Even if they keep adding more songs, it's pretty much the same thing over and over. I played it here and there at a friend's place and the repetitive button mashing gets old fast - there's no real sense of accomplishment.
Obviously you didn't play on Expert...and you didn't touch the drums either, did you?
Add a mod or controller that allows you to hook up a real guitar, and figure out some "skill / sound = more points" system. Something similar to the voice recognition for the microphone in rock band.
The pitch controls on Rock Band don't really measure how good of a singer you are...you can mumble quietly into the mic and get a perfect score. Or you can explore your full vocal range and fail.
I've never met a guitar player that just stopped playing 'cause it was boring or they "just didn't feel like it anymore".
Be honest now...never? No one ever quits playing guitar because they got sick of it? I'm sorry, you're wrong.
2)Are you seriously implying that the Who, Nirvana, Elvis Costello etc are MTV bands? Or the obscure stuff Bikini Kill, the Libyans, etc? So, they have a Panic at the Disco song, there's 70+ other tracks. Don't pick that song if you don't like it.
Hmm, that comment seems familiar. Are you still bitter that Guitar Freaks didn't catch on with anyone except 5 Japanese guys? Don't kid yourself, all that crap is niche...even in Japan.
Yes, less fun music and more boring, pointlessly technical bullshit that only people who subscribe to Guitar magazine care about is precisely what the music games are missing! You know, the same assholes who say "why play Guitar Hero when you can just play a real instrument?" Yeah, those are a rich demographic for your music game. Better court those dudes aggressively with a heavy dose of Yngwie Malmsteen and Eric Johnson.
"Serious" must mean "selling extremely poorly compared to Rock Band and Guitar Hero."
I love DDR but gimme a break, you can't really say that the lawsuits and discontinuation of DDR from arcades counts as "going strong." Or that any of those DDR games have ever come close to touching Rock Band's popularity outside of an increasingly small niche audience.
Install a fresh copy of Windows, or Adobe's creative suite and count how many times you must run the updater until it reports that you are current and that there are no further updates to apply. Usually the number hovers around 3 or 4 times. Most non-technical users will assume that the machine is up to date after the first go around. This results in vulnerable machines running around the internet.
Contrast Microsoft's/Adobe's/Apple's stupid approach to my Ubuntu machine. One update run is all that is needed to bring the entire machine up to date.
The problem is, you can't mandate a centralized update repository on a commercial OS. So there's a lot of crappy updaters that are constantly sucking up CPU cycles on any Windows or OS X machine. And Linux is hardly immune to problems with software updates-in fact, I'd take Adobe's terrible, bloated, non-functional updater over dependency hell.
The real solution is to do less...instead of a separate updater, the program itself should check for updates, then refer users to a website where they can directly download a newer version.
Nuclear power is the only true green power. Environmentalist wackos want us to turn off electricity and live in paper hats, but you just can't turn off civilization, it's too late. We're addicted to electricity and all the joys it brings-refrigeration being tops on the list, of course! So we're going to have to do something else to fight global warming. Nuclear power is that "something else." It's the only practical solution. There ain't no such thing as clean coal, and Americans will not stop their "unsustainable" lifestyle...and why should they, when they can just nuke it up and enjoy as much refrigerated food as before. The refrigerator is the true ambassador of civilization.
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The US totally dropped the ball on digital TV. Although mobile ATSC is rolling out so there's finally a version of ATSC that can degrade gracefully. You'd think they would have been building it that way from the start.
I am unbelievable wealthy and I will continue to buy a lot of games! The economy? Pah! It matters not one whit to me! Now, fetch me my gold-plated Playstation 3! While I play the role of "Snake" in Metal Gear Solid 4, you plebes can stick to playing "Snake" on your outdated mobile phones! Hah, hah, hah! Worms!
If you want to make a change here, fix the copyright laws, but don't tell game developers to "shut up", because they're the ones pulling doubles every day for months at a go, foregoing the comforts of a significant other, basic hygiene, and possibly their sanity--simply because that's what they love doing and don't mind being underpaid for it.
All I can say is...suckers!
Because it would be just your luck that they'd do exactly that, and then you'd be forced to do something other than masturbating to your level 80 elf huntress.
Fine with me. There are enough good games out there already that I could probably play for the next 25 years or more and not get bored. I also have other hobbies. If developers want to alienate people like me (late 20's/early 30's, married, good income) by taking away our ability to resell or take a game over to a friend's house, they can go ahead. I promise it will hurt them a lot worse than it hurts us.
It's coming. I'll bet the next consoles have 'features' that prevent game resale. They think people will buy no matter what. I've been gaming for 25 years and I will not buy a game that I can't bring over to a friends' house. And no, giving your friend your PSN or Xbox Live info so they can download the game onto their console isn't the same. Takes too much coordination, time, and it could even cost money if your friend is on metered broadband.
Sorry, but Ethernet ports are much more common than serial ports these days on new computers. Why would developers spend extra time and money supporting slow-ass obsolete null modem cables? Most people don't even know what they are anymore.
Flame me if you want, but it seems like an Atari computer made in 1983 works better with peripherals than an Ubuntu does made in 2009. And it probably plays more games, too. Let's all play Missile Command.
A big part of the realism of CyberTwins is their ability to provide realistic, intelligent responses to human queries. If for example, a customer is using aggressive language or is abusing a CyberTwin, it can detect this and push back, like a real person.
There are a lot of great PS3 games...Killzone 2, Ghostbusters, Rock Band 2, and Resident Evil 5 have been taking up a lot of my gaming time lately. You should check them out! There's also an awesome pinball simulator for PS3 that's download only..."Zen Pinball" is what it's called.
They totally do not care about their own Android Linux users. You are absolutely right. They don't spend millions on the floss Google Summer of Code. How could I be so stupid?
They've already thrown their support behind H.264 for mobile device. A tiny fraction of idealistic Linux users aren't really on Google's radar.
I don't remember. Maybe it has something to do with an open web, freedom and culture. Oh well..
I'm sure they care a lot more about that than having to waste server and engineering resources to make their Android phone work with 2 standards rather than one. Yes, if supporting OGG in software creates consumer confusion and makes the battery life on their phone shorter, they won't use it. Oh, and H.264 is an open standard.
I don't know... Maybe if they have two different quality versions of the same videos already then Google has to store 3*2 videos (3x times the storage) and has to convert uploaded vids 6 times instead of 2?
I don't think it will matter, they are stuck with FLV for the foreseeable future anyway. But server storage gets cheaper by the day so it's possible they might be able to put all 3 formats up. Never say never, especially for Google.
I'm feeling generous today so I'll give you a D-. Next, work on separating your own petty idealistic motivations from that of a for-profit company, Google!
I know that's not acceptable to Apple, because they get the blame from those customers of theirs who don't understand the that they would have to be able to play the content to be compliant. I don't know, maybe they can put a small warning when first playing content lacking HW-accelerated playback.
Do you think they're going to go out of their way to support something that will shorten their users' battery life, and weaken one of the strengths of their product (hardware-accelerated H.264 support)? And supporting OGG would definitely encourage website developers to ignore H.264...talk about cutting your own throat! No, I do not think that OGG support will be coming from Apple anytime soon.
Not all Linux distro's will support h.264. Firefox will not support it. So In order for Google to get the widest audience it either needs to continue flash (check Gnash progress; the future looks good) or go for OGG.
Do you honestly think Google cares about Linux users enough to switch its entire video infrastructure? Did you not read the summary? Google is already committed to H.264.
I think people should fight for OGG, but I am confident OGG will win if the specs remains undifined. Even if it doesn't then it will in the future.
Why?
YouTube will not offer both h.264, flash and OGG at the same time; too expensive.
Why?
I'm giving you an "F" on this little essay. You need to come up with arguments to support your assertations.
See me after class.
Your knee-jerk cynicism changes nothing. As bad as the press is, a world without them would be even worse. Instead of celebrity-driven news like CNN, you'd have Stan the Basement Blogger picking apart a press release from Apple ad nauseum. And there is no guarantee of bloggers' neutrality, either. Good journalism costs money-yet doing good journalism doesn't often make money, and often can hinder an organization's ability to make money. The US needs a BBC.
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Even if they keep adding more songs, it's pretty much the same thing over and over. I played it here and there at a friend's place and the repetitive button mashing gets old fast - there's no real sense of accomplishment.
Obviously you didn't play on Expert...and you didn't touch the drums either, did you?
Add a mod or controller that allows you to hook up a real guitar, and figure out some "skill / sound = more points" system. Something similar to the voice recognition for the microphone in rock band.
The pitch controls on Rock Band don't really measure how good of a singer you are...you can mumble quietly into the mic and get a perfect score. Or you can explore your full vocal range and fail.
I've never met a guitar player that just stopped playing 'cause it was boring or they "just didn't feel like it anymore".
Be honest now...never? No one ever quits playing guitar because they got sick of it? I'm sorry, you're wrong.
1) MTV doesn't play music.
2)Are you seriously implying that the Who, Nirvana, Elvis Costello etc are MTV bands? Or the obscure stuff Bikini Kill, the Libyans, etc? So, they have a Panic at the Disco song, there's 70+ other tracks. Don't pick that song if you don't like it.
You're a whiner!
Hmm, that comment seems familiar. Are you still bitter that Guitar Freaks didn't catch on with anyone except 5 Japanese guys? Don't kid yourself, all that crap is niche...even in Japan.
Yes, less fun music and more boring, pointlessly technical bullshit that only people who subscribe to Guitar magazine care about is precisely what the music games are missing! You know, the same assholes who say "why play Guitar Hero when you can just play a real instrument?" Yeah, those are a rich demographic for your music game. Better court those dudes aggressively with a heavy dose of Yngwie Malmsteen and Eric Johnson.
"Serious" must mean "selling extremely poorly compared to Rock Band and Guitar Hero."
I love DDR but gimme a break, you can't really say that the lawsuits and discontinuation of DDR from arcades counts as "going strong." Or that any of those DDR games have ever come close to touching Rock Band's popularity outside of an increasingly small niche audience.
Install a fresh copy of Windows, or Adobe's creative suite and count how many times you must run the updater until it reports that you are current and that there are no further updates to apply. Usually the number hovers around 3 or 4 times. Most non-technical users will assume that the machine is up to date after the first go around. This results in vulnerable machines running around the internet.
Contrast Microsoft's/Adobe's/Apple's stupid approach to my Ubuntu machine. One update run is all that is needed to bring the entire machine up to date.
The problem is, you can't mandate a centralized update repository on a commercial OS. So there's a lot of crappy updaters that are constantly sucking up CPU cycles on any Windows or OS X machine. And Linux is hardly immune to problems with software updates-in fact, I'd take Adobe's terrible, bloated, non-functional updater over dependency hell.
The real solution is to do less...instead of a separate updater, the program itself should check for updates, then refer users to a website where they can directly download a newer version.
Nuclear power is the only true green power. Environmentalist wackos want us to turn off electricity and live in paper hats, but you just can't turn off civilization, it's too late. We're addicted to electricity and all the joys it brings-refrigeration being tops on the list, of course! So we're going to have to do something else to fight global warming. Nuclear power is that "something else." It's the only practical solution. There ain't no such thing as clean coal, and Americans will not stop their "unsustainable" lifestyle...and why should they, when they can just nuke it up and enjoy as much refrigerated food as before. The refrigerator is the true ambassador of civilization.
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The US totally dropped the ball on digital TV. Although mobile ATSC is rolling out so there's finally a version of ATSC that can degrade gracefully. You'd think they would have been building it that way from the start.
Idle is pants? Really? What size are they? Why don't you quit using stupid expressions like that you slack-jawed, Croc-wearing Chicken McMoron?
I am unbelievable wealthy and I will continue to buy a lot of games! The economy? Pah! It matters not one whit to me! Now, fetch me my gold-plated Playstation 3! While I play the role of "Snake" in Metal Gear Solid 4, you plebes can stick to playing "Snake" on your outdated mobile phones! Hah, hah, hah! Worms!
Hey look everyone! It's a spammer! Be sure to point and laugh before this is modded to oblivion!
If you want to make a change here, fix the copyright laws, but don't tell game developers to "shut up", because they're the ones pulling doubles every day for months at a go, foregoing the comforts of a significant other, basic hygiene, and possibly their sanity--simply because that's what they love doing and don't mind being underpaid for it.
All I can say is...suckers!
Because it would be just your luck that they'd do exactly that, and then you'd be forced to do something other than masturbating to your level 80 elf huntress.
Fine with me. There are enough good games out there already that I could probably play for the next 25 years or more and not get bored. I also have other hobbies. If developers want to alienate people like me (late 20's/early 30's, married, good income) by taking away our ability to resell or take a game over to a friend's house, they can go ahead. I promise it will hurt them a lot worse than it hurts us.
It's coming. I'll bet the next consoles have 'features' that prevent game resale. They think people will buy no matter what. I've been gaming for 25 years and I will not buy a game that I can't bring over to a friends' house. And no, giving your friend your PSN or Xbox Live info so they can download the game onto their console isn't the same. Takes too much coordination, time, and it could even cost money if your friend is on metered broadband.
Sorry, but Ethernet ports are much more common than serial ports these days on new computers. Why would developers spend extra time and money supporting slow-ass obsolete null modem cables? Most people don't even know what they are anymore.
I'm sorry I don't have anything good to say. I'm late for my flight anyway!
Can you get arrested as a terrorist if you hack airport networks?
Flame me if you want, but it seems like an Atari computer made in 1983 works better with peripherals than an Ubuntu does made in 2009. And it probably plays more games, too. Let's all play Missile Command.
What's Karl Malone really like?
Urine as a fuel source? This could be the start of a new Golden Age!
A big part of the realism of CyberTwins is their ability to provide realistic, intelligent responses to human queries. If for example, a customer is using aggressive language or is abusing a CyberTwin, it can detect this and push back, like a real person.
Show me my account balance, robot slave!
I believe it! But then again, I was weaned on paint thinner and I drink out of the toilet...
There are a lot of great PS3 games...Killzone 2, Ghostbusters, Rock Band 2, and Resident Evil 5 have been taking up a lot of my gaming time lately. You should check them out! There's also an awesome pinball simulator for PS3 that's download only..."Zen Pinball" is what it's called.
They totally do not care about their own Android Linux users. You are absolutely right. They don't spend millions on the floss Google Summer of Code. How could I be so stupid?
They've already thrown their support behind H.264 for mobile device. A tiny fraction of idealistic Linux users aren't really on Google's radar.
I don't remember. Maybe it has something to do with an open web, freedom and culture. Oh well..
I'm sure they care a lot more about that than having to waste server and engineering resources to make their Android phone work with 2 standards rather than one. Yes, if supporting OGG in software creates consumer confusion and makes the battery life on their phone shorter, they won't use it. Oh, and H.264 is an open standard.
I don't know... Maybe if they have two different quality versions of the same videos already then Google has to store 3*2 videos (3x times the storage) and has to convert uploaded vids 6 times instead of 2?
I don't think it will matter, they are stuck with FLV for the foreseeable future anyway. But server storage gets cheaper by the day so it's possible they might be able to put all 3 formats up. Never say never, especially for Google.
I'm feeling generous today so I'll give you a D-. Next, work on separating your own petty idealistic motivations from that of a for-profit company, Google!
I know that's not acceptable to Apple, because they get the blame from those customers of theirs who don't understand the that they would have to be able to play the content to be compliant. I don't know, maybe they can put a small warning when first playing content lacking HW-accelerated playback.
Do you think they're going to go out of their way to support something that will shorten their users' battery life, and weaken one of the strengths of their product (hardware-accelerated H.264 support)? And supporting OGG would definitely encourage website developers to ignore H.264...talk about cutting your own throat! No, I do not think that OGG support will be coming from Apple anytime soon.
Not all Linux distro's will support h.264. Firefox will not support it. So In order for Google to get the widest audience it either needs to continue flash (check Gnash progress; the future looks good) or go for OGG.
Do you honestly think Google cares about Linux users enough to switch its entire video infrastructure? Did you not read the summary? Google is already committed to H.264.
I think people should fight for OGG, but I am confident OGG will win if the specs remains undifined. Even if it doesn't then it will in the future.
Why?
YouTube will not offer both h.264, flash and OGG at the same time; too expensive.
Why?
I'm giving you an "F" on this little essay. You need to come up with arguments to support your assertations.
See me after class.
Your knee-jerk cynicism changes nothing. As bad as the press is, a world without them would be even worse. Instead of celebrity-driven news like CNN, you'd have Stan the Basement Blogger picking apart a press release from Apple ad nauseum. And there is no guarantee of bloggers' neutrality, either. Good journalism costs money-yet doing good journalism doesn't often make money, and often can hinder an organization's ability to make money. The US needs a BBC.