The problem I have with Cosmos is that it really aggressively takes over your UI. I installed it because I wanted the SecondBar (and *only* that), but it did a million other things, created windows that I didn't know how to turn off, and even changed some of my precious key bindings. So it had to go. It sure would be nice if all of that crap was off by default.
I only really skimmed the thing, but I think it said the new target date is actually March 2005. The only system being released near the same time is the PSP.
But it sure would be great to have the launch date pushed back more, just so we have that much more time to make fun of it.
Why does everybody on Slashdot trash everything that Microsoft ever did like it's worse than slime, but celebrate the X-box because of Halo and some other mediocre games?
Why does everybody overgeneralize like that? Everybody in the ENTIRE WORLD. Overgeneralizing CONSTANTLY. It's like all they ever do. Always and all the time.
I really WANT to get involved in a game like this. It looks pretty interesting. But I'm reluctant to invest time into it, because I know that the whole thing is almost certainly just be some viral marketing thing, and that by getting involved, I will just be encouraging their evil marketing ways.
Is it possible to have a puzzle like this that ISN'T an elaborate advertising scheme?
Hmm, I think what EA is saying is that they're giving all their employees the day off on August 10th! That's the impression I get anyway. Have fun, EA employees!
You forgot about Innocent Sal Wise- you can tell the difference between normal Sal Wise and Innocent Sal Wise because the latter always writes in italics.
I see this going two ways, depending on whether they actually tell you how much you payed per month:
1) Say they tell you how much you payed per month. In this case, who cares how those payments added up? If you see that you payed $28.50 last month for the game, then you're gonna seriously evaluate whether that game is worth the extra money. Here's what's NOT going to happen: you're NOT going to curtail your spending for next month, because when you're constantly worried about your in-game spending, the game ceases to be fun.
2) they don't actually give you a monthly total, and your bank's monthly statement is an ugly mess of $1 or whatever charges. In this case, you might actually trick them into paying more per month than they think. But once people catch on to this trickery, you are going to have pretty low customer satisfaction. To me it seems like a business model based on disinformation is not a good business model.
THANK GOD. We Fallout fans just want more Fallout. Not some crazy hypothetical MMO that will probably not even be fun (assuming they even finish it before they go bankrupt)
They don't have a "useful" product in GMail, they have a geek-cred toy.
They've created the best UI out of any web-mail service I've ever seen, so that's "useful" in my book. The whole gigabyte-of-storage thing is just an annoying marketing hook. People will embrace gmail for the UI.
I think that article was saying that games will never be a "real" sport (like baseball is a "real" sport), because the market can't support high enough salaries for the people who would choose to play video games professionally.
I don't think the article was saying that video games could never have spectators.
As anecdotal evidence, I know lots of people who prefer to watch other people play games than to play them themselves.
Hi Ken, can I ask another question? Why are most of the games played with only 2 players at a time? (with one exception being Halo) Especially, Super Smash Bros Melee- a game that's really meant to have 4 people. Also, Double Dash, I don't see any reason why you wouldn't want to play 4-person Double Dash.
thanks!
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Because pressing the Esc key requires that you pick up your hand from home position to reach it. The awesomeness of Vim is that you can do almost everything from home position.
You can even move the cursor around while staying in home position - by using the keys h,j,k,l. And I bet you would have assumed that the keys h,j,k,l would actually have the effect of typing an h,j,k or l.:)
I think the article paints Sony as taking too much credit for this phenomenon. Video games have been taking people away from TV watching from the very beginning. (cause after all, they are mutually exclusive activities). The only unique thing about the PS2 Online service is that they can actually measure it.
doesn't mean that the government should be putting health warnings on PlayStations
There ARE warnings. The safety warning says very clearly that for every hour of play, you should take a 15 minute break.
Particularly notable is Atari boss Bruno Bonnell's turning down of a game featuring "a major hip-hop artist" which it's claimed "would net Atari many millions of dollars" because it "lacks an ethical dimension."
MAJOR HIP-HOP ARTIST: Yo, G! I hear you guys do video games and sh*t. I got this mad crazy idea.. BRUNO BONNELL: How did you get my number? MAJOR HIP-HOP ARTIST: My agent got the hook-up. Listen, man. I was thinking you could have this game, that has me in it, right? Except I'm super powered and I can run around in slow motion like that Matrix sh*t. And the whole time, I'm doing like a rap, right? Like I'm rapping about the sh*t that's happening in the game. And I can fly. And there aren't any bad guys, just a bunch of screaming fans screaming WE LOVE YOU!! and waving their hands and all that. At the end, we could all like get in this big space ship, except it's like powered by my music, and we would take off and fly in to space. I'm telling you man, for real, this sh*t will make millions. BRUNO BONNELL: Sorry. (click)
In 5 years when they are selling used cubes for $20 in bins, will you feel cheated by that too?
It's a pretty reliable rule that the longer you wait on a technology purchase, the better value you will get for your money.
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The problem I have with Cosmos is that it really aggressively takes over your UI. I installed it because I wanted the SecondBar (and *only* that), but it did a million other things, created windows that I didn't know how to turn off, and even changed some of my precious key bindings. So it had to go. It sure would be nice if all of that crap was off by default.
Yeah, stop misspelling the name of Gamestop, they're a great store
The game Myst 4, released exactly a week ago in the US, is *only* available on DVD.
Though in this case, it was more out of necessity than convenience, since the game has like 8gb of assets.
I only really skimmed the thing, but I think it said the new target date is actually March 2005. The only system being released near the same time is the PSP.
But it sure would be great to have the launch date pushed back more, just so we have that much more time to make fun of it.
Why does everybody on Slashdot trash everything that Microsoft ever did like it's worse than slime, but celebrate the X-box because of Halo and some other mediocre games? Why does everybody overgeneralize like that? Everybody in the ENTIRE WORLD. Overgeneralizing CONSTANTLY. It's like all they ever do. Always and all the time.
I really WANT to get involved in a game like this. It looks pretty interesting. But I'm reluctant to invest time into it, because I know that the whole thing is almost certainly just be some viral marketing thing, and that by getting involved, I will just be encouraging their evil marketing ways.
Is it possible to have a puzzle like this that ISN'T an elaborate advertising scheme?
Hmm, I think what EA is saying is that they're giving all their employees the day off on August 10th! That's the impression I get anyway. Have fun, EA employees!
You forgot about Innocent Sal Wise- you can tell the difference between normal Sal Wise and Innocent Sal Wise because the latter always writes in italics.
MGS2 was a great game, but I think you misunderstood it: you're not suppossed to actually watch the cut scenes!
I see this going two ways, depending on whether they actually tell you how much you payed per month:
1) Say they tell you how much you payed per month. In this case, who cares how those payments added up? If you see that you payed $28.50 last month for the game, then you're gonna seriously evaluate whether that game is worth the extra money. Here's what's NOT going to happen: you're NOT going to curtail your spending for next month, because when you're constantly worried about your in-game spending, the game ceases to be fun.
2) they don't actually give you a monthly total, and your bank's monthly statement is an ugly mess of $1 or whatever charges. In this case, you might actually trick them into paying more per month than they think. But once people catch on to this trickery, you are going to have pretty low customer satisfaction. To me it seems like a business model based on disinformation is not a good business model.
THANK GOD. We Fallout fans just want more Fallout. Not some crazy hypothetical MMO that will probably not even be fun (assuming they even finish it before they go bankrupt)
I used to be nice, and put in something simple like fake@bogus.com
But years of those stupid forms have aggrevated me, now my address of choice is:
fuckyou@eat.shit.and.die.com
They don't have a "useful" product in GMail, they have a geek-cred toy. They've created the best UI out of any web-mail service I've ever seen, so that's "useful" in my book. The whole gigabyte-of-storage thing is just an annoying marketing hook. People will embrace gmail for the UI.
Microsoft will try to cut a Billion dollars in expenses, and its cost per employee is about $300K
So that means Microsoft is planning on firing 3333 employees!! Folks, you heard it here first.
I think that article was saying that games will never be a "real" sport (like baseball is a "real" sport), because the market can't support high enough salaries for the people who would choose to play video games professionally.
I don't think the article was saying that video games could never have spectators.
As anecdotal evidence, I know lots of people who prefer to watch other people play games than to play them themselves.
Hi Ken, can I ask another question? Why are most of the games played with only 2 players at a time? (with one exception being Halo) Especially, Super Smash Bros Melee- a game that's really meant to have 4 people. Also, Double Dash, I don't see any reason why you wouldn't want to play 4-person Double Dash.
thanks!
Because pressing the Esc key requires that you pick up your hand from home position to reach it. The awesomeness of Vim is that you can do almost everything from home position. You can even move the cursor around while staying in home position - by using the keys h,j,k,l. And I bet you would have assumed that the keys h,j,k,l would actually have the effect of typing an h,j,k or l. :)
Maybe one of the goals of this venture is to help make American coders more competitive?
Ditto for MechAssault (you can do live co-op split screen). I don't think your theory holds water.
I think the article paints Sony as taking too much credit for this phenomenon. Video games have been taking people away from TV watching from the very beginning. (cause after all, they are mutually exclusive activities). The only unique thing about the PS2 Online service is that they can actually measure it.
doesn't mean that the government should be putting health warnings on PlayStations There ARE warnings. The safety warning says very clearly that for every hour of play, you should take a 15 minute break.
Particularly notable is Atari boss Bruno Bonnell's turning down of a game featuring "a major hip-hop artist" which it's claimed "would net Atari many millions of dollars" because it "lacks an ethical dimension."
MAJOR HIP-HOP ARTIST: Yo, G! I hear you guys do video games and sh*t. I got this mad crazy idea..
BRUNO BONNELL: How did you get my number?
MAJOR HIP-HOP ARTIST: My agent got the hook-up. Listen, man. I was thinking you could have this game, that has me in it, right? Except I'm super powered and I can run around in slow motion like that Matrix sh*t. And the whole time, I'm doing like a rap, right? Like I'm rapping about the sh*t that's happening in the game. And I can fly. And there aren't any bad guys, just a bunch of screaming fans screaming WE LOVE YOU!! and waving their hands and all that. At the end, we could all like get in this big space ship, except it's like powered by my music, and we would take off and fly in to space. I'm telling you man, for real, this sh*t will make millions.
BRUNO BONNELL: Sorry. (click)
That's BS! I tried going 80 miles away from MY router and I didn't get a signal at all! What garbage.
In 5 years when they are selling used cubes for $20 in bins, will you feel cheated by that too? It's a pretty reliable rule that the longer you wait on a technology purchase, the better value you will get for your money.