Sorry, but in this context that doesn't make sense.
Most of the games they're talking about here are free games, where the stuff you can buy doesn't offer a mayor advantage over the people who don't buy it.
Whereas I can see where you're coming from since there are quite some games these days that release extra content (that most likely was already done once the game shipped) for a small fee, I don't think one should complaint about a business-model where the initial fee is nothing.
And sortof on topic, here's a small list of a few (free) games I currently enjoy:
Anarchy Online: A free MMORPG. Audition: A Dance-Dance Revolution game... for your fingers. Quake Live: Though in closed beta atm, still the same adrenalin rush as Q3 gave me.
For a list of other (Korean) free games, check out this site
we've all read of folks who have been playing CounterStrike+Mods to the exclusion of all else (and not buying games) for the past 8 years or so.
You mean the same crowd who also immedeately ran to the (digital) store to buy Counter-Strike: Source/HL2 when that got released, because they knew it'd be a quality game?
Of course I don't deny that the creation of mods can cause someone to not buy any games over a longer period; Then again, it should definitely be taken into account that the amount of goodwill created by allowing a game to have mods is being paid for in the future.
And you tell this because?
There are numerous (high profile) games I've been buying the past years which didn't give me any problems, and even added the advantage over consoles of being able to tinker with it (for example, mods).
The past few GTA releases on the PC were also nearly flawless, so don't know where your advice comes from. I guess you conveniently forget about the PC-games that have no problems whatsoever.
Wow, somehow I don't believe a thing of what you're saying there: How convenient of you to post as an AC...
I had some small problems with my creditcard not being accepted (after already having bought a few games over Steam that way), and my account getting locked.
It took one email, where they immedeately re-activated the account, and told me that they found the use of the CC suspicious (as I was staying in the UK at the time; not the country I had been buying the previous games from).
A friend of mine was also locked out of his account, and also had the same customer-focused replies that I got.
So quit the bullshitting, or put your money where your mouth is and at least post under a non-anonymous nickname.
I don't have acces to the trailer you posted, but the first trailer they released only contained black enemies. No shit, since the game is set in Africa.
But some overly politically correct people (or as you put it, people who're afraid that they'll be made redundant in the near future) felt it's just not done to only have black enemies.
I'm still waiting for the organisation who's going to take some drastic actions about all the aliens-racism that has been taking place the last few years in games...
...he's interested in anything that goes "ping" or flashes pretty lights.
Also don't forget that kids love to imitate what they see the people around them doing, in this case the parents.
I agree with the grandparent though that a computer isn't something you should buy for a 2 year old: Just get off your own computer and play games: Much better for the development of their brains/body imho.
He/she still has plenty of years left to fudge about with computers; But you'll never ever have the chance again to play with toys all day.
I don't know what site you're talking about, but the official site has three (short) commercials in each episode:
Then again, it might be region-related.
They've already announced it's going to be a trilogy, iirc.
Whereas I loved the demo, I didn't like the linearity of it: Ok, you can choose between choosing alternate routes, but they don't diverge much from eachother.
Then again, I'm sure that one of the next parts will have more of a sandbox-style play; It definitely suits the gameplay imo.
They might as well get to work on an instant-shutdown feature too: Whereas I know the sortof exact time it takes my machine to boot up (to the point where you recognize the beeps and clicks of the HD;-) ), it's always different in how much time it will take to turn off.
I can't really pinpoint why it sometimes takes ages for it too shut down: I have a habit of closing all my running programs first (not the ones in the trays), so the shutdown times shouldn't be too different.
I have no clue why I was modded troll... Moderators must be on Hatorade today.
I didn't know there'd be a Marketplace app on there, though that sounds excellent.
But as I mentioned before: I haven't seen any pointing in the ads/product reviews of how they're going to be loads of apps: So to the ordinary user this is 'just another phone'.
In all the ads/product reviews I've seen so far, none has mentioned that it's build on an open source framework.
Whereas people will of course be plucking the fruits of the (free) apps that will be developed, right now it's not a selling point that makes any impression with the 'normal' user.
I hope that, once released, there will be a place where all the apps will be collected (maybe accessible from within the phone), otherwise I don't think that people will -ever- know about the existence of such apps.
But in ten years time when they want to show their children/spouse/friends/whoever (or play it yourself) that funny game from ten years ago, and are unable to do so because they can't activate it... THEN they'll mind.
EA is just hoping that none of them is getting that knowledge beforehand.
"...says it is usually possible to make a CAPTCHA more difficult to break by making a few simple changes."
Yes, it's possible: But keep in mind that you also have to serve the USER. When the captcha is getting so hard I can't even decipher it anymore (let alone someone with a visual handicap), it's of no use.
I stopped using Rapidshare because of its ultra annoying 'mark the cats'-captcha: I found it near-impossible to get that right (though the other day I noticed changed that back to ordinary letters).
To which I would ask another question: What is the right level?
For one, there is no standard in music players, therefor recommending for example, 2/3 of the maximum volume is not an option.
Furthermore, restricting the volume of a music player is not doable either, as there are sometimes those situations in which the environment sounds are too loud for it to be audible.
I can also imagine that loads of other variables are in place (such as type of earbuds), so there just isn't one unique good setting for the volume.
The technical answer to this potential danger would imo be either an option somewhere within the music player which can let you limit yourself to best volume setting; Or in case of music players with no screens/menu, a small line on the volume-knob in between the minimum and maximum.
So how long until other developers will follow?
On one hand I wouldn't mind getting all those cheatmakers too scared to create any more cheats (or at least refrain them from publicly releasing/selling them), on the other hand I'm still in doubt if the current verdict is any good (or at least, good enough to be the base of a precedent).
Then again, maybe developers could start developing with security in mi.... oh, never mind, sueing someone with hordes of lawyers is much easier.
Iirc, Valve is one of the few studios that is funded on their own money, therefor I'd like to think they want to keep control to themselves.
Seeing as all of their products (except maybe some expansion packs) have been doing great, and Steam being the most succesful platform for downloading games (not to mention gaming hub, IM-tool, a toolset for developers), I can't seem to think that they'd sell...
Then again, money talks. And LOTS of money sortof shouts.
Would be another Ex-Microsoftee (Gabe Newell) going Google;)
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Sorry, but in this context that doesn't make sense.
Most of the games they're talking about here are free games, where the stuff you can buy doesn't offer a mayor advantage over the people who don't buy it.
Whereas I can see where you're coming from since there are quite some games these days that release extra content (that most likely was already done once the game shipped) for a small fee, I don't think one should complaint about a business-model where the initial fee is nothing.
And sortof on topic, here's a small list of a few (free) games I currently enjoy:
Anarchy Online: A free MMORPG.
Audition: A Dance-Dance Revolution game... for your fingers.
Quake Live: Though in closed beta atm, still the same adrenalin rush as Q3 gave me.
For a list of other (Korean) free games, check out this site
we've all read of folks who have been playing CounterStrike+Mods to the exclusion of all else (and not buying games) for the past 8 years or so.
You mean the same crowd who also immedeately ran to the (digital) store to buy Counter-Strike: Source/HL2 when that got released, because they knew it'd be a quality game?
Of course I don't deny that the creation of mods can cause someone to not buy any games over a longer period; Then again, it should definitely be taken into account that the amount of goodwill created by allowing a game to have mods is being paid for in the future.
And you tell this because?
There are numerous (high profile) games I've been buying the past years which didn't give me any problems, and even added the advantage over consoles of being able to tinker with it (for example, mods).
The past few GTA releases on the PC were also nearly flawless, so don't know where your advice comes from. I guess you conveniently forget about the PC-games that have no problems whatsoever.
Wow, somehow I don't believe a thing of what you're saying there: How convenient of you to post as an AC...
I had some small problems with my creditcard not being accepted (after already having bought a few games over Steam that way), and my account getting locked.
It took one email, where they immedeately re-activated the account, and told me that they found the use of the CC suspicious (as I was staying in the UK at the time; not the country I had been buying the previous games from).
A friend of mine was also locked out of his account, and also had the same customer-focused replies that I got.
So quit the bullshitting, or put your money where your mouth is and at least post under a non-anonymous nickname.
I don't have acces to the trailer you posted, but the first trailer they released only contained black enemies. No shit, since the game is set in Africa.
But some overly politically correct people (or as you put it, people who're afraid that they'll be made redundant in the near future) felt it's just not done to only have black enemies.
I'm still waiting for the organisation who's going to take some drastic actions about all the aliens-racism that has been taking place the last few years in games...
...he's interested in anything that goes "ping" or flashes pretty lights.
Also don't forget that kids love to imitate what they see the people around them doing, in this case the parents.
I agree with the grandparent though that a computer isn't something you should buy for a 2 year old: Just get off your own computer and play games: Much better for the development of their brains/body imho.
He/she still has plenty of years left to fudge about with computers; But you'll never ever have the chance again to play with toys all day.
I don't know what site you're talking about, but the official site has three (short) commercials in each episode:
Then again, it might be region-related.
They've already announced it's going to be a trilogy, iirc.
Whereas I loved the demo, I didn't like the linearity of it: Ok, you can choose between choosing alternate routes, but they don't diverge much from eachother.
Then again, I'm sure that one of the next parts will have more of a sandbox-style play; It definitely suits the gameplay imo.
The question was wether the virtual asset could be considered as a 'real' asset: And thus robbery could be charged.
In space no one can hear you fart.
Wtf, so they're able to smell it now?!
They might as well get to work on an instant-shutdown feature too: Whereas I know the sortof exact time it takes my machine to boot up (to the point where you recognize the beeps and clicks of the HD ;-) ), it's always different in how much time it will take to turn off.
I can't really pinpoint why it sometimes takes ages for it too shut down: I have a habit of closing all my running programs first (not the ones in the trays), so the shutdown times shouldn't be too different.
I have no clue why I was modded troll... Moderators must be on Hatorade today.
I didn't know there'd be a Marketplace app on there, though that sounds excellent.
But as I mentioned before: I haven't seen any pointing in the ads/product reviews of how they're going to be loads of apps: So to the ordinary user this is 'just another phone'.
In all the ads/product reviews I've seen so far, none has mentioned that it's build on an open source framework.
Whereas people will of course be plucking the fruits of the (free) apps that will be developed, right now it's not a selling point that makes any impression with the 'normal' user.
I hope that, once released, there will be a place where all the apps will be collected (maybe accessible from within the phone), otherwise I don't think that people will -ever- know about the existence of such apps.
But in ten years time when they want to show their children/spouse/friends/whoever (or play it yourself) that funny game from ten years ago, and are unable to do so because they can't activate it... THEN they'll mind.
EA is just hoping that none of them is getting that knowledge beforehand.
"...says it is usually possible to make a CAPTCHA more difficult to break by making a few simple changes."
Yes, it's possible: But keep in mind that you also have to serve the USER. When the captcha is getting so hard I can't even decipher it anymore (let alone someone with a visual handicap), it's of no use.
I stopped using Rapidshare because of its ultra annoying 'mark the cats'-captcha: I found it near-impossible to get that right (though the other day I noticed changed that back to ordinary letters).
True that: But afaik, exposing your ears once and awhile to loud music doesn't have the lasting effect.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
To which I would ask another question: What
is the right level?
For one, there is no standard in music players, therefor recommending for example, 2/3 of the maximum volume is not an option.
Furthermore, restricting the volume of a music player is not doable either, as there are sometimes those situations in which the environment sounds are too loud for it to be audible.
I can also imagine that loads of other variables are in place (such as type of earbuds), so there just isn't one unique good setting for the volume.
The technical answer to this potential danger would imo be either an option somewhere within the music player which can let you limit yourself to best volume setting; Or in case of music players with no screens/menu, a small line on the volume-knob in between the minimum and maximum.
Sorry, I don't have enough money to buy a low UID account :(
Garry's Mod does this: Afaik it offers a very solid framework where people with some knowledge of (iirc) LUA can create their own gametypes.
1000 ships of boringness
"Bang 9 From Outer Space"
[citation needed]
I lost my passport once, didn't get fined.
So how long until other developers will follow?
On one hand I wouldn't mind getting all those cheatmakers too scared to create any more cheats (or at least refrain them from publicly releasing/selling them), on the other hand I'm still in doubt if the current verdict is any good (or at least, good enough to be the base of a precedent).
Then again, maybe developers could start developing with security in mi.... oh, never mind, sueing someone with hordes of lawyers is much easier.
I doubt it though.
;)
Iirc, Valve is one of the few studios that is funded on their own money, therefor I'd like to think they want to keep control to themselves.
Seeing as all of their products (except maybe some expansion packs) have been doing great, and Steam being the most succesful platform for downloading games (not to mention gaming hub, IM-tool, a toolset for developers), I can't seem to think that they'd sell...
Then again, money talks. And LOTS of money sortof shouts.
Would be another Ex-Microsoftee (Gabe Newell) going Google
So why not refrain from buying -AND- downloading, as to show your disgust over Securom?
Ohwait, you don't have any principles: You just want a free game.