The second item on your list I believe has been done several times by games - I believe Baldur's Gate and other games based on that engine used this to great effect, and Halo has often been lauded for its' context-sensitive and (indeed) fantastic score.
Also, Wind Waker has rather good music and sound effects - it's very slightly like Rez in that while you're hacking, slashing and otherwise using your sword in battle, the game has musical instrument cues that serve as a sort of (for lack of a better word) "audio exclamation point".
Absolutely nothing compares to the awesomeness of Rez though. It has to be one of my all-time favorite games, and I'm even playing it on the DC where there's no fancy.. erm... trance vibrators.
Seriously though, Rez is the game that has convinced me that games *can* be an art form. Most games are not, but Rez is just so beautiful of a game (overall, not just graphically) that I really do think that it qualifies as art.
Yeah, but hopefully we'll see one or two decent ones out of the lot.
I've always preferred fantasy over sci-fi, so assuming there is a big wave I'll definitely be looking forward to it - I just hope there aren't too many crappy fantasy movies.
Heh. I have abused the hell out of my iPod. I've dropped it too many times to count, sometimes from large distances, gone jogging with it, gotten sand in the scroll wheel (which I still haven't cleaned out, although it seems to have worked itself away so that the wheel feels normal), and left it in the case while charging (which you weren't supposed to do for the first few firmware versions due to heat issues, although now the HD spins down when not in use). While the front and back are scuffed all to hell (even though I have it in a case), it still works like the day I got it. I'm not 100% sure about the battery, but it lasts long enough for me.
I have the very first 10 gig model with the physical (non-touch sensitive) scroll wheel, so I don't know - maybe the newer ones are more fragile. But for something I've so throughly beat up I'm amazed the thing still works.
First of all, many banks can call up the signature card on their computers - I've seen them do this a couple times when I've gone to cash a check and for some reason they use the computer several down from me.
Secondly, even if the bank *isn't* that wired, if you request it they can verify your signature via fax. At least, that's what they told me when I got a bank account when I was 14 before I had a photo ID. I don't actually know if that would work for an adult these days, but if you're in a tight spot it might work.
Of course, my signature is so inconsistent that I would be dead without photo ID...:-)
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Yes, On a Pale Horse was nice. I remember liking that quite a bit. I think I petered out on that whole series around book 5 or 6, and I guess I don't really want to finish them.
I was on a big Piers Anthony kick back around 4-6 years ago (I'm 19 now, to give you a clue), which I now sincerly regret.
I do recall the first three books of that one series with the dual fantasy/sci-fi world being moderately interesting in a fun way (although I'm not entirely certain I'd agree with that viewpoint now). The rest of that series completely and totally sucked though. And the Mode books were complete and utter trash.
The Xanth books were kind of a fun starter, but I wouldn't want to read any more now - I've got plenty of other things I'd rather read now.
After all, Google does know everything, and is consuming all of humankind's knowledge at an geometrically expanding rate. It's only a matter of time before it becomes self-aware, sees tubgirl and decides all of humankind must be, for lack of a better world, "shoved down the stairs".
I have a friend who once informed me that he thought the Starcraft marine sounded like he was saying "You want a piece of meat, boy?" instead of "piece of me, boy?" when popping out of the Barracks.
Now every time I go back to Starcraft and play humans I hear the marine and it sounds exactly like that.
I know what you mean (a friend of mine is a Sony nut, all the remotes he has are awful), but the Sony TiVo remote is completely different from any other remote Sony has made. I would even go so far as to say that it's better then the TiVo peanut remote, and that's saying a lot.
The remote is just so perfectly balanced and shaped... I actually started to fall in love with TiVo just because of the remote without ever seeing the TiVo interface.
I recall reading several interviews a few years back with Matt Groening where he said that if they ever did a Simpsons movie it would be towards the end of the life of the series. I don't know if he's changed his mind since then, but something to mull over...
Because Peter Jackson has said all along that there would be an extended edition. Both the standard and extended edition DVDs were announced at the same. This way people can pick and choose whether they want the originals or the extended.
Unlike pretty much everybody else, who releases the regular DVD then a year later comes out with a newer special edition without any advance warning.
The idea is not to protest Apple/Pepsi, it's to support indie artists and protest the RIAA. As Apple has numerous non-RIAA-listed labels on the iTunes Music Store, it's not difficult to support them - the idea is that people who wouldn't normally be using iTMS codes (say, Linux geeks) will send in their codes to this website, where they'll download a whole bunch of music from an indie artist they deem worthy.
It's a sales promotion. Sales of Mountain Dew are fine, but plain old Pepsi is flagging. And I'm sure you can guess what happens when you run a promotion for 100 million free songs...
I haven't played DX:IW yet (I don't have a GF3 or better card), but from what I hear, maybe he should've stepped in more. (My understanding is that it's overall still a good game - it just doesn't achieve the same level of greatness of the first one, and is rather disappointing in some ways to fans of the original.)
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The second item on your list I believe has been done several times by games - I believe Baldur's Gate and other games based on that engine used this to great effect, and Halo has often been lauded for its' context-sensitive and (indeed) fantastic score.
Also, Wind Waker has rather good music and sound effects - it's very slightly like Rez in that while you're hacking, slashing and otherwise using your sword in battle, the game has musical instrument cues that serve as a sort of (for lack of a better word) "audio exclamation point".
Absolutely nothing compares to the awesomeness of Rez though. It has to be one of my all-time favorite games, and I'm even playing it on the DC where there's no fancy.. erm... trance vibrators.
Seriously though, Rez is the game that has convinced me that games *can* be an art form. Most games are not, but Rez is just so beautiful of a game (overall, not just graphically) that I really do think that it qualifies as art.
Yeah, but hopefully we'll see one or two decent ones out of the lot.
I've always preferred fantasy over sci-fi, so assuming there is a big wave I'll definitely be looking forward to it - I just hope there aren't too many crappy fantasy movies.
Apparently Midway's still trying to figure out how to force you to make Taco Bell and Hershey bar runs every few hours...
On a somewhat-related note, the beep sound on my Treo 600 sounds *very* similar to the old Mac OS Beep sound.
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Just in case you wanted to know.
Heh. I have abused the hell out of my iPod. I've dropped it too many times to count, sometimes from large distances, gone jogging with it, gotten sand in the scroll wheel (which I still haven't cleaned out, although it seems to have worked itself away so that the wheel feels normal), and left it in the case while charging (which you weren't supposed to do for the first few firmware versions due to heat issues, although now the HD spins down when not in use). While the front and back are scuffed all to hell (even though I have it in a case), it still works like the day I got it. I'm not 100% sure about the battery, but it lasts long enough for me.
I have the very first 10 gig model with the physical (non-touch sensitive) scroll wheel, so I don't know - maybe the newer ones are more fragile. But for something I've so throughly beat up I'm amazed the thing still works.
I won't be satisfied until it's 3 easy payments of $19.95 and comes with a free bottle of window cleaner.
Two things:
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First of all, many banks can call up the signature card on their computers - I've seen them do this a couple times when I've gone to cash a check and for some reason they use the computer several down from me.
Secondly, even if the bank *isn't* that wired, if you request it they can verify your signature via fax. At least, that's what they told me when I got a bank account when I was 14 before I had a photo ID. I don't actually know if that would work for an adult these days, but if you're in a tight spot it might work.
Of course, my signature is so inconsistent that I would be dead without photo ID...
Yes, On a Pale Horse was nice. I remember liking that quite a bit. I think I petered out on that whole series around book 5 or 6, and I guess I don't really want to finish them.
I was on a big Piers Anthony kick back around 4-6 years ago (I'm 19 now, to give you a clue), which I now sincerly regret.
I do recall the first three books of that one series with the dual fantasy/sci-fi world being moderately interesting in a fun way (although I'm not entirely certain I'd agree with that viewpoint now). The rest of that series completely and totally sucked though. And the Mode books were complete and utter trash.
The Xanth books were kind of a fun starter, but I wouldn't want to read any more now - I've got plenty of other things I'd rather read now.
I've decided that Google must be Skynet.
After all, Google does know everything, and is consuming all of humankind's knowledge at an geometrically expanding rate. It's only a matter of time before it becomes self-aware, sees tubgirl and decides all of humankind must be, for lack of a better world, "shoved down the stairs".
I have a friend who once informed me that he thought the Starcraft marine sounded like he was saying "You want a piece of meat, boy?" instead of "piece of me, boy?" when popping out of the Barracks.
Now every time I go back to Starcraft and play humans I hear the marine and it sounds exactly like that.
I hate him.
I just want to mention that I find the term "selection optimization" absolutely hilarious.
:-)
That, and I find it hard not to look like a massive tool while doing this.
I know.
:-/
;-)
Me neither.
Should we start a "blissfully aware of painfully obvious facts" club?
I know what you mean (a friend of mine is a Sony nut, all the remotes he has are awful), but the Sony TiVo remote is completely different from any other remote Sony has made. I would even go so far as to say that it's better then the TiVo peanut remote, and that's saying a lot.
The remote is just so perfectly balanced and shaped... I actually started to fall in love with TiVo just because of the remote without ever seeing the TiVo interface.
The default difficulty level in Soul Calibur is embarrassingly easy. Go into the options and crank it up.
:)
If you thought the game was easy, you'll probably have a bit of a surprise.
But seriously, get some friends - Soul Calibur against another person is where it's at.
I hope to god you don't design user interfaces for a living...
I recall reading several interviews a few years back with Matt Groening where he said that if they ever did a Simpsons movie it would be towards the end of the life of the series. I don't know if he's changed his mind since then, but something to mull over...
Maybe if you hadn't used two sticks...
Because Peter Jackson has said all along that there would be an extended edition. Both the standard and extended edition DVDs were announced at the same. This way people can pick and choose whether they want the originals or the extended.
Unlike pretty much everybody else, who releases the regular DVD then a year later comes out with a newer special edition without any advance warning.
Dude, RTFA. There's a quote in the article that *says* "This is not a democracy".
her nipples will have little stickers that say "Drink Pepsi!" on them
Yes, but if I twist the nipples will I get a free iTunes Music Store song?
The idea is not to protest Apple/Pepsi, it's to support indie artists and protest the RIAA. As Apple has numerous non-RIAA-listed labels on the iTunes Music Store, it's not difficult to support them - the idea is that people who wouldn't normally be using iTMS codes (say, Linux geeks) will send in their codes to this website, where they'll download a whole bunch of music from an indie artist they deem worthy.
:-)
Honestly, did you even read the article?
Pepsi is paying retail price for the songs, and as it's a one-in-three chance of winning a song, that's 33 cents a bottle.
:)
Just in case you were wondering.
It's a sales promotion. Sales of Mountain Dew are fine, but plain old Pepsi is flagging. And I'm sure you can guess what happens when you run a promotion for 100 million free songs...
Deus Ex: Invisible War wasn't actually a Warren Spector game - it was handled by Harvey Smith, one of the chief guys on DX1. Here's an interview from back in February in which Warren was kind of wondering about some of the choices Harvey had made, but didn't interfere. There's also some interesting quotes with regard to the supposed "dumbing down", and selling out, which are all pretty much things people accused Ion Storm of.
I haven't played DX:IW yet (I don't have a GF3 or better card), but from what I hear, maybe he should've stepped in more. (My understanding is that it's overall still a good game - it just doesn't achieve the same level of greatness of the first one, and is rather disappointing in some ways to fans of the original.)
(the way I skip ad banners at the tops of sites)
Shh! Don't tell them that! Don't you still want a free ride?