You know the people modding me down are the ones downloading more pR0n than anyone else.
So go ahead, hit me with the -5 troll. You dirty slashdotters. I am doing everyone a favor by saying this cause slashdot is packed with way too many anonymous cowards nowadays.
Man, if you think gamespot gave them a low score you should read PC gamer magazine. In every issue at least one game gets completely trashed score-wise. Not to mention half the PC games never get released into the market anyways.
After Doom III and halflife2 I predict a long and boring period for PC games.
Are we ever going to see another decent diablo sequel from this company? Looks like people are leaving left and right in this shady economy.
Not that 800x600 diablo II was that bad. But like capcom when the 2D-fighter team left, they haven't made another 2D-fighting game since. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was the last. Diablo II is probably done with too.
What worries me the most is turning every game company into a novell network. I can't imagine having to rely on a centralized point of service/servers for my games to be running. That's putting gamers on a leash.
I dream of a slashdot world where there are millions of users, but I always get first post, +5 Funny and god-like karma.
Then the slashdot servers are also running on linux beowulf clusters. Bill Gates will also be wearing a penguin suit. And all the people who mod me down goes straight to hell.
I know of one person who paid $600 at one time for a version of photoshop. He claimed to have gotten lousy to mediocre support.
After a year or so of testing other software, he concluded that paintshop pro was just a better overall package. Less special effects, but 1000 times easier to draw with. Paintshop is about $100 nowadays.
I went to the microsoft site to download this thing but it's only beta. The real deal still cost $99, so the question is WHEN WILL IT BE FREE?
Microsoft SFU download
Sorry but you'd be an idiot if you didn't see this coming.
Game programmers require that gaming culture. That is not to say the Microsoft development group didn't have any... but let's face it. MS is a corporate environment where one wall is developing spreadsheet software and another is programming games.
Look at the company in Japan making Gran Turismo 4. There was some insane article on the programmer's lifestyle in game informer magazines. Live, breathe, drive and program in style 24x7.
This is why the press has to learn not to ever interview MS employees. Their answers are completely retarded 90% of the time, no matter how high up the ladder they are.
Didn't they ask Bill Gates what was the future of PCs in the mid 90s and he failed to mention the internet. iPod might be overrated, but Microsoft is really really overrated.
I used to preorder games all the time depositing $10 and such. Seriously in my entire life time, I have never heard of any one person (including myself) NOT being able to buy a game. Really... this isn't Japan. We have 8 million copies of everything.
Preordering and early depositing locks you into a store. You never know when there'll be a massive discount on the date of release.
I have an ATI Radeon 9800 pro now, and I know it's supposedly the better card. But I can't deal with the poor performance in wolfenstein enemy territory knowing it doesn't make the library calls needed by an ATI card. Would it make sense to just sell this card and go with a Geforce FX 5900?
Granted halflife2 and doom III should ride better with ATI?
MS are going to have this game launch around the same time as Doom III and half-life2 just so people think of it in the same category.
Though I have to admit I tried original Halo on the PC and was terribly disappointed. I think xbox owners are wowed by it cause they don't have much to compare to on that platform. As much as I am pro-PS2, first person shooters belong on a mouse on a PC.
Whether you vote or not, it really doesn't matter.
Read the "greatest 50 conspiracies of all time". It talks about public voting being controlled by one private firm up to around 1960s-70s.
If voting really matters don't you think the government will pump 20x more money into the booths and systems. Make it all starbucks happy, trace finger prints etc etc.
Ok, enough with those bionicle, tenticle, barbie Lego sets. They need to release a line of Lego toys like no other. Call it "Lego gun set", when you get to assemble M-16, AK-47 and rocket propell grenades with Lego blocks.
Of course they don't actually fire, but wouldn't some kid feel great loading clips and clips of ammo and tweaking with sniper scopes. Hey you can even have belts of ammo so kids walk around the living room feeling like Rambo.
When was the last time I played a game on XP without some tweaks or another. Just changing the resolution alone is something no consoles need to deal with. This doesn't include video card patches and drivers etc etc
Does someone have a super easy procedure to upgrade kernels. This is something I haven't done since kernel 2.0.x. I have moved to redhat9 and I am wondering if there's an easy way about it.
A slashdot a day keeps the doctors away - linux penguin
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You know the people modding me down are the ones downloading more pR0n than anyone else.
So go ahead, hit me with the -5 troll. You dirty slashdotters. I am doing everyone a favor by saying this cause slashdot is packed with way too many anonymous cowards nowadays.
Man, if you think gamespot gave them a low score you should read PC gamer magazine. In every issue at least one game gets completely trashed score-wise. Not to mention half the PC games never get released into the market anyways.
After Doom III and halflife2 I predict a long and boring period for PC games.
Are we ever going to see another decent diablo sequel from this company? Looks like people are leaving left and right in this shady economy.
Not that 800x600 diablo II was that bad. But like capcom when the 2D-fighter team left, they haven't made another 2D-fighting game since. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was the last. Diablo II is probably done with too.
What worries me the most is turning every game company into a novell network. I can't imagine having to rely on a centralized point of service/servers for my games to be running. That's putting gamers on a leash.
I can't wait to build more muscle playing street fighter games with my balls.
By the time the first owner of this thing has finished defragging, I would be able to buy this for half the price.
I dream of a slashdot world where there are millions of users, but I always get first post, +5 Funny and god-like karma.
Then the slashdot servers are also running on linux beowulf clusters. Bill Gates will also be wearing a penguin suit. And all the people who mod me down goes straight to hell.
I know of one person who paid $600 at one time for a version of photoshop. He claimed to have gotten lousy to mediocre support.
After a year or so of testing other software, he concluded that paintshop pro was just a better overall package. Less special effects, but 1000 times easier to draw with. Paintshop is about $100 nowadays.
I want to see the armor worn by the axis in return to castle wolfenstein.
Oh wait, that's just the nazi uniform.
Nintendo is standing on its last leg, gameboy.
I can imagine this company hitting some real deep water when PSP (playstation portable) hits the market.
Time to put Link in every nintendo game like soul caliber II.
Companies don't have a network with a million nodes of users playing the game. So they call it beta and get it into the market.
But at least they still call it beta. Microsoft releases windows and the real deal isn't the real deal until service pack 25 and 9000 hotfixes.
I went to the microsoft site to download this thing but it's only beta. The real deal still cost $99, so the question is WHEN WILL IT BE FREE? Microsoft SFU download
Sorry but you'd be an idiot if you didn't see this coming.
Game programmers require that gaming culture. That is not to say the Microsoft development group didn't have any... but let's face it. MS is a corporate environment where one wall is developing spreadsheet software and another is programming games.
Look at the company in Japan making Gran Turismo 4. There was some insane article on the programmer's lifestyle in game informer magazines. Live, breathe, drive and program in style 24x7.
I have an issue of game informer and electronic gaming monthly from 1992 which talks about the coming of the Phantom Console in a month or two.
Couple years from now, you'll get another article saying Phantom coming with newer hardware specs. This thing is the biggest april fools joke.
This is why the press has to learn not to ever interview MS employees. Their answers are completely retarded 90% of the time, no matter how high up the ladder they are.
Didn't they ask Bill Gates what was the future of PCs in the mid 90s and he failed to mention the internet. iPod might be overrated, but Microsoft is really really overrated.
Must have used up all the power on the LEDs, now their webserver is down.
I used to preorder games all the time depositing $10 and such. Seriously in my entire life time, I have never heard of any one person (including myself) NOT being able to buy a game. Really... this isn't Japan. We have 8 million copies of everything.
Preordering and early depositing locks you into a store. You never know when there'll be a massive discount on the date of release.
c:> dir D OC
Friends_with_Israel.DOC
Deal_with_Devil.DOC
Dinner_with_Saddam.DOC
Kiss_Dubya_ass_less_tax.
c:> delete FRIENDS_WITH_ISRAEL.DOC
I have an ATI Radeon 9800 pro now, and I know it's supposedly the better card. But I can't deal with the poor performance in wolfenstein enemy territory knowing it doesn't make the library calls needed by an ATI card. Would it make sense to just sell this card and go with a Geforce FX 5900?
Granted halflife2 and doom III should ride better with ATI?
MS are going to have this game launch around the same time as Doom III and half-life2 just so people think of it in the same category.
Though I have to admit I tried original Halo on the PC and was terribly disappointed. I think xbox owners are wowed by it cause they don't have much to compare to on that platform. As much as I am pro-PS2, first person shooters belong on a mouse on a PC.
April - May = Grand Turismo 4
May - December = Doom III
May - December = Half Life 2
seriously if I get one of these in my hands, my weekends are booked for good.
Whether you vote or not, it really doesn't matter.
Read the "greatest 50 conspiracies of all time". It talks about public voting being controlled by one private firm up to around 1960s-70s.
If voting really matters don't you think the government will pump 20x more money into the booths and systems. Make it all starbucks happy, trace finger prints etc etc.
Ok, enough with those bionicle, tenticle, barbie Lego sets. They need to release a line of Lego toys like no other. Call it "Lego gun set", when you get to assemble M-16, AK-47 and rocket propell grenades with Lego blocks.
Of course they don't actually fire, but wouldn't some kid feel great loading clips and clips of ammo and tweaking with sniper scopes. Hey you can even have belts of ammo so kids walk around the living room feeling like Rambo.
When was the last time I played a game on XP without some tweaks or another. Just changing the resolution alone is something no consoles need to deal with. This doesn't include video card patches and drivers etc etc
Does someone have a super easy procedure to upgrade kernels. This is something I haven't done since kernel 2.0.x. I have moved to redhat9 and I am wondering if there's an easy way about it.
A slashdot a day keeps the doctors away - linux penguin