Extreme distraction, mostly. I was just as amazed when I came back to check the thread and found the need to merge my face with my keyboard. Truly, that I have not been struck down by some act of the heavens astounds me.
As a student of Game Design I have to say that this was a really good read. There are a lot of texts that are handed out in courses where the main subject is pretty much narrowed down to 'how to sell your game to suckers', which I don't like. The idea is supposed to be fun for the players which prompts sales and this does a great job in explaining it all without being so long winded that it comes in a book large enough for me to kill a man (or a boring professor) with.
Thank you for bringing this forward. I will be saving it to share with my classmates.
I for one am excited to see what happens though I'm waiting to see more headlines about religious protest than usual to respond to this. I support the idea as the applications could be amazing, but the whole 'playing god' moral outcry thing is, as always, going to be right up in arms on the tail of the 'yay, we did it!' party.
Its so good to know that they're really working themselves over to keep the public happy. I mean, what on -earth- would happen if they were to walk around with anything that looks like what anyone else has? Those diamonds---way important. I can only imagine how over the top the insurance on those ridiculous things will be.
Tech support better get a huge freaking raise to cater to this crap.
"Ma'am, the diamond goes into the power socket........no. The OTHER one... >| "
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Extreme distraction, mostly. I was just as amazed when I came back to check the thread and found the need to merge my face with my keyboard. Truly, that I have not been struck down by some act of the heavens astounds me.
Your lack of faith disturbs me.
As a student of Game Design I have to say that this was a really good read. There are a lot of texts that are handed out in courses where the main subject is pretty much narrowed down to 'how to sell your game to suckers', which I don't like. The idea is supposed to be fun for the players which prompts sales and this does a great job in explaining it all without being so long winded that it comes in a book large enough for me to kill a man (or a boring professor) with.
Thank you for bringing this forward. I will be saving it to share with my classmates.
I for one am excited to see what happens though I'm waiting to see more headlines about religious protest than usual to respond to this. I support the idea as the applications could be amazing, but the whole 'playing god' moral outcry thing is, as always, going to be right up in arms on the tail of the 'yay, we did it!' party.
Either way---'mmm, yay' for science.
A downside of the text is that it fails to display sarcasm properly.
....they are like a beast to cannot be fed.
.... ...no. The OTHER one... >| "
Its so good to know that they're really working themselves over to keep the public happy. I mean, what on -earth- would happen if they were to walk around with anything that looks like what anyone else has? Those diamonds---way important. I can only imagine how over the top the insurance on those ridiculous things will be.
Tech support better get a huge freaking raise to cater to this crap.
"Ma'am, the diamond goes into the power socket.
Light? In my IT dungeon?
Surely this is an act of war against pasty code monkeys.