Besides, you're missing my point. I didn't specifically go to France to climb a mountain in a thunderstorm. It's just one of the many wonderful experiences I had there. And I've had exhilirating experiences in my home town too.
"Months and months of nothingness" I find tend to spring up when you do nothing but sit behind a computer expecting something to happen. Get outside, go walking at night with no lantern, lie out back and watch the stars - there's a wealth of possibilities, but always remember you get out what you put in.
The storm didn't start until I was halfway up. My life consists of a great deal of self loathing and I have rarely accomplished anything, so I resolved to make it to the top regardless of risk.
I stopped short of Yelling "all gods are bastards" when I reached the top, but I did mutter "you can't stop me" under my breath after every thunderclap.
However, life is 10000x more boring then WoW could ever be.
I recently went on holiday to France (Amelie-Les-Bains, in the Pyrenees). While there I climbed a mountain in a thunderstorm. IT was at once the most exhilirating, exciting and terrifying experience. I have played WoW in the past and got bored after a few months. I can assure you, mountains in thunderstorms are far from boring.
Perhaps you feel life is pointless because you're not actually playing it, just watching the teaser trailers?
320x200 if you can believe it, and it STILL holds up as one of the best games ever.
I once had a dream when I was a teenager that aliens were invading and MI5 hired me and my friend becasue of our extensive knowledge of aliens through the X-Com games.
I so wish that dream was real.
Working in the games industry myself, I can tell you that you're right on the ball with the "petulant children" remark. Many of the people in control are exactly that - kids who never grew up. They want to live this rockstar lifestyle which they feel they're entitled to. I suggested in order to keep costs down we cap pay at a sensible level, develop smaller scale titles on a more frequent release schedule, reuse tech in different games instead of redesigning each time. I was laughed out the office, I believe primarily because of the pay suggestion. Working in the games industry has brought on clinical depression. Not a day passes where I don't think of taking my own life. I pray for collapse, and judging from the current environment, that may not be far off.
I think the main problem is that everyone seems to set out to "beat WoW". Why? Why do you need to beat it? An MMO can be successful, profitable without being the MOST popular or the MOST profitable. Look at LOTRO or EVE for example - they're not eating into WoW's playerbase, but they're (presumably) still doing well.
I'm sure there are probably more examples of MMOs which may not be on everybody's lips, but still manage to turn a profit. Does anybody have data on small-time MMO projects like Vendetta or A Tale in the Desert? I've played Vendetta briefly though I have no real handle on their subscriber base.
That said however, both Vendetta and A Tale in the Desert "break the formula" so to speak, I'd imagine if they were small time WoW clones they would simply have sank without trace. In summary then: Break the mould, don't worry about "beating wow", just worry about making your own game a success (and that doesn't mean loads of money necessarily).
Crush the music industry? Or crush all creativity? There's nothing wrong with artists producing their own music. Automating the generation of music WILL crush the creative artists, the current industry publishers will simply start churning out vocaloid tracks and continuing to control the industry.
Creative commons licensing of music I think is a better way to "crush" the industry. It's more likely to usurp the industry than crush it. People are already doing it, and some are quite good.
Well technically, England, Scotland and Wales makes up Great Britain. Adding Northern Ireland makes the United Kingdom (or to give its full name, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
Are you kidding?
"Klingon bastards you've..."
"....."
"....."
"Killed my son..."
"....."
"....."
"You klingon bastards"
THAT'S "sublime", is it?
I think we ALL know the high point of Shatner's acting, and it wasn't in Trek 3. I won't say it here, but it rhymes with "Barn"
Epic can make money by selling their games. Remember a game engine without textures, models, levels and such is pretty useless. Epic could still make money by selling their games exactly as they are now, but just include the source code on the disc. iD released the source to doom, quake, quake 2, quake 3. Granted the games had probably reached the end of their shelf life when they did it, but bear in mind that only the source was made available for free. Game levels were not. In this sense, the software itself is free. The game content is still proprietary, but so what? Stallman only cares about the software being free right? I'm struggling to find a decent analogy, so I'll offer a half baked one: We all know how to make a book (get a load of pieces of paper and stick them together), we can even buy blank books from stationary stores, but that does not mean that when we buy those blank books that we are getting a free copy of War and Peace. The publisher's not going to suffer any lost sales simply becasue we know what a book is and how to get one, becasue the book without the story is just a blank book. It's the same having a game engine without the content.
The software that drives the game engine does not have to be proprietary. The content itself (textures, script, models, sprites whatever) is the proprietary bit. In fact, if there were more Free/Open source game engines out there for various types of games (driving, fps, rts, adventure whatever) it would give many hobbyists or smaller companies a good chance of developing games which aren't unoriginal no risk huge budget "blockbuster" titles.; Likewise with development tools - 3D modellers (blender), graphics packages (gimp), audio tools, whatever - all storing your creations in a non proprietary format which can be easily understood, ported to new formats should the programs you use reach the end of their development life...
It's late - I've been at work since 10PM (it's 5:48 am) so I'm waffling a bit, but in summary, Free / Open Source software would be better for gaming than proprietary software is currently.
...Because all you Trek fans who a screaming blue murder will STILL go out and spend your 6 quid to watch the film, despite you knowing you won't enjoy it.
If you're so sure that it's going to be an afront to all you hold holy then just ignore it; don't support the people making it by handing over your cash. don't even bother downloading it, just pretend it doesn't exist.
I get sick and tired of people who moan incessantly about things like this and yet STILL bow down to the almighty Marketing God because they're addicted, or weak minded or just plain stupid. It's the same with computer games. All those people complaining about Spore's DRM and yet the STILL go out and buy it, or download it, whatever. If it offends you that much, just IGNORE it. don't even give them the numbers for pirated downloads.
I don't care about the new look enterprise because this new movie is just a rehash of the same old thing. It's YET ANOTHER Remake. What's the point in a remake? It's a chance for a bunch of people to rake in cash without actually doing anything original. I mean god forbid anyone should take a risk on something NEW for once. And don't bother telling me "there's only 5 basic storylines" I don't care. I'd rather have a fresh new take on one of the 5 than a stale boring take on something that already came out however many years ago.
Ignore the game. Don't pirate it. Don't purchase it. Don't talk about it on forums.
Hear hear!if you STILL go out and play the game you have NO RIGHT to complain. No video game is going to change your life. You've lived up to this point without it, you can live the rest of it quite happily.
And take it from me: The people who say what you major in doesn't matter, as long as you get the degree are wrong. If you are in the college of liberal arts now, change majors. If your kids are talking about going that way, but don't want to be teachers, refuse to pay.
Yeah, God forbid you should actually support your children in what they want to do with their lives. It's all about getting a JOB! a job that PAYS LOADS! isn't it? isn't it?
Sorry, wealth accumulation is not why I went to university, and it's not why I work in the industry I work in. There's more to life than money. Follow your dreams, not your wallet.
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Planning, what's that?
Besides, you're missing my point. I didn't specifically go to France to climb a mountain in a thunderstorm. It's just one of the many wonderful experiences I had there. And I've had exhilirating experiences in my home town too.
"Months and months of nothingness" I find tend to spring up when you do nothing but sit behind a computer expecting something to happen. Get outside, go walking at night with no lantern, lie out back and watch the stars - there's a wealth of possibilities, but always remember you get out what you put in.
Life serves the risk-taker
The storm didn't start until I was halfway up. My life consists of a great deal of self loathing and I have rarely accomplished anything, so I resolved to make it to the top regardless of risk.
I stopped short of Yelling "all gods are bastards" when I reached the top, but I did mutter "you can't stop me" under my breath after every thunderclap.
However, life is 10000x more boring then WoW could ever be.
I recently went on holiday to France (Amelie-Les-Bains, in the Pyrenees). While there I climbed a mountain in a thunderstorm. IT was at once the most exhilirating, exciting and terrifying experience. I have played WoW in the past and got bored after a few months. I can assure you, mountains in thunderstorms are far from boring.
Perhaps you feel life is pointless because you're not actually playing it, just watching the teaser trailers?
320x200 if you can believe it, and it STILL holds up as one of the best games ever. I once had a dream when I was a teenager that aliens were invading and MI5 hired me and my friend becasue of our extensive knowledge of aliens through the X-Com games. I so wish that dream was real.
Ahh I retract my "concept of zero".
Africans contributed almost nothing to human technical achievement.
Let's see, Mathematics, the concept of zero, astronomy, agriculture.... Care to revise your statement?
Working in the games industry myself, I can tell you that you're right on the ball with the "petulant children" remark. Many of the people in control are exactly that - kids who never grew up. They want to live this rockstar lifestyle which they feel they're entitled to. I suggested in order to keep costs down we cap pay at a sensible level, develop smaller scale titles on a more frequent release schedule, reuse tech in different games instead of redesigning each time. I was laughed out the office, I believe primarily because of the pay suggestion. Working in the games industry has brought on clinical depression. Not a day passes where I don't think of taking my own life. I pray for collapse, and judging from the current environment, that may not be far off.
ahhh bringing Venture Capitalists into the picture suddently makes the risk-averse nature make sense.
I think the main problem is that everyone seems to set out to "beat WoW". Why? Why do you need to beat it? An MMO can be successful, profitable without being the MOST popular or the MOST profitable. Look at LOTRO or EVE for example - they're not eating into WoW's playerbase, but they're (presumably) still doing well.
I'm sure there are probably more examples of MMOs which may not be on everybody's lips, but still manage to turn a profit. Does anybody have data on small-time MMO projects like Vendetta or A Tale in the Desert? I've played Vendetta briefly though I have no real handle on their subscriber base.
That said however, both Vendetta and A Tale in the Desert "break the formula" so to speak, I'd imagine if they were small time WoW clones they would simply have sank without trace. In summary then: Break the mould, don't worry about "beating wow", just worry about making your own game a success (and that doesn't mean loads of money necessarily).
Crush the music industry? Or crush all creativity? There's nothing wrong with artists producing their own music. Automating the generation of music WILL crush the creative artists, the current industry publishers will simply start churning out vocaloid tracks and continuing to control the industry.
Creative commons licensing of music I think is a better way to "crush" the industry. It's more likely to usurp the industry than crush it. People are already doing it, and some are quite good.
Well technically, England, Scotland and Wales makes up Great Britain. Adding Northern Ireland makes the United Kingdom (or to give its full name, The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
I still prefer "Hyperborea" though.
"We are Veloxi the everyday. Now perhaps the information exchanging, by Jove?" Damn you for making me waste an evening digging out my copy.
You let your kid fail spelling? That's a hundred bucks. ... Well, celibacy is it's own tax plus [snip]
Assuming grammar is lumped in with spelling, your parents now owe a hundred bucks.
Are you kidding? "Klingon bastards you've..." "....." "....." "Killed my son..." "....." "....." "You klingon bastards" THAT'S "sublime", is it? I think we ALL know the high point of Shatner's acting, and it wasn't in Trek 3. I won't say it here, but it rhymes with "Barn"
Until the hosting company / game distributor goes out of business or just decides to stop supporting legacy titles.
I remember also. I'm surprised nobody else has deigned to mention it. Somebody mod up the parent.
Epic can make money by selling their games. Remember a game engine without textures, models, levels and such is pretty useless. Epic could still make money by selling their games exactly as they are now, but just include the source code on the disc. iD released the source to doom, quake, quake 2, quake 3. Granted the games had probably reached the end of their shelf life when they did it, but bear in mind that only the source was made available for free. Game levels were not. In this sense, the software itself is free. The game content is still proprietary, but so what? Stallman only cares about the software being free right? I'm struggling to find a decent analogy, so I'll offer a half baked one: We all know how to make a book (get a load of pieces of paper and stick them together), we can even buy blank books from stationary stores, but that does not mean that when we buy those blank books that we are getting a free copy of War and Peace. The publisher's not going to suffer any lost sales simply becasue we know what a book is and how to get one, becasue the book without the story is just a blank book. It's the same having a game engine without the content.
What about gaming?
The software that drives the game engine does not have to be proprietary. The content itself (textures, script, models, sprites whatever) is the proprietary bit. In fact, if there were more Free/Open source game engines out there for various types of games (driving, fps, rts, adventure whatever) it would give many hobbyists or smaller companies a good chance of developing games which aren't unoriginal no risk huge budget "blockbuster" titles.; Likewise with development tools - 3D modellers (blender), graphics packages (gimp), audio tools, whatever - all storing your creations in a non proprietary format which can be easily understood, ported to new formats should the programs you use reach the end of their development life...
It's late - I've been at work since 10PM (it's 5:48 am) so I'm waffling a bit, but in summary, Free / Open Source software would be better for gaming than proprietary software is currently.
When Alan Moore says they got it right then I'll believe it.
...Because all you Trek fans who a screaming blue murder will STILL go out and spend your 6 quid to watch the film, despite you knowing you won't enjoy it.
If you're so sure that it's going to be an afront to all you hold holy then just ignore it; don't support the people making it by handing over your cash. don't even bother downloading it, just pretend it doesn't exist.
I get sick and tired of people who moan incessantly about things like this and yet STILL bow down to the almighty Marketing God because they're addicted, or weak minded or just plain stupid. It's the same with computer games. All those people complaining about Spore's DRM and yet the STILL go out and buy it, or download it, whatever. If it offends you that much, just IGNORE it. don't even give them the numbers for pirated downloads.
I don't care about the new look enterprise because this new movie is just a rehash of the same old thing. It's YET ANOTHER Remake. What's the point in a remake? It's a chance for a bunch of people to rake in cash without actually doing anything original. I mean god forbid anyone should take a risk on something NEW for once. And don't bother telling me "there's only 5 basic storylines" I don't care. I'd rather have a fresh new take on one of the 5 than a stale boring take on something that already came out however many years ago.
So in summary: "Double Dumb-ass on YOU!"
Ignore the game. Don't pirate it. Don't purchase it. Don't talk about it on forums.
Hear hear!if you STILL go out and play the game you have NO RIGHT to complain. No video game is going to change your life. You've lived up to this point without it, you can live the rest of it quite happily.
You can't resell Halflife 2 IIRC. or any Steam based title.
And take it from me: The people who say what you major in doesn't matter, as long as you get the degree are wrong. If you are in the college of liberal arts now, change majors. If your kids are talking about going that way, but don't want to be teachers, refuse to pay.
Yeah, God forbid you should actually support your children in what they want to do with their lives. It's all about getting a JOB! a job that PAYS LOADS! isn't it? isn't it?
Sorry, wealth accumulation is not why I went to university, and it's not why I work in the industry I work in. There's more to life than money. Follow your dreams, not your wallet.
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