That's the only one I can think of that might be difficult, because it requires splitting the party, and then only if you don't have heroes. If you both have heroes you can just both bring a set and split easily to complete it. Everything else, you should be able to steamroll.
These days you dont have to worry about misleading game box art because you don't usually actually buy a box at all, what with most people buying digitally and all. No product delivered = no box.
it's funny because it's sad, and it's sad because it's true.
EA probably does sponsor alot of these programs, so as to ensure a nice "puppy mill" of programmers ready to be taken advantage of to replace the ones that are being burnt out and discarded.
iirc not all of them were clones; the clones were just the initial army. after that, they went into conscription and/or stepped up regular enlistment, so they had more non-clones later.
is it possible, just once, to have an article related to D&D show up without the Beavis and Butthead "huh, huh, huhhuh, huh, he said pole" and "lol, D&D is for NERDS!" crowd chiming in their worthless $0.02?
they probably like their fellow jackbooted chinamen alot more than they like us western roundeyed bastards, though, so go ahead and help 'em, just watch out for getting screwed in the end, 'cause there ain't gonna be any reacharound from them for *you*.
i suspect, rather, that computer game development degrees are a combination of two things.
1) supply and demand: there are lots of geeks who'd like to make games, so colleges are selling them degrees in it.
2) jaded, cynical business: encouraging point (1) above and offering subsidizing/donations/$$$ to college who do so is a good way for companies, like, oh, say, EA, to keep up their herds of programmers that they can abuse for 80 hrs of work a week until they break and then throw away. or, in other words, drive the programmer supply way up so any trouble they might cause is outweighed by the sheer number of them clamoring at your door. keep 'em replaceable!
The truth of the matter is, that when people think of Texas, they think of cowboy hats, gunslingers, cactus plants, cows, spurs, tumbleweeds... all the Texas kitsch we export at airport gift shops.
The truth is that Texas is vastly different from how people picture it, but that perception will never change until people have been here.
so what you're saying is that large corporations using FUD to accomplish their goals is evil, but when it's "our side" using it to accomplish their goals, it's brilliant?
yes, oversimplifying and obfuscating important information relevant to an issue in order to elicit a desired response is, IMO, using FUD.
It'll be interesting to see if the game play will be undesirably impacted due to decisions about how to accomodate the development for both PC and console, similarly to how Deus Ex: Invisible War was impacted.
One would hope not, but unfortunately, those console dollars are mighty attractive these days.
the comment ratings system became a big game there just like this. you'd start seeing packs of trolls ruining legitimate players' reputations just because it's funny.
is this why DX:IW focused so much on lighting, despite the fact that it added little to game play and in fact made most machines running it chug like 386's? if so, i wish they'd focus on the game and less on neat-o lighting special effects. Sure, they're nice, but fucking useless if i can't accomplish the main point of the program at a reasonable framerate. [And no, my machine isn't crap; Athlon 2700+, 1gb pc2700 ddr sdram, nvidia gforce4 ti4200 64mb, asus a7n8 motherboard.. should be able to run anything like a champ.]
not to mention, sometimes people try to email you web pages or little hallmark cards or whatnot, and to do so they have to submit your email to some server somewhere, where it gets stored and re-sold to spammers anyway.
or people put it in their outlook contact list, when they get hit with some virus or trojan or whatnot then your email address can get put out that way too.
you can't hide your email address for very long... it's the same model as a "secure computer"... disconnected from the 'net, turned off, encased in concrete.
Slashdot Mirror
Which mission? Eternal Grove?
That's the only one I can think of that might be difficult, because it requires splitting the party, and then only if you don't have heroes.
If you both have heroes you can just both bring a set and split easily to complete it.
Everything else, you should be able to steamroll.
I didn't play CIV2 but my $0.02 was that BOTF = MOO2 reskinned, which isn't surprising since both were made by Microprose.
These days you dont have to worry about misleading game box art because you don't usually actually buy a box at all, what with most people buying digitally and all.
No product delivered = no box.
Hmm, some brief googling turns up a page which appears to offer a decent answer:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/71874/concurrent_vs_consecutive_sentences.html?cat=17
I was informed recently that that, too, was based off of a book.
eudas
+1, PA reference.
Plus, it's probably accurate.
eudas
All I could think of was "Holy CRAP that's a lotta blinkin'!" :)
eudas
it's funny because it's sad, and it's sad because it's true.
EA probably does sponsor alot of these programs, so as to ensure a nice "puppy mill" of programmers ready to be taken advantage of to replace the ones that are being burnt out and discarded.
eudas
iirc not all of them were clones; the clones were just the initial army. after that, they went into conscription and/or stepped up regular enlistment, so they had more non-clones later.
eudas
yeah, a very fluff article. ok, you're all "cloak and dagger", hope that roleplaying works for you guys...
*shakes head*
the fact that it was images and not text is weird, too. what's with that?
eudas
is it possible, just once, to have an article related to D&D show up without the Beavis and Butthead "huh, huh, huhhuh, huh, he said pole" and "lol, D&D is for NERDS!" crowd chiming in their worthless $0.02?
eudas
they probably like their fellow jackbooted chinamen alot more than they like us western roundeyed bastards, though, so go ahead and help 'em, just watch out for getting screwed in the end, 'cause there ain't gonna be any reacharound from them for *you*.
eudas
i suspect, rather, that computer game development degrees are a combination of two things.
1) supply and demand: there are lots of geeks who'd like to make games, so colleges are selling them degrees in it.
2) jaded, cynical business: encouraging point (1) above and offering subsidizing/donations/$$$ to college who do so is a good way for companies, like, oh, say, EA, to keep up their herds of programmers that they can abuse for 80 hrs of work a week until they break and then throw away. or, in other words, drive the programmer supply way up so any trouble they might cause is outweighed by the sheer number of them clamoring at your door. keep 'em replaceable!
eudas
The truth of the matter is, that when people think of Texas, they think of cowboy hats, gunslingers, cactus plants, cows, spurs, tumbleweeds... all the Texas kitsch we export at airport gift shops.
The truth is that Texas is vastly different from how people picture it, but that perception will never change until people have been here.
eudas
so what you're saying is that large corporations using FUD to accomplish their goals is evil, but when it's "our side" using it to accomplish their goals, it's brilliant?
yes, oversimplifying and obfuscating important information relevant to an issue in order to elicit a desired response is, IMO, using FUD.
eudas
they probably did it just to hurry this whole issue along. see also: giving someone enough rope to hang themselves.
maybe we'll find out just how legal EULAs are after all.
eudas
It'll be interesting to see if the game play will be undesirably impacted due to decisions about how to accomodate the development for both PC and console, similarly to how Deus Ex: Invisible War was impacted.
One would hope not, but unfortunately, those console dollars are mighty attractive these days.
eudas
it's not that nobody got them, it's just that they're neither clever nor funny.
eudas
ever logged on to kuro5hin.org?
the comment ratings system became a big game there just like this. you'd start seeing packs of trolls ruining legitimate players' reputations just because it's funny.
eudas
option 3: don't have kids, and that will also increase your disposable income, and give you more money to spend on your favorite person: yourself.
eudas
is this why DX:IW focused so much on lighting, despite the fact that it added little to game play and in fact made most machines running it chug like 386's? if so, i wish they'd focus on the game and less on neat-o lighting special effects. Sure, they're nice, but fucking useless if i can't accomplish the main point of the program at a reasonable framerate. [And no, my machine isn't crap; Athlon 2700+, 1gb pc2700 ddr sdram, nvidia gforce4 ti4200 64mb, asus a7n8 motherboard.. should be able to run anything like a champ.]
eudas
see also: your own sig.
haha.
eudas
Prince of Persia was also available on the Mac platform...
eudas
long live tintin++ bots! :)
eudas
not to mention, sometimes people try to email you web pages or little hallmark cards or whatnot, and to do so they have to submit your email to some server somewhere, where it gets stored and re-sold to spammers anyway.
... disconnected from the 'net, turned off, encased in concrete.
or people put it in their outlook contact list, when they get hit with some virus or trojan or whatnot then your email address can get put out that way too.
you can't hide your email address for very long... it's the same model as a "secure computer"
eudas