Actually, if you look at last months profits for all three systems, PS2 and XBox are down, while Nintendo surged forward. Don't underestimate the power of older gamers that want to play Metroid and Zelda again...
Nintendo still has a very large crowd (its just the PS and Xbox has most of the teenage market). And now that the 'cube will be only $99, expect even more people to jump on the bandwagon.
I almost bought a PSX just for MGS. I didn't end up getting it, but I do have a 'cube, so this is a great game to have ported (I'll be in line when it comes out)!
And having Miyamoto oversee the production? Expect to have the extra 'fun' factor put in (the guy is a sheer genius, but I don't have to tell you guys that)!!
If you like Deus Ex, go to your local eb, fork over $5, and buy a copy of System Shock 2. Its the same 'style', just a different story (and its an older game, but also was made by warren spector). Basically, you can choose between 3 professions, and give attributes out, just like Deus Ex, but its a much spookier game (well, it starts getting freaky after the third or so board).
Every person that enjoyed Deus Ex I suggest buying System Shock 2 and they like SS2 better! Go check it out!
In fact, I'm changing my sig to point more people to it.
Now, take out your hardcore MMORPG. Remove the FPS which is just about killing and more killing.
What do you have? Resident Evil types. Zelda:WindWaker types. Genre busters (a la the "Theif" series, Deus Ex, System Shock 1&2). Those are all evolved Adventure games.
And, yes, I was (and still am) a HUGE fan of the adventure genre. Quest for Glory (formerly "Hero's Quest") lured me in, Monkey Island kept me from leaving.
Seriously, go buy Thief 2, System Shock 2, or Deus Ex. Yes, they are a First Person perspective, but they are very much an adventure genre.
If you happen to actually be a geek that actually likes real world sports, well all 7 of you can easily find www.espn.com, you don't need/.
Slashdot is a meta site. If you like hardware, you can find tomshardware.com, you don't need slashdot. If you like space, you can find space.com, you don't need slashdot. Etc...
% of geeks that enjoy Anime: 93% You are waaay off. Its more like 50% (unless you are talking hardcore, travel hours to go to a startrek convention geeks, only).
And if you want my arguement on anime and sports and nerds, look at my other reply in this thread.
I think you underestimate sports (we are talking hockey with canadian geeks, soccor/football with european geeks, etc...). I have geeks over for all sorts of sporting events (almost every steeler game), and a lot of engineers that graduated with me LOVE college basketball.
After all, until recently when anime started entering the mainstream in the US it had an almost entirely geek fanbase.
Linux has an almost entirely geek fanbase, but I suggest that the same amount of geeks (if not more) are windows users.
Someone correct me here, but I think the amount of geeks that love anime are about as equal to the amount of geeks that enjoy sports. Why doesn't slashdot support some form of sports (maybe subsection, only)??
Actually, if you look at the "Infiltration" mod of UT, you'll find even better levels, better and more realistic weapons (like an M4, which you can add a grenade launcher to), no 'winner gets advantage' after every round (how is the loser supposed to get back into the game if you reward the winner with the better weapons? Is that balance?). All in all, its a much superior game to CS, but no one plays it.
So you need wizbangs and graphics to LURE people in, then the gameplay/realism/fun to keep them playing. You can't win with just one or the other.
Now it will be good and slashdotted for the next few days. And I can't even try to get it until I get home. If someone nabs it and has extra bandwidth, post a mirror!
Deus Ex, while a superior game (in my top5 games list) isn't as fun of a game as System Shock 2 (an older Warren Spector game). I always point Deus Ex fans to System shock 2 (go into your local eb, look for the "EA Classics" display, and you can pick up SS2 for about $5).
The first bit is a bit cheesy with the zombies, but by the time the game is over, you will be scared crapless (seriously, SS2 was the only game to truely "scare" me).
Honestly, the first time FPS had innovation was the beloved Starsiege:Tribes. Then there was the FPS/RPG twists of System Shock 2, and Deus Ex. The Thief series added some twists. CS, though, isn't anything really 'innovating,' IMHO. Perhaps the next Thief that IonStorm is working on will help out a bit. BF1942 adds a good team aspect that I haven't seen since Tribes. Metroid:Prime makes the 1-player only FPS the best I've played since Halflife.
My suggestion? Try BF1942 and Metroid:Prime for some FPS goodness until something new comes out.
The next generation ads will be much more intrusive, but much less annoying. A good example is going to McDonald's in the game "The Sims".
Ads will start getting integrated right into what you are doing (especially games). This isn't, necessarily, a bad thing. It'll help keep the consumer costs down for the product, and aren't as annoying and attention-stealing as popups or banners.
Would this be considered a text ad? I'd say so, unless you want to classify it into a new class, like 'integrated ad.'
I have to say this is a major point. This is why you don't see people using open source. If my DB goes down, I call up Oracle, and make them bring someone down here to fix the problem. If my open source DB goes down, I crap my pants and hope to keep my job.
What does proprietary software have that Open Source doesn't? Insurance.
The best way to knock over oracle is to start up a company that supports open source for a fee (which is cheaper than running oracle for a year).
This is great. So many "NO WAY!.NET IS TOO SLOW!" reminds me of assembly programmers saying "C++? Its slow and a memory hog! Games will NEVER be programmed in C++!!"
While computers gain more powerful hardware (faster CPUs, bigger memory, etc...) the coding for games will go forward to the newer languages that makes coding easier. You may not like it, but don't worry. There's always jobs for those with assembly knowledge.
And, for what its worth, I think game coding in Java will start becoming a reality in the next five years (and not just on PDAs and mobile phones)...
I just wrote about how childish it was to use "M$", "MicroSloth", "WorstBuy", etc in statements and how it is only 'cool' in elementary schoolyards in the last article.
Ok, I really have to ask. When did putting in a word to something to insult it been so popular (ie - WorstBuy, MicroSloth, M$, etc...)?? Its a 12 year old's tactic that was cool when you are in the 4th grade. Honestly, everytime I see something like this, I pass it off as some 16 year old that just wants to be popular.
Give me valid arguments, not some childish wordplay, if you want to argue something.
... don't put up any security, and don't put anything important (worth losing) on the box. Eventually, boredom will set into the hackers and they'll go onto something more challenging...
Even so, do you think that when you wanted to listen to a song on your machine it wouldn't be available for streaming? And you don't even need to d/l it!
And how long do you think it'll be before its savable? I give it a week.
Isn't that the whole thing with P2P? Each of us has unique friends that have unique friends that have unique friends...
If I stream a song to my friend, and he streams it to his friend, and so on we are just passing the song out to the whole net for the price of $1. Someone will design a P2P software that only allows you to share your music to your select 'friends' and it will cause a network of P2P nodes that will become the Napster of the future. On the surface, it will look like a much more local version, but the big picture will show us that its just as big as the original.
What one thing do you think can happen to make Linux a more desirable desktop over microsoft right now? Is there one feature or item or event that would 'convince' everyone to give Linux a try (minus 'bomb Redmond')?
Now, what you say is true, but remember, these are children. Children find the 'bounds' of rules by breaking them as far as they can, until they get in trouble. Discipline must be instilled on children until they are of a mature age when they understand that learning is what is necessary for them to get anywhere in life.
Actually, the subset would be appropriate if you were IN a nazi castle and it got infiltrated. So, you'd be over in Germany and you'd be able to tell a guy:
"Die you capitalistic pig!"
"My life!" (Mein Laven or whatever)
"Sound the alarm!"
Looks like you're better off not going anywhere near Germany...
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, if you look at last months profits for all three systems, PS2 and XBox are down, while Nintendo surged forward. Don't underestimate the power of older gamers that want to play Metroid and Zelda again...
Nintendo still has a very large crowd (its just the PS and Xbox has most of the teenage market). And now that the 'cube will be only $99, expect even more people to jump on the bandwagon.
I almost bought a PSX just for MGS. I didn't end up getting it, but I do have a 'cube, so this is a great game to have ported (I'll be in line when it comes out)!
And having Miyamoto oversee the production? Expect to have the extra 'fun' factor put in (the guy is a sheer genius, but I don't have to tell you guys that)!!
If you like Deus Ex, go to your local eb, fork over $5, and buy a copy of System Shock 2. Its the same 'style', just a different story (and its an older game, but also was made by warren spector). Basically, you can choose between 3 professions, and give attributes out, just like Deus Ex, but its a much spookier game (well, it starts getting freaky after the third or so board).
Every person that enjoyed Deus Ex I suggest buying System Shock 2 and they like SS2 better! Go check it out!
In fact, I'm changing my sig to point more people to it.
Now, take out your hardcore MMORPG. Remove the FPS which is just about killing and more killing.
What do you have? Resident Evil types. Zelda:WindWaker types. Genre busters (a la the "Theif" series, Deus Ex, System Shock 1&2). Those are all evolved Adventure games.
And, yes, I was (and still am) a HUGE fan of the adventure genre. Quest for Glory (formerly "Hero's Quest") lured me in, Monkey Island kept me from leaving.
Seriously, go buy Thief 2, System Shock 2, or Deus Ex. Yes, they are a First Person perspective, but they are very much an adventure genre.
If you happen to actually be a geek that actually likes real world sports, well all 7 of you can easily find www.espn.com, you don't need /.
Slashdot is a meta site. If you like hardware, you can find tomshardware.com, you don't need slashdot. If you like space, you can find space.com, you don't need slashdot. Etc...
% of geeks that enjoy Anime: 93% You are waaay off. Its more like 50% (unless you are talking hardcore, travel hours to go to a startrek convention geeks, only).
And if you want my arguement on anime and sports and nerds, look at my other reply in this thread.
I think you underestimate sports (we are talking hockey with canadian geeks, soccor/football with european geeks, etc...). I have geeks over for all sorts of sporting events (almost every steeler game), and a lot of engineers that graduated with me LOVE college basketball.
After all, until recently when anime started entering the mainstream in the US it had an almost entirely geek fanbase.
Linux has an almost entirely geek fanbase, but I suggest that the same amount of geeks (if not more) are windows users.
Think about it...
Someone correct me here, but I think the amount of geeks that love anime are about as equal to the amount of geeks that enjoy sports. Why doesn't slashdot support some form of sports (maybe subsection, only)??
Actually, if you look at the "Infiltration" mod of UT, you'll find even better levels, better and more realistic weapons (like an M4, which you can add a grenade launcher to), no 'winner gets advantage' after every round (how is the loser supposed to get back into the game if you reward the winner with the better weapons? Is that balance?). All in all, its a much superior game to CS, but no one plays it.
So you need wizbangs and graphics to LURE people in, then the gameplay/realism/fun to keep them playing. You can't win with just one or the other.
Now it will be good and slashdotted for the next few days. And I can't even try to get it until I get home. If someone nabs it and has extra bandwidth, post a mirror!
I was meaning more "Job Insurance" not software insurance.
Deus Ex, while a superior game (in my top5 games list) isn't as fun of a game as System Shock 2 (an older Warren Spector game). I always point Deus Ex fans to System shock 2 (go into your local eb, look for the "EA Classics" display, and you can pick up SS2 for about $5).
The first bit is a bit cheesy with the zombies, but by the time the game is over, you will be scared crapless (seriously, SS2 was the only game to truely "scare" me).
Honestly, the first time FPS had innovation was the beloved Starsiege:Tribes. Then there was the FPS/RPG twists of System Shock 2, and Deus Ex. The Thief series added some twists. CS, though, isn't anything really 'innovating,' IMHO. Perhaps the next Thief that IonStorm is working on will help out a bit. BF1942 adds a good team aspect that I haven't seen since Tribes. Metroid:Prime makes the 1-player only FPS the best I've played since Halflife.
My suggestion? Try BF1942 and Metroid:Prime for some FPS goodness until something new comes out.
The next generation ads will be much more intrusive, but much less annoying. A good example is going to McDonald's in the game "The Sims".
Ads will start getting integrated right into what you are doing (especially games). This isn't, necessarily, a bad thing. It'll help keep the consumer costs down for the product, and aren't as annoying and attention-stealing as popups or banners.
Would this be considered a text ad? I'd say so, unless you want to classify it into a new class, like 'integrated ad.'
I have to say this is a major point. This is why you don't see people using open source. If my DB goes down, I call up Oracle, and make them bring someone down here to fix the problem. If my open source DB goes down, I crap my pants and hope to keep my job.
What does proprietary software have that Open Source doesn't? Insurance.
The best way to knock over oracle is to start up a company that supports open source for a fee (which is cheaper than running oracle for a year).
This is great. So many "NO WAY! .NET IS TOO SLOW!" reminds me of assembly programmers saying "C++? Its slow and a memory hog! Games will NEVER be programmed in C++!!"
.Net, or even play some games that were made with directX and .net.
Well, you can read some books on using DirectX9 for
While computers gain more powerful hardware (faster CPUs, bigger memory, etc...) the coding for games will go forward to the newer languages that makes coding easier. You may not like it, but don't worry. There's always jobs for those with assembly knowledge.
And, for what its worth, I think game coding in Java will start becoming a reality in the next five years (and not just on PDAs and mobile phones)...
How did I ever go on in life without know this stuff?
I'm trying to replace my useless trivia knowledge with something more worthy of knowing. This isn't helping...
So, seriously, what's up with the barcode expose? Is it that slow of a news day?
I just wrote about how childish it was to use "M$", "MicroSloth", "WorstBuy", etc in statements and how it is only 'cool' in elementary schoolyards in the last article.
Seems fitting and ontopic, here, though...
I read somewhere that WorstBuy
Ok, I really have to ask. When did putting in a word to something to insult it been so popular (ie - WorstBuy, MicroSloth, M$, etc...)?? Its a 12 year old's tactic that was cool when you are in the 4th grade. Honestly, everytime I see something like this, I pass it off as some 16 year old that just wants to be popular.
Give me valid arguments, not some childish wordplay, if you want to argue something.
It was a joke. I probably shoulda made it more obvious, though.
... don't put up any security, and don't put anything important (worth losing) on the box. Eventually, boredom will set into the hackers and they'll go onto something more challenging...
At least I hope they will....
Even so, do you think that when you wanted to listen to a song on your machine it wouldn't be available for streaming? And you don't even need to d/l it!
And how long do you think it'll be before its savable? I give it a week.
Isn't that the whole thing with P2P? Each of us has unique friends that have unique friends that have unique friends...
If I stream a song to my friend, and he streams it to his friend, and so on we are just passing the song out to the whole net for the price of $1.
Someone will design a P2P software that only allows you to share your music to your select 'friends' and it will cause a network of P2P nodes that will become the Napster of the future. On the surface, it will look like a much more local version, but the big picture will show us that its just as big as the original.
What one thing do you think can happen to make Linux a more desirable desktop over microsoft right now? Is there one feature or item or event that would 'convince' everyone to give Linux a try (minus 'bomb Redmond')?
You, obviously, don't have kids.
Now, what you say is true, but remember, these are children. Children find the 'bounds' of rules by breaking them as far as they can, until they get in trouble. Discipline must be instilled on children until they are of a mature age when they understand that learning is what is necessary for them to get anywhere in life.
Actually, the subset would be appropriate if you were IN a nazi castle and it got infiltrated. So, you'd be over in Germany and you'd be able to tell a guy:
"Die you capitalistic pig!"
"My life!" (Mein Laven or whatever)
"Sound the alarm!"
Looks like you're better off not going anywhere near Germany...