Youtube and Google+ badges? Maybe for a future Google Games? That'd make sense.
But the cynic in me sees this as nothing but a glorified tracking cookie to build the ultimate user profile.
Obviously the tvtropes nerds amongst us will bombard it with paradoxes & existential questions in an attempt to plant a logic bomb as revenge for getting interrupted during dinner.
This is nothing but outlandish scaremongering that sounds *great* in the media. There is however, a far more down to earth method of doing it; just swallow it instead. There's plenty of space in your stomach and guts without having to resort to invasive surgery to produce a usable cavity. Plus it's easy to detonate it using a timer or a more sophisticated phone setup.... also, if you need to postpone your martyrdom it's easy (relatively) to pass it naturally.
I can imagine this leak making some big waves if the material isn't meticulously edited like the wikileaks material. Heck, this could turn out to be wikileaks 2.0 in terms of publicity.
As I understand it, he still allows the process to go on and "graciously" pardons any wrongdoers from time to time. Usually when the case gets too much publicity or involves foreigners. What's stopping him from speaking out against the lèse majesté laws? The constitution, or the fact that he's in bed with the establishment?
If it was a real leak I don't think seemingly legit sites like Kotaku would revel in the information the way they do. This sounds and looks more like an experiment in viral marketing.
Wonder how much this design philosophy has setback the development of D3. I kinda suspected something along those lines when I first saw the first screenshots of PVP arenas. I don't wanna play that! I want to have a good ol' dungeon exploring romp with my mates. Not something balanced to appeal to the PVP e-sport crowd.
PVP like religion poisons everything.
Are there any actual good games for it yet? I haven't heard of any, but stories of people doing all sorts of cool hacks with the system are so plentiful collagehumor even took a humorous stab at it.
One can dream eh? Imagine how easy it'd be to filter searches. Even seemingly innocuous searches return a bunch of porn links nowadays..XXX should have been there from the start.
With this line of crackpot reasoning from the authorities. How about banning firearms in America then?
Any terrorism minded individuals that wants to crank up the body count Mumbai style, find themselves in a country filled to the brim with high calibre assault weapons available at relative ease. Just sayin'.
I'm pretty sure they have objections of their own to having them depicted as cannon fodder in the games single player part. Plus they have a lot more casualties and grieving families. I'm not overly PC but the game might be "too soon". But marketing is counting on that for the extra publicity.
Think about it for a second...
Pointy haired bosses want you to implement a stupid feature nobody will want. What do you do as a developer? Nothing, pointy haired boss owns the company, you're just a faceless peon that can be replaced in a heartbeat. I have a nagging suspicion that actual blizzard employees kicked back and looked forward to the official blue post and the inevitable shit storm that followed.
I don't think it's malice in any form, just a bunch of folks that only understand how to turn a profit. Oh, and expecting a Hobson's choice that infringes on privacy to be met with approval from your customers is at best naive and criminally stupid.
Knowing Russians they'll probably arrest some American citizens working in Russia on made up bullshit charges to retaliate.
Real spy or not, doesn't matter. They need to get even any way possible.
The irony being that users kept in the dark without a basic understanding how adblock/noscript etc work contribute to a lot of work for Blizzard. Not to mention unhappy customers.
*mmm* delicious irony
With EA already publishing Medal of Honor and Battlefield. What sort of niche will Respawn have? Is there room for another FPS developer?
Or will they develop yet another MMO? Their first title will be interesting.
Any grade school teacher knows what's happening here. They announce it this way so the naughty children get to stew for a while, then hopefully come clean and admit the crime + learn a valuable lesson about honesty.
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Youtube and Google+ badges? Maybe for a future Google Games? That'd make sense. But the cynic in me sees this as nothing but a glorified tracking cookie to build the ultimate user profile.
Obviously the tvtropes nerds amongst us will bombard it with paradoxes & existential questions in an attempt to plant a logic bomb as revenge for getting interrupted during dinner.
This is nothing but outlandish scaremongering that sounds *great* in the media. There is however, a far more down to earth method of doing it; just swallow it instead. There's plenty of space in your stomach and guts without having to resort to invasive surgery to produce a usable cavity. Plus it's easy to detonate it using a timer or a more sophisticated phone setup. ... also, if you need to postpone your martyrdom it's easy (relatively) to pass it naturally.
I can imagine this leak making some big waves if the material isn't meticulously edited like the wikileaks material. Heck, this could turn out to be wikileaks 2.0 in terms of publicity.
As I understand it, he still allows the process to go on and "graciously" pardons any wrongdoers from time to time. Usually when the case gets too much publicity or involves foreigners. What's stopping him from speaking out against the lèse majesté laws? The constitution, or the fact that he's in bed with the establishment?
If it was a real leak I don't think seemingly legit sites like Kotaku would revel in the information the way they do. This sounds and looks more like an experiment in viral marketing.
Wonder how much this design philosophy has setback the development of D3. I kinda suspected something along those lines when I first saw the first screenshots of PVP arenas. I don't wanna play that! I want to have a good ol' dungeon exploring romp with my mates. Not something balanced to appeal to the PVP e-sport crowd. PVP like religion poisons everything.
Are there any actual good games for it yet? I haven't heard of any, but stories of people doing all sorts of cool hacks with the system are so plentiful collagehumor even took a humorous stab at it.
One can dream eh? Imagine how easy it'd be to filter searches. Even seemingly innocuous searches return a bunch of porn links nowadays. .XXX should have been there from the start.
Not really required here. There's probably 2-3 days worth of reading.
With this line of crackpot reasoning from the authorities. How about banning firearms in America then? Any terrorism minded individuals that wants to crank up the body count Mumbai style, find themselves in a country filled to the brim with high calibre assault weapons available at relative ease. Just sayin'.
Actually, the parietal lobe is on the other side. If you apply to the forehead you mess with the stuff that makes "you".
... and later they killed him and burned his body. There is lesson to be learned here.
Not only that, double the price.. no wait! Triple! The sky's the limit here.
Assange is too high profile to kill off. Cue the rape/childporn/furry accusations.
I'm pretty sure they have objections of their own to having them depicted as cannon fodder in the games single player part. Plus they have a lot more casualties and grieving families. I'm not overly PC but the game might be "too soon". But marketing is counting on that for the extra publicity.
Think about it for a second... Pointy haired bosses want you to implement a stupid feature nobody will want. What do you do as a developer? Nothing, pointy haired boss owns the company, you're just a faceless peon that can be replaced in a heartbeat. I have a nagging suspicion that actual blizzard employees kicked back and looked forward to the official blue post and the inevitable shit storm that followed. I don't think it's malice in any form, just a bunch of folks that only understand how to turn a profit. Oh, and expecting a Hobson's choice that infringes on privacy to be met with approval from your customers is at best naive and criminally stupid.
Knowing Russians they'll probably arrest some American citizens working in Russia on made up bullshit charges to retaliate. Real spy or not, doesn't matter. They need to get even any way possible.
The irony being that users kept in the dark without a basic understanding how adblock/noscript etc work contribute to a lot of work for Blizzard. Not to mention unhappy customers. *mmm* delicious irony
With EA already publishing Medal of Honor and Battlefield. What sort of niche will Respawn have? Is there room for another FPS developer? Or will they develop yet another MMO? Their first title will be interesting.
"I dunno... I heard Modern Warfare 3: Reuters' Photographer Extermination was supposed to be pretty different..." Too soon!
For Ipad 'compliant' Armor Games & Newgrounds websites.
Any grade school teacher knows what's happening here. They announce it this way so the naughty children get to stew for a while, then hopefully come clean and admit the crime + learn a valuable lesson about honesty.
... when science does? Cheap shots aside, here's hoping that this actually get a practical application that will help people in the future.
"Ha Ha!"