Um... we've kind of had this kind of difficulty adjustment in some form or another for last thirty or so years. Think back to games like Pac-Man that became faster and more difficult as the levels got higher. Heck, even Tetris did the same thing.
Players that really care about controls in fighting games set down the gamepad and plunk down the money for a decent arcade stick. No gamepad on the planet can take the place of a good joystick controller.
Games in most other genres seem to use the analog stick more than the digital pad, so the new d-pad doesn't seem all that useful....
Actually, something like this would actually make Twitter and Facebook on the Xbox 360 useful. Just as long as it doesn't do something like the pre-release version of Uncharted 2 was doing - automatically tweeting way too much. Maybe sending a status update when you unlock an achievement would be a nice feature.
See page 12 of the Lulu preview for an explanation. They aren't trying to hide anything.
Well, considering that the little note was on the 12th image and that the last ten images were of the exact book it claims to replace, that's hard to believe. You'd have to buy the book on Lulu to find out, but either they're selling an illegal digital copy of the book or fooling people into thinking that it's the exact same book when it's just an imitation.
I just love how the audience in the video goes nuts about one dinky little, heretofore unseen lightsaber scene. That's almost as bad as the crowd at that Windows 7 tech demo clapping as someone demonstrated the revolutionary "new" feature of snapping two windows to each half the screen.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. This generation of Freshmen went through high school using iPods and iPhones, which serve as "gateway drugs" to Apple's PCs. Plus laptops are supposedly more popular than desktops, especially among college students and Apple's laptops tend to be highly rated in the media. Plus, there's that sweet deal of getting a free iPod with the purchase of an Apple laptop for education... I'm with George Burns from back in the day. Ah, to be 18 again.
Yeah, Chinatown Fair is a great place. I remember that they were probably the first arcade in NYC to get Street Fighter IV a couple of years ago. Keep in mind that the game wasn't even officially available to U.S. arcade operators. And they shelled out for four Japanese style sit down cabinets (you needed two cabinets to play two-player versus games), which no doubt cost them thousands of dollars. They still had some of the older games though, including Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Chinatown Fair does cater to one-on-one fighting fans - I don't know any other arcade around that has Blazblue and Arcana Heart cabinets.
It's too bad they're so out of the way though, they're almost hidden in a corner of Chinatown and blocks away from the subway station. So unless you're in Southern Manhattan or Western Brooklyn, it's a tough place to get to.
Arcadelocations.net has a listing of arcades with classic games in New York State. So does AURCADE. One location not mentioned is Peter Pan Games in Queens. Depending on where you live, it might be easier to get to than Chinatown Fair, which is blocks away from the nearest subway station.
Otherwise, there's some good looking places in New Jersey (*shudder*) like Richie Knucklez and 8 on the Break.
Oft quoted as the "paper of record", the Times has a history of faking it.
Seriously though, estimating losses due to piracy/counterfeiting is always dodgy since it assumes that a certain number of people would have bought the real deal had the fake stuff not been available.
99 cents for a song on an album isn't the same as video game downloadable content. I can buy and enjoy a single song without owning the rest of the album. But for most downloadable content, you need to have bought the entire 50/60 USD game to even use the content.
Judging by the responses, I take it that not many people here have thought of The Humane Interface, which was written by Aza's father Jef. Tab Candy looks like it is influenced by the Zoomworld idea Jef had in mind in the book and was starting to develop with the Archy interface. The last few minutes of the video, particularly zooming out ad infinitum and syncing with physical devices and other external resources illustrate this. It even operates on the same concepts - spatial thinking and incremental find.
I know there's lots of skepticism about this, but I hope it takes off because I'd like to see this be an interface for an OS.
I'd rather they focus on recognizing the games themselves, kind of like how other museums focus on the artifacts they display. Funspot Family Fun Center's non-profit wing takes that approach - showcasing old arcade games.
Yup. This is why the Basel Conventions, like lots of international "treaties" and orgs (*cough*U.N.*cough*) don't do anything. Countries partake in them just for the sake of international politics and don't follow through on their promises.
Nope, the best way to stem the tide of ewaste is by making it more beneficial (i.e. $$$) to recycle things the right way and make electronics that don't contain so many hazardous materials.
The Slim should do it as well. Backwards compatibility for original Xbox games is available in the Xbox 360 through software. Some say it's an emulator, but considering how it requires downloading some kind of compatibility info for each game to your 360, I'm guessing it's a compatibility layer.
Why the push into "hardcore" games for so-called "casual" gamers? I'm guessing because "hardcore" games generally cost more than "casual" (i.e. non) games. Casual games generally don't cost more than 30 USD (e.g. most Wii titles). A lot of them are actually free. "Hardcore" games like Gears of War and GTA generally cost 60 USD, twice the price.
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Um... we've kind of had this kind of difficulty adjustment in some form or another for last thirty or so years. Think back to games like Pac-Man that became faster and more difficult as the levels got higher. Heck, even Tetris did the same thing.
No, at least not in North America: http://dreamcast.ign.com/articles/164/164534p1.html
And so continues the battle between Eminem, Jay-Z and Snoop Dogg to see who can lose the most street cred in the least amount of time.
Players that really care about controls in fighting games set down the gamepad and plunk down the money for a decent arcade stick. No gamepad on the planet can take the place of a good joystick controller.
Games in most other genres seem to use the analog stick more than the digital pad, so the new d-pad doesn't seem all that useful....
So... incremental find for a search engine index? Might be one of the few new "experiments" from Google that turns out to be useful.
Actually, something like this would actually make Twitter and Facebook on the Xbox 360 useful. Just as long as it doesn't do something like the pre-release version of Uncharted 2 was doing - automatically tweeting way too much. Maybe sending a status update when you unlock an achievement would be a nice feature.
Buying into how absurd this is since Portal isn't a book, I guess Cliff's Notes should publish a Youtube runthrough of the game with annotations.
See page 12 of the Lulu preview for an explanation. They aren't trying to hide anything.
Well, considering that the little note was on the 12th image and that the last ten images were of the exact book it claims to replace, that's hard to believe. You'd have to buy the book on Lulu to find out, but either they're selling an illegal digital copy of the book or fooling people into thinking that it's the exact same book when it's just an imitation.
I just love how the audience in the video goes nuts about one dinky little, heretofore unseen lightsaber scene. That's almost as bad as the crowd at that Windows 7 tech demo clapping as someone demonstrated the revolutionary "new" feature of snapping two windows to each half the screen.
Anyway, some insight by former Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz is the real news for the exiled Star Wars fans who aren't drinking Lucas's Kool-Aid.
I wouldn't be surprised if this is true. This generation of Freshmen went through high school using iPods and iPhones, which serve as "gateway drugs" to Apple's PCs. Plus laptops are supposedly more popular than desktops, especially among college students and Apple's laptops tend to be highly rated in the media. Plus, there's that sweet deal of getting a free iPod with the purchase of an Apple laptop for education... I'm with George Burns from back in the day. Ah, to be 18 again.
Yeah, Chinatown Fair is a great place. I remember that they were probably the first arcade in NYC to get Street Fighter IV a couple of years ago. Keep in mind that the game wasn't even officially available to U.S. arcade operators. And they shelled out for four Japanese style sit down cabinets (you needed two cabinets to play two-player versus games), which no doubt cost them thousands of dollars. They still had some of the older games though, including Capcom vs. SNK 2 and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Chinatown Fair does cater to one-on-one fighting fans - I don't know any other arcade around that has Blazblue and Arcana Heart cabinets.
It's too bad they're so out of the way though, they're almost hidden in a corner of Chinatown and blocks away from the subway station. So unless you're in Southern Manhattan or Western Brooklyn, it's a tough place to get to.
Arcadelocations.net has a listing of arcades with classic games in New York State. So does AURCADE. One location not mentioned is Peter Pan Games in Queens. Depending on where you live, it might be easier to get to than Chinatown Fair, which is blocks away from the nearest subway station.
Otherwise, there's some good looking places in New Jersey (*shudder*) like Richie Knucklez and 8 on the Break.
Wii consoles at work? Never heard of that before. I must be working at the wrong place.
Oft quoted as the "paper of record", the Times has a history of faking it.
Seriously though, estimating losses due to piracy/counterfeiting is always dodgy since it assumes that a certain number of people would have bought the real deal had the fake stuff not been available.
99 cents for a song on an album isn't the same as video game downloadable content. I can buy and enjoy a single song without owning the rest of the album. But for most downloadable content, you need to have bought the entire 50/60 USD game to even use the content.
Judging by the responses, I take it that not many people here have thought of The Humane Interface, which was written by Aza's father Jef. Tab Candy looks like it is influenced by the Zoomworld idea Jef had in mind in the book and was starting to develop with the Archy interface. The last few minutes of the video, particularly zooming out ad infinitum and syncing with physical devices and other external resources illustrate this. It even operates on the same concepts - spatial thinking and incremental find.
I know there's lots of skepticism about this, but I hope it takes off because I'd like to see this be an interface for an OS.
Darth Vader robbing a bank? Far more cool than the entirety of the prequels.
I'd rather they focus on recognizing the games themselves, kind of like how other museums focus on the artifacts they display. Funspot Family Fun Center's non-profit wing takes that approach - showcasing old arcade games.
Nope. According the article, OpenDNS doesn't make a difference and DD-WRT v24 was one of the router firmwares that was successfully exploited.
I think I'll stick with Seaman for the Dreamcast, thanks.
Yup. This is why the Basel Conventions, like lots of international "treaties" and orgs (*cough*U.N.*cough*) don't do anything. Countries partake in them just for the sake of international politics and don't follow through on their promises. Nope, the best way to stem the tide of ewaste is by making it more beneficial (i.e. $$$) to recycle things the right way and make electronics that don't contain so many hazardous materials.
The Slim should do it as well. Backwards compatibility for original Xbox games is available in the Xbox 360 through software. Some say it's an emulator, but considering how it requires downloading some kind of compatibility info for each game to your 360, I'm guessing it's a compatibility layer.
No. Pooh has never been in the public domain. Disney has just had a license to use the property.
Why the push into "hardcore" games for so-called "casual" gamers? I'm guessing because "hardcore" games generally cost more than "casual" (i.e. non) games. Casual games generally don't cost more than 30 USD (e.g. most Wii titles). A lot of them are actually free. "Hardcore" games like Gears of War and GTA generally cost 60 USD, twice the price.
Should've chosen Keith Richards. Man's practically indestructible. If we could reverse engineer him, we'd have a genetically perfect superarmy.