Most employers consider college degrees as experience (1-2 years). If you see a job opening that requires 2 years, you probably have enough experience to handle the situation. Have you not been sending out any resumes and just sitting in your QA job? The only people that actually use the 'years' requirement literally are recruiters, as they are 'tards. If you can answer the questions in the interview, employers won't care about the years.
It still leaves an uneasy feeling for everyone involved in the making of the game. However, if you are in the gaming business as an employee, you should accept it as a salary paid contract job since it is heavily project based. While it is common sense, and a common practice, to strip teams after a game is done now-a-days, they were still dumb to announce it.
I thought once something was in public domain, it couldn't be patented. The concept and implementation of PgUp and Down has been around for ages, and thus public domain. Am I missing something? They were granted the patent, so I guess I am wrong.
Totally agree. The problem is, even most 'skilled' interviewers don't know how to read skills and relevant experience.
What gets me even more, is most companies only care about your 'corporate' experience. I have one side project that is actually pulling in revenue, but in a past interview, the interviewer showed no interest despite it being in the language and architecture they were requiring. Since I wasn't being payed while producing it, it didn't matter. This happened with several of the interviews also, so it wasn't just that one company.
Speaking as an American who grew up in America, married to a Japanese woman, and lived in Tokyo for two years while going to animation school, going through these street views is pretty spooky. I feel like a ghost freely walking along the streets, watching old haunts of a place I once knew and felt at home. It's two AM in the morning, so my wife is asleep, but I can't wait until she wakes up and I can show her the parent's house!
So that is like the way to make fancy menus and such? Like, I saw Dragon's Lair on DVD that could play on any DVD player? That is pretty cool if is so flexible you can do that much.
It's not that there are less people who like puzzle games, it is the just the ratio of gamers that like puzzle games are less. With all the new consoles, and easier access to PC games (not having to make a special DOS boot), there is a huge influx of gamers in general, and the ratio of gamers to total population is greater.
So, don't be worried about people not buying puzzle oriented games, but just don't expect the sales to be as big as other genres.
Just because someone sells a lot of something doesn't mean it's good. Look at most popular pop music today...or music in general. People just 'want' to buy 'something'. Congrats to Nintendo for selling a pretty shallow system. I own one. I like it, but its games and experience are inferior to the 360 IMO. In terms of quality, my 360 library is twice as large as my Wii's (yes, I do have duds for the 360 also...GoW one of them)
EA bought Bioware almost a year after they started making their MMO (at least a year after they started recruiting for it), so I don't think EA really had any thing to do with pressuring Bioware. Now, that being said, Bioware may have done it so they look more appetizing for EA to purchase, but that means Bioware was actively looking to sell themselves.
Altering something does violate copyright, though. It is up to the creator to determine what is altering also. Case in point, a guy created a bust statue for a school. The school put a hat and things on it, and the sculptor asked them to take it off, the school said no. He sued for copyright infringement and won.
It is known that on Blueray, because it is so big, they have to repeat data several times across the tracks to reduce seek time. They have somewhat gotten around this by loading about 4gigs of the 9 onto the HD. Both of these items can be fixed by simply splitting the disks, which as other people have also stated, will probably be done if need be. Who even says it will be needed?
Responsibilities fulfilled?! That is supposed to be marked Funny, right? Yes, some players might get annoyed, but dude, it's a game, that you are all paying for. Your post sounds like some CEO talking about a very important employee who is about to leave. As a paying gamer, you hold absolutely not responsibility that you won't be gone tomorrow, and I am pretty sure every gamer understands that....except you.
Let me paraphrase that MadMoney guy, hoping not to get it wrong. The merger between Serius and XM radio has gone on for almost two years, and now they also want hearings on internet advertising as a monopoly? They didn't even have one hearing when several huge oil companies merged a few years back. Any push against Yahoo and Google, I bet, can be traced back to some lobbyist (probably from Microsoft).
The reason this is a copyright law is due to the chip modifying the hardware, and actually changing the unit. I don't think it really is about being able to play illegal games, which I also think should be a reason.
A true case in point: a guy made a statue for a high school that was displayed out front. The school put clothes and stuff on it, and he said take them off. They wouldn't, the artists sued the school and won. Why? It modified his original design which he owns the copyright on.
Same for the console. Microsoft owns the copyright to the design of the console. Modifying, and reselling is what copyrights are meant to protect.
Forget everything else. The one reason consoles win any war is due to their ease of use. I was just talking to my parents last night who are avid PC game players. They just picked up their first console last week. Why? They were sick and tired of having problems installing and/or running their PC games. Sure, they were happy once the game was installed right, but they were tired of it all.
Even I lately have been finding myself buying console versions over a PC version. But that is mostly due to not having upgraded my hardware in the past two years. I hate not having the best hardware for the newest games, so I just end up not buying the games. However, because they are cheap, I do have the newest consoles!
Funny you mentioned Carmageddon. Man, that game had to change the people to Aliens and Robots for other countries to sell it, because it was so violent. Manhunt 2 only had to blur the screen a little. People think times are rough now, and how things are controlled by this or that, and change content, but that is only because of the internets and pipes we have now to comunicate. Things have ALWAYS been rough.
Some may say there is no reason to re-invent the wheel. What is the difference between finding the exact answer in a book and asking someone for the answer? The difference is there is effort in research. This is the 'point' of study. I don't agree with expelling the student, but it is the teacher's job to make sure the student studies. That is one reason people pay for college. There are always people who say they didn't need to go to college because they read the same books and what not. They themselves also miss a big point. It is the time and energy spent doing the 'stupid assignments', talking to fellow students and seeing all the hybrid of different ways to do the same problem that truly makes the mind grow. Why do you think those like Socrates were who they were? For the most part, a bunch of them would just sit around, blab about things, get into an argument (i.e. an assignment) and they would each present their answers to each other (Grades). The book is just an instrument of discussion in college, and in any class, or at least it should be. Anyone who just asks a bunch of people for an answer on a news group is doing the same thing as turning to the student next to them and looking at their work. No effort. Nothing learned. F-, but expulsion is too much.
I loved the last question asking why they should adopt. Besides doing P&P for many years, I also loved the Gold-Box series SSI put out. The thing that gamers like is a standard that allows them to pick up any game and jump right into it. With the Gold-Box series, once people 'got-it', they could do any of them. It seems like people are trying so hard to out-do themselves, then defeat themselves. (XP vs. Vista for example)
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Wait...there are girls in CS? Plural?
I would agree except Will Ferrell probably didn't write that.
Most employers consider college degrees as experience (1-2 years). If you see a job opening that requires 2 years, you probably have enough experience to handle the situation. Have you not been sending out any resumes and just sitting in your QA job? The only people that actually use the 'years' requirement literally are recruiters, as they are 'tards. If you can answer the questions in the interview, employers won't care about the years.
It still leaves an uneasy feeling for everyone involved in the making of the game. However, if you are in the gaming business as an employee, you should accept it as a salary paid contract job since it is heavily project based. While it is common sense, and a common practice, to strip teams after a game is done now-a-days, they were still dumb to announce it.
That stupid timeline fails to mention the Gamecube!
I thought once something was in public domain, it couldn't be patented. The concept and implementation of PgUp and Down has been around for ages, and thus public domain. Am I missing something? They were granted the patent, so I guess I am wrong.
What gets me even more, is most companies only care about your 'corporate' experience. I have one side project that is actually pulling in revenue, but in a past interview, the interviewer showed no interest despite it being in the language and architecture they were requiring. Since I wasn't being payed while producing it, it didn't matter. This happened with several of the interviews also, so it wasn't just that one company.
Speaking as an American who grew up in America, married to a Japanese woman, and lived in Tokyo for two years while going to animation school, going through these street views is pretty spooky. I feel like a ghost freely walking along the streets, watching old haunts of a place I once knew and felt at home. It's two AM in the morning, so my wife is asleep, but I can't wait until she wakes up and I can show her the parent's house!
Are you saying a 3D Diablo is in a different genre than the 2D ones? No, they are not.
And maybe they are playing old 2D Blizzard games because the new 3D ones look cartoonish. Ever thought of that?
So that is like the way to make fancy menus and such? Like, I saw Dragon's Lair on DVD that could play on any DVD player? That is pretty cool if is so flexible you can do that much.
So, don't be worried about people not buying puzzle oriented games, but just don't expect the sales to be as big as other genres.
Just because someone sells a lot of something doesn't mean it's good. Look at most popular pop music today...or music in general. People just 'want' to buy 'something'. Congrats to Nintendo for selling a pretty shallow system. I own one. I like it, but its games and experience are inferior to the 360 IMO. In terms of quality, my 360 library is twice as large as my Wii's (yes, I do have duds for the 360 also...GoW one of them)
EA bought Bioware almost a year after they started making their MMO (at least a year after they started recruiting for it), so I don't think EA really had any thing to do with pressuring Bioware. Now, that being said, Bioware may have done it so they look more appetizing for EA to purchase, but that means Bioware was actively looking to sell themselves.
Altering something does violate copyright, though. It is up to the creator to determine what is altering also. Case in point, a guy created a bust statue for a school. The school put a hat and things on it, and the sculptor asked them to take it off, the school said no. He sued for copyright infringement and won.
It is known that on Blueray, because it is so big, they have to repeat data several times across the tracks to reduce seek time. They have somewhat gotten around this by loading about 4gigs of the 9 onto the HD. Both of these items can be fixed by simply splitting the disks, which as other people have also stated, will probably be done if need be. Who even says it will be needed?
Responsibilities fulfilled?! That is supposed to be marked Funny, right? Yes, some players might get annoyed, but dude, it's a game, that you are all paying for. Your post sounds like some CEO talking about a very important employee who is about to leave. As a paying gamer, you hold absolutely not responsibility that you won't be gone tomorrow, and I am pretty sure every gamer understands that....except you.
Let me paraphrase that MadMoney guy, hoping not to get it wrong. The merger between Serius and XM radio has gone on for almost two years, and now they also want hearings on internet advertising as a monopoly? They didn't even have one hearing when several huge oil companies merged a few years back. Any push against Yahoo and Google, I bet, can be traced back to some lobbyist (probably from Microsoft).
A true case in point: a guy made a statue for a high school that was displayed out front. The school put clothes and stuff on it, and he said take them off. They wouldn't, the artists sued the school and won. Why? It modified his original design which he owns the copyright on.
Same for the console. Microsoft owns the copyright to the design of the console. Modifying, and reselling is what copyrights are meant to protect.
Then just close one eye.
This either means he is smart, or there are a ton of people out there who are overpaid (probably the latter).
Forget everything else. The one reason consoles win any war is due to their ease of use. I was just talking to my parents last night who are avid PC game players. They just picked up their first console last week. Why? They were sick and tired of having problems installing and/or running their PC games. Sure, they were happy once the game was installed right, but they were tired of it all. Even I lately have been finding myself buying console versions over a PC version. But that is mostly due to not having upgraded my hardware in the past two years. I hate not having the best hardware for the newest games, so I just end up not buying the games. However, because they are cheap, I do have the newest consoles!
Funny you mentioned Carmageddon. Man, that game had to change the people to Aliens and Robots for other countries to sell it, because it was so violent. Manhunt 2 only had to blur the screen a little. People think times are rough now, and how things are controlled by this or that, and change content, but that is only because of the internets and pipes we have now to comunicate. Things have ALWAYS been rough.
Some may say there is no reason to re-invent the wheel. What is the difference between finding the exact answer in a book and asking someone for the answer? The difference is there is effort in research. This is the 'point' of study. I don't agree with expelling the student, but it is the teacher's job to make sure the student studies. That is one reason people pay for college. There are always people who say they didn't need to go to college because they read the same books and what not. They themselves also miss a big point. It is the time and energy spent doing the 'stupid assignments', talking to fellow students and seeing all the hybrid of different ways to do the same problem that truly makes the mind grow. Why do you think those like Socrates were who they were? For the most part, a bunch of them would just sit around, blab about things, get into an argument (i.e. an assignment) and they would each present their answers to each other (Grades). The book is just an instrument of discussion in college, and in any class, or at least it should be. Anyone who just asks a bunch of people for an answer on a news group is doing the same thing as turning to the student next to them and looking at their work. No effort. Nothing learned. F-, but expulsion is too much.
I loved the last question asking why they should adopt. Besides doing P&P for many years, I also loved the Gold-Box series SSI put out. The thing that gamers like is a standard that allows them to pick up any game and jump right into it. With the Gold-Box series, once people 'got-it', they could do any of them. It seems like people are trying so hard to out-do themselves, then defeat themselves. (XP vs. Vista for example)