If Carmack is willing to let kids play it in a sanctioned event, it must be near ready to ship.
Not necessarily. The code base is probably very close to done (if not 100% done), but that says nothing about the content. I imagine at this point that most of the work that remains is art, sound, and level design. Without a complete single player campaign, they could still let people try out the multiplayer.
I've never been a HL fanboy the movies I've seen of in game play not cinematics are amazing!
Actually, the great thing about HL is the lack of cinematics. The entire story is told through in-game play. There are "cut-scenes," but as a player you can still dictate your own motion. This is perfectly demonstrated in the HL2 movie in Kleiner's lab when the player knocks the monitor off the table and Kleiner barks, "Won't you be careful?!"
Of course, I'm just assuming that there won't be any cinematics in HL2 since that was such a popular feature of HL.
G rated movies have a HUGE advantage over R rated movies. Without even analysing why, this is obvious by looking at ticket sales in the past.
As for why: it can be summed up by the viewing habits of younger viewers compared to older. For most R rated movies, the average person will see it just slightly more than once in the theater. Why? Adults tend not to see movies more than once, they don't feel the need to. Granted cult movies like the Matrix series are an exception for SOME viewers (I saw it 4 times), the fact remains that most people will still only see it once, so the average viewing per person will barely go above one.
In contrast, G rated movies are attended by children. Children want to see things OVER and OVER, just ask any parent with a few Disney DVDs around. Ask them which movies in their collection have be viewed more than 10 times. The average viewer for G rated movies will see it much closer than two times. That's what kids do. What's more, parents are forced to come along each time (for the younger kids).
To further boost sales for lower-rating movies, there are lots of theaters that will turn people away if they aren't old enough to see a movie. I don't know about much of the country, but where I live it's a rarity to find a theater that will let the rules slide. What do these people do when they can't see what they want? Go home? NO! They'll see a different movie. Let's see... what else is playing? How about Finding Nemo?
As for R rated movies having as many kids in them as G rated movies. I think not. Take a close look at the crowd next time. And also pay attention to the time. Later shows will have a closer ratio than early shows, since the bad parents that are keeping their kids up too late are also the ones that bring their 3 year old to The Matrix.
For the record: I loved Finding Nemo. Should it have made more money than any movie in the Matrix series? Perhaps. But let's not compare apples and oranges here.
I loved Cookie and Cream, but I don't recommend playing it with anyone you love. My friends and I tended to get frustrated with each other every time one of us saw what the other should have been doing but they didn't. There was much screaming and name-calling, but it was fun....
Someone take me out of my misery. I find myself on the same side as AOL Time Warner!
You agree because the tax applies to the telecos providing the service, not the customer. Time Warner doesn't want to pay this tax, so of course they are going to fight it. However, don't think for a second that if this goes through that Time Warner won't go ahead and raise rates to compensate.
Actually the limit is closer to the 70-80 Hz range. Try changing your (CRT) monitor's refresh rate to 60Hz, most people can easily see it flicker at that rate (especially large white areas). However, at 72Hz most people can no longer see the flicker.
I KNOW 125fps is way above the human limit. I tend to disregard any comments people make about being able to tell the difference between frame rates higher than 60. While we are technically able to tell the difference between 60 and 70, it's too damn hard to during a game in which things are changing too quickly.
Besides the issues with the different versions having different content (these can be overcome by only allowing X-Box content to be used in cross-platform play), as I understand it X-Box Live is a proprietary network. As such, no one inside of it can play with anyone outside of it. Think of a LAN that has no internet connection. That's the way I understand it, but of course I don't follow it too closely since I don't have an X-Box.
Most people will quickly discover that upon hitting the 80's and 90's a simple copy-and-paste is all that will be needed to create the next blockbuster.
The protocol that TiVo uses for it's HMO (Home Media Option) is open. http://developers.tivo.com
There is a Linux server available that I think is better than the official TiVo server already. http://ptivohmo.sourceforge.net. You have to get it out of CVS, but it works great.
The server has a few problems here and there, but it's updated frequently. I use it daily and very rarely have any problems.
I hope it's not a damn luddite ending where the Matrix is shutdown after the people inside are forced to take the blue pill
Fear not, citizen! I don't think we'll be seeing the Matrix shut down. According to the background of The Matrix Online, the MMORPG coming out after Revolutions, the game event occur FOLLOWING Revolutions, and the entire game is played within the Matrix. This suggests that the Matrix is still online and still run by machines (who else would you fight?).
Perhaps you are trying to make a joke... but if you aren't:
There IS a single player game. It comes out tomorrow (same day as Matrix Reloaded). www.enterthematrixgame.com
As a former EverQuest player and an avid RPGer (AD&D and ShadowRun mostly), I have to take issue with your comment. EverQuest is not a "chat room." It's unfortunate that some people treat it as such, but the game itself is designed with the RPGer in mind. Role playing is encouraged, and I think I'm not alone in saying that the people the remain "in character" while playing have the most fun.
then surely at least some adult humans who had lived in the bombed out hell of the real world, who had watched as the machines took over, who writhed and screamed as the machines drilled a dozen holes into their bodies, would perhaps have a difficult time accepting the sunny new version of "reality" that confronted them
Ah yes, but if you recall, when negotiating his reinsertion into the Matrix, Sypher requested that he not remember anything. Sounds to me like the machine can "reprogram" a humans memory before inserting them into the Matrix.
The authors claim that the software will notice trends in playing. Say you typically play rock songs all together and classical all together. If you load up a rock song and then tell the software to pick for you from there, then it will stick to rock songs.
Sounds nice to me. I've been playing with it today and it looks like it's already starting to get me. Kinda cool.
I had the same problem with Motorola twice! Here's the real kicker, both times I received the notice after the rebate period was over. Furthermore, the "missing" part was the barcode from the box. Each time, they returned the contents of the envelope I sent the rebate in. And here's the real kicker, both times the damn barcode was included in the stuff they returned!!!
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If Carmack is willing to let kids play it in a sanctioned event, it must be near ready to ship.
Not necessarily. The code base is probably very close to done (if not 100% done), but that says nothing about the content. I imagine at this point that most of the work that remains is art, sound, and level design. Without a complete single player campaign, they could still let people try out the multiplayer.
I've never been a HL fanboy the movies I've seen of in game play not cinematics are amazing!
Actually, the great thing about HL is the lack of cinematics. The entire story is told through in-game play. There are "cut-scenes," but as a player you can still dictate your own motion. This is perfectly demonstrated in the HL2 movie in Kleiner's lab when the player knocks the monitor off the table and Kleiner barks, "Won't you be careful?!"
Of course, I'm just assuming that there won't be any cinematics in HL2 since that was such a popular feature of HL.
What does this do besides generate spam for the "token" address?
G rated movies have a HUGE advantage over R rated movies. Without even analysing why, this is obvious by looking at ticket sales in the past.
As for why: it can be summed up by the viewing habits of younger viewers compared to older. For most R rated movies, the average person will see it just slightly more than once in the theater. Why? Adults tend not to see movies more than once, they don't feel the need to. Granted cult movies like the Matrix series are an exception for SOME viewers (I saw it 4 times), the fact remains that most people will still only see it once, so the average viewing per person will barely go above one.
In contrast, G rated movies are attended by children. Children want to see things OVER and OVER, just ask any parent with a few Disney DVDs around. Ask them which movies in their collection have be viewed more than 10 times. The average viewer for G rated movies will see it much closer than two times. That's what kids do. What's more, parents are forced to come along each time (for the younger kids).
To further boost sales for lower-rating movies, there are lots of theaters that will turn people away if they aren't old enough to see a movie. I don't know about much of the country, but where I live it's a rarity to find a theater that will let the rules slide. What do these people do when they can't see what they want? Go home? NO! They'll see a different movie. Let's see... what else is playing? How about Finding Nemo?
As for R rated movies having as many kids in them as G rated movies. I think not. Take a close look at the crowd next time. And also pay attention to the time. Later shows will have a closer ratio than early shows, since the bad parents that are keeping their kids up too late are also the ones that bring their 3 year old to The Matrix.
For the record: I loved Finding Nemo. Should it have made more money than any movie in the Matrix series? Perhaps. But let's not compare apples and oranges here.
Or for those that are anal about misquotes (like myself):
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine
I wondered this at first too, but then I noticed that nothing says anything about this being an online game.
RPGRadar: Are there plans for a multiplayer mode(s)?
Dominic Arsenault: Not currently.
Funny how we both assumed that huh?
I loved Cookie and Cream, but I don't recommend playing it with anyone you love. My friends and I tended to get frustrated with each other every time one of us saw what the other should have been doing but they didn't. There was much screaming and name-calling, but it was fun....
If you are refering to UT2003? Yes :)
Someone take me out of my misery. I find myself on the same side as AOL Time Warner!
You agree because the tax applies to the telecos providing the service, not the customer. Time Warner doesn't want to pay this tax, so of course they are going to fight it. However, don't think for a second that if this goes through that Time Warner won't go ahead and raise rates to compensate.
Actually the limit is closer to the 70-80 Hz range. Try changing your (CRT) monitor's refresh rate to 60Hz, most people can easily see it flicker at that rate (especially large white areas). However, at 72Hz most people can no longer see the flicker.
I KNOW 125fps is way above the human limit. I tend to disregard any comments people make about being able to tell the difference between frame rates higher than 60. While we are technically able to tell the difference between 60 and 70, it's too damn hard to during a game in which things are changing too quickly.
Besides the issues with the different versions having different content (these can be overcome by only allowing X-Box content to be used in cross-platform play), as I understand it X-Box Live is a proprietary network. As such, no one inside of it can play with anyone outside of it. Think of a LAN that has no internet connection. That's the way I understand it, but of course I don't follow it too closely since I don't have an X-Box.
That would be extortion :)
Most people will quickly discover that upon hitting the 80's and 90's a simple copy-and-paste is all that will be needed to create the next blockbuster.
Woops, bad link. Try this one instead :)
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ptivohmo/
The protocol that TiVo uses for it's HMO (Home Media Option) is open. http://developers.tivo.com
There is a Linux server available that I think is better than the official TiVo server already. http://ptivohmo.sourceforge.net. You have to get it out of CVS, but it works great.
The server has a few problems here and there, but it's updated frequently. I use it daily and very rarely have any problems.
Given that the next generation of consoles is slated to arrive in 2004-2005
Actually no one is expected to release a new console until at least 2005. Sony is expected to release the PS3 in 2006.
** POSSIBLE POST-REVOLUTIONS SPOILER **
I hope it's not a damn luddite ending where the Matrix is shutdown after the people inside are forced to take the blue pill
Fear not, citizen! I don't think we'll be seeing the Matrix shut down. According to the background of The Matrix Online, the MMORPG coming out after Revolutions, the game event occur FOLLOWING Revolutions, and the entire game is played within the Matrix. This suggests that the Matrix is still online and still run by machines (who else would you fight?).
Perhaps you are trying to make a joke... but if you aren't: There IS a single player game. It comes out tomorrow (same day as Matrix Reloaded). www.enterthematrixgame.com
As a former EverQuest player and an avid RPGer (AD&D and ShadowRun mostly), I have to take issue with your comment. EverQuest is not a "chat room." It's unfortunate that some people treat it as such, but the game itself is designed with the RPGer in mind. Role playing is encouraged, and I think I'm not alone in saying that the people the remain "in character" while playing have the most fun.
then surely at least some adult humans who had lived in the bombed out hell of the real world, who had watched as the machines took over, who writhed and screamed as the machines drilled a dozen holes into their bodies, would perhaps have a difficult time accepting the sunny new version of "reality" that confronted them
Ah yes, but if you recall, when negotiating his reinsertion into the Matrix, Sypher requested that he not remember anything. Sounds to me like the machine can "reprogram" a humans memory before inserting them into the Matrix.
The authors claim that the software will notice trends in playing. Say you typically play rock songs all together and classical all together. If you load up a rock song and then tell the software to pick for you from there, then it will stick to rock songs.
Sounds nice to me. I've been playing with it today and it looks like it's already starting to get me. Kinda cool.
something always seems to be missing
I had the same problem with Motorola twice! Here's the real kicker, both times I received the notice after the rebate period was over. Furthermore, the "missing" part was the barcode from the box. Each time, they returned the contents of the envelope I sent the rebate in. And here's the real kicker, both times the damn barcode was included in the stuff they returned!!!
The new version of the software (4.0) allows the use of USB network devices to do your daily calls.
,#401 the TiVo used the USB network adaptor.
Additionally, 3.0 and above had (un)support for network connections. By setting your dialing prefix to
Correction... when I told gzip to remove original filename and timestamp data I got it from 199 bytes to 161.
gzip got it from 199 bytes to 170...