Re:HDTV and Surround Sound aren't Status Symbols
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Whoa, you're dissing Ubisoft? Did you play Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time?
Yes, and yes. PoP was fun for an hour or two, then its flaws overcome the novelty of the rewind button.
The camera sucked, the fights were boring, repetitive and predictable. It was pretty, but not a lot of fun. Some of the acrobatic levels were pretty cool, but the puzzles weren't. And the fights, my god what useless timesinks these were! Yuck.
Re:HDTV and Surround Sound aren't Status Symbols
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And here's why surround sound is killer: One time, I was playing a really sneaky game of Halo II on Xbox Live. I was trying to snipe someone, when I heard someone cough behind me and to the left. Without looking, I pulled out my sword, spun, and took him down.
There's coughing and swords in Halo? Live and learn... Well well... you make a good case. I couldn't care less about FPSs, but gimme some surround sound Metal Gear sneaking and I'd be a happy man : )
Time to start smoking, eat junk, and pretty much live it up!
Show your bosses you aren't affraid of a lil' cancer, that'll put you ahead in the Mars queue!;-)
Re:I want a game system, not a status symbol.
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All things (ie the game) being equal, the theatrical sound and high definition picture make the xbox version a smarter purchase.
Game versions are not equal. They get different bug fixes, different playability due to the differences in controllers, etc.
He's ignoring these other factors and going straight for the shiny, which is not something to be proud of. Then again, lots of games are made primarely on the Xbox and ported to the other 2, so in that case the QA and playability are likely to be better on the primary system anyway, making the issue moot.
But still, going for the shiny is a bad habit, it leads to buying crap because it comes packaged in tin-foil.
Re:HDTV and Surround Sound aren't Status Symbols
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It's fun to hear monsters walking around you. It's fun to see them with lifelike graphics. Yes, if good game design is sacrificed because of these things you have a point. Otherwise, I'll take the platform that allows game developers to give me the best experience possible.
Well put. Ok, I can see how a 5.1 setup might provide better immersion by surrounding you with the sounds of the game.
But you have to admit, there's a lot of game publishers out there (*cough*Ubi*cough*) pushing for bigger stats, more numbers, and better screenshots for marketing reasons rather than pushing for better gameplay and immersion.
I guess the "90% of everything is crap" rule applies here, sadly.
I want a game system, not a status symbol.
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XBox has only A slight edge? Obviously you don't have an HDTV or Surround Sound, as XBox's OBVIOUS edge over other game consoles is Dolby Digital 5.1 and 480p on most titles.
I don't have a 5.1 HDTV setup. And I don't want "games" who's main selling point is that they have 5.1 sound and 480p display.
I want games I can play for fun, not for showing off, thank you very much.
Now, I could be wrong. But RTFA, nowhere does it say touch sensitive.
Sheesh! FTFA:
You'll Really Click Touch-sensitive technology under Mighty Mouse's seamless top shell detect where you're clicking, transforming your sleek, one-button mouse into a two-button wonder.
I find your ignorance horrible, depressing, and a clear example of not knowing a goddamn thing about the legal system. Congress makes laws, not "lawyers." Though a large percentage of Congressmen/women are/were lawyers, they don't make laws to make lawyers money.
I find your naivete horrible, depressing, and a clear example of not knowing a goddamn thing about human nature.
Also, you couldn't make your point without a personal attack in the introduction, and another in the conclusion... which provides an example of people being petty, small minded, and nasty, therefore proving my point: People like that are sometimes lawyers.
The point, Captain Obvious, is to provide the most daylight during waking hours for the average diurnal person.
And having different work schedules depending on season is somehow inconcievable, and changing the actual time for the entire country is, somehow, a better approach.
I mean, change the 9to5 for 8to4? WHAT? NEVER! Lets have all clocks in the country changed instead, duh!
On CNN the other day, I heard this referred to as "survival of the fittest," which was one of the dumbest things I had heard in weeks. The anchor implied that because tuskless elephants used to be 5% of the elephant population and now they're 8%, this means that more elephants are being born with the tuskless gene, which could be completely false. If I have 100 elephants, 5 of them tuskless, and I kill 37 of the tusked elephants, 8% of the elephants are now tuskless - Darwin it ain't.
THIS was one of the dummest thing I've read in weeks.
If you kill elephants, and some survive because of a genetic trait: It's survival of the fittest. In this case, the fittest being the ones less likely to be shot due to a genetic predisposition to refrain from growing big shiny tusk with high resale value.
(There's a great scene in "Objects in Space" where they're discussing River's possible psychic abilities. Wash says something like "I don't believe that science fiction stuff". Zoe gives him a look and says "You're living on a space ship". Wash looks at her, "so?")
Wash: Psychic? Sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoë : We live on a spaceship, dear. Wash: So?
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Mal: Here's how it is: Earth got used up, so we terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths, some rich and flush with new technologies, some not so much. Central Planets, them was formed the Alliance, waged war to bring everyone under their rule; a few idiots tried to fight it, among them myself. I'm Malcolm Reynolds, captain of the Serenity. Got a good crew: fighters, pilot, mechanic. We even picked up a preacher, and a bona fide companion. There's a doctor, too, his genius sister from some Alliance camp, so they're keeping a low profile. You got a job, we can do it, don't much care what it is.
There is NO sci-fi in it, but there are spaceships, spacestations, government-created psychics, super-efficient organ-transplants, holographic HUD brain scanners, floating estates, flying cars, terraforming, sonic weapons, hand-held laser weapons... but no sci-fi! Nope, no siree Bob, none!
That's right.. like "I did not have sexual relations with that woman"
A chick offers you a blow job. You do not say no.
Someone acuses you of having forced her to have full intercourse with you. What do ou say when they ask you if you did it? You say "no", even if they made the question vague enough to include both what actually happened and what they're accusing you of doing.
And now: How many lives did Clinton's blowjob cost? Because Bush's war killed 23 thousand Iraqi civilian lives, and now nearly 2 thousand US troops their lives.
I think now is a good time to remind people that the war on terrorism could not have prevented this.
DID not prevent this. The war is ongoing, and with the full participation of the affected country. It's not even a question of "could", it's an established fact.
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Whoa, you're dissing Ubisoft? Did you play Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time?
Yes, and yes.
PoP was fun for an hour or two, then its flaws overcome the novelty of the rewind button.
The camera sucked, the fights were boring, repetitive and predictable. It was pretty, but not a lot of fun. Some of the acrobatic levels were pretty cool, but the puzzles weren't. And the fights, my god what useless timesinks these were! Yuck.
And here's why surround sound is killer: One time, I was playing a really sneaky game of Halo II on Xbox Live. I was trying to snipe someone, when I heard someone cough behind me and to the left. Without looking, I pulled out my sword, spun, and took him down.
There's coughing and swords in Halo? Live and learn...
Well well... you make a good case. I couldn't care less about FPSs, but gimme some surround sound Metal Gear sneaking and I'd be a happy man : )
Time to start smoking, eat junk, and pretty much live it up!
;-)
Show your bosses you aren't affraid of a lil' cancer, that'll put you ahead in the Mars queue!
All things (ie the game) being equal, the theatrical sound and high definition picture make the xbox version a smarter purchase.
Game versions are not equal.
They get different bug fixes, different playability due to the differences in controllers, etc.
He's ignoring these other factors and going straight for the shiny, which is not something to be proud of.
Then again, lots of games are made primarely on the Xbox and ported to the other 2, so in that case the QA and playability are likely to be better on the primary system anyway, making the issue moot.
But still, going for the shiny is a bad habit, it leads to buying crap because it comes packaged in tin-foil.
It's fun to hear monsters walking around you. It's fun to see them with lifelike graphics. Yes, if good game design is sacrificed because of these things you have a point. Otherwise, I'll take the platform that allows game developers to give me the best experience possible.
Well put. Ok, I can see how a 5.1 setup might provide better immersion by surrounding you with the sounds of the game.
But you have to admit, there's a lot of game publishers out there (*cough*Ubi*cough*) pushing for bigger stats, more numbers, and better screenshots for marketing reasons rather than pushing for better gameplay and immersion.
I guess the "90% of everything is crap" rule applies here, sadly.
XBox has only A slight edge?
Obviously you don't have an HDTV or Surround Sound, as XBox's OBVIOUS edge over other game consoles is Dolby Digital 5.1 and 480p on most titles.
I don't have a 5.1 HDTV setup.
And I don't want "games" who's main selling point is that they have 5.1 sound and 480p display.
I want games I can play for fun, not for showing off, thank you very much.
annoyed, because they have to lift their index finger
Ok, we have DEFINATLY gotten too lazy when lifting a finger has become too much to ask of us.
most men already have trouble with? Especially nerds!
Try not to confuse your tired clichés.
Nerds don't have trouble with it, they don't get near it.
Now, make a "clever" joke about asking for directions! Ooohh... cutting edge stuff!
Sheesh! FTFA:
I find your ignorance horrible, depressing, and a clear example of not knowing a goddamn thing about the legal system.
Congress makes laws, not "lawyers." Though a large percentage of Congressmen/women are/were lawyers, they don't make laws to make lawyers money.
I find your naivete horrible, depressing, and a clear example of not knowing a goddamn thing about human nature.
Also, you couldn't make your point without a personal attack in the introduction, and another in the conclusion... which provides an example of people being petty, small minded, and nasty, therefore proving my point: People like that are sometimes lawyers.
these cases always seem silly to me.
Lawyers make laws.
Lawyers make laws designed to create business for lawyers.
Personally, I find these law suits horrible, depressing, and a clear example of corruption of the legal system.
Who is the loser?
You.
Because:
What's it been, almost a year? If you just write a simple post saying "I'm sorry for unfairly attacking you" I'll be gone.
You have spent a year trying to get me to "say uncle".
The point, Captain Obvious, is to provide the most daylight during waking hours for the average diurnal person.
And having different work schedules depending on season is somehow inconcievable, and changing the actual time for the entire country is, somehow, a better approach.
I mean, change the 9to5 for 8to4? WHAT? NEVER! Lets have all clocks in the country changed instead, duh!
To clarify, though, you're defining fittest in a narrow scope.
Yup, the one Darwin meant.
On CNN the other day, I heard this referred to as "survival of the fittest," which was one of the dumbest things I had heard in weeks. The anchor implied that because tuskless elephants used to be 5% of the elephant population and now they're 8%, this means that more elephants are being born with the tuskless gene, which could be completely false. If I have 100 elephants, 5 of them tuskless, and I kill 37 of the tusked elephants, 8% of the elephants are now tuskless - Darwin it ain't.
THIS was one of the dummest thing I've read in weeks.
If you kill elephants, and some survive because of a genetic trait: It's survival of the fittest.
In this case, the fittest being the ones less likely to be shot due to a genetic predisposition to refrain from growing big shiny tusk with high resale value.
wow, that looser is still sniffing my ass! lol
It has absolutely no Sci-Fi in it!
There is NO sci-fi in it, but there are spaceships, spacestations, government-created psychics, super-efficient organ-transplants, holographic HUD brain scanners, floating estates, flying cars, terraforming, sonic weapons, hand-held laser weapons... but no sci-fi! Nope, no siree Bob, none!
Cue Python, "Sperm Song".
"Entire civilisations have crusted in my navel hair!"
That's right.. like "I did not have sexual relations with that woman"
A chick offers you a blow job.
You do not say no.
Someone acuses you of having forced her to have full intercourse with you. What do ou say when they ask you if you did it? You say "no", even if they made the question vague enough to include both what actually happened and what they're accusing you of doing.
And now: How many lives did Clinton's blowjob cost?
Because Bush's war killed 23 thousand Iraqi civilian lives, and now nearly 2 thousand US troops their lives.
you don't arrange something like this so quickly in response to London's surprise winning of the Olympics.
Well, they had all those unused celebratory fireworks left over from the olympics announcement...
But sillyness aside, the G8 is the first thing I thought of.
I think now is a good time to remind people that the war on terrorism could not have prevented this.
DID not prevent this.
The war is ongoing, and with the full participation of the affected country. It's not even a question of "could", it's an established fact.
hmm... i wonder if rohypnol works on neanderthals?
Forget that, I wonder if nair works on them!
I've never gotten a first post, and its fucked up my chi.
You get a dozen chances a day, if you're lucky, you can have a first post that is also the first call of "dupe!"... that'll perk up your yang!
That's an opt-in mailing list.
Are we gonna start calling every computer glitch a virus now, too?
Also, I bet that if the emails had been advertising actual spam, their bodies would have gotten fatter... and saltier.