Its like you're in a car. When your driving on a flat surface, you can drive quickly and use 5th gear. But when you're going up a hill you have to switch into a lower gear and you will inevitably slow down.
I forget the particulars, it was a few years ago that I read it... but basically the exact same thing happens with Sumo Wrestling in Japan. The sumo guys throw matches for the same sorts of reasons described in the article.
At least 11 successful final report cards. 10 final report cards and you'll always be leasing the car, 9 or less and you wont be able to lease one. 15 successful final report cards and you can afford a house + car. 18+ final report cards and you'll get a very nice house a bmw and people call you Dr.
WTF are you talking about? It doesn't create any kind of entitlement. it teaches them that if they want something (like money) they work (study) for it.
It's not like we give them the money if they fail! If anything it teaches the reverse of entitlement.
FPS games suck on PCs. Too many cheaters and all those whiny PC gamers who think that playing games all day long is the sole reason for existence. Mouse and Keyboard hurt my arms and are unintuitive method of input for games (although they are more precise once you get used to them).
I doubt a PC gamer could ever cope in real life full of ordinary people. At some point (probably soon) desktops will go away. _ALL_ hardware will be more focused & specialized (see iPad, cellphones, ebook readers, consoles) and people will rather pay $300 for a game console than $1500 for a PC gaming system.
I own Oblivion for both PC and Xbox. I bought the Xbox version because I bought a big screen TV and now do all my gaming on it (go big or go home!).
I also cant stand mouse+keyboard. Hurts my carple tunnels or something. I bought an xBox controller even before I owned an xbox because it works with PC+Oblivion.
Unfortunately the Xbox version SUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKSSS compared to the PC version. I downloaded tonnes of mods for my PC oblivion and quite frankly, the game is poor without them.
Im really hoping that ES:V will have mods available for consoles
You didn't play the God of War series did you. GoWIII is spectacular on the eyes and is more fun to play than the original game. While the gameplay is the same and the storylines are equal, all you have to do is compare the first boss battle of one vs three (hydra vs Poseidon) to see an INCREDIBLE improvement.
If GoW graphics were updated to GoWIII quality, I would probably buy it.
Call of Duty is the same. Consistantly better graphics really keeps that series going.
However, if you play the Halo series I understand your comment. Halo 1 was an amazing game. Indepth story, terrific characters etc. Halo 2 lost the storytelling and the shifting characters was a terrible choice. Halo 3 was crap and way WAAAYYY to short. Looks like the bungie guys focused solely on graphics and multiplayer and neglected story/gameplay (and as far as halo 3 went... level quantity). I didn't play OST because I was so angry at 3 that I will only pick it up in a bargain bin.
Whats my point? My point is that "yes rush for graphics performance" forces some companies to cut corners in other game areas... but it doesn't have to be that way!
Do you read novels for 14h a day? Do you solely use UIs where the background is white and the only UI element is text?
didn't think so.
Seriously, before you call the eink vs LCD situation overblown try to read a novel on a normal monitor setup. There is a difference between using a computer with complex UI elements including pictures, and variations of colour vs text on white background.
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Its like you're in a car. When your driving on a flat surface, you can drive quickly and use 5th gear. But when you're going up a hill you have to switch into a lower gear and you will inevitably slow down.
I forget the particulars, it was a few years ago that I read it... but basically the exact same thing happens with Sumo Wrestling in Japan. The sumo guys throw matches for the same sorts of reasons described in the article.
If anyone has read Freakonomics, this headline will come as no surprise.
Now the rest of us can compete in PvP!!!
Brings my AC to 15!
I'll only read that book if you pay me.
Psychological studies have shown that the field of psychology is full of shit.
At least 11 successful final report cards. 10 final report cards and you'll always be leasing the car, 9 or less and you wont be able to lease one. 15 successful final report cards and you can afford a house + car. 18+ final report cards and you'll get a very nice house a bmw and people call you Dr.
WTF are you talking about? It doesn't create any kind of entitlement. it teaches them that if they want something (like money) they work (study) for it.
It's not like we give them the money if they fail! If anything it teaches the reverse of entitlement.
Obviously someone wasn't bribed enough during their formative years.
It's when you drop acid, turn on some Jimi Hendrix and use visual studio for some coding.
Did the applaud for the iAd? Did they pull Steve's iCock out of their mouths long enough to tell him how good it tasted?
Most of the reviews state something to the effect of "it is yet to be seen if reading for several hours will cause eye strain"
This eye-strain review is actually the only thing I care about.
FPS games suck on PCs. Too many cheaters and all those whiny PC gamers who think that playing games all day long is the sole reason for existence. Mouse and Keyboard hurt my arms and are unintuitive method of input for games (although they are more precise once you get used to them).
I doubt a PC gamer could ever cope in real life full of ordinary people. At some point (probably soon) desktops will go away. _ALL_ hardware will be more focused & specialized (see iPad, cellphones, ebook readers, consoles) and people will rather pay $300 for a game console than $1500 for a PC gaming system.
I own Oblivion for both PC and Xbox. I bought the Xbox version because I bought a big screen TV and now do all my gaming on it (go big or go home!).
I also cant stand mouse+keyboard. Hurts my carple tunnels or something. I bought an xBox controller even before I owned an xbox because it works with PC+Oblivion.
Unfortunately the Xbox version SUUUUUUCCCCKKKKKSSS compared to the PC version. I downloaded tonnes of mods for my PC oblivion and quite frankly, the game is poor without them.
Im really hoping that ES:V will have mods available for consoles
You didn't play the God of War series did you. GoWIII is spectacular on the eyes and is more fun to play than the original game. While the gameplay is the same and the storylines are equal, all you have to do is compare the first boss battle of one vs three (hydra vs Poseidon) to see an INCREDIBLE improvement.
If GoW graphics were updated to GoWIII quality, I would probably buy it.
Call of Duty is the same. Consistantly better graphics really keeps that series going.
However, if you play the Halo series I understand your comment. Halo 1 was an amazing game. Indepth story, terrific characters etc. Halo 2 lost the storytelling and the shifting characters was a terrible choice. Halo 3 was crap and way WAAAYYY to short. Looks like the bungie guys focused solely on graphics and multiplayer and neglected story/gameplay (and as far as halo 3 went... level quantity). I didn't play OST because I was so angry at 3 that I will only pick it up in a bargain bin.
Whats my point? My point is that "yes rush for graphics performance" forces some companies to cut corners in other game areas... but it doesn't have to be that way!
No. While the graphics rendering will be easier to port, everything else will require non-trivial coding and more importantly non-trivial testing.
It's probably not worth it to a gaming company.
Benjamin Linus strikes again.
The island is actually bouncing around through time... or maybe it sunk into the sea.
Ahhhhahahahahahahahah fuck i wish I had mod points for you!
Im calling the FBI. You ambidexterous mouser!
.SSD speeds are really only needed for heavily accessed files.
Exactly!
cheat code! Someone should have given this to Tiger Woods.
Do you read novels for 14h a day? Do you solely use UIs where the background is white and the only UI element is text?
didn't think so.
Seriously, before you call the eink vs LCD situation overblown try to read a novel on a normal monitor setup. There is a difference between using a computer with complex UI elements including pictures, and variations of colour vs text on white background.