[...the games] are at least on par if not better than many PC games.
I would contest this, but even if it is true, I do not have a great deal of time to play games. I try to only buy the best games in a few categories, and those games appear in an overwhelming majority on the PC/Mac side, if they even appear on consoles at all.
Yes, and I find it much easier to use a trackpad (or sometimes a trackball) an inch away from the keyboard for FPSs than a mouse. Not to mention that it seems more precise.
There are differences in trackpad quality, though. Some have really terrible texture, which makes them a pain to use.
Funny, I'd say the exact opposite: the console is really designed for multiplayer games (though not FPSs), and better story-based single-player games should come to the Windows/Mac/Linux P.C. market.
All "rules" which attempt to say that those which are similar in one aspect are necessarily similar in another aspect should be ignored.
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Anyway, there are those with both ambition and desire to help others or wield power responsibly. They tend to find better ways of influencing the game of power than direct government politics, though.
How so? People have expressed political views through books, speeches, plays, TV programs, and virtually every medium available for as long as there have been meaningful political views and methods of expression. Games are a good way to foment interest in those who don't like to read thousand-page political treatises or who have become disenchanted with sound-byte Republicrat political posturers.
Granted, Flash games are a little simplistic for such a purpose, as they are too small to contain much more than a sound-byte, but even a sound-byte conveyed in an interesting way may provoke thought. Witness comedy and political satire from books to TV.
An expansive single-player game, however, can be just as thought-provoking as any metaphoric political novel. Try Deus Ex.
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For shame, Cowboy.
Maybe it's me, but this sounds to be more of a problem with the teachers (and possibly the local school board) than anything Bush has done...
I think the "thanks Bush" comment was referring to "left behind", i.e. the idiotic No Child Left Behind act Bush signed into law in 2002.
Um, in the case of 'radius', the stem that is changed is 'ius' to 'ii', not 'us' to 'i'.
I would contest this, but even if it is true, I do not have a great deal of time to play games. I try to only buy the best games in a few categories, and those games appear in an overwhelming majority on the PC/Mac side, if they even appear on consoles at all.
Yes, and I find it much easier to use a trackpad (or sometimes a trackball) an inch away from the keyboard for FPSs than a mouse. Not to mention that it seems more precise. There are differences in trackpad quality, though. Some have really terrible texture, which makes them a pain to use.
Funny, I'd say the exact opposite: the console is really designed for multiplayer games (though not FPSs), and better story-based single-player games should come to the Windows/Mac/Linux P.C. market.
Golden rule for golden rules:
All "rules" which attempt to say that those which are similar in one aspect are necessarily similar in another aspect should be ignored.
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Anyway, there are those with both ambition and desire to help others or wield power responsibly. They tend to find better ways of influencing the game of power than direct government politics, though.
The "most access numbers" statistic is sort of a chimera; you really only need 1 or 2 per metro area...
So I take it you enjoy several hour long distance charges, in addition to the already-ridiculous rates of dial-up providers?
How so? People have expressed political views through books, speeches, plays, TV programs, and virtually every medium available for as long as there have been meaningful political views and methods of expression. Games are a good way to foment interest in those who don't like to read thousand-page political treatises or who have become disenchanted with sound-byte Republicrat political posturers.
Granted, Flash games are a little simplistic for such a purpose, as they are too small to contain much more than a sound-byte, but even a sound-byte conveyed in an interesting way may provoke thought. Witness comedy and political satire from books to TV.
An expansive single-player game, however, can be just as thought-provoking as any metaphoric political novel. Try Deus Ex.
You do know that the average work week in the United States is the highest in the world, even longer than the Japanese, don't you?
France in particular has a mandatory 35-hour week.