the article seem more evident in MMORPGs.
Avernum and Geneforge. Eh? Wouldn't know those two games if Ray Muzyka and Richard Garriot smacked me over my head with those game boxes. Granted, sales numbers and popularity don't mean everything, but something tells me that the author is sick of RPGs because he's not getting the point of what makes some RPGs successful and good from start to finish. As if he's taking the character's tasks too literally. Immersion, smooth learning curve, is probably interpretted by him as busy-work prior to head bashing heroics. Sort of an ADD view on RPGs if you ask me (and you didn't).
So which newsgroup is "my friend" supposed to be looking at for exciting new content?
What fate awaits... maybe Leprechaun Universe or Pirate Universe.
You've summarized SFII culture in a nutshell. It's absurd when you think back on it. Like who's quarter was whom's? What's constituted as "cheese" or whatever your local term for the old "hit the guy then throw him while he's still blocking" move? And how come random strangers can walk up to the game, ask for "seconds" and actually get to play someone else's second round of a match?
The date? She was a co-worker's sister. I suppose it's a quick lesson on how to get a date with a "hot chick" without having to go to a bar and get up the balls to approach someone at said bar. And also a lesson on how not to blow it by referencing something slightly geeky to try to get a laugh when you don't even know if she'd get it.
If you're even slightly more than a casual Beatles fan, wouldn't you already have all the Beatles music you need. Are there going to be people actually seeking out Beatles songs on iTunes?
...As an icebreaker. Classic moment is when Ralph Wiggum is walking with Lisa and he didn't have anything to say, so he said, "So... do you like... stuff?"
I have this theory that all things in life can be referenced by something on Simpsons, Futurama, or Family Guy. So like an idiot, I tried testing this theory once, with an actual pro football cheerleader I was out on a date with. (Yeah, wrong time to test that theory).
We had things to talk about, but when a moment of dead silence came, I did the Ralph act, "So... do you like... stuff?", and she gave me a WTF look. Yep, I quickly moved onto music and other safe topics.
-Mick Shrimpton