I think I speak for all of us when I say, woohoo! OK, the fact that a large portion of the Earth will be rendered uninhabitable is not so cool, but the important thing is that we get mechas not too long afterwards. I'm sure glad we don't live in the BattleTech universe -- can you imagine having to wait like 500 years to get your hands on a giant killer robot?
Well, back in the days of the NES, or even the SNES, EA wasn't quite so big a player. Hell, in those days, Tecmo Bowl was the king of football video games. Joe Montana, hail mary to Jerry Rice, touchdown every damn time, baby!
To be fair, while I would tend to agree with you about FPSs on game consoles, there's very little denying that GoldenEye and Perfect Dark are two of the finest shooters ever made. Clumsy control or no, those were simply some brilliantly made games.
Does anyone here on Slashdot hold a particular opinion of Sun's Java developer certification exams? I'm only 18, and it's a very old story: it's hard to get job experience without already having experience. I'm interested in knowing whether those tests would be worthwhile if I wanted to break into the Java programming racket.
OK, not to bash the guys working on this project, since they're probably 1337er than I shall ever be. However, it's worth mentioning that to this point nobody has managed to even get a SNES emulator that runs at full speed for the Dreamcast. This didn't stop me from playing FFVI as it was meant to be played -- on the TV screen -- but for more real-time stuff, such as Super Metroid, the DC does fairly poorly. I imagine that these problems will be fixed with time...but an N64 emulator is a loooong way off on the DC.
Actually, the same thing applies to 1984. The main character, who as I recall was working for the Ministry of Truth, was responsible for both propaganda (writing Big Brother's speeches) and destroying sensitive information.
Bruce Campbell? Bruce "Jesus Christ" Campbell? Sweet! This guy is easily one of the coolest movie stars on the planet, just based on the strength of his autobiography alone. Those movies and stuff he did don't hurt either. If Chins Could Kill is one of the most entertaining works of nonfiction that I've ever read, and more than anything help me relate to a movie star who couldn't get a date through most of high school. Groovy!
You know, I think there are a lot of people like me who really loathe both sides in this argument. On the one hand, the RIAA is Pure Evil (TM); whether screwing the artists and monopolizing distribution, or cramming lawsuits up whatever hole will fit them, they've done whatever they could to make sure that nobody is his or her right mind could conceivably support them. But on the other hand, there are all these people who feel that they have some God-given right to take other people's product for free. Insofar as it works to the good of society as a whole, intellectual property is a valid concept which, having been given legal protection, deserves to be respected. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I wish everyone would shut the hell up and maybe try to get constructive here.
You know, while I understand that Ayn Rand did write things, I don't think you can really call her a writer. The quality of her fiction was so thoroughly wretched that I really think we should stick to calling her a philosopher.
You're a drug addict. Shenmue II has already been released in Japan, and is on its way in America for the Dreamcast. If you're talking about Shenmue III...now that's news that I'm interested in. I try to keep up, but I haven't been able to find any information about Yu Suzuki's plans for the series after Shenmue II.
Yes, exactly the same, only totally different. The Columbine kids were out to destroy, not for any cause, but simply because they wanted to end their meaningless and pathetic lives with a bang. These guys believe that they're fighting in defense of their homeland, and in fact of their whole religion. They are giving their lives for what they perceive to be the greater good. They are not cowards. Now, if you ask me whether they were heartless murderers, that's another question...
No, that's the thing. The portion of Salon's readership that gets these ads is not made up of "customers," those being the people that actually subscribe to the premium service. What they are are people who load up on free news and commentary on Salon and never pay a dime. (I'm not bashing these people, I'm one of them.) The two seconds that it takes to click "Continue to story" is a small price to pay for all the stuff Salon provides.
Anyone who looks at the part under the headline and whines that "WINE Is Not An Emulator" shall face my fists of fury. Don't push me.
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OK, now we're way off-topic, but your price totalling for PD seems a bit extreme. As I understand it (I don't have the game, my friends do), the neat little feature where you could create your own face textures was left out in the N64 game, because they couldn't implement it properly, and because of Columbine. I've been through the options menu a few times on my own, and I certainly have no idea how to activate it. If I'm right, that should be $150 off the total. But set that aside; how much do you have to spend to "enjoy fully" Quake 3 Arena? $650 ($800 after monitor) in hardware doesn't go oh-so-far in terms of games. And by your accounting system, if I wanted to play with an actual friend, it seems fair to say that I would have to note the purchase of multiple copies of the game. And that's assuming you don't "need" any fancy controllers to "enjoy it fully."
By the way, I apologize for the tone of my previous post. You had said something similar in response to another story about the XBox, and you never replied when I challenged your statement that time.:-)
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When you say "it has been said," what you mean to say is "I have said, over and over and over." You bring up this same nonsense every time this topic comes up. Games are not interchangeable. Non-Miyamoto Zelda is not Zelda, because the personal touch that the master gives it is the very essence of the game. Halo and GoldenEye, aside from some superficial similarities (ooh, look, they have guns!) are not, by any means, the same game.
Let us be clear: when a poster says, "It doesn't have Zelda, Metroid, Perfect Dark, etc.," he or she is not talking about trademarks. It is a matter of preference in design teams and fundamental vision behind the projects.
But what do you know about games? How can anyone who knows what he's talking about associate a serious simulation like Bushido Blade with Soul Caliber?
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I think I speak for all of us when I say, woohoo! OK, the fact that a large portion of the Earth will be rendered uninhabitable is not so cool, but the important thing is that we get mechas not too long afterwards. I'm sure glad we don't live in the BattleTech universe -- can you imagine having to wait like 500 years to get your hands on a giant killer robot?
Well, back in the days of the NES, or even the SNES, EA wasn't quite so big a player. Hell, in those days, Tecmo Bowl was the king of football video games. Joe Montana, hail mary to Jerry Rice, touchdown every damn time, baby!
That's only like $500,000. Given that Microsoft has $40B on hand, were I a French court, I would have fined them a lot more, just for the hell of it.
To be fair, while I would tend to agree with you about FPSs on game consoles, there's very little denying that GoldenEye and Perfect Dark are two of the finest shooters ever made. Clumsy control or no, those were simply some brilliantly made games.
Does anyone here on Slashdot hold a particular opinion of Sun's Java developer certification exams? I'm only 18, and it's a very old story: it's hard to get job experience without already having experience. I'm interested in knowing whether those tests would be worthwhile if I wanted to break into the Java programming racket.
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Was that a Penny Arcade reference?
What I fail to understand is why you would say sorry instead of HITTING THE FREAKING DELETE KEY. Maybe I'm just stupid.
OK, not to bash the guys working on this project, since they're probably 1337er than I shall ever be. However, it's worth mentioning that to this point nobody has managed to even get a SNES emulator that runs at full speed for the Dreamcast. This didn't stop me from playing FFVI as it was meant to be played -- on the TV screen -- but for more real-time stuff, such as Super Metroid, the DC does fairly poorly. I imagine that these problems will be fixed with time...but an N64 emulator is a loooong way off on the DC.
Actually, the same thing applies to 1984. The main character, who as I recall was working for the Ministry of Truth, was responsible for both propaganda (writing Big Brother's speeches) and destroying sensitive information.
Says the guy posting to Slashdot. Saddest thing I've ever seen.
Bruce Campbell? Bruce "Jesus Christ" Campbell? Sweet! This guy is easily one of the coolest movie stars on the planet, just based on the strength of his autobiography alone. Those movies and stuff he did don't hurt either. If Chins Could Kill is one of the most entertaining works of nonfiction that I've ever read, and more than anything help me relate to a movie star who couldn't get a date through most of high school. Groovy!
You know, I think there are a lot of people like me who really loathe both sides in this argument. On the one hand, the RIAA is Pure Evil (TM); whether screwing the artists and monopolizing distribution, or cramming lawsuits up whatever hole will fit them, they've done whatever they could to make sure that nobody is his or her right mind could conceivably support them. But on the other hand, there are all these people who feel that they have some God-given right to take other people's product for free. Insofar as it works to the good of society as a whole, intellectual property is a valid concept which, having been given legal protection, deserves to be respected. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I wish everyone would shut the hell up and maybe try to get constructive here.
"Everyone and their dog" makes no sense. Does everyone share a single pet?
You know, while I understand that Ayn Rand did write things, I don't think you can really call her a writer. The quality of her fiction was so thoroughly wretched that I really think we should stick to calling her a philosopher.
You're a drug addict. Shenmue II has already been released in Japan, and is on its way in America for the Dreamcast. If you're talking about Shenmue III...now that's news that I'm interested in. I try to keep up, but I haven't been able to find any information about Yu Suzuki's plans for the series after Shenmue II.
Yes, exactly the same, only totally different. The Columbine kids were out to destroy, not for any cause, but simply because they wanted to end their meaningless and pathetic lives with a bang. These guys believe that they're fighting in defense of their homeland, and in fact of their whole religion. They are giving their lives for what they perceive to be the greater good. They are not cowards. Now, if you ask me whether they were heartless murderers, that's another question...
No, that's the thing. The portion of Salon's readership that gets these ads is not made up of "customers," those being the people that actually subscribe to the premium service. What they are are people who load up on free news and commentary on Salon and never pay a dime. (I'm not bashing these people, I'm one of them.) The two seconds that it takes to click "Continue to story" is a small price to pay for all the stuff Salon provides.
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
Geez, there are legitimate reasons to use caps sometimes, but I guess Taco isn't aware of them...
Please God, give me the strength to destroy this poster...
OK, that's it, I posted fair warning, now prepare to face my Saikyo style.
Anyone who looks at the part under the headline and whines that "WINE Is Not An Emulator" shall face my fists of fury. Don't push me.
OK, now we're way off-topic, but your price totalling for PD seems a bit extreme. As I understand it (I don't have the game, my friends do), the neat little feature where you could create your own face textures was left out in the N64 game, because they couldn't implement it properly, and because of Columbine. I've been through the options menu a few times on my own, and I certainly have no idea how to activate it. If I'm right, that should be $150 off the total. But set that aside; how much do you have to spend to "enjoy fully" Quake 3 Arena? $650 ($800 after monitor) in hardware doesn't go oh-so-far in terms of games. And by your accounting system, if I wanted to play with an actual friend, it seems fair to say that I would have to note the purchase of multiple copies of the game. And that's assuming you don't "need" any fancy controllers to "enjoy it fully."
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By the way, I apologize for the tone of my previous post. You had said something similar in response to another story about the XBox, and you never replied when I challenged your statement that time.
When you say "it has been said," what you mean to say is "I have said, over and over and over." You bring up this same nonsense every time this topic comes up. Games are not interchangeable. Non-Miyamoto Zelda is not Zelda, because the personal touch that the master gives it is the very essence of the game. Halo and GoldenEye, aside from some superficial similarities (ooh, look, they have guns!) are not, by any means, the same game.
Let us be clear: when a poster says, "It doesn't have Zelda, Metroid, Perfect Dark, etc.," he or she is not talking about trademarks. It is a matter of preference in design teams and fundamental vision behind the projects.
But what do you know about games? How can anyone who knows what he's talking about associate a serious simulation like Bushido Blade with Soul Caliber?
Couldn't someone have prevented Jon Katz from talking in a case like this? This is too serious, no one wants to listen to him.