While it's a neat puzzle game that magically transforms into science somehow, the timer mechanic is frustrating and off-putting. Why have an arbitrary time limit to solving these puzzles? Time limits are the laziest form of added difficulty and will drive away potential players once they see their progress disappear because they were too slow. I don't understand the motivation for having it there.
My middle-class parents fought bravely in the Great Class War. They were on the front lines at the Battle of Yuppie Hill, charging forth with their cards and using their meager wages to fight against the upper class. Skilled for battle by community and state colleges, their assault landed them deep into enemy territory. Luckily, they managed to carve out refuge and propagate, bringing new soldiers into the onslaught. Alas, it was too late, as the Upper Class bought out the Lower Class and together they forced my family and friends into a life of video games, malls, nights at the pub, and an affordable sedan.
Life's harsh, but we manage to make it through the night.
This guy makes more than I do with his salary, sponsors and winnings than I do in a year, and I'm a video game developer.
I never understood "Major League Gaming". I can understand local tournaments at arcades and pizza parlors, at least there you get outside and be sociable with the rest of the world and have an in-person experience. But watching a screen depicting someone else watching a screen? How much more recursive can we get? Professional Major League Gaming Watching?
Physical contact sports I can understand. We're essentially watching athletes who hone their bodies engage in feats of physical endurance and skill, and we admire such classical expositions of strength. I can understand professional Chess tournaments to a lesser extent; great minds coming together to wage war on a physical board in a centuries-old game of intellect.
But paying out six figure salaries to people who can click (or button-press) very fast in an order that is more efficient than his/her opponent? Major League Gaming truly is the product of fat and decadent times.
I'd be interested to see a progression timeline of the light vs. heat ratio from the various methods we've used. I'd imagine candle and torches would be the heaviest on the heat side, but seeing it slide with gas lamps, lanterns, incandescents, CFLs, and now LEDs would be neat. Anyone have some spare time on their hands?
Are those sneaky Reds still trying to use their communism-infused cigars to persuade people to become socialists? Are we still angry over the failed Bay of Pigs invasion? Or do we just have a raging hard on for the nostalgic cold war?
It's also about hope. By showing everyone that it's possible to work together and create an installation in space we're inspiring children everywhere, much like landing on the moon did. The ISS is valuable even just for its inspiration and hope given to all those interested in science.
What would be the point of inventing something just to have it ripped off, re-branded, and sold at half the price?
Not that I'm defending current IP laws, but some patent and copyright system is necessary.
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While it's a neat puzzle game that magically transforms into science somehow, the timer mechanic is frustrating and off-putting. Why have an arbitrary time limit to solving these puzzles? Time limits are the laziest form of added difficulty and will drive away potential players once they see their progress disappear because they were too slow. I don't understand the motivation for having it there.
I'd pay for it if they brought back The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the exact post where Louis Savain lost the rest of his mind.
My middle-class parents fought bravely in the Great Class War. They were on the front lines at the Battle of Yuppie Hill, charging forth with their cards and using their meager wages to fight against the upper class. Skilled for battle by community and state colleges, their assault landed them deep into enemy territory. Luckily, they managed to carve out refuge and propagate, bringing new soldiers into the onslaught. Alas, it was too late, as the Upper Class bought out the Lower Class and together they forced my family and friends into a life of video games, malls, nights at the pub, and an affordable sedan.
Life's harsh, but we manage to make it through the night.
This guy makes more than I do with his salary, sponsors and winnings than I do in a year, and I'm a video game developer. I never understood "Major League Gaming". I can understand local tournaments at arcades and pizza parlors, at least there you get outside and be sociable with the rest of the world and have an in-person experience. But watching a screen depicting someone else watching a screen? How much more recursive can we get? Professional Major League Gaming Watching? Physical contact sports I can understand. We're essentially watching athletes who hone their bodies engage in feats of physical endurance and skill, and we admire such classical expositions of strength. I can understand professional Chess tournaments to a lesser extent; great minds coming together to wage war on a physical board in a centuries-old game of intellect. But paying out six figure salaries to people who can click (or button-press) very fast in an order that is more efficient than his/her opponent? Major League Gaming truly is the product of fat and decadent times.
Slashdot poster numbius, professional stick in the mud.
I'd be interested to see a progression timeline of the light vs. heat ratio from the various methods we've used. I'd imagine candle and torches would be the heaviest on the heat side, but seeing it slide with gas lamps, lanterns, incandescents, CFLs, and now LEDs would be neat. Anyone have some spare time on their hands?
Are those sneaky Reds still trying to use their communism-infused cigars to persuade people to become socialists? Are we still angry over the failed Bay of Pigs invasion? Or do we just have a raging hard on for the nostalgic cold war?
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It's also about hope. By showing everyone that it's possible to work together and create an installation in space we're inspiring children everywhere, much like landing on the moon did. The ISS is valuable even just for its inspiration and hope given to all those interested in science.
What would be the point of inventing something just to have it ripped off, re-branded, and sold at half the price? Not that I'm defending current IP laws, but some patent and copyright system is necessary.
I'm sure 99% of Slashdot are not lawyers. Wouldn't it make more sense to preface a comment with "I am a lawyer..." instead?