Did anyone notice that the narration in the War of the Worlds trailer is almost word-for-word from the beginning of the book?
From the trailer:
"No one would have believed in the early years of the twenty-first century that our world was being watched be intelligences greater than our own, that as men busied themselves about their various concerns, they observed and studied. With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the globe, confident of their empire over this world. Yet, across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us."
And from the book:
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied [...]. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. [...] Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.
Yeah, there is something you're missing: the fact that most people are idiots. Remember when the PS2 came out, and was sold out everywhere? And it was selling for triple or quadruple what it was worth on eBay? And this was despite the fact that the PS2 didn't have a single decent launch game. Some people just have to have the latest thing now now NOW, even when it flies in the face of logic.
So yeah, I'm not surprised that people are paying ridiculous amounts just to have it a few days early. People can be really stupid sometimes.
Anyone can submit info to the The Internet Movie Database, and it's rather notorious for posting incorrect information about movies which are still far from release.
I'm not saying that the casting news at the imdb definitely isn't true, I'm just saying to take it with a grain of salt.
Well, I meant enforced by stores and whatnot. Games have been rated for a few years now, but the ratings are essentially meaningless because most places do not enforce them (though there have been certain games that have been toned down in order to get a "teen" rating over "mature" -- so I guess some places must enforce them).
Exactly. I'm always a little perplexed when people get mad about these types of things. Movies have had enforced ratings for years, and I don't think that there are many who would argue that this is a bad thing. In many cases video games are far more violent than most R rated movies, so why shouldn't they have enforced ratings?
What if they need to record new dialogue for this characters at some point down the road? It's not going to be easy (I would assume) to get celebrities back into the recording booth just to do a few lines every now and then. Then again I suppose they could just hire people to do impressions of the celebs, but still... seems kinda stupid to me.
Controls. The mouse/keyboard system is probably the most intuitive and natural way to control your character in a FPS game. It doesn't require fiddling with the controller settings and it doesn't take any getting used to.
Exactly! I've never understood why they don't just release a mouse/keyboard for the Xbox and PS2. It seems like such a no-brainer. I'd buy it for sure. As well as Halo controls with the Xbox's gamepad, a mouse and keyboard is still better.
Jesus! What the hell is this? Why is everyone here jumping down my throat for stating facts? A lot of optimists here, aren't there? Yes, bnetd does have legitimate uses. I won't deny that. But the fact is, it allows you to play Blizzard's games online without a CD key. THIS MEANS THAT PIRATES CAN PLAY THE GAME ONLINE, whereas before they could not. Come on, be realistic: do you honestly think that the cheapos of the world aren't going to use an application like this to complete their pirated Blizzard game experience?
Yes, there are people who legitimately own the game, and for whatever reason do not want to play on Battle.net (which I honestly cannot fathom -- and don't give me the whole "to avoid cheaters" BS, because you can start a private game on Battle.net , and it's much easier than getting all your friends to download and use bnetd), but Jeez, how many of these people are there?? Again, everyone here sure is a sunny optimist, aren't they! No, no one will use this app for piracy! I'm sure that thought never entered the developers' minds, and that they were just shocked when people started using a program which circumvents the whole CD-key system to help them pirate the game.
And what's this?? Blizzard has a problem with this!? Damn them! Damn the evil corporation for wanting to protect their property! How DARE they!
I like how I've been modded down as a troll and as flamebait, and... for what? For siding with "the man"? For not automatically and blindly championing the "little guy" even if, when you think about it logically, he's in the wrong?
I know, I know: if it were up to the average Slashdotter, nothing would be regulated, everything would be open source, and we'd all be living on a commune listening to poetry and snapping our fingers. But the real world doesn't work that way.
bnetds primary purpose is to allow people to play pirated versions? errr no. It is to act as a battle.net server that isn't controlled by blizzard, perhaps you'd like to setup private leagues or something.
Yeah, just like filesharing is only for independent bands to get their music heard, cracks are only for educational purposes, and emulators are only for playing games you already own.
Justify it all you want -- and hey, some people probably are using bnetd legitimately -- but most people are using it to play pirated versions of Blizzard's games.
Yes, but the law wouldn't be barring childing from playing violent games. It would be prohibiting them from buying violent games. Those are two very different things. You, as a parent, can go and buy the game for your child. This way lazy parents can't just give their child eighty bucks and send them off to the mall to buy a game. If a child wants to buy a violent game, he'll (presumably) have to ask his parents.
I know games are rated. That's why I said an enforced ratings system is needed. I don't mean enforced by the government. I mean enforced by stores. The ESRB ratings are fine. They should just enforce them.
I mean, come on, if nothing else it would just help stop whiny parents from blaming their inadequacies on video games.
I know a lot of people are going to get all up in arms about this, but personally I think it's a good thing. Having a good ratings system in place for games will help get angry parents off the gaming industries' back.
The truth is, games these days should be rated. I don't think an 11 year old kid should be able to walk into a store and buy GTA: Vice City. Games never really needed to be rated before because they were never really violent before. With a few exceptions, the rise of real violence in games is only about five years old.
The same thing happened with movies. Before the sixties movies didn't have ratings. They weren't needed because before that, it would have been almost unheard of to put graphic violence or sex in a movie. But then filmmakers wanted more mature content in movies, and a ratings system was introduced.
Games are at that point now. Some kind of enforced ratings system is needed, I think.
I don't know if your petition is serious, and you actually want to get a job on that show... But if you are, starting a cheesy online petition in which you state that the show sucks probably isn't your best bet.
This seems like an ideal time for some shameless self-promotion. I have a Day of the Tentacle comic strip which uses the original art from the game. You can see it here:
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From the trailer:
"No one would have believed in the early years of the twenty-first century that our world was being watched be intelligences greater than our own, that as men busied themselves about their various concerns, they observed and studied. With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the globe, confident of their empire over this world. Yet, across the gulf of space, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic regarded our planet with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us."
And from the book:
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied [...]. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. [...] Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.
I think that's pretty cool.
Yeah, there is something you're missing: the fact that most people are idiots. Remember when the PS2 came out, and was sold out everywhere? And it was selling for triple or quadruple what it was worth on eBay? And this was despite the fact that the PS2 didn't have a single decent launch game. Some people just have to have the latest thing now now NOW, even when it flies in the face of logic.
So yeah, I'm not surprised that people are paying ridiculous amounts just to have it a few days early. People can be really stupid sometimes.
Final Fantasy: The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Perform The Music of Nobuo Uematsu
There's also a bunch of other soundtracks for the individual games at Amazon, though they're mostly imports.
Anyone can submit info to the The Internet Movie Database, and it's rather notorious for posting incorrect information about movies which are still far from release.
I'm not saying that the casting news at the imdb definitely isn't true, I'm just saying to take it with a grain of salt.
What I want to know is, why are movie ratings okay but game ratings not? Or do you just totally disagree with the whole system of rating stuff?
Well, I meant enforced by stores and whatnot. Games have been rated for a few years now, but the ratings are essentially meaningless because most places do not enforce them (though there have been certain games that have been toned down in order to get a "teen" rating over "mature" -- so I guess some places must enforce them).
Exactly. I'm always a little perplexed when people get mad about these types of things. Movies have had enforced ratings for years, and I don't think that there are many who would argue that this is a bad thing. In many cases video games are far more violent than most R rated movies, so why shouldn't they have enforced ratings?
What if they need to record new dialogue for this characters at some point down the road? It's not going to be easy (I would assume) to get celebrities back into the recording booth just to do a few lines every now and then. Then again I suppose they could just hire people to do impressions of the celebs, but still... seems kinda stupid to me.
Exactly! I've never understood why they don't just release a mouse/keyboard for the Xbox and PS2. It seems like such a no-brainer. I'd buy it for sure. As well as Halo controls with the Xbox's gamepad, a mouse and keyboard is still better.
ARRRGH! Modded down again! What the Jeez??
Stopping modding me down, you stupid damn moderators! I'll kill you! I'll kill all of you! Especially those of you in the jury!
Jesus! What the hell is this? Why is everyone here jumping down my throat for stating facts? A lot of optimists here, aren't there? Yes, bnetd does have legitimate uses. I won't deny that. But the fact is, it allows you to play Blizzard's games online without a CD key. THIS MEANS THAT PIRATES CAN PLAY THE GAME ONLINE, whereas before they could not. Come on, be realistic: do you honestly think that the cheapos of the world aren't going to use an application like this to complete their pirated Blizzard game experience?
Yes, there are people who legitimately own the game, and for whatever reason do not want to play on Battle.net (which I honestly cannot fathom -- and don't give me the whole "to avoid cheaters" BS, because you can start a private game on Battle.net , and it's much easier than getting all your friends to download and use bnetd), but Jeez, how many of these people are there?? Again, everyone here sure is a sunny optimist, aren't they! No, no one will use this app for piracy! I'm sure that thought never entered the developers' minds, and that they were just shocked when people started using a program which circumvents the whole CD-key system to help them pirate the game.
And what's this?? Blizzard has a problem with this!? Damn them! Damn the evil corporation for wanting to protect their property! How DARE they!
Yeesh!
I like how I've been modded down as a troll and as flamebait, and... for what? For siding with "the man"? For not automatically and blindly championing the "little guy" even if, when you think about it logically, he's in the wrong?
I know, I know: if it were up to the average Slashdotter, nothing would be regulated, everything would be open source, and we'd all be living on a commune listening to poetry and snapping our fingers. But the real world doesn't work that way.
bnetds primary purpose is to allow people to play pirated versions? errr no. It is to act as a battle.net server that isn't controlled by blizzard, perhaps you'd like to setup private leagues or something.
Yeah, just like filesharing is only for independent bands to get their music heard, cracks are only for educational purposes, and emulators are only for playing games you already own.
Justify it all you want -- and hey, some people probably are using bnetd legitimately -- but most people are using it to play pirated versions of Blizzard's games.
Blizzard - makes kickass games, provides us with endless hours of entertainment = bad guys.
Bnetd - an application whose primary use is to allow people with pirated versions of Blizzard games to play them online = good guys.
Something seems a bit off here...
But I think pretty much any adventure game would fall into this category.
Yes, but the law wouldn't be barring childing from playing violent games. It would be prohibiting them from buying violent games. Those are two very different things. You, as a parent, can go and buy the game for your child. This way lazy parents can't just give their child eighty bucks and send them off to the mall to buy a game. If a child wants to buy a violent game, he'll (presumably) have to ask his parents.
Has Doom really been around 10 years? Jesus... Time flies.
I mean, come on, if nothing else it would just help stop whiny parents from blaming their inadequacies on video games.
I know a lot of people are going to get all up in arms about this, but personally I think it's a good thing. Having a good ratings system in place for games will help get angry parents off the gaming industries' back.
The truth is, games these days should be rated. I don't think an 11 year old kid should be able to walk into a store and buy GTA: Vice City. Games never really needed to be rated before because they were never really violent before. With a few exceptions, the rise of real violence in games is only about five years old.
The same thing happened with movies. Before the sixties movies didn't have ratings. They weren't needed because before that, it would have been almost unheard of to put graphic violence or sex in a movie. But then filmmakers wanted more mature content in movies, and a ratings system was introduced.
Games are at that point now. Some kind of enforced ratings system is needed, I think.
I don't know if your petition is serious, and you actually want to get a job on that show... But if you are, starting a cheesy online petition in which you state that the show sucks probably isn't your best bet.
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This seems like an ideal time for some shameless self-promotion. I have a Day of the Tentacle comic strip which uses the original art from the game. You can see it here:
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Wow, if they have this kind of technology now, the garbage-powered DeLorean from Back to the Future II can't be all that far away.
Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads.
You had me right up until the point where you compared Buffy to Star Trek. Now I have to murder you.
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