Obviously both consoles have fun, short/small downloadable games for cheap prices. In the end, the article is more about personal preferences in games, than any sort of comparable quality. Especially since the 360 has an entire year head start over the Wii.
Personally, I'd rather play Super Mario world and Legend of Zelda than most of the games on Live Arcade. One of the reasons is that they're known quantities, whereas many of the Live ports have been very dubious in quality (anyone who made the mistake of getting Contra knows what I'm talking about here). Everything from Nintendo has been incredibly well emulated, with the added bonus of being able to have a "save state" that means you can pause the game, turn off the console and come back to play later. Man, I wish my NES and SNES had that years ago.
So while I'd come down on the side of the Wii in this debate, in the end it's totally personal preference on the games - just like it always is with this console debates.
Essentially it boils down to the fact that correlation does not equal causation. Then, when you look at history, you see there isn't really any correlation at all!
This piece gets a few of the key facts correct where reuters went wrong, such as the already-mentioned "10% vs 10x" difference between individuals. It's a great read!
Wikipedia works because it completely satisfies our need for getting information that's probably *mostly* accurate with little to no effort. And, since the internet is practically filled with people who think they know more than you, there's an endless supply of folks willing to type of wiki entries! =)
The message from GeorgeB is a little confused in the interview. He talks about character models almost being done (almost?) and guns being "finished". That sure doesn't seem like things are terribly far along - you build the props for a movie before you start filming, right?
But then at the end, he mentions that they're putting together some gameplay and making sure the game feels right. In either case, it seems like a "wait and see" approach is the best way to go. After all, if it sucks after all these years, it's no skin off our noses, is it? And if it's awesome, the delays will be forgotten or labeled "worthwhile" just like Half-Life and Half-Life 2's.
Playing around in the world of Warcraft is absolutely amazing, due to the depth of story and rich world they've created. But I could never imagine buying and playing the game regularly unless they design a path or two you can take through the game to make it to the "end" without having to join up with a huge guild that schedules raids and grinds for gear.
Basically, I love multiplayer agmes and WoW is very good, but I can't stand playing a game on a schedule or organizing this massive efforts. Make some "end game" content that doesn't require a huge guild to complete, please. Some of us like company in the worlds we play in, but hate obligation.
When Firefly was still on the air, Fox played it Friday nights, about 8ish if I recall. Even though I liked the one or two episodes I caught, I missed most of the season because I was never at home Friday night to watch TV. Classic Fox - just like airing Futurama on Sundays after sports events that ALWAYS run over time. Bah.
Maybe it's just the marketing-speak, but this doesn't seem like a bugfix to me, just like the extra tracks and cars in PGR2 weren't a bugfix. This content adds all sorts of new stuff(enemies, weapons, etc), and a few enhancements to the actual gameplay (camera and gamespeed), but none of those things are bugs. At least, no more than leaving CTF out of MechAssault when it launched (and including it in a download over Live 6 months later) was a "bug".
So according to Wired's total (and their settlement estimate), the RIAA is looking at $10,500,000. That's pretty impressive for a bunch of copy-n-paste lawsuits. Any lawyers want to estimate the RIAA's legal costs for this campaign?
That's amazing. 1600 sued, out of the millions pirating. Most of those sued settled out of court. It'd be interesting to know what the settlement was, because I doubt the RIAA is getting enough from these "John Doe" pirates to cover their lawyer costs. That makes this even more of a blatant scare tactic than I originally thought. Thanks for the link.
Does anyone know the number of people the RIAA has sued thus far? I'd be interested in a comparision between that number and the number of estimated pirates (the more accurate numbers, and the RIAA's numbers). I'm wondering if all of this litigation is a financially sound strategy for the RIAA.
The original Halo isn't actually playable via Xbox Live. So, unless you're running some sort of tunneling software (xconnect is one, I think), no one is playing the original Halo "online".
As for your point in that paragraph, I would doubt that MS would make Live an Xbox2 only service anytime soon, if ever. It should be possible to make Live work with both systems. As long as the games are different (ie, there is no backwards compatability), it'll just be like Live is now, with everyone on playing the game they like, and being able to see what their friends are playing.
What I'd realy like to know is how Live will work if the Xbox 2 IS backwards compatible. Running the same old games with new controllers and whatever other advantages/disadvantages the Xbox 2 will have over the Xbox 1 - over Live, against people still on an Xbox 1 - would be an interesting thing to see. It's not the same as someone with a newer computer playing a game versus someone with an older computer, but there might be some parallels.
Someone else already mentioned how important Bios flashing can be. FYI, I've found that ASUS has a great BIOS updating utility. This is a feature you should definitly consider if you are buying a mobo for the long haul.
I'd agree with the power supply theory. I actually had a similar problem on one of my old rigs. Chances are either your PS is on the fritz, or you just don't have enough power in general. Try 50W more than whatever you have now.
Anyone else waiting for the fanboys to come pooring out of the woodwork in order to correct the errors in this article regarding Star Trek continuity? Or are they all burned out from the last ST thread?
For those that think the GameCube is too directed at kids, you should know that from know on it will be only system that gets the Resident Evil/Biohazard series of games.
I mean, you've got to give them credit for refusing to throw in the towel. Ideally, things like Deep 1 wouldn't malfunction in the first place, but at least NASA is trying to make the most of things.
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Obviously both consoles have fun, short/small downloadable games for cheap prices. In the end, the article is more about personal preferences in games, than any sort of comparable quality. Especially since the 360 has an entire year head start over the Wii.
Personally, I'd rather play Super Mario world and Legend of Zelda than most of the games on Live Arcade. One of the reasons is that they're known quantities, whereas many of the Live ports have been very dubious in quality (anyone who made the mistake of getting Contra knows what I'm talking about here). Everything from Nintendo has been incredibly well emulated, with the added bonus of being able to have a "save state" that means you can pause the game, turn off the console and come back to play later. Man, I wish my NES and SNES had that years ago.
So while I'd come down on the side of the Wii in this debate, in the end it's totally personal preference on the games - just like it always is with this console debates.
Here's an informative Slate article on why there's no autism epidemic:
http://www.slate.com/id/2157496/
Essentially it boils down to the fact that correlation does not equal causation. Then, when you look at history, you see there isn't really any correlation at all!
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_techno logy/article2007490.ece
This piece gets a few of the key facts correct where reuters went wrong, such as the already-mentioned "10% vs 10x" difference between individuals. It's a great read!
Wikipedia works because it completely satisfies our need for getting information that's probably *mostly* accurate with little to no effort. And, since the internet is practically filled with people who think they know more than you, there's an endless supply of folks willing to type of wiki entries! =)
The message from GeorgeB is a little confused in the interview. He talks about character models almost being done (almost?) and guns being "finished". That sure doesn't seem like things are terribly far along - you build the props for a movie before you start filming, right?
But then at the end, he mentions that they're putting together some gameplay and making sure the game feels right. In either case, it seems like a "wait and see" approach is the best way to go. After all, if it sucks after all these years, it's no skin off our noses, is it? And if it's awesome, the delays will be forgotten or labeled "worthwhile" just like Half-Life and Half-Life 2's.
Molten Core is "casual" now because it only takes 2 hours with 39 of your friends?
Sounds pretty hardcore to me.
Playing around in the world of Warcraft is absolutely amazing, due to the depth of story and rich world they've created. But I could never imagine buying and playing the game regularly unless they design a path or two you can take through the game to make it to the "end" without having to join up with a huge guild that schedules raids and grinds for gear.
Basically, I love multiplayer agmes and WoW is very good, but I can't stand playing a game on a schedule or organizing this massive efforts. Make some "end game" content that doesn't require a huge guild to complete, please. Some of us like company in the worlds we play in, but hate obligation.
When Firefly was still on the air, Fox played it Friday nights, about 8ish if I recall. Even though I liked the one or two episodes I caught, I missed most of the season because I was never at home Friday night to watch TV. Classic Fox - just like airing Futurama on Sundays after sports events that ALWAYS run over time. Bah.
Maybe it's just the marketing-speak, but this doesn't seem like a bugfix to me, just like the extra tracks and cars in PGR2 weren't a bugfix. This content adds all sorts of new stuff(enemies, weapons, etc), and a few enhancements to the actual gameplay (camera and gamespeed), but none of those things are bugs. At least, no more than leaving CTF out of MechAssault when it launched (and including it in a download over Live 6 months later) was a "bug".
So according to Wired's total (and their settlement estimate), the RIAA is looking at $10,500,000. That's pretty impressive for a bunch of copy-n-paste lawsuits. Any lawyers want to estimate the RIAA's legal costs for this campaign?
That's amazing. 1600 sued, out of the millions pirating. Most of those sued settled out of court. It'd be interesting to know what the settlement was, because I doubt the RIAA is getting enough from these "John Doe" pirates to cover their lawyer costs. That makes this even more of a blatant scare tactic than I originally thought. Thanks for the link.
Does anyone know the number of people the RIAA has sued thus far? I'd be interested in a comparision between that number and the number of estimated pirates (the more accurate numbers, and the RIAA's numbers). I'm wondering if all of this litigation is a financially sound strategy for the RIAA.
The original Halo isn't actually playable via Xbox Live. So, unless you're running some sort of tunneling software (xconnect is one, I think), no one is playing the original Halo "online".
As for your point in that paragraph, I would doubt that MS would make Live an Xbox2 only service anytime soon, if ever. It should be possible to make Live work with both systems. As long as the games are different (ie, there is no backwards compatability), it'll just be like Live is now, with everyone on playing the game they like, and being able to see what their friends are playing.
What I'd realy like to know is how Live will work if the Xbox 2 IS backwards compatible. Running the same old games with new controllers and whatever other advantages/disadvantages the Xbox 2 will have over the Xbox 1 - over Live, against people still on an Xbox 1 - would be an interesting thing to see. It's not the same as someone with a newer computer playing a game versus someone with an older computer, but there might be some parallels.
Someone else already mentioned how important Bios flashing can be. FYI, I've found that ASUS has a great BIOS updating utility. This is a feature you should definitly consider if you are buying a mobo for the long haul.
I'd agree with the power supply theory. I actually had a similar problem on one of my old rigs. Chances are either your PS is on the fritz, or you just don't have enough power in general. Try 50W more than whatever you have now.
The only problem with that statement is that the PS2 is still the best selling console.
I find it interesting that CU is choosing to shutdown an IRC server when they allow programs like http://www.cunap.com
Anyone else waiting for the fanboys to come pooring out of the woodwork in order to correct the errors in this article regarding Star Trek continuity? Or are they all burned out from the last ST thread?
shit. I avoid reading the article/comments so I don't see spoilers, and for this I get modded down. Great.
Hey, the least you could do is wait for the show to be over in all the time zones before you post this to the front page.
How appropriate.
If this is true:
"To date no terrorists are known to have violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act." - http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257
Then why do we need this law?
For those that think the GameCube is too directed at kids, you should know that from know on it will be only system that gets the Resident Evil/Biohazard series of games.
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Movies: http://www.capcom.co.jp/bio/publish/images/index.
Info: http://cube.ign.com/news/38266.html
The story says that the the launch date was "broken" and these items were released early. Anyone know when the actual Japanese release date is?
I mean, you've got to give them credit for refusing to throw in the towel. Ideally, things like Deep 1 wouldn't malfunction in the first place, but at least NASA is trying to make the most of things.