I would be quite interested in this if there was no additional charge except for the XBox Live subscription. In fact, I would be very interested in this game. I've always wanted to play a MMORPG like Star Wars Galaxies or Final Fantasy XI, but I can justify 15+ dollars a month plus the cost of my internet connection. What does XBox Live cost now? 50-60 bucks a year? I'm in. This article doesn't talk about subscription costs, though.
Is no one doing their anti-Microsoft duty to rip on the XBox for supporting game patches? Come on people! Consoles aren't suppose to patch games! It's lunacy I tell you!
Ohhh, that's right, Nintendo doesn't have a closed source x86 based OS so they can go about their business.
Come on...someone bitch about Microsoft allowing patches to XBox games!
I don't think this has anything to do with Outlook. I'm getting return to sender mails to my Yahoo account, too, but I don't have Outlook constantly running or even hooked up to my yahoo address. I think this is just another way to fool the user into clicking on the attachment to see what they apparently sent to the email address that "couldn't be found" Just another trick from those pesky little kiddies out there. I mean, they most likely got your email address off the 'net somewhere and are just spoofing your address on their end. It doesn't mean you have a virus. It just looks that way.
I personally think the point and click adventure is dead.
For me, I'm finally seeing a comeback. I'm really excited for Syberia 2 to come out after playing the first one. I'm not sure what exact group I fall under for gaming, but I rarely watch tv anymore except for some news or maybe a rented movie here or there. I get most of my information and enetertainment on my PC. That being said, I really don't get into FPS anymore. I'm on the lookout for something more story/puzzle orientated. I loved Syberia, playing the newest Prince of Persia through a second time, and always seem to go back to all the old classic adventure games. Some of us don't want all fast paced action. Some of us want our damn adventure games back (feeling like an old man at 27). Now I just hope that The Adventure Company will put out a few more better games than they have been. Please, please, please!
Man, I didn't think anybody was as nerdy as our group was playing Goldeneye. We did the cardboard coverups, too. We'd split the signal to the tv so we could have 2 TVs running and then place them back to back. Then we would cover the half of the screen that was the other team's. Tons of fun especially with no radar on. As close to a PC lan party you could get with a N64.
This is not a 1st person perspective picture. It's not representative of a 1st person shooter. The viewpoint is too low and there's no HUD. You will never see screens like this when you own the game.
FYI, Bungie has built in camera settings to their engine to stop any kind of action, move the camera where they want and take a snapshot. This really isn't all that new. Think of it similar to Quake 3 when playing online and being able to "fly" around the map when your not playing and watching the other players duke it out. This is the main method that companies use to create their press release stills and such. What did you think they do? Hold a camera up to the monitor and take a picture? Bungie had tons of pictures like this from the first Halo, and I believe that someone actually has created a small program or found out how to use this camera for taking pictures in the PC version.
You buy an Apple-encrypted AAC file and you can use it on ONE hardware device (an iPod). What about my Windows XP machine? Or on an Apple cpu? I consider those additional hardware.
You buy a MSFT-encrypted WMA file and you can play it on FIVE-HUNDRED hardware devices (count 'em).
Then why should Microsoft be worried? Maybe they should take more time to tell everyone about the advantages of their format rather than trying to bash their competitors.
No, I don't own an iPod because I can't afford one, but I do use iTunes because it is the best jukebox out there in my opinion. And I rip everything to MP3 so I can have the most flexibility now and in the future. Those were the options I chose.
Does anyone know where one can find a copy of this commercial from a few years back, or even remember what the commercial was for? It was something about getting money back or whatnot, Bonus was the big word:
This whole buying cd singles vs. online singles is bullshit. I would totally buy a cd single instead of buying an online single. How are cd singles packaged? They usually include at least one extra song from the album, and maybe a mix or two of the single in question. I'd be much more inclined to purchased that instead of an online single that will restrict me in any sort of way of playing my music in the way I want to. 6 bucks for that kind of cd single versus 1 dollar for one track is not going to sway me. The biggest problem is, I haven't had a single I've wanted to buy on cd for over 3 years now. Not since Stardust. I'm willing to pay, just give me some content. As for iTunes, I know I will be spending a ton of money there. It's only a matter of time. I love being able to sample a whole album before buying. Now it's only time until they start getting the selections I've been waiting for, then I'm sure I'm going to be buying all online just for the convience.
If you want to conserve a little bit of memory, log in to Windows as an admin, go to your list of Services running. There is a service that is installed with iTunes called iPod Service. Stop the service and set it to Disabled (setting it to manual will still allow iTunes to start it up when it starts up). Now you have freed up a little bit of memory! I'm not going to say I'm 100% sure of this fix, but it looks like it works fine for me. Running on WinXP. Hope this helps some of you complaining of the mem. footprint!
You got a +1 Informative for that response? Wow, thanks for telling me to shut the hell up and in the process, get my legit post knocked down to troll status because I asked a simple Java question in a not so serious way. I haven't programmed in Java for about two years now, and really was only programming in it for WebObjects stuff. Yes, I program in.NET now and for what we are using it for, it works perfectly. I know, you know, my dead aunt knows that the.NET CLR is only on Windows right now so there's no point in making funny comments about that even though it would have probably given me a +5 Funny. As for my original question...about Java portability...true, I was making fun of the some of the runtime environments having issues running mainly desktop applications with Java's "powerful" UI. But sense I haven't coded in Java for a while, I wanted to see how many people have found portability problems a complete non-issue such as yourself. Now you know what kind of Java developer I am! Yippie! I would tell you that your music on MP3.com was pretty cool, but since you had to be a dick in your response I'll refrain.
Java portable? Isn't that an urban legend? "I once knew a guy who's buddy's ex-roomate's girlfriend once saw someone run a Java app. on Windows and then ran the same one on a Mac! Swear to god!"
And I say this as someone who owns PS2, XBox and PC.
Man, you don't have to be a frickin' show off to those less fortunate than you who can't afford any console system they want. Some people have to work their butts off just to afford one new console every 4 years or so.
And I say this as some one who owns PS2, XBox, Gamecube, and PC.
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I would be quite interested in this if there was no additional charge except for the XBox Live subscription. In fact, I would be very interested in this game. I've always wanted to play a MMORPG like Star Wars Galaxies or Final Fantasy XI, but I can justify 15+ dollars a month plus the cost of my internet connection. What does XBox Live cost now? 50-60 bucks a year? I'm in. This article doesn't talk about subscription costs, though.
Here you go
Ethereal. I just like to see who's hitting my iTunes share.
I found this pretty funny, not quite worthy of being Offtopic. IMO.
Is no one doing their anti-Microsoft duty to rip on the XBox for supporting game patches? Come on people! Consoles aren't suppose to patch games! It's lunacy I tell you!
Ohhh, that's right, Nintendo doesn't have a closed source x86 based OS so they can go about their business.
Come on...someone bitch about Microsoft allowing patches to XBox games!
*crickets chirping*
No shit. I want my Sam and Max 2!
I don't think this has anything to do with Outlook. I'm getting return to sender mails to my Yahoo account, too, but I don't have Outlook constantly running or even hooked up to my yahoo address. I think this is just another way to fool the user into clicking on the attachment to see what they apparently sent to the email address that "couldn't be found" Just another trick from those pesky little kiddies out there. I mean, they most likely got your email address off the 'net somewhere and are just spoofing your address on their end. It doesn't mean you have a virus. It just looks that way.
I personally think the point and click adventure is dead.
For me, I'm finally seeing a comeback. I'm really excited for Syberia 2 to come out after playing the first one. I'm not sure what exact group I fall under for gaming, but I rarely watch tv anymore except for some news or maybe a rented movie here or there. I get most of my information and enetertainment on my PC. That being said, I really don't get into FPS anymore. I'm on the lookout for something more story/puzzle orientated. I loved Syberia, playing the newest Prince of Persia through a second time, and always seem to go back to all the old classic adventure games. Some of us don't want all fast paced action. Some of us want our damn adventure games back (feeling like an old man at 27). Now I just hope that The Adventure Company will put out a few more better games than they have been. Please, please, please!
best laugh I had all day.
Man, I didn't think anybody was as nerdy as our group was playing Goldeneye. We did the cardboard coverups, too. We'd split the signal to the tv so we could have 2 TVs running and then place them back to back. Then we would cover the half of the screen that was the other team's. Tons of fun especially with no radar on. As close to a PC lan party you could get with a N64.
No shit. I wonder if he has a picture of the guy who headed the Virtual Boy's development sitting on his desk to remind him every day.
This is not a 1st person perspective picture. It's not representative of a 1st person shooter. The viewpoint is too low and there's no HUD. You will never see screens like this when you own the game.
FYI, Bungie has built in camera settings to their engine to stop any kind of action, move the camera where they want and take a snapshot. This really isn't all that new. Think of it similar to Quake 3 when playing online and being able to "fly" around the map when your not playing and watching the other players duke it out. This is the main method that companies use to create their press release stills and such. What did you think they do? Hold a camera up to the monitor and take a picture? Bungie had tons of pictures like this from the first Halo, and I believe that someone actually has created a small program or found out how to use this camera for taking pictures in the PC version.
no shit. I was hoping it was going to start using the Unreal Tournament engine and put Scooby Do in as the lead character.
You buy an Apple-encrypted AAC file and you can use it on ONE hardware device (an iPod).
What about my Windows XP machine? Or on an Apple cpu? I consider those additional hardware.
You buy a MSFT-encrypted WMA file and you can play it on FIVE-HUNDRED hardware devices (count 'em).
Then why should Microsoft be worried? Maybe they should take more time to tell everyone about the advantages of their format rather than trying to bash their competitors.
No, I don't own an iPod because I can't afford one, but I do use iTunes because it is the best jukebox out there in my opinion. And I rip everything to MP3 so I can have the most flexibility now and in the future. Those were the options I chose.
yeah, my grandparents will be recompiling their Red Hat 6 kernel on their own from now! sheesh...
Open Source or not, you have no argument.
does anyone else hate the word automagic as much as me?
Nope, just you.
Does anyone know where one can find a copy of this commercial from a few years back, or even remember what the commercial was for? It was something about getting money back or whatnot, Bonus was the big word:
Knock-knock
Who's there?
A BONUS!
Hello? Bonus? Speaking.
I'd be behind you on this one if you could make a relevant analogy.
This whole buying cd singles vs. online singles is bullshit. I would totally buy a cd single instead of buying an online single. How are cd singles packaged? They usually include at least one extra song from the album, and maybe a mix or two of the single in question. I'd be much more inclined to purchased that instead of an online single that will restrict me in any sort of way of playing my music in the way I want to. 6 bucks for that kind of cd single versus 1 dollar for one track is not going to sway me. The biggest problem is, I haven't had a single I've wanted to buy on cd for over 3 years now. Not since Stardust. I'm willing to pay, just give me some content. As for iTunes, I know I will be spending a ton of money there. It's only a matter of time. I love being able to sample a whole album before buying. Now it's only time until they start getting the selections I've been waiting for, then I'm sure I'm going to be buying all online just for the convience.
please ignore any spelling errors in this post...
If you want to conserve a little bit of memory, log in to Windows as an admin, go to your list of Services running. There is a service that is installed with iTunes called iPod Service. Stop the service and set it to Disabled (setting it to manual will still allow iTunes to start it up when it starts up). Now you have freed up a little bit of memory! I'm not going to say I'm 100% sure of this fix, but it looks like it works fine for me. Running on WinXP.
Hope this helps some of you complaining of the mem. footprint!
You got a +1 Informative for that response? Wow, thanks for telling me to shut the hell up and in the process, get my legit post knocked down to troll status because I asked a simple Java question in a not so serious way. I haven't programmed in Java for about two years now, and really was only programming in it for WebObjects stuff. Yes, I program in .NET now and for what we are using it for, it works perfectly. I know, you know, my dead aunt knows that the .NET CLR is only on Windows right now so there's no point in making funny comments about that even though it would have probably given me a +5 Funny. As for my original question...about Java portability...true, I was making fun of the some of the runtime environments having issues running mainly desktop applications with Java's "powerful" UI. But sense I haven't coded in Java for a while, I wanted to see how many people have found portability problems a complete non-issue such as yourself. Now you know what kind of Java developer I am! Yippie! I would tell you that your music on MP3.com was pretty cool, but since you had to be a dick in your response I'll refrain.
Java portable? Isn't that an urban legend?
"I once knew a guy who's buddy's ex-roomate's girlfriend once saw someone run a Java app. on Windows and then ran the same one on a Mac! Swear to god!"
so that's what you're suppose to do in the game...
no wonder I suck playing GTA3.
And I say this as someone who owns PS2, XBox and PC.
Man, you don't have to be a frickin' show off to those less fortunate than you who can't afford any console system they want. Some people have to work their butts off just to afford one new console every 4 years or so.
And I say this as some one who owns PS2, XBox, Gamecube, and PC.