Funnily enough, in Guild Wars I found it odd the first time a particular baddie I had killed _did_ come back, because one of the people in the group still had that quest. Instanced _Worlds_ have an advantage there. It's quite a bit why I play it - there's not 500 "heroes" waiting to kill the same critter, only to have some guy run through and steal the "Spear and Magic Helmet" before you get it. It's you, the other people in your party, and The World. That's it.
I think they're killing themselves with the form factor. The Newt (2000/2100) was right at the perfect size - light, big enough to get some work done, but still fits in an (oversized) pocket. I do like that the screen is bigger, but to be honest, any larger and people are going to say "why don't I just carry a frickin laptop?"
This is, after all, just an updated version of the original Wince concept (remember the larger versions?). And again, people are going to say "1000 bucks? For _that_? Screw it, I'm getting a $600 laptop instead."
Actually, I really like a variant of this. What if you could hire PCs when they weren't on? You hire the guy and the AI controls him - he has your skills, your gear, but the AI is running the character. The problem is figuring out how it's supposed to play it - obviously you want certain skills in combination, otherwise not terribly useful. But, that could be really clever...
Koss Porta-Pro. $30. You can still hear everything around you, the foam pads are cushy and won't make your ears sweat, and the quality is better than anything shy of the Grado SR-60 or the $100 Sennheisers.
iPod? I can't remember if you can boot from it, but I know several techs who carry iPods with restore volumes on them. And to be honest, is 7200 rpms _that_ important? You're booting a computer, not trying to run a database or play Quake(n).
Of course, companies will pop up to help you ensure your rights. They won't OWN the patents, but they'll make money off of it, without adding anything useful. Just like now.
One error on that article - the "I've Fallen" advertisement wound up working amazingly well for the guy - he did the budget on a shoestring, and the fact that it was essentially a "viral video" did wonders for his business. Saw an article where he said that the ad, bad though it was, was a key to his success. The only thing he'd change was to make sure he'd patented the business idea (he didn't think of it). But the ad? That was a keeper.
I've used the first few seconds from the first track from Happy Family's first album for years, now. It's the "rev-up" to the album, sounds almost like someone revving a chainsaw. And it's RIO/proggy/metal/Japanese.:)
Yes and no. The trick is that no, retailers don't make money on the games themselves. They make money selling the SPACE on the shelves. No money, no space. It's part of how Doom made it big - rather than buy space at stores like Best Buy, they bought space on the counter at Circle K, 7-11, etc. This is, btw, how grocery stores make their money.
Anyhow... of the 50$ of the game, the store usually gets 10. The Developer gets 5. Who gets the rest? Congrats, you get a biscuit. Yup, it's the publisher/distributor. Yes, they assume risk on a game. However, the publisher tends to be a LOT better off, on the whole. Sure, Eidos is having problems, but EA certainly isn't. And considering how often a game company releases a game then is closed (okay, I gave up hunting down links - you get the idea), I feel little sympathy.
The Tandberg units, from when I used them, could do 3-way conversations natively, and they sold an appliance that would do 4 or more. Additionally, IIRC I set up a Open323 gateway (gatekeeper? http://www.gnugk.org/) that did 4 - it would catch all 4 streams, combine them into one window, and rebroadcast that window. Heavier bandwidth, but potentially what you need.
I've seen Machinima before, and with a few exceptions, it's very obvious that they're using a video game to do this. I think The Strangehood(?) got around that, but this.... this was amazing. Like a low-fi CGI movie. How long did this take to script? To "shoot"?
Small difference - one is the "media", which has "experts" and "discussions", etc, etc. The other is your game. Big difference, imho, between hearing about it from a game, and hearing about it every time you turn on the TV, be it TV shows, News programs, etc.
Troyer: D'ya know what's really interesting, to me, is a number of my friends and colleagues who watched the entire series told me, after the last show, that they were angry because they hadn't found out who No. 1 was. That went by quickly and they refused to acknowledge it.
McGoohan: That was deliberate. I forgot how many frames; I think there were 52 frames, or something, of the shot when they pulled off the monkey mask. And No. 1's a monkey and then No. 1's himself. It was deliberate. I mean, I could have held it there for a good two minutes and put a subtitle on it saying, "It's him," you know. (All laugh.) But I thought I wasn't going to pander to a mentality so low that it couldn't perceive what I was trying to say, so you had to be a little quick to pick it up. That's all.
Not sure what was so tough, except the combination of the allegory and the real world. #1 is #6. And when he goes back to London, the door to his flat opens automatically. And he shows no surprise. The world is our prison. We are our own enemy. And the cycle begins again.
My favorite is that, no matter what, when you move your mouse to that edge of the screen, you _still_ (after how many years of Windows?) have to move it just an _eensie_ bit towards the center of the screen to get it to work.
OMG - I just tried it on my new box. They fixed it on XP - sorta. Wow.
It would have been a pretty interesting game without the Star Wars license confusing people. Of course then no one would have played it I think since there's only a handful of comments on a geek site, nobody's playing it anyhow. (Unless they're all playing it right now, and so didn't see the story)
Seriously - they're allowing one alternative "theory", why stop there? I think nothing would be better than seeing the teachers dress up like pirates - it further cements the fact that they're a laughingstock.
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Here's a better one: "One library buys one of their journals. They give it to other libraries. They'll give it to others."
So, best case scenario - the studios buy an account, find all their stuff posted, let these guys know _and_ find the poster. Which will result in fewer things being posted, causing nobody to want the service... except the studios.
Why not just try and sell the company to them in the first place and save the wasted time?
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Funnily enough, in Guild Wars I found it odd the first time a particular baddie I had killed _did_ come back, because one of the people in the group still had that quest. Instanced _Worlds_ have an advantage there. It's quite a bit why I play it - there's not 500 "heroes" waiting to kill the same critter, only to have some guy run through and steal the "Spear and Magic Helmet" before you get it. It's you, the other people in your party, and The World. That's it.
I think they're killing themselves with the form factor. The Newt (2000/2100) was right at the perfect size - light, big enough to get some work done, but still fits in an (oversized) pocket. I do like that the screen is bigger, but to be honest, any larger and people are going to say "why don't I just carry a frickin laptop?"
This is, after all, just an updated version of the original Wince concept (remember the larger versions?). And again, people are going to say "1000 bucks? For _that_? Screw it, I'm getting a $600 laptop instead."
Okay, so what is "OMTFG" supposed to mean? I get OMFG, just not the "T" in the middle.
Actually, I really like a variant of this. What if you could hire PCs when they weren't on? You hire the guy and the AI controls him - he has your skills, your gear, but the AI is running the character. The problem is figuring out how it's supposed to play it - obviously you want certain skills in combination, otherwise not terribly useful. But, that could be really clever...
Koss Porta-Pro. $30. You can still hear everything around you, the foam pads are cushy and won't make your ears sweat, and the quality is better than anything shy of the Grado SR-60 or the $100 Sennheisers.
iPod? I can't remember if you can boot from it, but I know several techs who carry iPods with restore volumes on them. And to be honest, is 7200 rpms _that_ important? You're booting a computer, not trying to run a database or play Quake(n).
Of course, companies will pop up to help you ensure your rights. They won't OWN the patents, but they'll make money off of it, without adding anything useful. Just like now.
Early Heinlein had the "shipstone" or "keystone", which got back energy when braking. Not sure which stories, unfortunately.
One error on that article - the "I've Fallen" advertisement wound up working amazingly well for the guy - he did the budget on a shoestring, and the fact that it was essentially a "viral video" did wonders for his business. Saw an article where he said that the ad, bad though it was, was a key to his success. The only thing he'd change was to make sure he'd patented the business idea (he didn't think of it). But the ad? That was a keeper.
I've used the first few seconds from the first track from Happy Family's first album for years, now. It's the "rev-up" to the album, sounds almost like someone revving a chainsaw. And it's RIO/proggy/metal/Japanese. :)
Yes and no. The trick is that no, retailers don't make money on the games themselves. They make money selling the SPACE on the shelves. No money, no space. It's part of how Doom made it big - rather than buy space at stores like Best Buy, they bought space on the counter at Circle K, 7-11, etc. This is, btw, how grocery stores make their money.
Anyhow... of the 50$ of the game, the store usually gets 10. The Developer gets 5. Who gets the rest? Congrats, you get a biscuit. Yup, it's the publisher/distributor. Yes, they assume risk on a game. However, the publisher tends to be a LOT better off, on the whole. Sure, Eidos is having problems, but EA certainly isn't. And considering how often a game company releases a game then is closed (okay, I gave up hunting down links - you get the idea), I feel little sympathy.
The Tandberg units, from when I used them, could do 3-way conversations natively, and they sold an appliance that would do 4 or more. Additionally, IIRC I set up a Open323 gateway (gatekeeper? http://www.gnugk.org/) that did 4 - it would catch all 4 streams, combine them into one window, and rebroadcast that window. Heavier bandwidth, but potentially what you need.
I was writing a post about how the guy didn't get it, but he does. Read the whole thing, kids.
I've seen Machinima before, and with a few exceptions, it's very obvious that they're using a video game to do this. I think The Strangehood(?) got around that, but this.... this was amazing. Like a low-fi CGI movie. How long did this take to script? To "shoot"?
How about this?
"Well, it'll be the only thing getting blown at his place..."
Small difference - one is the "media", which has "experts" and "discussions", etc, etc. The other is your game. Big difference, imho, between hearing about it from a game, and hearing about it every time you turn on the TV, be it TV shows, News programs, etc.
Agreed. The slashvertisements are worse than usual right now.
Yes, but the old saying holds true - repeat a phrase often enough, enough people believe it true, then it becomes true.
Not sure what was so tough, except the combination of the allegory and the real world. #1 is #6. And when he goes back to London, the door to his flat opens automatically. And he shows no surprise. The world is our prison. We are our own enemy. And the cycle begins again.
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My favorite is that, no matter what, when you move your mouse to that edge of the screen, you _still_ (after how many years of Windows?) have to move it just an _eensie_ bit towards the center of the screen to get it to work.
OMG - I just tried it on my new box. They fixed it on XP - sorta. Wow.
It would have been a pretty interesting game without the Star Wars license confusing people. Of course then no one would have played it
I think since there's only a handful of comments on a geek site, nobody's playing it anyhow. (Unless they're all playing it right now, and so didn't see the story)
Seriously - they're allowing one alternative "theory", why stop there? I think nothing would be better than seeing the teachers dress up like pirates - it further cements the fact that they're a laughingstock.
Here's a better one:
"One library buys one of their journals. They give it to other libraries. They'll give it to others."
So, best case scenario - the studios buy an account, find all their stuff posted, let these guys know _and_ find the poster. Which will result in fewer things being posted, causing nobody to want the service... except the studios.
Why not just try and sell the company to them in the first place and save the wasted time?
gosh, really, Bush was in power in 1973?
He was probably referring to Exorcist: The Beginning.