I'm just pointing out that the game with the most acclaim specifically for having more customization than you can shake a stick at, second life, has one of the smallest populations of active paying subscribers.
"There is no overarching story to WoW. Or at least not a long, drawn-out historical one"
Wow I warrant has more drawn out historical story line than both EQ and EQ2. There are books all over the place in Wow that tell parts of the history. Any room full of books usually has one or two to click on.
There have been one time events in world of warcraft. The scourge invasion and the opening of AQ. I imagine there will continue to be more as time goes on.
There are many quest line stories, The onxyia chain, the plagueland brothers who are out set on revenge against each other (one side being a horde npc, one brother an alliance npc), some of the plaguelands quests in general are all connected with plenty of story and dialog. Also see the whole store behind Black Rock Mountain the interplay between Vaelastrasz and Nefarion through all three Black Rock instances (lbrs, ubrs, bwl).
Its about 10,000 years too late (if you're a hard line 6day genesis believer) or a couple billion years too late if you're not.
People have been forming communities around their interests since our only interest was to live, eat, procreate and die.
The only difference is that we now have people forming online communities. This should be no suprize to a community like slashdot who regularly argues that existing meat-space applications and processes shouldn't be patentable as 'new' when they are moved to an electronic application.
What always amazed me about this whole deal is that God of War which is also rated M has a sex mini game right in the beginning of the game that requires nothing to unlock, is meant to be seen by everyone who plays the game. The game has topless women in it........
AND NOBODY FREAKIN CARES!
This whole thing about hot coffee is a load of crap. It was self-righteous outrage about something that isn't a problem. I'm glad Take Two got off with what amounts to a speeding ticket.
Yah silly us letting something coordinated with other people dictate when we can do things, tee times, lane reservations, field reservations, room reservations, restaraunt reservations, television schedules.
Gabriel Knight: SotF was the first game that gave me the willies enough that I had to run around the house turning all the lights on and had trouble sleeping that night.
Happy has a positive denotation, I don't think all homosexual people are happy and don't automatically have a positive opinion of any 'gay' person.
While I don't use 'gay' to mean 'uncool' or 'crappy' it doesn't have the impact you think it does. Words with multiple definitions do not automatically tie those definitions together.
Ninety-five percent of people who make the actual purchase of computer games and 84% of people who make the actual purchase of video games are 18 years of age or older. The average age of the game buyer is 37 years old. "
These games are marketed towards adults, purchased by adults and played by adults.
Slashdot Mirror
Which happens to be better than tremulous at doing mostly the same thing. And lets face it you can get hl1 for under $10 nowadays.
....makes me roam.
Surely if they want the real names they should be willing to give theirs up.
Perhaps a double standard, perhaps I just don't know the relative case law.
Its much cheaper than a movie, or a night out on the town.
Its like any hobby just cheaper.
Bitter much?
Nobody really gives a flying crap if the game was 'revolutionary' or 'evolutionary' except fanbois and anti-fanbois.
We want games that are fun.
Is halo fun? Check!
Are miya's games fun? Check!
The rest is crap.
Just curious.
"Our actions seem to be causing changes that are mostly unpredictable."
Read what you just typed.
"How can any educated person deny that we have seriously affected our world ecosystem? "
Because the majority agree that it is getting warmer, not that we did/are doing it.
Of course if the temp rises, more water will evaporate into the atmosphere as well.
You can declare war with the goblin race, kill many of them do some quests and eventually become an Admiral in the Bloodsail Buccaneers.
Unfortunately all it gets you is the wrath of every neutral town, and a pretty hat that can summon a parrot.
I'm just pointing out that the game with the most acclaim specifically for having more customization than you can shake a stick at, second life, has one of the smallest populations of active paying subscribers.
Perhaps it really isn't that desired a quality.
"There is no overarching story to WoW. Or at least not a long, drawn-out historical one"
Wow I warrant has more drawn out historical story line than both EQ and EQ2. There are books all over the place in Wow that tell parts of the history. Any room full of books usually has one or two to click on.
There have been one time events in world of warcraft. The scourge invasion and the opening of AQ. I imagine there will continue to be more as time goes on.
There are many quest line stories, The onxyia chain, the plagueland brothers who are out set on revenge against each other (one side being a horde npc, one brother an alliance npc), some of the plaguelands quests in general are all connected with plenty of story and dialog. Also see the whole store behind Black Rock Mountain the interplay between Vaelastrasz and Nefarion through all three Black Rock instances (lbrs, ubrs, bwl).
Perhaps you should check out.
http://www.wowwiki.com/Lore
And especially
http://www.wowwiki.com/Timeline
Yes, people are always whining 'oh we need more customization options and we want land of our own' but really most people don't.
The largest market segment is 24 years and older.
Renowned by who?
Perhaps their world is just 'second life'
Its about 10,000 years too late (if you're a hard line 6day genesis believer) or a couple billion years too late if you're not.
People have been forming communities around their interests since our only interest was to live, eat, procreate and die.
The only difference is that we now have people forming online communities. This should be no suprize to a community like slashdot who regularly argues that existing meat-space applications and processes shouldn't be patentable as 'new' when they are moved to an electronic application.
What always amazed me about this whole deal is that God of War which is also rated M has a sex mini game right in the beginning of the game that requires nothing to unlock, is meant to be seen by everyone who plays the game. The game has topless women in it........
AND NOBODY FREAKIN CARES!
This whole thing about hot coffee is a load of crap. It was self-righteous outrage about something that isn't a problem. I'm glad Take Two got off with what amounts to a speeding ticket.
Yah silly us letting something coordinated with other people dictate when we can do things, tee times, lane reservations, field reservations, room reservations, restaraunt reservations, television schedules.
Better value for your dollar than a movie at a theater.
Also probably the equivalent value of bying 3-4 games that you only play for 3-4 months.
Gabriel Knight: SotF was the first game that gave me the willies enough that I had to run around the house turning all the lights on and had trouble sleeping that night.
Is there a terrible price difference between purchasing a console instead of a PC,
The answer is yes.
Happy has a positive denotation, I don't think all homosexual people are happy and don't automatically have a positive opinion of any 'gay' person.
While I don't use 'gay' to mean 'uncool' or 'crappy' it doesn't have the impact you think it does. Words with multiple definitions do not automatically tie those definitions together.
Are you speaking of mom and pop type shops, or something with a web address.
Frankly as Ebert has a writing credit on this pseudo porn film I really don't think he's that qualified to decide what is art and what isn't.
(ratings aside, they know their primary audience)
Yes they do, and it isn't children.
http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php
"Who Purchases Computer and Video Games?
Ninety-five percent of people who make the actual purchase of computer games and 84% of people who make the actual purchase of video games are 18 years of age or older. The average age of the game buyer is 37 years old. "
These games are marketed towards adults, purchased by adults and played by adults.
The 'what about the children' is a red herring.