Slow news day. Legendary Video Game designer talks about his philosophy of game design, and uses a game that is quite different than anything he has done as an example. Bloggers and Reporters all want to justify their existence, so they throw a few scraps to the little fishies, who bite. Instant Controversy, and just in time for Lunch!
I hope that all Halo 3 fanboys get their shiny new game, and it smells like poo, and requires multiple updates before they can play it, and many more before it doesn't crash frequently. And that they have to call Microsoft tech support at least twice to find out *why* their 360 is crashing, to which they are told that it must be their problem, and they should take their console to the nearest EB GameWorld to confirm that it is crashing.
As many others have pointed out, DVHS has been out for a while. While I was pretty quick to discount DVD-RAM, it has managed to hang on, and there now may be a couple of compelling reasons why it will survive. Look at:
http://www.tvone.com/mpeg2@disk.htm
This is a standalone MPEG2 recorder that can use a DVDRAM drive for media. I have read that several japanese manufacturers (such as Panasonic) will be introducing similar products this fall, targetted more for the consumer. I believe that at least one of them as partnered with ReplayTV. At the same time that this is introduced, you will also be seeing a few DVD manufacturers that will be offering some level of DVDRAM playback as well -- of course, with DVDRAM media where you can remove it from the cartridge. --hal
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Slow news day. Legendary Video Game designer talks about his philosophy of game design, and uses a game that is quite different than anything he has done as an example. Bloggers and Reporters all want to justify their existence, so they throw a few scraps to the little fishies, who bite. Instant Controversy, and just in time for Lunch!
I hope that all Halo 3 fanboys get their shiny new game, and it smells like poo, and requires multiple updates before they can play it, and many more before it doesn't crash frequently. And that they have to call Microsoft tech support at least twice to find out *why* their 360 is crashing, to which they are told that it must be their problem, and they should take their console to the nearest EB GameWorld to confirm that it is crashing.
--hal2k
http://www.tvone.com/mpeg2@disk.htm
This is a standalone MPEG2 recorder that can use a DVDRAM drive for media. I have read that several japanese manufacturers (such as Panasonic) will be introducing similar products this fall, targetted more for the consumer. I believe that at least one of them as partnered with ReplayTV. At the same time that this is introduced, you will also be seeing a few DVD manufacturers that will be offering some level of DVDRAM playback as well -- of course, with DVDRAM media where you can remove it from the cartridge. --hal