The Tea Party and American libertarianism in general has taken on the role of the anti-establishment conservative party. I think a lot of self described American libertarians are really just looking for a conservative alternative to the two main political parties. The problem is, they haven't changed their views to match the libertarians. They're still republicans, but they just don't like the republican branding anymore. By joining the libertarians they're making it a mainstream party but at the same time pulling it to the right on social issues.
Come November when all of the libertarians vote republican, it will not be because real libertarians care about economic liberty more than civil liberty. It will be because all of these libertarians voting republican are really just republicans voting republican.
Egotism is a CEO who thinks they deserve to make 400 times the salary of anyone else at their company, and believes they don't owe anything to the society that made their incredible wealth possible. You act like Gates and Thiel made their money completely on their own. They live in a society which provided thousands of highly skilled employees and millions of customers. I'm not saying that a person who works hard and has great ideas shoudn't be rewarded, but it takes more than a handful of ultra-rich people to make civilization work.
I would just prefer things like that be enabled through a cheat code or something, rather than an exploit. There's nothing wrong with hacking a single player game, or using developer embedded cheats, but game breaking exploits shouldn't be part of the normal game.
If they used the same system for D3 as they are for SC2, it would be fine. However, they are requiring a persistent connection even for single player D3. No single player game should ever require a persistent connection. Once time verification is okay, always-on is not okay.
Why doesn't the left bring up this point? The whole argument on the right is that the millionaires and billionaires are 'job creators' and taxing them will slow recovery. Well, the real job creator is demand for goods and services. Billionaires don't create jobs for no reason, they do it to fulfill a need. If the lower classes and the government aren't spending any money because the rich have it all, then there is no demand for the goods and services that the rich offer. That's the sitution we're in now. Taxes are at near historic lows and the wealthiest 5% of the country are hoarding 50% of the nations wealth.
I'm actually pretty happy with the Virtual Console selection. So far they've had everything I want to play. I will agree that everything else about the Wii is a disappointment though.
It's funny when you go to a discount warehouse like Costo or Sam's Club, and see their video game selection. Everything sold in those stores is selected based on price, so whoever is in charge of buying video games must just pick the cheapest 50 or so games on the market to stock their shelves. Every single PC game is either based on My Little Pony or a point and click mystery type game. All of the console games are bargin bin mini-game compliations.
I'm sure they sell plenty of that stuff to grandparents who don't know any better too.
Classic games are great for gamers on a budget too. If you can get past the outdated graphics there are tons of gems from the 90's for sale on Steam or GOG for just a few bucks. Right now GOG is having a sale on Interplay games, so I picked up Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Fallout: Tactics for $9.
People aren't going to stop using fossil fuels until it's no longer financially viable to extract it from the Earth. At the rate we're going, that shouldn't take too long. Probably some time in the next century, coal and oil based power is going to become so expensive due to the rarity of the resource that we're going to shift to some combination of nuclear and renewable resources.
The OPs point is that since those devices are optional, developers didn't make games for them since that would reduce the potential market of their game to only owners of that optional accessory. The potential market for 'every game' is everyone who owns the console.
Now that all three consoles have motion control, there should be enough of a market for the developers to invest significant money into making a quality motion control game. It seems like a very large portion of Wii owners never bought a single game after Wii Sports which came with the console. That's why so many of the 3rd party games are just packages of low budget mini-games with no depth.
From what I saw, the Kinect Fable game is not just a standard Fable game with motion control tacked on, but a game specifically made for motion control. It looks kind of like an HD fantasy version of the old rail shooter arcade games like Time Crysis or Area 51. You're riding along on a horse or something that's controlled by the game, and using arm motions to 'create' spells (like rubbing your hands together to make a fireball, the longer you rub them together the bigger the fireball you make) then flinging them at enemies on the screen. If done right, it looks like it could be a lot of fun.
Microsoft doesn't decide when E3 should be held. All of the major electronic entertainment companies are making their biggest announcements of the year right now.
It would be nice if we could go to school just for the sake of learning something, without expecting a reward at the end. However, we have to live within the reality of life in a society which expects you to pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars for formal education. The problem is that you can't stay in school forever. Yes, those 4 or 5 years are wonderful and fulfilling. However, when you're in your 30s and can't find income as a paleoanthropologist and are forced to work as a manager at the GAP to make ends meet, will the memory of those few years still be worth it? If you say yes, then more power to you.
I'm not disagreeing with you about what a univerity *should* be, only that for the majority of students that lifesyle just isn't possible. At some point keeping a roof over your head and food on the table is more important than idealism.
I think he understands you fine. The point is, if you want to play this genre of games (MMOs) then you have no choice but to rely on online servers. Without centralized servers, there is no game. It's like saying 'don't play any sports which require a team, because you might not have access to a team one day'. I think everyone who plays these games understands that one day the game will cease to exist.
Also, lose the whole 'I don't play games because I have a real life' routine. It's possible to have a real life and a hobby at the same time.
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The Tea Party and American libertarianism in general has taken on the role of the anti-establishment conservative party. I think a lot of self described American libertarians are really just looking for a conservative alternative to the two main political parties. The problem is, they haven't changed their views to match the libertarians. They're still republicans, but they just don't like the republican branding anymore. By joining the libertarians they're making it a mainstream party but at the same time pulling it to the right on social issues. Come November when all of the libertarians vote republican, it will not be because real libertarians care about economic liberty more than civil liberty. It will be because all of these libertarians voting republican are really just republicans voting republican.
Egotism is a CEO who thinks they deserve to make 400 times the salary of anyone else at their company, and believes they don't owe anything to the society that made their incredible wealth possible. You act like Gates and Thiel made their money completely on their own. They live in a society which provided thousands of highly skilled employees and millions of customers. I'm not saying that a person who works hard and has great ideas shoudn't be rewarded, but it takes more than a handful of ultra-rich people to make civilization work.
Thanks for the tips! :) I've have to pick it up next time it appears in a Steam sale
I've played through Oblivion twice on the Xbox. Would it be worth it to buy a copy for the PC just to play with the mods?
I would just prefer things like that be enabled through a cheat code or something, rather than an exploit. There's nothing wrong with hacking a single player game, or using developer embedded cheats, but game breaking exploits shouldn't be part of the normal game.
If they used the same system for D3 as they are for SC2, it would be fine. However, they are requiring a persistent connection even for single player D3. No single player game should ever require a persistent connection. Once time verification is okay, always-on is not okay.
They should pay twice as much since they're staying in the penthouse. Also, they got on for free anyway since they own the cruise line.
It looks like there is more of a market for boys. Their girl sold for $500, while their boys sold for $4600 each.
What does this have to do with Facebook or Google+?
Why doesn't the left bring up this point? The whole argument on the right is that the millionaires and billionaires are 'job creators' and taxing them will slow recovery. Well, the real job creator is demand for goods and services. Billionaires don't create jobs for no reason, they do it to fulfill a need. If the lower classes and the government aren't spending any money because the rich have it all, then there is no demand for the goods and services that the rich offer. That's the sitution we're in now. Taxes are at near historic lows and the wealthiest 5% of the country are hoarding 50% of the nations wealth.
I'm actually pretty happy with the Virtual Console selection. So far they've had everything I want to play. I will agree that everything else about the Wii is a disappointment though.
It's funny when you go to a discount warehouse like Costo or Sam's Club, and see their video game selection. Everything sold in those stores is selected based on price, so whoever is in charge of buying video games must just pick the cheapest 50 or so games on the market to stock their shelves. Every single PC game is either based on My Little Pony or a point and click mystery type game. All of the console games are bargin bin mini-game compliations. I'm sure they sell plenty of that stuff to grandparents who don't know any better too.
Classic games are great for gamers on a budget too. If you can get past the outdated graphics there are tons of gems from the 90's for sale on Steam or GOG for just a few bucks. Right now GOG is having a sale on Interplay games, so I picked up Fallout 1, Fallout 2, and Fallout: Tactics for $9.
People aren't going to stop using fossil fuels until it's no longer financially viable to extract it from the Earth. At the rate we're going, that shouldn't take too long. Probably some time in the next century, coal and oil based power is going to become so expensive due to the rarity of the resource that we're going to shift to some combination of nuclear and renewable resources.
The OPs point is that since those devices are optional, developers didn't make games for them since that would reduce the potential market of their game to only owners of that optional accessory. The potential market for 'every game' is everyone who owns the console.
Now that all three consoles have motion control, there should be enough of a market for the developers to invest significant money into making a quality motion control game. It seems like a very large portion of Wii owners never bought a single game after Wii Sports which came with the console. That's why so many of the 3rd party games are just packages of low budget mini-games with no depth.
From what I saw, the Kinect Fable game is not just a standard Fable game with motion control tacked on, but a game specifically made for motion control. It looks kind of like an HD fantasy version of the old rail shooter arcade games like Time Crysis or Area 51. You're riding along on a horse or something that's controlled by the game, and using arm motions to 'create' spells (like rubbing your hands together to make a fireball, the longer you rub them together the bigger the fireball you make) then flinging them at enemies on the screen. If done right, it looks like it could be a lot of fun.
Microsoft doesn't decide when E3 should be held. All of the major electronic entertainment companies are making their biggest announcements of the year right now.
IIRC, it has the same selection as the Netflix streaming service, which is to say, not much
When did you quit? With all of the TV shows that have been added recently I feel like the streaming service has tons of content.
It would be nice if we could go to school just for the sake of learning something, without expecting a reward at the end. However, we have to live within the reality of life in a society which expects you to pay out hundreds of thousands of dollars for formal education. The problem is that you can't stay in school forever. Yes, those 4 or 5 years are wonderful and fulfilling. However, when you're in your 30s and can't find income as a paleoanthropologist and are forced to work as a manager at the GAP to make ends meet, will the memory of those few years still be worth it? If you say yes, then more power to you. I'm not disagreeing with you about what a univerity *should* be, only that for the majority of students that lifesyle just isn't possible. At some point keeping a roof over your head and food on the table is more important than idealism.
I think he understands you fine. The point is, if you want to play this genre of games (MMOs) then you have no choice but to rely on online servers. Without centralized servers, there is no game. It's like saying 'don't play any sports which require a team, because you might not have access to a team one day'. I think everyone who plays these games understands that one day the game will cease to exist. Also, lose the whole 'I don't play games because I have a real life' routine. It's possible to have a real life and a hobby at the same time.
Soon we'll be receiving inane email forwards on our consoles