Outside of Goldeneye, I have yet to play a good console FPS (haven't seen Perfect Dark yet). That's the only reason it's as popular as it is - it's not that great compared to PC FPS'es, but when you're used to eating dog food, a decent hamburger is going to seem like a feast. And I don't think anyone could argue that it could have been done much better on a PC.
4 Directional movement - A S D X
3 other movement - Shift: walk, c: crouch, right mouse: jump
2 weapons - left mouse: primary, space: secondary
4 misc - ~: console, e: use, r: reload, t: talk
Mousewheel for weapon switching.
Only 13 there. But still... more than a console controller can handle
There are other hobbies which are FAR more expensive/wasteful. Boating is a perfect example - if you figure out how many days you actually use a boat, compared to it's cost, it comes out to hundreds or thousands of dollars per DAY of use.
Who said anything about Xbox only having PC ports only? FYI - there are several console/arcade developers on board who have never produced a PC title directly (Namco, Koei, etc)
Most PC game developers are still shooting for P2-300/TNT level users. Those of us with much more powerful systems are pretty much wasting all that extra power. On the other hand, a game that is specifically geared to the X-Box will have the potential to use every single bit of the processing power available. THAT is the advantage. (It amazes me how little thinking some people actually do...)
And apparently you will never learn that the kernel is hardly ever the problem... look to drivers and stupid users if you want to see the source of most crashes.
The *only* reason Serious Sam has any hype whatsoever is because they came out of nowhere and made an engine that competes with the big boys (id, Epic, etc.) If it were by any other well-known developer, people wouldn't care at all.
"Another choice people will tell you is that it doesn't matter and that everyone who can't see your site should upgrade to the latest version. But do you really want to turn away the people looking at your site and tell them to upgrade?"
Yes, I do. 'Cause ultimately, you're doing them a favor. How many sites are backwards compatible back to 2.0 browsers? Very, very few. You're just nudging those (who are behind the curve) in the right direction. Progress waits for no one
I don't worry about older browsers, because 99%+ of our users are on 4.0 and up. That other fraction of a percent just isn't worth the additional work.
"The basics of computer hardware, and file systems. A *n?x box of some kind seems to be the best choice for this, but you can teach the same concepts with a Windows PC or a Mac if you have no choice. "
I realize this is slashdot, where all things MS are evil, but c'mon - the majority of people have to deal with Windows... teach them on the most prevalent platform
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Yes, I do. 'Cause ultimately, you're doing them a favor. How many sites are backwards compatible back to 2.0 browsers? Very, very few. You're just nudging those (who are behind the curve) in the right direction. Progress waits for no one
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I realize this is slashdot, where all things MS are evil, but c'mon - the majority of people have to deal with Windows... teach them on the most prevalent platform
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