What about when they start asking for people's copies of "Misery" by Steven King, or "American Psycho" by Brett Easton Ellis, or "Odd Thomas" by Dean Koontz?
Will it still be ok then?
As for evidence, there is some evidence that sustained exposure to violence in media at an early age can lead to an increase in aggression, It's up to parents to not expose their children to that.
I love "Postal 2". I think it's hilarious. There's no way in hell my five year old son will ever see that under my roof. I won't even let him see "Halo" or even "Star Wars" because it's too violent. He plays racing games and some kinect games. And not for hours either. It's called being a responsible parent.
Violent video games are for adults. They are not for children. So, SouthingtonSOS, might want to change course.
We are beyond Symbian. When the world left Symbian behind, Nokia just didn't get it. And they were left behind.
They then tried their own day late, dollar short version of Linux. Enormous mistake. The world left them behind. That and the $800 n-series phones. What a mistake.
Now, it's either android or ios. Nothing else is relevant. And before you say, windows phone, the dude who uses that still wears camouflage cargo shorts. Irrelevant.
and yet my comcast gives me 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up.
They just don't want me to use it. They'd rather I downloaded from their networks with services like hulu and any other video services which require a cable subscription to be viewed on the Internet. ISPs should not be in the content business as well.
why don't you first convince Nvidia to make their drivers install the first time without issue.
On ubuntu, there are 5 different options for installing. Choose the wrong one and you may have to reboot like 9 times and install/uninstall like 5 times.
And I'm experienced at installing them and have been doing so since they first released it.
My latest ubuntu installation on my computer was for the steam ubuntu beta. It took me 2 hours to get the drivers installed using software central. I had to resort to apt-get to manually force different variants to install before finally finding the one that worked. The original one. Which wouldn't work prior because of missing deps, which should automatically be installed if I'm installing something that needs them. It didn't do that on ubuntu using the software center. And that's why Linux still isn't ready.
It's because of jerks who think chasing down deps is actually freedom to choose. When it should be, "you're installing X and Y is necessary so it's being installed first.
That monopoly was removed back in the late '90s with the telecom act. I remember in 2000 when there were about 30 different DSL companies to choose from.
A lot of developers have no choice but to choose middleware for their games. The alternative would cost way more, which for a budget tends to be a larger piece of the pie than middleware.
At least with steam, Valve have promised to unlock all the doors should they ever go out of business.
Am I the only one who recognizes this as the first volley in the Wii U hearts and minds campaign?
For years, I've heard Nintendo fanboys ranting about gameplay gameplay gameplay. Because their system never offered anything beyond gameplay.
Now that news has surfaced about the Wii U being weakly incapable hardware, I feel stories like this are going to be more commonplace.
It's not just about gameplay. Sometimes there's more than just gameplay. Sometimes a new mechanic placed on an old style of gameplay is enough.
Sometimes being gorgeous is enough. Sometimes being immersive is enough. And once in a while, you get all of those things together and it makes a truly spectacular game. But those are rare, and I want it to stay that way.
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I totally agree with you. I'm not happy about having to use binary kernel modules with Nvidia's driver.
My only concern is nvidia will alter the workaround to access the most recent features of the newest GPUs.
They have a history of disabling driver features in response to the community.
is it really that far off?
So, when they ask for video games, it's ok?
What about when they start asking for people's copies of "Misery" by Steven King, or "American Psycho" by Brett Easton Ellis, or "Odd Thomas" by Dean Koontz?
Will it still be ok then?
As for evidence, there is some evidence that sustained exposure to violence in media at an early age can lead to an increase in aggression, It's up to parents to not expose their children to that.
I love "Postal 2". I think it's hilarious. There's no way in hell my five year old son will ever see that under my roof. I won't even let him see "Halo" or even "Star Wars" because it's too violent. He plays racing games and some kinect games. And not for hours either. It's called being a responsible parent.
Violent video games are for adults. They are not for children. So, SouthingtonSOS, might want to change course.
Nokia is stupid.
We are beyond Symbian. When the world left Symbian behind, Nokia just didn't get it. And they were left behind.
They then tried their own day late, dollar short version of Linux. Enormous mistake. The world left them behind. That and the $800 n-series phones. What a mistake.
Now, it's either android or ios. Nothing else is relevant. And before you say, windows phone, the dude who uses that still wears camouflage cargo shorts. Irrelevant.
and yet my comcast gives me 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up.
They just don't want me to use it. They'd rather I downloaded from their networks with services like hulu and any other video services which require a cable subscription to be viewed on the Internet. ISPs should not be in the content business as well.
why don't you first convince Nvidia to make their drivers install the first time without issue.
On ubuntu, there are 5 different options for installing. Choose the wrong one and you may have to reboot like 9 times and install/uninstall like 5 times.
And I'm experienced at installing them and have been doing so since they first released it.
My latest ubuntu installation on my computer was for the steam ubuntu beta. It took me 2 hours to get the drivers installed using software central. I had to resort to apt-get to manually force different variants to install before finally finding the one that worked. The original one. Which wouldn't work prior because of missing deps, which should automatically be installed if I'm installing something that needs them. It didn't do that on ubuntu using the software center. And that's why Linux still isn't ready.
It's because of jerks who think chasing down deps is actually freedom to choose. When it should be, "you're installing X and Y is necessary so it's being installed first.
has to do with security rings. They mean ring 0.
Perhaps it's just the diet.
But as an obese man, I for one welcome my new gut overlords.
That monopoly was removed back in the late '90s with the telecom act. I remember in 2000 when there were about 30 different DSL companies to choose from.
Now, there's 2. AT&T, and Comcast.
Those are the choices with no regulation.
You're wrong, they brought him on-board to make 'Jam with Chrome' work.
They are something which can be very easily replaced.
They have no significance other than being the original package.
In the Boston Science museum, there sits a non-descript floppy disk with the Morris worm written on it. The disk isn't significant, what's on it is.
So, while they may look cool, there's no significance to a museum other than the software and box art.
And let's be honest, SNES games are nowhere near 'Smithsonian important'.
gamespy has been owned by a few different companies. IGN being the former.
A lot of developers have no choice but to choose middleware for their games. The alternative would cost way more, which for a budget tends to be a larger piece of the pie than middleware.
At least with steam, Valve have promised to unlock all the doors should they ever go out of business.
gamespy is still used by a lot of older games, with no alternative.
I discovered this the hard way when I just got battlefield 2 for the 10th anniversary of 1942.
It was always a kludgy system. They've shut down more service offerings over the past 10 years than I think have opened.
that choice isn't Netflix's to make if the show is currently on TV.
cool rant bro.
Netflix is $9 a month. That's actually counter-piracy pricing. I happily pay that every month for what Netflix has to offer.
This deal is a bonus. The only thing left is just waiting for an online streaming provider to get current television shows from all networks.
It's a controller friendly ui for steam presented in a tv friendly format.
The chat ui is especially creative. It's a flower.
didn't you hear, they discovered mardi-gras beads on mars.
the term used by one of the JPL guys was "one for the history books"
also specifically if you're employer has hired you to invent something.
so true. but Star Citizen went home with $6.8 million, not just 2.
I honestly thought that Martians left some mardi gras beads laying around. That was my first impression.
Am I the only one who recognizes this as the first volley in the Wii U hearts and minds campaign?
For years, I've heard Nintendo fanboys ranting about gameplay gameplay gameplay. Because their system never offered anything beyond gameplay.
Now that news has surfaced about the Wii U being weakly incapable hardware, I feel stories like this are going to be more commonplace.
It's not just about gameplay. Sometimes there's more than just gameplay. Sometimes a new mechanic placed on an old style of gameplay is enough.
Sometimes being gorgeous is enough. Sometimes being immersive is enough. And once in a while, you get all of those things together and it makes a truly spectacular game. But those are rare, and I want it to stay that way.
So the answer is to illegally inspect the contents before shipping?
I understand those particular Asian countries have a problem with drug smuggling.
that's not what happened though.
IBM made a custom CPU based on the Power architecture. Think old powerPC type macs, but less powerful.
There's less processing power in the wii u than the xbox 360 and ps3 currently have.
Nintendo is banking on developers utilizing other aspects of the hardware to make games.
Like your crappy old cellphone, but brand spanking new and crappy.
it's already been confirmed, the PS4 will be off-the-shelf PC hardware. They're focusing on the ecosystem.
Xbox, if rumors are to be believed, will have two different hardware versions. And will perhaps even run on a PC.
They'll all have to compete with the steambox.