We have almost always had video game boxes months or even a year after they get them in Japan. The story is the same with the games, of which we only seem to get 1/10th or less. Maybe Microsoft is forcing Japanese companies to reevaluate their release policies. It might be nice if Japan started putting the USA (their best customers!) a bit higher on the pegboard. This is the one good thing Microsoft has ever done, even if they didn't mean to.
I agree. And I must say, that Halo would have given Tribes a run for its money, if they had released it on time for the Macintosh. But instead, the Microsoft cock was far too tempting, and Bungie released Halo 5 years too late for it to be anything other than another team play FPS.
Let's go over the salient points:
Map size: Advantage Tribes! Maps can be enormous!
Number of players: Advantage Tribes! Back in the heyday of its popularity, I have played 120 player games! MADNESS!
Equipment choices: Advantage Tribes! Three armor classes (or many more including mods), many more weapons, and better balance.
Depth of play: Advantage Tribes! You can be a vital member of the team and never fire a shot. You can be a suicide bomber. You can crash your vehicle into somebody and hilariously kill them. You can freakin' FLY!
I haven't played much Vengeance yet, but Tribes and Tribes 2 were both so far beyond Halo and Halo 2 that it's not even funny. The expansive outdoor environments and often hilarious situations, the choices of armor and the mobility and sheer size of environments put Tribes and Tribes 2 in a class of their own, even almost 8 years after original release!
Halo, innovative. Only the ignorant or insane could make such a statement.
I know that it exists already. If somehow Stem goes offline, a CD that you bought in the store wouldn't work in your home computer. If you need to reinstall the game, there's no guarantee that a binary downloaded through Stem will be re-installable.
I think that the entire idea of games that need to check in over the internet is repugnant. Maybe if they were offered at a substantial discount, I could see them being an alternative. However, as of now there's no guarantee that anybody will be playing Half Life 2 ten years from now.
Peer review is actually winning over the 'shouting match' in regards to this and other controversies on the Wikipedia.
A bad edit may survive for a day or two, but the most obnoxious offenders are usually blocked. Their actions are also being noticed by the public, who will see this not as a 'shouting match' but as an attempt by corrupt politicians to whitewash their image, and tarnish their competitors image. This ultimately reflects quite poorly on the politicians themselves, which is a GOOD thing.
Wikipedia isn't perfect, but it's the best encyclopedia we have. Comparing the quality and accuracy of the Wikipedia with the Encyclopedia Brittanica, recent academic studies have found that the Wikipedia is just about as accurate and often a lot more complete.
I don't understand the anti-Wikipedia backlash that has become popular in the past year or so. Bad edits and vandalism usually don't survive more than a little while.
So, did they finally overcome the crippling boredom inflicted by 'find the red star shaped gem, place in star shaped hole in pedestal, door opens, inside room is a crescent shaped hole in a statue, find the yellow crescent shaped gem and place in hole' that has afflicted every Resident Evil game ever?
I hate to say it, but Resident Evil games are more formulaic than an episode of Scooby Doo.
Actually, Linux is a kernel, not an OS. And there are PLENTY of Linux distros that have every possible service running out of box. Most don't offer even basic firewall protection out of box. Linux distros tend to be far FAR more vulnerable to malware and viruses than OS X.
And Mac users don't have to DO anything to protect themselves. In fact, they have to take action to make themselves vulnerable to attacks!
I personally don't think force feedback is useful or fun at all. It hampers precise control, wears out wrists faster (carpal tunnel anybody?), and in general just a bad idea.
Hardware hacks are fun and everything, but I think we need to bury force feedback forever!
Maybe because their partners in organized crime would find it tougher to use the tapes?
But more likely it's just sheer laziness combined with a lack of government mandated punishment for such leaks. If Uncle Sam started fining companies $25,000 for each item of sensitive leaked information, I think that these leaks would stop instantly.
Truly, the risk of bricking the PSP is what keeps the game interesting. It's too bad that Sony doesn't offer a dev kit for home users of the PSP like they have done with the Playstation's Net Yaroze and the PS2's Linux Kit.
One would think that they would be far sighted and see that today's PSP hackers and modders may well be tomorrow's PSP2 programmers.
There are hundreds of such businesses in Brooklyn. Most are owned by various 'ethnic' (non-Italian) (I won't say who) mafias and are brutal abusers of their customers.
http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/ has a good summary of the shysters.
It's not a monopoly. It's a single source solution.
A monopoly is a legal position that a company can find itself in. Just because you can only buy OS X for Apples doesn't make Apple a commodity.
Apple is doing what Apple thinks will help Apple gain more profit. They tried selling the OS on commodity hardware, and nearly went out of business. Next tried the same thing, and DID go out of business for the most part.
Steve Jobs learned his lesson from those mistakes, and until Apple is declared a legal monopoly there's nothing that anybody can do about it, except for Steve.
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We have almost always had video game boxes months or even a year after they get them in Japan. The story is the same with the games, of which we only seem to get 1/10th or less. Maybe Microsoft is forcing Japanese companies to reevaluate their release policies. It might be nice if Japan started putting the USA (their best customers!) a bit higher on the pegboard. This is the one good thing Microsoft has ever done, even if they didn't mean to.
I agree. And I must say, that Halo would have given Tribes a run for its money, if they had released it on time for the Macintosh. But instead, the Microsoft cock was far too tempting, and Bungie released Halo 5 years too late for it to be anything other than another team play FPS.
Let's go over the salient points:
Map size: Advantage Tribes! Maps can be enormous!
Number of players: Advantage Tribes! Back in the heyday of its popularity, I have played 120 player games! MADNESS!
Equipment choices: Advantage Tribes! Three armor classes (or many more including mods), many more weapons, and better balance.
Depth of play: Advantage Tribes! You can be a vital member of the team and never fire a shot. You can be a suicide bomber. You can crash your vehicle into somebody and hilariously kill them. You can freakin' FLY!
I haven't played much Vengeance yet, but Tribes and Tribes 2 were both so far beyond Halo and Halo 2 that it's not even funny. The expansive outdoor environments and often hilarious situations, the choices of armor and the mobility and sheer size of environments put Tribes and Tribes 2 in a class of their own, even almost 8 years after original release!
Halo, innovative. Only the ignorant or insane could make such a statement.
The fuckers at the Red Cross eat up a good portion of the money that you donate giving 6 figure salaries to many of their employees.
The good charity is the Salvation Army - the only major charity where the majority of cash actually goes to those in need.
I know that it exists already. If somehow Stem goes offline, a CD that you bought in the store wouldn't work in your home computer. If you need to reinstall the game, there's no guarantee that a binary downloaded through Stem will be re-installable.
I think that the entire idea of games that need to check in over the internet is repugnant. Maybe if they were offered at a substantial discount, I could see them being an alternative. However, as of now there's no guarantee that anybody will be playing Half Life 2 ten years from now.
Time to root around in my 'big box of fun' for my Voodoo 3 2000...
""In the future", every game will have an online component and an unlocking system ala steam."
You don't see the inherent problems with an online unlocking mechanism?
Peer review is actually winning over the 'shouting match' in regards to this and other controversies on the Wikipedia.
A bad edit may survive for a day or two, but the most obnoxious offenders are usually blocked. Their actions are also being noticed by the public, who will see this not as a 'shouting match' but as an attempt by corrupt politicians to whitewash their image, and tarnish their competitors image. This ultimately reflects quite poorly on the politicians themselves, which is a GOOD thing.
This is another anti-OS X screed by the mainstream media.
Despite all their railings, OS X hasn't been attacked. As most geeks already know this, I wonder who this sort of propaganda is targeting? PHBs?
This is insightful?
Wikipedia isn't perfect, but it's the best encyclopedia we have. Comparing the quality and accuracy of the Wikipedia with the Encyclopedia Brittanica, recent academic studies have found that the Wikipedia is just about as accurate and often a lot more complete.
I don't understand the anti-Wikipedia backlash that has become popular in the past year or so. Bad edits and vandalism usually don't survive more than a little while.
Neskimos - for people who don't like the Minibosses?
So, did they finally overcome the crippling boredom inflicted by 'find the red star shaped gem, place in star shaped hole in pedestal, door opens, inside room is a crescent shaped hole in a statue, find the yellow crescent shaped gem and place in hole' that has afflicted every Resident Evil game ever?
I hate to say it, but Resident Evil games are more formulaic than an episode of Scooby Doo.
Actually, Linux is a kernel, not an OS. And there are PLENTY of Linux distros that have every possible service running out of box. Most don't offer even basic firewall protection out of box. Linux distros tend to be far FAR more vulnerable to malware and viruses than OS X.
And Mac users don't have to DO anything to protect themselves. In fact, they have to take action to make themselves vulnerable to attacks!
As soon as there's a virus for OS X, or any sort of malware that infects me over the internet, your screed will be relevant.
But as things sit NOW, in the REAL WORLD, there is NOTHING THAT CAN INFECT US MAC USERS!
I grow weary of these constant "Look out Mac users, a virus is comin' your way" warnings. Wake up - we are immune!
I personally don't think force feedback is useful or fun at all. It hampers precise control, wears out wrists faster (carpal tunnel anybody?), and in general just a bad idea.
Hardware hacks are fun and everything, but I think we need to bury force feedback forever!
It already is. Just look up GNUstep.
Maybe because their partners in organized crime would find it tougher to use the tapes?
But more likely it's just sheer laziness combined with a lack of government mandated punishment for such leaks. If Uncle Sam started fining companies $25,000 for each item of sensitive leaked information, I think that these leaks would stop instantly.
Truly, the risk of bricking the PSP is what keeps the game interesting. It's too bad that Sony doesn't offer a dev kit for home users of the PSP like they have done with the Playstation's Net Yaroze and the PS2's Linux Kit.
One would think that they would be far sighted and see that today's PSP hackers and modders may well be tomorrow's PSP2 programmers.
Will Intel provide dual dual cores?
It seems that the G5 outperforms the Intel lineup on the desktop right now, for Mac users at least.
It's just a remote with the ability to play content from the Apple store or stuff you've downloaded.
Get BENT dude.
Linux isn't for users.
It's for programmers and administrators. Just like every other Unix except OS X.
YOU ARE AWESOME!!
There are hundreds of such businesses in Brooklyn. Most are owned by various 'ethnic' (non-Italian) (I won't say who) mafias and are brutal abusers of their customers.
http://donwiss.com/pictures/BrooklynStores/ has a good summary of the shysters.
Why not check out the article on the Wikipedia instead?
It's not a monopoly. It's a single source solution.
A monopoly is a legal position that a company can find itself in. Just because you can only buy OS X for Apples doesn't make Apple a commodity.
Apple is doing what Apple thinks will help Apple gain more profit. They tried selling the OS on commodity hardware, and nearly went out of business. Next tried the same thing, and DID go out of business for the most part.
Steve Jobs learned his lesson from those mistakes, and until Apple is declared a legal monopoly there's nothing that anybody can do about it, except for Steve.