Everyone has suffered from data loss, but any serious musician will back up his computer work every day he works on it. It's not hard to back up. Get a good backup program like second copy 2000. And another hardrive would help. Don't get fooled again.
If you are writing code for yourself, make it as quick and dirty as you like. This benefits you in time and effort.
If you are writing code for the Linux community, making it as accessible as possible. This will bring more people into the fold and more people means more resources. And more resources will ultimately benefit everyone who uses Linux. So this benefits you to.
E.T. (1982) - The game that sank Atari? 5,000,000 unsold copies?
How many other games have been so bad that 14 trucks worth of it were buried in a landfill?
Even when I was 10, playing it for 30 seconds at a dept store, I knew it sucked ass.
Great characters add to the game, but for Max Payne, without the thick film noir atmosphere and well done graphic novel elements(i.e. the writing and the plot) of the game, it's just another 3d shooter. Oh let's not forget stunning graphics and bullet time. It may have been an arbitrary example, but Max has a lot more to credit for being a great game than a memorable character (which, while memorable, isn't remarkably deep).
I mean Duke Nukem was a great character, and all he had going for him was a butch haircut and some great one-liners.
Now if only these talented artists using these cheap studios could get some airplay from the giant Clear Channel in the sky instead of the big studio cookie cutters that are being shit out for us. The advent of more people having access to quality recording hasn't lifted the talented home recorder out from the musical underground. They have to be searched for, as apposed to the production puppets being forced down our throats 12 times a day.
The only way I see the gaming side of Linux growing (short of a 1000 fold increase in desktop users) is for a game developer to make a truly awesome game and have it for Linux only. Since this would financially be the equivalent of putting the development money into a wood burning stove, it wouldn't matter if the linux community pirated the hell out of it. It would draw people to the OS just to check out the game. This would all have to be done almost as a sacrifice for the good of Linux by a donor entity with deep pockets. Perhaps if it doesn't succeed, it can always be ported to Windows, where it should be able to make it's money back. A gigantic pipe dream, but still fun to think about.
Games are going to look great. It's a shame this engine doesn't help make good gameplay. It's like the movie business coming out with a way of blowing stuff up with slightly larger explosions.
Don't mind me, I haven't had my caffeine injection yet.
The next step in games is the next step for society as well - true VR. When we are able to break out of the flat monitor into true 3d and immersion, the direction of games will suddenly shoot off in a whole new direction because of the new aspects this presentation. VR has had a stigma for a while because it was introduced when the technology wasn't anywhere near ready. When the time comes that the technology is GOOD, games, application, society as a whole will change in ways I can't possibly predict. But it will change. And I'm still waiting.
I doubt they'll get much reaction about running pedestrians over after the GTA3 phenomenon. They better focus on the fun action, and not the gore level, since, as SOF II and Postal proved, you have to have a good game as well.
Steve Jackson's classic was clunky on the commodore 64, but would make a great MMORPG! Does anybody even remember this game?:)
I personally have a problem with emulators because they allow me to play old games from my childhood that I had fond memories of, and after playing again realize they really blow. Thanks emulators! I'm looking at you, Sword of Fargoal!
The point is sega and nintendo were just twinklings in their daddy's eyes when Intellivision fell off the map. The article was a little misleading I thought.
i remember Dungeon Keeper had the ability to possess its various creatures and switch to fps mode. It was a bit awkward, but it sure gave a nice variety of POV being flies and dragons and so forth. How much variety this new title brings is debateable, but it could be a refreshing idea. I think the real wait is for Perfect Dark anyway;)
The Intellivision was the first 16-bit console to hit the market back in 1980, although it was sadly crushed by Sega and Nintendo.
when, in 1986?? according to intellivisionlives.com, sega and nintendo had NOTHING to do with its eventual crushing. If anyone, mattel beat the pee out of it with the colecovision.
this sounds like the same drifting, unfocused development methodology that IS had for Daikatana. They may not be living like rockstars, so they can make the money last a little longer, but with aparently no risk management, I'm sure the feature creeep and reworking for the game has been a total nightmare. They have been wise to keep themselves out of the media. I think they learned something about the meteoric cratering of Ion Storm by letting the media see what a mess the internal workings had become.
I'm more interested in the postmortem of this game than the game itself:)
In terms of frequency response, CD's do beat LP's. Sound is subjective though, so it doesn't matter if it is a perfect recording, it just matters that it's good enough for you (the listener). Hell, most people bitch about cd's (if they bitch at all) that they sound too perfect. Go figure. If the AAC format is anything like mp3's at 128kb/s, most people won't be able to tell what is being lost in the translation.
Fortunately I've discovered a redundant layer of password protection in the screensaver control panel. I'm pretty sure this will catch whatever security whosywhatsit your talking about.
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Everyone has suffered from data loss, but any serious musician will back up his computer work every day he works on it.
It's not hard to back up. Get a good backup program like second copy 2000. And another hardrive would help. Don't get fooled again.
that should set us up nicely for a new hope...of some kind....hmm.
Here is a sound bite from his testimony:
GlennTestimony.wav
this thing would be great on those days you have really, really bad diarrhea.
If you are writing code for yourself, make it as quick and dirty as you like. This benefits you in time and effort.
If you are writing code for the Linux community, making it as accessible as possible. This will bring more people into the fold and more people means more resources. And more resources will ultimately benefit everyone who uses Linux. So this benefits you to.
I heard the first name was
Colliding 'Roid Assembly - Zero Fault Unitarian Kill System
a.k.a. CRA-ZFUKS
they better be able to support more than 256Mb of ram, since you'll need at least a Gb to represent that 32kX32K screen.
Who hasn't line up their crosshairs between the scientists eyes when they are talking to you about blah blah blah. Then emptying your machine gun?
:)
Just me?...
Hey, I said I felt guilty, okay?!
E.T. (1982) - The game that sank Atari? 5,000,000 unsold copies?
How many other games have been so bad that 14 trucks worth of it were buried in a landfill?
Even when I was 10, playing it for 30 seconds at a dept store, I knew it sucked ass.
Great characters add to the game, but for Max Payne, without the thick film noir atmosphere and well done graphic novel elements(i.e. the writing and the plot) of the game, it's just another 3d shooter. Oh let's not forget stunning graphics and bullet time. It may have been an arbitrary example, but Max has a lot more to credit for being a great game than a memorable character (which, while memorable, isn't remarkably deep).
I mean Duke Nukem was a great character, and all he had going for him was a butch haircut and some great one-liners.
Now if only these talented artists using these cheap studios could get some airplay from the giant Clear Channel in the sky instead of the big studio cookie cutters that are being shit out for us. The advent of more people having access to quality recording hasn't lifted the talented home recorder out from the musical underground. They have to be searched for, as apposed to the production puppets being forced down our throats 12 times a day.
Do I sound bitter? I can't tell any more.
P.S. FL Studio rocks.
DJ Yahoo Serious?
man, that never gets old.
What if they throw in all future 3DRealms releases?
The only way I see the gaming side of Linux growing (short of a 1000 fold increase in desktop users) is for a game developer to make a truly awesome game and have it for Linux only.
Since this would financially be the equivalent of putting the development money into a wood burning stove, it wouldn't matter if the linux community pirated the hell out of it.
It would draw people to the OS just to check out the game. This would all have to be done almost as a sacrifice for the good of Linux by a donor entity with deep pockets. Perhaps if it doesn't succeed, it can always be ported to Windows, where it should be able to make it's money back.
A gigantic pipe dream, but still fun to think about.
Games are going to look great. It's a shame this engine doesn't help make good gameplay.
It's like the movie business coming out with a way of blowing stuff up with slightly larger explosions.
Don't mind me, I haven't had my caffeine injection yet.
The next step in games is the next step for society as well - true VR.
When we are able to break out of the flat monitor into true 3d and immersion, the direction of games will suddenly shoot off in a whole new direction because of the new aspects this presentation.
VR has had a stigma for a while because it was introduced when the technology wasn't anywhere near ready. When the time comes that the technology is GOOD, games, application, society as a whole will change in ways I can't possibly predict. But it will change. And I'm still waiting.
They should resample after Half-Life 2 comes out!
That ought to blow the bell curve.
I doubt they'll get much reaction about running pedestrians over after the GTA3 phenomenon. They better focus on the fun action, and not the gore level, since, as SOF II and Postal proved, you have to have a good game as well.
Steve Jackson's classic was clunky on the commodore 64, but would make a great MMORPG! Does anybody even remember this game? :)
I personally have a problem with emulators because they allow me to play old games from my childhood that I had fond memories of, and after playing again realize they really blow. Thanks emulators! I'm looking at you, Sword of Fargoal!
damn! I knew something sounded wrong there.
The point is sega and nintendo were just twinklings in their daddy's eyes when Intellivision fell off the map. The article was a little misleading I thought.
i remember Dungeon Keeper had the ability to possess its various creatures and switch to fps mode. It was a bit awkward, but it sure gave a nice variety of POV being flies and dragons and so forth. How much variety this new title brings is debateable, but it could be a refreshing idea. ;)
I think the real wait is for Perfect Dark anyway
when, in 1986??
according to intellivisionlives.com, sega and nintendo had NOTHING to do with its eventual crushing. If anyone, mattel beat the pee out of it with the colecovision.
this sounds like the same drifting, unfocused development methodology that IS had for Daikatana. They may not be living like rockstars, so they can make the money last a little longer, but with aparently no risk management, I'm sure the feature creeep and reworking for the game has been a total nightmare. :)
They have been wise to keep themselves out of the media. I think they learned something about the meteoric cratering of Ion Storm by letting the media see what a mess the internal workings had become.
I'm more interested in the postmortem of this game than the game itself
In terms of frequency response, CD's do beat LP's. Sound is subjective though, so it doesn't matter if it is a perfect recording, it just matters that it's good enough for you (the listener). Hell, most people bitch about cd's (if they bitch at all) that they sound too perfect. Go figure. If the AAC format is anything like mp3's at 128kb/s, most people won't be able to tell what is being lost in the translation.
Fortunately I've discovered a redundant layer of password protection in the screensaver control panel. I'm pretty sure this will catch whatever security whosywhatsit your talking about.