When Mizuguchi's Space Channel 5 arrived in the US, it received an enormous advertising push, despite being easy, boring, and utterly without replay value. More worthy titles like Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi got little or no advertising.
The same thing happened when Shenmue came out. An "old master" producer at SEGA got a huge advertising campaign for his experimental pet project over more marketable (and in most cases, far better) games.
I'm wondering if this shakeup is such a bad thing- SEGA's "old masters" need to prove themselves again. Not with overzealous and failed experiments, not with cheap rehashes of old games (Phantasy Star Online) but with a mix of new ideas and solid mechanics. Rez was a definite step in the right direction, and I'm sorry to see that Mizuguchi isn't hanging around to continue this type of revolution. With a good manager to reign in his creative side, he could excel once again.
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Here's a radical change - stop watching life and start living it.
I don't know which pair you got, but I was trying to play some Samba at a party the other week-I brought my Sega Maracas, and someone else brought their "Cha Cha Amigo Maracas." We had to quit 2 player because their controllers would stop being detected after about 2 minutes of play...it happened about 8 times in a row. My Sega maracas have taken 3 years of beating and they still work almost perfectly (besides a tangled cord which I can't seem to straighten).
I mean really, a talent. When I read this, I thought he was looking directly into my mind (like he had one of those old Green Lantern rings that could read minds-but they didn't work on anything but yellow-what was up with that?). My mind! Oh God, it was like I didn't know where he began and I ended, and his insights on the virtual world of democracy could have sprang, fully formed like Athena, from my own mouth.
This author tore away all the facades I put up to hide the real me. He tore open my world and it was like I stood gaping naked, like a fresh and option wound. I almost cried, but then I realized that I didn't give a shit.
This seems like XML, only even more confusing. Arbitrary key names are now URIs? Where is the uniformity in this system?
Without strict discipline, users will create their own, incompatible URIs in the same namespace. Their needs to be a guiding hand in all this-a document or company that oversees this project VERY carefully. We don't want this turning into some aimless metanarrative like the "Information Superhighway".
I can't believe that someone would go bretreen Mac from Linux. Personally, I would welcome such a "switch" in the Dell-run hellhole where I work, but it seems like an unusual switch.
Most places grow Mac to Windrows or from Sun to Linux, but Mac from Linux big heap confusion! "Man bites dog" situation-I guess this is the scrap iron story of it all.
Sponsored by Sony Playstation 2(TM) and Windows XP(TM)
10)Playing certain types of games makes you a nerd, but playing other types of games makes you cool.
9)Pushing blocks is fun.
8)Micromanaging resources in Warcraft is more fun than micromanaging resources in Microsoft Excel.
7)$400 on a video card is a good investment.
6) One game where you can carry 20 guns at once and arm yourself through osmosis is more realistic than another game where you can carry 20 guns at once and arm yourself through osmosis.
5) You can make a good game without ninjas.
4) The princess can take care of herself.
3)Carmack is God.
2)Final Fantasy is a hit video game, not a series of bad CGI movies written by a 16 year old Japanese school girl on ecstasy.
And the number one most dubious claim about video games:
Look at the companies you're talking about: Dell, which profits on huge volumes (they control the business world almost exclusively, at least in the US)
and Gateway, which is broke as hell, trying to desperately to be bought by HP or Dell, and has no focus, no creative drive, basically no reason to exist.
Apple won't sell a cheap box because they would have to compete in terms of volume with behemoths like Dell or in price with Joe's Screwdriver Shop down the street. They don't need the pain.
If you want a cheap Mac, just buy an eMac or last year's model. And don't whine about "expanability," Apple hit a watershed with the G5 (like they did with the B&W G3 in 1999) and I can guarantee you that the best G4 of today is not gonna be a viable computer 3 years down the road.
Video game commercials as a whole aren't any better or worse than other commercials. People complain about the commercials being too low-brow, failing to represent the product in any tangible way, or simply being stupid, but how is that any different from any other commercial?
Commercials CAN have artistic merit, and they CAN be informative. Most of them fail on one or both counts, but that's not really interesting in itself.
Could soap commercials be better? Sure, but no one is writing websites about that. I fail to see how this is a topic worthy of discussion.
Any wordo n whaat arcade heardware will be used? What about potential home console stuff. I hope it's not PS2...PS2's lack of VRAM makes it hard to do much with sprites. gamecube or xbox would be a good home tho'.
(Perhaps, though, with Anandtech and Tom's Hardware, we're just spoiled.)
Did you just imply that Anandtech and Tom's hardware are valid places to go to learn about PC hardware? LMAO. For the uninitiated, here's a quick rundown of every Tom's hardware and anandtech page.
Motherboard X just came in. It's Company X's newest board, poised to grab the speed crown from Company's Y. Can it do it? Read on! (click banner ad.)
Next Page: Here is a blue line that represents motherboard X. You can see that it barely outdistances Y in this key test, as shown by the shorter line. But what about this other test? (click through for more huge banner ads.)
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
Conclusion: Boy, Motherboard X sure is fast! I can't wait to get my hands on one again, and I'll surely pay a premium for such speed. There may be banner ad for a company selling this motherboard RIGHT ON THIS VERY PAGE! I know what I'd do, if I wanted to be l33t, and you want to be l33t, don't you?
(click through for more huge banner ads.) Next week: Will the red line finally beat the blue line in our extensive test suite?
I wish I still had the instruction manual that came with my girlfriend's old Dell mid tower (Pentium MMX model that came out in about 1997).
It had a screwless door that you could remove to add RAM and expansion cards. The instruction manual illustrated how to remove the door: one hand on each side to press the catches down, and one hand to push the door off. That's right, three hands to open your computer. And the illustration actually showed three hands!
I actually pinned the picture on my dorm bulletin board, and holding it up as an example of terrible industrial design...but maybe it was just 'bizarre' and deserves to be on that site.
You have to admire the rebellious spirit that is alive and well in Santa Cruz.
First, SCO mercilessly tears down the geek's Bluebird of Happiness, Linux. Now they are butting heads with the biggest authority on the planet, the US Government!
I think we should all join up with SCO and take a moment to yell "Attica!" up at the powers that suppress us, whether they be the GPL or the US Constitution. Next thing you know, they'll be tossing bombs at Archduke Franz Ferdinand!
Really, if you want it, I can't see any reason why not to get one.
Why don't you send the monkey you were saving for Ti-Vo somewhere else, like the EFF? (http://www.eff.org). They are having their annual fund drive, and I love their shows, especially british comedies. Plus you get the handy tote bag!
Seriously, if all cable companies were this generous, they'd completely be out of business by now. P.T. Barnum is smiling down from his grave...
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When Mizuguchi's Space Channel 5 arrived in the US, it received an enormous advertising push, despite being easy, boring, and utterly without replay value. More worthy titles like Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi got little or no advertising.
The same thing happened when Shenmue came out. An "old master" producer at SEGA got a huge advertising campaign for his experimental pet project over more marketable (and in most cases, far better) games.
I'm wondering if this shakeup is such a bad thing-
SEGA's "old masters" need to prove themselves again. Not with overzealous and failed experiments, not with cheap rehashes of old games (Phantasy Star Online) but with a mix of new ideas and solid mechanics. Rez was a definite step in the right direction, and I'm sorry to see that Mizuguchi isn't hanging around to continue this type of revolution. With a good manager to reign in his creative side, he could excel once again.
Here's a radical change - stop watching life and start living it.
you mean like, by posting on slashdot?
My karma is getting terrible lately, and I don't understand why. It seems even my most challenging and witty comments get modded down.
So God, if you're up there, please let me have FP. It's the only thing I have left. PLEASE!
I don't know which pair you got, but I was trying to play some Samba at a party the other week-I brought my Sega Maracas, and someone else brought their "Cha Cha Amigo Maracas." We had to quit 2 player because their controllers would stop being detected after about 2 minutes of play...it happened about 8 times in a row. My Sega maracas have taken 3 years of beating and they still work almost perfectly (besides a tangled cord which I can't seem to straighten).
Wireless Access Points? Yeah, those sure didn't take off. What WERE they thinking?
I mean really, a talent. When I read this, I thought he was looking directly into my mind (like he had one of those old Green Lantern rings that could read minds-but they didn't work on anything but yellow-what was up with that?). My mind! Oh God, it was like I didn't know where he began and I ended, and his insights on the virtual world of democracy could have sprang, fully formed like Athena, from my own mouth.
This author tore away all the facades I put up to hide the real me. He tore open my world and it was like I stood gaping naked, like a fresh and option wound. I almost cried, but then I realized that I didn't give a shit.
I'm with you 99%.
This seems like XML, only even more confusing. Arbitrary key names are now URIs? Where is the uniformity in this system?
Without strict discipline, users will create their own, incompatible URIs in the same namespace. Their needs to be a guiding hand in all this-a document or company that oversees this project VERY carefully. We don't want this turning into some aimless metanarrative like the "Information Superhighway".
I can't believe that someone would go bretreen Mac from Linux. Personally, I would welcome such a "switch" in the Dell-run hellhole where I work, but it seems like an unusual switch.
Most places grow Mac to Windrows or from Sun to Linux, but Mac from Linux big heap confusion! "Man bites dog" situation-I guess this is the scrap iron story of it all.
Sponsored by Sony Playstation 2(TM) and Windows XP(TM)
10)Playing certain types of games makes you a nerd, but playing other types of games makes you cool.
9)Pushing blocks is fun.
8)Micromanaging resources in Warcraft is more fun than micromanaging resources in Microsoft Excel.
7)$400 on a video card is a good investment.
6) One game where you can carry 20 guns at once and arm yourself through osmosis is more realistic than another game where you can carry 20 guns at once and arm yourself through osmosis.
5) You can make a good game without ninjas.
4) The princess can take care of herself.
3)Carmack is God.
2)Final Fantasy is a hit video game, not a series of bad CGI movies written by a 16 year old Japanese school girl on ecstasy.
And the number one most dubious claim about video games:
1) I'm not cheating, you're just not very good.
And the number one
Because there's no money in it!
Look at the companies you're talking about: Dell, which profits on huge volumes (they control the business world almost exclusively, at least in the US)
and Gateway, which is broke as hell, trying to desperately to be bought by HP or Dell, and has no focus, no creative drive, basically no reason to exist.
Apple won't sell a cheap box because they would have to compete in terms of volume with behemoths like Dell or in price with Joe's Screwdriver Shop down the street. They don't need the pain.
If you want a cheap Mac, just buy an eMac or last year's model. And don't whine about "expanability," Apple hit a watershed with the G5 (like they did with the B&W G3 in 1999) and I can guarantee you that the best G4 of today is not gonna be a viable computer 3 years down the road.
Is that you, The_Fire_Horse?
Totally priceless...
Video game commercials as a whole aren't any better or worse than other commercials. People complain about the commercials being too low-brow, failing to represent the product in any tangible way, or simply being stupid, but how is that any different from any other commercial?
Commercials CAN have artistic merit, and they CAN be informative. Most of them fail on one or both counts, but that's not really interesting in itself.
Could soap commercials be better? Sure, but no one is writing websites about that. I fail to see how this is a topic worthy of discussion.
Any wordo n whaat arcade heardware will be used? What about potential home console stuff. I hope it's not PS2...PS2's lack of VRAM makes it hard to do much with sprites. gamecube or xbox would be a good home tho'.
Breech of contract? Apple Computer better file a brief, or they might get caught with their pants down!
How will you play it on an airplane? I'll bet they won't let you play it on an airplane.
It probably wouldn't be a good idea to buy this, if you're going to try and use it on an airplane. Just buy your own airplane.
That's no gouda!!!
I thought this was very funny.
But I think it would be funnier if you made it a cluster of Pentium Pro's running Xenix.
(Perhaps, though, with Anandtech and Tom's Hardware, we're just spoiled.)
Did you just imply that Anandtech and Tom's hardware are valid places to go to learn about PC hardware? LMAO. For the uninitiated, here's a quick rundown of every Tom's hardware and anandtech page.
Motherboard X just came in. It's Company X's newest board, poised to grab the speed crown from Company's Y. Can it do it? Read on! (click banner ad.)
Next Page: Here is a blue line that represents motherboard X. You can see that it barely outdistances Y in this key test, as shown by the shorter line. But what about this other test? (click through for more huge banner ads.)
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
Conclusion: Boy, Motherboard X sure is fast! I can't wait to get my hands on one again, and I'll surely pay a premium for such speed. There may be banner ad for a company selling this motherboard RIGHT ON THIS VERY PAGE! I know what I'd do, if I wanted to be l33t, and you want to be l33t, don't you?
(click through for more huge banner ads.)
Next week: Will the red line finally beat the blue line in our extensive test suite?
Your post is important to Slashdot. Cmdrtaco cares about you.
This should clear up your worries
I wish I still had the instruction manual that came with my girlfriend's old Dell mid tower (Pentium MMX model that came out in about 1997).
It had a screwless door that you could remove to add RAM and expansion cards. The instruction manual illustrated how to remove the door: one hand on each side to press the catches down, and one hand to push the door off. That's right, three hands to open your computer. And the illustration actually showed three hands!
I actually pinned the picture on my dorm bulletin board, and holding it up as an example of terrible industrial design...but maybe it was just 'bizarre' and deserves to be on that site.
This would be the perfect time to trot out the "OBVIOUS" tag.
You have to admire the rebellious spirit that is alive and well in Santa Cruz.
First, SCO mercilessly tears down the geek's Bluebird of Happiness, Linux. Now they are butting heads with the biggest authority on the planet, the US Government!
I think we should all join up with SCO and take a moment to yell "Attica!" up at the powers that suppress us, whether they be the GPL or the US Constitution. Next thing you know, they'll be tossing bombs at Archduke Franz Ferdinand!
Really, if you want it, I can't see any reason why not to get one.
Why don't you send the monkey you were saving for Ti-Vo somewhere else, like the EFF? (http://www.eff.org). They are having their annual fund drive, and I love their shows, especially british comedies. Plus you get the handy tote bag!
Seriously, if all cable companies were this generous, they'd completely be out of business by now. P.T. Barnum is smiling down from his grave...