If you had not stated you stopped playing UO 'a long, long time ago' I'd of guessed you had either never played or you had only briefly played over 2 years ago.
There are no such things as levels in UO. There is a non-PvP land to all servers. And the real give-away.. 'Fun-quests'.. Arf.. good one.
I thought I'd take a look at unix.org to see what their take on the decision would be.
I was a might suprised to find it blocked by the wonderful corporate content filter.
Checking the URL checker I got the following response:
URL Checker
Thank you for your submission. Below please find a listing of the category (ies) in which your submitted URL appears. For a detailed description of each category, visit our filtering categories section.
The Site: www.unix.org is categorized by N2H2 as: Pornography
Should you still wish to inquire about the URL in question after checking with your System Administrator, please submit your request to N2H2's Review Editors for further analysis.
That said, why did you buy the third one if the first was so poor? don't you check the reviews before purchasing? and lets be honest, the game series had a bad name long before the third game came out..
I think you have watched far too many X-Files episodes.
This device is marketed towards parents worried about their children, and it's use is pretty clear.
I think it is still going too far, but it's no more exagerating the risks posed to children than you are with the whole 'big brother' thing.
When you wake up from your delusional state, maybe you will realise that not every one cares about your pr0n collection or where/when you paid/charged for your coffee.
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I dunno, I hear Jonah can be quite violent when pressed.
As has been said the Baldur's Gate games were great games that allowed limited freedom (much like Ultima).
Another recent game I'd recommend is Arcanum. I know that it is not yer' classic "Beards 'n Pointy Ears" type RPG, but it has those elements in it too.
Loki went out of business because not enough people paid them for their product. Whether or not it is a problem with the Linux community having to pay for software, or if it is because Linux does not have enough of the core gaming market is up for debate. Either way, you can't operate a profitble business without customers/users.
If Loki been able to get some big name games to the platform things may of been different. Sorry, but Postal is a crap game that was crap on PC and no amount of good will can make a 2-3 year old crap game a viable product.
Maybe they should of looked at the charts more and sold out. Who wants to be a millionaire? sold bucket loads. Yeah it is shallow, but it is mass market and a damn sight more likely to sell than The Return of Postal-Unplugged Special Edition.
Oh, and for all those people who say things like "I use Windows ONLY for games" why bother saying that? Does it make any difference if you use Windows for ONLY games or if you use Windows for everything? Do you feel proud that you pay the same amount to Microsoft for their operating system but don't use it for anything (apart from games)?
Just in case all the people saying 'Let 'em off the hook for a link to the house' don't recall.. not everyone wants/needs/knows what the internet is.
Joe Farmer may well still use a radio for weather forcasts, and read the paper.. Believe it or not, Slashdot at 25MPS is not gonna help his corn grow.
Not quite sure what they are trying to achieve really..
The only phone numbers that mean anything to most people are 999 (or 911) and their personal phone numbers.
Oh well.. another company that will be hyped up just before a share issue and then fade away like an ice cube in an oven.
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Lets hope it does for movies what Tux Racer has done for video games.
Oh.
What a load of old tosh!
Resident Evil boring? Halo humdrum? Zelda: Wind Waker yawn inducing?
You are dead inside.
The most common reason for the games appearing in black and white seem to be that your TV does not support NTSC (or PAL60).
If you are sure your TV does support that, have you tried holding 'B' when the game boots up? You usually get a 60mHz option appearing.
Of course this is assuming you have a PAL console.
This is something that is already happening (ie games based on a company, rather than just having say, a Sony TV rather than a generic TV in a FPS)
America's Army anyone?
But no matter what she says, DO NOT UPGRADE to Wife 1.0.
It does not work the same way Girlfriend 1.0 used to, it has less features and costs more.
I think you will find that it is TV *and* booze thank you very much.
Oh, best go.. got the bare minimum to do before the boss appears.
If you had not stated you stopped playing UO 'a long, long time ago' I'd of guessed you had either never played or you had only briefly played over 2 years ago.
There are no such things as levels in UO.
There is a non-PvP land to all servers.
And the real give-away.. 'Fun-quests'.. Arf.. good one.
Valve enabled the ability for the end-users to make their own mod(ification)s to the product Half-Life.
It was free, and now the most popular game on-line is one of those mods.
So make it free and be nice to those that take the effort to make the community. Things can happen as Counter-Strike shows.
I thought I'd take a look at unix.org to see what their take on the decision would be.
I was a might suprised to find it blocked by the wonderful corporate content filter.
Checking the URL checker I got the following response:
URL Checker
Thank you for your submission. Below please find a listing of the category (ies) in which your submitted URL appears. For a detailed description of each category, visit our filtering categories section.
The Site: www.unix.org
is categorized by N2H2 as:
Pornography
Should you still wish to inquire about the URL in question after checking with your System Administrator, please submit your request to N2H2's Review Editors for further analysis.
Hmm.. but it is in Italy not Spain.. As tenous links go, you score a 9.6
That said, why did you buy the third one if the first was so poor? don't you check the reviews before purchasing? and lets be honest, the game series had a bad name long before the third game came out..
I like that it's dishwasher safe. Drunk people can't be trusted to hand wash glass.
Either the bars you go to are staffed by drunks.. or they make you clean your own glasses.
Either way I'd find a new bar.
I think you have watched far too many X-Files episodes.
This device is marketed towards parents worried about their children, and it's use is pretty clear.
I think it is still going too far, but it's no more exagerating the risks posed to children than you are with the whole 'big brother' thing.
When you wake up from your delusional state, maybe you will realise that not every one cares about your pr0n collection or where/when you paid/charged for your coffee.
I dunno, I hear Jonah can be quite violent when pressed.
Did you read the article at all?
Everything a player wants can be purchased from MindArk
I assume they will make money from people buying that new 3l33t piece of armour..
I know if I was playing it tho, that i would rather spend a few hours killing stuff rather than spending hard cash on stuff.
As has been said the Baldur's Gate games were great games that allowed limited freedom (much like Ultima).
Another recent game I'd recommend is Arcanum. I know that it is not yer' classic "Beards 'n Pointy Ears" type RPG, but it has those elements in it too.
Loki went out of business because not enough people paid them for their product. Whether or not it is a problem with the Linux community having to pay for software, or if it is because Linux does not have enough of the core gaming market is up for debate. Either way, you can't operate a profitble business without customers/users.
If Loki been able to get some big name games to the platform things may of been different. Sorry, but Postal is a crap game that was crap on PC and no amount of good will can make a 2-3 year old crap game a viable product.
Maybe they should of looked at the charts more and sold out. Who wants to be a millionaire? sold bucket loads. Yeah it is shallow, but it is mass market and a damn sight more likely to sell than The Return of Postal-Unplugged Special Edition.
Oh, and for all those people who say things like "I use Windows ONLY for games" why bother saying that? Does it make any difference if you use Windows for ONLY games or if you use Windows for everything? Do you feel proud that you pay the same amount to Microsoft for their operating system but don't use it for anything (apart from games)?
Why is there never a 'Ungrateful -3' mod option?
Didn't these people *ever* play Half-Life?
Anyone got a Hazard Suit for sale?
So what use would this be for the intermediate/advanced user who likes to use a mouse and a keyboard at the same time?
And it would surely suck for any sort of gaming requirements..
This thing can be filed under 'Gimmick' along with the smell-o-vision thing, the force feedback mouse, the phone-watch and the Java ring.
Just in case all the people saying 'Let 'em off the hook for a link to the house' don't recall.. not everyone wants/needs/knows what the internet is. Joe Farmer may well still use a radio for weather forcasts, and read the paper.. Believe it or not, Slashdot at 25MPS is not gonna help his corn grow.
What is next? telephone companies being held responsible for terrorists organising attacks over the phone?
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oh.. of course it would also put paid to my practice of looking up the phone number of a company on the website...
Not quite sure what they are trying to achieve really.. The only phone numbers that mean anything to most people are 999 (or 911) and their personal phone numbers. Oh well.. another company that will be hyped up just before a share issue and then fade away like an ice cube in an oven.