So, what's the over/under on how many next generation console systems will be released before this game sees the light of day? Quickly followed by, how much of an additional delay will ensuring xbox 360 compatibility introduce?
that's happened before. See Family Guy as a good example.
Depending on how contracts were written, another network may be able to pick it up. Sci-Fi acquired SG1 at some point from Showtime. Sci-Fi has been hyping the movie by replaying the cancelled series, as well as extensive Serenity commercials throughout. I wouldn't be surprised if they were interested in it to some degree. You stick a reunited Firefly next to Battlestar Galactica on Friday nights and Sci-Fi network has a seriously strong evening lineup. However, a lot of planets have to align to make that happen...
NPR had a story on this topic this morning. The featured "game for health" was a piece of pain management software. A virtual reality scuba diving game (complete with helmet and surround sound) that kids can use to distract themselves from the things in hospitals that cause anxiety and increase perceived pain. During trial tests, tolerance for painful events (sticking hand in ice water) increased 3-fold when the game was being played vs. nothing distracting them. Piece also mentioned gluco-boy, the gameboy glucose meter for diabetics and how the game would give you tangible benefits if you actively monitored your blood glucose and kept it within acceptable levels. Given how technological kids are these days, I think this can only be a positive thing.
read further in the Opensource.org text. Near the bottom of the bill you'll find the following:
Article 4 - Definition of Free Software
Free Software shall be defined for the effects of this law, that whose license shall guarantee the user without additional cost the following:
* Unrestricted use of the program for any purpose.
* Unrestricted access to the respective source code.
* Exaustive inspection of the working mechanisms of the program.
* Use of the internal mechanisms and arbitrary portions of the software, to adapt them to the needs of the user.
* Freedom to make and distribute copies of the software.
* Modification of the software and freedom to distribute said modifications of the new resulting sofftware, under the same license of the original software.
while the term open source isn't explicitly used, I think the intent from article 4 is that open source software is what is desired.
i had the exact same thought. give everyone laser pointers. anonymous, unless you're the only kid in class with the ultra cool green laser pointer of death.
but then the whole system turns into a lawsuit when you get the one idiot kid who reads the label on the side "do not point in eyes" and then decides to stare into it while turning it on. (i knew such a kid. wanted to smack him in the head).
Actually, I don't see why the grandparent post was modded flamebait. Sure, it could have been phrased better, but overall, it contains some truth. And it has little to do with the numbers of people killed, but rather the socio-economic status of those forced evacuees.
New Orleans had a huge population living at and below the poverty line. Unfortunately, this class of people tended to be predominantly black. Given that they have been forced from the city, these people are going to have to get jobs somewhere, and they're going to have to start looking quite soon. They don't have savings accounts, insurance, or any of the other fallbacks that those of higher economic standing have.
The poorest of the poor just can't wait 6 months and then move back to New Orleans. Likely, they are going to settle in and around the communities that are currently taking them in (simply because they don't have means of transportation anywhere else). Once they are settled, they likely won't be moving anywhere anytime soon, because they aren't going to be getting the high paying jobs that will allow them to move once New Orleans gets back on its feet.
Thus, it isn't that big of a leap to realize that of the original population, the people moving back to New Orleans are going to be those above the poverty level, with decent economic footing. Whether that means it'll be a predominantly white community, who's to say. But unless there's going to be major government subsidies to relocate the population back to NO once it is rebuilt, the poor black folk aren't coming back.
That was indeed a powerful article. I had read it moments before you posted. And it got me thinking. What do we know about Mr. Brown, the head of FEMA?
Well he's a lawyer with no experience managing disaster relief, who was promoted when the Homeland Security department was created. Contrast that with his predecessor, Joe Allbaugh, also appointed by Bush, but who had overseen a number of disasters prior to coming to the position. Prior to him, James Witt, a Clinton appointee, has previous disaster management at the state level before being elevated to the national position.
The real question is: Why in the hell do we have, as THE man in charge of disasters, someone who's entire emergency management experience consists of "serving as an assistant city manager with emergency services"?
So what is your stance on the destruction of unused embryos at fertility clinics? Why hasn't there been as vocal outcry from Christians regarding that as there has been for stem cells from embryos?
Not only is there already an RPG version of Warcraft, but there are 2 boardgames: A warcraft game based on warcraft 3 which has been out for around a year now, and an upcoming world of warcraft game board game, which is still in development, but looks absolutely insane.
it doesn't. no one's ever given him the money. you find this out on page 3 or thereabouts. he's never done a liscensed game, despite the fact that he's the biggest cheerleader of liscensing.
5 pages of all the wonderful things you can do with developer mode. Practically change anything you want in the game, get up to 6 player controlled characters, new levels, new models, new music, whatever you want. And not a single mention of how exactly to access it.
Until you get to the forum link on page 6 and even then, a forum user (not the author) points out that you need action replay and specific codes to do 95% of what the article describes.
What authors write in other languages, and do they ever get Hugo awards?
From the official FAQ:
Are non-American works eligible? Yes. Any work is eligible, regardless of its place or language of publication. Works first published in languages other than English are also eligible in their first year of publication in English translation.
Order of the Phoenix came out in 2003, so it would have been eligible last year. Altough, if one looks at the full listing of Hugo nominees, the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie was nominated in the long form dramatic presentation.
Also exciting to see that Lost (the pilot) and Battlestar Galactica (33, the first episode) garnered nominations for short form presentation.
Very much intentionally written to invoke the feeling of 19th century writers (e.g., jane austen). The book is enjoyable, but took a long time to really grab my attention. For about a month it was my "read on the toilet" book. Then, about 2/3rds of the way through, I was finally interested enough to read it in much longer stretches.
you misunderstood. around lunchtime, you go to various food establishments near Blizzard and in walks a gang: 4 or 5 guys in their blizzard t-shirts. so you get to play "spot the programmer". they clearly aren't working in fast food, just that that's where they congregate at lunch.
Fantasy Flight Games just released a revised version of the Cthulhu board game, Arkham Horror. It's gotten high praise for its theme and immersion in the mythos (and mixed praise for difficulty, with some thinking its too easy).
given Valve's strong community ties and the fact that HL and its mods are the #1 played multiplayer game on the net, I can't see why they wouldn't develop it for PC. They are where they are today because of the mod community, and that's something that can't be continued on a closed console (at least not as easily).
As for HL3 on xbox, I'm not sure what to make of that picture. If I'm squinting properly it looks like the entry above Halflife 3 reads Id Quake/Doom, which means what? That quake and doom are coming for xbox 360 (and not quake 4 or doom 3)? Or just that the particular game engine would be easily supported? Likewise there Epic Unreal further up the list. I imagine this particular slide is simply a demonstration of the XNA technology and how it would easily facilitate these various game engines.
Besides, given the lag between HL and HL2 (98 to 2005?), I kinda doubt valve can promise MS that they'd have HL3 ready in any time frame...
Blizzard North pretty much lost all of their top talent in 2003 when the original Condor founders and Roper left (as well as a number of other lead personnel). Combine that with the absence of a game announcement by them in several years, and it really seemed just a matter of time before something drastic happened.
As someone who lives in Irvine, near Blizzard, I wonder how many new people I'll start seeing at the fast food joints wearing their Blizzard t-shirts. (Spot the Blizzard employee. Yes, that's the kind of fun we have here in sterile, conformist Irvine.)
they're going to nominate games that feature pop music; this is MTV for crying out loud. It's the same with all the rest of their awards. "Best video" rarely goes to the really innovative videos (e.g., anything Tool has done); rather it goes to the latest Brittany revealing outfit trash. You want a real best video game soundtrack award, then you pay attention to the industry awards (interactive software association?), and not the popcorn awards...
You could, but it would be difficult. Last season ended on a MAJOR cliffhanger. The final minutes of the final episode were so unexpected that I actually yelled at the TV. But it is an incredibly compelling series. I'd suggest taping/tivoing this episode and seeing if you can download the others to watch first. or read the episode summaries.
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So, what's the over/under on how many next generation console systems will be released before this game sees the light of day? Quickly followed by, how much of an additional delay will ensuring xbox 360 compatibility introduce?
that's happened before. See Family Guy as a good example.
Depending on how contracts were written, another network may be able to pick it up. Sci-Fi acquired SG1 at some point from Showtime. Sci-Fi has been hyping the movie by replaying the cancelled series, as well as extensive Serenity commercials throughout. I wouldn't be surprised if they were interested in it to some degree. You stick a reunited Firefly next to Battlestar Galactica on Friday nights and Sci-Fi network has a seriously strong evening lineup. However, a lot of planets have to align to make that happen...
10 Read aticle9 30221&tid=158&tid=215 // previous /. links the same Cnet article
20 Read the existing slashdot comments here
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/09/28/1
30 Repost Comments here
excellent! a dupe trifecta. There's something quite wrong, when you have 3 dupes in a row... and the duped articles are at most a day old...
Aint it cool news had this story yesterday or the day before. They've got several pictures here.
NPR had a story on this topic this morning. The featured "game for health" was a piece of pain management software. A virtual reality scuba diving game (complete with helmet and surround sound) that kids can use to distract themselves from the things in hospitals that cause anxiety and increase perceived pain. During trial tests, tolerance for painful events (sticking hand in ice water) increased 3-fold when the game was being played vs. nothing distracting them. Piece also mentioned gluco-boy, the gameboy glucose meter for diabetics and how the game would give you tangible benefits if you actively monitored your blood glucose and kept it within acceptable levels. Given how technological kids are these days, I think this can only be a positive thing.
read further in the Opensource.org text. Near the bottom of the bill you'll find the following:
Article 4 - Definition of Free Software
Free Software shall be defined for the effects of this law, that whose license shall guarantee the user without additional cost the following:
* Unrestricted use of the program for any purpose.
* Unrestricted access to the respective source code.
* Exaustive inspection of the working mechanisms of the program.
* Use of the internal mechanisms and arbitrary portions of the software, to adapt them to the needs of the user.
* Freedom to make and distribute copies of the software.
* Modification of the software and freedom to distribute said modifications of the new resulting sofftware, under the same license of the original software.
while the term open source isn't explicitly used, I think the intent from article 4 is that open source software is what is desired.
i had the exact same thought. give everyone laser pointers. anonymous, unless you're the only kid in class with the ultra cool green laser pointer of death.
but then the whole system turns into a lawsuit when you get the one idiot kid who reads the label on the side "do not point in eyes" and then decides to stare into it while turning it on. (i knew such a kid. wanted to smack him in the head).
Only if the game sux will they discontinue it.
Then please find me a new copy of Ikaruga for the Gamecube. Heck, I'd take a used copy at a reasonably price...
Lousy joke aside, does anyone think China won't use gaming as propaganda?
as opposed to America's Army?
Actually, I don't see why the grandparent post was modded flamebait. Sure, it could have been phrased better, but overall, it contains some truth. And it has little to do with the numbers of people killed, but rather the socio-economic status of those forced evacuees.
New Orleans had a huge population living at and below the poverty line. Unfortunately, this class of people tended to be predominantly black. Given that they have been forced from the city, these people are going to have to get jobs somewhere, and they're going to have to start looking quite soon. They don't have savings accounts, insurance, or any of the other fallbacks that those of higher economic standing have.
The poorest of the poor just can't wait 6 months and then move back to New Orleans. Likely, they are going to settle in and around the communities that are currently taking them in (simply because they don't have means of transportation anywhere else). Once they are settled, they likely won't be moving anywhere anytime soon, because they aren't going to be getting the high paying jobs that will allow them to move once New Orleans gets back on its feet.
Thus, it isn't that big of a leap to realize that of the original population, the people moving back to New Orleans are going to be those above the poverty level, with decent economic footing. Whether that means it'll be a predominantly white community, who's to say. But unless there's going to be major government subsidies to relocate the population back to NO once it is rebuilt, the poor black folk aren't coming back.
That was indeed a powerful article. I had read it moments before you posted. And it got me thinking. What do we know about Mr. Brown, the head of FEMA?
Well he's a lawyer with no experience managing disaster relief, who was promoted when the Homeland Security department was created. Contrast that with his predecessor, Joe Allbaugh, also appointed by Bush, but who had overseen a number of disasters prior to coming to the position. Prior to him, James Witt, a Clinton appointee, has previous disaster management at the state level before being elevated to the national position.
The real question is: Why in the hell do we have, as THE man in charge of disasters, someone who's entire emergency management experience consists of "serving as an assistant city manager with emergency services"?
So what is your stance on the destruction of unused embryos at fertility clinics? Why hasn't there been as vocal outcry from Christians regarding that as there has been for stem cells from embryos?
because they'd perfer you pay $40+ for a new game direct from MS rather than $15 to a middle man who has licensed the game for a much cheaper rate.
Not only is there already an RPG version of Warcraft, but there are 2 boardgames: A warcraft game based on warcraft 3 which has been out for around a year now, and an upcoming world of warcraft game board game, which is still in development, but looks absolutely insane.
it doesn't. no one's ever given him the money. you find this out on page 3 or thereabouts. he's never done a liscensed game, despite the fact that he's the biggest cheerleader of liscensing.
5 pages of all the wonderful things you can do with developer mode. Practically change anything you want in the game, get up to 6 player controlled characters, new levels, new models, new music, whatever you want. And not a single mention of how exactly to access it.
Until you get to the forum link on page 6 and even then, a forum user (not the author) points out that you need action replay and specific codes to do 95% of what the article describes.
What authors write in other languages, and do they ever get Hugo awards?
From the official FAQ:
Are non-American works eligible?
Yes. Any work is eligible, regardless of its place or language of publication. Works first published in languages other than English are also eligible in their first year of publication in English translation.
Order of the Phoenix came out in 2003, so it would have been eligible last year. Altough, if one looks at the full listing of Hugo nominees, the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie was nominated in the long form dramatic presentation.
Also exciting to see that Lost (the pilot) and Battlestar Galactica (33, the first episode) garnered nominations for short form presentation.
Very much intentionally written to invoke the feeling of 19th century writers (e.g., jane austen). The book is enjoyable, but took a long time to really grab my attention. For about a month it was my "read on the toilet" book. Then, about 2/3rds of the way through, I was finally interested enough to read it in much longer stretches.
you misunderstood. around lunchtime, you go to various food establishments near Blizzard and in walks a gang: 4 or 5 guys in their blizzard t-shirts. so you get to play "spot the programmer". they clearly aren't working in fast food, just that that's where they congregate at lunch.
Fantasy Flight Games just released a revised version of the Cthulhu board game, Arkham Horror. It's gotten high praise for its theme and immersion in the mythos (and mixed praise for difficulty, with some thinking its too easy).
given Valve's strong community ties and the fact that HL and its mods are the #1 played multiplayer game on the net, I can't see why they wouldn't develop it for PC. They are where they are today because of the mod community, and that's something that can't be continued on a closed console (at least not as easily).
As for HL3 on xbox, I'm not sure what to make of that picture. If I'm squinting properly it looks like the entry above Halflife 3 reads Id Quake/Doom, which means what? That quake and doom are coming for xbox 360 (and not quake 4 or doom 3)? Or just that the particular game engine would be easily supported? Likewise there Epic Unreal further up the list. I imagine this particular slide is simply a demonstration of the XNA technology and how it would easily facilitate these various game engines.
Besides, given the lag between HL and HL2 (98 to 2005?), I kinda doubt valve can promise MS that they'd have HL3 ready in any time frame...
Blizzard North pretty much lost all of their top talent in 2003 when the original Condor founders and Roper left (as well as a number of other lead personnel). Combine that with the absence of a game announcement by them in several years, and it really seemed just a matter of time before something drastic happened.
As someone who lives in Irvine, near Blizzard, I wonder how many new people I'll start seeing at the fast food joints wearing their Blizzard t-shirts. (Spot the Blizzard employee. Yes, that's the kind of fun we have here in sterile, conformist Irvine.)
they're going to nominate games that feature pop music; this is MTV for crying out loud. It's the same with all the rest of their awards. "Best video" rarely goes to the really innovative videos (e.g., anything Tool has done); rather it goes to the latest Brittany revealing outfit trash. You want a real best video game soundtrack award, then you pay attention to the industry awards (interactive software association?), and not the popcorn awards...
You could, but it would be difficult. Last season ended on a MAJOR cliffhanger. The final minutes of the final episode were so unexpected that I actually yelled at the TV. But it is an incredibly compelling series. I'd suggest taping/tivoing this episode and seeing if you can download the others to watch first. or read the episode summaries.