So undermining the authorial control leads to something not being a work of art? Are video game designers not 'artists' because they cede this control to the player?
Yes. What's the #1 complaint people have about Xenogears? Endless dialogue, because the player has to sit through it and has nothing to do in the meantime. But by the classical definition of "art", Xenogears is closer to "art" than practically any other game. So do we tweak the definition of "art" to encompass this new medium (games)? We can, but we rob the term "art" of its meaning if we do so.
And "Elitist asshole. Go masturbate intellectually more." doesn't speak well of the author of the post.
Street Fighter IV: Second Wave Hyper Alpha EX Gold Fighting Edition
Super Street Fighter IV-2: Super Happy Fun Smash Puzzle Fight III
Street Fighter IV: The Game The Movie The Game The Movie The Game
You know what's trite and unoriginal? All the comments on this thread from people saying things like, "OMG EVERY MOVIE SUCKS NOBODY PAYS TO SEE MOVIES BECAUSE THEY ALL SUCK", "OMG THEY'RE SO EXPENSIVE TO SEE I MEAN A DRINK COSTS FOUR BUCKS", "HOLLYWOOD IS A BUNCH OF IDIOTS", etc.
Now, these things are all true (except the last one to an extent, cuz if I were a Hollywood producer, I'd be looking for safe investments, the same way 99% of the people here would as they looked out onto the street and saw the other 1% panhandling cuz their "risky" movies didn't pan out), but every person who's posting these comments is acting as though they're the first person ever to come up with their brilliant insights and we should all bow before them.
Unoriginal comments wrapped up in new packaging complaining about Hollywood taking unoriginal ideas and wrapping them up in new packaging. Irony: It's Delicious!
by the fact that the author writes "from Hello World to Mario World" when the Game Boy version was called "Super Mario Land" (note: I'm fine with leaving out the "Super", but changing "Land" to "World" just to get a cute line is cause for making a declaration of shennanigans.)
Still, the ingenuity of those who manage to hack the PSP and similar systems never ceases to amaze.
Sony and MSFT know market-penetration and anti-competition strategies.
Right, because Nintendo doesn't know anything about market-penetration and anti-competition strategies? Are you kidding me? They practically wrote the manual on those things with the way they locked up developers back in the NES days and killed competition.
Over at IBGames, while really a MUD instead of a real MMORPG, had permanent death in it if players weren't careful. Players started out with insurance for one life, and if they died, their cloned body would wake up in the hospital, good as new, except for dropping any items the player was carrying. The problem was that the player was now uninsured, and his character would be deleted if he lost again. Insurance was easy to get safely, but the problem was that the cost of it would go up with each purchase, and the price could get hefty after many deaths.
at www.ibgames.net used an hourly rate system for a long time. 60 cents an hour it was. They eventually went to a monthly subscription, so I don't think it was too successful.
that Russia ratified Kyoto pretty just solely to get support from several EU nations in their attempt to join the EU? They didn't do it out of some desire to help the environment. It was politics. (Even NPR's story about Russia's ratification said that this was the reason.)
One of the questions above mentions pragmatism, and this is an issue where it comes into play. From both a pragmatic and principled perspective, the best foreign policy is one of non-intervention: Refusing to interfere in the internal affairs of, or intervene in the disputes of, other nations. From a pragmatic perspective, it's the best approach for the security of the United States. From a principled perspective, it avoids violating the rights of others.
There is definitely something to be said for this approach.
Unfortunately, it allows things like the genocide going on in Sudan right this minute to continue.
For what it's worth, a grave robber wants to loot the objects in the grave to make money.
An archaeologist seeks knowledge. Now, yes, his actions can lead to fame and fortune, but that isn't (shouldn't) be his primary goal (and it almost always isn't.)
Yes, but does a message like that resonate with people? I mean, I know that a century begins when we hit '01, that bats aren't blind, and that Eagles fans threw snowballs at Santa Claus at Franklin Field and not Veterans Stadium, but so what? You're absolutely right, but so what? It's just more of an effort to call it copyright infringement and then explain the difference between that and theft than to call it theft and be done with it.
available exclusively at Waterfront Books in the Waterfront Mall. Not only is it a scandalous rag, but it increases my defense and will power every time I read it! Too bad it crumbles to dust each time and I have to buy another one.
Excuse me, I have to go beat up Benny & Clyde now.
To the author of this article: I suggest you go and talk to some rock climbers, hang-glider pilots, cross-country runners, parachutists, motocross riders, skaters (street or ice), discus/shot-put/hammer throwers, rowers, swimmers, or simply female athletes in traditionally-male sports (like soccer). Go whine to them that CS can't succeed as a sport bcos it's *so* hard to make a good living out of it.
If you went to those people and said that Counter-Strike can't succeed as a sport because it's hard to make a good living out of it, then yes, they'd laugh in your face or kick the living shit out of you.
But they'd do that because you called Counter-Strike a "sport".
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So undermining the authorial control leads to something not being a work of art? Are video game designers not 'artists' because they cede this control to the player?
Yes. What's the #1 complaint people have about Xenogears? Endless dialogue, because the player has to sit through it and has nothing to do in the meantime. But by the classical definition of "art", Xenogears is closer to "art" than practically any other game. So do we tweak the definition of "art" to encompass this new medium (games)? We can, but we rob the term "art" of its meaning if we do so.
And "Elitist asshole. Go masturbate intellectually more." doesn't speak well of the author of the post.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/28467
Street Fighter IV: Second Wave Hyper Alpha EX Gold Fighting Edition Super Street Fighter IV-2: Super Happy Fun Smash Puzzle Fight III Street Fighter IV: The Game The Movie The Game The Movie The Game
You know what's trite and unoriginal? All the comments on this thread from people saying things like, "OMG EVERY MOVIE SUCKS NOBODY PAYS TO SEE MOVIES BECAUSE THEY ALL SUCK", "OMG THEY'RE SO EXPENSIVE TO SEE I MEAN A DRINK COSTS FOUR BUCKS", "HOLLYWOOD IS A BUNCH OF IDIOTS", etc. Now, these things are all true (except the last one to an extent, cuz if I were a Hollywood producer, I'd be looking for safe investments, the same way 99% of the people here would as they looked out onto the street and saw the other 1% panhandling cuz their "risky" movies didn't pan out), but every person who's posting these comments is acting as though they're the first person ever to come up with their brilliant insights and we should all bow before them. Unoriginal comments wrapped up in new packaging complaining about Hollywood taking unoriginal ideas and wrapping them up in new packaging. Irony: It's Delicious!
Car insurance (which I assume you're talking about) is so high in DC because there are *so many* uninsured drivers.
I'm sure they all play Rockstar games, too. The Peaceoholics said so.
As they said on The Simpsons... And yet, I learn nothing!
Well, if today is "Old NES Game Fansite Day", I'll mention my NES Contra Strategy Guide, the web's premier guide to Contra.
An article having to do with webcomics and absolutely no plug for Penny Arcade in the Slashdot post? Amazing!
That may be true, but the article definitely references a Game Boy emulator.
by the fact that the author writes "from Hello World to Mario World" when the Game Boy version was called "Super Mario Land" (note: I'm fine with leaving out the "Super", but changing "Land" to "World" just to get a cute line is cause for making a declaration of shennanigans.) Still, the ingenuity of those who manage to hack the PSP and similar systems never ceases to amaze.
Sony and MSFT know market-penetration and anti-competition strategies. Right, because Nintendo doesn't know anything about market-penetration and anti-competition strategies? Are you kidding me? They practically wrote the manual on those things with the way they locked up developers back in the NES days and killed competition.
Over at IBGames, while really a MUD instead of a real MMORPG, had permanent death in it if players weren't careful. Players started out with insurance for one life, and if they died, their cloned body would wake up in the hospital, good as new, except for dropping any items the player was carrying. The problem was that the player was now uninsured, and his character would be deleted if he lost again. Insurance was easy to get safely, but the problem was that the cost of it would go up with each purchase, and the price could get hefty after many deaths.
Puzzle Pirates is an massively multi-player online roleplaying game, or mmoarrrrpg.
I just want to say that that line made my day!at www.ibgames.net used an hourly rate system for a long time. 60 cents an hour it was. They eventually went to a monthly subscription, so I don't think it was too successful.
that Russia ratified Kyoto pretty just solely to get support from several EU nations in their attempt to join the EU? They didn't do it out of some desire to help the environment. It was politics. (Even NPR's story about Russia's ratification said that this was the reason.)
my NES Contra Strategy Guide at this time. Yes, the site's kinda ugly, but I think it's informative.
One of the questions above mentions pragmatism, and this is an issue where it comes into play. From both a pragmatic and principled perspective, the best foreign policy is one of non-intervention: Refusing to interfere in the internal affairs of, or intervene in the disputes of, other nations. From a pragmatic perspective, it's the best approach for the security of the United States. From a principled perspective, it avoids violating the rights of others.
There is definitely something to be said for this approach.
Unfortunately, it allows things like the genocide going on in Sudan right this minute to continue.
For what it's worth, a grave robber wants to loot the objects in the grave to make money.
An archaeologist seeks knowledge. Now, yes, his actions can lead to fame and fortune, but that isn't (shouldn't) be his primary goal (and it almost always isn't.)
And I think that that's worth a lot.
If you have a woman, you can milk her and sell the milk, or make cheese and peddle that at the local farmer's market.
No, I'm afraid that if you have a woman, then you will have no money for games.
id software also used to run a 64(!)-player Quake II deathmatch server on a 400 mHz Alpha. It was quite the place to be.
Yes, but does a message like that resonate with people? I mean, I know that a century begins when we hit '01, that bats aren't blind, and that Eagles fans threw snowballs at Santa Claus at Franklin Field and not Veterans Stadium, but so what? You're absolutely right, but so what? It's just more of an effort to call it copyright infringement and then explain the difference between that and theft than to call it theft and be done with it.
with those monkeys who play video games with their minds.
available exclusively at Waterfront Books in the Waterfront Mall. Not only is it a scandalous rag, but it increases my defense and will power every time I read it! Too bad it crumbles to dust each time and I have to buy another one.
Excuse me, I have to go beat up Benny & Clyde now.
To the author of this article: I suggest you go and talk to some rock climbers, hang-glider pilots, cross-country runners, parachutists, motocross riders, skaters (street or ice), discus/shot-put/hammer throwers, rowers, swimmers, or simply female athletes in traditionally-male sports (like soccer). Go whine to them that CS can't succeed as a sport bcos it's *so* hard to make a good living out of it.
If you went to those people and said that Counter-Strike can't succeed as a sport because it's hard to make a good living out of it, then yes, they'd laugh in your face or kick the living shit out of you.
But they'd do that because you called Counter-Strike a "sport".
and of course, without telling them my WEP password
I thought you just said you don't have WEP on.