It won't. There's a planned Clerks animated movie before Smith finally gives up his NJ movies (and is working on a Fletch...prequel?).
Check the IMDB for the info.
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My friend sent me a video he took of it at the Spaceworld show, and I'm still not sure what I think.
It LOOKS like it could be a "remake" of the original game, in a pseudo 3d world, which could be really good, or really bad, depending on how Nintendo handles it. Or, it could just be completely "original", with Link fighting the baddies we all grew up with, ending with the evil Gannon [none of this Mask of Majora or Ganondorf crap].;)
And the cartoon cell-shading thing? Isn't it just a BIT overused? Games like Jet Set/Grind Radio pretty much made it look as cool as possible, but now with it being used on dozens of new PS2, XBOX, and now GCN games, I'm starting to think if everyone is just running to make the next "cool" game using this "new" "cool" effect. There's nothing wrong with that if ALL, if all these games use it to their own advantages. But if a game has it for no real purpose beyond it just being there, I struggle to see the whole point of it.
Unfortunately, that's gaming's biggest problem now. They all want to make "the next Half-Life" or "the next Tony Hawk". Very few will try and go ahead and make something original like Shenmue or Max Payne.
And note, if the poor quality shots aren't enough, most people probably don't realize that there's a poor quality video to go along with it (plaintext link):
http://cubemovies.ign.com/media/space2k1/pressmo vi es/zelda1.mov
Shouldn't it be.4 seconds per frame instead of 2.5 frames per second?
Besides, any "realtime" demo can't show off all the hard work involving texturing and lighting that animators put into it. "Pixar quality animation" isn't what it is because of computers. Its due to the people who are using the computers.
IANAL, but Sony selling cd's that don't exactly conform to the CDDA standards (which is a whole other deal) and will possibly damage sound equipment under normal operation has got to be illegal underom SOMETHING.
And "unacceptable" to harm a consuer's audio equipment DELIBERATELY? Uh...yeah, that's about as unacceptable as them just breaking into my house and smashing my speakers with a crowbar.
Look at this from an Advertisers perspective. The pay money for ads (like ThinkGeek with Slashdot), but very few probably act on those ads, let alone notice them.
POP-UPS (or pop-unders) get attention. No publicity is bad publicity. For every person who boycotts X10 because of this, some poor schmuck is going to go out and buy a cheap wireless camera (for who knows what), and they'll at least do better than they'd do with a 468x60 ad at the top of the page.
They just want their ads to get noticed, that's all. Yeah, they piss me off to, and I close them, but I can see why they'd try this.
Maybe the truth is the fact that advertising rarely works as well as they think it does. Think Pepsi made back the tens of millions they spent on that Britney Spears/Bob Dole ad in increased sales DIRECTLY RELATED to that ad (and the ads FOR the ad)? Hell no.
Ads don't work as people think. Coke can spend billions of dollars a year, and I'll still drink Pepsi. And that has nothing to do with Pepsi's ads either. Just like the taste better. People will stick with two things. Best quality (in THEIR opinion), or cheapest. I know plenty of people who drink crap like "Adirondack Cola", which tastes like CRAP, but is DAMN cheap, and they live by it.:p
...Lucas was weilding a lightsaber (Lightsaber and all variations are copyright LucasFilm LTD. All Rights reserved) in a fake "battle" with Star Wars Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard in a pirate-like manner during the "Star Wars Connections" part of ComicCon.
Full report here (plaintext link for the goat paranoid):
http://cgi.theforce.net/theforce/tfn.cgi?storyID =1 1561
Heh, I'd love to have seen this...especially since Lucas has got to be pushing 300lbs these days.;)
Had mine pre-ordered from Amazon as soon as it was released, only to find out that it was "Out Of Print", and they just hadn't informed me.
SamGoody.com has it, and I ended up picking up my copy at my local SamGoody, so that's probably a good place to check for the "limited edition".
I'm actually surprised that a "limited edition" is actually hard to find for once. Nothing like seeing 50 copies of the Manhunter "limited edition" at any given Wal-Mart.:p
Those people could've already had problems anyways. Maybe for some, caffine was NOT the thing to be having (i.e. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE).
It's like when those people are shocked that some 92-year old man drops dead from overexertion from using Viagra. It wasn't the viagra that killed him, just the built-up horniness that has been brewing for 45 years, all being released in a week.
Besides, sh!t happens, and without caffine I'd probably...
We've already heard every rumor under the sun, from M. Night Shyamalan writiting the script, to even Lucas himself directing it (after Episode III of course), and even that it would be released mid-2002 (too late!).
Then when "Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine" came out, the rumors all focused on the game developers, and how they (falsely) hinted that the next Indy movie went beyond all the Nazi-bashing stuff from the first three (aw...killing Nazis was so much fun though...), and that it might take place in an African/Tropical climate, or even have something to do with the Cold War with Russia.
But let's look at it this way, Speilberg and Ford are most likely booked for the next few years, and Lucas will almost definately be busy until 2005 or so. Maybe THEN the three of them will have enough time to write a decent script, get old Connery back (assuming he doesn't get arrested for shooting Lorn Michaels before then), and actually make this movie.
So, I don't believe this is "newsworthy", especially since a PR Rep at Paramount put it so perfectly:
"These rumours come round every couple of months. It's idle gossip."
Final Fantasy XI is going to be ONLINE-ONLY. OF COURSE they'll make it for multiple platforms. Why hit the millions of PS2 owners when you can also hit the millions of GameCube, XBox, and PC gamers too! DUH!;)
I'm surprised people think this is "shocking" or "new". Square, whether you like their games or not, has always excelled in marketing, and that alone has turned an almost bankrupt company from the 80's into one of the biggest game developers today.
What, you think we have nothing better to do at 3AM in the morning? What, are we just a bunch of pathetic geeks who never venture out from behind our computers until the night has fallen and dead have risen?
Er...hm...uh....
Ah crap, you win. I'll be outside looking at the stars if anybody needs me.
Wow, what a coincidence! Its also almost 5 years to the date that my grades started slipping, and I started failing all of my classes. But those all-night frag-fests were worth it, eh? Hm...I wonder if the release of GLQuake has any similarities to my getting kicked out of college...
There are TWO "Phantom Edit" movies floating around, so nobody should be calling it "THE Phantom Edit". The first one is still better than the second, but I still prefer Lucas'.
No, you won't be able to "pay your mortgage", which means you can't KEEP the nice house/appartment you once had.
You have to make sacrafices. You can't keep the BMW, the nice computers, and all the LUXERIES you had before. But at least if you're earning minimum wage, you have SOME source of income beyond what the government GIVES you. I'd rather be working my ass off and living in some shithole than ever recieve government aid because I don't feel like working "only" minimum wage.
Besides, fine me one fast food place that pays minimum these days. I've got dozens within 5 miles of my place, and all advertise for starting at $7 an hour.
No, its not that bad. But most.com'ers won't settle for too much less than the huge startup they're coming from. There's thousands and thousands of jobs, many minimum-wage or aroud there, and they can at least find SOME income instead of that "I can't find a job and will rely on the rest of you guys to support me" mentality.
There's jobs, but no former CEO would catch himself dead flipping burgers or working retail, even though they're perfectly good jobs for anything. No, its not an IT job or something "high tech", but its a freaking INCOME. Glad my taxes aren't only going towards the guys using the money to buy more drugs, but lazy former suits who would rather not work than work for $5-$8 an hour.
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It won't. There's a planned Clerks animated movie before Smith finally gives up his NJ movies (and is working on a Fletch...prequel?).
Check the IMDB for the info.
My friend sent me a video he took of it at the Spaceworld show, and I'm still not sure what I think.
;)
o vi es/zelda1.mov
It LOOKS like it could be a "remake" of the original game, in a pseudo 3d world, which could be really good, or really bad, depending on how Nintendo handles it. Or, it could just be completely "original", with Link fighting the baddies we all grew up with, ending with the evil Gannon [none of this Mask of Majora or Ganondorf crap].
And the cartoon cell-shading thing? Isn't it just a BIT overused? Games like Jet Set/Grind Radio pretty much made it look as cool as possible, but now with it being used on dozens of new PS2, XBOX, and now GCN games, I'm starting to think if everyone is just running to make the next "cool" game using this "new" "cool" effect. There's nothing wrong with that if ALL, if all these games use it to their own advantages. But if a game has it for no real purpose beyond it just being there, I struggle to see the whole point of it.
Unfortunately, that's gaming's biggest problem now. They all want to make "the next Half-Life" or "the next Tony Hawk". Very few will try and go ahead and make something original like Shenmue or Max Payne.
And note, if the poor quality shots aren't enough, most people probably don't realize that there's a poor quality video to go along with it (plaintext link):
http://cubemovies.ign.com/media/space2k1/pressm
Shouldn't it be .4 seconds per frame instead of 2.5 frames per second?
Besides, any "realtime" demo can't show off all the hard work involving texturing and lighting that animators put into it. "Pixar quality animation" isn't what it is because of computers. Its due to the people who are using the computers.
...class-action lawsuit?
IANAL, but Sony selling cd's that don't exactly conform to the CDDA standards (which is a whole other deal) and will possibly damage sound equipment under normal operation has got to be illegal underom SOMETHING.
And "unacceptable" to harm a consuer's audio equipment DELIBERATELY? Uh...yeah, that's about as unacceptable as them just breaking into my house and smashing my speakers with a crowbar.
...compared to your average /. troll.
;)
I've never wanted to kill someone over a spork until now...
Yeah, at least the XBOX and PS2 have a cupholder. Well...a cd tray...use it for what you want. :p
Look at this from an Advertisers perspective. The pay money for ads (like ThinkGeek with Slashdot), but very few probably act on those ads, let alone notice them.
:p
POP-UPS (or pop-unders) get attention. No publicity is bad publicity. For every person who boycotts X10 because of this, some poor schmuck is going to go out and buy a cheap wireless camera (for who knows what), and they'll at least do better than they'd do with a 468x60 ad at the top of the page.
They just want their ads to get noticed, that's all. Yeah, they piss me off to, and I close them, but I can see why they'd try this.
Maybe the truth is the fact that advertising rarely works as well as they think it does. Think Pepsi made back the tens of millions they spent on that Britney Spears/Bob Dole ad in increased sales DIRECTLY RELATED to that ad (and the ads FOR the ad)? Hell no.
Ads don't work as people think. Coke can spend billions of dollars a year, and I'll still drink Pepsi. And that has nothing to do with Pepsi's ads either. Just like the taste better. People will stick with two things. Best quality (in THEIR opinion), or cheapest. I know plenty of people who drink crap like "Adirondack Cola", which tastes like CRAP, but is DAMN cheap, and they live by it.
What? Zits? Pimples? Moles? Scars? Speak for yourself Commander! My face is smoother than Hillary Rosen's ass, just without the smell. ;)
...Lucas was weilding a lightsaber (Lightsaber and all variations are copyright LucasFilm LTD. All Rights reserved) in a fake "battle" with Star Wars Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard in a pirate-like manner during the "Star Wars Connections" part of ComicCon.
D =1 1561
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Full report here (plaintext link for the goat paranoid):
http://cgi.theforce.net/theforce/tfn.cgi?storyI
Heh, I'd love to have seen this...especially since Lucas has got to be pushing 300lbs these days.
Had mine pre-ordered from Amazon as soon as it was released, only to find out that it was "Out Of Print", and they just hadn't informed me.
:p
SamGoody.com has it, and I ended up picking up my copy at my local SamGoody, so that's probably a good place to check for the "limited edition".
I'm actually surprised that a "limited edition" is actually hard to find for once. Nothing like seeing 50 copies of the Manhunter "limited edition" at any given Wal-Mart.
"The best part is the EFF and Felten are planning a victory dinner at $250 a head!"
:D
Damn, where the hell are they that prices are so expensive? Here in NY, its far less than $250 to get head.
Those people could've already had problems anyways. Maybe for some, caffine was NOT the thing to be having (i.e. HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE).
It's like when those people are shocked that some 92-year old man drops dead from overexertion from using Viagra. It wasn't the viagra that killed him, just the built-up horniness that has been brewing for 45 years, all being released in a week.
Besides, sh!t happens, and without caffine I'd probably...
fall asleep right here.
Heh, exactly. I'd like to see ONE gov't regulation that requires 100% compliance.
And 100% is pratctically impossible anyways, because if just ONE song out of...say...5 billion gets through, its not 100% anymore.
Personally, she's asking WAAAAY too much from them, considering they're already dead.
Oh look, a dead horse! Let's beat it!
This has been kicked around for years.
We've already heard every rumor under the sun, from M. Night Shyamalan writiting the script, to even Lucas himself directing it (after Episode III of course), and even that it would be released mid-2002 (too late!).
Then when "Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine" came out, the rumors all focused on the game developers, and how they (falsely) hinted that the next Indy movie went beyond all the Nazi-bashing stuff from the first three (aw...killing Nazis was so much fun though...), and that it might take place in an African/Tropical climate, or even have something to do with the Cold War with Russia.
But let's look at it this way, Speilberg and Ford are most likely booked for the next few years, and Lucas will almost definately be busy until 2005 or so. Maybe THEN the three of them will have enough time to write a decent script, get old Connery back (assuming he doesn't get arrested for shooting Lorn Michaels before then), and actually make this movie.
So, I don't believe this is "newsworthy", especially since a PR Rep at Paramount put it so perfectly:
"These rumours come round every couple of months. It's idle gossip."
Dutch my ass! When the hell did he learn Japanese!
Must have been those all-night sessions with Cowboy Neal, who happens to know every language in the world but French.
Maybe they'll notice I NEVER win, and just give me some money for all of my troubles.
Final Fantasy XI is going to be ONLINE-ONLY. OF COURSE they'll make it for multiple platforms. Why hit the millions of PS2 owners when you can also hit the millions of GameCube, XBox, and PC gamers too! DUH! ;)
I'm surprised people think this is "shocking" or "new". Square, whether you like their games or not, has always excelled in marketing, and that alone has turned an almost bankrupt company from the 80's into one of the biggest game developers today.
What, you think we have nothing better to do at 3AM in the morning? What, are we just a bunch of pathetic geeks who never venture out from behind our computers until the night has fallen and dead have risen?
Er...hm...uh....
Ah crap, you win. I'll be outside looking at the stars if anybody needs me.
Nothing like a game of Pitfall to screw up my driving (in a Firestone-equipped Explorer nonetheless) even more than it already is.
"Watch out for that gator Pitfall Harry!"
*CRASH*
Then again, I'll more likely be rear-ended by someone trying to figure out the object of Pac-Man or Pong...
Wow, what a coincidence! Its also almost 5 years to the date that my grades started slipping, and I started failing all of my classes. But those all-night frag-fests were worth it, eh? Hm...I wonder if the release of GLQuake has any similarities to my getting kicked out of college...
By Dan Parisi... :p
Guess he got Bloomberg there.
Then again, danparisisucks.org, or even danparisiisthegoatseman.com are both available, ready for Bloomberg to register.
Wow...glad you know how to copy and paste from a press release. :p
There are TWO "Phantom Edit" movies floating around, so nobody should be calling it "THE Phantom Edit". The first one is still better than the second, but I still prefer Lucas'.
No, you won't be able to "pay your mortgage", which means you can't KEEP the nice house/appartment you once had. You have to make sacrafices. You can't keep the BMW, the nice computers, and all the LUXERIES you had before. But at least if you're earning minimum wage, you have SOME source of income beyond what the government GIVES you. I'd rather be working my ass off and living in some shithole than ever recieve government aid because I don't feel like working "only" minimum wage. Besides, fine me one fast food place that pays minimum these days. I've got dozens within 5 miles of my place, and all advertise for starting at $7 an hour.
No, its not that bad. But most .com'ers won't settle for too much less than the huge startup they're coming from. There's thousands and thousands of jobs, many minimum-wage or aroud there, and they can at least find SOME income instead of that "I can't find a job and will rely on the rest of you guys to support me" mentality.
There's jobs, but no former CEO would catch himself dead flipping burgers or working retail, even though they're perfectly good jobs for anything. No, its not an IT job or something "high tech", but its a freaking INCOME. Glad my taxes aren't only going towards the guys using the money to buy more drugs, but lazy former suits who would rather not work than work for $5-$8 an hour.