Do you honestly think Nexuiz has 'brand recognition'?
This style of game doesn't sell well on the consoles at all. Unreal Tournament has real brand recognition, and it was an utter failure on the consoles. People have moved on from run-and-gun deathmatch.
Using two isolated examples as some sort of failure of the labor movement, as a whole, is intellectually dishonest.
The labor movement put a stop to child labor, indentured servitude, and gave the workers rights that the robber barons denied them. You can hate unions all you like, but don't try to play it off like the labor movement had no positive results. They're one of the main reasons there is such a thing as a middle class.
Read up on the labor movement of the early 1900's, or the era of the robber baron, and tell me that capitalists have a good track record with civil rights. They don't. China is a perfect real world example of why capitalists still doesn't have a good track record on civil rights.
You're describing an Anarcho-Capitalist form of government, and that is not what we have here. Companies are not legally free to do business with whoever they want. We have sanctions against Iran, North Korea, Cuba, etc. etc., that block companies from trading with certain countries.
Now granted a lot of corporations find legal loopholes to get around this, but the fact is that our government has always put limits on who we can trade with. We do not have anarcho-capitalism here, and we never will.
I'm not sure how in the hell capitalists here in the U.S. decided we could do fair business with a totalitarian communist nation.
They don't value workers rights, free speech, or even a fair marketplace.
I don't remember conservatives giving two shits about transparency during the Bush years. Hell the VP back then had Enron in on private energy meetings that just so happened to coincide with California's manufactured 'energy crisis'.
In fact, if you gave one ounce of care about transparency you'd know that the entire health bill is online, and has been for months. Look up H.R. 3590 on thomas.loc.gov
Actually I'd have to agree. It felt like a cheap Quake 3 clone, which is basically all it is.
I'm not trying to be a troll here either, but when I see the types of games my nephews play on their 360, I just know this game will 'miss the mark' for that group of gamers. As an example. About a month ago I showed them Quake Live. I could see the interest drain from their faces after playing it for about 5 minutes. Then they were back on the 360 playing Modern Warfare 2 and whatever the newest flavor of Halo is.
They're going through all of this work for nothing. Games of this style do not sell well anymore. It's a niche genre at best these days. It's not the late 90's or early 2000's.
Ask Epic how Unreal Tournament 3 did. People don't seem to want the arcade style Quake/UT shooters anymore. If they want to succeed they need to update other things besides the engine... The only non-realistic online shooter that has done well at all in the past few years is Team Fortress 2. Good luck competing with that.
It's funny watching the conservative Republicans and libertarians wet their pants over this.
I don't remember too many libertarians or conservatives throwing a fit over the trillion dollars we threw away in Iraq. It's funny how the teabaggers sat on their asses for 8 years while conservatives looted our country.
That decision was reversed the week Obama took office. And letting religion dictate science policy will never be looked at as the smartest thing W ever did.
I honestly don't disagree with your assessment. We've made a giant mess,and we're now stuck with it. However when the war was being sold to the public, guys like Donald Rumsfeld were out there saying we could have the war over and done with in 6 months. That isn't very helpful to create an informed public.
Had this war been sold on the facts, it never would have happened. That doesn't negate the fact that a lot of our financial problems are a direct result of all the money we've thrown down that rat hole, and I refuse to just shut up about it.
Slashdot is amusing sometimes. My original post is modded flamebait now, and a post that quotes it, and agrees, is modded insightful.:) I guess to right-wingers, stating my opinion, and bringing up the fact that we wasted a trillion dollars in Iraq is offensive.
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Do you honestly think Nexuiz has 'brand recognition'?
This style of game doesn't sell well on the consoles at all. Unreal Tournament has real brand recognition, and it was an utter failure on the consoles. People have moved on from run-and-gun deathmatch.
Using two isolated examples as some sort of failure of the labor movement, as a whole, is intellectually dishonest.
The labor movement put a stop to child labor, indentured servitude, and gave the workers rights that the robber barons denied them. You can hate unions all you like, but don't try to play it off like the labor movement had no positive results. They're one of the main reasons there is such a thing as a middle class.
Read up on the labor movement of the early 1900's, or the era of the robber baron, and tell me that capitalists have a good track record with civil rights. They don't. China is a perfect real world example of why capitalists still doesn't have a good track record on civil rights.
You're describing an Anarcho-Capitalist form of government, and that is not what we have here. Companies are not legally free to do business with whoever they want. We have sanctions against Iran, North Korea, Cuba, etc. etc., that block companies from trading with certain countries.
Now granted a lot of corporations find legal loopholes to get around this, but the fact is that our government has always put limits on who we can trade with. We do not have anarcho-capitalism here, and we never will.
Fucktard? I expect nothing less from conservatives, these days. I stopped reading at "fucktard".
It wouldn't be the first time middle class citizens did something against their own best interests.
Yeah that's a very good point. Capitalists were also against workers' right to unionize, free speech, and a fair marketplace.
I should have phrased it as "How can a free nation decide to do business with a totalitarian country.
I'm not sure how in the hell capitalists here in the U.S. decided we could do fair business with a totalitarian communist nation. They don't value workers rights, free speech, or even a fair marketplace.
Oh go cry a river you conservative cry-baby.
I don't remember conservatives giving two shits about transparency during the Bush years. Hell the VP back then had Enron in on private energy meetings that just so happened to coincide with California's manufactured 'energy crisis'.
In fact, if you gave one ounce of care about transparency you'd know that the entire health bill is online, and has been for months. Look up H.R. 3590 on thomas.loc.gov
I don't think I've ever seen a browser zealot until now. You are like a religious fanatic. Seek help.
If Firefox is bloated and crashes a lot, that's your own damn fault for installing 100 addons.
Firefox rocks too, and it doesn't serve as ad tracking software for Google.
First they came for IE, and I didn't speak up because I didn't use IE.
Then they came for Firefox, and I didn't speak up because I didn't use Firefox.
I highly doubt it. It's free right now and it's not popular at all. I'm not sure how charging money is going to help.
Actually I'd have to agree. It felt like a cheap Quake 3 clone, which is basically all it is.
I'm not trying to be a troll here either, but when I see the types of games my nephews play on their 360, I just know this game will 'miss the mark' for that group of gamers. As an example. About a month ago I showed them Quake Live. I could see the interest drain from their faces after playing it for about 5 minutes. Then they were back on the 360 playing Modern Warfare 2 and whatever the newest flavor of Halo is.
They're going through all of this work for nothing. Games of this style do not sell well anymore. It's a niche genre at best these days. It's not the late 90's or early 2000's.
Ask Epic how Unreal Tournament 3 did. People don't seem to want the arcade style Quake/UT shooters anymore. If they want to succeed they need to update other things besides the engine... The only non-realistic online shooter that has done well at all in the past few years is Team Fortress 2. Good luck competing with that.
It's funny watching the conservative Republicans and libertarians wet their pants over this.
I don't remember too many libertarians or conservatives throwing a fit over the trillion dollars we threw away in Iraq. It's funny how the teabaggers sat on their asses for 8 years while conservatives looted our country.
I'm really amazed to see this joker being linked to as well.
But what if you're an island!
That decision was reversed the week Obama took office. And letting religion dictate science policy will never be looked at as the smartest thing W ever did.
You can't fix a mess this big in a year. And you call me childish?
I honestly don't disagree with your assessment. We've made a giant mess,and we're now stuck with it. However when the war was being sold to the public, guys like Donald Rumsfeld were out there saying we could have the war over and done with in 6 months. That isn't very helpful to create an informed public.
Had this war been sold on the facts, it never would have happened. That doesn't negate the fact that a lot of our financial problems are a direct result of all the money we've thrown down that rat hole, and I refuse to just shut up about it.
To me it just sounds like someone enthused about something they enjoy being a part of...
So you're saying Canada can afford 120 billion a year for health care, and the U.S. can't? It doesn't seem to be bankrupting them.
Slashdot is amusing sometimes. My original post is modded flamebait now, and a post that quotes it, and agrees, is modded insightful. :) I guess to right-wingers, stating my opinion, and bringing up the fact that we wasted a trillion dollars in Iraq is offensive.