> No...Europe is no wonderland of color-blind society.
Indeed. European intellectuals used to balk at the "mixing of the races" in America. And then, suddenly around 1970, they turned around and started calling us racists.
Europe today is still a hotbed of racism (and increasingly anti-Judaism).
(This only worked for different types of monsters; if a grunt shot another grunt, they wouldn't fight. In fact, I don't believe that same-type monsters could even damage each other at all.)
Almost right. The only time it wouldn't happen is if a monster was hit with a slow moving projectile from another monster of it's own type.
Which is to say, an imp hitting another imp with a fireball wouldn't cause them to fight. But an imp could scratch another imp and hurt/anger it.
The way hitscan weapons (guns) worked, a grunt could shoot another grunt and hurt/anger it.
For me, the biggest thing that "ages" a game isn't the graphics or the gameplay, but rather how you control the game. A lot of old games have interfaces that are unwieldly or awkward, and directly interfere with your enjoyment of the game.
Since I can't think of any extreme examples at the moment, let's take System Shock for an example. Still a playable and highly enjoyable game (I played it for the first time last year), but you can't say that the interface is intuitive by modern standards. I mean, one hand on the keyboard for movement and look, with the other controlling a mouse pointer? Plus all the extra buttons? System Shock 2 had a much more elegant solution.
> its still just ASCII (the way the hardcore play it anyways).
Bah. For anyone picking up the game today, there's no reason not to use a tileset. I mean, why go through the trouble of memorizing the meaning of various colored letters, when a dragon can look like a little dragon?
What reason was there on Day One (I assume you mean before the leak about his wife) to assme he was a fraud?
The fact that he was rather unqualified to conduct any sort of investigation, the fact the he went and wrote a New York Times story on his supposedly official CIA findings, the fact that the CIA didn't even have access yet to the Niger documents that Wilson criticized.
You should educate yourself more on the subject, before making embarrasing posts. The Senate Intelligence Committee found that Joe Wilson...
A) Lied about his wife not recommending him for the job. B) Didn't even have access to the forged Niger document that he denounced at that time.
Furthermore, recent evidence suggests that Iraq did indeed try to buy uranium from Niger, and that the forgeries may have been deliberately planted to discredit the real evidence. And this is all beside the point that Joe Wilson was singularly unqualified to carry out even a preliminary investigation.
Here's some nice commentary on the recent Joe Wilson revelations:
I seem to have missed the part about the level editor. Are they including it in the box, or will they release it later?
The bar has been raised with regards to packaged content editors, after all. Heck, the Morrowind editing tools would let you re-create the entire game!
That was a well-argued post, with several valid points. It's good to see homosexuals like yourself coming forward and dispelling such silly myths and rumors.
... so, if I agree with what you said, will that turn me gay?
You are quite insane. There is no prospect of a civil war happening inside Iraq. Most of the insurgents are Sunni, and even when there was that minor Shiite trouble (al-Sadr's group) they professed allegience with their Sunni counterparts.
Plus, most Iraqis across the board support the new interim government, and polls show that they'd prefer to elect secular government officials.
If I break into your house in the middle of the night with an axe, however, I suspect there isn't a jury in the land which wouldn't consider shooting me a reasonable response.
Oh yeah, like the Iraqi people were able to band together and send us a letter saying "Save Us!" Or maybe Saddam would let them start a petition?
Stop pretending that you're in touch with the common Iraqi, or that you have any knowledge of what was going on there.
In a campaign season of polarization, when Republicans and Democrats seem far apart on issues like Iraq [snip]
God damn it. How am I supposed to enjoy the rest of the article when the author can't even get through the first sentence without inaccuracy?
The parties are not far apart on Iraq. Some Democrat candidates are trying to give the impression that that they're very different from the Repubs on that issue, but it's only a play to capitalize on all the negative media attention Iraq has been getting.
I mean, look at John Kerry's stance on troop deployments to Iraq. Or ask Bill Clinton (not up for re-election) who still maintains that the invasion of Iraq was good and necessary. Or look at the Democrats' voting records and rhetoric, both before and during the current presidency.
It makes me wonder if the author of the article is trying to fool all of us, or has been fooled himself.
It's such a simple and neat idea, it's a wonder I've heard of it only now. I could even see a no-artistic-talent hack like myself making a few of these.
Which brings me to my question, anyone have recommendations for bead types? I should probably just head down to the local arts-and-crafts store.
Which is why Bush repealed the death tax. Sorta jives with the 'Republicans-help-the-rich' mantra, doesn't it?
Oh good, I was kind confused there for a second. I didn't like spinning a pro-death-tax rebuttal.
Like I said, the Death Tax is designed to drain away wealth. But in practice, the rich always find a way around it. The people mostly (and most drastically) hurt are always at the lower end of the scale -- especially small, family-owned businesses.
I do have a problem with the wealthy elite who see fit to attempt to try to deny these things from the unwashed masses -- regardless of the fact that the unwashed masses were the ones they ultimately made their fortunes from to begin with.
The wealthy certainly made their fortunes, but you'd be wrong to assume (if you do) that they did it by taking away the poor's wealth. Capitalism isn't a zero-sum game.
Although I think our tax system is in bad need or reform, I don't really have a problem with the wealthy paying more than the poorer. But we've got to watch it -- tax the wealthy too much and they'll leave. Then you have less tax revenue overall.
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> No...Europe is no wonderland of color-blind society.
Indeed. European intellectuals used to balk at the "mixing of the races" in America. And then, suddenly around 1970, they turned around and started calling us racists.
Europe today is still a hotbed of racism (and increasingly anti-Judaism).
Did you just say... "Online Zelda"?
Almost right. The only time it wouldn't happen is if a monster was hit with a slow moving projectile from another monster of it's own type.
Which is to say, an imp hitting another imp with a fireball wouldn't cause them to fight. But an imp could scratch another imp and hurt/anger it.
The way hitscan weapons (guns) worked, a grunt could shoot another grunt and hurt/anger it.
Er... yeah. "Inferface". Guess I really showed them who the stupid one is, eh? ;-)
For me, the biggest thing that "ages" a game isn't the graphics or the gameplay, but rather how you control the game. A lot of old games have interfaces that are unwieldly or awkward, and directly interfere with your enjoyment of the game.
Since I can't think of any extreme examples at the moment, let's take System Shock for an example. Still a playable and highly enjoyable game (I played it for the first time last year), but you can't say that the interface is intuitive by modern standards. I mean, one hand on the keyboard for movement and look, with the other controlling a mouse pointer? Plus all the extra buttons? System Shock 2 had a much more elegant solution.
> its still just ASCII (the way the hardcore play it anyways).
Bah. For anyone picking up the game today, there's no reason not to use a tileset. I mean, why go through the trouble of memorizing the meaning of various colored letters, when a dragon can look like a little dragon?
I mean, it's the same game either way.
> (If I were the wild-eyed type, I'd say the PATRIOT Act is a terrorist act.)
I guess you are the wild-eyed type, because you pretty much just said it.
Or would you be okay if GWB said, "If I were the conspiracy type, I'd say that John Kerry eats babies."
Would you be quiet if the president said that?
Preach it! I can't count the number of times I've had to make a blind leap of faith in a bad 2D platformer.
Who says this waste is from nuclear power plants? It could be leftovers from nuclear weapons/research.
Also, nuclear power plant technology has vastly improved since this particlar waste repository was first opened up.
The mere inclusion of that sentence means the submitter was trying to link the two.
I mean, how about this: "Arnold Schwarzenegger hails from Austria, also the home of Adolph Hitler."
Factually true, but ideologically loaded.
What reason was there on Day One (I assume you mean before the leak about his wife) to assme he was a fraud?
The fact that he was rather unqualified to conduct any sort of investigation, the fact the he went and wrote a New York Times story on his supposedly official CIA findings, the fact that the CIA didn't even have access yet to the Niger documents that Wilson criticized.
You should educate yourself more on the subject, before making embarrasing posts. The Senate Intelligence Committee found that Joe Wilson...
A) Lied about his wife not recommending him for the job.
B) Didn't even have access to the forged Niger document that he denounced at that time.
Furthermore, recent evidence suggests that Iraq did indeed try to buy uranium from Niger, and that the forgeries may have been deliberately planted to discredit the real evidence. And this is all beside the point that Joe Wilson was singularly unqualified to carry out even a preliminary investigation.
Here's some nice commentary on the recent Joe Wilson revelations:
From a Right-Leaner: http://slate.msn.com/id/2103795/
From a Left-Leaner: http://www.dailyhowler.com/dh071204.shtml
It was about getting around certain tax laws in Europe, by classifying the PS2 as a "computer".
I mean,
1) You can't use the official PS2 Linux to directly access the hardware, thus you can't really code up a commercial-grade game.
2) The Xbox programming scene is bigger, even though you have to physically mod-chip it.
Looks like you'll miss the office-wide lan party.
Nope, you can't take it back. I've already scheduled your vacation into the system.
- Your Boss
I seem to have missed the part about the level editor. Are they including it in the box, or will they release it later?
The bar has been raised with regards to packaged content editors, after all. Heck, the Morrowind editing tools would let you re-create the entire game!
That was a well-argued post, with several valid points. It's good to see homosexuals like yourself coming forward and dispelling such silly myths and rumors.
... so, if I agree with what you said, will that turn me gay?
;-)
You are quite insane. There is no prospect of a civil war happening inside Iraq. Most of the insurgents are Sunni, and even when there was that minor Shiite trouble (al-Sadr's group) they professed allegience with their Sunni counterparts.
Plus, most Iraqis across the board support the new interim government, and polls show that they'd prefer to elect secular government officials.
> the only real way to fire an AK accurately is to lay down with it.
Do you have to buy it a couple of drinks first?
Oh yeah, like the Iraqi people were able to band together and send us a letter saying "Save Us!" Or maybe Saddam would let them start a petition?
Stop pretending that you're in touch with the common Iraqi, or that you have any knowledge of what was going on there.
> *Note: The second link is gruesome, so click at your own discretion.
You seem to have forgotten the second link, BTW.
The parties are not far apart on Iraq. Some Democrat candidates are trying to give the impression that that they're very different from the Repubs on that issue, but it's only a play to capitalize on all the negative media attention Iraq has been getting.
I mean, look at John Kerry's stance on troop deployments to Iraq. Or ask Bill Clinton (not up for re-election) who still maintains that the invasion of Iraq was good and necessary. Or look at the Democrats' voting records and rhetoric, both before and during the current presidency.
It makes me wonder if the author of the article is trying to fool all of us, or has been fooled himself.
It's such a simple and neat idea, it's a wonder I've heard of it only now. I could even see a no-artistic-talent hack like myself making a few of these.
Which brings me to my question, anyone have recommendations for bead types? I should probably just head down to the local arts-and-crafts store.
Oh good, I was kind confused there for a second. I didn't like spinning a pro-death-tax rebuttal.
Like I said, the Death Tax is designed to drain away wealth. But in practice, the rich always find a way around it. The people mostly (and most drastically) hurt are always at the lower end of the scale -- especially small, family-owned businesses.
The wealthy certainly made their fortunes, but you'd be wrong to assume (if you do) that they did it by taking away the poor's wealth. Capitalism isn't a zero-sum game.
Although I think our tax system is in bad need or reform, I don't really have a problem with the wealthy paying more than the poorer. But we've got to watch it -- tax the wealthy too much and they'll leave. Then you have less tax revenue overall.