Doesn't exist, her voice was a normal human voice, emotive behind a false attempt to sound detatched and then processed with FX and further manipulated by cutting and pasting sections. They did a superb job of making her sound more crazed and frantic as you progress further into the game.
"I guess Sci-Fi needs more space for shitty B monster movies, fantasty crap and "wrasslin'"..."
Are they still playing "Crossing Over" reruns? I can deal with all of their horrid made for TV movies, but regardless of the implied "fiction" aspect that show put me off.
"It's entirely pointless. That new gear you're going for isn't real. When you eventually stop playing (and eventually you will), you are left with nothing. Zero. It's all fake."
The experiencial is always transitory, I don't see your point.
Reminds me (on a far lesser scale) of the late seventies and early eighties- "Diploma-mill theology professor believes 40% of day care-going children are the victim of ritual satanic molestation..."
Pop social science is horrible, and media coverage of it doubly so.
"Awww, did I hurt the liddle Quake fanboy's feelings!"
Antifanboyism is exactly as retarded as fanboyism.
"Meanwhile console developers continue crank out incredible games and graphics on the new systems..."
Based on engines developed by programmers like Carmack. I'm still missing where the developers are claiming that moving to the next-gens has been anything but a technical nightmare.
"with all or indeed any previous nintendo game console? Oh wait, it isn't. Neither is the Wii compatible with anything but the gamecube. Or is nintendo going to accept my catridges and give me a free download instead?
Hate Sony all you want but they are the only console maker to really make their next generation console capable of playing previous generations. Granted it is far fewer generations and they didn't have a media shift but still. "
I either have the previous generations or don't give a shit. I'm by far not the only person to feel that way.
"Hate Sony all you want but they are the only console maker to really make their next generation console capable of playing previous generations. Granted it is far fewer generations and they didn't have a media shift but still."
"Actually, it's more like the folks at Mars replaced the proteins in the peanuts with a kind that could be converted to a toxin (not that pornography is toxic) and then the customer performed that conversion deliberately, then complained that their Snickers bar was toxic."
Did any parents whose kids performed the mod actually complain? I'm pretty sure it was all conservative groups who wouldn't have bought the unChristian game to begin with?
"Yeah, let's not forget that, again, this kind of stuff can happen without a webmaster's knowledge. A lot of the time they WILL lay down the law up front, and tell the ad-servers that they don't want that kind of crap on their site. But then, a lot of the time the ad-servers sub-contract out, and don't pay much attention to the practices of their minions."
Yeah, I'm not saying that they willfully knew this was happening, just that they're responsible on some level for it, and for fixing it.
"Just because it pops up on their site, doesn't mean they're a bunch of scum-sucking a$$holes; give them a chance to fix it without judging them first."
Nah, I'm not judging. I know sleazeballs slip through, but the site admin is still responsible for fixing things and ripping into the ad server.
"Yes, the company's main product may be beaten to the punch by XBox live arcade at best and vaporware at worst, but they found a real problem and attempted to create a real solution."
I'm pretty sure they just bought the existing product from a vendor when doing the demos, I've never heard that they developed that product on their own, and they didn't have an engineering staff to do so to begin with. Just as they lucked out when the VCs decided to bite, they seem to have lucked out when someone was interested in the rebadged accessory.
Dear god, they get a shitty idea/execution and charismatically push their way into countless millions of dollars in investment, but can't seem to even sell a rebadged product with any degree of skill.
"I'm hoping that Jobs will turn his Reality Distortion Field up high enough to counter the RDF that the movie studio execs live in and force them to realize that if you want people to buy a product, you have to offer something they're willing to buy"
Slashdot Mirror
The target market hasn't been changing radically, to my knowledge.
I'd state that it *refined* the genre, it obviously did not define MMORPGs.
Where was this?
Doesn't exist, her voice was a normal human voice, emotive behind a false attempt to sound detatched and then processed with FX and further manipulated by cutting and pasting sections. They did a superb job of making her sound more crazed and frantic as you progress further into the game.
"I guess Sci-Fi needs more space for shitty B monster movies, fantasty crap and "wrasslin'"..."
Are they still playing "Crossing Over" reruns? I can deal with all of their horrid made for TV movies, but regardless of the implied "fiction" aspect that show put me off.
"It seems like with both Sony and Nintendo supplying free online match play, Microsoft will have to give in and make Live free."
Microsoft will (wisely) see how much of a success or collossal failure each turns out to be before they make that decision.
"It's entirely pointless. That new gear you're going for isn't real. When you eventually stop playing (and eventually you will), you are left with nothing. Zero. It's all fake."
The experiencial is always transitory, I don't see your point.
Reminds me (on a far lesser scale) of the late seventies and early eighties- "Diploma-mill theology professor believes 40% of day care-going children are the victim of ritual satanic molestation..."
Pop social science is horrible, and media coverage of it doubly so.
What proper booth babe hasn't played beer pong at some point in her life? Come now.
"If not, why not?"
Well, a talented editor exists to prevent shit like this from happening.
"Awww, did I hurt the liddle Quake fanboy's feelings!"
Antifanboyism is exactly as retarded as fanboyism.
"Meanwhile console developers continue crank out incredible games and graphics on the new systems..."
Based on engines developed by programmers like Carmack. I'm still missing where the developers are claiming that moving to the next-gens has been anything but a technical nightmare.
"with all or indeed any previous nintendo game console? Oh wait, it isn't. Neither is the Wii compatible with anything but the gamecube. Or is nintendo going to accept my catridges and give me a free download instead?
Hate Sony all you want but they are the only console maker to really make their next generation console capable of playing previous generations. Granted it is far fewer generations and they didn't have a media shift but still. "
I either have the previous generations or don't give a shit. I'm by far not the only person to feel that way.
"Hate Sony all you want but they are the only console maker to really make their next generation console capable of playing previous generations. Granted it is far fewer generations and they didn't have a media shift but still."
Game Boy ring a bell?
You're a monster :(
May they crash into Ask.com along the way in their fiery wreck.
Born in 1978, my first game system owned was a 32 varieties-of-pong console.
:(
I was still excited, damnit
"If anyone likely to be twisted by fuzzy polygon boobs is playing, their parents are incompetent."
If anyone is likely to be damaged by virtual titties, their parents have already failed them long before the game was purchased.
"Actually, it's more like the folks at Mars replaced the proteins in the peanuts with a kind that could be converted to a toxin (not that pornography is toxic) and then the customer performed that conversion deliberately, then complained that their Snickers bar was toxic."
Did any parents whose kids performed the mod actually complain? I'm pretty sure it was all conservative groups who wouldn't have bought the unChristian game to begin with?
"$10 says this game project:
- Doesn't get finished, or
- Ends up not using the Unreal 3 engine, or
- Ends up not being a MMOG."
Do you have any reasoning behind this, or are you just trashing SOE?
I say this not in defense of SOE, but I'm curious if there are any good reasons that I'm not already aware of?
"Yeah, let's not forget that, again, this kind of stuff can happen without a webmaster's knowledge. A lot of the time they WILL lay down the law up front, and tell the ad-servers that they don't want that kind of crap on their site. But then, a lot of the time the ad-servers sub-contract out, and don't pay much attention to the practices of their minions."
Yeah, I'm not saying that they willfully knew this was happening, just that they're responsible on some level for it, and for fixing it.
"Just because it pops up on their site, doesn't mean they're a bunch of scum-sucking a$$holes; give them a chance to fix it without judging them first."
Nah, I'm not judging. I know sleazeballs slip through, but the site admin is still responsible for fixing things and ripping into the ad server.
"In your case, the problem wasn't with the Dilbert website, and in the parent article, it wasn't a problem with myspace, either.
;)
The problem is with the ad-serving companies that these websites use."
The Dilbert website serves ads from these companies, therefore the problem's resolution is ultimately the responsibility of the Dilbert website.
I don't blame the ad-servers just as I don't blame wild animals for mauling tourists. It's in their nature
"I think you'd be surprised at how much the Playstation brand has entered the public conciousness."
Not enough to make the PSP a success, that's for sure.
"Yes, the company's main product may be beaten to the punch by XBox live arcade at best and vaporware at worst, but they found a real problem and attempted to create a real solution."
I'm pretty sure they just bought the existing product from a vendor when doing the demos, I've never heard that they developed that product on their own, and they didn't have an engineering staff to do so to begin with. Just as they lucked out when the VCs decided to bite, they seem to have lucked out when someone was interested in the rebadged accessory.
Who was I flaming, aside from Tim Roberts and his flunkies at the newly titled "Phantom Entertainment, Inc"?
Dear god, they get a shitty idea/execution and charismatically push their way into countless millions of dollars in investment, but can't seem to even sell a rebadged product with any degree of skill.
"I'm hoping that Jobs will turn his Reality Distortion Field up high enough to counter the RDF that the movie studio execs live in and force them to realize that if you want people to buy a product, you have to offer something they're willing to buy"
You are talking about Hollywood here, right?