Well, it was nice to see the old Neo Geo arcade machines in the arcade from time to time, brought back moments of nostalgia, which I will apperciate, but now it is time to move one to better times.
To be honest, they should also start porting those games over to consoles. I have heard many people complain about not being able to play Metal Slug anywhere but some random arcade machine in a car wash or a bowling alley. They would make a killing on that.
I don't know what it is, but it isn't Christian. Baptists are the only Christian group I can think of which seems to have this fixation, but even they don't have this insanity. I'm certain the people who think this game is a good idea do not read the bible, except for the "safe" sections. I bet they stick little post-it notes everywhere with the "happy" lines, neatly cropped from betwixt two "nasty" lines.
I think you need to quantify that statement. Those would be Southern Baptists. I am an American Baptist (Usher and Deacon of a church), and I know that American Baptists do not have much care for the gore in games. Of course, I am still cursed with a mom who thinks that Kingdom Hearts has too much violence, but that is just my Mom (and she is not Baptist).
It is not just Baptists, it is every Christian group. In some way, shape or form, all Christian groups have this sort of attitude. There are some people who choose to not care, or believe that is should be there, cause it happens in real life. But don't think that this mentality only exists in one group.
Ok, I can now offically say that I am going to get nightmare from just seeing the screenshots of the game:-)
To tell the truth, I have never played any of the Silent Hill games, (got into Resident Evil first... I think I am regretting it now) but I think this new game seems interesting enough for me to want to play.
I just hope the controls in this game are not like Resident Evil 1. I can't stand having "left" and "right" just rotate your character. You should be able to move while turning. *sigh*
I am all for faster connection speeds. I would like to be able to download software apps at something faster than 30-100 kbps (depending on that site I am at). I am sure this will benefit tons of people, but I do have a few questions. Yes, I read the article, but I am still unsure about a few things.
1) As always, service tends to go down, no matter what ISP you are using. So I was wondering how reliable this service will be when it gets up and running. I know Verizon is already known for it good service on cell phones, but I just want to make sure that it won't go down as often as RR, or any other Cable/DSL ISP.
2) For the wireless people, how are they going to provide security for using this faster connection (if any would be provided. I am not sure if it is the company's or the customer's responsibility for the security of data transmitted over a wireless connection)
3) Would this service require more digging/repairing/installing new component and ripping out the old on, or are they going to build on top of existing hardware/software already in the works?
I know that some of these questions sound stupid to the average/.er, but I am just trying to understand a few things, and just like my mom taught me, there is no harm in asking.
In a way, you might be right, we are deprived. We did not have the same experiences as you did when arcades were at their prime. But there are still some people of our generation that beleive that the older arcades are "more of a game" (use this term loosely) than the newer ones that are out now.
Personally, alot of the newer arcade games out now (if you can find one now), contain games that are very high tech, but alot of memorization and/or are very complex to pick up. A couple of years ago, I walked into a arcade, and between the 30+ machines in there, I only saw three machines really being used. One was the Marvel vs Capcom, which alot of people were crammed at with quarters planced on the game to hold spots. The other game was the first Gautlet (sp?) (The third game was a old racing game that people were crowding around cause the guy has nearly beaten all of the tracks, and were both rooting for him to finish, and yelling at him to stop putting quarters in the machine and give someone else a chance). When I walked up to the Gautlet group and watch, it was crowded with people older than I was (and I was 17, these people looked to be about 35-40, very odd for me). They were all talking about the games back in the day and I wish I could get in on the conversation, but I knew nothing about the games of the day. The mentioned a few things that you said (place being dark, people playing for hours on end, etc.)
I had to think about it for a second, but our technology has brought us a long way from what was Tron and Ms. PacMan, but we don't really show our apperication for the past. Most of us take it for granted. I hear people talk about the latest games for the PS2 and Xbox, but I barely hear anyone talk about Blaster Master for NES, or Donkey Kong for Coleco (sp?) Vision (Yes, I had that system, and I was 5 when I started playing it).
If there was a museum for the era in which the first arcade games came out, I would so go and visit, to remember the roots of what brought up the video game industry, but for now, I will deal with what I have, and maybe at some point, I will finally finish playing Zelda 1.
(P.S. I am just curions (and yes, this is OT), but is there an actual end to PacMan, or does it just keep going?)
I love Arcade games, back in the day, tho I am only 22 now. I wished more of them were still around. You see the random DDR pads and House of the Dead 2 machines, but that is about it. Where did they all go?
Back in NYC (and I am not sure if it is still there), Burger King gave you 1 hour of free internet access when you purchase a Combo Meal. They had the comptuer Terminals in the eating area. When you got your mean, you were given a code on a piece of paper. When you typed it in, the timer would start and you would only have an hour to do what ever websurfing you wanted to do. You could not CTRL+ALT+DEL you way through the computer, and all of the computer base were locked up (so some dumb idiot did not reset the computer or attempt to insert a virus into the computers).
This was a pretty good plan, and I had used it for a while, since I did not have to pay anything extra to get the service. What McDs is doing is ok, but someone could just walk away with the card when they were finished, since I never seen a staff person at McDs paid attention to anyone once they got their meal and walked away from the counter. (Hell, they don't pay attention when you are looking in their eyes, trying to tell them to NOT PUT CHEESE on your BigMac, not that I am upset or anything.)
I do not know much about how I would implement security meausres on what McDs wants to do, but I do think they should really sit down with some decent sysadmins and server developers and discuss it before they go off and deploy this in the US
Hollywood getting a crack at a Anime Movie. It is better than selling the rights to Disney. Honestly, if it is animated, they are probably going to either
1) Port over one of the movies and dub it all to crap, probably casting either Hollywood's bigshots, or some no-name actors/actresses.
2) Redo the entire thing in American Animation, screwing around with all of the character's backstory and personality until they have no relation to their Anime counterparts, AND probably casting either Hollywood's bigshots, or some no-name actors/actresses.
I do wish Hollywood the best of luck with creating Lupin. I do plan on seeing it when it comes out and hope for the best. But, judging from how they are doing American Comics and Games in the Movie Genre, I do not think the Import "Lupin the III" would be as great as most anime fans want it to be.
Oh, and before I forget, one of the Lupin Movies is own by Miyazaki (sp?). If he owns it, than Disney definally has it (Seeing as had they brought all of the rights to all of Miyazaki anime movies), which means that Disney might try something to get in on this Lupin Movie Action. Scary thought to see Hollywood and Disney duke it out over some Anime 007. Eh, what can you do?
How could the Windows Update say that it does not send any information to M$, when they would need some small amount of info to determine what was on your computer, so they can tell you what updates you need to install.
If you ever used the WindowsUpdate, once you've download something from it and installed it, you can not select it again (short of reformatting your HD and installing the OS again). So I thought it must keep some record on their server to know what you have downloaded from WU. But, if you take into account that you just installed a fresh OS, how does WU know what OS you are running. It does not let you select on the website, so how does it determine what OS is installed on your computer.
That is just my two bit statement. *Prays he does not get mock, flamed, etc*
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Well, it was nice to see the old Neo Geo arcade machines in the arcade from time to time, brought back moments of nostalgia, which I will apperciate, but now it is time to move one to better times.
To be honest, they should also start porting those games over to consoles. I have heard many people complain about not being able to play Metal Slug anywhere but some random arcade machine in a car wash or a bowling alley. They would make a killing on that.
I don't know what it is, but it isn't Christian. Baptists are the only Christian group I can think of which seems to have this fixation, but even they don't have this insanity. I'm certain the people who think this game is a good idea do not read the bible, except for the "safe" sections. I bet they stick little post-it notes everywhere with the "happy" lines, neatly cropped from betwixt two "nasty" lines.
I think you need to quantify that statement. Those would be Southern Baptists. I am an American Baptist (Usher and Deacon of a church), and I know that American Baptists do not have much care for the gore in games. Of course, I am still cursed with a mom who thinks that Kingdom Hearts has too much violence, but that is just my Mom (and she is not Baptist).
It is not just Baptists, it is every Christian group. In some way, shape or form, all Christian groups have this sort of attitude. There are some people who choose to not care, or believe that is should be there, cause it happens in real life. But don't think that this mentality only exists in one group.
Ok, I can now offically say that I am going to get nightmare from just seeing the screenshots of the game :-)
To tell the truth, I have never played any of the Silent Hill games, (got into Resident Evil first... I think I am regretting it now) but I think this new game seems interesting enough for me to want to play.
I just hope the controls in this game are not like Resident Evil 1. I can't stand having "left" and "right" just rotate your character. You should be able to move while turning. *sigh*
I am all for faster connection speeds. I would like to be able to download software apps at something faster than 30-100 kbps (depending on that site I am at). I am sure this will benefit tons of people, but I do have a few questions. Yes, I read the article, but I am still unsure about a few things.
/.er, but I am just trying to understand a few things, and just like my mom taught me, there is no harm in asking.
1) As always, service tends to go down, no matter what ISP you are using. So I was wondering how reliable this service will be when it gets up and running. I know Verizon is already known for it good service on cell phones, but I just want to make sure that it won't go down as often as RR, or any other Cable/DSL ISP.
2) For the wireless people, how are they going to provide security for using this faster connection (if any would be provided. I am not sure if it is the company's or the customer's responsibility for the security of data transmitted over a wireless connection)
3) Would this service require more digging/repairing/installing new component and ripping out the old on, or are they going to build on top of existing hardware/software already in the works?
I know that some of these questions sound stupid to the average
{Might be OT, so don't flame me in a bad way.}
In a way, you might be right, we are deprived. We did not have the same experiences as you did when arcades were at their prime. But there are still some people of our generation that beleive that the older arcades are "more of a game" (use this term loosely) than the newer ones that are out now.
Personally, alot of the newer arcade games out now (if you can find one now), contain games that are very high tech, but alot of memorization and/or are very complex to pick up. A couple of years ago, I walked into a arcade, and between the 30+ machines in there, I only saw three machines really being used. One was the Marvel vs Capcom, which alot of people were crammed at with quarters planced on the game to hold spots. The other game was the first Gautlet (sp?) (The third game was a old racing game that people were crowding around cause the guy has nearly beaten all of the tracks, and were both rooting for him to finish, and yelling at him to stop putting quarters in the machine and give someone else a chance). When I walked up to the Gautlet group and watch, it was crowded with people older than I was (and I was 17, these people looked to be about 35-40, very odd for me). They were all talking about the games back in the day and I wish I could get in on the conversation, but I knew nothing about the games of the day. The mentioned a few things that you said (place being dark, people playing for hours on end, etc.)
I had to think about it for a second, but our technology has brought us a long way from what was Tron and Ms. PacMan, but we don't really show our apperication for the past. Most of us take it for granted. I hear people talk about the latest games for the PS2 and Xbox, but I barely hear anyone talk about Blaster Master for NES, or Donkey Kong for Coleco (sp?) Vision (Yes, I had that system, and I was 5 when I started playing it).
If there was a museum for the era in which the first arcade games came out, I would so go and visit, to remember the roots of what brought up the video game industry, but for now, I will deal with what I have, and maybe at some point, I will finally finish playing Zelda 1.
(P.S. I am just curions (and yes, this is OT), but is there an actual end to PacMan, or does it just keep going?)
Wow, I might get first post on this...
I love Arcade games, back in the day, tho I am only 22 now. I wished more of them were still around. You see the random DDR pads and House of the Dead 2 machines, but that is about it. Where did they all go?
Back in NYC (and I am not sure if it is still there), Burger King gave you 1 hour of free internet access when you purchase a Combo Meal. They had the comptuer Terminals in the eating area. When you got your mean, you were given a code on a piece of paper. When you typed it in, the timer would start and you would only have an hour to do what ever websurfing you wanted to do. You could not CTRL+ALT+DEL you way through the computer, and all of the computer base were locked up (so some dumb idiot did not reset the computer or attempt to insert a virus into the computers).
This was a pretty good plan, and I had used it for a while, since I did not have to pay anything extra to get the service. What McDs is doing is ok, but someone could just walk away with the card when they were finished, since I never seen a staff person at McDs paid attention to anyone once they got their meal and walked away from the counter. (Hell, they don't pay attention when you are looking in their eyes, trying to tell them to NOT PUT CHEESE on your BigMac, not that I am upset or anything.)
I do not know much about how I would implement security meausres on what McDs wants to do, but I do think they should really sit down with some decent sysadmins and server developers and discuss it before they go off and deploy this in the US
Hollywood getting a crack at a Anime Movie. It is better than selling the rights to Disney. Honestly, if it is animated, they are probably going to either
1) Port over one of the movies and dub it all to crap, probably casting either Hollywood's bigshots, or some no-name actors/actresses.
2) Redo the entire thing in American Animation, screwing around with all of the character's backstory and personality until they have no relation to their Anime counterparts, AND probably casting either Hollywood's bigshots, or some no-name actors/actresses.
I do wish Hollywood the best of luck with creating Lupin. I do plan on seeing it when it comes out and hope for the best. But, judging from how they are doing American Comics and Games in the Movie Genre, I do not think the Import "Lupin the III" would be as great as most anime fans want it to be.
Oh, and before I forget, one of the Lupin Movies is own by Miyazaki (sp?). If he owns it, than Disney definally has it (Seeing as had they brought all of the rights to all of Miyazaki anime movies), which means that Disney might try something to get in on this Lupin Movie Action. Scary thought to see Hollywood and Disney duke it out over some Anime 007. Eh, what can you do?
How could the Windows Update say that it does not send any information to M$, when they would need some small amount of info to determine what was on your computer, so they can tell you what updates you need to install.
If you ever used the WindowsUpdate, once you've download something from it and installed it, you can not select it again (short of reformatting your HD and installing the OS again). So I thought it must keep some record on their server to know what you have downloaded from WU. But, if you take into account that you just installed a fresh OS, how does WU know what OS you are running. It does not let you select on the website, so how does it determine what OS is installed on your computer.
That is just my two bit statement. *Prays he does not get mock, flamed, etc*
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