"My experience leads me to know the Daily Radar as an "organization" that frequently misinterprets (whether it is intentional or not is not for me to decide) games news."
"The only barriers that Intel has broken are the barriers of incompetence that would prohibit any competent corporation from dragging out a dead product needlessly and then trying to make it look revolutionary."
so what you're saying is that a no competent company should try and `talk up' their products in an attempt to make money? I could just imagine your take on a competent company.
"Buy our product. It's not really all that great, it costs more than our competitor's superior product, and you don't really need it anyway... but at least we're honest."
yeah. that's the way to make money. christ, some of you kids are so damn whiny. I don't like X brand of car, and so you know what i do? I don't buy them. I don't moan and bitch about it. Let some other poor fool buy it, what should that matter to me? Lighten up.
"Nintendo competes on its own playing field (The Gamecube is targeted to children rather than the typical early adopter gamer market), but its release could cause problems for the Xbox."
Targeted to children? I've heard that Rare is already working on a Conker game for the Gamecube. I think Nintendo has learnt their lesson in targeting only children. If i buy any of the next generation consoles, i'm probably going to buy the Gamecube.
"Yes, HOME WORD! That little word processor got me through ELEMENTARY SCHOOL for crying out loud!"
I managed to scrape through elementary school without a word processor. If my memory serves me correcly, i didn't have too many essays to write back then.
"Why run stories about established developers? Why not mention some of the newer guys like Sphidia (these guys are making a game called Dynasty) and Island Four (not much there, you might want to check here.)"
The whole gimmick of the story was to be about the most influential gaming companies. I'm guessing that being influential and being an established developer sort of goes hand in hand. I can't think off the top of my head of one that doesn't go with the other.
Sure, they could write about newer games, but you're trying to argue against a topic that they're not even talking about. Was marathon a good game back in the day? Sure. I guess. Was it as influential to other developers as Doom? not a chance. Does Halo look good? I think so. Will it be influential for future game designers? Can't really tell... gotta wait a couple years and see...
John was mentioned in the part about id software, since he did help make all of their most influencial titles...
as for cliffy b? well... yeah.
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The important question now is who is going to get to buy the taco bell target on ebay?
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are there even any Taco Bells in the UK? I've heard there are very few in Canada, so I doubt there are too many other countries out there other than the US that have one on every street corner...
I don't know about everyone else, but I'd love to have a job where i could just sit around and make a few dozen crappy looking "fan pages" on sites like geocities for a larger movie company. No need for web design skills! A couple of broken links here... a few dozen webrings over there... and lots of annoying animated gifs and flashing text!
Hey, I thought Doom ran just fine in Low-res on my 286-12Mhz back when i first got it. I think it was the 2 MB of ram that was really hurting performance for me though. hehe... and of course, the fact that i only had a 40 MB HD, so i had to erased windows 3.1 to install it...
ahhh... those were the days... And i know as soon as i start playing Doom on the GBA it'll bring back all of those memories. heheh...
The gamegear DRAINED batteries because of the backlit screen. And as for the games being better, I guess that's just a matter of personal preference. I've played some fun games on both, but i could never stand to play Sonic or any other side scrollers on GG. Even walking at a slow pace meant vomit-inducing motion blur. oof.
christ... ever heard of the CLASSIC gaming? or VINTAGE gaming? I don't know whether or not the GBA is enough of a system to pull off Doom well enough to keep it fun, but If it can handle the game as well as my old 486 did back in the day, then i'd be up for playing it. I can't think of a better way I'd like to kill time at work, or in between classes at school...
You kids these days have WAY to high of expectations. If you're not playing something better than the top of the line game that's already out then it's not worth your time.
I think that information, along with the comment about holding 90% of the handheld market was pulled from the How Stuff Works link. On that page they're referring to this being the first horizonal gameboy design...
I didn't think there was any way for a doctor's signature to get worse... and now, their penmanship is going to be even more cripped when they sign their prescriptions on their little touchpads...
At this point I figure if a game is worth my hard earned money then they'll put out a version that I can play without a reboot.
If a game is worth my hard earned money, then I'm going to play the game regardless of whether or not i have to spend a whole hard earned 2 minutes doing a hard earned reboot, and i'm NOT going to whine about it.
you'd think the game just bit you, you're crying so hard...
my friends and i ran through the same nostalgia recently and set up a little telnet BBS just to play some old skool door games. It's located at bbs.sexsexworld.com, for anyone wanting to get their game on.
Forget the gamecube then, and get a Game Boy Advance. The game line up looks to be a lot of SNES-ish looking games. And if the predicted price range ($80-$100 for the system, $20-40 for the games), I know i'll be buying this before i even consider a gamecube.
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"My experience leads me to know the Daily Radar as an "organization" that frequently misinterprets (whether it is intentional or not is not for me to decide) games news."
Thats why I read Old Man Murray instead!
a lot of people, myself included, listen to music with little or no lyrics though...
"The only barriers that Intel has broken are the barriers of incompetence that would prohibit any competent corporation from dragging out a dead product needlessly and then trying to make it look revolutionary."
so what you're saying is that a no competent company should try and `talk up' their products in an attempt to make money? I could just imagine your take on a competent company.
"Buy our product. It's not really all that great, it costs more than our competitor's superior product, and you don't really need it anyway... but at least we're honest."
yeah. that's the way to make money. christ, some of you kids are so damn whiny. I don't like X brand of car, and so you know what i do? I don't buy them. I don't moan and bitch about it. Let some other poor fool buy it, what should that matter to me? Lighten up.
"Nintendo competes on its own playing field (The Gamecube is targeted to children rather than the typical early adopter gamer market), but its release could cause problems for the Xbox."
Targeted to children? I've heard that Rare is already working on a Conker game for the Gamecube. I think Nintendo has learnt their lesson in targeting only children. If i buy any of the next generation consoles, i'm probably going to buy the Gamecube.
i don't have a cell phone (nor do i really want one), but if i did, i'd be sending something liek this to everyone :
8========) ~~~~~~~ o:
and don't forget! if you go down the 2nd pipe instead of the first it will warp you all the way out to level 5! HOORAY!
"Yes, HOME WORD! That little word processor got me through ELEMENTARY SCHOOL for crying out loud!"
I managed to scrape through elementary school without a word processor. If my memory serves me correcly, i didn't have too many essays to write back then.
"Why run stories about established developers? Why not mention some of the newer guys like Sphidia (these guys are making a game called Dynasty) and Island Four (not much there, you might want to check here.)"
The whole gimmick of the story was to be about the most influential gaming companies. I'm guessing that being influential and being an established developer sort of goes hand in hand. I can't think off the top of my head of one that doesn't go with the other.
Sure, they could write about newer games, but you're trying to argue against a topic that they're not even talking about. Was marathon a good game back in the day? Sure. I guess. Was it as influential to other developers as Doom? not a chance. Does Halo look good? I think so. Will it be influential for future game designers? Can't really tell... gotta wait a couple years and see...
good point. I'm sure descent was some inspiration for Foresaken, because it can cause its fair share of motion sickness as well...
John was mentioned in the part about id software, since he did help make all of their most influencial titles...
as for cliffy b? well... yeah.
The important question now is who is going to get to buy the taco bell target on ebay?
are there even any Taco Bells in the UK? I've heard there are very few in Canada, so I doubt there are too many other countries out there other than the US that have one on every street corner...
unless you want your taco delivered by mail?
No competition for this will stand in my way! I've already begun work on my bad-web-design portfolio and resume! MUAH HA HA HA!!!!
I don't know about everyone else, but I'd love to have a job where i could just sit around and make a few dozen crappy looking "fan pages" on sites like geocities for a larger movie company. No need for web design skills! A couple of broken links here... a few dozen webrings over there... and lots of annoying animated gifs and flashing text!
EASY MONEY!
Hey, I thought Doom ran just fine in Low-res on my 286-12Mhz back when i first got it. I think it was the 2 MB of ram that was really hurting performance for me though. hehe... and of course, the fact that i only had a 40 MB HD, so i had to erased windows 3.1 to install it...
ahhh... those were the days... And i know as soon as i start playing Doom on the GBA it'll bring back all of those memories. heheh...
maybe we wont see official square titles, but maybe some square quality titles...
Sega has hinted at Sonic appearing on the Gamecube, so Sonic on the GBA wouldn't be out of the question...
HOORAY!
The gamegear DRAINED batteries because of the backlit screen. And as for the games being better, I guess that's just a matter of personal preference. I've played some fun games on both, but i could never stand to play Sonic or any other side scrollers on GG. Even walking at a slow pace meant vomit-inducing motion blur. oof.
christ... ever heard of the CLASSIC gaming? or VINTAGE gaming? I don't know whether or not the GBA is enough of a system to pull off Doom well enough to keep it fun, but If it can handle the game as well as my old 486 did back in the day, then i'd be up for playing it. I can't think of a better way I'd like to kill time at work, or in between classes at school...
You kids these days have WAY to high of expectations. If you're not playing something better than the top of the line game that's already out then it's not worth your time.
I think that information, along with the comment about holding 90% of the handheld market was pulled from the How Stuff Works link. On that page they're referring to this being the first horizonal gameboy design...
yeah. confused me at first...
I didn't think there was any way for a doctor's signature to get worse... and now, their penmanship is going to be even more cripped when they sign their prescriptions on their little touchpads...
yes. bad doctor joke...
At this point I figure if a game is worth my hard earned money then they'll put out a version that I can play without a reboot.
If a game is worth my hard earned money, then I'm going to play the game regardless of whether or not i have to spend a whole hard earned 2 minutes doing a hard earned reboot, and i'm NOT going to whine about it.
you'd think the game just bit you, you're crying so hard...
my friends and i ran through the same nostalgia recently and set up a little telnet BBS just to play some old skool door games. It's located at bbs.sexsexworld.com, for anyone wanting to get their game on.
Forget the gamecube then, and get a Game Boy Advance. The game line up looks to be a lot of SNES-ish looking games. And if the predicted price range ($80-$100 for the system, $20-40 for the games), I know i'll be buying this before i even consider a gamecube.
MARIO KART! HOORAY!
who remembers "justin bailey"? :)