"Did anybody play The Simpsons' Road Rage? It sucked.
License!=Good Game "
Wow, what a thoughtfully expressed opinion!
In all seriousness, though, parent poster makes a good point despite the retarded 'flamebait' moderation. Licenses do not instantly equal a good game. As a matter of fact, they tend to detract from it.
People like familiarity. That's why movies and games bring in big $$$ when they have famous characters or actors in them. The problem is that they tend to focus on little else. They don't even need to!
In most cases, licensed games are WORSE for it. I can see why, though. Most places think they need to pack the whole movie or TV show into a game. They don't seem to realize that one aspect of the license can be fun. Look at Rogue Squadron, for example. That game doesn't have you running around trying to get C3PO off of an Rebel ship. Instead, they focused on the fun part: Flying around and blowin shit up. Result? Good game. In the same vein, Shadows of the Empire stunk. It tried to be too much.
Anyway, I think I beat the dead horse enough. The parent poster was basically saying "Just because it's licensed from a good show doesn't mean it'll be a good game." And he's right. Too bad that the mod that nailed him didn't pay more attention to what he was saying.
Linux can replace Windows as long as it talks to and behaves just like it.
Call me a troll if ya like, but I think this is exactly the right thing to do in order to dethrone Windows.
However, be warned: Linux can't endlessly play catch-up to Windows. In order to make Linux PREFERRED over Windows it'll have to evolve to a point that it is substantially different. Wish I had an answer as to what direction to take there, but I don't. (hey! At least I'm honest!)
Here's a thought, though: Why not make a simple distro of Linux designed specifically for making a PVR out of an old computer? That alone would get me started playing with, and I'm about as hard core of Windows user as anybody can be!
Unicron is from the Transformers movie. It's a giant disco-ball looking thing that ate planets. No matter what the inhabitants of those planets tried, they couldn't stop it.
He didn't make that quote, but oddly enough it would work. heh.
"Not that character doesn't matter, it just can't carry a story with no plot. A story with a great plot and no great characters, while not a great thing to see, can still be followed and enjoyed. "
Aristotle was not a movie maker. Nor is his advice valid today, as hundreds of years have passed since he supposedly said that.
"A story with a great plot and no great characters, while not a great thing to see, can still be followed and enjoyed."
Maybe in books, but not in movies. Even then, the only way a plot's going to appeal to you is if it relates to you in some way or another. Which is fine for you, not for everybody else. if the plot doesn't relate to you, then you need a character to help you out.
Ideally, you need a good plot AND good character interaction. You can compensate for a failing plot with good characters, but you cannot compensate for bad characters with a good plot except maybe on the individual level.
"(I'm not really mad *at you*, it's an old movie, but that doesn't mean I can't be annoyed, right?;) "
Ya still can't be annoyed. I didn't give away anything. heh. As I attempted to point out in my post, that wasn't the point of the movie. (B'sides, I flubbed it a bit. So you really don't know, do ya?)
"The only new crime of the new trilogy is the over-reliance on CGI. "
Not true. The original trilogy had character. Without a Han Solo'ish character, Jedi are quite boring.
Plot is nowhere near as important as the characters. Don't belive me? Ask people why they like Monsters Inc. 0 people will say "Because I think it's cool how Sully provided power to the Monster world without scaring children!"
"A question for those that have already seen it: Does it have the same horrific opening theme ?
Well I don't know about you guys, but I feel like going apeshit when a show has a song I don't like. Without a good song, that show sucks! I also don't buy books without illustrations on the cover.:P
"Futurama only survived because Matt Groening created it. It was never very original, inventive nor groundbreaking"
It was no less 'ground-breaking' than Farscape. In both cases we have recycled plot lines, cliched romance, absurd situations, a setting where everything in space is weird for no real interesting reason, and poorly animated creatures.
"I presume you are thinking of 'Me2' (where Rimmer creates an alternative holographic version of himself) _or_ are you thinking of 'RimmerWorld' (where Rimmer creates 'Real Life' clones of himself) or things like 'TimeSlides' and 'Future Echoes' and 'Statis Leak' (where the crew meet each other) or 'Parallel Universe' and 'The Inquisitor' and 'Demons & Angels' and 'OUROBORUS' (where the crew meet alternative versions of themselves)? Or have I missed a 'twin plot' Red Dwarf episode? I suppose it depends on the definition of a 'twin plot'.... "
He was probably thinking of Me2, since it's most closely related to the Riker/Riker episode of DS9 he mentioned.
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"Did anybody play The Simpsons' Road Rage? It sucked.
License!=Good Game "
Wow, what a thoughtfully expressed opinion!
In all seriousness, though, parent poster makes a good point despite the retarded 'flamebait' moderation. Licenses do not instantly equal a good game. As a matter of fact, they tend to detract from it.
People like familiarity. That's why movies and games bring in big $$$ when they have famous characters or actors in them. The problem is that they tend to focus on little else. They don't even need to!
In most cases, licensed games are WORSE for it. I can see why, though. Most places think they need to pack the whole movie or TV show into a game. They don't seem to realize that one aspect of the license can be fun. Look at Rogue Squadron, for example. That game doesn't have you running around trying to get C3PO off of an Rebel ship. Instead, they focused on the fun part: Flying around and blowin shit up. Result? Good game. In the same vein, Shadows of the Empire stunk. It tried to be too much.
Anyway, I think I beat the dead horse enough. The parent poster was basically saying "Just because it's licensed from a good show doesn't mean it'll be a good game." And he's right. Too bad that the mod that nailed him didn't pay more attention to what he was saying.
"Have you forgotten there is also something called radio?? "
::eyeroll::
Yes, I forgot totally about radio. It's sooOOOoo much different than TV. Yep, you really kicked my butt there.
"You say the dumbest things sometimes, NanoGator"
Tell me that with your registerred nick. You got the cajones?
My first HDTV will be a PCI card for my computer.
"Throw your TV away!" post. I'm vasilating between whether I think these posting are trolls, just idiots, but that's not relevant. "
Imagine those people reading the paper on September 12th.
...on the Tungsten. They're selling cities like crazy!
Heh. I had a feeling I'd flush out a femme with that comment.
So I gotta ask: Did you think I meant you in particular, or did you think I meant every single female living today on the entire planet?
I'm amazed that a book about filing patents has a blatant copyright infringment on the cover. That is undeniably a Spathi spaceship!!
(yes, I am joking, so get your booger encrusted finger off that flamebait button!)
"IANAL, but I predict that the comments in this article will lure lots of porn lurkers from Google. "
They won't be let down, either. Unfortunately, I've run across the type of pic they're looking for quite a few times.
Linux can replace Windows as long as it talks to and behaves just like it.
Call me a troll if ya like, but I think this is exactly the right thing to do in order to dethrone Windows.
However, be warned: Linux can't endlessly play catch-up to Windows. In order to make Linux PREFERRED over Windows it'll have to evolve to a point that it is substantially different. Wish I had an answer as to what direction to take there, but I don't. (hey! At least I'm honest!)
Here's a thought, though: Why not make a simple distro of Linux designed specifically for making a PVR out of an old computer? That alone would get me started playing with, and I'm about as hard core of Windows user as anybody can be!
IANAL, but I predict that the comments in this article will lure lots of porn lurkers from Google.
"I'll wait for the DVD+r+RW+CD-RW=CD+RW=R-Z+DVD-D burner."
Dude, it's Sony. What they'll come out with is a DVD + Triangle, Circle, X, Square, Circle, Circle, X.
Didn't raelly read my post, didja?
Amusing, iddn't it?
Unicron is from the Transformers movie. It's a giant disco-ball looking thing that ate planets. No matter what the inhabitants of those planets tried, they couldn't stop it.
He didn't make that quote, but oddly enough it would work. heh.
Heh, your sig there makes it loook like Unicron said that. Strangely enough, I can imagine him saying that. Heh.
"You're gonna have a hell of a time when you start meeting girls."
Tell me about it. The first time I bring one home, my girlfriend'll kill me.
"Not that character doesn't matter, it just can't carry a story with no plot. A story with a great plot and no great characters, while not a great thing to see, can still be followed and enjoyed. "
Aristotle was not a movie maker. Nor is his advice valid today, as hundreds of years have passed since he supposedly said that.
"A story with a great plot and no great characters, while not a great thing to see, can still be followed and enjoyed."
Maybe in books, but not in movies. Even then, the only way a plot's going to appeal to you is if it relates to you in some way or another. Which is fine for you, not for everybody else. if the plot doesn't relate to you, then you need a character to help you out.
Ideally, you need a good plot AND good character interaction. You can compensate for a failing plot with good characters, but you cannot compensate for bad characters with a good plot except maybe on the individual level.
"(I'm not really mad *at you*, it's an old movie, but that doesn't mean I can't be annoyed, right? ;) "
Ya still can't be annoyed. I didn't give away anything. heh. As I attempted to point out in my post, that wasn't the point of the movie. (B'sides, I flubbed it a bit. So you really don't know, do ya?)
"The only new crime of the new trilogy is the over-reliance on CGI. "
Not true. The original trilogy had character. Without a Han Solo'ish character, Jedi are quite boring.
Plot is nowhere near as important as the characters. Don't belive me? Ask people why they like Monsters Inc. 0 people will say "Because I think it's cool how Sully provided power to the Monster world without scaring children!"
"A question for those that have already seen it: Does it have the same horrific opening theme ?
:P
Well I don't know about you guys, but I feel like going apeshit when a show has a song I don't like. Without a good song, that show sucks! I also don't buy books without illustrations on the cover.
"Futurama only survived because Matt Groening created it. It was never very original, inventive nor groundbreaking"
It was no less 'ground-breaking' than Farscape. In both cases we have recycled plot lines, cliched romance, absurd situations, a setting where everything in space is weird for no real interesting reason, and poorly animated creatures.
The difference is that Futurama is a parody. Heh.
"I must admit I did like their
photoshopped Passport [haxial.com] they provided.
But - they got his place of birth wrong ? I thought he was from Iowa, he only worked in outer space ?"
I predict an amusing story from customs soon.
Farscape was saved and Futurama wasn't? WTF?!
Anybody else find that a little weird, especially considering that a number of Fox's moneymaker shows ended?
(don't bother me with 'Futurama was saved too!' posts, the RERUNS were saved, there's still no word on new episodes.)
"I presume you are thinking of 'Me2' (where Rimmer creates an alternative holographic version of himself) _or_ are you thinking of 'RimmerWorld' (where Rimmer creates 'Real Life' clones of himself) or things like 'TimeSlides' and 'Future Echoes' and 'Statis Leak' (where the crew meet each other) or 'Parallel Universe' and 'The Inquisitor' and 'Demons & Angels' and 'OUROBORUS' (where the crew meet alternative versions of themselves)?
Or have I missed a 'twin plot' Red Dwarf episode? I suppose it depends on the definition of a 'twin plot'.... "
He was probably thinking of Me2, since it's most closely related to the Riker/Riker episode of DS9 he mentioned.
"BattleBots may be entertainment but it's no more a sport than playing a videogame."
I resent that. My right hand is quite athletic now, thank you.