The trouble I have is distinguishing what is setting apart the RTS from the RPG - since they are both incredibly similar in game mechanics. You sit above, select unit, tell unit to perform action. The RTS part naturally suggests that its real time (as its in the name) and the RPG part suggests there is role-playing, which is exactly what Warcraft 3/Dota are, and the literally half a dozen remakes to have come out of it kept are doing. It's not that these games aren't around anymore, it's that they are a dead horse that often and repeatedly get beaten. There was a game to come out that featured this 2 months ago (I remember seeing a deal on Steam) and I remember one about 6 or 7 months before that.
As for the complaints about the RPG Takeover - its not just RPG's, but every genre of game is getting mixed into one. It used to be that only adventure games had an actual adventure to go on, which now results in every game having a story and adventure games become puzzle games. No one is complaining that games have a story now. A lot of games now just mix in elements from EVERY Genre, so it blurs the lines of what is what. I could mention Battlefield 2142 or Savage 2 - as elements of RTS, FPS, and RPG are all prevalent.
Hey, where's my check for having to pay for all of this crap in the form of higher memory prices?
Clearly you misunderstood how the system works. You, the consumer, want to buy an item. The price is set by them, the corporations, at whatever they want. They can try and work together to raise the prices to eff you in the ay, making you pay more. If anyone rats someone else out, or if they are merely discovered, they go to court. They end up paying royalties to another corporation, not you. The government is already making money off HAVING the lawsuit in the first place, so they have no desire to investigate any further. Since profits are down from the lawsuits the ones prices naturally go up. And the winner can raise his prices to match.
Thus, the money stays within the corporate circle, and their falace goes further into your rectum.
It also sets the DNS to itself and caches anything you might have had saved in your browser history.
That way, you still seemingly visit the same sites you always do, just they never get updated, and you are completely secure from everything on the net!
But all real world Currency has an exchange rate across the globe - which is all backed by gold.
You can print more money, which will depreciate the value of the currency, or you can stock it up - increasing its value, or alternately, you can buy or sell the "Gold" you hold to alter its worth that way.
Virtual Currency however, is an entirely different mix altogether. Only the government can print legal tender (legally). Virtual currency is dependant entirely on the games developers. They could decide to give you more "gold" for Bosses, Dailies, etc. They could decide to remove everyones in game gold, or the company could shut down, there are no legal ramifications to what they must do. There are going to have to be some additions to the EULA garnering that while Virtual currency equals real money, it does not, in any way, have to remain in your pockets, and at any time could be reclaimed by the developer, or forgotten entirely.
Since I'm sure most of the worlds gold buyers are NOT actually South Korean, and actually from foreign markets (Like the US) - it's removing the amount currency in the buyers market (essentially) while increasing the amount in South Korean markets.
Oh Hey, look, GoldFarmers.com just turned in 10,000 USD dollars for Korean currency, now the treasury has less, so the Korean Dollar goes up. Guess what, the US Treasury still has the same amount.
Very smart move by South Korea - dangerous to the western world.
I mean its great and all, it means that this new "flash" player will probably end up working across all the browsers eventually, and without the security vulnerabilities and downsides to the flash plugin.
But I think in the end - Flash is still going to be used to create the content. Adobe will put more effort into optimizing it, and then a lot of "regular" people will just end up prefering the flash plugin.
I mean Gordon is a server side installation, which means I personally can't start using it everywhere I go, the webmasters must do that. I don't see many of the sites I frequent that use flash (mostly for flash games) really implementing this unless it improves the quality of the game. It sounds like because its in its initial stages this SVG/HTML5 player doesn't quite stack up to Flash's current optimization. And if it does at one point, I see Adobe just optimizing flash even more, to keep it on top.
I honestly couldn't care more or less what they do in Iceland, unless it affects me directly.
However, the title of the article alone has made me smile. It kind of reminds me of myself, throwing out a play on words to get a chuckle. A pun trying to be funny.
That was their downfall (if you'd call it that) when it came to the music in Fallout 3. The actually composed music was background music, mostly because they expected you to be listening to a radio station, which played non-originals so you can't really attribute them to the Video Game.
I was thoroughly impressed. I don't know how to describe it fully, but it was a great mix of Nostalgia, awe inspiring, evocative, cultured, and fun all mixed into one. The guy who started it and organizes it knows how to make everyone feel like they are doing more than just sitting and listening to music, he gets the crowd into it. There are even a few times where there will be crowd interaction. He knows how to play the guitar and is usually part of the Halo Theme song, since he loves to rock out.
All in all, I'd recommnd seeing it at least once. I don't know if I'd go again unless they add more music to the show that I'm familiar with, but it was still a good time.
Plus any opportunity a geek can get out and actually enjoy his or herself is like a winning lottery ticket.
When I said this was all an elaborate ruse to Market Chrome.
Clearly I'm the only one here parano^H^H^H^H^H^HSensible enough to see whats plainly in front of us.
Take Microsoft vs Google. Google's brand name is made up of 50% vowels, 50% consonants, whereas Microsoft is 33-67. This is a clever method designed to make you think that Google is fairer and wishes to have an equal representation of all letters. However, this is just plain deceiptful, because "Chrome" is only 33% vowels wheras "IE" (we'll abbreviate it) is 100% vowels, thus making up for the lack of vowels in "Microsoft". There are also even spreads across such MS products as "Office" and "Live". Apple has felt the need to keep up with the proper representation of vowels by throwing in a single lowercase i in front of every one of their new products. Good on them.
So I know what you're thinking: What do vowels and consonants have to do with ACTA and Net Neutrality? Absolutely nothing! But they DO have a lot to do with the recent attacks made against Google. As you can recall, its been recently discovered that the attacks originated in China. Surprising to some people, English has not been fully adopted yet, and many Chinese citizens still speak Mandarin and that other language no one can remember. All traditional chinese languages use characters, not letters. (To those who program or are DBA's, a letter is what normal people call a char). Now, what is Mandarin missing that English has? You guessed it; VOWELS. It's clear and obvious that Google is behind all of it. What the end goal is, I'm not entirely sure, I'm still trying to connect the dots.
What's important about this article is that its happening in FRANCE. This is a bit of a PR stunt for France. You see, everyone hates Microsoft, and everyone hates France. This hurts the French industries of exporting Cheese, Wine, and arrogant behavior. So France is hoping that by declaring they hate Microsoft as well, everyone will look on them in a better light. WE MUST NOT ALLOW THIS. If people start liking the French more, Baguettes will be everywhere. And I mean everywhere. Breakfast lunch and dinner. Baguettes at home, baguettes at work, baguette soup, baguette sandwhiches. Don't get me wrong I like a baguette every now and then but if we let them get a single foothold on the breadmarket they will take it over completely. There is nothing stronger then the relentless pursuits of a French Bunmaster.
So please, everyone, I beg of you. Keep using IE8, if you already do. Not because its secure, because it isn't. Not because of Google, no matter how evil they secretly are...
But because the standard loaf shape of bread is under attack, and if we don't come to defend it, no one will.
I think you have a rotten sense of humour. There are no puns, there's no setup, bait, hook, or punchline. Also, he doesn't mention your mama, Knock Knock, or Chuck Norris.
Unless copying is blatantly commercial in nature it should be permitted.
Well then you can say goodbye to alot of creative endeavors. Why write a book when it will only sell a single copy before being copied all over the internet? I can't make a living off the time spent writing when sales drop. Can't be a very successful band without some form of digital media, whether you're signed or produce it yourself. That won't turn a profit once its all across the web.
This is almost as absurd as telling drinkers that they could not use a device to lift a drink to their lips because it makes getting drunk easier.
No, this is like telling drinkers that they cannot use a device that duplicates the beverage to give to their friends.
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"It should also be able to run Flash applications, download books over 3G to Wi-Fi, and most likely surf the web, unlike any other reader out there."
So given enough time I can catch some nasty Malware - with no proper way to remove it besides opening it up and ruining the warranty?
The trouble I have is distinguishing what is setting apart the RTS from the RPG - since they are both incredibly similar in game mechanics. You sit above, select unit, tell unit to perform action. The RTS part naturally suggests that its real time (as its in the name) and the RPG part suggests there is role-playing, which is exactly what Warcraft 3/Dota are, and the literally half a dozen remakes to have come out of it kept are doing. It's not that these games aren't around anymore, it's that they are a dead horse that often and repeatedly get beaten. There was a game to come out that featured this 2 months ago (I remember seeing a deal on Steam) and I remember one about 6 or 7 months before that.
As for the complaints about the RPG Takeover - its not just RPG's, but every genre of game is getting mixed into one. It used to be that only adventure games had an actual adventure to go on, which now results in every game having a story and adventure games become puzzle games. No one is complaining that games have a story now. A lot of games now just mix in elements from EVERY Genre, so it blurs the lines of what is what. I could mention Battlefield 2142 or Savage 2 - as elements of RTS, FPS, and RPG are all prevalent.
Yeah I know.
Look at it this way, you could have been born Hutterite.
Hey, where's my check for having to pay for all of this crap in the form of higher memory prices?
Clearly you misunderstood how the system works. You, the consumer, want to buy an item. The price is set by them, the corporations, at whatever they want. They can try and work together to raise the prices to eff you in the ay, making you pay more. If anyone rats someone else out, or if they are merely discovered, they go to court. They end up paying royalties to another corporation, not you. The government is already making money off HAVING the lawsuit in the first place, so they have no desire to investigate any further. Since profits are down from the lawsuits the ones prices naturally go up. And the winner can raise his prices to match.
Thus, the money stays within the corporate circle, and their falace goes further into your rectum.
Welcome to corporate America.
Whoever you purchased it from is responsible.
If you bought them through ticketmaster, ticketmaster is responsible for refunding you.
It also sets the DNS to itself and caches anything you might have had saved in your browser history.
That way, you still seemingly visit the same sites you always do, just they never get updated, and you are completely secure from everything on the net!
I thought it did (which would make it a big deal)
It also doesn't mean anything is actually moving from point a (Where the laser pointer first hits) to point b (Where the laser pointer last hits).
You are playing the illusionist there.
But all real world Currency has an exchange rate across the globe - which is all backed by gold.
You can print more money, which will depreciate the value of the currency, or you can stock it up - increasing its value, or alternately, you can buy or sell the "Gold" you hold to alter its worth that way.
Virtual Currency however, is an entirely different mix altogether. Only the government can print legal tender (legally). Virtual currency is dependant entirely on the games developers. They could decide to give you more "gold" for Bosses, Dailies, etc. They could decide to remove everyones in game gold, or the company could shut down, there are no legal ramifications to what they must do. There are going to have to be some additions to the EULA garnering that while Virtual currency equals real money, it does not, in any way, have to remain in your pockets, and at any time could be reclaimed by the developer, or forgotten entirely.
Since I'm sure most of the worlds gold buyers are NOT actually South Korean, and actually from foreign markets (Like the US) - it's removing the amount currency in the buyers market (essentially) while increasing the amount in South Korean markets.
Oh Hey, look, GoldFarmers.com just turned in 10,000 USD dollars for Korean currency, now the treasury has less, so the Korean Dollar goes up. Guess what, the US Treasury still has the same amount.
Very smart move by South Korea - dangerous to the western world.
I mean its great and all, it means that this new "flash" player will probably end up working across all the browsers eventually, and without the security vulnerabilities and downsides to the flash plugin.
But I think in the end - Flash is still going to be used to create the content. Adobe will put more effort into optimizing it, and then a lot of "regular" people will just end up prefering the flash plugin.
I mean Gordon is a server side installation, which means I personally can't start using it everywhere I go, the webmasters must do that. I don't see many of the sites I frequent that use flash (mostly for flash games) really implementing this unless it improves the quality of the game. It sounds like because its in its initial stages this SVG/HTML5 player doesn't quite stack up to Flash's current optimization. And if it does at one point, I see Adobe just optimizing flash even more, to keep it on top.
I honestly couldn't care more or less what they do in Iceland, unless it affects me directly.
However, the title of the article alone has made me smile. It kind of reminds me of myself, throwing out a play on words to get a chuckle. A pun trying to be funny.
Or should I say... punny.
That was their downfall (if you'd call it that) when it came to the music in Fallout 3. The actually composed music was background music, mostly because they expected you to be listening to a radio station, which played non-originals so you can't really attribute them to the Video Game.
I was thoroughly impressed. I don't know how to describe it fully, but it was a great mix of Nostalgia, awe inspiring, evocative, cultured, and fun all mixed into one. The guy who started it and organizes it knows how to make everyone feel like they are doing more than just sitting and listening to music, he gets the crowd into it. There are even a few times where there will be crowd interaction. He knows how to play the guitar and is usually part of the Halo Theme song, since he loves to rock out.
All in all, I'd recommnd seeing it at least once. I don't know if I'd go again unless they add more music to the show that I'm familiar with, but it was still a good time.
Plus any opportunity a geek can get out and actually enjoy his or herself is like a winning lottery ticket.
When I said this was all an elaborate ruse to Market Chrome.
Clearly I'm the only one here parano^H^H^H^H^H^HSensible enough to see whats plainly in front of us.
Take Microsoft vs Google. Google's brand name is made up of 50% vowels, 50% consonants, whereas Microsoft is 33-67. This is a clever method designed to make you think that Google is fairer and wishes to have an equal representation of all letters. However, this is just plain deceiptful, because "Chrome" is only 33% vowels wheras "IE" (we'll abbreviate it) is 100% vowels, thus making up for the lack of vowels in "Microsoft". There are also even spreads across such MS products as "Office" and "Live". Apple has felt the need to keep up with the proper representation of vowels by throwing in a single lowercase i in front of every one of their new products. Good on them.
So I know what you're thinking: What do vowels and consonants have to do with ACTA and Net Neutrality? Absolutely nothing! But they DO have a lot to do with the recent attacks made against Google. As you can recall, its been recently discovered that the attacks originated in China. Surprising to some people, English has not been fully adopted yet, and many Chinese citizens still speak Mandarin and that other language no one can remember. All traditional chinese languages use characters, not letters. (To those who program or are DBA's, a letter is what normal people call a char). Now, what is Mandarin missing that English has? You guessed it; VOWELS. It's clear and obvious that Google is behind all of it. What the end goal is, I'm not entirely sure, I'm still trying to connect the dots.
What's important about this article is that its happening in FRANCE. This is a bit of a PR stunt for France. You see, everyone hates Microsoft, and everyone hates France. This hurts the French industries of exporting Cheese, Wine, and arrogant behavior. So France is hoping that by declaring they hate Microsoft as well, everyone will look on them in a better light. WE MUST NOT ALLOW THIS. If people start liking the French more, Baguettes will be everywhere. And I mean everywhere. Breakfast lunch and dinner. Baguettes at home, baguettes at work, baguette soup, baguette sandwhiches. Don't get me wrong I like a baguette every now and then but if we let them get a single foothold on the breadmarket they will take it over completely. There is nothing stronger then the relentless pursuits of a French Bunmaster.
So please, everyone, I beg of you. Keep using IE8, if you already do. Not because its secure, because it isn't. Not because of Google, no matter how evil they secretly are...
But because the standard loaf shape of bread is under attack, and if we don't come to defend it, no one will.
But after 11 years in development it never reached a satisfactory level of usability
That sounds familiar
I heard about it on the Interblag!
Is that when they both Hire Eve to break into Verizon and unthrottle them?
Get the FCC to agree to something small first.
I have a feeling if they can convince them of this, its just 1 step in a long journey towards a better web.
The analysts said the sophistication in the attack was in knowing whom to attack, not the malware itself
They were accessing mail, right?
C:\> ping mail.google.com
pinging googlemail.l.google.com [74.125.127.18]
Point of entry, anyone?
Unless he meant it in the proper meaning, in which case, Google has some very peculiar business practices.
I can think of a few scenarios where this would be useful.
it sounds unmistakably like a joke.
I think you have a rotten sense of humour. There are no puns, there's no setup, bait, hook, or punchline. Also, he doesn't mention your mama, Knock Knock, or Chuck Norris.
The great thing about those works is that they were DIFFICULT TO DUPLICATE.
Unless copying is blatantly commercial in nature it should be permitted.
Well then you can say goodbye to alot of creative endeavors. Why write a book when it will only sell a single copy before being copied all over the internet? I can't make a living off the time spent writing when sales drop. Can't be a very successful band without some form of digital media, whether you're signed or produce it yourself. That won't turn a profit once its all across the web.
This is almost as absurd as telling drinkers that they could not use a device to lift a drink to their lips because it makes getting drunk easier.
No, this is like telling drinkers that they cannot use a device that duplicates the beverage to give to their friends.
It's totally like a list... Thats linked!