Torvald? You think USA today could manage to get the creator's name right?
Have you ever read USA Today before? It's like the MTV of the print news industry. Lots of pretty pictures and flashy colors. It does not surprise me that they spelled his name wrong.
I'd hardly call this art...
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Not that I don't appreciate ASCII/ANSI art... in fact, I do appreciate it. However, this stuff sucks. Compare to this guy's ASCII interpretations of Disney characters. While the novelty of Google highlighting the letters in cute, it's not very eye catching, IMO. Bring back the BBS art scene! Bring back ANSI art!
Just think, put a web site in the trunk of a Porsche and whenever the MPAA or RIAA come to shut you down, take off down the road.
It's the new movie "Pump Up The Bandwidth", starring Christian Slater as a troubled geek with a message to send. JonKatz says "This e-movie will be a defining moment in our post-Columbine-post-9/11 society!"
price it more reasonably and MORE people will buy it
I totally agree. However, this is a bad example, as they had something on the order of 1 million pre-ordersat $60 a pop ($75 if you got the "collector's edition"). Obviously there is a market for $60 games. However, like you, I cannot afford that. I have a wife and a house payment, and will not be spending $60 on something that will be half that in one year or less. Hell, I didn't pick up Starcraft Battle Chest until last Christmas when the local Best Buy had it on sale for $8. (Ok, maybe waiting that long is being a little cheap, but you get my point)
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The history of video games is sorely underreported and under appreciated. Already many electronic games are disappearing as hardware and platforms become unavailable. The Abandonware scene is alive and well, but quietly our gaming history is disappearing. I encourage all Slashdot readers to read up on your gaming history and try to preserve a great and thriving culture.
I have to agree with this. I'm a big fan of what "rom-dumping" projects are doing, even if most people consider them to be piracy in the short term. Culture or sub-culture, it's part of who most of us (on/. anyway) are. Maybe not to the grandoise scale that Katz makes it out to be, but none the less important to document.
I would like to see a similar book on the history of video games in Japan. It may seem to overlap a fair amount, but it is quite different. For instance the dominant system in Japan at the end of the 80's was the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16 in the States), not the NES as it was over here. Also, the types of games that are popular in Japan are vastly different than in the US. Look through the screenshots of arcade games supported by MAME and try to count how man Mahjong games came out in Japanese arcades!
Also, for some great pictures of games from the late '70s to early '80s, check out Supercade (no, I am not affiliated with ThinkGeek.com -- buy it from where ever the hell you want!). Published by MIT Press, this book gets some of the facts wrong, but it's worth picking up just for the screenshots and pictures.
Check out LDraw. It lets you virtually put together a Lego model with unlimited pieces. The web site has links to tools that allow you to render your models in POV-RAY.
Man, I'm so sick of Slashdot's hypocritical coverage of this new Blizard game. If you're so unhappy with the way they handled the bnetd case, then stop giving WC3 publicity!
Oh wait... you said W3C? Never mind. Forget I said anything.
I believe NwN is an Atari game. Am I mistaken? Atari doesn't do so much hardware anymore, but they still have a hand in many popular games.
You could say they have a popular brand on many games. Infogramme bought them out (from Hasbro?) a little while ago. Atari itself is no longer a development shop AFAIK. They are a brand name that (hopefully once again) will be associated with quality games.
I was really hoping for an OS X version to be released simultaneously (preferably in the same box). Does anybody know when we can expect a version for Macs?
Is there any effort to make a good installation CD with all the binaries, source, and a windows autorun (either open an html file on the CD or run the full talkbak installer)?
I doubt it's up to date, but check out Demo Linux. There's one or two images you can download.
I have never seen an open-source style game that didn't look like a pile of crap... open source artists are not as good as professional artists
Which means you haven't seen Frozen Bubble. This game looks fabulous! If you had seen it, you (hopefully) wouldn't make sweeping generalizations about the artists in the open source community.
People, if you know any artists that have some free time, ask if they would be interested in getting involved in projects like these. Having a game under your belt, even for artists, can be a great portfolio starter to get you involved in the gaming industry.
and Sega's sports games... absolutely KILL EA's sports series.
While you may believe this, I believe this is actually what killed the Dreamcast. People have grown up with EA's sports title. NHL Hockey and Madden Football are probably the two most notables. I know quite a few people that were getting Madden when they first got their PS2 and Game Cube. If the online versions start to take off (and they most likely will), coupled with the lack of triple-A titles for the XBox, these could be the key ingredients in the death of the Microsoft console business.
Cringely covered this in an article/. covered a while back. Basically, once installed with the Windows software, he was able to move it over to a Linksys router with no problems.
Slashdot Mirror
People, the Slashdot effect is getting out of hand. We've now slashdotted a spiral-bound notebook? Someone must put an end to this madness!
Does anybody else think this idea is ripped off of Macross Plus/Sharon Apple?
Torvald? You think USA today could manage to get the creator's name right?
Have you ever read USA Today before? It's like the MTV of the print news industry. Lots of pretty pictures and flashy colors. It does not surprise me that they spelled his name wrong.
Not that I don't appreciate ASCII/ANSI art... in fact, I do appreciate it. However, this stuff sucks. Compare to this guy's ASCII interpretations of Disney characters. While the novelty of Google highlighting the letters in cute, it's not very eye catching, IMO. Bring back the BBS art scene! Bring back ANSI art!
According to Slashdot, Tandys Never Die.
Have they considered supporting the site with ad revenue? Oh wait...
Just think, put a web site in the trunk of a Porsche and whenever the MPAA or RIAA come to shut you down, take off down the road.
It's the new movie "Pump Up The Bandwidth", starring Christian Slater as a troubled geek with a message to send. JonKatz says "This e-movie will be a defining moment in our post-Columbine-post-9/11 society!"
(Guy out in a field with a laptop, surfing /.)
Can you see me trolling now? Good!
(same guy on the subway in NY)
Can you see me trolling now? Good!
(same guy at the beach in CA)
Can you see me trolling now? Good!
Yeah, you get the picture...
Wow, now we're one step closer to having giant robotic animals sing *AND* play instruments for us at Chuck E. Cheese!
price it more reasonably and MORE people will buy it
I totally agree. However, this is a bad example, as they had something on the order of 1 million pre-ordersat $60 a pop ($75 if you got the "collector's edition"). Obviously there is a market for $60 games. However, like you, I cannot afford that. I have a wife and a house payment, and will not be spending $60 on something that will be half that in one year or less. Hell, I didn't pick up Starcraft Battle Chest until last Christmas when the local Best Buy had it on sale for $8. (Ok, maybe waiting that long is being a little cheap, but you get my point)
The history of video games is sorely underreported and under appreciated. Already many electronic games are disappearing as hardware and platforms become unavailable. The Abandonware scene is alive and well, but quietly our gaming history is disappearing. I encourage all Slashdot readers to read up on your gaming history and try to preserve a great and thriving culture.
I have to agree with this. I'm a big fan of what "rom-dumping" projects are doing, even if most people consider them to be piracy in the short term. Culture or sub-culture, it's part of who most of us (on /. anyway) are. Maybe not to the grandoise scale that Katz makes it out to be, but none the less important to document.
I would like to see a similar book on the history of video games in Japan. It may seem to overlap a fair amount, but it is quite different. For instance the dominant system in Japan at the end of the 80's was the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16 in the States), not the NES as it was over here. Also, the types of games that are popular in Japan are vastly different than in the US. Look through the screenshots of arcade games supported by MAME and try to count how man Mahjong games came out in Japanese arcades!
Also, for some great pictures of games from the late '70s to early '80s, check out Supercade (no, I am not affiliated with ThinkGeek.com -- buy it from where ever the hell you want!). Published by MIT Press, this book gets some of the facts wrong, but it's worth picking up just for the screenshots and pictures.
Remember the Pac-Man move where you could hide indefinately and the ghosts couldn't get you
Yes, yes I do.
I believe the Contra code was Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-B-A...
:)
Wasn't it?
Maybe it would help you if you had it on a t-shirt? No? Ok, here's all the codes for Contra. As if you cared
Check out LDraw. It lets you virtually put together a Lego model with unlimited pieces. The web site has links to tools that allow you to render your models in POV-RAY.
Man, I'm so sick of Slashdot's hypocritical coverage of this new Blizard game. If you're so unhappy with the way they handled the bnetd case, then stop giving WC3 publicity!
Oh wait... you said W3C? Never mind. Forget I said anything.
Instead of fighting some more, the World Wresting Federation changed its name to World Wresting Entertainment.
Duh! If you had been watching last week, they explained it right before that big cage match with...
And you thought all of those hours you spent playing Dopewars were all just a simulation...
Would you (sniff) like to play a (sniff sniff snort) game?
I believe NwN is an Atari game. Am I mistaken? Atari doesn't do so much hardware anymore, but they still have a hand in many popular games.
You could say they have a popular brand on many games. Infogramme bought them out (from Hasbro?) a little while ago. Atari itself is no longer a development shop AFAIK. They are a brand name that (hopefully once again) will be associated with quality games.
It's been a long, long time though...
Anyway, I was happy to find a 1979 Sears 'wishbook' with the Atari 400 in it.
Talk about nostalgia! When is Google Catalogs gonna let me search the 1984 Sears Wishbook for the GIJoes, Transformers, and Coleco games I want!
To quote Homer: "I demand satisfaction!" (slaps Google in the face with glove)
I was really hoping for an OS X version to be released simultaneously (preferably in the same box). Does anybody know when we can expect a version for Macs?
Is there any effort to make a good installation CD with all the binaries, source, and a windows autorun (either open an html file on the CD or run the full talkbak installer)?
I doubt it's up to date, but check out Demo Linux. There's one or two images you can download.
I have never seen an open-source style game that didn't look like a pile of crap... open source artists are not as good as professional artists
Which means you haven't seen Frozen Bubble. This game looks fabulous! If you had seen it, you (hopefully) wouldn't make sweeping generalizations about the artists in the open source community.
People, if you know any artists that have some free time, ask if they would be interested in getting involved in projects like these. Having a game under your belt, even for artists, can be a great portfolio starter to get you involved in the gaming industry.
and Sega's sports games... absolutely KILL EA's sports series.
While you may believe this, I believe this is actually what killed the Dreamcast. People have grown up with EA's sports title. NHL Hockey and Madden Football are probably the two most notables. I know quite a few people that were getting Madden when they first got their PS2 and Game Cube. If the online versions start to take off (and they most likely will), coupled with the lack of triple-A titles for the XBox, these could be the key ingredients in the death of the Microsoft console business.
People are still making games for C64
/. last week but it got rejected, so feel free to mod me up :)
People are still making the C64 itself! (I submitted this to
Cringely covered this in an article /. covered a while back. Basically, once installed with the Windows software, he was able to move it over to a Linksys router with no problems.