The sources of the quoted info are either generally small surveys [under 100 game stores participate in the C&GR survey] and the ICV2 data seems to be mostly "word of mouth" material; there's no nice system for tracking sales in the gaming industry, as most distributors and manufacturers do not offer returnability, so there is no real way to know if a game sells out at the retail level or not.
The pen-and-paper gaming industry is certainly hurting, but things are improving for the companies that have survived and adapted over the last few years. There's certainly been a large contraction in the number of companies, but there was a large explosion of companies publishing d20 material, and most of those have gone away. The C&GR and ICV2 stats also don't take into account electronic book sales, which are growing for both companies that publish through the game and book trades, and for electronic-only companies.
Nobody is getting rich, but things seem to be stabalizing and in some cases improving.
I'm well aware of the GoO situation and what is posted on their site, as I used to be an employee [from 2002 to 2004] and worked on several books for them as a freelancer [including BESM Third Edition] in 2005 and 2006. BESM Third Edition will be published by ArtHaus, a division of White Wolf -- http://www.white-wolf.com/arthaus/.
Again, unless it happened very recently and has not been made public yet, GoO has not filed for bankruptcy. They still own intellectual property, physical stock and have some level of cash flow, although they are not planning on publishing anything new.
The book trade has returnability on almost everything in their store -- I'm quite sure that RPG books from WotC are included in this. If they think they have a glut of books, they just tell WotC that not only are they not paying for them, but they're going to ship them back, on WotC's dime.
GURPS Cyberpunk was an entirely different product from Cyberpunk 2020; GURPS Cyberpunk was a typical GURPS genrebook, and was not a conversion of Cyberpunk2020 nor a licensed product.
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Or one of the half-dozen Mac users that have Photoshop on a BSD-based OS, maybe?
You can use virtually any USB mouse and keyboard with a Mac. I'm using a MS Intellimouse Optical mouse and a Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard with mine right now - both worked out of the box, although they needed drivers to access some of the special features.
The Pen-Paper RPG Database is fairly extensive now, and probably the most widely read public database on the subject. Updating it with accurate information does benefit the RPG community.
Haven't seen this mentioned in any other +3 or above posts, but: is this section for computer games only, or will it cover role-playing games, LARPs, board games, card games, etc?
Bi-monthly and semi-monthly are synonymous in modern English. According to dictionary.com:
bimonthly (b-mnthl)
adj.
1. Happening every two months.
2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly.
adv.
1. Once every two months.
2. Twice a month; semimonthly.
However, it also says:
"Usage Note: Bimonthly and biweekly mean "once every two months" and "once every two weeks." For "twice a month" and "twice a week," the words semimonthly and semiweekly should be used. Since there is a great deal of confusion over the distinction, a writer is well advised to substitute expressions like every two months or twice a month where possible. However, each noun form has only one sense in the publishing world. Thus, a bimonthly is published every two months, and a biweekly every two weeks."
btw, book people are generally not that computer literate. i mean sure they can use email and sht but they generally dont spend the time to read of of a website when they can go and buy a book to cozy up to. especially since the book they can put on their shelf and display when their finnished. but this is a whole other can of worms.
I think you're completely confusing two things here. Computer literacy has nothing to do with why many people prefer a proper book to reading on a computer. I'm extremely computer literate, but I don't exact relish curling up in my bed with the Athlon, nor do I want to be reading e-books during a RPG session.
Lose the "btw, book people are generally not that computer literate. i mean sure they can use email and sht" and you have an interesting point, but claiming that computer illiteracy is one reason that e-books haven't caught on dilutes it.
Lately? The OS-Jingoism on/. wasn't funny to start with.
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So my question is : what business does a mere "group of video game music fanatics and musicians" has logging people's browser infos into a SQL database ?
The same business any web server that logs user agents types has.
I have AudioGalaxy 0.608W installed [Windows 2000] and don't have any of the files listed [vx2.dll, iehelper.dll, domlst.cch] on my hard drive, nor any of the related registry entries.
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Basically it means that within each industry, each contract for a certain type of work looks more or less the same because they're almost always based off of a 'boilerplate' - or in more geek friendly terms:) - a template contract.
I think that quote was meant to be a joke, to show that Opera could still be quite the hog/laggered on even systems that have quite a bit of power in them.
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The sources of the quoted info are either generally small surveys [under 100 game stores participate in the C&GR survey] and the ICV2 data seems to be mostly "word of mouth" material; there's no nice system for tracking sales in the gaming industry, as most distributors and manufacturers do not offer returnability, so there is no real way to know if a game sells out at the retail level or not.
The pen-and-paper gaming industry is certainly hurting, but things are improving for the companies that have survived and adapted over the last few years. There's certainly been a large contraction in the number of companies, but there was a large explosion of companies publishing d20 material, and most of those have gone away. The C&GR and ICV2 stats also don't take into account electronic book sales, which are growing for both companies that publish through the game and book trades, and for electronic-only companies.
Nobody is getting rich, but things seem to be stabalizing and in some cases improving.
I'm well aware of the GoO situation and what is posted on their site, as I used to be an employee [from 2002 to 2004] and worked on several books for them as a freelancer [including BESM Third Edition] in 2005 and 2006. BESM Third Edition will be published by ArtHaus, a division of White Wolf -- http://www.white-wolf.com/arthaus/.
Again, unless it happened very recently and has not been made public yet, GoO has not filed for bankruptcy. They still own intellectual property, physical stock and have some level of cash flow, although they are not planning on publishing anything new.
GoO has stopped producing new products, but they have not filed for bankrutcy.
The book trade has returnability on almost everything in their store -- I'm quite sure that RPG books from WotC are included in this. If they think they have a glut of books, they just tell WotC that not only are they not paying for them, but they're going to ship them back, on WotC's dime.
SJGames published Hacker after the Secret Service incident, as a response to it.
More info available at: http://www.sjgames.com/SS/
LiveJournal's offsite status page is status.livejournal.org.
There was a "port" of Cyberpunk 2020 to GURPS.
GURPS Cyberpunk was an entirely different product from Cyberpunk 2020; GURPS Cyberpunk was a typical GURPS genrebook, and was not a conversion of Cyberpunk2020 nor a licensed product.
Or one of the half-dozen Mac users that have Photoshop on a BSD-based OS, maybe?
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You can use virtually any USB mouse and keyboard with a Mac. I'm using a MS Intellimouse Optical mouse and a Logitech Internet Navigator Keyboard with mine right now - both worked out of the box, although they needed drivers to access some of the special features.
If they start fantasizing about the wrong things (underage, animals, S&M), it will scare their sexuality for life.
;-)
One of these things is not like the other. . .
The Pen-Paper RPG Database is fairly extensive now, and probably the most widely read public database on the subject. Updating it with accurate information does benefit the RPG community.
Best,
Adam
Haven't seen this mentioned in any other +3 or above posts, but: is this section for computer games only, or will it cover role-playing games, LARPs, board games, card games, etc?
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Boy, I can't wait to download those even faster!
bimonthly (b-mnthl)
adj.
1. Happening every two months.
2. Happening twice a month; semimonthly.
adv.
1. Once every two months.
2. Twice a month; semimonthly.
However, it also says:
"Usage Note: Bimonthly and biweekly mean "once every two months" and "once every two weeks." For "twice a month" and "twice a week," the words semimonthly and semiweekly should be used. Since there is a great deal of confusion over the distinction, a writer is well advised to substitute expressions like every two months or twice a month where possible. However, each noun form has only one sense in the publishing world. Thus, a bimonthly is published every two months, and a biweekly every two weeks."
dictionary.com reference
I think you're completely confusing two things here. Computer literacy has nothing to do with why many people prefer a proper book to reading on a computer. I'm extremely computer literate, but I don't exact relish curling up in my bed with the Athlon, nor do I want to be reading e-books during a RPG session.
Lose the "btw, book people are generally not that computer literate. i mean sure they can use email and sht" and you have an interesting point, but claiming that computer illiteracy is one reason that e-books haven't caught on dilutes it.
One can hardly argue that the books are for childeren due to the use of Magic and Witchcraft.
Yeah. Kids shouldn't read fantasy books or play fantasy games or watch fantasy movies - ever! Might damage their fragile little minds.
Instead, every child should go through weekly viewings of Pulp Fiction and Fight Club, and also read the Fight Club novel no less than once a month.
Lately? The OS-Jingoism on /. wasn't funny to start with.
The same business any web server that logs user agents types has.
"The people who watch Futurama are criminals and will not buy our products." -- theoretical advertising rep.
"Cancel it." -- FOX
I have AudioGalaxy 0.608W installed [Windows 2000] and don't have any of the files listed [vx2.dll, iehelper.dll, domlst.cch] on my hard drive, nor any of the related registry entries.
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gc i211686,00.html for more info as it relates to IT, and a bit of history.
Just what I always wanted. . .
-1 Flamebait?
How I wish my mod points hadn't expired earlier today. . .
I think that quote was meant to be a joke, to show that Opera could still be quite the hog/laggered on even systems that have quite a bit of power in them.