Wrong. Most people follow a faith because they were indoctrinated into it during their youth. They were brainwashed before their minds were fully developed and capable of critical thinking.
I agree. Certain games do not benefit from multiplayer. A basic hack-n-slash dungeon crawl like Torchlight is practically begging for it though. With as little story as there is in the game, playing with friends is the only thing that would really keep me interested. The game's mechanics are there and fun, but the driving force of interest isn't quite.
I thought that I'd have fun playing the original Torchlight in little chunks while I was on the go with my netbook (Toshiba Mini NB305). Unfortunately, I found that the proclaimed "Netbook Mode" coupled with the lowest settings possible still made the game unbearably choppy during combat with more than two or three opponents. So I play Diablo II: Lord of Destruction on my netbook instead.:P
Torchlight was fun, but I quickly lost interest in it because there was no real driving force. When you talk about Diablo, you have a pretty interesting story and story related quests that drive your interest. Torchlight didn't have that. I really do think that multiplayer could have fixed this issue for me, and I suppose I'll get the chance to see with the sequel. I do hope that this time around, Netbook Mode actually means that it'll run on a netbook.
Get a new profession or stop crying. I'm not going to respect anyone for being an idiot (ie: volunteering) anymore than I have to respect the cashier at McDonald's for their life choices.
I can imagine a lot more people buying there if Barnes and Noble had a code included with the books sold in their store that allowed you a free e-book copy of the work for your Nook [...]
Yes! I have quite a few physical books that I haven't gotten around to reading yet. I purchased a Nook recently and simply do not feel right purchasing e-books that I already physically own. I don't have a B&N store anywhere within 100 miles, but I might make more of a point to stop by when possible if I could get a digital copy of my physical books.
I can't imagine how poorly organ donors are treated, if regular patients are any indication of the kind of careless people we have as doctors. Organ donors are deliberately kept alive just long enough to extract what is useful. You're worth more dead and dissected as far as the doctors are concerned.
AOL had been compared to the bus load of Ebola victims tossing rotten cabbage a the other passers by on the information super highway. Facebook in no way compares to this.
I think you just made the comparison toe FaceBook sound even more appropriate!
How many people get banned just here and there that are never given the time of day however? They've lost all those games they've bought because of a little software glitch red-flagging them.
You start a company called "Arse Ticklers Faggots Fan Club". Put an advert in a gay mag advertising the latest in arse-intruding dildos. You sell it with "Does what no other dildo can do until now! The latest and greatest in sexual technology! Guaranteed results!" All that bollocks.
These dildo cost a few quid a pop... a snip for the pleasure they'll give the recipients. They send their cheques to the other company name. Nothing offensive, "Bobby's Bits" or something, for a few quid. You stick it in the bank until it clears.
This is the smart bit. You send back the cheque for several pounds from the other company name (Arse Ticklers Faggots Fan Club) saying we're sorry, we couldn't get supplies from America... they ran out of stock. You see how many people cash that cheque.
Not a single soul. Who wants their bank manager to know they tickle arse?
Don't autobill and you wouldn't have to worry about changing your card number now and then. I'd consider autobilling a huge risk in and of itself, personally.
I didn't realize that telephones were capable of becoming obsolete. All they have to do is transmit a vocalized conversation... nothing to really update there.
And it does suck. The aliens spawn too far out to react to your increased visibility, the hacking screens don't seem to respond, and the graphics are low-poly and blurry when viewed up close. The game is very atmospheric with the overhead view. The controls do take a few minutes to become comfortable with, but they work well enough. There's no need to turn the game into something it's not. There are already enough FPS on the market, leave Alien Swarm alone.:P
Which means that everyone else that submits work has essentially done so for free. No one would want to work like that, and such crowdsourcing is in no way a viable path for real, fulltime employment. Besides, I'd be just as worried as a client. I post vague specifications and hope for the best? That's asinine. Good design work requires that the artist and the client work back and forth, improving and changing the product little by little until both are satisfied. You don't get that here. What you get with crowdsourcing is mostly mediocrity. Why invest tons of effort into something that you very likely will not get paid for?
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Wrong. Most people follow a faith because they were indoctrinated into it during their youth. They were brainwashed before their minds were fully developed and capable of critical thinking.
You make it seems as if it's part of The Sims series.
I agree. Certain games do not benefit from multiplayer. A basic hack-n-slash dungeon crawl like Torchlight is practically begging for it though. With as little story as there is in the game, playing with friends is the only thing that would really keep me interested. The game's mechanics are there and fun, but the driving force of interest isn't quite.
I thought that I'd have fun playing the original Torchlight in little chunks while I was on the go with my netbook (Toshiba Mini NB305). Unfortunately, I found that the proclaimed "Netbook Mode" coupled with the lowest settings possible still made the game unbearably choppy during combat with more than two or three opponents. So I play Diablo II: Lord of Destruction on my netbook instead. :P
Valve seems to be releasing Left 4 Dead annually. Best they stay away from that trend, as it's a rip off for players. :P
Torchlight was fun, but I quickly lost interest in it because there was no real driving force. When you talk about Diablo, you have a pretty interesting story and story related quests that drive your interest. Torchlight didn't have that. I really do think that multiplayer could have fixed this issue for me, and I suppose I'll get the chance to see with the sequel. I do hope that this time around, Netbook Mode actually means that it'll run on a netbook.
Get a new profession or stop crying. I'm not going to respect anyone for being an idiot (ie: volunteering) anymore than I have to respect the cashier at McDonald's for their life choices.
You can make a fun game *and* mutilate history at the same time. There's no reason you shouldn't.
Well, I suppose that the media and world governments do it every day... so why not?
I can imagine a lot more people buying there if Barnes and Noble had a code included with the books sold in their store that allowed you a free e-book copy of the work for your Nook [...]
Yes! I have quite a few physical books that I haven't gotten around to reading yet. I purchased a Nook recently and simply do not feel right purchasing e-books that I already physically own. I don't have a B&N store anywhere within 100 miles, but I might make more of a point to stop by when possible if I could get a digital copy of my physical books.
I wouldn't.
I can't imagine how poorly organ donors are treated, if regular patients are any indication of the kind of careless people we have as doctors. Organ donors are deliberately kept alive just long enough to extract what is useful. You're worth more dead and dissected as far as the doctors are concerned.
AOL had been compared to the bus load of Ebola victims tossing rotten cabbage a the other passers by on the information super highway. Facebook in no way compares to this.
I think you just made the comparison toe FaceBook sound even more appropriate!
How many people get banned just here and there that are never given the time of day however? They've lost all those games they've bought because of a little software glitch red-flagging them.
Here's what you do:
You start a company called "Arse Ticklers Faggots Fan Club". Put an advert in a gay mag advertising the latest in arse-intruding dildos. You sell it with "Does what no other dildo can do until now! The latest and greatest in sexual technology! Guaranteed results!" All that bollocks.
These dildo cost a few quid a pop... a snip for the pleasure they'll give the recipients. They send their cheques to the other company name. Nothing offensive, "Bobby's Bits" or something, for a few quid. You stick it in the bank until it clears.
This is the smart bit. You send back the cheque for several pounds from the other company name (Arse Ticklers Faggots Fan Club) saying we're sorry, we couldn't get supplies from America... they ran out of stock. You see how many people cash that cheque.
Not a single soul. Who wants their bank manager to know they tickle arse?
Don't autobill and you wouldn't have to worry about changing your card number now and then. I'd consider autobilling a huge risk in and of itself, personally.
They worked fine in Shenmue. It simply strives to keep the player involved during cinematic sequences.
Does it really surprise anyone? America was conceived of in the heat of genocide and revolution.
I didn't realize that telephones were capable of becoming obsolete. All they have to do is transmit a vocalized conversation... nothing to really update there.
I'm not entirely convinced that we can change government policy by voting either.
How many parsecs will it take me to make my run?
Both are bad. I'm not quite sure which is worse, actually...
And it does suck. The aliens spawn too far out to react to your increased visibility, the hacking screens don't seem to respond, and the graphics are low-poly and blurry when viewed up close. The game is very atmospheric with the overhead view. The controls do take a few minutes to become comfortable with, but they work well enough. There's no need to turn the game into something it's not. There are already enough FPS on the market, leave Alien Swarm alone. :P
Which means that everyone else that submits work has essentially done so for free. No one would want to work like that, and such crowdsourcing is in no way a viable path for real, fulltime employment. Besides, I'd be just as worried as a client. I post vague specifications and hope for the best? That's asinine. Good design work requires that the artist and the client work back and forth, improving and changing the product little by little until both are satisfied. You don't get that here. What you get with crowdsourcing is mostly mediocrity. Why invest tons of effort into something that you very likely will not get paid for?
You'd really want the BFG10K for gophers. Just let them try to escape from those homing laser lines!
ur comment iz teh FAIL!
Playing an MMO makes you a tool. News at eleven!
Unless you're trying?
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