Of course its an opinion but, c'mon, the flash portal game was cute but absolutely nothing compared to the actual game. No GlaDOS, no twisted 3D puzzles, no ratman.
I'm a parent of a 15 month old and paranoid parenting is seriously pervasive. Scratch that, paranoid living.
"Oh heavens, you're letting your boy play in the grass! There could be bugs and snakes in there!"
We're in the midst of consequences: a great many people, for all intents and purposes, think that science equals magic. Anything not magically imbued with the protection of science by virtue of being man-made will at best sicken and at worst outright kill.
"Moblins" are mooks in the Legend of Zelda videogame series. I don't see how they relate to the story in question. I leave that connection as an exercise for the reader.
Bringing in an advocation of the employment structure of the modern day United States to a discussion about the relative merits of Bolshevik worker reforms is silly, to say the least.
Besides, just think of the thousands/millions of us who work 40+ hours a week but are required to code 40 hours. Woot.
Speaking as a parent of a toddler: modern playgrounds are AWESOME. At a nearby park there is a frikin' 3 story spiral tunnel slide! A ladder that leads to a rock wall about 5' up that kids can climb along then drop down (yes, drop) onto a big flat slide. An obstacle course of monkey bars that go UP from about 6' to 8' then end at a raised platform on a sprawling playset.
All in all, playgrounds seem far more dangerous (and awesome) than the tiny slides and see-saws I played on as a kid. I'm actually pretty jealous.
he doesn't write anything without doing the equivalent of a NIST level 1 study on it first
Sure he does. Check out the ending of "Raft". They are doing the ol' slingshot out of the gravity well, yet spend a significant amount of time at the apex of the swing purely for plot.
Dude, homeschooling rocked for enjoying life. Simply rocked! My brothers and I would finish all of our schoolwork for the next day at midnight then go to bed (or pull another all nighter fighting barbarians in Bard's Tale) and have that entire day completely free to do with what we pleased. I gotta say, sleeping for 12-13 hours a night during my hormonal teenage years was the way to go. Party? Sure! Play videogames? Right on. As long as we didn't spend all day inside and got our schoolwork done we could do as we pleased.
Prom? Yeah I went, all you need is a girlfriend going to public school. It's like getting a green card.
Sports? Oh yeah, swim team in the summer and basketball team (community rec league) in the winter.
Friends? For sure. Just because we aren't all going to the same school doesn't mean we couldn't be friends. Kids in the neighborhood, etc.
The tricky part was meeting other homeschooled kids. See, we were homeschooled because we got a better education in less time for less hassle. But, at that time, most other families homeschooling in the area were doing it for religious reasons. I.e. creationists, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc. Yikes. Nice people generally, we just had to not bring up certain topics.
It used to be that when some IP went to the big screen we viewers got to look forward to actual special effects, a grander scope, a fully realized creative vision.
That is no longer the case. For Avatar: The Last Airbender we've already seen the story fully realized with little to no compromises on quality. All the live action films can hope for is to:
match the quality of the series, giving us nothing new
captivate a new audience that hasn't seen the series
Given the movie's choice of director, and casting decisions thus far I have little hope for the first point. I do hope for the second though, because that series deserves to be seen.
We could be the ultimate disease, destroying everything in our own self interest if that was our innate desire.
tvtropes: You fail biology forever.
morbo: VIRUSES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!
tree hugger from Arrested Development: You don't really get nature, do you?
me: Your diatribe sounds like a rationalization of excess. I'm down with that, but be aware that your justifications are based on an extremely simplistic and fundamentally flawed understanding of the balance between infection/infected.
Of course. This is just pandering to the shareholders who may not take kindly to the news that the games aren't selling because they just aren't good. They can't technology the "problem" away because: 1) piracy isn't what's killing their game sales and 2) copy protection doesn't work. But they can point to their new protection scheme and say to the shareholders: "Look look! We're fixing it."
Unfortunately all this crying wolf over piracy eventually results in actual legislation to attempt to rein in the free world of the Internet.
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Of course its an opinion but, c'mon, the flash portal game was cute but absolutely nothing compared to the actual game. No GlaDOS, no twisted 3D puzzles, no ratman.
Exactly! Spot on. Bam, said the lady.
I'm a parent of a 15 month old and paranoid parenting is seriously pervasive. Scratch that, paranoid living.
"Oh heavens, you're letting your boy play in the grass! There could be bugs and snakes in there!"
We're in the midst of consequences: a great many people, for all intents and purposes, think that science equals magic. Anything not magically imbued with the protection of science by virtue of being man-made will at best sicken and at worst outright kill.
"Moblins" are mooks in the Legend of Zelda videogame series. I don't see how they relate to the story in question. I leave that connection as an exercise for the reader.
Bringing in an advocation of the employment structure of the modern day United States to a discussion about the relative merits of Bolshevik worker reforms is silly, to say the least.
Besides, just think of the thousands/millions of us who work 40+ hours a week but are required to code 40 hours. Woot.
Oh also, manual transmission FTW. My wife has actually never owned a car that was anything else.
Speaking as a parent of a toddler: modern playgrounds are AWESOME. At a nearby park there is a frikin' 3 story spiral tunnel slide! A ladder that leads to a rock wall about 5' up that kids can climb along then drop down (yes, drop) onto a big flat slide. An obstacle course of monkey bars that go UP from about 6' to 8' then end at a raised platform on a sprawling playset.
All in all, playgrounds seem far more dangerous (and awesome) than the tiny slides and see-saws I played on as a kid. I'm actually pretty jealous.
I'm betting it's the snide "We hope you enjoy the difference as much as we will." comment that drew the troll moderation.
he doesn't write anything without doing the equivalent of a NIST level 1 study on it first
Sure he does. Check out the ending of "Raft". They are doing the ol' slingshot out of the gravity well, yet spend a significant amount of time at the apex of the swing purely for plot.
My wife and I just plugged an old G5 tower into the screen and control it using screen sharing + jaadu vnc on our iPods.
Dude, homeschooling rocked for enjoying life. Simply rocked! My brothers and I would finish all of our schoolwork for the next day at midnight then go to bed (or pull another all nighter fighting barbarians in Bard's Tale) and have that entire day completely free to do with what we pleased. I gotta say, sleeping for 12-13 hours a night during my hormonal teenage years was the way to go. Party? Sure! Play videogames? Right on. As long as we didn't spend all day inside and got our schoolwork done we could do as we pleased.
Prom? Yeah I went, all you need is a girlfriend going to public school. It's like getting a green card.
Sports? Oh yeah, swim team in the summer and basketball team (community rec league) in the winter.
Friends? For sure. Just because we aren't all going to the same school doesn't mean we couldn't be friends. Kids in the neighborhood, etc.
The tricky part was meeting other homeschooled kids. See, we were homeschooled because we got a better education in less time for less hassle. But, at that time, most other families homeschooling in the area were doing it for religious reasons. I.e. creationists, Jehovah's Witnesses, etc. Yikes. Nice people generally, we just had to not bring up certain topics.
I honestly have no idea what Richard Gere did, or even that he did something besides have an acting career.
A running gag in Family Guy, yes.
http://www.wackywavinginflatablearmflailingtubeman.com/
That robot in picture 8 is seriously advanced. It seems to be a generic task model too.
Since your computer did not fail, no computers fail.
It used to be that when some IP went to the big screen we viewers got to look forward to actual special effects, a grander scope, a fully realized creative vision.
That is no longer the case. For Avatar: The Last Airbender we've already seen the story fully realized with little to no compromises on quality. All the live action films can hope for is to:
Given the movie's choice of director, and casting decisions thus far I have little hope for the first point. I do hope for the second though, because that series deserves to be seen.
You mean when a movie has a remake before the *original* movie has finished production.
The key funny word is "inherently". So the sentence can be parsed as:
"Windows Servers have more security built into them than Windows Desktops because of how they are operated."
Hee.
We could be the ultimate disease, destroying everything in our own self interest if that was our innate desire.
tvtropes: You fail biology forever.
morbo: VIRUSES DO NOT WORK THAT WAY!
tree hugger from Arrested Development: You don't really get nature, do you?
me: Your diatribe sounds like a rationalization of excess. I'm down with that, but be aware that your justifications are based on an extremely simplistic and fundamentally flawed understanding of the balance between infection/infected.
Also, "peoples grandparents being exhumed"? What?
Agreed, and the morning makeup is always fantastic.
They've already covered this more directly.
It's a shame they didn't talk about the engine used for the Chronicles of Riddick games.
Lionbear FTW. Yeah yeah, you youngsters may say "How about pokemon?" but does pokemon have tactical nuclear weapons?
By calling it a remake or special edition.
Of course. This is just pandering to the shareholders who may not take kindly to the news that the games aren't selling because they just aren't good. They can't technology the "problem" away because: 1) piracy isn't what's killing their game sales and 2) copy protection doesn't work. But they can point to their new protection scheme and say to the shareholders: "Look look! We're fixing it."
Unfortunately all this crying wolf over piracy eventually results in actual legislation to attempt to rein in the free world of the Internet.
Bummer. You let critics ruin what would otherwise have been an enjoyable game.