"It was so predictable that Tomb Raider would get trashed by most critics, as it has, that the producers didn't even have the guts to screen this movie for critics in advance. That was a mistake. They have nothing to apologize for. Tomb Raider is great, silly fun. "
The producers of Tomb Raider have at least one thing to apologize for: an arctic scene without nipplage.
This could be related to the recent slashdot article on Dynasty: Blood somethingorrather and the real-life violence it causes in South Korea. The more publicity these guys get (the more people who know these guys faces) the bigger chance there is of violence against them.
Of course, it could be the corporations, but if your programmers are fearing for their safety from real-life mafia types, would it look good to say that at an E3 convention?
During my highschool years (quite recently, in fact) I attended two different schools. The computer teachers at both schools, while not being particularly thrilled with the fact that I exploited a number of weaknesses on the computers, never supported any disciplinary action I didn't do anything harmful. While it is important to realize that there are a lot people out there who aren't quite so liberal, there are a number of teachers who don't mind kids thinking outside the box.
That thing is terribly handy, especially for losers like me who can't seem to figure out how to correctly use a pen or pencil. I take notes using the keyboard in my English and History classes.
As a resident of one of the few cities that the dubbed Mononoke was released, and as one of the few residents of that city who owns a fansubbed version, I have to wonder the logic behind this move. While it is true that many less people will pirate versions of this DVD, I suspect that will be because nobody will want it in the first place. The English dubbing was awful (Billy Bob Thorton? Even Gillian Anderson sucked), and since I'm visiting France right now, and I, over the last few days, have experienced the horror of French dubbing, I can't see why anyone would buy this in the first place in order to pirate it.
Well, it is the best easter egg, but I do believe that it was Quake I that had the well of wishes, although I spent most of my Quake II time in multi-player.
There is a potential hypocracy in your note. While complaining about J. Katz "stereotyping the 'intelligentsia,'" you almost simultaniously make the assumption (Based on a stereotype) that people who visit this site like Science-Fiction movies ("2001"). While I doubt that anyone is going to take offence at this generalization, it does create a rather humerous string of stereotypes and hypocrices.
What it all comes down to is that people are going to be associated with "groups" and stereotypes no matter what, so they should stop taking offence. Instead of idly bitching about such things, merely accept them, or do something about them. Don't write an angry reply stating you have your panties in a bunch (This goes both ways here...) prove, by example, how you break the mold.
As for your windows comment, it really isn't an excellent system for games, it's just all that's out there. Sure Quake III runs great on a fully-loaded Athalon machine, but that's no fault of Windows. Also, I'm a fellow mudder (Visit Neo Terric) and because any Windows system below 95 isn't worth having anymore, and the machine that I use for mudding is a p75, even a simple task like mudding takes forever.
That really is annoying as hell, I was sure I was the first one to have the idea of a tech-haven... If only I were 4 years older, had a couple million dollars, had some land from a European country, found my motivation, and had a lot of technolog-minded friends, people would be hearing about my new country instead. ninjawhoreior "We got in a fight and she fell off a building."
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"It was so predictable that Tomb Raider would get trashed by most critics, as it has, that the producers didn't even have the guts to screen this movie for critics in advance. That was a mistake. They have nothing to apologize for. Tomb Raider is great, silly fun. "
The producers of Tomb Raider have at least one thing to apologize for: an arctic scene without nipplage.
This could be related to the recent slashdot article on Dynasty: Blood somethingorrather and the real-life violence it causes in South Korea. The more publicity these guys get (the more people who know these guys faces) the bigger chance there is of violence against them.
Of course, it could be the corporations, but if your programmers are fearing for their safety from real-life mafia types, would it look good to say that at an E3 convention?
During my highschool years (quite recently, in fact) I attended two different schools. The computer teachers at both schools, while not being particularly thrilled with the fact that I exploited a number of weaknesses on the computers, never supported any disciplinary action I didn't do anything harmful. While it is important to realize that there are a lot people out there who aren't quite so liberal, there are a number of teachers who don't mind kids thinking outside the box.
Just exactly how is the T-Rex more succesful? I was under the impression that it was no longer around, while the coyote probably is.
That thing is terribly handy, especially for losers like me who can't seem to figure out how to correctly use a pen or pencil. I take notes using the keyboard in my English and History classes.
As a resident of one of the few cities that the dubbed Mononoke was released, and as one of the few residents of that city who owns a fansubbed version, I have to wonder the logic behind this move. While it is true that many less people will pirate versions of this DVD, I suspect that will be because nobody will want it in the first place. The English dubbing was awful (Billy Bob Thorton? Even Gillian Anderson sucked), and since I'm visiting France right now, and I, over the last few days, have experienced the horror of French dubbing, I can't see why anyone would buy this in the first place in order to pirate it.
Yeah, this is pretty ridiculous. Colleges aren't silly enough to do it, but it's still ridiculous.
Well, it is the best easter egg, but I do believe that it was Quake I that had the well of wishes, although I spent most of my Quake II time in multi-player.
There is a potential hypocracy in your note. While complaining about J. Katz "stereotyping the 'intelligentsia,'" you almost simultaniously make the assumption (Based on a stereotype) that people who visit this site like Science-Fiction movies ("2001"). While I doubt that anyone is going to take offence at this generalization, it does create a rather humerous string of stereotypes and hypocrices.
What it all comes down to is that people are going to be associated with "groups" and stereotypes no matter what, so they should stop taking offence. Instead of idly bitching about such things, merely accept them, or do something about them. Don't write an angry reply stating you have your panties in a bunch (This goes both ways here...) prove, by example, how you break the mold.
As for your windows comment, it really isn't an excellent system for games, it's just all that's out there. Sure Quake III runs great on a fully-loaded Athalon machine, but that's no fault of Windows. Also, I'm a fellow mudder (Visit Neo Terric) and because any Windows system below 95 isn't worth having anymore, and the machine that I use for mudding is a p75, even a simple task like mudding takes forever.
That really is annoying as hell, I was sure I was the first one to have the idea of a tech-haven... If only I were 4 years older, had a couple million dollars, had some land from a European country, found my motivation, and had a lot of technolog-minded friends, people would be hearing about my new country instead. ninjawhoreior "We got in a fight and she fell off a building."