I'll agree with that. From a standpoint of mechanics, the rules have been greatly simplified and made consistent. In 3rd (and 4th, presumably, although I'm not as familiar), a new situation can be resolved by applying the game mechanic principles. In 1st and especially 2nd edition, there was nowhere near that consistency.
I think 3rd edition went bad in a few other ways; it was a little over-powered, and dumped too many ultra-specialized and powerful classes, feats, and races into the mix.
Regardless, the quality of the experience with any of the editions hinges 90% on the quality of the dungeon master, who is under no obligation to actually use the rules... so it really doesn't matter what edition you use. For basing a computer RPG off of, though, the newer editions are FAR better designed. That's probably no coincidence.
Step one: Dispense with the assumption that Democrats are better. Some Dems are; Some Dems aren't. We're electing people, not an abstract 'Democrat' or Republican'.
Step two: Stop caring about party affiliation. Both yours, and your candidates'. Vote purely on their record and your judgment of them as individuals, not because of the side they are on.
That second step is the hard one. You can look at how insanely popular sports teams are, to gain an idea how ingrained the idea is in human nature that we should pick 'a side'. Once a side is picked, we tend to justify and rationalize their behavior, and demonize the other side.
I would take you up on that bet, and win; because you're guessing at my beliefs, and I'm (obviously) not. I've been saying the Republicans suck for a long time, even though I agree with their stated but rarely adhered to platform much more closely than the Democrats.
This may be modded redundant, because it gets said in nearly every political thread at Slashdot... but it is a very important point:
Democrats and Republicans ARE BOTH TERRIBLE.
Not based on ideology, really. You may find more to agree with in one party platform or another. But rest assured, the politician does NOT adhere to the party platform because of any actual conviction. When it is politically more profitable to betray it, they will. I'm 90% conservative, but would prefer an honest Democrat over a corrupt Republican. It's a moot point, though, because they're both rotten to the core.
There may be some exceptions. It would have been interesting to see if Ron Paul would have stuck to his guns. Those exceptions are few and far between, though, and tend to get weeded out long before they run for president.
At some point (not too far away), the average size of a polygon in a scene will drop to one pixel or smaller. It seems like the different rendering techniques will merge together... a bit like the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces merged.
I could care less about Ayers, I was just seeing if fixing the flaws the GP poster pointed out would result in an acceptable statement. It sounds like it won't.
Regardless, your parallel with Bush is not relevant, because it (for one thing) is much more indirect, and was only investigated as a possibility. Read the article you linked to: "An investigation by her office has found the princess sent money to a woman on her charity recipient list and that woman then sent the money to the students."
A still easier solution would have been for the developers to have not stripped out the old code inthe first place. They did have both versions working concurrently in an early beta, with an option to switch between them; but they wanted to push the AwesomeBar as a feature, so removed the choice.
You have to realize, that several of those Microsoft easily could have changed, but didn't because of all the grief their customers would have gave them. It's not technological problems that are keeping all those legacy decisions in place.
I think you're exactly wrong. Halo Wars is specifically NOT made for fanboys, but for the general audience, while Warcraft 3 is specifically for a niche audience. So is Starcraft, but it had a weird breakout.
I think it is doing something new, though. Not really on the RTS front; it's a bit simplified and small. But it's a genre that has never really succeeded on a console, and it sounds like they've really tweaked this a lot to be an introduction to RTS games in general. A playable RTS on a console would be a new thing.
I just wish they would come out with some for the Wii; that console would be perfect for RTS games, but none have been made yet.
So let's count Walmart, Cost-Co, and the numerous other places that retail consumer electronics. After all, their share of the electronics market is obviously going to go up, and nobody's ever claimed Walmart wasn't competitive.
The government is infinitely less prone to hysteria than individual mobs. in fact, it is less prone to emotional fluctuations than any other entity in the equation
You haven't really been paying attention, have you? Democracies will reverse course on a dime in order to pander to the shrieking lunatics of the moment.
Or fans who don't particularly care about minuscule improvements in 3d graphics, which is the only thing all this power is put to use for.
Metal Gear Solid 4 could have been programmed for a PS2, if the graphics had been toned down, models simplified, etc. It would have been every bit as FUN, it just wouldn't have looked as good. In my eyes, since the FUN is more important than seeing character's skin pores, the PS3 offers no advantage.
The success of the Wii is a lesson I'm not sure game designers are learning from.
But that's particularly relevant to what's happening in this generation. The PS2's long life has nothing to do with it's complexity, but is only a consequence of it being the most popular (albeit least powerful) console of the last generation.
The PS3 will have a long tail IF it is popular enough that it can't be ignored by game designers, even after eight-ten years. Being third place doesn't help that. How many games are being programmed for the GameCube right now? That's the position the PS3 looks like it will end up in.
There are a number of games that allow user created content, where the amateur content has significantly surpassed the professionally created content. Never Winter Nights is one example, as are the excellent mods for many first person shooters and RTSs.
It just depends on the flexibility of the tools, and the size and interest of the community. This has a large community built in, so I think it just depends on the functionality of the mission editor.
I imagine that 'recreations' of famous missions from comics will pop up a lot... I wonder if that will perk litigious-happy Marvel's interest?
I agree. I never touched a gamecube controller until after I purchased a Wii, but I was amazed by it. Possibly the best gamepad I've ever used.
I think the Wii beats it, though... not because of the motion detection, but because of the three foot cord between the left and right hand. My ideal controller would be something like a gamecube controller, but with the sides split so you don't have to hold your hands together in front of you.
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More accurately, it's HRM... Headphone Rights Management. Apple wants to control which headphones you may use, and in what fashion.
Yes, but pretty much any mp3 player that's not an iPod offers those features.
I'm more interested in the weird features. I want a game boy emulator built in, I want to have guttenberg texts read aloud to me, etc.
I'll agree with that. From a standpoint of mechanics, the rules have been greatly simplified and made consistent. In 3rd (and 4th, presumably, although I'm not as familiar), a new situation can be resolved by applying the game mechanic principles. In 1st and especially 2nd edition, there was nowhere near that consistency.
I think 3rd edition went bad in a few other ways; it was a little over-powered, and dumped too many ultra-specialized and powerful classes, feats, and races into the mix.
Regardless, the quality of the experience with any of the editions hinges 90% on the quality of the dungeon master, who is under no obligation to actually use the rules... so it really doesn't matter what edition you use. For basing a computer RPG off of, though, the newer editions are FAR better designed. That's probably no coincidence.
Step one: Dispense with the assumption that Democrats are better. Some Dems are; Some Dems aren't. We're electing people, not an abstract 'Democrat' or Republican'.
Step two: Stop caring about party affiliation. Both yours, and your candidates'. Vote purely on their record and your judgment of them as individuals, not because of the side they are on.
That second step is the hard one. You can look at how insanely popular sports teams are, to gain an idea how ingrained the idea is in human nature that we should pick 'a side'. Once a side is picked, we tend to justify and rationalize their behavior, and demonize the other side.
Ah, so 'your' team must be the Democrats.
I would take you up on that bet, and win; because you're guessing at my beliefs, and I'm (obviously) not. I've been saying the Republicans suck for a long time, even though I agree with their stated but rarely adhered to platform much more closely than the Democrats.
This may be modded redundant, because it gets said in nearly every political thread at Slashdot... but it is a very important point:
Democrats and Republicans ARE BOTH TERRIBLE.
Not based on ideology, really. You may find more to agree with in one party platform or another. But rest assured, the politician does NOT adhere to the party platform because of any actual conviction. When it is politically more profitable to betray it, they will. I'm 90% conservative, but would prefer an honest Democrat over a corrupt Republican. It's a moot point, though, because they're both rotten to the core.
There may be some exceptions. It would have been interesting to see if Ron Paul would have stuck to his guns. Those exceptions are few and far between, though, and tend to get weeded out long before they run for president.
At some point (not too far away), the average size of a polygon in a scene will drop to one pixel or smaller. It seems like the different rendering techniques will merge together... a bit like the strong, weak, and electromagnetic forces merged.
I could care less about Ayers, I was just seeing if fixing the flaws the GP poster pointed out would result in an acceptable statement. It sounds like it won't.
Regardless, your parallel with Bush is not relevant, because it (for one thing) is much more indirect, and was only investigated as a possibility. Read the article you linked to: "An investigation by her office has found the princess sent money to a woman on her charity recipient list and that woman then sent the money to the students."
"Forgetting for just a moment that one of President Obama's acquaintances was a little-known terrorist"
Does that work?
A still easier solution would have been for the developers to have not stripped out the old code inthe first place. They did have both versions working concurrently in an early beta, with an option to switch between them; but they wanted to push the AwesomeBar as a feature, so removed the choice.
I think it's many.
And a still larger number that did upgrade, but are constantly annoyed by it, even with the add-ins that correct most of it's behavior.
You have to realize, that several of those Microsoft easily could have changed, but didn't because of all the grief their customers would have gave them. It's not technological problems that are keeping all those legacy decisions in place.
I think you're exactly wrong. Halo Wars is specifically NOT made for fanboys, but for the general audience, while Warcraft 3 is specifically for a niche audience. So is Starcraft, but it had a weird breakout.
All three are 'real' RTS's. Just different types.
Ok, so nobody has ever sensibly claimed Walmart isn't competitive.
I think it is doing something new, though. Not really on the RTS front; it's a bit simplified and small. But it's a genre that has never really succeeded on a console, and it sounds like they've really tweaked this a lot to be an introduction to RTS games in general. A playable RTS on a console would be a new thing.
I just wish they would come out with some for the Wii; that console would be perfect for RTS games, but none have been made yet.
So let's count Walmart, Cost-Co, and the numerous other places that retail consumer electronics. After all, their share of the electronics market is obviously going to go up, and nobody's ever claimed Walmart wasn't competitive.
Men read erotica, too!
Of course, it's Ghost in the Shell meets X-Files fanfic, but still, erotic.
The government is infinitely less prone to hysteria than individual mobs. in fact, it is less prone to emotional fluctuations than any other entity in the equation You haven't really been paying attention, have you? Democracies will reverse course on a dime in order to pander to the shrieking lunatics of the moment.
MOV DX, BABA; GET UP N DANCE
Or fans who don't particularly care about minuscule improvements in 3d graphics, which is the only thing all this power is put to use for.
Metal Gear Solid 4 could have been programmed for a PS2, if the graphics had been toned down, models simplified, etc. It would have been every bit as FUN, it just wouldn't have looked as good. In my eyes, since the FUN is more important than seeing character's skin pores, the PS3 offers no advantage.
The success of the Wii is a lesson I'm not sure game designers are learning from.
But that's particularly relevant to what's happening in this generation. The PS2's long life has nothing to do with it's complexity, but is only a consequence of it being the most popular (albeit least powerful) console of the last generation. The PS3 will have a long tail IF it is popular enough that it can't be ignored by game designers, even after eight-ten years. Being third place doesn't help that. How many games are being programmed for the GameCube right now? That's the position the PS3 looks like it will end up in.
There are a number of games that allow user created content, where the amateur content has significantly surpassed the professionally created content. Never Winter Nights is one example, as are the excellent mods for many first person shooters and RTSs.
It just depends on the flexibility of the tools, and the size and interest of the community. This has a large community built in, so I think it just depends on the functionality of the mission editor.
I imagine that 'recreations' of famous missions from comics will pop up a lot... I wonder if that will perk litigious-happy Marvel's interest?
I agree. I never touched a gamecube controller until after I purchased a Wii, but I was amazed by it. Possibly the best gamepad I've ever used.
I think the Wii beats it, though... not because of the motion detection, but because of the three foot cord between the left and right hand. My ideal controller would be something like a gamecube controller, but with the sides split so you don't have to hold your hands together in front of you.
It's because the Wii is marketed to adults. The PS3 and 360 are marketed to teens and college students. Wii owners have money.
Can't you simply take one of their licenses and add that clause to it? Or are you not allowed to modify their license (which would be ironic)?.