Not only that, but they tried to launch worldwide before they had a lot of games attractive to Japanese gamers. The XBox was already a failure in Japan due to not having enough games the Japapese would like, and this just further entrenches the image of the XBox and its successors as an "American console".
People keep bringing up the "point" that hydrogen takes too much energy to generate. It DOESN'T HAVE TO BE done with electrocity! There are ways of doing it biologically.
Nobody makes fun of Apple for going out of their way to make iPods look good, because they are good. The same may apply here.
I don't know, I think iPod = Civic holds true. Very plain-looking, but reliable and functional. iPod skins = ricey mods, functionless (and even impeding function sometimes, some skins caused overheating problems) but some people swear they make it look better and more unique.
This where MMORPGs fail in my eyes compared to PnP. Besides the fact that a significant portion of the people you're playing with take the game FAR FAR too seriously, the games don't have anywhere near the flexibility that PnP has to allow for actually having fun rather than another day of stats++.
Once when I was playing Shadowrun with a couple friends, we decided just to screw around for a bit. My character ended up getting killed because I angered a lady in a high apartment - she threw her toaster down at me, and I botched the roll.
Sure, MMOs give you the fantasy experience, but if I can't have random shit happen like getting killed by flung appliances, it loses a lot of the fun that PnP is capable of bringing you. No MMO has ever given (or likely will ever give) me half as much fun as that day brought.
MMOs are too static. Neverwinter Nights had the right idea with allowing human DMs into the mix. I know it seems like it would cut into profits, but if game companies hired a platoon of creative people just to interact with their players, I think people would stick around playing the game far longer.
Have humans controlling the big boss fights. You think you've gotten an enemy on "farm" status? Sorry, he just completely changed his strategy. Of course, maybe he wants to bargain with you first this time. How would you like your pick of certain items just for NOT killing him? Who says he won't kill you anyways after you've taken it and aren't expecting to be attacked?
Have humans controlling in-city events. An army of zombies has spawned and they're attacking the city - it's your job to defend it. You think you've gotten them all? Some are actually hiding in buildings waiting for the excitement to die down.
Ironically, eyes are usually a person's most distinguishing feature, hence why putting black bars over eyes is considered good enough to hide who they are.
I would say that the fast track treatment should only be reserved for terminal diseases.
I think that's the while point of all this. There aren't as many ethics questions when the person is dying regardless.
Hell, if I had a disease that was going to kill me in the next year, I'd try all the experimental treatments they could throw at me. Who cares if they give me cancer or a higher chance of heart attack, I'm going to die soon ANYWAY.
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Not only that, but they tried to launch worldwide before they had a lot of games attractive to Japanese gamers. The XBox was already a failure in Japan due to not having enough games the Japapese would like, and this just further entrenches the image of the XBox and its successors as an "American console".
At 104F, those are going to be the greasiest fries you've ever had.
Those were just the first results I grabbed. Here's the Berkeley press release:
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http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2000/
Oh, Communism is a wonderful idea. The problem is that it would never work in practice.
People keep bringing up the "point" that hydrogen takes too much energy to generate. It DOESN'T HAVE TO BE done with electrocity! There are ways of doing it biologically.
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http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54456
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.04/mustread
It's basically using solar energy to make hydrogen, but without the trouble of solar cells.
I ran Win95 on a 486 DX/2 50mhz w/ 6MB RAM. It was a bit slow, but still usable.
Black and White? Quite an original game, I'd say, and one of the most overhyped there was.
Nobody makes fun of Apple for going out of their way to make iPods look good, because they are good. The same may apply here.
I don't know, I think iPod = Civic holds true. Very plain-looking, but reliable and functional. iPod skins = ricey mods, functionless (and even impeding function sometimes, some skins caused overheating problems) but some people swear they make it look better and more unique.
When I was just a boy, Norton AV killed my father. I will never forgive it! NEVER!
I'd love to pay money to play a game where there are no rules, no whiners, and no people who take the game way too seriously for their own good.
UO was the closest we ever got, I suppose, but even that got ruined.
Of course, back then, you had 1MB of OS data rather than 2.5GB, so it was just a tad easier to go bug-free.
Will they ingore the next tetris/nintendogs/gran turismo/WWII Fps game
Hopefully, because none of those are particularly story-heavy. This isn't the Spike video game awards.
In a conventional lens, light gets bent
Poor light. Why is everyone so mean to it? It just wants to be loved, but everyone wants it to get bent.
This might cause the whole of space/time to explode, it might form a pocket universe, or it might do all sorts of other strange things.
Okay, I definitely nominate this for the most dangerous idea.
Like with "Indian tech support"?
Unless by "too hot to touch" it means "you literally can't touch it because your flesh and bone will burn completely just by getting near it".
Then it's hot.
hopefully not taking it too seriously
This where MMORPGs fail in my eyes compared to PnP. Besides the fact that a significant portion of the people you're playing with take the game FAR FAR too seriously, the games don't have anywhere near the flexibility that PnP has to allow for actually having fun rather than another day of stats++.
Once when I was playing Shadowrun with a couple friends, we decided just to screw around for a bit. My character ended up getting killed because I angered a lady in a high apartment - she threw her toaster down at me, and I botched the roll.
Sure, MMOs give you the fantasy experience, but if I can't have random shit happen like getting killed by flung appliances, it loses a lot of the fun that PnP is capable of bringing you. No MMO has ever given (or likely will ever give) me half as much fun as that day brought.
MMOs are too static. Neverwinter Nights had the right idea with allowing human DMs into the mix. I know it seems like it would cut into profits, but if game companies hired a platoon of creative people just to interact with their players, I think people would stick around playing the game far longer.
Have humans controlling the big boss fights. You think you've gotten an enemy on "farm" status? Sorry, he just completely changed his strategy. Of course, maybe he wants to bargain with you first this time. How would you like your pick of certain items just for NOT killing him? Who says he won't kill you anyways after you've taken it and aren't expecting to be attacked?
Have humans controlling in-city events. An army of zombies has spawned and they're attacking the city - it's your job to defend it. You think you've gotten them all? Some are actually hiding in buildings waiting for the excitement to die down.
Etc. It could make games AMAZINGLY fun.
Well, they already use PS2s for missiles, right? They just wanted an upgrade, I suppose.
Ironically, eyes are usually a person's most distinguishing feature, hence why putting black bars over eyes is considered good enough to hide who they are.
They really are trying to...
It really is hard to get past the fact that it's unconstitutional, though.
Note that this song also works perfectly with Google.
I really don't see the point you're trying to make with that statement.
He's trying to prove that music elitists can find some way to insert a jab at popular music in any conversation, regardless of the relevance.
Books are those things made of paper that they made you buy in college that just sat there gathering dust on your desk.
I would say that the fast track treatment should only be reserved for terminal diseases.
I think that's the while point of all this. There aren't as many ethics questions when the person is dying regardless.
Hell, if I had a disease that was going to kill me in the next year, I'd try all the experimental treatments they could throw at me. Who cares if they give me cancer or a higher chance of heart attack, I'm going to die soon ANYWAY.
OTOH if you like cartoons from Japan then you are an Otaku or something.
Which is funny, because in Japan, Otaku has a quite negative connotation.