Many modern FPS and RTS games have SDKs available where you can create mods of the original game. Pick your favorite, figure out what language it requires, study that, and make a mod for the game. It will get you used to working with level design tools, which you're going to need at some point, as well as programming in that language as it pertains to games. If you can bring in extra developers, that's good teamwork experience, which you'll need in just about any field period.
Companies like Valve have been known to hire accomplished mod-makers. Don't get your hopes up on that, but it's something to think about.
... I cannot justify buying three $500 video cards just to play a game.
Was this ever a requirement just to play a game? Granted, I haven't been around THAT long, but if my current rig and its pair of $200 video cards in SLI mode can run Age of Conan at 70 FPS on maxed out settings, I fail to see why anyone would be shelling out $1500 on graphics hardware alone.
An often-missed point in this discussion is, even with bleeding edge $500 video cards available, there isn't a game out there that requires more than one of these behemoth cards to run at max settings. None that I've encountered, anyway, and this was true even four years ago when I built my current rig's predecessor.
As for the gaming PC being dead, mine seems to be alive and well despite being a year old now. I generally build a new rig every three years or so, and it seems to cost roughly $1500 for the entire machine each time. I tend to jump on new games fairly quickly, and I have yet to see my computer choke on one. I never really understood the whole "six-month upgrade cycle" thing for hardware, but maybe my luck with hardware is just that good.
Either way, the article sounds like more sensationalist over-stirring of the pot to me. Move along, nothing to see here.
I haven't played it because no one ever mentioned it to me. I had heard of it but never gave it a second thought until I purchased the Orange Box earlier this year, and realized that I actually DO enjoy FPS games. Half-Life 2 has since becomes one of my favorite games, and needless to say, I keep up on the gaming scene a lot more now than I used to.
That being said, I'm downloading Half-Life on Steam as we speak and can't wait to play it.
Seems to me that companies would keep all that data just in case a legal issue came up, in order to have a leg to stand on. Lawsuits are unpredictable that way.
I was wondering more for the sake of ROI numbers for my own personal amusement, rather than tax numbers. Accurate numbers in either case are definitely wishful thinking, though.
Wasnt there a story a while back saying that they'd made like $140million in total from filesharing lawsuits?
This amount included the settlements against Napster etc.
The recording artists involved in the Napster case were suing the RIAA because they'd not seen a single cent of it.
Not sure how I missed it the first time around but yeah, there was.
It would be pretty hilarious if the RIAA got sued into oblivion by the very artists they claim to "protect".
I had to turn off the music in Age of Conan for similar reasons; it just kicked in at the most random times. I'd be walking around fighting stuff, listening to the sounds of nature and bloodshed, when all of a sudden WHOA SURPRISE EPIC SYMPHONIC BUTTSECKS.
Generally, the idea behind these things is, if you own the actual cartridge, you're allowed to make a backup. How you store that backup might be a gray area, but I would hate to see this get shot down for the very reason you mentioned. DS cartridges are small and transportable, but easily lost.
That's not to say the R4 helps prevent piracy, exactly, but then again, not many things do. Aside from crappy games, anyway.
Did you read the entire court transcript? Were you in the court every day? Did you read any third-party summaries or stories about the case? No, no, and yes. I've heard both sides and yes, there is plenty of evidence against Hans. Unfortunately I don't have time to read entire transcripts, but even if I did, no one asked me to preside over the case, so what difference does it make?
What it boils down to is this: You don't get to make that call, the jury does. Exactly. I'm a random shmuck on the Internet with an opinion. Nothing more.
Anything else is just an opinion. Something I am entitled to, regardless of whether or not you agree with it.
He's no longer presumed innocent, he's now deemed guilty, that's how the system works. And I'm allowed to disagree with the result. I'm not convinced he's innocent, and I'm not convinced he's guilty. Maybe if I did sit in court all day I'd think otherwise, but I didn't, and I'm guessing you didn't either. The fact that "the system" says he's guilty, doesn't mean he is.
Indeed - granted, I left a word out, but that is the point I was trying to make.
Regardless... guilty or not, the evidence was not substantial enough to prove guilt; as such, he should still be presumed innocent.
Now that he has been found guilty, perhaps you should explain why you think he is innocent? People are innocent until proven guilty. Hans was never proven guilty, therefore he is innocent.
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If you lived in his area of jurisdiction, you'd understand.
Many modern FPS and RTS games have SDKs available where you can create mods of the original game. Pick your favorite, figure out what language it requires, study that, and make a mod for the game. It will get you used to working with level design tools, which you're going to need at some point, as well as programming in that language as it pertains to games. If you can bring in extra developers, that's good teamwork experience, which you'll need in just about any field period.
Companies like Valve have been known to hire accomplished mod-makers. Don't get your hopes up on that, but it's something to think about.
... I cannot justify buying three $500 video cards just to play a game.
Was this ever a requirement just to play a game? Granted, I haven't been around THAT long, but if my current rig and its pair of $200 video cards in SLI mode can run Age of Conan at 70 FPS on maxed out settings, I fail to see why anyone would be shelling out $1500 on graphics hardware alone.
An often-missed point in this discussion is, even with bleeding edge $500 video cards available, there isn't a game out there that requires more than one of these behemoth cards to run at max settings. None that I've encountered, anyway, and this was true even four years ago when I built my current rig's predecessor.
As for the gaming PC being dead, mine seems to be alive and well despite being a year old now. I generally build a new rig every three years or so, and it seems to cost roughly $1500 for the entire machine each time. I tend to jump on new games fairly quickly, and I have yet to see my computer choke on one. I never really understood the whole "six-month upgrade cycle" thing for hardware, but maybe my luck with hardware is just that good.
Either way, the article sounds like more sensationalist over-stirring of the pot to me. Move along, nothing to see here.
I haven't played it because no one ever mentioned it to me. I had heard of it but never gave it a second thought until I purchased the Orange Box earlier this year, and realized that I actually DO enjoy FPS games. Half-Life 2 has since becomes one of my favorite games, and needless to say, I keep up on the gaming scene a lot more now than I used to.
That being said, I'm downloading Half-Life on Steam as we speak and can't wait to play it.
Not to mention a line of signature guitars used in plenty of genres outside country.
I'm trying to think of some terrible pun relating modulated farting to smoke signals, but I'm drawing a blank.
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Seems to me that companies would keep all that data just in case a legal issue came up, in order to have a leg to stand on. Lawsuits are unpredictable that way.
I was wondering more for the sake of ROI numbers for my own personal amusement, rather than tax numbers. Accurate numbers in either case are definitely wishful thinking, though.
Wasnt there a story a while back saying that they'd made like $140million in total from filesharing lawsuits? This amount included the settlements against Napster etc. The recording artists involved in the Napster case were suing the RIAA because they'd not seen a single cent of it.
Not sure how I missed it the first time around but yeah, there was.
It would be pretty hilarious if the RIAA got sued into oblivion by the very artists they claim to "protect".
I'd be curious to see an expense report comparing the amount they've spent on legal fees during this whole campaign to the return on investment.
I had to turn off the music in Age of Conan for similar reasons; it just kicked in at the most random times. I'd be walking around fighting stuff, listening to the sounds of nature and bloodshed, when all of a sudden WHOA SURPRISE EPIC SYMPHONIC BUTTSECKS.
Generally, the idea behind these things is, if you own the actual cartridge, you're allowed to make a backup. How you store that backup might be a gray area, but I would hate to see this get shot down for the very reason you mentioned. DS cartridges are small and transportable, but easily lost.
That's not to say the R4 helps prevent piracy, exactly, but then again, not many things do. Aside from crappy games, anyway.
That one was me... sorry.
Indeed - granted, I left a word out, but that is the point I was trying to make. Regardless... guilty or not, the evidence was not substantial enough to prove guilt; as such, he should still be presumed innocent.
Shouldn't your TGP script take care of that for you? ;)
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