Yeah, the current amount of good games is kinda crappy, but over the next year, a bunch of kick-ass ones are scheduled for release.
Oh, and does anyone bashing the availability/current games of the PS2 remember the PSX's launch? 10,000 units were made available. The games were horrible. There was promise of a much more powerful system right around the corner (N64), but it's quite apparent that none of that stopped the PSX from becoming one of the most successful consoles ever.
Possibly, but I was thinking FF because it actually looks like it stars real actors. Toy Story was a big milestone in computer animated movies, but it didn't have that element to it...
My father works for BPAmoco, and he seems to believe that the company isn't really scared of these new technologies, or at least they won't be threatened for quite a while.
Think about all the gas-powered cars there are out there. Think about how (relatively) inexpensive gas is, how readily available it is (there must be 5 gas stations within 5 miles of my house), and most importantly, how USED TO gas people are.
Nothing is going to replace gas until it absolutely HAS to.
DEFINITELY. One politician isn't going to do much on his own. We need to call/write (remember: BY HAND, normal letters do much more good) our congressmen and tell them that we agree with Boucher. The responses MUST be intelligently written, or they will be ignored. We've scored a small victory, hopefully this is just the start of them.
I know. It's brilliant. Think about all the money they're going to make from displaying all of those... especially after it's been slashdotted. Not sure if that was their intention, but it sure seems like it'll work.
The problem ISN'T that we don't notice the ads. The problem is that we just don't care enough to click them.
We need ads for products that we will actually WANT to buy. This is where targeted ads come in. Then you get offered products that they know you might be interested in. It's a win/win situation. More interest = more clicks. More ads we want to see = more cool gadgets for us.
Don't bother to scream "privacy invasion" at this. I don't want any replies from the weekly-world-news reading paranoid people.
What happens to free web servers like Geocities that depend on ad revenue to stay alive? If micropayments replace ads, say goodbye to them...
Would YOU pay a certain amount a month to view geocities pages? I know I sure wouldn't. 99.99% of them are utter crap. There are a few gems out there, and I'd hate to miss them because I didn't pay my geocities fee.
With all due respect, the market has a way of punishing bad content and rewarding the good. Not all of us share the whim of the market, but the problem with free content, particularly on a quality basis, is that it isn't subject to traditional market forces -- which is why we have so many "half-assed attempts" at content on the net.
That all depends. The way things are set up now, good content *IS* rewarded. Good content causes more people to tell others about the site. Other people come to the site, increasing ad views. More ad views = more money. Also, if your site becomes sufficiently big, then you have a chance of being bought out for large sums of money (like Slashdot).
I'd hardly say that people aren't being rewarded...
On one hand, I like ads. Ads don't cost ME anything. Ads show me products that I may be interested in buying. Targeted ads are better, because then there's more of a chance for the 'oh cool!' reaction, which will cause me to go buy something which I may not have known about before, but which will make my life better/easier... (although I shouldn't have brought up targeted ads on Slashdot, because now all the privacy nuts will get their panties in a wad.)
On the other hand, micropayments seem like a good idea. When people are actually paying for a service, there's more of an obligation for the creator of that service to produce a better quality product. There's also more of a chance for the creators to get money. These are good.
HOWEVER, there's one major problem with micropayments, and that's that the user has to have MONEY. Now, what happens to the people who can barely afford to pay for their internet connection (that need it for, say, school), but won't be able to pay all the little micropayments (they WILL add up). Or what about schools that suddenly get hit for HUGE amounts because of all the payments they need to make for their students to access sites required for courses (IE blackboard.com).
I'd like to stick with ads (non-java ones please... thank you.). They seem like the best overall choice... but they apparently are not working out...:/
Bassos-Hull agrees. "It won't be free-floating conversation," Bassos-Hull said. "We'll be able to ask questions and they will be able to answer in very simple terms."
I wonder how long it will take for someone to figure out how to ask the dolphins who all their base are belong to.
Maybe that's not such a good idea, though. They may decide to retaliate by moving 'Zig'.
What the hell? They're going to do this as the files are transferred too. Seems a little strange to me.
Anyways, there's no mention of what the protection layer will DO. Sure it will put restrictions on what it will do, but what are the details? Is it not going to let you play it? Or maybe only a certain number of times?
Anyways, it'll take about 2 milliseconds before someone makes a player that ignores the 'protection layer'.
Unless, that is, you want a game that ISN'T an FPS or RTS, because it seems that's all that PC game manufacturers make anymore.
Face it, consoles are your best bet for games. Especially now when you can buy a $300 console and get graphics that rival (if not surpass) a $1500 computer.
As always, though, it's all about the games. RPGs are strictly console territory. 99.9999% of the RPGs for the PC *SUCK HARDCORE*. Everyone was ranting and raving about Baldurs Gate 2, saying it's the best RPG ever, and, my god... Talk about a BORING game.
Oh, and if you want something that isn't the same old recycled dribble... something ORIGINAL, consoles are the best as well. Take Chu-Chu Rocket, Samba De Amigo, Seaman, etc.
Fighting games are better on a console than a PC. There's *no* argument on this one.
Stick to your PC if you want to play the same games over and over again. Consoles are for the true gamers.
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I'm thinking it's so they can update it from their offices whenever they please, and the user doesn't have to do anything.
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I religiously 'handle my snake' if you get my drift ;)
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I thought that I had read that Microsoft was firmly opposed to this?
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I believe this is partly the point. Everyone and their grandma can use Windows. With Linux, it's quite a different story.
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Finally, a voice of REASON on slashdot. This is getting rare nowadays.
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The current batch of game (p)reviews that makes me want it:
http://www.thegia.com/psx2/boku/boku.html
http://www.thegia.com/psx2/wal/wal.html
http://www.thegia.com/psx2/ff10/ff10.html
http://www.thegia.com/dc/soulr2/soulr2.html
http://www.thegia.com/psx2/kessen/kessen.html
http://www.thegia.com/psx2/kessen2/kessen2.html
http://www.thegia.com/psx2/mgs2/mgs2.html
http://www.thegia.com/psx2/zoe/zoe.html
http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/filters/products/
http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/filters/products/
http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/filters/products/
http://www.zdnet.com/gamespot/filters/products/
Yeah, the current amount of good games is kinda crappy, but over the next year, a bunch of kick-ass ones are scheduled for release.
Oh, and does anyone bashing the availability/current games of the PS2 remember the PSX's launch? 10,000 units were made available. The games were horrible. There was promise of a much more powerful system right around the corner (N64), but it's quite apparent that none of that stopped the PSX from becoming one of the most successful consoles ever.
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Possibly, but I was thinking FF because it actually looks like it stars real actors. Toy Story was a big milestone in computer animated movies, but it didn't have that element to it...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
He won't be the first to do this. The final fantasy movie is coming out July 13th, and will be COMPLETELY computer animated.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
My father works for BPAmoco, and he seems to believe that the company isn't really scared of these new technologies, or at least they won't be threatened for quite a while.
Think about all the gas-powered cars there are out there. Think about how (relatively) inexpensive gas is, how readily available it is (there must be 5 gas stations within 5 miles of my house), and most importantly, how USED TO gas people are.
Nothing is going to replace gas until it absolutely HAS to.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
How is 7/22 (22/7, whatever) easier to remember than 3/14?
-- Dr. Eldarion --
DEFINITELY. One politician isn't going to do much on his own. We need to call/write (remember: BY HAND, normal letters do much more good) our congressmen and tell them that we agree with Boucher. The responses MUST be intelligently written, or they will be ignored. We've scored a small victory, hopefully this is just the start of them.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
I know. It's brilliant. Think about all the money they're going to make from displaying all of those... especially after it's been slashdotted. Not sure if that was their intention, but it sure seems like it'll work.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
I wish some of my coworkers around here would take advantage of the opportunity of SOAP.
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That is pure comedy gold, although maybe the name should have been changed from 'Cats' to 'Katz'
Oh, and for all you 'All Your Base' maniacs, get the new issue of Time. They have a mini-article on page 4 about it.
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1 00525,00.html
There's the actual article on time.com
You missed the most important link of all!
ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US IN TIME MAGAZINE.
Page 4.
http://209.250.96.243/images/misc/aybabu2.jpg
They even mentioned my t-shirts!!! Too bad they didn't give the address =(
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The problem ISN'T that we don't notice the ads. The problem is that we just don't care enough to click them.
We need ads for products that we will actually WANT to buy. This is where targeted ads come in. Then you get offered products that they know you might be interested in. It's a win/win situation. More interest = more clicks. More ads we want to see = more cool gadgets for us.
Don't bother to scream "privacy invasion" at this. I don't want any replies from the weekly-world-news reading paranoid people.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
What happens to free web servers like Geocities that depend on ad revenue to stay alive? If micropayments replace ads, say goodbye to them...
Would YOU pay a certain amount a month to view geocities pages? I know I sure wouldn't. 99.99% of them are utter crap. There are a few gems out there, and I'd hate to miss them because I didn't pay my geocities fee.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
With all due respect, the market has a way of punishing bad content and rewarding the good. Not all of us share the whim of the market, but the problem with free content, particularly on a quality basis, is that it isn't subject to traditional market forces -- which is why we have so many "half-assed attempts" at content on the net.
That all depends. The way things are set up now, good content *IS* rewarded. Good content causes more people to tell others about the site. Other people come to the site, increasing ad views. More ad views = more money. Also, if your site becomes sufficiently big, then you have a chance of being bought out for large sums of money (like Slashdot).
I'd hardly say that people aren't being rewarded...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
On one hand, I like ads. Ads don't cost ME anything. Ads show me products that I may be interested in buying. Targeted ads are better, because then there's more of a chance for the 'oh cool!' reaction, which will cause me to go buy something which I may not have known about before, but which will make my life better/easier... (although I shouldn't have brought up targeted ads on Slashdot, because now all the privacy nuts will get their panties in a wad.)
:/
On the other hand, micropayments seem like a good idea. When people are actually paying for a service, there's more of an obligation for the creator of that service to produce a better quality product. There's also more of a chance for the creators to get money. These are good.
HOWEVER, there's one major problem with micropayments, and that's that the user has to have MONEY. Now, what happens to the people who can barely afford to pay for their internet connection (that need it for, say, school), but won't be able to pay all the little micropayments (they WILL add up). Or what about schools that suddenly get hit for HUGE amounts because of all the payments they need to make for their students to access sites required for courses (IE blackboard.com).
I'd like to stick with ads (non-java ones please... thank you.). They seem like the best overall choice... but they apparently are not working out...
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Bassos-Hull agrees. "It won't be free-floating conversation," Bassos-Hull said. "We'll be able to ask questions and they will be able to answer in very simple terms."
I wonder how long it will take for someone to figure out how to ask the dolphins who all their base are belong to.
Maybe that's not such a good idea, though. They may decide to retaliate by moving 'Zig'.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
What the hell? They're going to do this as the files are transferred too. Seems a little strange to me.
Anyways, there's no mention of what the protection layer will DO. Sure it will put restrictions on what it will do, but what are the details? Is it not going to let you play it? Or maybe only a certain number of times?
Anyways, it'll take about 2 milliseconds before someone makes a player that ignores the 'protection layer'.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
You, sir, are quite uninformed.
To summarize the article I read, Nintendo said that Square could go to hell.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
Unless, that is, you want a game that ISN'T an FPS or RTS, because it seems that's all that PC game manufacturers make anymore.
Face it, consoles are your best bet for games. Especially now when you can buy a $300 console and get graphics that rival (if not surpass) a $1500 computer.
As always, though, it's all about the games. RPGs are strictly console territory. 99.9999% of the RPGs for the PC *SUCK HARDCORE*. Everyone was ranting and raving about Baldurs Gate 2, saying it's the best RPG ever, and, my god... Talk about a BORING game.
Oh, and if you want something that isn't the same old recycled dribble... something ORIGINAL, consoles are the best as well. Take Chu-Chu Rocket, Samba De Amigo, Seaman, etc.
Fighting games are better on a console than a PC. There's *no* argument on this one.
Stick to your PC if you want to play the same games over and over again. Consoles are for the true gamers.
-- Dr. Eldarion --
What anime do you like that isn't martial arts, giant robots or H-anime?
Love Hina. Hasn't been released here yet, though =(.
Anyways, get the fansubs. Get them now. Make sure you have the entire night to watch it, because you won't want to stop.
-- Dr. Eldarion --