MTV Games? Cool! Looks like we picked up another client, folks! I look forward to seeing several stories a day from MTV games now that the Z-man's on the case.
The Revolution is hippy garbage, and the PS3 will be so ate up with malware you won't be able to open the tray without a fingerprint scan. Once the Xbox 360 comes out, THATS when we'll se games change forever!
Selling working hardware with games you love to get a shinnier box that doesn't play the games you love? Who's the dumbass again?
And just who is going to be buying all these xboxes? Anyone who ever wanted an xbox has one now, and once the 360 is out, everyone will want THAT instead of the old one. Looking at ebay shows an awful lot of xboxes already for sale, and most of them seem to be selling at less than $100. You can see lots of xboxs with people asking $200 plus for 'em, and most of those aren't getting bid on. The market will only get more saturated once the 360 is out. I wouldn't bet on getting much for your old one. Just keep it and work 2 extra days to cover the $75 bucks you might get for it.
"just because you don't know how to use a computer that doesn't have an optical drive doesn't mean that nobody else can."
Gee, dex, I'm sorry I called your little computer a piece of shit. If it does what you want it too, that's great. Me personally, I don't mind sacrificing a little weight for the added flexibility, and I think external drives suck. I hope we can still be friends!:|
I was merely answering your question. That's what I'm doing to need a fan on my video card, playing new games. If you find PC gaming on an old video card fun, then more power to you. Old games are great. I'm working my way though the NES catalog these days, myself, but I also like new games too. Why are you so incredulous about the hardware cycle? When desktop processors that needed active cooling first hit the scene, did you shun them? "What the hell are you DOING that needs a 32bit processor that runs so hot it'll melt if you don't put a fan on it?"
I mean, shit, 640k outta be enough for everyone, and there was a global market for 5 computers once. Come on, dude. You're in IT. You know about hardware cycles. Why the shock?
BTW, I checked you list, and only Civ 3 (4Q `01}, Freedom Force (1Q `02), and Serious Sam (1Q 01) were actually released during this third millennium of Christ.
In closing, I only foed you because of you beggar signature, nothing personal. Since you're a suit in IT can't you just like, uh, BUY yourself a Mac Mini? I know, I know! The glaring hypocrisy of you spamming slashdot and you encouraging people to harass a SPAMmmer on your/. user blurb is just a subtle attempt at humor.
Eh, I've found that often when asking for help online you get much better service from people (well , men) if they think you're female. Try it sometime. I was going for a dumb-funny tone, thinking the reps would pass it around for a bit of a chuckle at the silly girl, then patpat on her cute head and nicely answer the question. There's lots of conspiracy talk surrounding OnStar, & I didn't want them to think I was hostile or some kook, which could decrease the chances of them answering.
Month ago someone told me a crazy story about how they came upon a wreck scene and called OnStar and the OnStar op could see the wreck scene. I knew it was BS, but this person attested so vehemently that it was truth I decided to get to the bottom of it. I discussed it among friends, and eventually the question evolved in wondering if OnStar could see you nicturating if you pulled over on the side of a deserted road, that is, "Can OnStar see you peeing?" After some websearching leading nowhere I eventually decided to ask OnStar themselves. I concocted a false identity and made my request sound like it was written by a young girl. Here's the email I sent and the reply (note that all the circumstances I lay out are as the person actually described it to me):
Message: hi, I was just curious... my aunt went on a car trip last week... she has a 2004 Cadilac with onstar. anyways, she says she came up to a wreck scene on the side of the road. a car was upside down in a ditch full of water, no other cars were there, so it had just happened. my aunt says she called the onstar people and the onstar person said that there was a person thrown out of the wrecked car, and said they were lying in the ditch on the other side of the road, so my aunt looked and there they were! then later, when a rescuer was trying to get a baby seat out of the wrecked car in the ditch, he fell over backwards in the water. my aunt says the onstar person asked who was that that just fell down? my question is can onstar really see what's happenenig like this? can yall look in on a crash scene somehow and see what's there? thank you -Lisa
Receive periodic e-mail from OnStar? Yes
--Reply Message-- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:40:18 -0800 From: "contactus" <contactus@onstar.com> Subject: RE:Question [#107500] To: XXXXXXX@yahoo.com
Dear Ms. Xxxxxxxx,
Thank you for taking the time to e-mail OnStar.
It sounds like your aunt my be "pulling your leg." OnStar does not have the capability to physically see inside a vehicle or any other location. Even if this capability was available, OnStar would not disclose such information.
If you have any other concerns, please feel free to contact the OnStar Customer Care Department at 1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827), prompt 4, between the hours of 6am and 1am EST.
A friend had one and I would borrow it to take on road trips. In it's day, it was truly awesome. About the size of the original Gameboy, full color screen, played the same games (in that awesome thick-credit-card format) as the at-home system. You could also get a TV tuner add-on for further leetness. I remember playing Splatterhouse, Bonk's Adventure & Blazing Lasers for hours on school trips, rolling in the geek cred for having the hype color "gameboy" with the bloody, scary games.
Do I wish I had spent more time pursuing the school-house honeys and less playing Bonk? Sure, but at the time it was fun.
Oh yeah, get on topic... Yeah, it was an order of magnitude ahead of the Gameboy, and about 5X the price. It didn't make it. Price is critical for the handheld market.
Is it a game?
It's a SERVICE. Not a game. It's a WORLD. Not a game. It's a COMMUNITY. Not a game. Anyone who says, "it's just a game" is missing the point.
I think this is exactly the WRONG point of view to be promoting among devs. Heh, I guess I miss the author's point, but to me he describes exactly the mindset that has lead to all these so-called games that are really just FIFO inventory models.
MMORPG's exhibit no required skill, they just present a time-sink that anyone with enough life-energy to click a mouse can participate in. Some make it to lvl 60 (or 100, or whatever the max is) quickly, others more slowly, and some never, but there is never any real test of gaming ability other than, "I'm more persistent at putting up with this repetative crap than you are, that's why I'm higher level."
Pen and paper D&D at least had an element of outsmarting the other players and/or GM. To succeed you had to think, act, strategize, out-intellegence, and talk your way to a victory. This type of experience is sorely lacking from modern MMORPGS, in my experience. It's more an excercise in collecting the sparkly eq that the giant glowing snail drops and selling it to noobs.
MMORPGs as we know them are not games, in the traditional sense of video games, or role-playing games. I would suggest that they are barely even games.
Lord, I hope so. That would be awesome. That's where all those doucebag CS kids need to be anyway, either begging their parents for some expensive-ass kiddie konsole or out looking for work, not on Dad's computer looking at porn and playing Manhunt and San Andreas.
CounterStrike has the worst community of any FPS. I dare you, try to play CS:S for 5 minutes without someone insulting you ethnicity or your sexuality. It happens to me every time I get a kill. Just look at all the New Games Journalism pieces that deal directly with HL or one of it's unauthorised modifications.
CounterSteamValve (Well, that and MMOs) is a cancer on the breast of online computer entertainment. It will be a good thing for all those kids to get off the computer. Maybe they can go outside and mow some grass, and earn some money for the next gen console.
Valve would be doing a service to the entire online gaming community, and for the children of America, if they went to Xbox 360 exclusively (an AMERICAN made console BTW).
Only time will tell if gaben & company have the chutzpah to be real men and take a stand against the video games that corrupt our children and saturate our computer networks.
Yo Yo Shout outs to all those up the line that keep my shit working most the time. Yall done good for another year so take the day off and have a beer. I gotta ask you one thing I know you've heard... Before you take off can you reset my password?
Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, Glen Danzig's Black Aria, Gustav Holst: The Planets Suite, and O Fortuna from Carmina Burrana for epic boss fights.:)
FTA:"Who knew demons were capable of such stealth and chicanery?"
I did. I don't think the author has much experience with real demons. Wouldn't one expect a little stealth and chicanery from an extra-dimensional being? I mean, the fangs and claws are just the parts of it that happen to land in the easily-perceptible parts of the EM spectrum. Demons fuck with you. It's what they are. Extradimensional beings that fuck with us.
I wonder what could cause a person to suddenly flip out for no reason and kill a bunch of people they have loved their entire life.
Slashdot Mirror
That, plus you can't fudge die rolls when the central computer's rolling for everyone.
;)
Quite different from when the DM says, "Everyone roll initiative" and 8 sets of dice all clatter simultaneously in various corners of the room.
The "humorous review of real-life" is two years old, and can be found here. It's pretty funny though.
pros: Great Graphics, Vast Open-Ended Gameplay
cons: Random Start, Permadeath
MTV Games? Cool! Looks like we picked up another client, folks! I look forward to seeing several stories a day from MTV games now that the Z-man's on the case.
I don't want a Star Trek MMO.
The Revolution is hippy garbage, and the PS3 will be so ate up with malware you won't be able to open the tray without a fingerprint scan. Once the Xbox 360 comes out, THATS when we'll se games change forever!
Selling working hardware with games you love to get a shinnier box that doesn't play the games you love? Who's the dumbass again?
And just who is going to be buying all these xboxes? Anyone who ever wanted an xbox has one now, and once the 360 is out, everyone will want THAT instead of the old one. Looking at ebay shows an awful lot of xboxes already for sale, and most of them seem to be selling at less than $100. You can see lots of xboxs with people asking $200 plus for 'em, and most of those aren't getting bid on. The market will only get more saturated once the 360 is out. I wouldn't bet on getting much for your old one. Just keep it and work 2 extra days to cover the $75 bucks you might get for it.
Yep, you got it, man. A total has-been, that Cerf. Unlike RMS, though, at least he left his name on a key piece of internet culture...
What? You mean you've never "Cerfed" the web?
This PoS has no optical drive, man. WTF?
Actually the last 3 or 4 Roland stories have not included blog links. Intepret that as you will.
(Nice job on the Thief walkthrough BTW)
I was merely answering your question. That's what I'm doing to need a fan on my video card, playing new games. If you find PC gaming on an old video card fun, then more power to you. Old games are great. I'm working my way though the NES catalog these days, myself, but I also like new games too. Why are you so incredulous about the hardware cycle? When desktop processors that needed active cooling first hit the scene, did you shun them? "What the hell are you DOING that needs a 32bit processor that runs so hot it'll melt if you don't put a fan on it?"
/. user blurb is just a subtle attempt at humor.
I mean, shit, 640k outta be enough for everyone, and there was a global market for 5 computers once. Come on, dude. You're in IT. You know about hardware cycles. Why the shock?
BTW, I checked you list, and only Civ 3 (4Q `01}, Freedom Force (1Q `02), and Serious Sam (1Q 01) were actually released during this third millennium of Christ.
In closing, I only foed you because of you beggar signature, nothing personal. Since you're a suit in IT can't you just like, uh, BUY yourself a Mac Mini? I know, I know! The glaring hypocrisy of you spamming slashdot and you encouraging people to harass a SPAMmmer on your
Playing games made this millenium?
I buy about 1 game a year, but my last 4 or 5 video cards, stretching back to that old Kyro VR, have had fans.
Hey, I hadn't thought of that. This is the single interesting comment in the thread.
Eh, I've found that often when asking for help online you get much better service from people (well , men) if they think you're female. Try it sometime. I was going for a dumb-funny tone, thinking the reps would pass it around for a bit of a chuckle at the silly girl, then patpat on her cute head and nicely answer the question. There's lots of conspiracy talk surrounding OnStar, & I didn't want them to think I was hostile or some kook, which could decrease the chances of them answering.
Month ago someone told me a crazy story about how they came upon a wreck scene and called OnStar and the OnStar op could see the wreck scene. I knew it was BS, but this person attested so vehemently that it was truth I decided to get to the bottom of it. I discussed it among friends, and eventually the question evolved in wondering if OnStar could see you nicturating if you pulled over on the side of a deserted road, that is, "Can OnStar see you peeing?" After some websearching leading nowhere I eventually decided to ask OnStar themselves. I concocted a false identity and made my request sound like it was written by a young girl. Here's the email I sent and the reply (note that all the circumstances I lay out are as the person actually described it to me):
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--Original Message--
From: XXXXXXX@yahoo.com
Date: 11/22/04
To: contactus@onstar.com
Subject: Question[#107500]
Are you a current OnStar subscriber? : No
OnStar Account Number:
Name: Lisa Xxxxxxxxx
Email Address: psykeri@yahoo.com
Address: 762 Mattamuskeet Road
City: Hampton
State: Virginia
Zip/Postal Code: 23666
Daytime Phone:
Evening Phone:
Message: hi, I was just curious... my aunt went on a car trip last week... she
has a 2004 Cadilac with onstar. anyways, she says she came up to a wreck scene
on the side of the road. a car was upside down in a ditch full of water, no
other cars were there, so it had just happened. my aunt says she called the onstar
people and the onstar person said that there was a person thrown out of the
wrecked car, and said they were lying in the ditch on the other side of the road,
so my aunt looked and there they were! then later, when a rescuer was trying to
get a baby seat out of the wrecked car in the ditch, he fell over backwards in
the water. my aunt says the onstar person asked who was that that just fell
down? my question is can onstar really see what's happenenig like this? can yall
look in on a crash scene somehow and see what's there? thank you -Lisa
Receive periodic e-mail from OnStar? Yes
--Reply Message--
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:40:18 -0800
From: "contactus" <contactus@onstar.com>
Subject: RE:Question [#107500]
To: XXXXXXX@yahoo.com
Dear Ms. Xxxxxxxx,
Thank you for taking the time to e-mail OnStar.
It sounds like your aunt my be "pulling your leg." OnStar does not have the
capability to physically see inside a vehicle or any other location. Even if
this capability was available, OnStar would not disclose such information.
If you have any other concerns, please feel free to contact the OnStar Customer
Care Department at 1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827), prompt 4, between the hours
of 6am and 1am EST.
Sincerely,
Krista
OnStar Information Specialist
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So there you have it. OnStar can't see you peeing, and if they could, they wouldn't tell you.
TG16 portable was called the TurboExpress.
A friend had one and I would borrow it to take on road trips. In it's day, it was truly awesome. About the size of the original Gameboy, full color screen, played the same games (in that awesome thick-credit-card format) as the at-home system. You could also get a TV tuner add-on for further leetness. I remember playing Splatterhouse, Bonk's Adventure & Blazing Lasers for hours on school trips, rolling in the geek cred for having the hype color "gameboy" with the bloody, scary games.
Do I wish I had spent more time pursuing the school-house honeys and less playing Bonk? Sure, but at the time it was fun.
Oh yeah, get on topic... Yeah, it was an order of magnitude ahead of the Gameboy, and about 5X the price. It didn't make it. Price is critical for the handheld market.
Zonk *heart* MMOs
Making Bad Movies Worse
Cashing In - How A Story Is Squeezed For All It's Worth
Don't know why it's in the developers section... Here's my list, don't know why TFA didn't list these, so I came up with 10 for you guys.
steampowered.com
Wikipedia.org/CounterStrike
CSS Fraggers Forum
Filefront?
GameFaqs (never link directly to a faq, kids)
CSBanana
Counter-Strike.net
Planet Half-Life
Sierra: Half-Life
CS Nation - The future of CSS
FTA (emphasis theirs):
Is it a game?
It's a SERVICE. Not a game. It's a WORLD. Not a game. It's a COMMUNITY. Not a game. Anyone who says, "it's just a game" is missing the point.
I think this is exactly the WRONG point of view to be promoting among devs. Heh, I guess I miss the author's point, but to me he describes exactly the mindset that has lead to all these so-called games that are really just FIFO inventory models.
MMORPG's exhibit no required skill, they just present a time-sink that anyone with enough life-energy to click a mouse can participate in. Some make it to lvl 60 (or 100, or whatever the max is) quickly, others more slowly, and some never, but there is never any real test of gaming ability other than, "I'm more persistent at putting up with this repetative crap than you are, that's why I'm higher level."
Pen and paper D&D at least had an element of outsmarting the other players and/or GM. To succeed you had to think, act, strategize, out-intellegence, and talk your way to a victory. This type of experience is sorely lacking from modern MMORPGS, in my experience. It's more an excercise in collecting the sparkly eq that the giant glowing snail drops and selling it to noobs. MMORPGs as we know them are not games, in the traditional sense of video games, or role-playing games. I would suggest that they are barely even games.
Dude, are you goth or what?
Lord, I hope so. That would be awesome. That's where all those doucebag CS kids need to be anyway, either begging their parents for some expensive-ass kiddie konsole or out looking for work, not on Dad's computer looking at porn and playing Manhunt and San Andreas.
CounterStrike has the worst community of any FPS. I dare you, try to play CS:S for 5 minutes without someone insulting you ethnicity or your sexuality. It happens to me every time I get a kill. Just look at all the New Games Journalism pieces that deal directly with HL or one of it's unauthorised modifications.
CounterSteamValve (Well, that and MMOs) is a cancer on the breast of online computer entertainment. It will be a good thing for all those kids to get off the computer. Maybe they can go outside and mow some grass, and earn some money for the next gen console.
Valve would be doing a service to the entire online gaming community, and for the children of America, if they went to Xbox 360 exclusively (an AMERICAN made console BTW).
Only time will tell if gaben & company have the chutzpah to be real men and take a stand against the video games that corrupt our children and saturate our computer networks.
Yo Yo
Shout outs to all those up the line that keep my shit working most the time.
Yall done good for another year so take the day off and have a beer.
I gotta ask you one thing I know you've heard...
Before you take off can you reset my password?
;)
Bram Stoker's Dracula soundtrack, Glen Danzig's Black Aria, Gustav Holst: The Planets Suite, and O Fortuna from Carmina Burrana for epic boss fights. :)
FTA:"Who knew demons were capable of such stealth and chicanery?"
I did. I don't think the author has much experience with real demons. Wouldn't one expect a little stealth and chicanery from an extra-dimensional being? I mean, the fangs and claws are just the parts of it that happen to land in the easily-perceptible parts of the EM spectrum. Demons fuck with you. It's what they are. Extradimensional beings that fuck with us.
I wonder what could cause a person to suddenly flip out for no reason and kill a bunch of people they have loved their entire life.
Winnebiko
Behemoth