Happy to be wrong...maybe it was laptops? I seem to remember some number that was way higher than it had any right to be. And no It defintiely wasn't the iPhone that I was reading about. Oh well, like I said, happy to be wrong.
I use Windows for two reasons.
1. I'm too lazy to find Linux programs that do what my assorted programs do
2. I play games and driver optimization and game support are thin on Linux
If I ever get a new laptop as soon as the warranty expires I'll probably put Linux on it since it'll only be used as a PDF reader/character sheet holder for gaming and as a Gamefaqs reader for the rest of t he time
iOS is locked down. Apple vets everything in the App Store so malware would have to work ridiculously hard to get through. Android (and Linux) are both open and anyone can add whatever they want to them
It's an interesting idea. The problem is the "no advertising" since that's where most companies make their money. So you're asking them to spend more money making and maintaining a second website that they will make less money off of. Even sites that don't make their money off of advertising (like say banking) would still be needing to maintain 2 seperate sites or at the very least dumb down one site.
If this is supposed to be some gaming renaissance, why shouldn't Linux be considered? Apparently the rebirth of gaming can only be Windows/Mac?
It WAS considered. The reason why it won't be used is because it will cost more money and won't give any significant return. Also it will require either the existing programmers to learn the quirks of programming for Linux or it will require a seperate team to make the conversion later.
Why throw a Renaissance if no one is going to show up?
The Wii U will likely be a non-competitor, the novelty of the Wii has worn off and adding a clunky secondary controller isn't going to bring any sort of magic back. It will sell, possibly as well as the other consoles, but once the next-gen Sony/MS consoles launch it will fall behind. Most of the people who bought a Wii likely aren't worried about graphics horsepower int he first place, so an increase in speed isn't going to be a selling point.
PS3 is so far behind in the US that it won't catch up without a miracle, most of what you are citing is marginal at best and the Kinect is not a Wii. PS3 won't get a lead in the U.S. before the next-gen comes out and if MS can keep from having another RRoD issue and launch before Sony then I doubt there will be much competition here.
You wouldn't have noticed the difference if you were sticking with Nintendo, they gave up the high-end. The Wii is little more than an overclocked Gamecube, not comparable to the PS3 or 360 in any way for horsepower.
"Morroblivion was only shut down on the official forums, and hosting of it on TES Nexus was taken down at Bethesda's request, due to some apparent licensing issues with using textures from Morrowind in Oblivion. Work on the project is still going on, however."
3 IT, roughly 50 employees, company does IT consulting among other things so there is actually only an average of 1 IT person present at any given time.
Windows only office.
I used a Logitech Marble Mouse (a non-standard design trackball) from the time I built my first computer (around 1999) until the beginning of this year, I replaced it with...the newest version of the Logitech Marble Mouse. I love the Marble Mouse, it's easy to use once you get the hang of it and confusing to people who don't regularly use it (less people asking to use my computer at LAN parties). I'm chronically short on desk space (read: slob) so I've always loved trackballs. I especially find it funny when my friends ask how I can possibly game with a trackball, then we play a shooter and it ends 20-5 with me winning.
Well for one thing OpenGL is (supposedly) harder to code for then D3D, thus it's more expensive to make games for OpenGL then D3D. Additionally D3D has come a long way from when Carmack had his say to the point where he almost used D3D for one of his game recently (but OpenGL put in the feature he wanted to use just in time).
So do I, I was just pointing out that a lot of people who go into conniption fits about violent games are also the same people who would encourage children to read the bible, one of the most violent and depraved books in existance.
So conceivably books have a greater effect then games? So then we should possibly restrict the sale and use of books containing horrific violence to people under the age of 18 right? So now what books can we think of that contain horrific amounts of violence...hmmm...books containing amazing amounts of violence and depravity...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible ?
Re:Psychonauts.... some game devs are crazy...
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Take for instance Planescape torment. It was an excellent game if you LOVED TO READ TEXT and CLICK THROUGH DIALOGUE for hours on end, but for people more action or task oriented, it's a very tedious thing. It was also based on the baldur's gate engine which we had seen before The point behind Planescape is the STORY. It has a vast number of interesting NPC's and one of the more original stories I've seen (how many other games have you playing an immortal amnesiac who is trying to die?). It may have been more text-heavy than Baldur's Gate but that's because there was a more interesting setting to go through with more interesting characters (the Forgotten Realms have been done to death), if you want a game with no story and lots of action then play Diablo.
Then there was the fact that it in no way associated itself with Baldur's gate or Forgotten realm properties and franchises That's because it wasn't set in the Forgotten Realms, the Forgotten Realms would have been a very inappropriate setting for Planescape, the vast majority of what makes Planescape original, interesting, and excellent does not exist in the FR.
If we changed the box art and the name of the game and art setting and basically had it in the Baldurs gate / forgotten realm universe with decent box art and a some reworking of thee game to make it fit that universe it would have been more of a success I gaurantee it. So make it a Baldur's Gate clone and it will sell better? Sorry, but more likely it would have been called a BG knock-off and sold poorly, and either way it wouldn't have had nearly the fan following that is has. I have played BG, BG 2 and the BG 2 expansion and they are very good games, but Planescape is on an entirely different level, Planescape is up there with Deus Ex, System Shock 2, and GTA: San Andreas on my list of best games.
I will admit that the character-based, story-heavy design isn't everyone's cup of tea, but for those of us who like to immerse ourselves in a game world Planescape is one of the best.
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You just wait till your father gets home!
if you are posting on slashdot odds are you aren't just a random gamer, you work in the business.
Actually I am a random gamer.
Except for Apple, and frankly I could care less about wearing those chains.
What happened to broadening your knowledge?
Happy to be wrong...maybe it was laptops? I seem to remember some number that was way higher than it had any right to be. And no It defintiely wasn't the iPhone that I was reading about. Oh well, like I said, happy to be wrong.
I use Windows for two reasons. 1. I'm too lazy to find Linux programs that do what my assorted programs do 2. I play games and driver optimization and game support are thin on Linux If I ever get a new laptop as soon as the warranty expires I'll probably put Linux on it since it'll only be used as a PDF reader/character sheet holder for gaming and as a Gamefaqs reader for the rest of t he time
iOS is locked down. Apple vets everything in the App Store so malware would have to work ridiculously hard to get through. Android (and Linux) are both open and anyone can add whatever they want to them
It's an interesting idea. The problem is the "no advertising" since that's where most companies make their money. So you're asking them to spend more money making and maintaining a second website that they will make less money off of. Even sites that don't make their money off of advertising (like say banking) would still be needing to maintain 2 seperate sites or at the very least dumb down one site.
Whenever I see people post that I want to punch them in the face.
Idiots tend not to want to use the Internet as much
You must be going to a different Internet than I have been.
If this is supposed to be some gaming renaissance, why shouldn't Linux be considered? Apparently the rebirth of gaming can only be Windows/Mac?
It WAS considered. The reason why it won't be used is because it will cost more money and won't give any significant return. Also it will require either the existing programmers to learn the quirks of programming for Linux or it will require a seperate team to make the conversion later. Why throw a Renaissance if no one is going to show up?
What do we do with the waste?
Feed it into a gen-4 reator that eats waste and spits out less hazardous material.
They are buliding it for the PC and then down-scaling to match the console power envelope.
The Wii U will likely be a non-competitor, the novelty of the Wii has worn off and adding a clunky secondary controller isn't going to bring any sort of magic back. It will sell, possibly as well as the other consoles, but once the next-gen Sony/MS consoles launch it will fall behind. Most of the people who bought a Wii likely aren't worried about graphics horsepower int he first place, so an increase in speed isn't going to be a selling point.
PS3 is so far behind in the US that it won't catch up without a miracle, most of what you are citing is marginal at best and the Kinect is not a Wii. PS3 won't get a lead in the U.S. before the next-gen comes out and if MS can keep from having another RRoD issue and launch before Sony then I doubt there will be much competition here.
You wouldn't have noticed the difference if you were sticking with Nintendo, they gave up the high-end. The Wii is little more than an overclocked Gamecube, not comparable to the PS3 or 360 in any way for horsepower.
"Morroblivion was only shut down on the official forums, and hosting of it on TES Nexus was taken down at Bethesda's request, due to some apparent licensing issues with using textures from Morrowind in Oblivion. Work on the project is still going on, however."
3 IT, roughly 50 employees, company does IT consulting among other things so there is actually only an average of 1 IT person present at any given time. Windows only office.
I used a Logitech Marble Mouse (a non-standard design trackball) from the time I built my first computer (around 1999) until the beginning of this year, I replaced it with...the newest version of the Logitech Marble Mouse. I love the Marble Mouse, it's easy to use once you get the hang of it and confusing to people who don't regularly use it (less people asking to use my computer at LAN parties). I'm chronically short on desk space (read: slob) so I've always loved trackballs. I especially find it funny when my friends ask how I can possibly game with a trackball, then we play a shooter and it ends 20-5 with me winning.
Well for one thing OpenGL is (supposedly) harder to code for then D3D, thus it's more expensive to make games for OpenGL then D3D. Additionally D3D has come a long way from when Carmack had his say to the point where he almost used D3D for one of his game recently (but OpenGL put in the feature he wanted to use just in time).
Well speaking for myself, if I watched Oprah I would sure as hell end up suicidally depressed within a couple days.
So do I, I was just pointing out that a lot of people who go into conniption fits about violent games are also the same people who would encourage children to read the bible, one of the most violent and depraved books in existance.
So conceivably books have a greater effect then games? So then we should possibly restrict the sale and use of books containing horrific violence to people under the age of 18 right? So now what books can we think of that contain horrific amounts of violence...hmmm...books containing amazing amounts of violence and depravity...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible ?