Yikes! This product looks identical. Even figuring for the exchange rate, you guys are getting ripped. I could buy them in the US at retail and still sell for less than AUD299. Interested in importing some?:)
(thanks to a later poster who provided the US link.)
X does not follow Y. Deus Ex 2 (and presumably Thief 3) sucked. It sucked because of what Ion Storm did. As others have pointed out, it is possible to make a release for both the Xbox and PCs that doesn't suck. Therefore, if it sucks, it must be Ion Storm's fault.
I'm not sure how pirating comes from any of your discussion.
Hmm, upon reading your last paragraph, I can't help but wonder if you are a troll. Paraphrased:
Don't bitch about the companies, suck it up and buy the games. Installation is the reason PC games suck. Companies are in the business of shovelware. If you don't like it, it's your problem.
Having played through DX2, if they pull the mini-micro level shit with Thief, there is no way I'm buying it. Especially with the crappy copy protection that caused the game to bomb to desktop about one out of four level loads. It was only playable with a noCD crack. And for mentioning that, I get banned from the discussion boards. Pricks.
The site you link to in your.sig is begging for an RSS feed. Looks like the series is gonna be an Asia/South America series this season...
Oh, and I wouldn't have noticed your sig if I weren't reading some posts that I agree with to find discussion about 3rd person view. Lame console crap.
The worst part is that Voyager, being on a network rather than thrown to the whims of syndication, had the best opportunity (at the time) to be a non-episodic, arc based Trek.
Producers of shows frequently say 'but it's harder to sell into syndication after the show finishes'. To which I say 'if the show sucks ass and is cancelled, you aren't selling it to syndication anyway'.
Black and White would have been better if it weren't a steaming pile of shit in every conceivable way. The minimum system requirements were a joke. Gameplay was awful with the incredible amount of micromanagement. The animals were dumb as rocks (having trained numerous dogs, the 'training' of the animals was laughable).
The interface was pretty wild, I'll grant you that. But the game was an excercise in tedium at best.
I still say Molyneaux owes me a free copy of the Movies (or B&W 2 for that matter) as repayment.
In a manner of speaking. Isn't Pepsi giving away a shitpile of free iTMS downloads? Who is one of the biggest Superbowl advertisers? Pepsi. Where did Sculley work before she joined the FBI? Apple. Before that? Pepsi.
Depends on what you are emulating. For emulating arcade games, get the X-Arcade or build something similar. If you are playing on a SNES emulator, get a SNES controller. Just set up your front end to recognize the correct controller for each emulator.
Seriously, none of the original controllers are that expensive, and is going to give you the closest feel to the original. That is what you are after, isn't it?
On the contrary: desired use of an application (or OS, in this case) is of paramount importance. The tech that would let the person play games is likely very different from that which would aid in word processing.
Seeing as how OSDN is happy to host various hacker tools on sourceforge, why don't some of these 'illegal' utilities open the source and host there? Clearly the people who run sourceforge have no morals. Heck, at least Games X Copy has some redeeming value.
I do enjoy the systems, and did buy them for the games, which is why I don't really care about picking 'loser' systems.
The trick with making an 'obsolete' system is price differentiation. If the nextgen gen playstation/xbox are $250, whereas the nextgen nintendo is $200 (pick your own numbers) how much damage will that do to Nintendo.
Given that I really like the Nintendo products, I certainly wish them well, but I'll not hold my breath.
And of course, it had nothing to do with the fact that the Xbox had shit all for games when it came out, whereas the PS2 could play all of the Playstation games available in rental and used game shops.
It's kinda like that iPod battery replacement fiasco. GM had a car (the Corvair) that did one or two things to make it cheaper. It was identical to some things VW, Fiat, and some others did. But Nader wanted a name, so he went after GM, not VW (who sold a lot more Bugs with the defect than GM could hope to sell of the Corvair). Furthermore, GM *knew* about the problem, and was in the process of fixing it in a later model. It was released, and was a heckuva little car, but the damage had been done. GM decided 'to hell with it' and went back to building boring, large cars for another couple decades. Send email if you want me to go into the specifics.
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If you don't have a girlfriend, and still want to have sex, you can easily emulate it with Jenna's fake ass.
For women, there is the wild rider, which does a great job.
Sorry, just like masturbation, MAME isn't all that.
Yikes! This product looks identical. Even figuring for the exchange rate, you guys are getting ripped. I could buy them in the US at retail and still sell for less than AUD299. Interested in importing some? :)
(thanks to a later poster who provided the US link.)
X does not follow Y. Deus Ex 2 (and presumably Thief 3) sucked. It sucked because of what Ion Storm did. As others have pointed out, it is possible to make a release for both the Xbox and PCs that doesn't suck. Therefore, if it sucks, it must be Ion Storm's fault.
I'm not sure how pirating comes from any of your discussion.
Hmm, upon reading your last paragraph, I can't help but wonder if you are a troll. Paraphrased:
Don't bitch about the companies, suck it up and buy the games. Installation is the reason PC games suck. Companies are in the business of shovelware. If you don't like it, it's your problem.
Having played through DX2, if they pull the mini-micro level shit with Thief, there is no way I'm buying it. Especially with the crappy copy protection that caused the game to bomb to desktop about one out of four level loads. It was only playable with a noCD crack. And for mentioning that, I get banned from the discussion boards. Pricks.
The site you link to in your .sig is begging for an RSS feed. Looks like the series is gonna be an Asia/South America series this season...
Oh, and I wouldn't have noticed your sig if I weren't reading some posts that I agree with to find discussion about 3rd person view. Lame console crap.
The worst part is that Voyager, being on a network rather than thrown to the whims of syndication, had the best opportunity (at the time) to be a non-episodic, arc based Trek.
Producers of shows frequently say 'but it's harder to sell into syndication after the show finishes'. To which I say 'if the show sucks ass and is cancelled, you aren't selling it to syndication anyway'.
Also, us Americans are woefully ignorant, even of our own geography. I was going to send mail to poughkeepsie354@hotmail.com
I would suggest the original poster also ask Jayson Blair about the reliability of traditional media outlets.
Black and White would have been better if it weren't a steaming pile of shit in every conceivable way. The minimum system requirements were a joke. Gameplay was awful with the incredible amount of micromanagement. The animals were dumb as rocks (having trained numerous dogs, the 'training' of the animals was laughable).
The interface was pretty wild, I'll grant you that. But the game was an excercise in tedium at best.
I still say Molyneaux owes me a free copy of the Movies (or B&W 2 for that matter) as repayment.
In a manner of speaking. Isn't Pepsi giving away a shitpile of free iTMS downloads? Who is one of the biggest Superbowl advertisers? Pepsi. Where did Sculley work before she joined the FBI? Apple. Before that? Pepsi.
I was just going to write a JE comparing the Mac to a BMW.
500 issues? Here's $3. Call me when you read a comic with a long run.
(FWIW, I read both FF and Action.)
Yes. Please turn the lights off on your way out.
Depends on what you are emulating. For emulating arcade games, get the X-Arcade or build something similar. If you are playing on a SNES emulator, get a SNES controller. Just set up your front end to recognize the correct controller for each emulator.
Seriously, none of the original controllers are that expensive, and is going to give you the closest feel to the original. That is what you are after, isn't it?
'quite the contrary' refers to the 'off-topic' phrase in the subject line.
On the contrary: desired use of an application (or OS, in this case) is of paramount importance. The tech that would let the person play games is likely very different from that which would aid in word processing.
Seeing as how OSDN is happy to host various hacker tools on sourceforge, why don't some of these 'illegal' utilities open the source and host there? Clearly the people who run sourceforge have no morals. Heck, at least Games X Copy has some redeeming value.
I do enjoy the systems, and did buy them for the games, which is why I don't really care about picking 'loser' systems.
The trick with making an 'obsolete' system is price differentiation. If the nextgen gen playstation/xbox are $250, whereas the nextgen nintendo is $200 (pick your own numbers) how much damage will that do to Nintendo.
Given that I really like the Nintendo products, I certainly wish them well, but I'll not hold my breath.
Nintendo takes number one spot in dedicated game console race.
Sweet. Number one buggy whip manufacturer.
(FWIW, the last two consoles I have bought were Nintendo brand. Prior to that, it was a Sega Genesis. I have a way of picking the losers.)
Brilliant analysis. Do you work for the accounting firm of Dewey, Trollem, and Howe?
Umm... A hard drive faster than a flash chip? What planet are you from?
And of course, it had nothing to do with the fact that the Xbox had shit all for games when it came out, whereas the PS2 could play all of the Playstation games available in rental and used game shops.
10 degrees Kelvin?
-107 degrees Celsius?
If they built it isn't it their right to destroy it as well?
It's kinda like that iPod battery replacement fiasco. GM had a car (the Corvair) that did one or two things to make it cheaper. It was identical to some things VW, Fiat, and some others did. But Nader wanted a name, so he went after GM, not VW (who sold a lot more Bugs with the defect than GM could hope to sell of the Corvair). Furthermore, GM *knew* about the problem, and was in the process of fixing it in a later model. It was released, and was a heckuva little car, but the damage had been done. GM decided 'to hell with it' and went back to building boring, large cars for another couple decades. Send email if you want me to go into the specifics.