Jon, news is important because of timeliness.
this is nottimely.
Additionally, please attempt to actually understand the culture you attempt to report for. Roleplaying reviews are geeky, but this review in particular is both dated and needlessly pretentious.
Here are some other roleplaying games you should not report on:
Wraith : the oblivion
Changeling : the whatever it is I dunno.
$noun : the $gerund in general.
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If you take your CueCat and scan something, you'll notice that you can scan forwards, backwards, sideways, upside-down, flipped to the right, to the left, and so forth. All of these methods work really well, and that obviously took a _lot_ of talent, IMHO.
I thought that was barcodes in general? Watch the clerk check your groceries out the next time you go to the supermarket...
What kind of company would put the non-doze compatible webserver on its machines and consequently lose 90% of its business?!?!?
please provide a link between put the non-doze compatible webserver on its machines and consequently lose 90% of its business. There's only one group of people I know of who want to look beyond the content of a web page (which is, ultimately, the web server's product) and how the content is created, and they're more likely to be biased against MS than for.
ppht.
now you're just being unreasonable. now that I've looked at it, there was a spiderman game that closely mimicked crazy climber. you've dismissed my 'classic clone' argument by saying it's irrelevant(and still say that there was a lot of diveristy in yesteryear's arcade) , but aren't willing to do the same for more modern games. you've lumped in games with different play experiences into overly broad categories.
as an excercise, please provide a few examples of classic games that aren't
pong derived (ball and paddle) platform derived (could also be considered a 'racing game'-get from point a to point b) maze or pac-man derived shooter derived (we could easily put missle command in here, prevent the bad guys from reaching your home base or lose a life) or card/trivia based....
the only thing I can think of is Tapper, and that dismisses itself.:)
*sigh* the counterexamples that I was referring to are the non fighter/shooter/drive (fsg) games.
e.g. firefighter ( has a large hose and flow control) whitewater adventure (kayaking) -the rest of the examples are ones I don't know the names of, but see in the arcades. (plural!) various sports games Virtua On ( you can say it's all 3 aspects of FSD, but I'd disagree) skiing, snowboarding, flight sims, horse racing...
Your arcade isn't close to a high school, is it? try going to a dave & busters or ren & jerrys, or one of the big sega arcades if you can...
Today it is totally different. Your only choices are fighting, shooting, or driving. They are all the same game, but with different graphics.
/blockquote Why did you ignore all of my counterexamples??? I don't enjoy a lot of them, but then again, I'm more of a pinball guy. There are lots of good non (fighting|shooting|driving) games being put out now.
Today you can classify virtually every arcade game as either a shooter, a driver, or a fighter)
pfft. your memory's playing tricks on you : pac man had make trax eat em nibbler chomper that damn scrubbing bubble game all of its freaking sequels, including the one with the pinball machine galaga had its share of clones and sequels too. defender had stargate and vanguard I think star castle was pretty unique, and I don't remember Rip-off. dig-dug and mr do --- if you wipe off the patina of memory, you'll see that the innovators stand out from the clones. 10 years from now, people will be saying the same thing about the fighters and racing games in the arcades now... besides, the only "original" games seem to be based on wierd controls, like Safari Hunt (?) from sega (outback driving sim, you lasso animals), the fire fighting game (hose as control) , and all of the skating/ skiing/ canoeing/ soccer / horse racing games that have specialized input. Are you going to remember Whitewater Adventure ten years from now?
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The only reason we are employed at all as technologists is because the wealthy think the little toys we make for them are "cool". The second computers or video games become "uncool" is the second that most of us lose our jobs.
apparently, we've got very different jobs. the second international wire transfers are "uncool" or the second when calculating the interest in your bank account is "uncool" or when writing microcode for medical devices or vehicles is "uncool" then some of us will start worrying. forunately, I'm handy with a rifle, stick and rock, so I've got those angles covered too.
Not likely to ever happen because technologists have managed to make people fairly dependent on computers and whatnot.
Nah, they just wanted to make their own damn lives easier, and the rest just followed. Not every rock hides a conspiracy...
But the reality remains. Everyone still learns math and writing and reading in school so that we can subsist without the aid of that computer or high speed comm line to pass our info to another. What will we do when all the lights go out?
I got a rifle, a rock and a stick... If I can find some twine, I'm going to have a rock onna stick.
if one VM takes a dive, nothing else is affected. avoids having all hosted web sites being crashed by software on one. sheesh. there's a lot of accounting reasons as well, mainframe time can still be expensive. also, chicks dig it.
As far as anyone can tell, AntiPorn's the real deal. Stile had a big flame fest about him a while ago, and a lot of IRC logs back up his... zealous nature.
he is, of course, wrong when he says things like "homosexuality is against nature" but it's nice to see him rant so. I think there was some kind of abuse early on, by a gay uncle or something...
I am going to shoot at you until you learn to dodge bullets. Your woefully inadequate reflexes will have to improve to withstand this type of attack. ...And it's not even that they're all insecure, just configured poorly.;)
Cooool. As a side note, I like how his Linux book has a relatively plain, unobtrusive cover, where the other three have gaudier, flashier ones. But that's probably the/. in my blood talking.:)
I remember cutting my teeth on 'Zen and the art of graphics programming' years ago. Man, that book was awesome. Programming assembler@ 320x240 or 320x400 or even (gasp) 640*480! All on a 486! Michael Abrash is the man. Along with Tom Swan. Whatever happened to him, I wonder?
That's for damn sure. Of course, you'd probably buy a special screwdriver attachment for a hammer -- what happened to right tool for the job? (I was going to to a comparasion, but there doesn't seem to be any feature list on Corel's page for the program. Is there a list of features anywhere?) I don't make my windows boxes serve, and I don't use linux for the desktop. If my company had Macs, they'd have their own place, too. It's not like everything has to run every piece of software all the time. Jeeze.
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Jon, news is important because of timeliness.
this is not timely.
Additionally, please attempt to actually understand the culture you attempt to report for. Roleplaying reviews are geeky, but this review in particular is both dated and needlessly pretentious.
Here are some other roleplaying games you should not report on:
Wraith : the oblivion
Changeling : the whatever it is I dunno.
$noun : the $gerund in general.
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when the power supply gets kicked out of the socket? 1 proc only? total failure? partial failure? burned card?
I thought that was barcodes in general? Watch the clerk check your groceries out the next time you go to the supermarket...
if only I could moderate stories.
-1 redundant
*poof!*
I wound up with Java, was that supposed to happen?
especially when you're driving down the highway. who listens to the radio at home?
please provide a link between put the non-doze compatible webserver on its machines and consequently lose 90% of its business. There's only one group of people I know of who want to look beyond the content of a web page (which is, ultimately, the web server's product) and how the content is created, and they're more likely to be biased against MS than for.
ppht.
anti-porn's gonna be furious!
just when he was quieting down...
this cannot be so
to imagine such a thing
on slashdot? strange
this is it? looks like vector Combat to me
THAT's what crazy climber reminded me of to start with!
lunar lander. it's a shame they came out in the same year
<bluff> clearly a burgertime clone.</bluff>
now you're just being unreasonable.
:)
now that I've looked at it, there was a spiderman game that closely mimicked crazy climber.
you've dismissed my 'classic clone' argument by saying it's irrelevant(and still say that there was a lot of diveristy in yesteryear's arcade) , but aren't willing to do the same for more modern games. you've lumped in games with different play experiences into overly broad categories.
as an excercise, please provide a few examples of classic games that aren't
pong derived (ball and paddle)
platform derived (could also be considered a 'racing game'-get from point a to point b)
maze or pac-man derived
shooter derived (we could easily put missle command in here, prevent the bad guys from reaching your home base or lose a life)
or card/trivia based....
the only thing I can think of is Tapper, and that dismisses itself.
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*sigh* the counterexamples that I was referring to are the non fighter/shooter/drive (fsg) games.
e.g.
firefighter ( has a large hose and flow control)
whitewater adventure (kayaking)
-the rest of the examples are ones I don't know the names of, but see in the arcades. (plural!)
various sports games
Virtua On ( you can say it's all 3 aspects of FSD, but I'd disagree)
skiing, snowboarding, flight sims, horse racing...
Your arcade isn't close to a high school, is it?
try going to a dave & busters or ren & jerrys, or one of the big sega arcades if you can...
pfft. your memory's playing tricks on you :
pac man had
make trax
eat em
nibbler
chomper
that damn scrubbing bubble game
all of its freaking sequels, including the one with the pinball machine
galaga had its share of clones and sequels too.
defender had stargate and vanguard
I think star castle was pretty unique, and I don't remember Rip-off.
dig-dug and mr do
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if you wipe off the patina of memory, you'll see that the innovators stand out from the clones. 10 years from now, people will be saying the same thing about the fighters and racing games in the arcades now... besides, the only "original" games seem to be based on wierd controls, like Safari Hunt (?) from sega (outback driving sim, you lasso animals), the fire fighting game (hose as control) , and all of the skating/ skiing/ canoeing/ soccer / horse racing games that have specialized input. Are you going to remember Whitewater Adventure ten years from now?
apparently, we've got very different jobs. the second international wire transfers are "uncool" or the second when calculating the interest in your bank account is "uncool" or when writing microcode for medical devices or vehicles is "uncool" then some of us will start worrying. forunately, I'm handy with a rifle, stick and rock, so I've got those angles covered too.
Nah, they just wanted to make their own damn lives easier, and the rest just followed. Not every rock hides a conspiracy...
I got a rifle, a rock and a stick... If I can find some twine, I'm going to have a rock onna stick.
if one VM takes a dive, nothing else is affected.
avoids having all hosted web sites being crashed by software on one. sheesh.
there's a lot of accounting reasons as well, mainframe time can still be expensive.
also, chicks dig it.
yep, clearly a fear of intimacy. You probably wouldn't even give a man a reach-around, would you?
As far as anyone can tell, AntiPorn's the real deal. Stile had a big flame fest about him a while ago, and a lot of IRC logs back up his... zealous nature.
he is, of course, wrong when he says things like "homosexuality is against nature" but it's nice to see him rant so. I think there was some kind of abuse early on, by a gay uncle or something...
You should take this to Illiad, I hear he's looking for bold new computer humor like this for User Friendly.
I am going to shoot at you until you learn to dodge bullets. Your woefully inadequate reflexes will have to improve to withstand this type of attack. ;)
...And it's not even that they're all insecure, just configured poorly.
Cooool. As a side note, I like how his Linux book has a relatively plain, unobtrusive cover, where the other three have gaudier, flashier ones. But that's probably the /. in my blood talking. :)
I remember cutting my teeth on 'Zen and the art of graphics programming' years ago. Man, that book was awesome. Programming assembler@ 320x240 or 320x400 or even (gasp) 640*480! All on a 486! Michael Abrash is the man. Along with Tom Swan. Whatever happened to him, I wonder?
That's for damn sure. Of course, you'd probably buy a special screwdriver attachment for a hammer -- what happened to right tool for the job?
(I was going to to a comparasion, but there doesn't seem to be any feature list on Corel's page for the program. Is there a list of features anywhere?)
I don't make my windows boxes serve, and I don't use linux for the desktop. If my company had Macs, they'd have their own place, too. It's not like everything has to run every piece of software all the time. Jeeze.
just what I need for my firewall...
my linux boxes are all have server lives. none of them are desktop units.
Is that you, Jeff K.?