God damn, I'm so sick of seeing Penny Arcade links in Slashdot stories. Yes, I am a huge fan of Penny Arcade. I've got pretty much all their strips since two years ago saved on my hard drive, I even used to subscribe for their monthly get-interesting-stuff thing. But come on, they write a fucking webcomic. Cool as they are, and as incredible as their webcomic is, this does not make their comments about anything some kind of news-worthy announcement. People who already care about what Gabe and Tycho have to say will have already read it. People who don't aren't likely to be swayed just because they pulled a game from their fictional awards "show." Gah, and now I'm posting meta-comments on Slashdot. LAME.
Oh, come on, how often do you get to see an official memo addressed "to authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time?" Not very often, is how often. FUN.
Ah, but how long is it going to be before all the other Settlers games out there start getting C+D letters? Klaus hasn't been able to do anything about them largely because of international copyright stuff, I believe, but now that Microsoft's got their fingers officially into the mix, I bet things will change. Hopefully not though, as gnocatan is right up near the top on my menu...
Obviously if the guy's lying about various things, all bets are off, but apparently this pic was one in a series set up to take pictures automatically or something, and they posted the pictures directly before and directly after this one, with no streak apparent. I mean, the guy could be lying about any number of things, but assuming that he's telling the truth, a dirty lens is unlikely to clean itself inbetween shots.
Only by the most liberal definition of "something." When I buy something, I want to buy more than the ability to ask the producer's permission to actually use the thing. When I buy software, I want to be able to install and use it, not be at the mercy of additional factors out on the internet that I don't have any control over.
Obviously there's a lot of people who are okay with the online activation thing, so I'm sure I'm far in the minority here, but Valve certainly isn't going to see a cent of my money so long as they force me to ask permission to use what I would otherwise have just paid $50 for.
but on the box it tells you that you need a inet connection, and you knew it needed steam before you bought it.
Again, I'm not disputing the fact that they've got a right to be able to do this. I'm not trying to say that they've somehow hidden the fact from people. I'm saying that it's a completely loathsome practice, which is why I haven't bought the software, and won't buy it. That's my whole point. So long as they require idiotic online activation for a game I only want to play against my own computer, then they won't be getting a dime from me. I refuse to purchase intentionally crippled products, no matter how plainly labelled the crippling is.
Your point is null and void.
Er, no, you've just misunderstood my point. I refuse to buy crippled software is my point, and nothing about a label on the box proclaiming "Crippled!" is going to change that.
I'm, not sure that it's appropriate to classify Doom 3 and UT as "typical average FPS"
I guess we disagree; I find nothing spectacular about either, except that UT is at least fun to play in multiplayer mode, whereas Doom 3 is kind a leaden, dull experience.
imply that HL2 is somehow an "actual interesting game."
From what I've heard, it seems quite interesting to me. I'm glad that they've added at least one weapon that I've never seen before in an FPS (the gravity gun thing)... Huge lumbering machines towering over cities, etc. The original HL actually managed to keep my attention for a good three-quarters of the game, which is far better than any other single-player FPS I've ever played, so I've had high hopes for HL2.
Every single review I've read of HL2,
I suppose it could be that my expectations don't actually match what the game delivered, though... I haven't played HL2 because I refuse to buy anything that requires online activation for use just on my own computer. So I guess it's a somewhat academic exercise.
You act as if it's your god-given right to play this game, without any restrictions whatsoever.
So you think it's acceptable to force users to ask permission to use something that they've just paid $50 for? Whatever. I'm not arguing that they're not legally allowed to or something, but they're certainly missing out on my money because of it. I like to be able to use my purchases long after the company that made them has gone out of business.
Yeah, but it's a shame that RtCW and Doom3 sucked, and Quake 3, UT, UT2k3, and UT2k4 are nothing more than your typical average FPS shooter. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that Id is still producing Linux versions, and UT is fun and all, but I wish that people making the actual interesting games were developing for Linux. Ah, well.
Well, they had to sign some deals for distribution at least, maybe that's what I've been thinking off. Regardless, the "they re-did it for Army of Darkness" theory has been thorougly debunked elsewhere in this thread anyway, so I guess I'll just concede all of it.:P
Ah, okay... Thanks for the info. Still, it's pretty amusing that they remade an entire movie so that they could use bits in an intro for the next one.:)
I'm under the impression that he did Evil Dead 2 primarily because he wanted to do Army of Darkness, but had done Evil Dead with a different studio, and so he couldn't use that footage in AoD, so he had to re-shoot it basically into Evil Dead 2... I dunno, I agree, weird.
The initial release of Spirited Away was embarrasing.
Hm, I guess I must have seen it in the second release, 'cause it was just in the regular theater over by me at the time. Of course, it was in one of the "small" theaters in there, and there were probably about eight other people besides us in the whole thing, but still.
The most striking thing about it to me was the total and utter crap that they put in for previews. All these completely lame live-action Disney flicks and, god, I dunno. How could you put something like that in front of a Miyazaki film? Well, in front of Spirited Away, anyway...
Then there's the DVDs thing, which I probably just shouldn't get into.
No, no, please do get into it. I've got plenty in my basic DVDs-In-General rant file, it'd be great to bulk it up a bit.
OpenOffice ran well enough on my P2/450Mhz system way back when. I would assume that by now they've made some kind of performance improvements to it too. Granted, it's not really what you would call "lightweight" but it'll get the job done, and it should be good performance-wise.
To each his own. I was expecting it to be horrible, but once I saw it, I thought it was a fantastic, 90-minute long saturday-morning cartoon. All the "hey, you're watching a cartoon" bits were great. And the only song in the whole thing was sung by Tom Jones. Brilliance! Fluff, to be sure, but damn enjoyable fluff. </respondingtotrolls>
Oh, cool. I take it those are just getting DVD/VHS/8track/whatever releases then? I was under the impression that they were all getting actual theatrical releases, but I suppose that purchasable-in-a-box is better than nothing.
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God damn, I'm so sick of seeing Penny Arcade links in Slashdot stories. Yes, I am a huge fan of Penny Arcade. I've got pretty much all their strips since two years ago saved on my hard drive, I even used to subscribe for their monthly get-interesting-stuff thing. But come on, they write a fucking webcomic . Cool as they are, and as incredible as their webcomic is, this does not make their comments about anything some kind of news-worthy announcement. People who already care about what Gabe and Tycho have to say will have already read it. People who don't aren't likely to be swayed just because they pulled a game from their fictional awards "show." Gah, and now I'm posting meta-comments on Slashdot. LAME.
Oh, come on, how often do you get to see an official memo addressed "to authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time?" Not very often, is how often. FUN.
Ah, but how long is it going to be before all the other Settlers games out there start getting C+D letters? Klaus hasn't been able to do anything about them largely because of international copyright stuff, I believe, but now that Microsoft's got their fingers officially into the mix, I bet things will change. Hopefully not though, as gnocatan is right up near the top on my menu...
Weird. Their free release of GTA1 worked just fine using Wine on Linux. And they say that Linux isn't a viable Gaming system. *pshaw*
Obviously if the guy's lying about various things, all bets are off, but apparently this pic was one in a series set up to take pictures automatically or something, and they posted the pictures directly before and directly after this one, with no streak apparent. I mean, the guy could be lying about any number of things, but assuming that he's telling the truth, a dirty lens is unlikely to clean itself inbetween shots.
... that read like a fucking Pitchfork Media review. *gag*
Dear god, and they're using Java applets for links. What the hell is that all about?
Obviously there's a lot of people who are okay with the online activation thing, so I'm sure I'm far in the minority here, but Valve certainly isn't going to see a cent of my money so long as they force me to ask permission to use what I would otherwise have just paid $50 for.
... but only if you don't need to drive anywhere. :)
Yeah, but it's a shame that RtCW and Doom3 sucked, and Quake 3, UT, UT2k3, and UT2k4 are nothing more than your typical average FPS shooter. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that Id is still producing Linux versions, and UT is fun and all, but I wish that people making the actual interesting games were developing for Linux. Ah, well.
Well, they had to sign some deals for distribution at least, maybe that's what I've been thinking off. Regardless, the "they re-did it for Army of Darkness" theory has been thorougly debunked elsewhere in this thread anyway, so I guess I'll just concede all of it. :P
Ah, okay... Thanks for the info. Still, it's pretty amusing that they remade an entire movie so that they could use bits in an intro for the next one. :)
I'm under the impression that he did Evil Dead 2 primarily because he wanted to do Army of Darkness, but had done Evil Dead with a different studio, and so he couldn't use that footage in AoD, so he had to re-shoot it basically into Evil Dead 2... I dunno, I agree, weird.
The gym I go to has banned the use of all cellphones in locker rooms because some of them now have cameras on them.
The most striking thing about it to me was the total and utter crap that they put in for previews. All these completely lame live-action Disney flicks and, god, I dunno. How could you put something like that in front of a Miyazaki film? Well, in front of Spirited Away, anyway...
No, no, please do get into it. I've got plenty in my basic DVDs-In-General rant file, it'd be great to bulk it up a bit.OpenOffice ran well enough on my P2/450Mhz system way back when. I would assume that by now they've made some kind of performance improvements to it too. Granted, it's not really what you would call "lightweight" but it'll get the job done, and it should be good performance-wise.
Apparently Toy Story was sort of the "Test Run," and the five-picture deal was signed thanks to the success of Toy Story.
To each his own. I was expecting it to be horrible, but once I saw it, I thought it was a fantastic, 90-minute long saturday-morning cartoon. All the "hey, you're watching a cartoon" bits were great. And the only song in the whole thing was sung by Tom Jones. Brilliance! Fluff, to be sure, but damn enjoyable fluff.
</respondingtotrolls>
Oh, cool. I take it those are just getting DVD/VHS/8track/whatever releases then? I was under the impression that they were all getting actual theatrical releases, but I suppose that purchasable-in-a-box is better than nothing.