The best voices and dialog comes from adventure games with voice tracks. After all, what is an adventure game other than lots of dialogue and some puzzles? See any classic by Sierra or Lucas Arts.
In this case I am worried about the avalibility of the DVD edition. I have no idea if Wal-Mart will stock that since the safe choice for them would be to stock the 6-CD version. The stores that might stock the DVD version, Electronics Boutique and Gamestop, usually charge $10 more for any game. Then there's the convenience factor. I really don't go in the neighborhood of Wal-Mart that often. I'd rather have it delivered to my door. Now I'm ordering online not driving to the store. They'll never see me.
According to this map most of the United States sets their wage at the federal minimum wage, $5.25/hr.
I'd hate to live in Kansas or Ohio, but then again I'm guessing the cost of living is cheaper there. Of course the cost of living in New York is high and our minimum wage is at the federal minimum.
I'm impressed by the ability of the cable companies to generate revenue.
What kind of services might the typical consumer by paying for?
Digital Television $80/month (+$4/PPV movie) Broadband Internet $40/month VOIP Telephone $30/month Game Box Rental $10/month (+$8/game rental)
So when it's all said and done they're collecting something like $200/month from the consumer. Nice. For our sakes I hope they have some real competition.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I have Unreal Tournament 2004 on preorder.
The demo was great. It really gave me an idea of what to expect and made me hungry for more. I get a little tired of playing the same assault map over and over again so I'd like to have the full game as soon as possible.
The deal seemed pretty good. You get the game and a headset for $40. It comes on DVD with the map making tutorials on another DVD. The shipping was free.
There is some sort of competitive social aspect to this too. Surely my friends will be getting this game. Without my own copy I'd be out of the loop.
Now if there hadn't been a demo I'd probably never preordered this title, especially after what people said about Unreal Tournament 2003. If this had been another company who had a good track record by my standards I'd certainly consider preordering their next title. In the case of a sequel to a great game it doesn't require so much thought.
There are some games I want right now like Half-Life 2 and Doom 3, but won't see for some time. I demand instant gratification! We are consumers and it's perfectly ordinary to want the latest greatest thing by yesterday delivered to my doorstep on release day so I don't have to drive my lazy self to the store.
I wouldn't discount the usefulness of hardware diagnostic software too much. I work in a computer repair shop. More often than not the issues that come through our shop are software related.
Guess what? After we fixed the software issues the systems seem fine. We obviously can't test the systems all day. Diagnostic software has been useful for spotting bad chips on memory modules and bad sectors on HDDs.
I can't say how many times I've cleared up a spyware/virus issue on a machine only to discover it also had a bad HDD. That kind of problems only gets worse so I'm doing a service for my customers by alerting them to the problem and giving them the option to replace it.
> You're giving up reasonable (like the ability to use the software in an internal, proprietary product without giving out YOUR source) rights.
Maybe I misunderstand the GPL, but aren't you only required to provide source to those people whom you distribute the binaries to? If it's used internally you wouldn't be distributing outside your company.
At the web development company I used to work for we actually had a machine with complete windows installations on removable hard disk drives, but I suppose you could use a virtual machine to do the same thing.
In an MMORPG like this, you either accept the internal logic or you don't.
The first Matrix was designed to be a perfect world, a utopia, but people refused to except the programming.
The Oracle found the key to getting people to accept the program was to give them a choice. Well, the problem with artifical worlds is that they are bound by limit and you only have the illusion of choice.
You don't need Microsoft to bully companies into not releasing detailed specs for their products. As far as they're concerned you, the consumer, don't need detailed specs. The hardware companies are just being overly protective of their intellectual property and that which they might have incorporated into their products belonging to someone else.
I find it funny that you say that because it sure is cleaner than when I started. No noticable amount of dust left in it. I'm sure I just blew it all over to other parts of the room instead of the case. Yeah, it'll come back eventually, but at least it's not clogging up my case right now.
Yes, an air compressor works wonders for cleaning out the case and power supply. My computer had actually stopped functioning after a small fire had filled it with soot. After blowing it out and wiping it down, it's working fine again. It worked much better than the canned air I had been using.
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The best voices and dialog comes from adventure games with voice tracks. After all, what is an adventure game other than lots of dialogue and some puzzles? See any classic by Sierra or Lucas Arts.
Sounds vaguely like Scare Tactics.
The intro movie featured in the Team Fortress Quake mod was always my favorite.
It's the next Segway!
Whoa. Deja vu.
For instance Nintendo bought Doki Doki Panic years ago and rebranded it as Super Mario Brothers 2.
That's a pretty good example of #2.
In this case I am worried about the avalibility of the DVD edition. I have no idea if Wal-Mart will stock that since the safe choice for them would be to stock the 6-CD version. The stores that might stock the DVD version, Electronics Boutique and Gamestop, usually charge $10 more for any game. Then there's the convenience factor. I really don't go in the neighborhood of Wal-Mart that often. I'd rather have it delivered to my door. Now I'm ordering online not driving to the store. They'll never see me.
According to this map most of the United States sets their wage at the federal minimum wage, $5.25/hr.
I'd hate to live in Kansas or Ohio, but then again I'm guessing the cost of living is cheaper there. Of course the cost of living in New York is high and our minimum wage is at the federal minimum.
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This is a bit off-topic.
I'm impressed by the ability of the cable companies to generate revenue.
What kind of services might the typical consumer by paying for?
Digital Television $80/month (+$4/PPV movie)
Broadband Internet $40/month
VOIP Telephone $30/month
Game Box Rental $10/month (+$8/game rental)
So when it's all said and done they're collecting something like $200/month from the consumer. Nice. For our sakes I hope they have some real competition.
Actually they had 64-player maps since Quakeworld. They were released by id software.
base64, city64 and sewer64...
IIRC Not too many servers ran them.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I have Unreal Tournament 2004 on preorder.
The demo was great. It really gave me an idea of what to expect and made me hungry for more. I get a little tired of playing the same assault map over and over again so I'd like to have the full game as soon as possible.
The deal seemed pretty good. You get the game and a headset for $40. It comes on DVD with the map making tutorials on another DVD. The shipping was free.
There is some sort of competitive social aspect to this too. Surely my friends will be getting this game. Without my own copy I'd be out of the loop.
Now if there hadn't been a demo I'd probably never preordered this title, especially after what people said about Unreal Tournament 2003. If this had been another company who had a good track record by my standards I'd certainly consider preordering their next title. In the case of a sequel to a great game it doesn't require so much thought.
There are some games I want right now like Half-Life 2 and Doom 3, but won't see for some time. I demand instant gratification! We are consumers and it's perfectly ordinary to want the latest greatest thing by yesterday delivered to my doorstep on release day so I don't have to drive my lazy self to the store.
Ultimately, I'm greedy and lazy.
T-Mobile is next to be bought by Cingular. They are the only other big GSM provider in the United States after all.
I wouldn't discount the usefulness of hardware diagnostic software too much. I work in a computer repair shop. More often than not the issues that come through our shop are software related.
Guess what? After we fixed the software issues the systems seem fine. We obviously can't test the systems all day. Diagnostic software has been useful for spotting bad chips on memory modules and bad sectors on HDDs.
I can't say how many times I've cleared up a spyware/virus issue on a machine only to discover it also had a bad HDD. That kind of problems only gets worse so I'm doing a service for my customers by alerting them to the problem and giving them the option to replace it.
> You're giving up reasonable (like the ability to use the software in an internal, proprietary product without giving out YOUR source) rights.
Maybe I misunderstand the GPL, but aren't you only required to provide source to those people whom you distribute the binaries to? If it's used internally you wouldn't be distributing outside your company.
The Windows Media Player 9 codecs are now available through Windows Update as a separate download.
Well there's the Worldforge project. They've been working on a framework for MMORPG's for years.
http://www.worldforge.org/
At the web development company I used to work for we actually had a machine with complete windows installations on removable hard disk drives, but I suppose you could use a virtual machine to do the same thing.
Just try to get a system capable of running Doom III. Even if you fall short you'll certainly been able to play Half-Life 2.
In an MMORPG like this, you either accept the internal logic or you don't.
The first Matrix was designed to be a perfect world, a utopia, but people refused to except the programming.
The Oracle found the key to getting people to accept the program was to give them a choice. Well, the problem with artifical worlds is that they are bound by limit and you only have the illusion of choice.
You don't need Microsoft to bully companies into not releasing detailed specs for their products. As far as they're concerned you, the consumer, don't need detailed specs. The hardware companies are just being overly protective of their intellectual property and that which they might have incorporated into their products belonging to someone else.
I find it funny that you say that because it sure is cleaner than when I started. No noticable amount of dust left in it. I'm sure I just blew it all over to other parts of the room instead of the case. Yeah, it'll come back eventually, but at least it's not clogging up my case right now.
Yes, an air compressor works wonders for cleaning out the case and power supply. My computer had actually stopped functioning after a small fire had filled it with soot. After blowing it out and wiping it down, it's working fine again. It worked much better than the canned air I had been using.
This PDA I've developed keeps away tigers.
Now you don't see any tigers do you?
> Surely they could find someone with a better resume than that? Surely?
No, who better to protect privacy than someone who is skilled at undermining it?
And don't call me Shirley.
I know at least a few of them were employeed by Mandrakesoft throughout some of the project. Of course they're bankrupt now...