But I call bullshit on this one. People can't be THAT dubious to be caught pants-down by this. I tried for 2 hours to get my partner and I connected together so I could share interesting articles with her, but gmail and reader wouldn't acknowledge the relationship.
I don't think this is a simple case of the employees being pushy old-school salesmen - it's more prevalent to me that some game-store clerks either a.) don't know much about video games or b.) aren't aware of competitors offers and the game industries' multiple cogs in general.
When trying to pick up Bioshock: The Collector's Edition from my local EB (I'm an Aussie, so we don't have Gamestop) I was told "Oh, we only have reserved copies left. It's totally sold out. The best chance you have of getting it is on E-bay." Mind you, I was told this on the launch day of the game. And videogames are definitely not at the stage of getting totally sold out its the launch day (yet)
Long story short, I picked up a copy from DVDCrave.com (who stocked about 10+ copies at the time, mind you.)
That's one reason I avoid these kind of stores unless it's absolutely necessary: there's too much smoke and mirrors, and defiantly too many clerks trying to pull a fast one on a sucker.
The problem with the ERSB is they take everything on face value. None of them are programmers, so I doubt any would have the thought to say "What if there are secret things in the code of the game that gamers can hack out of it?" They simply view what's before them and don't think of the intricacies of the code behind the game.
However, there are some games (Portal comes to mind) where spoken dialog will be cut-short if you move through a level steadily enough.
Unfortunately, designers can't predict the average gamer's pace - and we all have our own individual playing styles. If a game requires that I have to sit down and shut up for exposition's sake, I'll usually put up with it... otherwise, I might miss out on key plot/tactics ideas for an upcoming area. If I want wanton destruction with no storyline, I'll hit Team Fortress 2.
As far as I know, Action Button is the only site I've seen so far that rates games out of 4 stars - the review style is dark, but witty and charming at the same time.
Having paid off two mortgages to that crazy raccoon, I can safely say that this MMO rumor is a dud:
1.) The fun of 'time-travel' would be ruined as all players would be forced to go by a standardised PST. 2.) The novelty of owning your own house, mixed in with other players, sort of demotes this to a Animal-Second Life. 3.) Friend-codes: Yeah, I'm sure that won't cause any problems here... I really don't expect kid-safety-first Nintendo to stop using this anti-pedo measure anytime soon, and probably won't make an exception here.
Nintendo are always the innovators of this market. Why would they try and imitate an existing engine just to try and make more dollars?
When I read this part "Heroes that beat wimpy villains look wimpy" I immediately thought of the Prince fighting the Vizier in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
How true.
1. Correct for lens distortion 2. Correct for tilt 3. Correct for terrain distortion 4. Correct lighting imbalances across the scene 5. Assign it bounding coordinates of a known mapping coordinate system / projection 6. ???? 7. PROFIT
All I've ever bought over Steam is Garry's Mod - is how much money you spend a factor or will I slip under the radar?
Funny, never thought I'd be worried about my uber-secure Steam which will NEVER let pirated games be permitted but will turn a blind eye to a serious compromise... bad customer service IMHO.
Nowadays games have become very audience-specialized. For instance, the two top-selling franchises right now are Grand Theft Auto and Pokemon--how many people can you find that play and enjoy both? Off the top of my head I'm actually struggling to think of a single accquaintance who enjoys one and doesn't turn up their nose at the other.
Slashdot Mirror
"popup-heavy crack websites" www.megagames.com isn't too heavy on the pop-ups, and is a breeze to use if you're using Firefox with script-blockers
But I call bullshit on this one. People can't be THAT dubious to be caught pants-down by this. I tried for 2 hours to get my partner and I connected together so I could share interesting articles with her, but gmail and reader wouldn't acknowledge the relationship.
Yeah, but which character class screamed out "MEDIC!" the most??
I tend to whine for one more if I'm playing a Scout...
I don't think this is a simple case of the employees being pushy old-school salesmen - it's more prevalent to me that some game-store clerks either a.) don't know much about video games or b.) aren't aware of competitors offers and the game industries' multiple cogs in general.
When trying to pick up Bioshock: The Collector's Edition from my local EB (I'm an Aussie, so we don't have Gamestop) I was told "Oh, we only have reserved copies left. It's totally sold out. The best chance you have of getting it is on E-bay." Mind you, I was told this on the launch day of the game. And videogames are definitely not at the stage of getting totally sold out its the launch day (yet)
Long story short, I picked up a copy from DVDCrave.com (who stocked about 10+ copies at the time, mind you.)
That's one reason I avoid these kind of stores unless it's absolutely necessary: there's too much smoke and mirrors, and defiantly too many clerks trying to pull a fast one on a sucker.
Speaking of which, if you could imagine a beowulf of stackable cars, would it just become one giant lego kit for a car?
The problem with the ERSB is they take everything on face value. None of them are programmers, so I doubt any would have the thought to say "What if there are secret things in the code of the game that gamers can hack out of it?" They simply view what's before them and don't think of the intricacies of the code behind the game.
However, there are some games (Portal comes to mind) where spoken dialog will be cut-short if you move through a level steadily enough.
Unfortunately, designers can't predict the average gamer's pace - and we all have our own individual playing styles. If a game requires that I have to sit down and shut up for exposition's sake, I'll usually put up with it... otherwise, I might miss out on key plot/tactics ideas for an upcoming area. If I want wanton destruction with no storyline, I'll hit Team Fortress 2.
As far as I know, Action Button is the only site I've seen so far that rates games out of 4 stars - the review style is dark, but witty and charming at the same time.
Having paid off two mortgages to that crazy raccoon, I can safely say that this MMO rumor is a dud:
1.) The fun of 'time-travel' would be ruined as all players would be forced to go by a standardised PST.
2.) The novelty of owning your own house, mixed in with other players, sort of demotes this to a Animal-Second Life.
3.) Friend-codes: Yeah, I'm sure that won't cause any problems here... I really don't expect kid-safety-first Nintendo to stop using this anti-pedo measure anytime soon, and probably won't make an exception here.
Nintendo are always the innovators of this market. Why would they try and imitate an existing engine just to try and make more dollars?
In other news, Quake III Arena is scheduled to come out December 2, 1999
Seriously, what is it with Slashdot posting stories 8 years too late these days?
But the PC is the closest thing we're going to get for a 'standard' machine where everyone can meet.
I thought this story was about LEGO...
William Shatner films a commercial for Priceline.
Slashdot: Informing you of ex-Star Trek cast's business on the hour, ever hour.
We're one step closer to seeing REAL Stormtroopers on our streets.
When I read this part "Heroes that beat wimpy villains look wimpy" I immediately thought of the Prince fighting the Vizier in Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time How true.
Words like 'refreshing', on my Slashdot? It's more likely than you think!
Old news is old
What about Viewtiful Joe?
Now I can invite friends over and have a reason to shout: "Don't touch it!! It's the History Eraser button you fool!!!"
Put a V-tec engine in Epona and wait for it to kick in.
I'm glad to see that Jesus is staying tech-savvy to appeal to a wider audience!
When the PlayStation 10 is released, will it be referred to as the PSX and cause a rift in the space-time continuum??
Never forget your fundamentals:
1. Correct for lens distortion
2. Correct for tilt
3. Correct for terrain distortion
4. Correct lighting imbalances across the scene
5. Assign it bounding coordinates of a known mapping coordinate system / projection
6. ????
7. PROFIT
All I've ever bought over Steam is Garry's Mod - is how much money you spend a factor or will I slip under the radar?
Funny, never thought I'd be worried about my uber-secure Steam which will NEVER let pirated games be permitted but will turn a blind eye to a serious compromise... bad customer service IMHO.
Nowadays games have become very audience-specialized. For instance, the two top-selling franchises right now are Grand Theft Auto and Pokemon--how many people can you find that play and enjoy both? Off the top of my head I'm actually struggling to think of a single accquaintance who enjoys one and doesn't turn up their nose at the other.
I like both, you insensitive clod...