I think that rumor started when Ken What's-His-Name started talking out of his ass during an interview.
He said that basically said that the PS3 was more than just a game console and could run Linux, Mac OS X, clear up your skin, cure cancer, find you a date..., etc.
Ok, scam might be too harsh a word, but as a no-sports gamer, I don't see the point of buying a new version of the game every year. And it's amazing that once the new verion comes out Fry's will start selling the previous years game for about $10.
Sure, you get upgraded stats and some new gameplay features. What I really wonder is how much testing EA's put into the new features. I'd hope that every new feature got over a year of development, playbalancing and testing.
To me, it sounds like getting Zelda 04, and then a year later getting Zelda 05 with two extra dungeons, new outfits and a new item.
Just BCC: all your illegal/embarrassing emails to important government officials. Then during your trial you can quote all these emails to that person out of context.
Co-designed by Osaka-based Hers Laboratories, Xbox 360 sports a softer and more feminine look than its predecessor.
Unless it actually has boobs, this isn't going to help. In the Japanese market, the main design flaw of the Xbox was its sheer size. It wasn't a masculine/feminine problem. Personally, I think it's still too big but being able to stand vertically helps.
The only news about the PSP I ever hear is how to run emulators, or how to use a PSP to control a PC, iTunes, Tivo, etc. Except for the whole firmware issue, it's basically a hackers dream machine.
Still waiting to see the article of someone playing a game on PSP.
Perhaps that would get the parents attention if there was a law saying 18+ games must be purchased by 18+ year olds. Most movie theaters enforce R ratings by not selling tickets to 14 year olds. Why not have the same rules apply to video game sales?
It doesn't really work with alcohol and cigarettes. And these two are, for the moment, considered more dangerous than 18+ games.
I also suspect that the 360 he's holding is empty. In 2 of the interview pics, it looks like he's holding it 1 handed and he seems to like talking with his hands.
It will give voice the the normally less assertive.
The only problem is that the normally less assertive will only be assertive with a clicker. The clicker can be a good start but it has to be viewed like a security blanket. There will be a time where it will have to be given up. There's going to be a point in their lives where they have to shed any anonymity and make a stand.
How many people here buys books based on where the author is from? This is the first time in 63 years that it's happened. It might be an interesting statistic to help future Jeopardy contestants but right now it doesn't seem like a horrible occurence to me. If the same thing happens over the next few years then maybe something's going on.
On a side note, a friend of mine for a very long time didn't know that Octivia E. Butler was a woman. I haven't told him yet that she's also African-American.
Anything invented when you're 18 or younger is ordinary and natural.
Anything invented when you're 19 to 40 is new and exciting.
Anything invented when you're over 40 is evil and a crime against nature.
Everyone's going down this year because buyers are all focused on the next gen. stuff.
If you look for some hard numbers, it means that Nintendo only got about 3.75 billion yen in profit this quarter.
Sony's also annouced results today. Their game division finished the quarter with an operating loss of 5.9 billion yen. I don't know about Microsoft game division but I'm pretty sure they're not making money.
Nintendo execs. might not be dancing back in the boardroom, but I think they're happier than Sony and Microsoft.
This new trailer doesn't really spell out the plot of the film as explicitly as the first one.
Good. I hate watching trailers that give away too much of the film. The worse is when it's a particularly bad film and you realize that all the good parts were IN the trailer.
Windows has the Blue Screen of Death.
Longhorn has the Red Screen of Death.
Mac OS 9 had the Sad Mac and the Bomb.
OS X has the big power button in the background. (And maybe one more.)
And Linux? I don't know what it's got.
Linux users need some iconic way to know that they've really fsck'ed up the their computer. Then they can be satified when they haven't seen it in a while.
We need something....like a dead penguin. Or maybe a slightly stunned penguin. I don't know, get a Japanese manga artist to draw it.
I'm in a group of 5 friends that usually emails random stuff to one another. One buddy is working in China. He's got a 21cn.com email address.
For a while, we all thought he was too busy to respond to our random email conversations. Turns out that he never received a lot of those emails. We all decided that it was because censorship but could never figure out what keywords brought it on. There didn't seem to be any rule-based system. It was almost as if millions of Chinese were censoring the emails of the other millions by hand.
Well, except the sentence "Hey, is this getting censored?" That email always got censored.
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He said that basically said that the PS3 was more than just a game console and could run Linux, Mac OS X, clear up your skin, cure cancer, find you a date..., etc.
Sorry, can't remember the link.
Polution laws? Maybe next year.
Internet-gaming-related death? We'll get on that right away.
I, for one, welcome our new cargo-carrying slaves.
Sure, you get upgraded stats and some new gameplay features. What I really wonder is how much testing EA's put into the new features. I'd hope that every new feature got over a year of development, playbalancing and testing.
To me, it sounds like getting Zelda 04, and then a year later getting Zelda 05 with two extra dungeons, new outfits and a new item.
Oh wait, I get it now.
Fun for the whole family.
to porn-induced blindness?
Unless it actually has boobs, this isn't going to help. In the Japanese market, the main design flaw of the Xbox was its sheer size. It wasn't a masculine/feminine problem. Personally, I think it's still too big but being able to stand vertically helps.
Still waiting to see the article of someone playing a game on PSP.
Oh well, maybe in 10 more years then.
It doesn't really work with alcohol and cigarettes. And these two are, for the moment, considered more dangerous than 18+ games.
I also suspect that the 360 he's holding is empty. In 2 of the interview pics, it looks like he's holding it 1 handed and he seems to like talking with his hands.
The only problem is that the normally less assertive will only be assertive with a clicker. The clicker can be a good start but it has to be viewed like a security blanket. There will be a time where it will have to be given up. There's going to be a point in their lives where they have to shed any anonymity and make a stand.
On a side note, a friend of mine for a very long time didn't know that Octivia E. Butler was a woman. I haven't told him yet that she's also African-American.
My own paraphrase since I have a shoddy memory:
Anything invented when you're 18 or younger is ordinary and natural.
Anything invented when you're 19 to 40 is new and exciting.
Anything invented when you're over 40 is evil and a crime against nature.
Sorry for mangling your quote Douglas.
Unfortunately, it's with unskilled labor, takes 9 months to produce and over 20 years to even start being useful.
It's 1.3 square km. in the Arctic. The only good use for that spot is another Starbucks.
If you look for some hard numbers, it means that Nintendo only got about 3.75 billion yen in profit this quarter.
Sony's also annouced results today. Their game division finished the quarter with an operating loss of 5.9 billion yen. I don't know about Microsoft game division but I'm pretty sure they're not making money.
Nintendo execs. might not be dancing back in the boardroom, but I think they're happier than Sony and Microsoft.
Send your current model color laser printer to me. I'll even send you a 7 year old inkjet that I currently use as a footrest.
Yeah...and then we sue them back for tresspassing on private property.
Good. I hate watching trailers that give away too much of the film. The worse is when it's a particularly bad film and you realize that all the good parts were IN the trailer.
If you check the Mac Buyer's Guide it's way overdue.
http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/
Please tell me you're not a pilot!
Too many body parts going left-right left-right...
Longhorn has the Red Screen of Death.
Mac OS 9 had the Sad Mac and the Bomb.
OS X has the big power button in the background. (And maybe one more.)
And Linux? I don't know what it's got.
Linux users need some iconic way to know that they've really fsck'ed up the their computer. Then they can be satified when they haven't seen it in a while.
We need something....like a dead penguin. Or maybe a slightly stunned penguin. I don't know, get a Japanese manga artist to draw it.
For a while, we all thought he was too busy to respond to our random email conversations. Turns out that he never received a lot of those emails. We all decided that it was because censorship but could never figure out what keywords brought it on. There didn't seem to be any rule-based system. It was almost as if millions of Chinese were censoring the emails of the other millions by hand.
Well, except the sentence "Hey, is this getting censored?" That email always got censored.