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That little icon that used to be a the bottom left of the screen was really just a shortcut to the desktop. It's still here (XP Pro), but try WINDOWS_KEY + D on your keyboard instead. You won't need that icon again:)
Also, I see Windows XP more as a Windows ME replacement than a Windows 2000 replacement. Why would a IT professional replace Win2K with XP? XP is mostly just a 2K, except for more eye-candy, a cd-burner, and a few other things.
I'm a big fan of square RPGs (Chrono Trigger is a GREAT game), but don't really consider them adventure games. Some of them have a great story, but the gameplay mostly relies on exploring, fighting, and managing your team.
For me, adventure games weren't just about an adventure and a great story, but about great puzzles. Puzzles actually played a big role in those games. That, and the dialogue of course. Day of the Tentacle among others even had humor and very well though out conversations. Final Fantasy has very little of that. I've never tried Resident Evil so I can't comment on those games.
Now we only need Lucasarts to produce a new Day of the Tentacle game. That game is one of the funniest games I've ever played, beating every Larry and Monkey Island adventure game out there. That said, I wouldn't mind another Leisure Suit Larry game either...
The problem is though, that I don't believe these kind of adventure games can sell anymore. The last great adventure game was Monkey Island 4, and the adventure game genre died long time before that was released...
..the DivX(TM) codec is a patent-pending... technology created from scratch (as in blank screen, blinking cursor)..
As far as I've heard, that's a lie. Didn't they just built it on top of some public domain source code? How can that be patented? Did they really change that much? hmm... who cares. If it's going to be the new MP3 of video codecs, then I'll stop using it as soon as Ogg Tarkis (sp?) is out.
Isn't it at bother to search for fixes for those minor problems your users have with mozilla? Everything works with IE, since everyone still design sites for IE anyway.
Mozilla might be great for geeks that like to tweak everything themselves and disable popups and stuff like that, but free programs exists that can do similar things for IE. Mozilla isn't really ready for end users yet IMO.
Discouraging users to use IE for political reasons... hmmm.... no comment. And as for security: remember when someone found an exploit that made Netscape 4.7 a HTTP server? That's what I call security:)
Also, Mozilla is not a new browser based on Netscape. It's the other way around.
How did this get modded up? IE is much better than Mozilla, and not very bloated compared to it. Mozilla is still new and under development. If you need to save the space IE takes up on your harddrive, then it must be a really small one.
Anyone seen Neon Genesis Evangelion? The theory in this anime is that humans has nearly stopped evolution. They only need one last step to reach the end of evolution. Anyone who has seen the movies know what that step is. Well, basically, they all end up being a part of the planet's source of energi (or something spiritually like that, heh). And no, I didn't bother read the article;)
heh, I remember those.
Back in the mid 80's, you could rent one with a movie. I think they called it a moviebox or something. Never thought of it as a VCR. This was in Europe though...
I'm running Windows XP just fine on a few computers around here - most of them are turned on most of the day. They never crash, and they never did with Windows 2000 either. Most people I know don't have problems with XP.
Not buying a OS because it had a HUGH REMOTE HOLE for almost a month, well... your choice. I, for one, don't think it makes XP a worse OS today. Hope you didn't suffer too much from the fact that they didn't let you know. Good luck with linux though.
Windows XP doesn't need to be reactivated just because you tear down your computer and put it back together again. You can even smack a new graphics card or sound card into the motherboard, and it'll still run just fine without reactivation. You only need to activate it again if you make major changes to your setup (new motherboard and stuff like that).
Also, don't tell me you're using microsoft tools to create MP3s. Ever heard of lame? I'm not even sure you can create MP3s with XP. I've used lame just fine with XP, and the MP3s can be played both with Windows Media Player and Winamp.
I couldn't get the pictures in the linked article to show up (slashdotted it seems), but here is a nice high-resolution picture (1860x1250) of the Panasonic Gamecube/DVD player:
One of the coolest features is the file transfer-part. Users from different networks can send and receive files from each other. This is the only program that will let you send a file to an ICQ user from MSN for instance. Nice.
I saw it with some of my friends, and not all of them had read the books. Still, they understood everything and enjoyed the movie even more than I did because the changes/addition to the movie didn't bother them. When you haven't read the books, you don't get annoyed when Tom Bombadil is missing or Gandalf is captured in the beginning. The movie is a well-told story. Perhaps you should watch it again.
Speaking of tv-out, which video card should I invest in if I want really good tv-out? I need the video card for games as well. I currently have a Matrox G400, but the drivers doesn't work to well with Windows XP (the tv-out part), and the 3D perfomance is a bit lagging. I've been looking at the Kyro II (seems like it performs like a Geforce 2 GTS in most cases), but I haven't been able to find anything on it's tv-out capabilities.
I want a card that is able to output high-quality video to my tv while my normal monitor is showing my desktop in another resolution and higher refresh rate.
Well, I don't know much about this vaporware Atari 2600 LotR game, but a lot of other games based on Tolkiens world has been made.
Check out this neat site. It has all the info you need about computer-based Tolkien games. LotR for Super NES is probably the only one I've tried so far, and it didn't quite meet my expectations;)
Oh, and didn't someone announce a MMORPG a few years ago? I wonder what happened to it... which reminds me: Mudconnecter has a list of some MUDs based on Tolkien's books. Of those, Elendor MUSH is probably the best one. I remember playing it some years ago...
I still think it's all about the gameplay. Everything you get after that is just a bonus.
Don't misunderstand me. I really enjoy a good story, good characters, good scenery, and so on. That's one of the reason I'm such a huge fan of Squaresoft's RPGs (Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, etc.), but without gameplay - they're nothing more than very long movies. Do you prefer to push a button until the game is finished instead of real gameplay?
Depth is one way to make a really good game, but a good story, great characters and scenery isn't the only way to create good games. A good story can be replaced with strategic elements (Civilization 3 anyeone?) or just simple and pure gameplay. Nintendo has proved a lot of times that the latter is a good way to create good games for everyone. I doesn't matter if you are a kid or not, kids aren't the only ones that need a simple and fun gameplay sometimes:)...
There is a reason why Mario Kart is still able to sell today. One of my friends is much better at Diddy Kong Racing than I, and guess what - he's 47:) (and no, he's not a geek)
...Maybe it's because I'm older than 12. But do gorwn adults actually enjoy playing all of the damned Mario/Luigi, and Pokemon games that are produced for Nintendo?..... On the other hand, PS2 has some incredible graphic, violent, adult games like Resident Evil: Codename Veronica and Silent Hill II....
Maybe your prefer violent games because you want to look cool and grownup. You're right that a lot of nintendo games look childish, and they are. It actually makes them playable by people at all ages. It's all about gameplay, and some violent games like those you mentioned aren't always very fun to play. Still, teenagers like you play them because they're adults' games and it's cool to play them. I know a lot of adults who play nintendo-games, myself being one of them.
To answer your question: there are also some non-kiddie games comming out for the GC, Metroid being one of them. Now, if Square made some cool RPGs for gamecube, maybe even I would buy one:)
You can filter Katz (or some of the other editors) in your/. preferences. You can filter topics and sections too - you should go have a look some day =)
You can spell it either way, according to dictionary.com
I would always spell it aluminium; not because I'm british or anything, but because that's how it's spelled in my language (and probably other languages as well).
The ending of The Amber Spyglass is not for kids at all, and the books are much deeper and thought-provoking than the Harry Potter books. Phillip Pullman's books seem like children's books at first, but that's only the language in which the books are written. You'll realize that they're really intended for adults, especially as you get into this trilogy.
The Harry Potter books are good because everyone can read and understand them, including those who haven't read a book in their whole life. Harry Potter books also don't have any deeper meaning, message or discussion. J.K. Rowling's books are simply well-told stories.
Phillip Pullman's The Golden Compass might be the perfect gift for someone who has read all his Harry Potter books though:)
But wait! There is almost no profit in the PC game market PERIOD. It's is very difficult to make a profit in this business. Game development is an expensive proposition - especially when it comes to the advanced graphics and gameplay that we all expect today.
Perhaps it's about time shareware games gets a come-back. They're very rare these days, but are far easier to distribute, which makes it cheaper in the end. Maybe it's just me, but most of those expensive high quality games aren't that fun to play at all...
Take a look at SpaceTripper, for instance. Made by two British guys, nice graphics, simple gameplay = cool game! The full 11 MB version only costs 12$ to download, and they have an linux version in the works. Another such example is Wetrix, and I've stumbled over a few other such small, fun 'n cheap games during the last 3 years.
I think it would be easier for small companies to create games if they tried the old shareware method. I don't believe games that are expensive to develop are the only ones people today would like to play, it's just that mostly they don't have a choice.
Doesn't weight like a ton when packed in a suitcases (I buy many non-digital books on holidays).
Easy to carry arround.
Doesn't get worn out.
Easy to navigate, easy to bookmark, easy to search through
Customizeable view (make font larger if needed)
One of the only problems is the availability. Most books doesn't exists as ebooks (in any legal form), so I still read new releases from my favorite authors in traditional paper-format. And then there's the nostalgia, the smell, the fact that you can take the book down from the shelf and look at the cover.
The first problem can be solved by the publishers (I think). The second problem can be solved by selling ebooks bundled together with traditional books. That's already common with dictionaries and the likes. Why not fiction as well?
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That little icon that used to be a the bottom left of the screen was really just a shortcut to the desktop. It's still here (XP Pro), but try WINDOWS_KEY + D on your keyboard instead. You won't need that icon again :)
Also, I see Windows XP more as a Windows ME replacement than a Windows 2000 replacement. Why would a IT professional replace Win2K with XP? XP is mostly just a 2K, except for more eye-candy, a cd-burner, and a few other things.
I'm a big fan of square RPGs (Chrono Trigger is a GREAT game), but don't really consider them adventure games. Some of them have a great story, but the gameplay mostly relies on exploring, fighting, and managing your team.
For me, adventure games weren't just about an adventure and a great story, but about great puzzles. Puzzles actually played a big role in those games. That, and the dialogue of course. Day of the Tentacle among others even had humor and very well though out conversations. Final Fantasy has very little of that. I've never tried Resident Evil so I can't comment on those games.
Now we only need Lucasarts to produce a new Day of the Tentacle game. That game is one of the funniest games I've ever played, beating every Larry and Monkey Island adventure game out there. That said, I wouldn't mind another Leisure Suit Larry game either...
The problem is though, that I don't believe these kind of adventure games can sell anymore. The last great adventure game was Monkey Island 4, and the adventure game genre died long time before that was released...
They need to innovate somehow. But how?
As far as I've heard, that's a lie. Didn't they just built it on top of some public domain source code? How can that be patented? Did they really change that much? hmm... who cares. If it's going to be the new MP3 of video codecs, then I'll stop using it as soon as Ogg Tarkis (sp?) is out.
Isn't it at bother to search for fixes for those minor problems your users have with mozilla? Everything works with IE, since everyone still design sites for IE anyway.
... hmmm .... no comment. And as for security: remember when someone found an exploit that made Netscape 4.7 a HTTP server? That's what I call security :)
Mozilla might be great for geeks that like to tweak everything themselves and disable popups and stuff like that, but free programs exists that can do similar things for IE. Mozilla isn't really ready for end users yet IMO.
Discouraging users to use IE for political reasons
Also, Mozilla is not a new browser based on Netscape. It's the other way around.
How did this get modded up? IE is much better than Mozilla, and not very bloated compared to it. Mozilla is still new and under development. If you need to save the space IE takes up on your harddrive, then it must be a really small one.
Anyone seen Neon Genesis Evangelion? The theory in this anime is that humans has nearly stopped evolution. They only need one last step to reach the end of evolution. Anyone who has seen the movies know what that step is. Well, basically, they all end up being a part of the planet's source of energi (or something spiritually like that, heh). And no, I didn't bother read the article ;)
heh, I remember those.
Back in the mid 80's, you could rent one with a movie. I think they called it a moviebox or something. Never thought of it as a VCR. This was in Europe though...
I guess I've been living in a cave then...
If only there was something like that available...
Well, you already mentioned CD in your post :)
Maybe you should check your hardware setup.
... your choice. I, for one, don't think it makes XP a worse OS today. Hope you didn't suffer too much from the fact that they didn't let you know. Good luck with linux though.
I'm running Windows XP just fine on a few computers around here - most of them are turned on most of the day. They never crash, and they never did with Windows 2000 either. Most people I know don't have problems with XP.
Not buying a OS because it had a HUGH REMOTE HOLE for almost a month, well
Windows XP doesn't need to be reactivated just because you tear down your computer and put it back together again. You can even smack a new graphics card or sound card into the motherboard, and it'll still run just fine without reactivation. You only need to activate it again if you make major changes to your setup (new motherboard and stuff like that).
Also, don't tell me you're using microsoft tools to create MP3s. Ever heard of lame? I'm not even sure you can create MP3s with XP. I've used lame just fine with XP, and the MP3s can be played both with Windows Media Player and Winamp.
http://www.dvdgame.jp/product/photo.html
One of the coolest features is the file transfer-part. Users from different networks can send and receive files from each other. This is the only program that will let you send a file to an ICQ user from MSN for instance. Nice.
I saw it with some of my friends, and not all of them had read the books. Still, they understood everything and enjoyed the movie even more than I did because the changes/addition to the movie didn't bother them. When you haven't read the books, you don't get annoyed when Tom Bombadil is missing or Gandalf is captured in the beginning. The movie is a well-told story. Perhaps you should watch it again.
I want a card that is able to output high-quality video to my tv while my normal monitor is showing my desktop in another resolution and higher refresh rate.
Well, I don't know much about this vaporware Atari 2600 LotR game, but a lot of other games based on Tolkiens world has been made. ;)
... which reminds me: Mudconnecter has a list of some MUDs based on Tolkien's books. Of those, Elendor MUSH is probably the best one. I remember playing it some years ago...
Check out this neat site. It has all the info you need about computer-based Tolkien games. LotR for Super NES is probably the only one I've tried so far, and it didn't quite meet my expectations
Oh, and didn't someone announce a MMORPG a few years ago? I wonder what happened to it
Don't misunderstand me. I really enjoy a good story, good characters, good scenery, and so on. That's one of the reason I'm such a huge fan of Squaresoft's RPGs (Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy, etc.), but without gameplay - they're nothing more than very long movies. Do you prefer to push a button until the game is finished instead of real gameplay?
Depth is one way to make a really good game, but a good story, great characters and scenery isn't the only way to create good games. A good story can be replaced with strategic elements (Civilization 3 anyeone?) or just simple and pure gameplay. Nintendo has proved a lot of times that the latter is a good way to create good games for everyone. I doesn't matter if you are a kid or not, kids aren't the only ones that need a simple and fun gameplay sometimes :) ...
There is a reason why Mario Kart is still able to sell today. One of my friends is much better at Diddy Kong Racing than I, and guess what - he's 47 :) (and no, he's not a geek)
Maybe your prefer violent games because you want to look cool and grownup. You're right that a lot of nintendo games look childish, and they are. It actually makes them playable by people at all ages. It's all about gameplay, and some violent games like those you mentioned aren't always very fun to play. Still, teenagers like you play them because they're adults' games and it's cool to play them. I know a lot of adults who play nintendo-games, myself being one of them.
To answer your question: there are also some non-kiddie games comming out for the GC, Metroid being one of them. Now, if Square made some cool RPGs for gamecube, maybe even I would buy one :)
You can filter Katz (or some of the other editors) in your /. preferences. You can filter topics and sections too - you should go have a look some day =)
...of this really cool game where you build bridges. It's in full 3D with a complex physics engine. I had a lot of fun with this game yesterday :)
I would always spell it aluminium; not because I'm british or anything, but because that's how it's spelled in my language (and probably other languages as well).
The Harry Potter books are good because everyone can read and understand them, including those who haven't read a book in their whole life. Harry Potter books also don't have any deeper meaning, message or discussion. J.K. Rowling's books are simply well-told stories.
Phillip Pullman's The Golden Compass might be the perfect gift for someone who has read all his Harry Potter books though :)
Perhaps it's about time shareware games gets a come-back. They're very rare these days, but are far easier to distribute, which makes it cheaper in the end. Maybe it's just me, but most of those expensive high quality games aren't that fun to play at all...
Take a look at SpaceTripper, for instance. Made by two British guys, nice graphics, simple gameplay = cool game! The full 11 MB version only costs 12$ to download, and they have an linux version in the works. Another such example is Wetrix, and I've stumbled over a few other such small, fun 'n cheap games during the last 3 years.
I think it would be easier for small companies to create games if they tried the old shareware method. I don't believe games that are expensive to develop are the only ones people today would like to play, it's just that mostly they don't have a choice.
Doesn't weight like a ton when packed in a suitcases (I buy many non-digital books on holidays).
Easy to carry arround.
Doesn't get worn out.
Easy to navigate, easy to bookmark, easy to search through
Customizeable view (make font larger if needed)
One of the only problems is the availability. Most books doesn't exists as ebooks (in any legal form), so I still read new releases from my favorite authors in traditional paper-format. And then there's the nostalgia, the smell, the fact that you can take the book down from the shelf and look at the cover.
The first problem can be solved by the publishers (I think). The second problem can be solved by selling ebooks bundled together with traditional books. That's already common with dictionaries and the likes. Why not fiction as well?