Call me a no good whipper snapper but I don't see the problem in the quote you've supplied. Nor do I see the problem in someone quitting one activity for another they prefer, even if you don't like it. Further to the point what is so special about doing things "outside" and so wasteful about doing those same things infront of a computer? Is it just your upbringing that causes you to expect kids to want to do what you want to do, or simply a social expectation? Because such thinking appears to have no rational basis in real life.
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10 Years of Half-Life
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Experiencing a world "in person" is a whole lot different to experiencing it top-down where you click to move a character.
- It's an FPS, so it has excellent graphics and detail to the world
- It's an FPS, so it grants greater control and freedom
- It's an FPS, so it's a more realistic experience
Non-action RPGs and Adventure games are known for their immersion, but when implemented properly into an FPS, you can get no better. I submit to you Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1 and 2, Morrowind (if you're one of the few that can actually get into it), etc...
Speaking as someone who owns a beefy WinXP gaming rig and a mac pro, I can tell you that the mac gives me more headaches. I constantly use both. My gaming beast occasionally has things crash, once or twice a month. On my mac the crash rate is a fair bit higher. As an example, Firefox often "bugs up", displaying things incorrectly and requiring a restart. But it won't shut down when told and thus I have to force quit it. This happens once every day or two. I realise this is anecdotal but the mac gives me the shits far more often than the pc and in the OS arena, sexy hardware counts for nothing.
Half-Life wasn't the first FPS game to capture my attention but it was the first to enthrall me to such a degree that I went out and bought the damn thing. Years of Counter-Strike, Natural Selection, Rocket Crowbar and other various interesting mods later, I'm damn glad I did. I garnered a metric fuckton of fun from that game and it feels like it's been a lot longer than 10 years since its release.
But then I guess that's what one can expect from a Valve game. Blizzard has a nice attitude: "when it's ready". Valve goes one further: "when it ready and only if it's fun". When HL2 was delayed by a year or so there was a lot of complaining... but nobody was complaining when that thing was released.
I'd love to see what this will lead to. Flash games are all good but when you see freakin' QUAKE running in your browser window, all the possibilities suddenly hit home.
I wonder if this will help jolt people towards reality: Apple's just like Microsoft. The only real difference is that Apple makes somewhat better gear.
Hmm, I read an article in an NZ paper (prior to Snapper's implementation) that Oyster was riddled with problems. I guess I shouldn't believe everything I read;)
If you've watched any of MP's sketches then you'll know that they don't use laugh tracks. You'll notice that many of the jokes bomb with the live audience.
If the parent was making a joke, it is either so lame as to have passed as common ignorance, or so epic as to have completely whooshed by me, even after giving it a second look.
A british comedy skit show from the 60's and 70's that was very controversial and revolutionary in its comedic delivery for the time. Considered by many to be one of the best comedy shows of all time.
Oh -- and they're fairly benign in the privacy department. Your personal details are only linked to your card if you register, and most people don't -- they just buy the card over a counter.
Over here it's called "Snapper" (continuing the nautical theme). I'm pleased to report that while it hasn't actually anything up much as originally intended, it hasn't slowed anything down either. In other words it's not a big shambling mess like the UK version.
I am still trying to figure out why they put it in in the first place, with its inspiration being plagued with issues.
Flawed analogy. It's like selling car tires, then charging extra for a nail-proof coating.
Microsoft may not have the best OS out there, but it suffers from the same design linux does: it has to be able to run third party applications, including the shoddy exploit-inducing ones.
Ugly? If I owned a farm or some such I'd love to have a few turbines on them. I think they look fucking awesome and besides, what kind of person would I be if I advocated looks over environmental consideration?
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Who the hell says they're not going to exercise? I apparently missed that in the summary.
Also, don't apply your country's twinky infatuation to the world. We're just fine down here, thanks.
Why would you want children to do that?
Call me a no good whipper snapper but I don't see the problem in the quote you've supplied. Nor do I see the problem in someone quitting one activity for another they prefer, even if you don't like it. Further to the point what is so special about doing things "outside" and so wasteful about doing those same things infront of a computer? Is it just your upbringing that causes you to expect kids to want to do what you want to do, or simply a social expectation? Because such thinking appears to have no rational basis in real life.
Experiencing a world "in person" is a whole lot different to experiencing it top-down where you click to move a character.
- It's an FPS, so it has excellent graphics and detail to the world
- It's an FPS, so it grants greater control and freedom
- It's an FPS, so it's a more realistic experience
Non-action RPGs and Adventure games are known for their immersion, but when implemented properly into an FPS, you can get no better. I submit to you Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines, Half-Life 1 and 2, Morrowind (if you're one of the few that can actually get into it), etc...
Uh.. well.. yeah. But the game itself, no complaints :D
Speaking as someone who owns a beefy WinXP gaming rig and a mac pro, I can tell you that the mac gives me more headaches. I constantly use both. My gaming beast occasionally has things crash, once or twice a month. On my mac the crash rate is a fair bit higher. As an example, Firefox often "bugs up", displaying things incorrectly and requiring a restart. But it won't shut down when told and thus I have to force quit it. This happens once every day or two. I realise this is anecdotal but the mac gives me the shits far more often than the pc and in the OS arena, sexy hardware counts for nothing.
Half-Life wasn't the first FPS game to capture my attention but it was the first to enthrall me to such a degree that I went out and bought the damn thing. Years of Counter-Strike, Natural Selection, Rocket Crowbar and other various interesting mods later, I'm damn glad I did. I garnered a metric fuckton of fun from that game and it feels like it's been a lot longer than 10 years since its release.
/salute
But then I guess that's what one can expect from a Valve game. Blizzard has a nice attitude: "when it's ready". Valve goes one further: "when it ready and only if it's fun". When HL2 was delayed by a year or so there was a lot of complaining... but nobody was complaining when that thing was released.
Here's to one of the best games ever released!
I'd love to see what this will lead to. Flash games are all good but when you see freakin' QUAKE running in your browser window, all the possibilities suddenly hit home.
Eh, I should have thought about it a little more before I posted something critical of the Almighty ;)
I wonder if this will help jolt people towards reality: Apple's just like Microsoft. The only real difference is that Apple makes somewhat better gear.
Oh, Steve Jobs is still an asshole.
Hmm, I read an article in an NZ paper (prior to Snapper's implementation) that Oyster was riddled with problems. I guess I shouldn't believe everything I read ;)
If you've watched any of MP's sketches then you'll know that they don't use laugh tracks. You'll notice that many of the jokes bomb with the live audience.
If the parent was making a joke, it is either so lame as to have passed as common ignorance, or so epic as to have completely whooshed by me, even after giving it a second look.
:P
Of course, I'm just banking on it being a troll
I'd quite like to sit down and watch these.
Biggles! Fetch... THE COMFY CHAIR!
dastardly music
That's the easy part. I'd like to see you perform their next request: cut down a tree... with a herring!
A british comedy skit show from the 60's and 70's that was very controversial and revolutionary in its comedic delivery for the time. Considered by many to be one of the best comedy shows of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Python
A man with twenty-four Monty Python clips!
... oh come off it!
'es watching youtube
Oh.. uh... a man with three legs!
'es run away
They wonder how much data would fit on it, expressed in libraries of congress?
Oh -- and they're fairly benign in the privacy department. Your personal details are only linked to your card if you register, and most people don't -- they just buy the card over a counter.
...hasn't sped* anything up much...
Over here it's called "Snapper" (continuing the nautical theme). I'm pleased to report that while it hasn't actually anything up much as originally intended, it hasn't slowed anything down either. In other words it's not a big shambling mess like the UK version.
I am still trying to figure out why they put it in in the first place, with its inspiration being plagued with issues.
Does that mean Linux shouldn't support anything outside its distro?
Flawed analogy. It's like selling car tires, then charging extra for a nail-proof coating.
Microsoft may not have the best OS out there, but it suffers from the same design linux does: it has to be able to run third party applications, including the shoddy exploit-inducing ones.
Ugly? If I owned a farm or some such I'd love to have a few turbines on them. I think they look fucking awesome and besides, what kind of person would I be if I advocated looks over environmental consideration?
Yes, and she never stops hungering...