Syberia II was also pseudo-3d wasn't it? Without a point-and-click interface? Sam & Max, DOTT, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Full Throttle, The Dig, all of those sold OK and they were old-skool 2D.
Not point and click, more like arrow-keys-and-space-bar, if monkey island 4 is any measure. What this team has done before has been in 3D, not 'point and click' as such. Of their previous work, only Grim Fandango has really been any good. I only hope it doesn't turn into a low-poly puzzle-fest..
One thing that bugs me is that every publisher says that 'adventure games are dead', and makes it self-fulfilling by not releasing any.
So make a thick shell. And if they go for shelter in a solar storm anyway, you don't need all that much protection, do you?
Have you tried ripping or tearing Nomex or Kevlar lately? Neither has to be very thick before tearing it takes a bit of force.
While surfing I also found this: Tyvek which I'd never heard about, but apparently is quite thin and is used in hazardous biological environments. A rip or tear could be just as fatal in such an environment, but thousands of professionals wear this stuff every day, so I guess the danger must be slight..
"..an astronaut first donning his or her customized elastic Bio-Suit layer. Then a
hard torso shell would be slipped on, sealed via couplings located at the hips. A portable life support system is then attached mechanically to the hard torso shell and provides gas counter pressure. Gas pressure would flow freely into the wearer's helmet and down tubes on the bio-suit layer to the gloves and boots"
The thin 'second skin' is augmented by a hard torso shell, and the oxygen seems to go in tubes, most likely these will also be reinforced, so ripping or tearing does not seem very likely.
I get a mental image of something like an Imperial Stormtrooper , IIRC the costume was something like a scuba suit underneath with white plastic 'armor' on top..
Hmm, possibly George Lucas can get 'prior art' on this..:)
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TV2 also streams some of their content, including in mobile-phone-format.
It _is_ a different beast, but it's because of high taxes ($300(?) a year per tv-set to pay for NRK to keep it ad-free),laws, and a different mindset. In the US, laws restricting the amount of advertising would be regarded as some kind of communist pipe-dream, I guess..:)
Is there advertising on PBS, or whatever it's called?
What's the point of lighting up an empty parking lot and near-empty streets? Not very brave, these guys... If they did it on the White House, I'd be impressed.
I'm not an American, so I wonder about the following points: What would happen to these guys if they got 'caught'? What laws would they be breaking?
"If I were to make a game based on Indiana Jones, I'd focus on his whip, which can be his unique gameplay hook."
What's this guy on about? Does every game really need some kind of arcade-y 3d element with simple interactivity? (Whak-A-Rat, anyone?)
In case he didn't notice, several Indy games have already been made. I'll cherish those old adventure games for several years to come, _because_ of the great storytelling, but I dropped Max Payne once I'd beat it.
Airman 1: Hey, Jeff, what do you think the secret password is? Airman 2: Dunno. Try P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D or something. Airman 1: Nah, it's just numerals. And it's not like the secret code could be 0000000. Nobody would be _that_ stupid.
*ATTENTION - PREPARE FOR GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR*
Why is parent a troll? It may seem totally unlikely that anyone could encode 'real-time' mpeg2 on a P2-450, but given the right codecs, it's theoretically a more powerful chip than a dedicated hardware solution, isn't it?
Another project where the creators don't event know how to pronounce the name of the project? I run into this all the time.
Did you ever consider that the project creators are not from English-speaking countries? Hence, their pronounciation is correct as far as they are concerned.
Qt in Norwegian would sound something like 'ku-teh', or 'cute' to untrained (e.g. non-Norwegian) ears.
Oh, so if WWII was called 'Operation European Liberty' by the Germans, everything would have been OK? Since that was what the war was CALLED?! Didn't you ever wonder if the Pentagon had a PR department? With some marketroids working there?
Plus he got one appointed by the state, so they're footing the bill. You don't have to pay for your own defence.
If it had been a "private" (IANAL) lawsuit, like his neighbor suing him for playing loud music or whatever, he's just a kid with a minimal income so Norwegian law would grant him a free defence. Not 'pro bono', the state would pay for his lawyer, so even poor people can get high-profile attorneys.
What he's asking for is just some compensation for lost income, the hours wasted in court,etc.
I never understood what all the hype was about the Game Boy series.. When every 3rd kid lugged around a thingy with a b/w screen and tinny sound, I had an Atari Lynx with four-channel stereo sound, 16-bit graphics with 3-d instructions and up to 6 players via network. 12 years ago. So don't talk about nintendo being 'innovative'.
I usually toss the boxes. I've got no space to spare for huge, over-wrapped game boxes which I will never open again. Unlike books or films, games need to be installed and/or require some time to 'get into' if you haven't played them for a while, so it's not something you take down from the shelf and play for two hours and then put back up.
And this guy seems slightly out of tune. If you start telling your friends that 'this box commemorates the Great War on Kilrah' and 'I lost some good men in that campaign', they should have you committed.
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Syberia II was also pseudo-3d wasn't it? Without a point-and-click interface? Sam & Max, DOTT, Monkey Island, Indiana Jones, Full Throttle, The Dig, all of those sold OK and they were old-skool 2D.
Not point and click, more like arrow-keys-and-space-bar, if monkey island 4 is any measure.
What this team has done before has been in 3D, not 'point and click' as such.
Of their previous work, only Grim Fandango has really been any good.
I only hope it doesn't turn into a low-poly puzzle-fest..
One thing that bugs me is that every publisher says that 'adventure games are dead', and makes it self-fulfilling by not releasing any.
It's Norwegian!
Jeeze, is getting nationalities straight so much to ask? And no, we're not the capital of Canada.
So make a thick shell. And if they go for shelter in a solar storm anyway, you don't need all that much protection, do you?
Have you tried ripping or tearing Nomex or Kevlar lately? Neither has to be very thick before tearing it takes a bit of force.
While surfing I also found this: Tyvek which I'd never heard about, but apparently is quite thin and is used in hazardous biological environments.
A rip or tear could be just as fatal in such an environment, but thousands of professionals wear this stuff every day, so I guess the danger must be slight..
The thin 'second skin' is augmented by a hard torso shell, and the oxygen seems to go in tubes, most likely these will also be reinforced, so ripping or tearing does not seem very likely.
I get a mental image of something like an Imperial Stormtrooper , IIRC the costume was something like a scuba suit underneath with white plastic 'armor' on top..
Hmm, possibly George Lucas can get 'prior art' on this..:)
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Why on earth aren't they on the list?
60% of the others wouldn't be there, if it wasn't for them.
(Yeah, I like to pull statistics out of thin air)
Firt-person is nothing new. The reason nobody uses it is that it upsets the audience.
The lady of the lake(1947) pioneered it.
We had a whole industry based on this in Norway a while ago, until Ford pulled the plug on it. Thanks for stifling our innovation!
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TV2 also streams some of their content, including in mobile-phone-format.
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It _is_ a different beast, but it's because of high taxes ($300(?) a year per tv-set to pay for NRK to keep it ad-free),laws, and a different mindset.
In the US, laws restricting the amount of advertising would be regarded as some kind of communist pipe-dream, I guess..
Is there advertising on PBS, or whatever it's called?
What's the point of lighting up an empty parking lot and near-empty streets? Not very brave, these guys... If they did it on the White House, I'd be impressed.
I'm not an American, so I wonder about the following points: What would happen to these guys if they got 'caught'? What laws would they be breaking?
"If I were to make a game based on Indiana Jones, I'd focus on his whip, which can be his unique gameplay hook."
What's this guy on about? Does every game really need some kind of arcade-y 3d element with simple interactivity? (Whak-A-Rat, anyone?)
In case he didn't notice, several Indy games have already been made. I'll cherish those old adventure games for several years to come, _because_ of the great storytelling, but I dropped Max Payne once I'd beat it.
Is that 'world of trouble' as opposed to..
entering the correct password?
In soviet russia, nukes launch YOU!
From the article:
"a mentally deranged airman, or any other mishap could trigger a Russo-American nuclear exchange."
See, no mention of officers!
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Airman 1: Hey, Jeff, what do you think the secret password is?
Airman 2: Dunno. Try P-A-S-S-W-O-R-D or something.
Airman 1: Nah, it's just numerals. And it's not like the secret code could be 0000000. Nobody would be _that_ stupid.
*ATTENTION - PREPARE FOR GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR*
Airman 1: What you say!
The whole beta-7 concept is pretty interesting, and won Haxan (the makers of Blair Witch) an award.
This might be something similar.
Why is parent a troll? It may seem totally unlikely that anyone could encode 'real-time' mpeg2 on a P2-450, but given the right codecs, it's theoretically a more powerful chip than a dedicated hardware solution, isn't it?
Did you ever consider that the project creators are not from English-speaking countries? Hence, their pronounciation is correct as far as they are concerned.
Qt in Norwegian would sound something like 'ku-teh', or 'cute' to untrained (e.g. non-Norwegian) ears.
considering that 20 gb hard-drives for pocket pc's cost an arm and a leg, this is hardly an 'ipod killer'.
$20 for mp3 player software? why? just make an ipod skin for some free software.
Oh, so if WWII was called 'Operation European Liberty' by the Germans, everything would have been OK? Since that was what the war was CALLED?!
Didn't you ever wonder if the Pentagon had a PR department? With some marketroids working there?
I've got a TRV-33 and I love the image quality. Plus you get _real_ anamorphic 16:9 because of the wide CCD. Not masked 4:3 like other cameras.
But I have to ask: WHY ARE YOU USING USB??!
There is a perfectly good FireWire port on the camera.
Lawyers are much cheaper in Norway.
Plus he got one appointed by the state, so they're footing the bill. You don't have to pay for your own defence.
If it had been a "private" (IANAL) lawsuit, like his neighbor suing him for playing loud music or whatever, he's just a kid with a minimal income so Norwegian law would grant him a free defence.
Not 'pro bono', the state would pay for his lawyer, so even poor people can get high-profile attorneys.
What he's asking for is just some compensation for lost income, the hours wasted in court,etc.
I never understood what all the hype was about the Game Boy series.. When every 3rd kid lugged around a thingy with a b/w screen and tinny sound, I had an Atari Lynx with four-channel stereo sound, 16-bit graphics with 3-d instructions and up to 6 players via network. 12 years ago. So don't talk about nintendo being 'innovative'.
I usually toss the boxes. I've got no space to spare for huge, over-wrapped game boxes which I will never open again. Unlike books or films, games need to be installed and/or require some time to 'get into' if you haven't played them for a while, so it's not something you take down from the shelf and play for two hours and then put back up.
And this guy seems slightly out of tune. If you start telling your friends that 'this box commemorates the Great War on Kilrah' and 'I lost some good men in that campaign', they should have you committed.
One of those 'internal' ip addresses was '127.0.0.1' and the culprits had an active connection to that computer when the FBI raided.