I think this is a testament to just how much a person can percieve a false reality as a true one. In our own reality, people questioned the rules. "I can kill, but is it right?" The rational assumption that just because something is possible does not make it acceptable. The same rationale is being applied to these virtual worlds by the players, "Just because they can steal, does that make it right?"
Of course, it helps to have someone firmly planted in true reality to rationally sort out all this nonsense. If it breaks the rule of the code (ie- hacking) then it's legally questionable, but otherwise.. feh. Interesting, none-the-less.
For one, not everyone is as nice as you, YOU DAMN CAMPER!:)
For two, camping can be a strategy, sure, but it's a grey area topic due to the bad level design factor. Games should be fun for the largest number of players and a good level designer must keep that in mind at all times. If a level designer creates a map that permits a camper to be safe from harm, then it's a bad level design because it caters to a single player. Good level design allows for campers to exist, but makes it possible for campers to be taken out with the proper amount of skill by an opposing player. Everyone will blame the camper, but it's the level designers fault if a camper has to be asked politely before there is resolve.
...allow me to summarize: "Waaaaah. Name calling. Waaaah. Too hard. Waaaah. but I'm not a sore loser, honest!"
The personal restraint people have in reality comes from a fear of getting beat up? What the hell is he talking about? If you've ever, like the author, allowed another player to beat you because he was bigger than you in real life, guess what? You're a coward and a wimp. Sorry, I'm not just another anonymous ghost flaunting the vocal freedoms of the internet. It's just real simple. You're a wuss.
Personal restraint comes from respect not fear. When you have a face to the player your up against it recieves an instant amount of respect. Maybe not much for some, but enough for most to only make a few simple cracks and leave it at that if anything. The abusive behaviour by the cyber athletes is no different than that trash talking on the football field. If you're not an athlete, get off the field or petition for these game developers to setup a heirarchy for amateurs like yourself.
Hey, how can you expect me to watch tv, go to movies, and enjoy concerts when I have to take care of my children too? If you want me to be better parent, the world needs to stop being so damn entertaining. You can't expect me to have moral responsibility unless it's entertaining to do so.
Full Sail? A gaming school? I find that extremely hard to believe. Everything about Full Sail can be summed up like this: The school has everything to make you want to go, but nothing to make you want to stay.
They're very slick, stylish looking. They came to my high school with a fancy tour bus where we could play rad video games. They had a guy come to our tv production class to tell us how great Full Sail was which I swear up until that point I had never met any of those cheesy tv infomercial guys before....but from everyone I've heard that attended there or had friends that did say job placement rate sucks, only dedicated (as in you teach yourself with their equipment and make your own homework) students learn anything. Before I leave on a really down note, though, Full Sail is good for a certain type of person. The people who already know what they're doing, people looking to find others to start a company, or people looking to play with expensive equipment.
Only good arcade in Florida is Disney Quest. I usually find anything Disney to be boring as hell but you can't go wrong with a 5 floor arcade building. I'd be willing to bet if there were more of those around the country people would show more interest in arcades. Paying an entry fee somehow makes me feel more at ease than popping a quarter in every time.
"... this is news about video games, not political afairs. If you are looking for dead-serious, thought-provoking commentaries you need to look to areas other than video game journalism (whose readers generally appreciate a little immature, childish name-calling)."
Nobody is asking for some lonely British stereotype wearing a fez in a big leather chair saying "Mmmyes" to give boring opinions on the current state of video games. I'm all for humor, sarcasm, constructive criticism and the like. I just hardly think "Nintendo is poo poo! Poo poo pee pee!" qualifies for anything more than maybe the Tom Green school for journalism.
*ahem* I hate to ask this, but why is this news? If you scan the article even briefly you can see it's complete childish crap. You can't wake up on the wrong side of the bed when you sleep in a crib.
Slashdot editors, just fyi, if an "article" starts of with calling people homo's it's probably not worth our bandwidth. I feel embarassed for Nintendojo for having that hosted.
I might be crazy, but considering this announcement comes at what seems to be very early development for the game, I think it would be wise of the developers to spend the first parts of development just asking the Tolkien fan community what game they would want. It seemed to be the problem with previous attempts. For most MMOGs you create a game then community, but for this and Star Wars you can't do that. You have to make sure the community that already exists is happy with what you're offering.
This guy has the right idea, putting a patent on a technology that he didn't create.
I own a patent for using a combination of <HTML>, <HEAD>, and <BODY> tags so if anyone out there is using a combination of those tags, I'll be expecting a check by you in the mail shortly hereafter.
I know, this is getting out of hand! First these things monitor banks, then goverment facilities, then army bases, now it's going to be airports? highways? What next? My asshole? </sarcasm>
Seriously people, get a grip. Being careful of Big Brother wiretapping your vocal cords and crying foul over tame ideas such as this one are two different things.
"The first thing I did when I opened the article was check the "properties" of the first screenshot. When I saw that it was JPEG insead of PNG I immediately thought the review sucks."
That's why reviews typically come with a stringing together of letters and words called sentences. Try reading those things like you are for this one and it might work out better for you.
This is a very old topic. I remember reading "End of Adventure Games?" articles 5 years ago if not more than that.
I don't think Adventure games would have been as linear as they were to begin with if the technology were there at the time. So I'll agree with one of the opinions you listed. It didn't die, it split apart and exists somewhere in the genres that exist today.
My opinion really doesn't matter, though, because if this keeps up I'm going to have to say it again in another 5 years.
Glamourizing civilian criminal behavior: Baaaaaad Glamourizing government criminal behavior: Gooood
Seriously there's something very sadistic about saying "This game is awesome because you're in jail!" If there were added onto a larger game, sure that would be great. Imagine everytime you get caught in a game like gta, you get thrown in jail and have to find a new way to break out.
I don't get what the big fuss is. Even if it wouldn't hold up in court or even if the parody was less obvious, what was the harm to that name brand? I thought the idea behind advertising was the more you get a name out there the more it will sell (which very well could be the point of all the controversy). It can't be a thing of associating the brand with something bad, because there's plenty of movies with product placement that are violent, perverse or vulgar.
Thanks to Penny Arcade, alot more people have that name brand stuck in their head, and until American Greetings decided to put on the legal nutcrackers it probably would have helped sales even if it were just a postcard with Strawberry Shortcake on it that said "Hey, you remember that comic by Penny Arcade? hahaha"
It's a sad state of tech design when you can honestly say your childhood Speak-n-spell keyboard was designed better.
The way things are going (cell phone size, pda size, mini-pc size) we better start investing in better design or genetic engineering for smaller fingers.
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I think this is a testament to just how much a person can percieve a false reality as a true one. In our own reality, people questioned the rules. "I can kill, but is it right?" The rational assumption that just because something is possible does not make it acceptable. The same rationale is being applied to these virtual worlds by the players, "Just because they can steal, does that make it right?"
Of course, it helps to have someone firmly planted in true reality to rationally sort out all this nonsense. If it breaks the rule of the code (ie- hacking) then it's legally questionable, but otherwise.. feh. Interesting, none-the-less.
For one, not everyone is as nice as you, YOU DAMN CAMPER! :)
For two, camping can be a strategy, sure, but it's a grey area topic due to the bad level design factor. Games should be fun for the largest number of players and a good level designer must keep that in mind at all times. If a level designer creates a map that permits a camper to be safe from harm, then it's a bad level design because it caters to a single player. Good level design allows for campers to exist, but makes it possible for campers to be taken out with the proper amount of skill by an opposing player. Everyone will blame the camper, but it's the level designers fault if a camper has to be asked politely before there is resolve.
...allow me to summarize:
"Waaaaah. Name calling. Waaaah. Too hard. Waaaah. but I'm not a sore loser, honest!"
The personal restraint people have in reality comes from a fear of getting beat up? What the hell is he talking about? If you've ever, like the author, allowed another player to beat you because he was bigger than you in real life, guess what? You're a coward and a wimp. Sorry, I'm not just another anonymous ghost flaunting the vocal freedoms of the internet. It's just real simple. You're a wuss.
Personal restraint comes from respect not fear. When you have a face to the player your up against it recieves an instant amount of respect. Maybe not much for some, but enough for most to only make a few simple cracks and leave it at that if anything. The abusive behaviour by the cyber athletes is no different than that trash talking on the football field. If you're not an athlete, get off the field or petition for these game developers to setup a heirarchy for amateurs like yourself.
Hey, how can you expect me to watch tv, go to movies, and enjoy concerts when I have to take care of my children too? If you want me to be better parent, the world needs to stop being so damn entertaining. You can't expect me to have moral responsibility unless it's entertaining to do so.
(if you nodded in agreement, you're a dumbfuck)
Maybe I'm supposed to be a bigger nerd to find this rant funny.
Don't you understand? This is the end of the world! Freak gusts of wind have enough intelligence to free robots! Aaaah!
Full Sail? A gaming school? I find that extremely hard to believe. Everything about Full Sail can be summed up like this: The school has everything to make you want to go, but nothing to make you want to stay.
...but from everyone I've heard that attended there or had friends that did say job placement rate sucks, only dedicated (as in you teach yourself with their equipment and make your own homework) students learn anything. Before I leave on a really down note, though, Full Sail is good for a certain type of person. The people who already know what they're doing, people looking to find others to start a company, or people looking to play with expensive equipment.
They're very slick, stylish looking. They came to my high school with a fancy tour bus where we could play rad video games. They had a guy come to our tv production class to tell us how great Full Sail was which I swear up until that point I had never met any of those cheesy tv infomercial guys before.
Only good arcade in Florida is Disney Quest. I usually find anything Disney to be boring as hell but you can't go wrong with a 5 floor arcade building. I'd be willing to bet if there were more of those around the country people would show more interest in arcades. Paying an entry fee somehow makes me feel more at ease than popping a quarter in every time.
I can sum up every comment in just three words.
Kill them all.
"... this is news about video games, not political afairs. If you are looking for dead-serious, thought-provoking commentaries you need to look to areas other than video game journalism (whose readers generally appreciate a little immature, childish name-calling)."
Nobody is asking for some lonely British stereotype wearing a fez in a big leather chair saying "Mmmyes" to give boring opinions on the current state of video games. I'm all for humor, sarcasm, constructive criticism and the like. I just hardly think "Nintendo is poo poo! Poo poo pee pee!" qualifies for anything more than maybe the Tom Green school for journalism.
*ahem* I hate to ask this, but why is this news? If you scan the article even briefly you can see it's complete childish crap. You can't wake up on the wrong side of the bed when you sleep in a crib.
Slashdot editors, just fyi, if an "article" starts of with calling people homo's it's probably not worth our bandwidth. I feel embarassed for Nintendojo for having that hosted.
2010 is when California sinks to the bottom of the sea. Learn to swim.
I guess that's what they were talking about when they said videogames and movies were merging.
This idea isn't as good as a videogame where you get to develop your own video game, though.
I might be crazy, but considering this announcement comes at what seems to be very early development for the game, I think it would be wise of the developers to spend the first parts of development just asking the Tolkien fan community what game they would want. It seemed to be the problem with previous attempts. For most MMOGs you create a game then community, but for this and Star Wars you can't do that. You have to make sure the community that already exists is happy with what you're offering.
"Hmm, pardon me but I believe the proper form of that would be:
while(Sound == Obnoxious){
Axe->swing(Speaker);
}
return(Sound->Calm);"
I already patented that technology, you owe me money, pal.
This guy has the right idea, putting a patent on a technology that he didn't create.
I own a patent for using a combination of <HTML>, <HEAD>, and <BODY> tags so if anyone out there is using a combination of those tags, I'll be expecting a check by you in the mail shortly hereafter.
I know, this is getting out of hand!
First these things monitor banks, then goverment facilities, then army bases, now it's going to be airports? highways? What next? My asshole?
</sarcasm>
Seriously people, get a grip. Being careful of Big Brother wiretapping your vocal cords and crying foul over tame ideas such as this one are two different things.
"Name one "good" thing that doesn't have the potential to be a "bad" thing if taken to extreme."
Brownies.
Hippies went pretty extreme and everything still looks good to me.
Why pay a tax for people to chase after spam when you can pay a tax for people to create a smarter protocol?
What is needed is a new protocol and this has already been talked about. If I knew more about who was developing it I wouldn't mind donating.
"The first thing I did when I opened the article was check the "properties" of the first screenshot. When I saw that it was JPEG insead of PNG I immediately thought the review sucks."
That's why reviews typically come with a stringing together of letters and words called sentences. Try reading those things like you are for this one and it might work out better for you.
This is a very old topic. I remember reading "End of Adventure Games?" articles 5 years ago if not more than that.
I don't think Adventure games would have been as linear as they were to begin with if the technology were there at the time. So I'll agree with one of the opinions you listed. It didn't die, it split apart and exists somewhere in the genres that exist today.
My opinion really doesn't matter, though, because if this keeps up I'm going to have to say it again in another 5 years.
Glamourizing civilian criminal behavior: Baaaaaad
Glamourizing government criminal behavior: Gooood
Seriously there's something very sadistic about saying "This game is awesome because you're in jail!" If there were added onto a larger game, sure that would be great. Imagine everytime you get caught in a game like gta, you get thrown in jail and have to find a new way to break out.
I don't get what the big fuss is.
Even if it wouldn't hold up in court or even if the parody was less obvious, what was the harm to that name brand? I thought the idea behind advertising was the more you get a name out there the more it will sell (which very well could be the point of all the controversy). It can't be a thing of associating the brand with something bad, because there's plenty of movies with product placement that are violent, perverse or vulgar.
Thanks to Penny Arcade, alot more people have that name brand stuck in their head, and until American Greetings decided to put on the legal nutcrackers it probably would have helped sales even if it were just a postcard with Strawberry Shortcake on it that said "Hey, you remember that comic by Penny Arcade? hahaha"
I better keep this comment quick because my mind is about to explode. Ugh. Yet another reason why I hate living in Florida.
It's a sad state of tech design when you can honestly say your childhood Speak-n-spell keyboard was designed better.
The way things are going (cell phone size, pda size, mini-pc size) we better start investing in better design or genetic engineering for smaller fingers.