What's your point? Steam is just a distribution method. You have to get the game on your HD some way, either by CD's or by downloading it.
I bought HL2 over Steam and never had a single problem. I know there were a lot of issues with it when it was first introduced to replace WON, but I had grown tired of HL and its mods by that point, so I missed out. My first introduction to steam was when I bought HL2 a week before release date. It preloaded everything, and that day I was able to play it. I never had a single issue.
Sounds cool. Think they'll mind if I take my PSP?;)
I brought mine in yesterday. If I go tomorrow I'll bring it to see if anyone else has one and wants to play, not to try to show up Nintendo or anything. I just don't own a DS.
It actually opened up today,b tu the event isn't until Saturday. I work in Rockefeller Center, so I took a stroll through it this afternoon.
It's pretty cool. There are TONS of stations set up to play Gamecube, DS, and SP games. There's an area set up on the first floor with a round table and a bunch of DS's so people can easily play wirelessly with eachother. There are also SPs and DSes hooked up to monitors to play (the DSes have two). Then there are there uber surround sound chairs with large screens for Gamecubes, as well as E3-boot like Gamecubes hooked up to LCD screens.
Lots of Pokemon stuff of course, and a large accessory section.
The Nintendo museum thing is all right, but it's not very big. It's itneresting to look back at old NES hardware, though, especially the Japanese-only accessories like the keyboard.
It's worth stopping in if you're in the area, but it's not worth planning some big road trip to go see.
I'm not making a value judgement on whether it's better or worse, just that it's within Nokia's rights to do this, and Adobe should not be able to just hack their way around it with no reprocutions.
I am not a lawyer, but I am a project manager the technology department as a major NYC law firm.
We're basically a Microsoft and Novell shop, and we've been trying desperately to move away from Novell. We're not in any danger of moving from Microsoft, but we have started to take a serious look at using Linux or *BSD for some of out lighter load web and file servers.
The impetus for this was Microsoft licensing. We're happy in general with Microsoft products, but law firms need a wide variety of applications, most of which we've bought third party. The problem here is that so many require or strongly recommend being on their own server (or atleast virtual server). The cost of licenses for every separate server adds up very quickly.
So we're looking at FOSS as an alternative to some of the machines that don't absolutely require Windows.
The major stumbling block is accountability. We're not prepared to start signing enterprise agreements with Red Hat unless we're going to make a major shift, and that's not happening any time soon. right now Microsoft and our software vendors can be held accountable for their software (we've been very proactive with our boxes, and have not had any significant security, virus, or spyware problems). We're concerned about who can be held accountable for FOSS solutions.
I agree, but if you play coh you know how strikingly similar the claws power is to Wolverine. It's the way they look, how they come out, the sound, the stance the avatar takes once they're out, the powers that use them. That powerset specifically is basically a Wolverine Construction Kit(TM).
The difference in that case is that you're not making any money dressing up as the Hulk. NCSoft is making money when users run around as the Hulk.
Marvel *should* be allowed to copywrite the Hulk. They shouldn't be allowed to copywrite the idea of makng superheroes and playing them in games, though.
This case would be a slam dunk for NCSoft in my mind if it wasn't for the claws power. Three metal claws than come out of the knuckles and go "snikt?" They could have done a little better there...
Cable DVRs suck. Most people would be much happier with a TiVo and would find the extra expense to be justified. I know I'm biased but I honestly believe that.
I currently have the DVR that Time Warner offers as part of their digital cable package. I pay about $9 a month for it. I considered a Tivo for a long time, and you're right that I'd probably be happier with it. Unfortunately the difference wasn't worth the difference in price. Through the cable company the box was free and the service only $9. With Tivo I would have had to buy the box and pay more for the service, or pay a large "lifetime" subscription fee. Tivo may have the better product, but it's not so much better that it's worth that much more money to me.
For what it's worth I've been very happy with the Time Warner box. I got it before it was advertised and initially had some problems with the box being faulty. They patched it over the cable line and since then it's been fantastic. It doesn't have a lot of the advanced features of Tivo, but it does what it says and does it well.
Natural Selection was one of the freshest and most original games I'd played in loooong time when I first gave it a shot c ouple of years ago. I haven't played it in a while, and this will probably be just the ticket to give it another go.
This was the first game I ever played that basically required voice communication among players - especially the Marine team. I got a usb headset specifically because of this game.
Orally, plutonium is less toxic than several common substances, including caffeine, acetominopnen, some vitamins, (pseudo)ephedrine, all narcotic pain killers (including codeine) and any number of plants and fungi.
I think that "true" gamers should be worried about this move.
That's a bunch of crap. Are any true gamers going to buy NFL Fever 2006 over Madden or NFL2kx? Not likely. Microsoft isn't cancelling all of their games, just the major sports ones. Their basketball, football, baseball, and hockey games got trounced by EA and Sega's. The one good sports game they had is Amped, and they're not cancelling that.
These games might have been somewhat of a loss leader at some point - just get more titles out there - but now they're just dead weight. Take the talent and move it to other games. It's a good move.
Works fine for me. I dont know if it's officially supported, but I can't stand having more than one browser window open. I think the Single-window mode of TBE should be default behavior for Firefox, but that's just me.
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Slowly, the computer is becoming an all in one console. Next gen consoles may soon become useles.
So all the new consoles are announced and everyone thinks PC gaming is doomed.
New video cards are announced and people thing console gaming is doomed.
Which is it?! TELL ME WHAT TO THINK!!!
Inf act there will always be consoles/dedicated gaming machines AND a market for games played on PCs. Wow, that was hard.
I wasn't commenting on the comic itself, really. I enjoy it.
Ever read his blog? That dude is a chick.
I have a working theory that every single Wapsi Square (or at least 95% of them) is in some way about boobs.
At least 50% of them are blatantly so. The rest just take a little creative interperetation.
Also, while I enjoy the comic, Paul Taylor is either mostly woman or whipped beyond belief.
My Unreal 2k4 folder is 8.3 gigs.
What's your point? Steam is just a distribution method. You have to get the game on your HD some way, either by CD's or by downloading it.
I bought HL2 over Steam and never had a single problem. I know there were a lot of issues with it when it was first introduced to replace WON, but I had grown tired of HL and its mods by that point, so I missed out. My first introduction to steam was when I bought HL2 a week before release date. It preloaded everything, and that day I was able to play it. I never had a single issue.
another diff is that the xbox has a burner and the ps3 doesnt.
This is incorrect. The XBox 360 does not have a burner.
Sounds cool. Think they'll mind if I take my PSP? ;)
I brought mine in yesterday. If I go tomorrow I'll bring it to see if anyone else has one and wants to play, not to try to show up Nintendo or anything. I just don't own a DS.
Anyone up for some Hot Shots?
It actually opened up today,b tu the event isn't until Saturday. I work in Rockefeller Center, so I took a stroll through it this afternoon.
It's pretty cool. There are TONS of stations set up to play Gamecube, DS, and SP games. There's an area set up on the first floor with a round table and a bunch of DS's so people can easily play wirelessly with eachother. There are also SPs and DSes hooked up to monitors to play (the DSes have two). Then there are there uber surround sound chairs with large screens for Gamecubes, as well as E3-boot like Gamecubes hooked up to LCD screens.
Lots of Pokemon stuff of course, and a large accessory section.
The Nintendo museum thing is all right, but it's not very big. It's itneresting to look back at old NES hardware, though, especially the Japanese-only accessories like the keyboard.
It's worth stopping in if you're in the area, but it's not worth planning some big road trip to go see.
I'm not making a value judgement on whether it's better or worse, just that it's within Nokia's rights to do this, and Adobe should not be able to just hack their way around it with no reprocutions.
Exactly. Or choose not to support the camera. I can't imagine Nikon not trying to get Photoshop support to be rock solid, but that's their choice.
I am not a lawyer, but I am a project manager the technology department as a major NYC law firm.
We're basically a Microsoft and Novell shop, and we've been trying desperately to move away from Novell. We're not in any danger of moving from Microsoft, but we have started to take a serious look at using Linux or *BSD for some of out lighter load web and file servers.
The impetus for this was Microsoft licensing. We're happy in general with Microsoft products, but law firms need a wide variety of applications, most of which we've bought third party. The problem here is that so many require or strongly recommend being on their own server (or atleast virtual server). The cost of licenses for every separate server adds up very quickly.
So we're looking at FOSS as an alternative to some of the machines that don't absolutely require Windows.
The major stumbling block is accountability. We're not prepared to start signing enterprise agreements with Red Hat unless we're going to make a major shift, and that's not happening any time soon. right now Microsoft and our software vendors can be held accountable for their software (we've been very proactive with our boxes, and have not had any significant security, virus, or spyware problems). We're concerned about who can be held accountable for FOSS solutions.
Go to Best Buy, Circuit City, Wal-Mart, or Target (or a similar store). You'll be able to fine one without a problem.
I agree, but if you play coh you know how strikingly similar the claws power is to Wolverine. It's the way they look, how they come out, the sound, the stance the avatar takes once they're out, the powers that use them. That powerset specifically is basically a Wolverine Construction Kit(TM).
The difference in that case is that you're not making any money dressing up as the Hulk. NCSoft is making money when users run around as the Hulk.
Marvel *should* be allowed to copywrite the Hulk. They shouldn't be allowed to copywrite the idea of makng superheroes and playing them in games, though.
This case would be a slam dunk for NCSoft in my mind if it wasn't for the claws power. Three metal claws than come out of the knuckles and go "snikt?" They could have done a little better there...
Purveyors of Bittorrents can be unscrupulous?! WTF!! Where's the honor amongst thie^^^^H content aggregators!?
Cable DVRs suck. Most people would be much happier with a TiVo and would find the extra expense to be justified. I know I'm biased but I honestly believe that.
I currently have the DVR that Time Warner offers as part of their digital cable package. I pay about $9 a month for it. I considered a Tivo for a long time, and you're right that I'd probably be happier with it. Unfortunately the difference wasn't worth the difference in price. Through the cable company the box was free and the service only $9. With Tivo I would have had to buy the box and pay more for the service, or pay a large "lifetime" subscription fee. Tivo may have the better product, but it's not so much better that it's worth that much more money to me.
For what it's worth I've been very happy with the Time Warner box. I got it before it was advertised and initially had some problems with the box being faulty. They patched it over the cable line and since then it's been fantastic. It doesn't have a lot of the advanced features of Tivo, but it does what it says and does it well.
Or you can just, you know, disable the trackpad in your OS. But that would be too simple - better use duct tape instead.
Natural Selection was one of the freshest and most original games I'd played in loooong time when I first gave it a shot c ouple of years ago. I haven't played it in a while, and this will probably be just the ticket to give it another go.
This was the first game I ever played that basically required voice communication among players - especially the Marine team. I got a usb headset specifically because of this game.
Badgers?! We don't need no stinking badgers!
If you bought the game over steam you didn't get a CD, and thus it doesn't require a CD to play.
There's a command line option to skip the opening videos for BattleField 1942, and I assume the same for Vietnam.
Add -restart 1 to the shortcut to start the game and you're set.
As usual, they've commented on it already:
Penny-Arcade on Doom Movie
Orally, plutonium is less toxic than several common substances, including caffeine, acetominopnen, some vitamins, (pseudo)ephedrine, all narcotic pain killers (including codeine) and any number of plants and fungi.
Great! Now I can eat all the plutonium I want!!
I think that "true" gamers should be worried about this move.
That's a bunch of crap. Are any true gamers going to buy NFL Fever 2006 over Madden or NFL2kx? Not likely. Microsoft isn't cancelling all of their games, just the major sports ones. Their basketball, football, baseball, and hockey games got trounced by EA and Sega's. The one good sports game they had is Amped, and they're not cancelling that.
These games might have been somewhat of a loss leader at some point - just get more titles out there - but now they're just dead weight. Take the talent and move it to other games. It's a good move.
Does TBE work with firefox 9.1?
.9.1
Works fine for me. I dont know if it's officially supported, but I can't stand having more than one browser window open. I think the Single-window mode of TBE should be default behavior for Firefox, but that's just me.
Anyway, TBE works fine in Firefox
Set up a domain, then set up group policies.
Done and done.