"Lose"? What is this, some kind of game now? If it is a game, I guess I'm doing okay, since I racked up several "points", assumming karma is points.
Also, considering the fact that I don't see any "+1, Funny" moderations by the above post, that means that apparently no one else thought it was very funny either.
ah... but it can also send email. didnt you read the article?
Uh, first, please note that the text that I quoted was _from_ the article. Thus, it should be relatively obvious that I read it.
Secondly, again - wouldn't it be safer to send the fake email from some secure location far away? You don't need to park next to a terrorist hideout to compromise their email system. In fact, it would probably be much more difficult to do it from the smart truck than an well-equipped and staffed office somewhere.
The problem I have with this is that it is often the parents who are doing the purchasing for their kids. Parents really don't pay attention.
Then it's really the parent who is at fault, isn't it? If they are presenting material to their children without paying attention to what it is, they are most likely a bad parent.
Interestingly, Moore starts off the movie by saying that guns should be banned, etc and by the end he basically states that he doesn't know what the solution is.
Until I babysat some kids and showed them Terminator II, I didn't see a connection between a violent movie and violent behavior, but now I am certain there is one.
Yeah, and if you you had organized a football game with the kids, you would have noted more aggressive behavior, as well. Movies, games, sports - anything that makes the adrenaline flow can trigger short-term aggression.
However, there's a big difference between getting pumped up while watching WWF or the Matrix and brawling with your brother versus getting a gun and killing people.
I admit, I don't read comics much anymore for the same reasons, but look into the graphic novels - a book like Moore's From Hell would take you QUITE a while to read through. Ditto for the various Cerebus collections.
Clerks cost around $16,000 to film and it looks not so bad.
The Last Broadcast cost less than that, I think like $1000 and it looks pretty decent. It looks like video, but if you are showing it on Atomfilms or something, that's fine.
But there are apparently two that are older, whether they are "real" Wolfenstein games depends on your point of view I guess!
What kind of mindset does it take for someone to consider something that comes AFTER something else the original?
Castle Wolfenstein was released first, it features a similar storyline and, if I recall, the same character. Of course it is the original, and of course it is "real".
I hate to nitpick, but he said 10-15 years, and in 1975, IBM released the 5100, their first PC. That's 10 years before 1985, the year you claim the NES was released in the US. (However, it was actually released in 1986.)
Wolfenstein 3D (1992) was the THIRD Wolfenstein game, following Castle Wolfenstein (1983) and and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (1984). Those games were indeed 2D.
Nintendo will survive any crash as long as no one can come up with something to challenge the Game Boy. They make so much money off those things, they can have slow sales on their consoles and still get by.
To me, all these sports based games are virtually the same, maybe you can do some new tricks, or they update the names that are whoring for them, but they really are the same.
The Tony Hawk series ushered in a whole new type of game. Sure, the various Tony Hawk games are similar to each other, but 4 years ago there was no game like Tony Hawk and it's legion of imitators. Seriously, I'm not even a skating fan and this game is amazing. It's non-violent, addictive, fast-paced multiplayer game that is intensely customizable (build your own skaters, customize your tricks, build your own parks).
Honestly, it is not fair to say "How many tycoon games are there" when they are all in the series.
Check the boxes, those games are all made by different companies - it's not a series. And I'm including the various city builder games in this category, as well. There are dozens of these "tycoon"-style games released each year.
However, console games have really been anything but fresh and new (with a few exceptions). One merely has to point to all the fighting games to see that.
I'm going to list some innovative console titles from the last five years or so, off the top of my head (* will signify titles that were also console games):
Seaman (totally bizarre concept) Shenmue series Crazy Taxi* Dance Dance Revolution series* Jet Grind Radio series Steel Battalion Grand Theft Auto 3 & GTA:VC Tony Hawk Pro Skater series Metal Gear Solid (especially the ending) Frequency Parappa the Rapper Monster Rancher FantaVision Sega Fishing series (esp. with fishing controller) Super Smash Brothers series Animal Crossing Mario Party series Chu Chu Rocket Abe's Oddyssey series Super Monkey Ball Pikmin
Note - I'm trying to avoid naming games that are radical updates or "refiniments" of existing genres. I could add a lot to this list if I were to venture down that road...
This isn't to say there are not just as many innovative games for the PC, because there definitely are. One of the most popular games of recent years, the Sims, for example.
The problem is you are not taking into account quality of gaming
Well, first off - we weren't talking about gaming "quality", the parent was about price. You are introducing a whole other element to the discussion, and it's an element that can't really be quantified since PC and console gaming are different. You might think PC games are of a very high quality, but someone else might not agree.
So you can keep your PS2, where you can play 100 new games that look like PS1 games, and I'll just spend that extra $150 to keep my machine running.
Is Grand Theft Auto 3 the same game as 1 or 2? No, not even _close_. Could you have a game like the newest Tony Hawk on the PS1? No way.
I suppose it is really a matter of taste, but if I want bland graphics and repetitive game play, I'll just wait until the crappy console games are ported to PC, or use an emulator.
And the PC doesn't have repetitive titles? Just how many RTS and FPS games are there? How many "Tycoon" games are there? Just like anything else, only the top 5% of anything is really good. I can name maybe 5-6 current PC titles I would call excellent. The same goes for each of the consoles.
The thing is, PCs and consoles are different. They have different types of games. Consoles are inarguably cheaper, but you don't get the same graphics muscle and you lose the ability to mod the game (usually). However, they have the social gaming aspect (playing NBA 2K2 on your couch with 3 friends is something that can't be done on a PC) and the quick, pick-up game aspect (the "let's play one round of Tony Hawk before we go get dinner, dude" aspect) that PCs do not.
Likewise, with PCs you can mod and usually go deeper in a game... Hard drives on console might change this in the future, I don't know.
Regardless, I see no reason to be bitter, unless it's because you can't afford to buy both. I can, and I maintain a relatively high-end computer as well as several consoles, because I like _both_ types of games. Right now, for example, I'm alternating honing my Civ III skills and finishing GTA3:VC.
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"Lose"? What is this, some kind of game now? If it is a game, I guess I'm doing okay, since I racked up several "points", assumming karma is points.
Also, considering the fact that I don't see any "+1, Funny" moderations by the above post, that means that apparently no one else thought it was very funny either.
And your comment fit into the definition of sarcasm how, exactly? I mean, it wasn't exactly "cutting".
ah... but it can also send email. didnt you read the article?
Uh, first, please note that the text that I quoted was _from_ the article. Thus, it should be relatively obvious that I read it.
Secondly, again - wouldn't it be safer to send the fake email from some secure location far away? You don't need to park next to a terrorist hideout to compromise their email system. In fact, it would probably be much more difficult to do it from the smart truck than an well-equipped and staffed office somewhere.
It includes a computer program linked with surveillance equipment to monitor what people in the area around the vehicle are saying in e-mail
Excuse me? Why do you need a truck to monitor email? Wouldn't it be safer to monitor email from afar?
Why does it have to accomplish it? It's an entertainment product.
The problem I have with this is that it is often the parents who are doing the purchasing for their kids. Parents really don't pay attention.
Then it's really the parent who is at fault, isn't it? If they are presenting material to their children without paying attention to what it is, they are most likely a bad parent.
Interestingly, Moore starts off the movie by saying that guns should be banned, etc and by the end he basically states that he doesn't know what the solution is.
Until I babysat some kids and showed them Terminator II, I didn't see a connection between a violent movie and violent behavior, but now I am certain there is one.
Yeah, and if you you had organized a football game with the kids, you would have noted more aggressive behavior, as well. Movies, games, sports - anything that makes the adrenaline flow can trigger short-term aggression.
However, there's a big difference between getting pumped up while watching WWF or the Matrix and brawling with your brother versus getting a gun and killing people.
And what in GTA is even comparable to what the original poster mentioned?
And just how is AOL "internet monopoly"? Explain that one to me. I think you'd be hard pressed to say that Nvidia is a graphics card monopoly, either.
Hint : monopoly _doesn't_ mean "a business trying to be on top".
It was on the front page when I saw it... Well, the Inquirer's story which was basically a link to this story was, anyway.
I admit, I don't read comics much anymore for the same reasons, but look into the graphic novels - a book like Moore's From Hell would take you QUITE a while to read through. Ditto for the various Cerebus collections.
I didn't see Monsters Inc, but the Toy Story movies (by the same company) were good entertainment for kids or adults...
Is this Alan? Funny running into you "here".
1% doesn't sound like too big a cost to me.
How big is "significant", exactly?
Clerks cost around $16,000 to film and it looks not so bad.
The Last Broadcast cost less than that, I think like $1000 and it looks pretty decent. It looks like video, but if you are showing it on Atomfilms or something, that's fine.
I believe the 2K series sells very well... You can't expect them to outsell EA, EA is established and the 2K series is only about 3 years old.
But there are apparently two that are older, whether they are "real" Wolfenstein games depends on your point of view I guess!
What kind of mindset does it take for someone to consider something that comes AFTER something else the original?
Castle Wolfenstein was released first, it features a similar storyline and, if I recall, the same character. Of course it is the original, and of course it is "real".
They sold one million or so copies (of five million or so made) of ET, so it's not at all rare.
I hate to nitpick, but he said 10-15 years, and in 1975, IBM released the 5100, their first PC. That's 10 years before 1985, the year you claim the NES was released in the US. (However, it was actually released in 1986.)
Um, sorry but you don't know what you're talking about. The first Castle Wolfenstein game was made by id Software and was called "Wolfenstein-3D."
Don't shoot your mouth off if you don't know what you are talking about.
Wolfenstein 3D (1992) was the THIRD Wolfenstein game, following Castle Wolfenstein (1983) and and Beyond Castle Wolfenstein (1984). Those games were indeed 2D.
Nintendo will survive any crash as long as no one can come up with something to challenge the Game Boy. They make so much money off those things, they can have slow sales on their consoles and still get by.
I think he meant the original Zelda. I don't believe the Gamecube one is out yet.
To me, all these sports based games are virtually the same, maybe you can do some new tricks, or they update the names that are whoring for them, but they really are the same.
The Tony Hawk series ushered in a whole new type of game. Sure, the various Tony Hawk games are similar to each other, but 4 years ago there was no game like Tony Hawk and it's legion of imitators. Seriously, I'm not even a skating fan and this game is amazing. It's non-violent, addictive, fast-paced multiplayer game that is intensely customizable (build your own skaters, customize your tricks, build your own parks).
Honestly, it is not fair to say "How many tycoon games are there" when they are all in the series.
Check the boxes, those games are all made by different companies - it's not a series. And I'm including the various city builder games in this category, as well. There are dozens of these "tycoon"-style games released each year.
However, console games have really been anything but fresh and new (with a few exceptions). One merely has to point to all the fighting games to see that.
I'm going to list some innovative console titles from the last five years or so, off the top of my head (* will signify titles that were also console games):
Seaman (totally bizarre concept)
Shenmue series
Crazy Taxi*
Dance Dance Revolution series*
Jet Grind Radio series
Steel Battalion
Grand Theft Auto 3 & GTA:VC
Tony Hawk Pro Skater series
Metal Gear Solid (especially the ending)
Frequency
Parappa the Rapper
Monster Rancher
FantaVision
Sega Fishing series (esp. with fishing controller)
Super Smash Brothers series
Animal Crossing
Mario Party series
Chu Chu Rocket
Abe's Oddyssey series
Super Monkey Ball
Pikmin
Note - I'm trying to avoid naming games that are radical updates or "refiniments" of existing genres. I could add a lot to this list if I were to venture down that road...
This isn't to say there are not just as many innovative games for the PC, because there definitely are. One of the most popular games of recent years, the Sims, for example.
The problem is you are not taking into account quality of gaming
Well, first off - we weren't talking about gaming "quality", the parent was about price. You are introducing a whole other element to the discussion, and it's an element that can't really be quantified since PC and console gaming are different. You might think PC games are of a very high quality, but someone else might not agree.
So you can keep your PS2, where you can play 100 new games that look like PS1 games, and I'll just spend that extra $150 to keep my machine running.
Is Grand Theft Auto 3 the same game as 1 or 2? No, not even _close_. Could you have a game like the newest Tony Hawk on the PS1? No way.
I suppose it is really a matter of taste, but if I want bland graphics and repetitive game play, I'll just wait until the crappy console games are ported to PC, or use an emulator.
And the PC doesn't have repetitive titles? Just how many RTS and FPS games are there? How many "Tycoon" games are there? Just like anything else, only the top 5% of anything is really good. I can name maybe 5-6 current PC titles I would call excellent. The same goes for each of the consoles.
The thing is, PCs and consoles are different. They have different types of games. Consoles are inarguably cheaper, but you don't get the same graphics muscle and you lose the ability to mod the game (usually). However, they have the social gaming aspect (playing NBA 2K2 on your couch with 3 friends is something that can't be done on a PC) and the quick, pick-up game aspect (the "let's play one round of Tony Hawk before we go get dinner, dude" aspect) that PCs do not.
Likewise, with PCs you can mod and usually go deeper in a game... Hard drives on console might change this in the future, I don't know.
Regardless, I see no reason to be bitter, unless it's because you can't afford to buy both. I can, and I maintain a relatively high-end computer as well as several consoles, because I like _both_ types of games. Right now, for example, I'm alternating honing my Civ III skills and finishing GTA3:VC.