...my gmail account... I have to clean out my spam folder pretty often.
Just leave them - its taken me a few weeks to avoid taking a look and deleting them, but they do say its automagically deleted after 30 days, and I dont have anything older than April 25 in my 'Spam' folder right now.
Unless, that is, you get a LOT of spam, anthough I'm not sure if the contents of the 'Spam' folder are counted toward the total.
Acually, if I remember right, that comes from way back in the mists of the early to-mid 1990's, when CD writers cost thousands.
The writable discs back then had gold faces, so the gold master was in fact a gold color. I dont know if any special discs are used for the master when its send to be duplicated, or even if it is, but the term has stuck.
It would make more sense nowadays just to FTP the cd images to the plant, though.
(Id already moderated here, but it looks like nobody has pointed this out, so ill post and burn the mod points - sorry modded people)
What seems to have been overlooked here, and something far more important than the game itself, is the BBFC Clasification of the game in question.
Over here in the UK, its Illegal (and pinishable by a big fine at least) to sell a BBFC rathed game to someone under the rated age. In this case, the game has an '18' certificate, which meants it is illegal to sell it to anyone under the age of 18 - something with retailers are typically very careful about.
Its the same system as used by the video/dvd retail industry, and not a requirement for games. if i remember correctly, only games which contain live action footage (which Manhunt does not) must be rated, but titles can be submitted for classification, which is something Rockstar do with all their titles.
The GTAs are 18 certificate, as is Manhunt, and if I recall correctly, MGS2 has a 15 certificate, while Eyetoy and Singstar have U (universal) and PG (Parental Guidance) certificates.
What is comes down to, is if the game DID have anything to do with the murder, then what were under-age children doing with a game that they cant buy, which is clearly labelled for adults?
In fact, to make matters worse, I remember hearing a quote somewhere that the favourite movie of the kid who comitted the murder is Scarface - something else that is 18 rated.
Its not like the rating system is new (its been in place for the last 20 years or so), or can be missed (distinctive red circle, which you see all over) - this is simply the case of the parents not paying attention at all.
Someone over 18 must have purchased the game, and someone was letting them play it, even though one of the first screens you see is a warning that it contains scenes of violence, and should not be viewed by minors!
This is fairly irrelevent now, but wither way, theres no excuse at all for it to be the game alone that is the cause here - its clearly lack of parenting.
Personally, im going to be interested to see how they handle the different endings from the first game.
Avoiding spoilers, the end of the first came game could be potentially very galaxy changing, so it will be interesting to see how they handle the different potential endings, maybe checking for saves on the Xbox HDD, then playing the appropriate intro....
I keep expecting Al to show up with his little tricorder dealie.
Well, he actually DID turn up in one episode. He didnt have Ziggy or whatever the hell it was called with him, tho... shame.
If it is, where are the Epilepsy inducing strobing/color-cycling scores? (go play any of his old stuff if you dont know what I mean)
It looks a LOT like a slightly more modern version of Area 51 (Prerendered backdrops, badly integrated bad guys pasted over the top), and that ran on the CoJag hardware back in 1995.
Please Eugine, give it up - leave your record with some of the best Coin-Op games ever, and dont do a Lucas...
I can quote a manager at the game company I work for: "Nobody ever based their choice to buy a game on its load times." Is this true?
Well, I refuse to play Resident Evil till they fix the dumb door/loading scenes, and I returned Stuntman as 'faulty' because it was simply stupid waiting 90 seconds to attempt another 5 seconds of stunt.
The worst thing you can do, is force the player to wait so long, they actually turn the TV on to watch something rather than stare at the load screen.
Grand Theft Auto, but you just copy cars, rather than stealing them. And if you crash them or change them and then drive them around, you have to let other people copy the changed ones!
And the police would be replaced by... err... SCO! And they would be going round trying to extract money from everyone, claiming they 'Cars' eveyone is using are theirs, and they have to licence them! And the boss in the big mansion would be Darl!
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Clearly its going to be...
Uber Street Fighter 4 EX Plus+ Alpha - Hyper Turbo Championship Edition
I dunno about that, I know a pretty big guy called Brian...
Just leave them - its taken me a few weeks to avoid taking a look and deleting them, but they do say its automagically deleted after 30 days, and I dont have anything older than April 25 in my 'Spam' folder right now.
Unless, that is, you get a LOT of spam, anthough I'm not sure if the contents of the 'Spam' folder are counted toward the total.
Im pretty sure the ping ping ball would melt or at least burst in to flames - if thats not affecting it, I don't know what is!
Ohhh, you meant affect the sun... Damn.
Not quite, unless you are used to hotwiring cars... you forgot the power button.
But Starbuck was from Battlestar Galactica, not Star Wars!
Don't you damn colonials go stealing all our game developers!
have pale skin,
are sensative to sunlight,
have hightened reflexes,
wear black,
are rarely seen in public,
have elongated canine teeth and
drink blood
Typical!!!
The writable discs back then had gold faces, so the gold master was in fact a gold color. I dont know if any special discs are used for the master when its send to be duplicated, or even if it is, but the term has stuck.
It would make more sense nowadays just to FTP the cd images to the plant, though.
What seems to have been overlooked here, and something far more important than the game itself, is the BBFC Clasification of the game in question.
Over here in the UK, its Illegal (and pinishable by a big fine at least) to sell a BBFC rathed game to someone under the rated age. In this case, the game has an '18' certificate, which meants it is illegal to sell it to anyone under the age of 18 - something with retailers are typically very careful about.
Its the same system as used by the video/dvd retail industry, and not a requirement for games. if i remember correctly, only games which contain live action footage (which Manhunt does not) must be rated, but titles can be submitted for classification, which is something Rockstar do with all their titles.
The GTAs are 18 certificate, as is Manhunt, and if I recall correctly, MGS2 has a 15 certificate, while Eyetoy and Singstar have U (universal) and PG (Parental Guidance) certificates.
What is comes down to, is if the game DID have anything to do with the murder, then what were under-age children doing with a game that they cant buy, which is clearly labelled for adults?
In fact, to make matters worse, I remember hearing a quote somewhere that the favourite movie of the kid who comitted the murder is Scarface - something else that is 18 rated.
Its not like the rating system is new (its been in place for the last 20 years or so), or can be missed (distinctive red circle, which you see all over) - this is simply the case of the parents not paying attention at all.
Someone over 18 must have purchased the game, and someone was letting them play it, even though one of the first screens you see is a warning that it contains scenes of violence, and should not be viewed by minors!
This is fairly irrelevent now, but wither way, theres no excuse at all for it to be the game alone that is the cause here - its clearly lack of parenting.
Avoiding spoilers, the end of the first came game could be potentially very galaxy changing, so it will be interesting to see how they handle the different potential endings, maybe checking for saves on the Xbox HDD, then playing the appropriate intro....
His name is HK-47, Meatbag.
Yea, and you wouldnt believe how many planets they went through beta testing it...
I keep expecting Al to show up with his little tricorder dealie. Well, he actually DID turn up in one episode. He didnt have Ziggy or whatever the hell it was called with him, tho... shame.
Erm, anyone wanna buy a soul?
Only $100,000 (plus cost of shipping and customs for me to get that lot over to England)... any takers?
It looks a LOT like a slightly more modern version of Area 51 (Prerendered backdrops, badly integrated bad guys pasted over the top), and that ran on the CoJag hardware back in 1995.
Please Eugine, give it up - leave your record with some of the best Coin-Op games ever, and dont do a Lucas...
Yea, he could have just snapped his fingers and changed the local gravity or something.
Apparently he doesnt turn up for a few hundred years yet, though...
Anyone get a version that works with god mode?
Town folk: "Space Ace."
Oh god, no...
I just recovered from laughing at that for six months, and now youve started me off again! AGGGGGHHAHAHAHAH!
Yes... Goodbye Kao, I shall remember you every time I use a Phoenix Down...
Next Question, please.
Well, I refuse to play Resident Evil till they fix the dumb door/loading scenes, and I returned Stuntman as 'faulty' because it was simply stupid waiting 90 seconds to attempt another 5 seconds of stunt.
The worst thing you can do, is force the player to wait so long, they actually turn the TV on to watch something rather than stare at the load screen.
For those who didnt play it, imagine Running Man crossed with Robotron - with rather (for the time) gory graphics, complete with an over the top host.
"BINGO! TOTAL CARNAGE! IIII-LOVE-IT! YEAAA!"
Hmm, I can imagine it now...
Grand Theft Auto, but you just copy cars, rather than stealing them. And if you crash them or change them and then drive them around, you have to let other people copy the changed ones!
And the police would be replaced by... err... SCO! And they would be going round trying to extract money from everyone, claiming they 'Cars' eveyone is using are theirs, and they have to licence them! And the boss in the big mansion would be Darl!
Yea, it would be GREAT![/mood]
Mental note: Dont post on Slashdot at 3:30am...
Erm, theyre Square Enix now, or as I like to call them, 'Squeenix'.
I wonder what a square Enix looks like... in fact, for that matter... I wonder what an Enix looks like, even if its not square...