Would we have the Illiad if the Greeks had copyrights?
What about the bible? mythological stories? classical theatre plays?
Ok, let's talk about "physical objects".
What if someone had a patent on columns? Chapels? Would your precious, uncopiable Sistine Chapel even existed? Maybe the Church would have waited until the patents had expired, but, by the time that happened, probably Michelangelo would be dead.
The greatest works of art were created in times no copyright existed. Today, Hollywood push movies that are remakes of old hits, or book adaptations. They can't create anything new.
FPSs are what "jump and run" games were in the NES, SNES era. Something that everybody understands and knows how to do well, and there were a lot of games in the genre that did well in the past, so, why don't we do another one?
In Doom the camera was fixed behind a weapon. You have a pistol, a shotgun, a rocket launcher, a machine gun and two energy guns (one fast and weak, and the other slow but powerful). Also you could use a chainsaw.
Today games have lost the chainsaw, and added a sniper rifle. So much for gameplay advance.
2. Use billion-bits encryption (something that is illegal in the US)
3. Say to the court "We don't really have any data of the users. Here are copies of ours servers, good luck with them", so they are in the safe side too.
But, nah, you are right. I don't think they are doing anything of this.
The same way they did it with the N64 almost a decade ago? Mario 64 was ahead everything else in the field, and many people swear that OoT is the best game evarz.
You know, the industry didn't start with 3D graphics.
For those farmers who stay in the market, selling those rare items that Blizzard won't sell (because they wouldn't want to make them available without playing), Blizzard should just buy from them, track the players when the transaction is done, and curse said characters.
And by cursing characters I don't mean deleting characters. Just giving them less chance of getting gold and worse treasure, and make them lose the occasional item.
Take your fun somewhere else. Buy the videogame Burnout and shut up.
When you are having fun on the roads, you are also putting in risk your life and the life of innocent people. This is not about having a good time, but going from place A to B without killing anyone in the process.
1) She has to recognize that she has a problem. 2) She has to realize, that her willpower alone isn't enough to overcome the problem. 3) She has to recognize that only Yendor has the power to solve her problem. 4-12) Play more Nethack.
I lost all respect for Mac usability, when I tried to eject a disc on Mac OS 9.
I spent like 10 minutes looking for a menu. In the end, I discovered that you have to drag the disc to the trash. I guess it is intuitive (as it ocurred to me, eventually), but it is just an idiotic way of doing things.
What was so bad about a menu, or option on the disc icon?
Also, Quicktime for Windows doesn't make a good case for the usability expertise of the Apple developers.
I will first drop resolution, to get more framerate. i will always prefer smoother animation to hig res chopiness.
And, as for anything below 1024 being silly, that is just because PC games tend to have lots of menus and small HUDs, that do not look well on 800x600 or lower. But you really are not losing gameplay, unless you count things like not being able to snipe people from one side of the map to the other in BF2.
i think it will be important for the jocks who buy Madden XX every year, as they will always want the latest rooster, best graphics, etc. And EA can deliver said graphics, so HD will be important to them.
Xbox 360 developers who are just porting games from the PC will benefit too, since they won't be limited by the resolution of the TV anymore (but they have the extra hurdle of a new architecture this time).
But every company will still have to consider the LARGE amount of gamers stuck in the 640x480 era, as they cannot lose those sales. So, in the end, changes won't be as drastic.
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I also think that NOA has made a mediocre job of marketing their products.
But Perry Kaplan sounds like your generic Marketroid. NOA should replace her with a generic Metroid!
Thank you, thank you. I will be here all week.
Bullshit.
Would we have the Illiad if the Greeks had copyrights?
What about the bible? mythological stories? classical theatre plays?
Ok, let's talk about "physical objects".
What if someone had a patent on columns? Chapels? Would your precious, uncopiable Sistine Chapel even existed? Maybe the Church would have waited until the patents had expired, but, by the time that happened, probably Michelangelo would be dead.
The greatest works of art were created in times no copyright existed. Today, Hollywood push movies that are remakes of old hits, or book adaptations. They can't create anything new.
FPSs are what "jump and run" games were in the NES, SNES era. Something that everybody understands and knows how to do well, and there were a lot of games in the genre that did well in the past, so, why don't we do another one?
Original: "Kawaii! Nintendo DS!"
Translation: "Cool! Sony PSP!"
Probably your faith choose you, BUT, you decided if would be a Roman Catholic, or a Witness of the Badass Coming Back of Ninja Jesus.
In Doom the camera was fixed behind a weapon. You have a pistol, a shotgun, a rocket launcher, a machine gun and two energy guns (one fast and weak, and the other slow but powerful). Also you could use a chainsaw.
Today games have lost the chainsaw, and added a sniper rifle. So much for gameplay advance.
Pixar has made a lot of Videogame spinoffs on their own. Toy Story 1 & 2, Nemo, you name it.
They are not affraid of cashing in their franchises. They just down want to make sequels for just the sake of it.
Coconuts can too!
King Arthur was right!
They should protect their customers
1. Offshore the servers.
2. Use billion-bits encryption (something that is illegal in the US)
3. Say to the court "We don't really have any data of the users. Here are copies of ours servers, good luck with them", so they are in the safe side too.
But, nah, you are right. I don't think they are doing anything of this.
The same way they did it with the N64 almost a decade ago? Mario 64 was ahead everything else in the field, and many people swear that OoT is the best game evarz.
You know, the industry didn't start with 3D graphics.
Then farmers won't be able to compete.
For those farmers who stay in the market, selling those rare items that Blizzard won't sell (because they wouldn't want to make them available without playing), Blizzard should just buy from them, track the players when the transaction is done, and curse said characters.
And by cursing characters I don't mean deleting characters. Just giving them less chance of getting gold and worse treasure, and make them lose the occasional item.
Then very few farmers will survive.
Take your fun somewhere else. Buy the videogame Burnout and shut up.
When you are having fun on the roads, you are also putting in risk your life and the life of innocent people. This is not about having a good time, but going from place A to B without killing anyone in the process.
At least in Japan, all Xbox 360 units have the Hard Drive.
But, the Xbox Live connection maybe a problem for some users.
Or, she will get even better at Nethack.
1) She has to recognize that she has a problem.
2) She has to realize, that her willpower alone isn't enough to overcome the problem.
3) She has to recognize that only Yendor has the power to solve her problem.
4-12) Play more Nethack.
I lost all respect for Mac usability, when I tried to eject a disc on Mac OS 9.
I spent like 10 minutes looking for a menu. In the end, I discovered that you have to drag the disc to the trash. I guess it is intuitive (as it ocurred to me, eventually), but it is just an idiotic way of doing things.
What was so bad about a menu, or option on the disc icon?
Also, Quicktime for Windows doesn't make a good case for the usability expertise of the Apple developers.
I will first drop resolution, to get more framerate. i will always prefer smoother animation to hig res chopiness.
And, as for anything below 1024 being silly, that is just because PC games tend to have lots of menus and small HUDs, that do not look well on 800x600 or lower. But you really are not losing gameplay, unless you count things like not being able to snipe people from one side of the map to the other in BF2.
i think it will be important for the jocks who buy Madden XX every year, as they will always want the latest rooster, best graphics, etc. And EA can deliver said graphics, so HD will be important to them.
Xbox 360 developers who are just porting games from the PC will benefit too, since they won't be limited by the resolution of the TV anymore (but they have the extra hurdle of a new architecture this time).
But every company will still have to consider the LARGE amount of gamers stuck in the 640x480 era, as they cannot lose those sales. So, in the end, changes won't be as drastic.
Do you really think they will add a second drive (because the UMDs don't fit in a regular CD/DVD/BLURAY tray) just for the PSP?
I'm thinking they will release an add-on, like Nintendo did with the Gamboy Player.
If they start pushing animated gifs and swf.
Maybe I will block them, even if they use just logos for the ads.
Because they also sell HD TVs, and, will sell you again all those movies you purchased on DVD, on the new Blu Ray.
But, you need to try/catch all that!
I'm just saying that the college is just getting in the way now, despite what intentions had the founding fathers.
One person, one vote. That way it should be.
I hope it is like Windowmaker.
:D
With lots of keyboard shortcuts
In the first place, America should get rid of that Electoral College, and use simple, direct vote.
I mean, since the election is crooked (you never actually vote for your president) from the start, the system cannot work at all.
And lately, explorer also has ads on it!
Yays!