It was a good book but i'm not sure if we should be happy that this is going to be made into a movie from the same man who literally destroyed Gimli (among others) in the lotr trilogy
I remember my enthusiasm whenever a new BRE version was out (if i recall 0.988 is the last one).. Inter-BBS BRE was probably the best gaming experience in the BBS-era where you had multiple boards fighting each other, forming alliances, backstabbing former allies, everything was accepted. Since the game was turn-based, there was a whole strategy involved on who would log in first, how many turns he would play etc..And then there was that after-midnight thrill of receiving a busy tone for like an hour or so from the BBS dialup, and you knew that someone was already playing BRE, probably nuking the hell out of your empire and wasting all those precious regions of yours. Good old times
I remember LOD too. Usurper was another good door game, but probably the most brutal of all was Evangelist Wars where you played a preacher who had all sorts of stuff going on with organized crime.. Lots of laughs on that one >
I don't get it really, what exactly is considered a cyber attack from the government's point of view? A DDoS at some sensitive service? And why would this sensitive service be accessible to the public internet anyway? Of course someone could compromise a workstation inside the network and stage his attacks from there, but then you should be really worried for other stuff (password policies, web filtering, firewalls etc). This sounds like another scare-tactic to gradually make people feel that the internet needs control.
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/1221213/Obama-Wants-Broader-Internet-Wiretap-Authority
This is something i've been looking for a while too, i had a serial-interface joystick labeled "multijoy" by Micro-Technica, which for some weird reason stopped responding a few years ago. Unfortunately i can't find any info for this or its maker on the web. I'm planning to try the following: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/05/decent_cheap_us/
When Diablo 2 came out i was in the range of 10hours/day, with minor breaks. Same for Baldur's gate or UFO Defense. Fortunately they have stopped making so addictive games:P
Why do they even bother with electric cars? The recharging time they need every few hours makes them at least inconvenient for everyday use. I believe that hydrogen power is the way to go.
and give it to independent studios and offers like that of wolfire's "humble bundle indie" . As if awful DRM and little re-play value wasn't enough for today's games, now this. Pass..
Have they thought about it? In the past you could play games like "Baldur's Gate" with 200+ hours of gameplay and not get bored and even go through it again a couple of times.
and this is just plain fucking stupid..If those ISPs think Youtube hammers their precious network bandwidth, perhaps they should block Youtube for a change. And see what happens then..dumb pipes..
Indeed things back then were so much more simple. You had pentium & celeron, now you have celerton, celeron dual-core, c2d, c2q, i5, i7 not to mention all those different cores..oh god
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When the cutscenes ended, I was rocking in my chair, eyes wide, heart pounding
I call that a successful RPG game/experience & I wish most cRPG's were like this. If I want linear storyline, I'll pick an FPS
Somehow this question gives a strange deja vu
It would be interesting to know about the equipment he used and the settings on his camera
indeed, he would be better dead than playing the clown for the audience's comic relief
It was a good book but i'm not sure if we should be happy that this is going to be made into a movie from the same man who literally destroyed Gimli (among others) in the lotr trilogy
I remember my enthusiasm whenever a new BRE version was out (if i recall 0.988 is the last one).. Inter-BBS BRE was probably the best gaming experience in the BBS-era where you had multiple boards fighting each other, forming alliances, backstabbing former allies, everything was accepted. Since the game was turn-based, there was a whole strategy involved on who would log in first, how many turns he would play etc..And then there was that after-midnight thrill of receiving a busy tone for like an hour or so from the BBS dialup, and you knew that someone was already playing BRE, probably nuking the hell out of your empire and wasting all those precious regions of yours. Good old times
I remember LOD too. Usurper was another good door game, but probably the most brutal of all was Evangelist Wars where you played a preacher who had all sorts of stuff going on with organized crime.. Lots of laughs on that one >
I don't get it really, what exactly is considered a cyber attack from the government's point of view? A DDoS at some sensitive service? And why would this sensitive service be accessible to the public internet anyway? Of course someone could compromise a workstation inside the network and stage his attacks from there, but then you should be really worried for other stuff (password policies, web filtering, firewalls etc). This sounds like another scare-tactic to gradually make people feel that the internet needs control. http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/09/27/1221213/Obama-Wants-Broader-Internet-Wiretap-Authority
"Unbreakable" wow thats an exaggeration. Nothing is unbreakable, bug free or 100% IBM compatible
This is something i've been looking for a while too, i had a serial-interface joystick labeled "multijoy" by Micro-Technica, which for some weird reason stopped responding a few years ago. Unfortunately i can't find any info for this or its maker on the web. I'm planning to try the following: http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/05/decent_cheap_us/
Thats impressive indeed. Now lets just hope the RIAA doesn't sue them
When Diablo 2 came out i was in the range of 10hours/day, with minor breaks. Same for Baldur's gate or UFO Defense. Fortunately they have stopped making so addictive games :P
Why do they even bother with electric cars? The recharging time they need every few hours makes them at least inconvenient for everyday use. I believe that hydrogen power is the way to go.
it's called marketing
"Please enter word 15 paragraph 2 line 4 page 23 of the game manual in order to proceed"
and give it to independent studios and offers like that of wolfire's "humble bundle indie" . As if awful DRM and little re-play value wasn't enough for today's games, now this. Pass..
Have they thought about it? In the past you could play games like "Baldur's Gate" with 200+ hours of gameplay and not get bored and even go through it again a couple of times.
and this is just plain fucking stupid..If those ISPs think Youtube hammers their precious network bandwidth, perhaps they should block Youtube for a change. And see what happens then..dumb pipes..
Indeed things back then were so much more simple. You had pentium & celeron, now you have celerton, celeron dual-core, c2d, c2q, i5, i7 not to mention all those different cores..oh god