If you'd stop gorveling the diseased schlong of PS3 hype for 5 minutes, maybe you'd be able to "come up" (no pun intended) with your own conclusions on why physics and AI are unlikely to change at all in this generation. But you're probably late for your shift at Gamestop...good luck upselling those cleaning kits!
So, Nancy, in your dollhouse, you can only do target painting with light guns and ultrasonics? Sounds like you're a real fucking expert on the technology, sweetheart.
All I know it isn't powerful enough to do HD output something both the original xbox and ps2 were able to do.
Not the PS2. And as for the Xbox-Doom 3 and the Halo games are about the only games that use it. Developers didn't get good performance in HD res without heavy optimization-and they are running into this problem with the Xbox 360 as well.
Progressive scan (480p) will be an option on the Rev, and it will mean silky smooth framerates at a lower resolution, instead of the same old interlaced crap at higher resolution (1080i). It should be gorgeous-unless you're a complete HD freak that won't even watch DVDs anymore.
It's easier if you're a lefty. You can manipulate the stylus with the left, and press buttons with the right. Still, feels pretty primitive compared to the very good controls (for its time) on N64.
It wasn't until mid-2000 that Dreamcast games were easy to pirate. By that time, Sega was secretly negotiating with Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo for development hardware. The Dreamcast didn't sell well in Japan, and that pretty much sealed its fate. In fact, if Okawa hadn't donated $700 to Sega, they would have probably gone under completely. So, your "piracy killed the Dreamcast" argument doesn't stand up to the facts.
Boasting amazing music, unbelievably challenging gameplay (telling me that it's easy would mean that you're a total liar) and it's hitting its 13th release in Japan in March. Not only that, but it hardly concentrates on "dance-friendly music" as it says in the article. Can't say I've ever seen anyone dance to Gabba or any sort of Click House.
The problem with Beatmania is that it's less of a music game and more of a rhythm/timing game. Games like Samba de Amigo or Guitar Hero roughly simulate the experience of playing an instrument. Whereas the music in Beatmania is completely superlative. The speed at which the notes pass shatters the illusion of "playing along." Add in the fact that the music is largely throwaway J-Pop, and you've got a game that doesn't stand out much among rhythm games (besides its incredible challenge). Not to mention the mixing is BAAADDD in some of the Beatmania arcade games I've played.
The 1930's were a time of new ways of thinking and living for many Americans. With their livelihoods destroyed, many began to question the methods and machinations of capitalism. Some believed that other "isms" such as fascism or communism would supersede it. Others believed that the time for "isms" and other metastructures were over. A select few put their faith in the immutable succor provided by a tasty burger.
Cecilia and Graham Davey were two such persons. These well-to-do socialities left their fashionable lives in Connecticut to venture West. Purchasing a parcel of land around San Diego, the brother and sister dubbed it "Burgesia," a utopian socialist colony open to all who could produce and distribute delicious hamburger steaks.
You are currently known as "Rags." Like Cecilia and Graham, you are headed West. Although your reasons are more closely related to debts and minor criminal charges. While hopping the Pacific line, your threadbare hobo nose twitches with delight at the smell...Burgesia is approaching! Your heart jumps as you realize the tales that "Dirty Frank" and "Hi-Hat Harry" told you around the trash can fire were true. You throw your satchel over your shoulder and hop down off the train. You're ready for Burgesia-but is Burgesia ready for you?
There are already institutions in place for tracking terrorists that operate entirely within the country. We don't need the army or CIA spying on American citizens.
The Dreamcast only used Windows CE toolkit for a handful of games, mostly crappy PC ports like Hidden and Dangerous, The Next Tetris, etc. It was buggy and didn't use the full power of the Dreamcast, which is why 95% of games used SegaKatana (the Dreamcast's internal OS).
The Dreamcast was a very efficient, straightforward machine compared to the PS2. Many first generation Dreamcast games far surpassed the quality of PS2-developers didn't get the hang of PS2 until much later. Even now, DC graphics are nowhere near as jaggy moving PS2 graphics, because of processing cost of doing anti-aliasing on PS2.
How many Xbox games actually support HD resolution? 4? 5? Sure, the Xbox is gonna have better graphics than PS2 no matter what, but let's not overstate the case.
So you see, your clamoring for progressive scan and not caring about HD support doesn't really make any sense, as they are one in the same.
CPUGuy-why not look at it from the CPU's perspective? It takes a lot less CPU to provide a 480p resolution than it does a 720 or 1080 HD res. You get a much smoother picture, and it costs virtually nothing for Nintendo or 3rd party developers to offer progressive scan resolutions. Contrast that with the Xbox, which supports HD resolutions, but no developers use it because of the resource cost.
Imaging for a second if there was no MS and Apple was the monopoly? How much worse would that be for consumers?
"Image" for one second that there was no Hitler, and instead of Hitler, it was Steve Jobs! Think how EVIL Apple would be then! It makes as much sense as your stupid counterfactual.
/. is largely populated by college-aged or twenty-something people who (and I know this from personal experience) tend to think they understand a heck of a lot more than they do and confuse knowing a lot of facts or the ability to know a lot of facts with being educated. These same people (again speaking from my own experience as a former college student, now somewhat rehabiliated),
Thanks for playing the part of the anti-intellectual. You folks have a rich history in These United States, starting with the street preachers who rejected the educated gentleman pastors. "Sure them folks is smart with their book learnin', but they ain't got that good ole Country Wisdom, ya know?"...knowing a lot of facts does not mean you understand those facts... and it especially does not qualify you to speak on subjects you do not know about... and I can tell you for a fact, not too many people hear who criticize religion understand it or know much about it.
Really? I find that many of my atheist friends are aware of the origins of particular religions-contrasted with some of my religious friends/associates who would like to believe that their religion is the sole representative of the truth, and that it sprung forth ex nihilo without any revisions or derivations from previous religions.
Personally, I think the oft-repeated attitude that "a little knowledge is dangerous," or "knowledge without wisdom is decadent" is just a nice way of saying smartness is dumb. And promoting yourself as someone who has true perspective, just like those smarty pants college kids is a little...ironic, don'tcha think?
So God is a mysterious, passive drama queen who furtively pulls the strings? Sounds more like the Godfather to me! Seriously, the things people will worship these days.
The fact is, it's the World Series, and the World Championship of Baseball because the finest baseball players are competing. Not because we're arbitrarily excluding other countries. The best players from other countries come here to compete-making it truly a World Series.
The same could be said for American football, except that there is much less international interest. Which makes it the world championship of American football basically by default, because no one cares.
The common defense to your statement should be that you're a lying sack of...
Of course...everyone who has problems with Linux is either stupid or a liar. What a warm and friendly community you've got there! I'm just glad I'm no longer a part of it.
Apple not only won't do so, they will fight you in court (Real) if you reverse engineer their DRM in order to create a compatible DRM.
What about the iTunes phone? Fact is, Apple is willing to license the DRM, but under their terms. They've got an agenda-that's making integration between iTunes and the portable player easy without stepping on the iPod. The DRM on the Microsoft players doesn't always work correctly-people are often locked out of music they paid for. Apple undoubtedly wants to avoid this with their DRM.
"With a good setup" is a mouthful. My roommate runs Linux full time (has for 5 years) and he's always complaining about how he can't get his movie player, sound card, and video card (with acceleration) all working together at the same time.
The common defense on this site is "He's probably stupid!" because he can't do it, or because he picked the wrong distro. He's stupid all right, just like everyone else who uses a computer. When full time geeks can't get it done, how can we reasonably expect normal computer users?
To be fair, Microsoft is at least willing to license the DRM. Apple refuses to do so.
I guess we all just imaged that Motorola iTunes phone then?
Apple is willing to license the DRM. Sony would rather use this incompatibility as a competitive advantage for its portable players over the iPod (Gee, we've never seen this strategy from Sony before have we?). Once again Sony fails to realize that you can't annoy your customers into buying their crap.
They're the sort of people who will complain loudly one day about how buggy their latest console game purchase is, then the next day complain about how the Xbox allows games to be patched.
Allowing games to be patched is a tacit approval of publishing unfinished games. It's gotten so bad in the PC gaming world that alpha-quality software is the norm. Why would anyone want to allow that in the console world?
In short, the people who complain about the design of the Revolution controller are whiny dolts
There are some very valid concerns about the Revolution controller in this very thread. Stuff like, how am I supposed to aim in an FPS game on a split screen? What if I am playing my games on a projector? Whether you call it whining or not, if it affects whether people buy the system or not, Nintendo needs to address it.
The novelty of profanity has been worn out to the point where it doesn't have the desired effect anymore. Therefore, I subscribe to the alternative: Using unique and creative utterings to describe my feelings.
The thing is, when you're REALLY using profanity, (in the brain states described in the article) you won't have time to be cute about it. There's a difference between what you say when you slam your fingers in the car door and what you say to your friends at the coffee house to sound cute.
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If you'd stop gorveling the diseased schlong of PS3 hype for 5 minutes, maybe you'd be able to "come up" (no pun intended) with your own conclusions on why physics and AI are unlikely to change at all in this generation. But you're probably late for your shift at Gamestop...good luck upselling those cleaning kits!
So, Nancy, in your dollhouse, you can only do target painting with light guns and ultrasonics? Sounds like you're a real fucking expert on the technology, sweetheart.
All I know it isn't powerful enough to do HD output something both the original xbox and ps2 were able to do.
Not the PS2. And as for the Xbox-Doom 3 and the Halo games are about the only games that use it. Developers didn't get good performance in HD res without heavy optimization-and they are running into this problem with the Xbox 360 as well.
Progressive scan (480p) will be an option on the Rev, and it will mean silky smooth framerates at a lower resolution, instead of the same old interlaced crap at higher resolution (1080i). It should be gorgeous-unless you're a complete HD freak that won't even watch DVDs anymore.
It's easier if you're a lefty. You can manipulate the stylus with the left, and press buttons with the right. Still, feels pretty primitive compared to the very good controls (for its time) on N64.
It wasn't until mid-2000 that Dreamcast games were easy to pirate. By that time, Sega was secretly negotiating with Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo for development hardware. The Dreamcast didn't sell well in Japan, and that pretty much sealed its fate. In fact, if Okawa hadn't donated $700 to Sega, they would have probably gone under completely. So, your "piracy killed the Dreamcast" argument doesn't stand up to the facts.
Boasting amazing music, unbelievably challenging gameplay (telling me that it's easy would mean that you're a total liar) and it's hitting its 13th release in Japan in March. Not only that, but it hardly concentrates on "dance-friendly music" as it says in the article. Can't say I've ever seen anyone dance to Gabba or any sort of Click House.
The problem with Beatmania is that it's less of a music game and more of a rhythm/timing game. Games like Samba de Amigo or Guitar Hero roughly simulate the experience of playing an instrument. Whereas the music in Beatmania is completely superlative. The speed at which the notes pass shatters the illusion of "playing along." Add in the fact that the music is largely throwaway J-Pop, and you've got a game that doesn't stand out much among rhythm games (besides its incredible challenge). Not to mention the mixing is BAAADDD in some of the Beatmania arcade games I've played.
The 1930's were a time of new ways of thinking and living for many Americans. With their livelihoods destroyed, many began to question the methods and machinations of capitalism. Some believed that other "isms" such as fascism or communism would supersede it. Others believed that the time for "isms" and other metastructures were over. A select few put their faith in the immutable succor provided by a tasty burger.
Cecilia and Graham Davey were two such persons. These well-to-do socialities left their fashionable lives in Connecticut to venture West. Purchasing a parcel of land around San Diego, the brother and sister dubbed it "Burgesia," a utopian socialist colony open to all who could produce and distribute delicious hamburger steaks.
You are currently known as "Rags." Like Cecilia and Graham, you are headed West. Although your reasons are more closely related to debts and minor criminal charges. While hopping the Pacific line, your threadbare hobo nose twitches with delight at the smell...Burgesia is approaching! Your heart jumps as you realize the tales that "Dirty Frank" and "Hi-Hat Harry" told you around the trash can fire were true. You throw your satchel over your shoulder and hop down off the train. You're ready for Burgesia-but is Burgesia ready for you?
There are already institutions in place for tracking terrorists that operate entirely within the country. We don't need the army or CIA spying on American citizens.
I waited several minutes, but you obviously don't have the wherewithal, so...FIRST POST!
I've played Snax'n' Jackson. It's not bad. Similar to pong or breakout. Weird concept, but decent gameplay. It's no Burger Time...but what is?
Speaking of drugs, why don't you have some right now? In fact, take the whole bottle!
BLAH BLAH BLAH the sky is falling
The Dreamcast only used Windows CE toolkit for a handful of games, mostly crappy PC ports like Hidden and Dangerous, The Next Tetris, etc. It was buggy and didn't use the full power of the Dreamcast, which is why 95% of games used SegaKatana (the Dreamcast's internal OS).
The Dreamcast was a very efficient, straightforward machine compared to the PS2. Many first generation Dreamcast games far surpassed the quality of PS2-developers didn't get the hang of PS2 until much later. Even now, DC graphics are nowhere near as jaggy moving PS2 graphics, because of processing cost of doing anti-aliasing on PS2.
How many Xbox games actually support HD resolution? 4? 5? Sure, the Xbox is gonna have better graphics than PS2 no matter what, but let's not overstate the case.
So you see, your clamoring for progressive scan and not caring about HD support doesn't really make any sense, as they are one in the same.
CPUGuy-why not look at it from the CPU's perspective? It takes a lot less CPU to provide a 480p resolution than it does a 720 or 1080 HD res. You get a much smoother picture, and it costs virtually nothing for Nintendo or 3rd party developers to offer progressive scan resolutions. Contrast that with the Xbox, which supports HD resolutions, but no developers use it because of the resource cost.
Imaging for a second if there was no MS and Apple was the monopoly? How much worse would that be for consumers?
"Image" for one second that there was no Hitler, and instead of Hitler, it was Steve Jobs! Think how EVIL Apple would be then! It makes as much sense as your stupid counterfactual.
Thanks for playing the part of the anti-intellectual. You folks have a rich history in These United States, starting with the street preachers who rejected the educated gentleman pastors. "Sure them folks is smart with their book learnin', but they ain't got that good ole Country Wisdom, ya know?"
Really? I find that many of my atheist friends are aware of the origins of particular religions-contrasted with some of my religious friends/associates who would like to believe that their religion is the sole representative of the truth, and that it sprung forth ex nihilo without any revisions or derivations from previous religions.
Personally, I think the oft-repeated attitude that "a little knowledge is dangerous," or "knowledge without wisdom is decadent" is just a nice way of saying smartness is dumb. And promoting yourself as someone who has true perspective, just like those smarty pants college kids is a little...ironic, don'tcha think?
Jack Chick? Is that you?
So God is a mysterious, passive drama queen who furtively pulls the strings? Sounds more like the Godfather to me! Seriously, the things people will worship these days.
The fact is, it's the World Series, and the World Championship of Baseball because the finest baseball players are competing. Not because we're arbitrarily excluding other countries. The best players from other countries come here to compete-making it truly a World Series.
The same could be said for American football, except that there is much less international interest. Which makes it the world championship of American football basically by default, because no one cares.
The common defense to your statement should be that you're a lying sack of...
Of course...everyone who has problems with Linux is either stupid or a liar. What a warm and friendly community you've got there! I'm just glad I'm no longer a part of it.
Apple not only won't do so, they will fight you in court (Real) if you reverse engineer their DRM in order to create a compatible DRM.
What about the iTunes phone? Fact is, Apple is willing to license the DRM, but under their terms. They've got an agenda-that's making integration between iTunes and the portable player easy without stepping on the iPod. The DRM on the Microsoft players doesn't always work correctly-people are often locked out of music they paid for. Apple undoubtedly wants to avoid this with their DRM.
"With a good setup" is a mouthful. My roommate runs Linux full time (has for 5 years) and he's always complaining about how he can't get his movie player, sound card, and video card (with acceleration) all working together at the same time.
The common defense on this site is "He's probably stupid!" because he can't do it, or because he picked the wrong distro. He's stupid all right, just like everyone else who uses a computer. When full time geeks can't get it done, how can we reasonably expect normal computer users?
To be fair, Microsoft is at least willing to license the DRM. Apple refuses to do so.
I guess we all just imaged that Motorola iTunes phone then?
Apple is willing to license the DRM. Sony would rather use this incompatibility as a competitive advantage for its portable players over the iPod (Gee, we've never seen this strategy from Sony before have we?). Once again Sony fails to realize that you can't annoy your customers into buying their crap.
They're the sort of people who will complain loudly one day about how buggy their latest console game purchase is, then the next day complain about how the Xbox allows games to be patched.
Allowing games to be patched is a tacit approval of publishing unfinished games. It's gotten so bad in the PC gaming world that alpha-quality software is the norm. Why would anyone want to allow that in the console world?
In short, the people who complain about the design of the Revolution controller are whiny dolts
There are some very valid concerns about the Revolution controller in this very thread. Stuff like, how am I supposed to aim in an FPS game on a split screen? What if I am playing my games on a projector? Whether you call it whining or not, if it affects whether people buy the system or not, Nintendo needs to address it.
The novelty of profanity has been worn out to the point where it doesn't have the desired effect anymore. Therefore, I subscribe to the alternative: Using unique and creative utterings to describe my feelings.
The thing is, when you're REALLY using profanity, (in the brain states described in the article) you won't have time to be cute about it. There's a difference between what you say when you slam your fingers in the car door and what you say to your friends at the coffee house to sound cute.