None of the Robber Barons was nearly this generous and none of the Robber Barons is viewed as a good man today, you simpering idiot.
Seriously... ROBBER BARONS! AS IN, WE KNOW THEY ROBBED!
He's going to leave his children ten million apiece! He's given half his money to charity already and most of the rest will go to charity when he dies. It's incredible that you don't see how good that is.
I give them credit for innovation in the fields of personal video and music systems, but as for video games, they basically didn't do anything of great note. The playstations dominated (yes, I use that in the past tense) due to their large library of third party titles and the fact that nintendo had a few Gil Ameliesque years. Credit for innovation in video games goes mostly to nintendo and sega.
Wii... as in "It hurts when I Wii." ?! I can't really get over how bad this is. All I can think of are dumb puns off the new name. It's really the worst name for any real product I've ever seen.
Wii are not amused.
See what I mean!?
"I stand by my own opinion that the majority of music file sharers are the same type of folks who used to sit by the radio with cassette-recorder and recorded music off the air. They were NEVER going to buy the premium product, unless they absolutely loved the music."
I bought somewhere between 50 and 100 CDs in 1999, maybe 20 in 2000, less than 10 in 2001, and 1 or 2 a year since then. Meanwhile I've pirated more albums than I want to admit publicly.
I flat out disagree with the claim that music piracy doesn't hurt CD sales. Of course it hurts CD sales, because plenty of normal or frequent buyers turned to piracy and never looked back. This is a GOOD THING.
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Art doesn't work like Linux. 4 unoriginal guys in their garage can still do fantastic things in the world of music. Without a completely new idea, they can't do that in the world of software.
You're basically saying the directed, highly organized, marketed world of modern music is producing better work than the old ways. You're saying one Beck and ten Britneys are better than a Mozart and a Beethoven. I love a lot of modern music, but, BAH!
I was with you up until GNU/Linux. Sorry, the open source movement can not possibly be the most important creative work of this century. That just isn't possible. I wouldn't even give up the last Harry Potter book to save Linux.
Oh my god. I never even thought of using the revolution controller for sports games! I *hate* madden football, but I might really enjoy it if I could actually "throw" the ball, as long as I didn't let go and throw the controller through the TV.
Katamari was a fantastic, unusually creative game, but it did suffer a bit in the controls. I liked the idea, liked what they were attempting to do, but much like Ape Escape 2, the dual analog system was just sort of clunky and weird.
So, with all due respect to one of my favorite video game designers, I don't think he's really the right person to speak about controllers. I think the revolution sticks may even be a bigger and better change than analog sticks.
I don't want commercials in my television, and I don't care whether that breaks the economic process by which television is made. I'd happily watch the few good shows, pirated, commercial free, while the entire industry falls apart, to be replaced by a license system like the BBC or a pay to own system like DVDs.
This is stimulating for future Britney Spears clones. If they intentionally make artistic choices for popularity instead of quality, they will make money. If they intentionally choose quality over popularity, they risk being unpopular and unwealthy.
It's not like you can't have both, but this idea encourages a slide in the direction of one, against the other.
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None of the Robber Barons was nearly this generous and none of the Robber Barons is viewed as a good man today, you simpering idiot.
Seriously... ROBBER BARONS! AS IN, WE KNOW THEY ROBBED!
He's going to leave his children ten million apiece! He's given half his money to charity already and most of the rest will go to charity when he dies. It's incredible that you don't see how good that is.
I give them credit for innovation in the fields of personal video and music systems, but as for video games, they basically didn't do anything of great note. The playstations dominated (yes, I use that in the past tense) due to their large library of third party titles and the fact that nintendo had a few Gil Ameliesque years. Credit for innovation in video games goes mostly to nintendo and sega.
In other news, 63% of Americans will be first against the wall when the revolution comes.
Oh my god. You're actually telling us we should spend money to save money. They've got you hook, line, and sinker.
Were you being sarcastic, or was it just me?
Ahem. I believe you have made an error in this article posting. Perhaps you are referring to the Nintendo Revolution.
King of All Cosmos: Wii broke it. Yes, Wii were naughty. Completely naughty. So, so very sorry. But just between you and us, it felt quite good.
King of All Cosmos: Wii felt the beauty of all things, and felt love for all. That's how it was. Did you see? Wii smiled a genuine smile.
King of All Cosmos: Wii are moved to tears by the size of this stupidity.
King of All Cosmos: Maybe Wii'll invent a Cosmic Esperanto.
Wii... as in "It hurts when I Wii." ?! I can't really get over how bad this is. All I can think of are dumb puns off the new name. It's really the worst name for any real product I've ever seen. Wii are not amused. See what I mean!?
Wii?! WII?! MOTHER****ING WII?! I... I just... I need to slap someone. Someone needs to be slapped for that.
I can see the popups:
"Research shows you are just ONE CLICK away from infecting your computer with SPYWARE.
CLICK HERE to stop this from happening!"
And yet I share files and hurt sales.
"I stand by my own opinion that the majority of music file sharers are the same type of folks who used to sit by the radio with cassette-recorder and recorded music off the air. They were NEVER going to buy the premium product, unless they absolutely loved the music."
I bought somewhere between 50 and 100 CDs in 1999, maybe 20 in 2000, less than 10 in 2001, and 1 or 2 a year since then. Meanwhile I've pirated more albums than I want to admit publicly.
I flat out disagree with the claim that music piracy doesn't hurt CD sales. Of course it hurts CD sales, because plenty of normal or frequent buyers turned to piracy and never looked back. This is a GOOD THING.
Art doesn't work like Linux. 4 unoriginal guys in their garage can still do fantastic things in the world of music. Without a completely new idea, they can't do that in the world of software. You're basically saying the directed, highly organized, marketed world of modern music is producing better work than the old ways. You're saying one Beck and ten Britneys are better than a Mozart and a Beethoven. I love a lot of modern music, but, BAH!
I was with you up until GNU/Linux. Sorry, the open source movement can not possibly be the most important creative work of this century. That just isn't possible. I wouldn't even give up the last Harry Potter book to save Linux.
The native feel of mouselook? There's no such thing in 3d. This is closer to the native feel of looking with a Gyroscope in your hand.
Oh my god. I never even thought of using the revolution controller for sports games! I *hate* madden football, but I might really enjoy it if I could actually "throw" the ball, as long as I didn't let go and throw the controller through the TV.
Katamari was a fantastic, unusually creative game, but it did suffer a bit in the controls. I liked the idea, liked what they were attempting to do, but much like Ape Escape 2, the dual analog system was just sort of clunky and weird.
So, with all due respect to one of my favorite video game designers, I don't think he's really the right person to speak about controllers. I think the revolution sticks may even be a bigger and better change than analog sticks.
Actually they made it easier and therefore worse than geocities.
"Bands dominate myspace."
Bands dominate YOUR myspace. Log out and try visiting as an anonymous user. From there it's pretty obvious: idiots dominate myspace.
Exactly.
I. Want. Stuff. For free.
I don't want commercials in my television, and I don't care whether that breaks the economic process by which television is made. I'd happily watch the few good shows, pirated, commercial free, while the entire industry falls apart, to be replaced by a license system like the BBC or a pay to own system like DVDs.
Not kidding. Really that's how it should go.
But there's good news! The NSA has found out that Osama Bin Laden saved a bunch of money on his car insurance by calling Geico.
This is stimulating for future Britney Spears clones. If they intentionally make artistic choices for popularity instead of quality, they will make money. If they intentionally choose quality over popularity, they risk being unpopular and unwealthy. It's not like you can't have both, but this idea encourages a slide in the direction of one, against the other.
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