I'm hoping Thief 3 will be more like Thief 1 than Thief 2. Thief 2's medieval-magical-industrial-robotic setting didn't really work
I disagree. I think it totally worked. Like the Haunts in Thief 1, the Mech Guards were the creatures to be feared. Hearing one nearby made your hair stand on end and knowing that facing one head-on was suicide and getting away from one when it spotted you was near impossible. Although I still think the Haunts were much more dangerous.
The industrial-era atmosphere gave the player the feeling of the newness and wonder of these new machines but also the sense of the unknown since your equipment wasn't designed to counter any of it.
So far it only lacks a device for text input, like a keyboard, but maybe voice recognition will replace it?
I talk to my computer enough as it is. The day that it actually listens to me is that day that I'll have to rebuild it every other week, and red will be the day when it starts talking back to me.
I remember some 5 or 6 years ago I saw a story on some daytime talk show about people overcoming their disabilities; not that it's all that unusual, but one guest in particular who has been blind since birth, actually used echolocation to get around. He made regular clicking sounds with his tounge and he could navigate down a city street without any real assistance. It was actually quite amazing. Although, I don't know any blind fighter pilots but the principal is sound. Humans do have echolocation abilities, it would just take a long time time to develop any natural ability.
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But you get a new one.
"I AM my own evil twin."
How many other kids on the playground can say that?
Disney has been trying to bury quality anime movies for a long time because they know how good they are. Mirimax was only able to release Princess Mononoke to a limited number of theaters due to pressure from Disney.
If word got out to the mainstream that animated movies from overseas could be both entertaining to children and thought provoking to adults, then it would force Disney to rework their entire development structure to change over and reinvent their formulated storylines and stereotyped characters.
The problem for Disney here is that "Spirited Away" has people talking all over the world and even they can't keep this one quiet. So in the spirit of a multi-national corporation crushing its competition; if you can't beat them, buy them. That way they can show "Spirited Away" in a limited release, satisfy a few fans and wait for the buzz to die down. But it didn't work this time, so they will put more money into the release and hope this will still go away quietly.
I looked at the posting title, and skimmed over the actual posting, and I thought the "4-way shootout" was a drink combining Pepsi Blue, Vanilla Coke, Dr. Pepper's Red Fusion, AND Sobe's Mr. Green.
QVC sells another alternative to diamonds called Diamonique.
They sparkle more then your average diamond and cost a fraction of the price.
How do you really want to show you love for somebody, by giving her a good sized ring that shines like nothing she's ever seen before that both economical and practical? Or will you blow $5000 on a real diamond that would be half the size of a pea?
Love isn't about how much you can spend a glorified rock, is about what you can give her that will make her feel special.
Besides, you won't have to worry about where the diamond in question really came from.
This is a decidedly one-sided article. Their two main points of argument are flawed.
1. The human population is choking the planet. If you take the total population of the planet, divide them up into families of six, give them a house and roughly a half to a full acre of land, the total area of occupied land is a little larger then the state of Texas. I hardly consider that a population emergency.
2. Natural resources are nearing their depletion point. New petroleum fields are being discovered in places where is was previously thought not to exist. The conventional idea that oil is produced by the fossils of long dead creatures is getting another look because oil is being found is deeper areas of the ocean, where fossils don't exist. Also, other evidence points that the planet may be actually be still producing oil.
Environmental groups have been raving that the planets forests are disappearing at alarming rates, when in fact there is more forests now then there were 200 years ago. I mean, just look at my backyard, I've been watching the woods claim more of it every year and I see more trees now then there were 20 years ago.
Carbon-dioxide, sulfer, ash, and other air pollutants produced by the largest factories over the course of a year are insignificant next to the amount of the same pollutants thown into the air of a single volcanic eruption.
I'm not against the environment, and I believe in standard conservation techniques, but the so-called science that the World Wildlife Federation reports is absolute nonsence.
In closing let me ask you one question: If the World Wildlife Federation issued a report that headlined: "Animal populations thriving, natural resources abundant, future looks bright for years to come." Would you be so ready to believe it?
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It's a living testimony to an entire generation of children with sub-standard social skills.
I hope they don't dumb down this game like Deus Ex.
Just so they can put it on the xbox.
I don't know...Since most of the press on the website is from XBOX Magazine, it doesn't look good.
I'm hoping Thief 3 will be more like Thief 1 than Thief 2. Thief 2's medieval-magical-industrial-robotic setting didn't really work
I disagree. I think it totally worked. Like the Haunts in Thief 1, the Mech Guards were the creatures to be feared. Hearing one nearby made your hair stand on end and knowing that facing one head-on was suicide and getting away from one when it spotted you was near impossible. Although I still think the Haunts were much more dangerous.
The industrial-era atmosphere gave the player the feeling of the newness and wonder of these new machines but also the sense of the unknown since your equipment wasn't designed to counter any of it.
So far it only lacks a device for text input, like a keyboard, but maybe voice recognition will replace it?
I talk to my computer enough as it is. The day that it actually listens to me is that day that I'll have to rebuild it every other week, and red will be the day when it starts talking back to me.
It says Press any key to continue.
Hmmm...There's esc, and ctrl...There doesn't seem to be any any key. Oh well, I'll just order a tab.
I remember some 5 or 6 years ago I saw a story on some daytime talk show about people overcoming their disabilities; not that it's all that unusual, but one guest in particular who has been blind since birth, actually used echolocation to get around. He made regular clicking sounds with his tounge and he could navigate down a city street without any real assistance. It was actually quite amazing. Although, I don't know any blind fighter pilots but the principal is sound. Humans do have echolocation abilities, it would just take a long time time to develop any natural ability.
But you get a new one.
"I AM my own evil twin."
How many other kids on the playground can say that?
I have an amphibious vehicle of my own, but mine has an added feature....it sinks.
Where else can you find people willing to shell out hundreds of dollars for merchendise that doesn't physicaly exist?
I wish I had thought of this sooner; it's simple supply and demand.
Who didn't have a crush on the red head girl from that movie?
She was...a girl...who liked...VIDEO GAMES!!
Oh my god, I think we just struck gold!
Fred plays Corey, a smooth hipster with a baseball cap and a will to dream.
Didn't his younger brother play exactly that same person in Boy Meets World?
btw, the powerglove was a piece of crap. i think i still have mine in a closet somewhere. completely unuseable.
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Oh, I'm sure that with the proper interface, a little ingenuity and creativity *cough* pr0n! *cough* I'm sure you could find a new use for it.
D'oh! Thanks for blowing the ending for me.
By the way, did you get a load of that cell phone? It's like a suitcase.
My next project: Food Replicator.
Number 6: And I invented the bottemless peanut bag.
Homer (number 5): Wow!
I paid $700 for a 70 Meg "Hard Card", which was a hard drive that fit into an ISA slot....With all my gay little files from when I was 12 years old
I'd like to know how you were able to pay $700 for anything when you were 12.
Yet another one of Ion Storm's projects that seems to be taking an ungodly amount of time to finish.
Disney has been trying to bury quality anime movies for a long time because they know how good they are. Mirimax was only able to release Princess Mononoke to a limited number of theaters due to pressure from Disney.
If word got out to the mainstream that animated movies from overseas could be both entertaining to children and thought provoking to adults, then it would force Disney to rework their entire development structure to change over and reinvent their formulated storylines and stereotyped characters.
The problem for Disney here is that "Spirited Away" has people talking all over the world and even they can't keep this one quiet. So in the spirit of a multi-national corporation crushing its competition; if you can't beat them, buy them.
That way they can show "Spirited Away" in a limited release, satisfy a few fans and wait for the buzz to die down. But it didn't work this time, so they will put more money into the release and hope this will still go away quietly.
But I think Disney is in for a real shock here.
I looked at the posting title, and skimmed over the actual posting, and I thought the "4-way shootout" was a drink combining Pepsi Blue, Vanilla Coke, Dr. Pepper's Red Fusion, AND Sobe's Mr. Green.
I nearly yacked on my keyboard!!!
QVC sells another alternative to diamonds called Diamonique. They sparkle more then your average diamond and cost a fraction of the price. How do you really want to show you love for somebody, by giving her a good sized ring that shines like nothing she's ever seen before that both economical and practical? Or will you blow $5000 on a real diamond that would be half the size of a pea? Love isn't about how much you can spend a glorified rock, is about what you can give her that will make her feel special. Besides, you won't have to worry about where the diamond in question really came from.
No one needs a terabyte disk. No one needs a 50" monitor. No one needs 10GB RAM. No one needs a 10GHz CPU.
:D~
Not yet anyway...
This is a decidedly one-sided article. Their two main points of argument are flawed.
1. The human population is choking the planet. If you take the total population of the planet, divide them up into families of six, give them a house and roughly a half to a full acre of land, the total area of occupied land is a little larger then the state of Texas. I hardly consider that a population emergency.
2. Natural resources are nearing their depletion point. New petroleum fields are being discovered in places where is was previously thought not to exist. The conventional idea that oil is produced by the fossils of long dead creatures is getting another look because oil is being found is deeper areas of the ocean, where fossils don't exist. Also, other evidence points that the planet may be actually be still producing oil.
Environmental groups have been raving that the planets forests are disappearing at alarming rates, when in fact there is more forests now then there were 200 years ago. I mean, just look at my backyard, I've been watching the woods claim more of it every year and I see more trees now then there were 20 years ago.
Carbon-dioxide, sulfer, ash, and other air pollutants produced by the largest factories over the course of a year are insignificant next to the amount of the same pollutants thown into the air of a single volcanic eruption.
I'm not against the environment, and I believe in standard conservation techniques, but the so-called science that the World Wildlife Federation reports is absolute nonsence.
In closing let me ask you one question: If the World Wildlife Federation issued a report that headlined: "Animal populations thriving, natural resources abundant, future looks bright for years to come." Would you be so ready to believe it?