Indeed that is messed up, but the focus here is wealth distribution in the US. Global distribution is a whole other game that we're simply not dealing with here.
Two reasons as to why more folks are hunting for MP3s on filesharing (and why these reasons have made it mainstream), hence RIAA's attention:
1. Easier to find files- download one app and do a search as opposed to having to hunt down different webpages for different files and all of the hassles included with that approach (dead links, 401s, etc).
2. More files available on filesharing (generally speaking).
It's their network that they have to pay for. They're essentially getting screwed out of their revenue for the servce (banner ads). Let Trillian develop their own protocol if these companies don't want them mooching off of theirs, it seems only fair to me. Seems akin to someone tapping into your cable line and getting pay-per-view stuff.
Why is this such a horrible thing anyhow? When enough people get pissed off, they'll move on to something better, like Jabber. Let this play out.
In general (with some exceptions) their emissions are obnoxious when considering that %99 of them are used so mommy can cart the kids to soccer practice or the guy in the suit can drive to work and back by himself. They also tend to roll quite horribly.
The anti-SUV crowd is after these people who buy the vehicle because the auto industry has sold them on buying the over-priced vehicles. If you actually haul more than 4 people around in it, use it to carry a lot of crap around, or go off-roading with it, it's a different story. But unfortunately this is rarely the case and would be akin to buying a nuclear plant to power my house.
Presumedly the research for Skynet continued despite the destruction of the building, which makes sense (after all, there had to be a first time Skynet was created without the help of a terminator arm and CPU).
No, because the majority of users don't really care what's actually in the update, the user mentality is that all updates are good and one should snatch them up as often as possible. I highly doubt your average user even knows what DRM is.
I'll bet a hell of a lot more than.1% of folks who actually buy CPUs overclock. I'm pretty sure Intel still has the lion's share of OEMs, so I think the original poster's point is still very much valid.
Agreed, in my opinion for sheer quality, an excellent adventure game (I remember Loom as well) is better than a good RPG. RPGs, however, have better replay value and tend to have more flexibility. I also believe gamers like the open-endedness of RPGs. Want to be a badass? Be a badass. Want to be the stereotypical goodguy? Do it. You don't really have these choices as much in an adventure game.
I mean, who could say no to 3D Day of the Tentacle?
Someone who would rather have a DOTT RPG or FPRPG, probably. I think gamers are enjoying "freedom" more and more, and this has always been an area where graphic adventures are relatively weak.
Graphic adventures place emphasis on puzzle-solving and a good storyline. Because of the latter, they also tend to be linear.
RPGs are more like the games that you described. The motivation is more on leveling your character up and becoming more powerful rather than a storyline-driven game.
I think that many gamers prefer the freedom and "possibilities" that RPGs tend to offer over graphic adventures. Pick your character, choose where you should be placing emphasis on as far as spells/stats go, etc...
The freedom factor strikes me as one of the reasons that GTA3 has been so successful.
You're definitely representing the minority opinion here. I admit that I didn't like N64 Zelda until I made myself play for an hour, thinking that it was a game that you had to get into before it was engrossing. It definitely paid off. I'd recommend playing through it with a strategy guide for when you get stuck, though.
Immediately after Half Life came out, Valve were working on Team Fortress. After that was released, they continued releasing patches for the game. A bit later, they adopted CounterStrike and "helped" with some changes in the game, such as the new animations and netcode.
It's been leaked at some news sources such as www.ve3d.com that Valve are currently busy with Half-Life 2. One of the general theories out there is that this Half Life will have Team Fortress 2 included, or at least integrated with HL2. Most of us are also assuming that Valve has changed engines for the new games or are basically building their own.
At any rate, they're working on something, they're just taking their sweet time with it and not releasing any information about it. They've probably learned a thing or two from Duke Nukem Forever.
No, the thing is that most gamers don't actually buy these $400 gaming cards. I think most people are like me and wait to upgrade until their games don't run at good FPS anymore, and then they get the best card that they can for around $150 or so. My Geforce 2 GTS is still performing decently and I've had it for 2 years. When I upgrade, I'm planning on getting a 9700 Pro or something on that idea, but I'm not doing that until we see a killer game come out.
You also game off of a computer if you want to play FPS and RTS, which both have large markets. If you don't like those games, then sure, a console should do ya. I'm a big fan though, so dropping about 400 bucks every couple of years to upgrade my computer isn't really all that bad.
I do agree with you however that it's VERY nice to pick up a game and not have to worry at all about performance issues or installation problems or whatnot.
3 inches? Are you kidding? I'm guessing you're from the south somewhere, where people shit their pants when they have to drive on anything white. Really, anyone can drive in a LOT more than 3 inches of snow as long as you drive slowly and carefully and don't think AWD means you can drive fast, you'll be fine.
When will people realize that AWD does NOT give you better traction. As soon as you're moving, AWD is worthless. Hell, I can skateboard on 3 inches of snow. And all Subarus have AWD.
Magic Mountain almost never has all of their rides operational. That's normal over there. At Cedar Point, it's a big deal if a coaster is down. Wicked Twister was down for a week or two at the beginning of the season and Raptor had a few problems, Millenium and Magnum were also down for a few hours. That was pretty much it.
I don't think anyone can truly make a determination about S:TE & Demon Drop
Well, that whole debate stems from Magic Mountain considering S:TE a rollercoaster, thus having the same amount of coasters as Cedar Point (which they brag about). Unfortunately for them, if you consider that ride a coaster, then Demon Drop is also a coaster. Smaller, sure, but it's a coaster by that "definition." And as the parent post noted, that would still mean CP has more coasters.
So basically, whenever you hear that Magic Mountain has more coasters than CP does, it's pretty much bullshit. Many times their rides are down (and they don't run as many trains as CP does) and the lines move slower, so if you compared a day with similiar attendance at CP to MM you'd probably get on more different coasters at CP and ride more times.
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3 movies, right? And this isn't a trilogy how...?
Yeah, but dude... 200 grand a pop, here.
Indeed that is messed up, but the focus here is wealth distribution in the US. Global distribution is a whole other game that we're simply not dealing with here.
Two reasons as to why more folks are hunting for MP3s on filesharing (and why these reasons have made it mainstream), hence RIAA's attention:
1. Easier to find files- download one app and do a search as opposed to having to hunt down different webpages for different files and all of the hassles included with that approach (dead links, 401s, etc).
2. More files available on filesharing (generally speaking).
Did you know that something like the richest %2 of Americans have %98 of America's wealth?
Why is this such a horrible thing anyhow? When enough people get pissed off, they'll move on to something better, like Jabber. Let this play out.
The anti-SUV crowd is after these people who buy the vehicle because the auto industry has sold them on buying the over-priced vehicles. If you actually haul more than 4 people around in it, use it to carry a lot of crap around, or go off-roading with it, it's a different story. But unfortunately this is rarely the case and would be akin to buying a nuclear plant to power my house.
He was being sarcastic.
Presumedly the research for Skynet continued despite the destruction of the building, which makes sense (after all, there had to be a first time Skynet was created without the help of a terminator arm and CPU).
No, because the majority of users don't really care what's actually in the update, the user mentality is that all updates are good and one should snatch them up as often as possible. I highly doubt your average user even knows what DRM is.
Too bad we don't have "misinformed" as a moderation flag.
Seriously, this is simply not true, mod it down.
I'll bet a hell of a lot more than .1% of folks who actually buy CPUs overclock. I'm pretty sure Intel still has the lion's share of OEMs, so I think the original poster's point is still very much valid.
Agreed, in my opinion for sheer quality, an excellent adventure game (I remember Loom as well) is better than a good RPG. RPGs, however, have better replay value and tend to have more flexibility. I also believe gamers like the open-endedness of RPGs. Want to be a badass? Be a badass. Want to be the stereotypical goodguy? Do it. You don't really have these choices as much in an adventure game.
I mean, who could say no to 3D Day of the Tentacle?
Someone who would rather have a DOTT RPG or FPRPG, probably. I think gamers are enjoying "freedom" more and more, and this has always been an area where graphic adventures are relatively weak.
Graphic adventures place emphasis on puzzle-solving and a good storyline. Because of the latter, they also tend to be linear.
RPGs are more like the games that you described. The motivation is more on leveling your character up and becoming more powerful rather than a storyline-driven game.
I think that many gamers prefer the freedom and "possibilities" that RPGs tend to offer over graphic adventures. Pick your character, choose where you should be placing emphasis on as far as spells/stats go, etc...
The freedom factor strikes me as one of the reasons that GTA3 has been so successful.
You're definitely representing the minority opinion here. I admit that I didn't like N64 Zelda until I made myself play for an hour, thinking that it was a game that you had to get into before it was engrossing. It definitely paid off. I'd recommend playing through it with a strategy guide for when you get stuck, though.
Immediately after Half Life came out, Valve were working on Team Fortress. After that was released, they continued releasing patches for the game. A bit later, they adopted CounterStrike and "helped" with some changes in the game, such as the new animations and netcode.
It's been leaked at some news sources such as www.ve3d.com that Valve are currently busy with Half-Life 2. One of the general theories out there is that this Half Life will have Team Fortress 2 included, or at least integrated with HL2. Most of us are also assuming that Valve has changed engines for the new games or are basically building their own.
At any rate, they're working on something, they're just taking their sweet time with it and not releasing any information about it. They've probably learned a thing or two from Duke Nukem Forever.
Probably doesn't help that the particular CD I believe you're talking about comes in a paper-esque container...
Doesn't "flat" refer to the curvature of a surface?
I dunno, maybe so he could play X-Box games?
The original poster was talking about buying a good stereo speaker setup and rigging it to the computer.
No, the thing is that most gamers don't actually buy these $400 gaming cards. I think most people are like me and wait to upgrade until their games don't run at good FPS anymore, and then they get the best card that they can for around $150 or so. My Geforce 2 GTS is still performing decently and I've had it for 2 years. When I upgrade, I'm planning on getting a 9700 Pro or something on that idea, but I'm not doing that until we see a killer game come out.
You also game off of a computer if you want to play FPS and RTS, which both have large markets. If you don't like those games, then sure, a console should do ya. I'm a big fan though, so dropping about 400 bucks every couple of years to upgrade my computer isn't really all that bad.
I do agree with you however that it's VERY nice to pick up a game and not have to worry at all about performance issues or installation problems or whatnot.
The problem is that the batch is made up mostly of rotten apples looking for status recognition.
3 inches? Are you kidding? I'm guessing you're from the south somewhere, where people shit their pants when they have to drive on anything white. Really, anyone can drive in a LOT more than 3 inches of snow as long as you drive slowly and carefully and don't think AWD means you can drive fast, you'll be fine.
When will people realize that AWD does NOT give you better traction. As soon as you're moving, AWD is worthless. Hell, I can skateboard on 3 inches of snow. And all Subarus have AWD.
Magic Mountain almost never has all of their rides operational. That's normal over there. At Cedar Point, it's a big deal if a coaster is down. Wicked Twister was down for a week or two at the beginning of the season and Raptor had a few problems, Millenium and Magnum were also down for a few hours. That was pretty much it.
I don't think anyone can truly make a determination about S:TE & Demon Drop
Well, that whole debate stems from Magic Mountain considering S:TE a rollercoaster, thus having the same amount of coasters as Cedar Point (which they brag about). Unfortunately for them, if you consider that ride a coaster, then Demon Drop is also a coaster. Smaller, sure, but it's a coaster by that "definition." And as the parent post noted, that would still mean CP has more coasters.
So basically, whenever you hear that Magic Mountain has more coasters than CP does, it's pretty much bullshit. Many times their rides are down (and they don't run as many trains as CP does) and the lines move slower, so if you compared a day with similiar attendance at CP to MM you'd probably get on more different coasters at CP and ride more times.