You're totally right, there are a lot of things anyone can do to improve their situation in the world, but everyone has a different capacity, and the main point of the story was how well his outlook on life is despite all the troubles he faces, and how that's largely in part to his gaming.
I just appreciate the fact that he hasn't lost hope for himself and his family, and I woulnd't dare judge him in that respect. When someone is already doing all they can you don't tell them they're not doing enough.
I have a good friend of mine who has a really horrid family life. Father works in the north pole for some government satelite project and is only home 2 weeks out of the year, every year. When he is home he dissappears for the majority of those two weeks, drinks constantly, cheats on his wife, and gambles all his money away in Vegas. My friends mom is a wreck because of this, she doesn't trust any of his friends, and right now they aren't making enough money to pay for their house, meaning my friend may have to leave school, forfeiting his education to get a job and pay the bills. However, with all this drama at home he is one of the most easy going, light hearted guys I know. I blame this all on his video gaming habits. I'm thoroughly convinced that if he weren't able to dive into alternate lives through his PC monitor every night for the majority of his life, he would be angry, depressed, and probably would have snapped and killed someone by now. Maybe my explanation doesn't paint the appropriate picture, but you get the idea. In the end, games are also a great way of dealing with stress in the real world, and can definitely benefit those in need of some vacation from reality.
I wonder how much Madden himself makes off of the royalties alone from this franchise. He's been it's #1 icon since it's inception, and EA wouldn't dare stop using his name do to the recognition it receives.
It's sold so many copies past, present and future, that man is set for life...
"...Eye Toy, Formula One 2003, Final Fantasy X, Tomb Raider, Lord of the Rings are best sellers this month in India. In general, titles in action, adventure sports, violence and wrestling generate interest in the Indian market."
The titles listed don't really match up with their vague marketing feedback on what generates interest in India. On top of that, I have no idea what kind of genre "adventure sports" is. Did someone leave out a comma?
No one's really commented on the game that is the focus of this post in the first place.;)
Looks a bit dated, and the graphics aren't the greatest, but I think I could enjoy this title provided it's a tight enough control for battles and the element of exploration is fun. Kudos to the developers for putting up with the long, hard journey.
I also hope the few "surprises" they were referring to (on the official site) in reference to the secondary characters is co-op play. That makes any game fun.
That's an excelent counter-point. Thanks for bringing that up. 9 times out of 10 I believe it's the other way around. More or less my focus for the bad-game-bashing is in the direction of the publishers, who do the "hurry up with our mone... I mean game!" crap. But as far as encouraging developers to break out of the mold, I could never argue against that.
There may be some redeeming values to this game, but all in all it's not too great. I think games like Angel of Darkness should take the fall in order to get the message across that shit will NOT continue to sell.
Once you start accepting trash, publishers will just continue to shove it down your throat. So arguing in favor of an obviously rushed game from an obviously "lets milk this franchise baby" publisher like Eidos just means you're making it easier for poorly developed titles to be successful in an already over-saturated market of crap.
A couple years ago (E3 2000 or 2001 I think), Nintendo showed off a holographic display for the gamecube. They mentioned it's future consumer availability several times, and with all their PR speeches about this upcoming announcement and how it will change the face of gaming (or some such nonsense), I woulnd't be surprised if this were it.
Personally I don't believe gaming is ready for holographic projection. It's a great gimick, but until it's widely available in homes as a standard viewing medium, I don't think it will grow past its "cool gadget" stage. I truly hope this isn't Nintendos big announcement, because a more innovative product at a more affordable price would be far better to bring in more customers for the cube.
The number of game related articles rose with the inception of games.slashdot.org, but also I believe the editors recognize the scale of the up-and-coming gaming industry, and probably both personal interest and the fact that it is a huge phenomenon of growth, only make it a logical choice to cover the topic more.
Personally I have never had a more satisfying gaming news page since the GIA went down.
They have fully embraced all levels of maturity in entertainment, but Nintendo will forever create first party games that are acceptable to all audiences simultaneously. They really have never created "games for kids", so what really needs to be dropped here is the concept that colorfully animated, easily playable video games are "for kids only".
Media cares not, because by then they've taken their pocket full of cash and happily left the steaming corpse of a once proud franchise behind.
Not that "one proud franchise" really applies to Tomb Raider, you see my point. They just want the next quick rush of income, kill off the current hot subject, and to move onto their next venture.
Because the topic of the post is concerning whether or not independant developers can survive online and neglect retail entirely. Not about what free/cheap online games have the best graphics.
I'm really concerned about the combination of Sonic Team and UGA making games for "Casual Gamers". Generally the titles produced by these teams is anything but. That's depressing to think of considering only a year or so ago UGA was being hailed as one of the most innovative development teams for creating Rez. When I think "Casual Gamers" innovation and creativity usually does not come to mind.
No, unfortunately not. But I grab OCRemix tracks all the time off there, and I know who you're talking about. That guy is really talented, and OCRemix is a great site.
It was DW2 that had the original D1 landmass in the world. I think 2 & 3 both did, but 2 you find later in the game with the original music playing when you step on shore. Very nostalgic.
I would absolutely hate to see this game go "futuristic". That's what Final Fantasy is for. They wen't more and more sci-fi until I coulnd't stand it, only recently breaking off into a truely unique world. Phantasy Star is a series you might want to look into, considering that it has pretty much always incorporated futuristic elements into it's world. All are great series, but the last good console RPG series goes sci-fi, then what the hell are the fantasy lovers supposed to play?
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You're totally right, there are a lot of things anyone can do to improve their situation in the world, but everyone has a different capacity, and the main point of the story was how well his outlook on life is despite all the troubles he faces, and how that's largely in part to his gaming.
I just appreciate the fact that he hasn't lost hope for himself and his family, and I woulnd't dare judge him in that respect. When someone is already doing all they can you don't tell them they're not doing enough.
I have a good friend of mine who has a really horrid family life. Father works in the north pole for some government satelite project and is only home 2 weeks out of the year, every year. When he is home he dissappears for the majority of those two weeks, drinks constantly, cheats on his wife, and gambles all his money away in Vegas.
My friends mom is a wreck because of this, she doesn't trust any of his friends, and right now they aren't making enough money to pay for their house, meaning my friend may have to leave school, forfeiting his education to get a job and pay the bills.
However, with all this drama at home he is one of the most easy going, light hearted guys I know. I blame this all on his video gaming habits. I'm thoroughly convinced that if he weren't able to dive into alternate lives through his PC monitor every night for the majority of his life, he would be angry, depressed, and probably would have snapped and killed someone by now.
Maybe my explanation doesn't paint the appropriate picture, but you get the idea. In the end, games are also a great way of dealing with stress in the real world, and can definitely benefit those in need of some vacation from reality.
I wonder how much Madden himself makes off of the royalties alone from this franchise. He's been it's #1 icon since it's inception, and EA wouldn't dare stop using his name do to the recognition it receives.
It's sold so many copies past, present and future, that man is set for life...
"...But there are big engineering issues--thermal fatigue, noise..." ...Potential explosions...
"... staged authentically..."
Just like it was when the US army did it.
"... a new videogame will incorporate exclusive raw video shot by U.S. troops..."
I can see it now: "US invades Germany, Russia, Iran and France for video game sequel footage."
"...Eye Toy, Formula One 2003, Final Fantasy X, Tomb Raider, Lord of the Rings are best sellers this month in India. In general, titles in action, adventure sports, violence and wrestling generate interest in the Indian market."
The titles listed don't really match up with their vague marketing feedback on what generates interest in India. On top of that, I have no idea what kind of genre "adventure sports" is. Did someone leave out a comma?
Excelent point. I'll read more carefully next time.
"...first game to combine the classic RPG feel with a first person shooter engine."
Geez and I've been playing Morrowind these past couple years thinking I'd hit gold. Thanks for straightening me out guys!
I could not mod this topic up enough if I had the points. Good arguments, great examples.
No one's really commented on the game that is the focus of this post in the first place. ;)
Looks a bit dated, and the graphics aren't the greatest, but I think I could enjoy this title provided it's a tight enough control for battles and the element of exploration is fun.
Kudos to the developers for putting up with the long, hard journey.
I also hope the few "surprises" they were referring to (on the official site) in reference to the secondary characters is co-op play. That makes any game fun.
That's an excelent counter-point. Thanks for bringing that up.
9 times out of 10 I believe it's the other way around. More or less my focus for the bad-game-bashing is in the direction of the publishers, who do the "hurry up with our mone... I mean game!" crap.
But as far as encouraging developers to break out of the mold, I could never argue against that.
There may be some redeeming values to this game, but all in all it's not too great. I think games like Angel of Darkness should take the fall in order to get the message across that shit will NOT continue to sell.
Once you start accepting trash, publishers will just continue to shove it down your throat. So arguing in favor of an obviously rushed game from an obviously "lets milk this franchise baby" publisher like Eidos just means you're making it easier for poorly developed titles to be successful in an already over-saturated market of crap.
A couple years ago (E3 2000 or 2001 I think), Nintendo showed off a holographic display for the gamecube. They mentioned it's future consumer availability several times, and with all their PR speeches about this upcoming announcement and how it will change the face of gaming (or some such nonsense), I woulnd't be surprised if this were it.
Personally I don't believe gaming is ready for holographic projection. It's a great gimick, but until it's widely available in homes as a standard viewing medium, I don't think it will grow past its "cool gadget" stage.
I truly hope this isn't Nintendos big announcement, because a more innovative product at a more affordable price would be far better to bring in more customers for the cube.
The number of game related articles rose with the inception of games.slashdot.org, but also I believe the editors recognize the scale of the up-and-coming gaming industry, and probably both personal interest and the fact that it is a huge phenomenon of growth, only make it a logical choice to cover the topic more.
Personally I have never had a more satisfying gaming news page since the GIA went down.
They have fully embraced all levels of maturity in entertainment, but Nintendo will forever create first party games that are acceptable to all audiences simultaneously. They really have never created "games for kids", so what really needs to be dropped here is the concept that colorfully animated, easily playable video games are "for kids only".
Then it depends greatly on if they can hit their target in the first place, doesn't it?
"I mean how many expansions are they gonna make?"
As many as they can get you to buy...
(See: Sims)
Are you serious? You think PC gamers care about Halo? ;)
I can't take it seriously when a console gamer pokes fun at PC gamers for not having a FPS... Erm...
'Scuse me while I got play some Counterstrike / Tribes / Q1 / Q2 / Q3 / UT200X / Wolf:ET / etc. etc. etc...
Media cares not, because by then they've taken their pocket full of cash and happily left the steaming corpse of a once proud franchise behind.
Not that "one proud franchise" really applies to Tomb Raider, you see my point. They just want the next quick rush of income, kill off the current hot subject, and to move onto their next venture.
Too busy to look at the link you posted, but do you know if this service is free to developers, or has to be licensed from Valve?
Because the topic of the post is concerning whether or not independant developers can survive online and neglect retail entirely. Not about what free/cheap online games have the best graphics.
Still one of the best systems in the last several years. ;)
I'm really concerned about the combination of Sonic Team and UGA making games for "Casual Gamers". Generally the titles produced by these teams is anything but. That's depressing to think of considering only a year or so ago UGA was being hailed as one of the most innovative development teams for creating Rez. When I think "Casual Gamers" innovation and creativity usually does not come to mind.
No, unfortunately not. But I grab OCRemix tracks all the time off there, and I know who you're talking about. That guy is really talented, and OCRemix is a great site.
It was DW2 that had the original D1 landmass in the world. I think 2 & 3 both did, but 2 you find later in the game with the original music playing when you step on shore. Very nostalgic.
I would absolutely hate to see this game go "futuristic". That's what Final Fantasy is for. They wen't more and more sci-fi until I coulnd't stand it, only recently breaking off into a truely unique world.
Phantasy Star is a series you might want to look into, considering that it has pretty much always incorporated futuristic elements into it's world. All are great series, but the last good console RPG series goes sci-fi, then what the hell are the fantasy lovers supposed to play?