I'll just be happy to see it over in Europe. By the time it gets over here, the Jedi code will have been hacked, and the servers will be inundated with double-saber wielding nonces going by 'humourous' names such as 'Luke A55reamer' and 'Hung So-low'.
When IS the UK release date anyway? Amazon have it listed as 26th December, but that's just piss taking.
Kid eagerly bounds up to the F-Zero machine, clutching Gamecube Memory card in hand. After spending 10 minutes pulling out the accumulated chewing gum that's been wedged into the slot, he plays his game. Reward won, he retrieves his card and eagerly turns around to go home...... and gets mugged by a group of pimple faced smackheads who've blown their parents dole money (stolen, natch) on the fruit machines.
It was called 'Arcadia', a Channel 4 sponsored short film affair that doesn't even show up on IMDB. It was quite amusing, really. Mainly the bit where he's playing the game for the first time, walking along a typical suburban street, and a cheerful postman pops up to say "Good Morning" - and gets shot in the face.
That game they had at the Flanders' house, where you got to throw bibles at heathens to turn them into respectable suit wearing white men, was a CLASSIC!
$300 is far too much money for something like this. Put it this way, over here in the UK we can buy a console that looks suspiciously like an old N64 controller which plugs straight into the TV. It holds a large amount of NES games on it. (I haven't checked the number, but there's loads.)
The price? 30 quid. That's roughly $50.
Sure, some geekier-than-thou types would get a stiffy from being able to plug Linux into their telly, but the average person won't care whether or not they get their Retro gaming fix from the NES or Arcade versions of games.
Don't make me laugh. Lik-Sang, along with all the other cheat and piracy device manufacturers, are a cancer that the gaming industry should have sliced out a long time ago.
Imagine if someone invented a device that you could plug into your MPAA-approved-but-we-don't-hate-them-this-week DVD player that would automatically cut out all 'objectionable' content from movies. The Slashdot community would be up in arms! So why are they so quick to defend the equivalent devices for games?
Cheat devices are marketed to the lowest possible scum around - Those losers who buy (or more likely pirate) games and don't have the mental fortitude needed to PLAY them, preferring instead to lie, cheat and deceive their way through them.
A game takes in excess of a year to develop. (Multiply that estimate by an exponential factor if the words "Duke" and "Nukem" are in the title). A carefully crafted interactive experience made by people with jobs. To force ones way onto the last level within 5 minutes of putting the disc into the console is DISRESPECTFUL of the efforts the developers have put into it.
This will only get worse with online games. Not only can a filthy cheater ruin HIS game, he'll do his utmost to ruin everyone elses, storming onto the legitimate servers with his pirated game and faked credit card details. Remember, these subhuman ADD-stricken creatures have minimal social skills at the best of times, and prefer robotically entering a long stream of hex codes via their joypad than gaining any enjoyment from life.
Be grateful that the charlatans at Lik-Sang are finally getting what they deserve. Piracy is wrong. Cheating is wrong.
Takes a bit of brains to work out why this is both On Topic and Funny.
Firstly, the Two Towers trailer features music cribbed from the movie Requiem for a Dream. This movie has, as it's climax, a harrowing scene involving Jennifer Connelly's smackhead character being forced to use a double-ended dildo on another nameless girl for the benefit of a crowd of leering men. The direction hollered at them being "Ass to Ass"
Now, the conversation on this article got on to CGI porn, the logical progression of realistic looking CGI scenes. So, why not use the technical ability of the people behind the FX for The Two Towers, and suggest a reinactment of the scene from Requiem?
It's a very clever posting, and deserves to be modded higher.
When Programming goes Wrong 2! Thrill to our latest reality TV series where we show REAL LIFE footage of poorly thought out database schemas, unchecked buffers and even explicit shots of forbidden goto statements.
"Well, my handwriting recognition software works JUST FINE with my handwriting. Maybe you shouldn't write like a lamer! Don't tell ME what to do. Write it yourself!"
Any OSS coder that demands a computer user write their own code is contributing precisely NOTHING to the community.
They'd roll off the production line with half a tank of petrol, but if you ever wanted to fill them up again you'd need to buy a new HP-approved carburettor.
Inkjet printers are one of the worst IT scams in the business. Ink should be a commodity, like fuel. We shouldn't have to be locked in to the tyranny of overpriced printer cartridges with built in heads and the like.
That film was atrocious, the only good bit being the interactive theatre thingie, wherein the 1960's French Intellectual on the screen turns to look at the viewer in a really disturbing manner.
Of course, that's assuming you managed to sit through the opening credits, with the pics of aerials and the shouting: "DIRECTED! BY! FRANCOIS! TRUFFAUT!"
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I wan't to see Lara in a porn movie.
Then just do a search on Kazaa for 'Nude Raider'.
What's Ice-'motherfucking'-T going to do? Call the cops? :P
I'll just be happy to see it over in Europe. By the time it gets over here, the Jedi code will have been hacked, and the servers will be inundated with double-saber wielding nonces going by 'humourous' names such as 'Luke A55reamer' and 'Hung So-low'.
When IS the UK release date anyway? Amazon have it listed as 26th December, but that's just piss taking.
Kid eagerly bounds up to the F-Zero machine, clutching Gamecube Memory card in hand. After spending 10 minutes pulling out the accumulated chewing gum that's been wedged into the slot, he plays his game. Reward won, he retrieves his card and eagerly turns around to go home... ... and gets mugged by a group of pimple faced smackheads who've blown their parents dole money (stolen, natch) on the fruit machines.
Or is that just BRITISH arcades?
The whole idea of killing animals to get ahead in a game lacks any semblance of political correctness. I'm surprise there hasn't been a lawsuit yet.
I'm just surprised Pokemon lasted as long as it did. Train animals to fight each other in arenas. That's one step away from illegal dog fighting.
Good lessons to teach our young 'uns. Now to bring this back on topic, when is SWG coming out in the UK?
It was called 'Arcadia', a Channel 4 sponsored short film affair that doesn't even show up on IMDB. It was quite amusing, really. Mainly the bit where he's playing the game for the first time, walking along a typical suburban street, and a cheerful postman pops up to say "Good Morning" - and gets shot in the face.
The Beagle has landed. Bet no-one's ever thought of saying THAT before.
That game they had at the Flanders' house, where you got to throw bibles at heathens to turn them into respectable suit wearing white men, was a CLASSIC!
$300 is far too much money for something like this. Put it this way, over here in the UK we can buy a console that looks suspiciously like an old N64 controller which plugs straight into the TV. It holds a large amount of NES games on it. (I haven't checked the number, but there's loads.)
The price? 30 quid. That's roughly $50.
Sure, some geekier-than-thou types would get a stiffy from being able to plug Linux into their telly, but the average person won't care whether or not they get their Retro gaming fix from the NES or Arcade versions of games.
It looks like you are being shot at.
Would you like help?
* Return fire
* Run away
* Sit in corner crapping your fatigues and wondering why it's not more like 'America's Army'
Because it 'taint' the pussy and it 'taint' the ass.
Don't make me laugh. Lik-Sang, along with all the other cheat and piracy device manufacturers, are a cancer that the gaming industry should have sliced out a long time ago.
Imagine if someone invented a device that you could plug into your MPAA-approved-but-we-don't-hate-them-this-week DVD player that would automatically cut out all 'objectionable' content from movies. The Slashdot community would be up in arms! So why are they so quick to defend the equivalent devices for games?
Cheat devices are marketed to the lowest possible scum around - Those losers who buy (or more likely pirate) games and don't have the mental fortitude needed to PLAY them, preferring instead to lie, cheat and deceive their way through them.
A game takes in excess of a year to develop. (Multiply that estimate by an exponential factor if the words "Duke" and "Nukem" are in the title). A carefully crafted interactive experience made by people with jobs. To force ones way onto the last level within 5 minutes of putting the disc into the console is DISRESPECTFUL of the efforts the developers have put into it.
This will only get worse with online games. Not only can a filthy cheater ruin HIS game, he'll do his utmost to ruin everyone elses, storming onto the legitimate servers with his pirated game and faked credit card details. Remember, these subhuman ADD-stricken creatures have minimal social skills at the best of times, and prefer robotically entering a long stream of hex codes via their joypad than gaining any enjoyment from life.
Be grateful that the charlatans at Lik-Sang are finally getting what they deserve. Piracy is wrong. Cheating is wrong.
Grow up!
Ok, where's the Sim Patch to turn everyone into Giant Walking Penises then?
(What frightens me is that one probably exists!)
Nicole in panties! *drool*
Our firefighters are standing by while children burn.
Junis.
Takes a bit of brains to work out why this is both On Topic and Funny.
Firstly, the Two Towers trailer features music cribbed from the movie Requiem for a Dream. This movie has, as it's climax, a harrowing scene involving Jennifer Connelly's smackhead character being forced to use a double-ended dildo on another nameless girl for the benefit of a crowd of leering men. The direction hollered at them being "Ass to Ass"
Now, the conversation on this article got on to CGI porn, the logical progression of realistic looking CGI scenes. So, why not use the technical ability of the people behind the FX for The Two Towers, and suggest a reinactment of the scene from Requiem?
It's a very clever posting, and deserves to be modded higher.
When Programming goes Wrong 2! Thrill to our latest reality TV series where we show REAL LIFE footage of poorly thought out database schemas, unchecked buffers and even explicit shots of forbidden goto statements.
"Well, my handwriting recognition software works JUST FINE with my handwriting. Maybe you shouldn't write like a lamer! Don't tell ME what to do. Write it yourself!"
Any OSS coder that demands a computer user write their own code is contributing precisely NOTHING to the community.
You mean like logging on as 'root' gives you total access to a Linux file system?
I'm sure it's cool, clever, whizzy, and all that, a good application of XUL technology.
But why charge for it? Anyone running Mozilla will ALREADY have a Desktop Environment, be it Windows, Mac, or one of Linux's many (free) choices.
What room is there for another competitor that offers NOTHING except a few slick buzzwords?
They'd roll off the production line with half a tank of petrol, but if you ever wanted to fill them up again you'd need to buy a new HP-approved carburettor.
Inkjet printers are one of the worst IT scams in the business. Ink should be a commodity, like fuel. We shouldn't have to be locked in to the tyranny of overpriced printer cartridges with built in heads and the like.
By whom??? I don't think there's a single web designer in the world who'd consider LINE to be a better replacement for BR.
That film was atrocious, the only good bit being the interactive theatre thingie, wherein the 1960's French Intellectual on the screen turns to look at the viewer in a really disturbing manner.
Of course, that's assuming you managed to sit through the opening credits, with the pics of aerials and the shouting: "DIRECTED! BY! FRANCOIS! TRUFFAUT!"
Or maybe I missed the point.
Any questions?