Actually, all of those were valid questions, except the last two. And no REAL sysadmin would give up that easily on a user who actually asked valid questions.:)
What about playing Duke Nukem 3D (not DNF! No jokes, please!:) ) without killing any of the pig cops? They're wearing uniforms and badges, after all...:)
First, as others have said, what makes a game (or, for instance, a cartoon or comic book, although these ones are less censored these days) different than a movie or a book?
GTA is much more "light" than any cops movie, yet are these censored all the time? Are all of these X-rated or something?
Second, the thing about law enforcement officials, specifically, is absurd. If that law passed, then what would come next? Shouldn't firefighters enjoy the same "protection" from violence in games? Old people? Women? They can be killed in a movie, but not in a game, because a game is different, right?
Besides, doesn't the game have an "M" or an "18" on the box? Shouldn't be sold to minors, period. No need to create a NEW law about the killing of THESE people you PARTICULARLY don't want killed, even if it's just a game. If a parent wants to buy it for his 8-year old kid, anyway, despite the obvious sticker, then it's HIS responsibility (although in America he'll blame the games industry and/or the government anyway, if something goes wrong with the kid later).
(BTW: the "kill the haitians" thing in Vice City was even more ridiculous. Drug dealers can sell drugs, kill people, but god forbid they make racist comments, because they are NICE people, good role models, after all...)
You're forgetting the nostalgia thing. For those who grew up with Stan Lee / Jack Kirby comics, the game is like a dream come true.
Besides, it's hilarious! For instance, in the intro there's a communist spy who, in America, in broad daylight, is wearing a Russian hat with a red star!:)
Agreed. Star Control 2 is of course much better as a game, but the voice acting in the 3DO version (and the Ur-Quan Masters port) is much worse than in SC3.
Ahem... are you crazy? Wing Commander 4 is by far the best of the series. Better storyline, actors and acting than most movies... and a good, fun game as well.
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Ahh, Jeff Minter... He sure rules. :)
Completely agree. SMAC is by far the best game of its kind. Civ 3 is good, but comes nowhere close.
Who else has the 3 SMAC novels, and the comic book?
Actually, all of those were valid questions, except the last two. And no REAL sysadmin would give up that easily on a user who actually asked valid questions. :)
All their GAME are belong to us. Sheesh, people can't even write bad English RIGHT these days! :)
I don't intend to until Microsoft releases a stable AMD64 version of Windows.
Microsoft will never release a stable version of Windows. It's beyond them.
No, it didn't. It's a great game.
Hehe... or Police Squad? :) Seriously, I wouldn't call a comedy a "cops movie", even if it features cops.
Two words: Janet Jackson.
Believe me, here in Europe people couldn't believe the scandal THAT caused.
What about playing Duke Nukem 3D (not DNF! No jokes, please! :) ) without killing any of the pig cops? They're wearing uniforms and badges, after all... :)
First, as others have said, what makes a game (or, for instance, a cartoon or comic book, although these ones are less censored these days) different than a movie or a book?
GTA is much more "light" than any cops movie, yet are these censored all the time? Are all of these X-rated or something?
Second, the thing about law enforcement officials, specifically, is absurd. If that law passed, then what would come next? Shouldn't firefighters enjoy the same "protection" from violence in games? Old people? Women? They can be killed in a movie, but not in a game, because a game is different, right?
Besides, doesn't the game have an "M" or an "18" on the box? Shouldn't be sold to minors, period. No need to create a NEW law about the killing of THESE people you PARTICULARLY don't want killed, even if it's just a game. If a parent wants to buy it for his 8-year old kid, anyway, despite the obvious sticker, then it's HIS responsibility (although in America he'll blame the games industry and/or the government anyway, if something goes wrong with the kid later).
(BTW: the "kill the haitians" thing in Vice City was even more ridiculous. Drug dealers can sell drugs, kill people, but god forbid they make racist comments, because they are NICE people, good role models, after all...)
Can it be that she simply doesn't like shooter games?
Oh, man, you shouldn't have done that! Now I'll be repeating that line to myself for weeks! :)
You're forgetting the nostalgia thing. For those who grew up with Stan Lee / Jack Kirby comics, the game is like a dream come true.
:)
Besides, it's hilarious! For instance, in the intro there's a communist spy who, in America, in broad daylight, is wearing a Russian hat with a red star!
Agreed. Star Control 2 is of course much better as a game, but the voice acting in the 3DO version (and the Ur-Quan Masters port) is much worse than in SC3.
> I hate Bush, America is evil
Why must one imply the other? I don't think it does.
Right. Makes sense, didn't think of that. Thanks. :)
the first thing I did was install bash (statically compiled version) using pkg_add and them I moved it from /usr/local/bin to /bin
Why did you do such a thing?
Fedora (unlike Mandrake, Suse, etc.) *is* a distro for geeks. To a geek, a problem to be solved is a challenge, not the end of the world.
:)
In Windows, however, problems *can't* be solved...
most likely to vote for Bush (it's the war on terrosism stupid!)
Right. Which is why Bin Laden is free and still making threats and, yet, thousands died in Iraq, which had nothing to do with 9/11.
"War on terrorism", my a**.
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That game was already in 256 colors...
It's a single player game. Or was that a joke? :)
Ahem... are you crazy? Wing Commander 4 is by far the best of the series. Better storyline, actors and acting than most movies... and a good, fun game as well.
Agreed - Meier or Wright would be better.
:D
Of course, Jeff Minter would be funnier.
Sorry to break it to you, but you're wrong. :)