We have all the cowboy hats in my neck of the woods... guns too... and we've been threatening to separate too (and take our oil, coal, and cows with us)...
Almost anyone can be pushed to an outbreak: I suspect that the researchers are checking for whether players of violent games have a shorter fuse.
[obsimpsonsref] Homer: Ned Flanders, I mock your value system. You also appear foolish to the eyes of others. Ned: Well howdy, Homer! Ooh, thanks for dropping by! Homer: Past instances in which I professed to like you were fraudulent. Ned: Oh, well, I'll just have to try harder. Heh heh. Ooh! Thanks for dropping by! Homer: I engaged in intercourse with your spouse or significant other. Now that's psychiatry! Eh? Eh? [/obsimpsonsref]
A restaurant has a physical limit that dictates it can serve the first N customers, but >N customers will simply be turned away (which won't cost the restaurant owner a thing, unless they riot:). When a webserver is slashdotted, damn near *nobody* gets served and the bandwidth costs go through the roof.
I don't necessarily disagree with your point, I just think your analogy is flawed.
I mean, I used to be very awkward about beating a prostitute with a bat or shooting down a fleeing pedestrian, but now I can do it in my sleep.;)
I had a dream last night that I was defending my apartment from ninja's using a sniper rifle. It was very video-game-ish, to say the least. I think I should stop playing video games for a few days:)
I bought the bonus disc they bundled with Wind Waker on eBay for like $15 (new + still shrink-wrapped) when I forgot to pre-order. Hopefully, if they don't sell this one separately, I can pick this up there too...
I don't think it was overrated or underrated. When I bought it, I got what I was led to expect: a solid Miyamoto platformer. Certainly not his best game, but nobody was really claiming it was. I don't really remember it being all that over-hyped...
Now, Metroid Prime was over-hyped, but it fortunately *was* as good as they said - no strafing when not locked on was a bit annoying, but they managed to make a 3d shooter that you could control with a gamepad, which impressed me nicely:)
Fallout: Tactics was NOT a good game. Any game where your crack commandos are thwarted by a waist-high pile of sandbags, because the maps aren't maps, they're hardcoded paths, is a bad game. ESPECIALLY when the brand prides itself on nonlinearity and multiple puzzle solutions.
I whole-heartedly (sp?) agree! If it had been a free form RPG with tactical combat it may have been great - course, then it would have been Fallout 3:)
IIRC, a lot of the perks and stats in the game were b0rked too. I went in with an open mind (I tend to ignore message board loosers that rag on games before they are even out) but I was sorely disappointed.
There's a large segment of pirating acts that occur largely because the pirates aren't going to purchase something.
Neither you nor the MPAA has proven that either way, last time I checked. The MPAA (and RIAA and BSA) likes to say that they lose revenue, whereas copyright infringers justify their behaviour by saying they wouldn't pay for the crappy movie/game/software/music anyhow.
I call BS on both those statements. I imagine the truth is somewhere in the middle...
I ask, because I was under the impression trademarks only apply in a certain industry (ie/ I've seen a furniture store called McDonalds). Correct me if I am wrong...
Slashdot Mirror
is how he got it past security. Does he have a nail file to? Someone should lock up this terrorist! Somebody call Ashcroft!
We have all the cowboy hats in my neck of the woods... guns too... and we've been threatening to separate too (and take our oil, coal, and cows with us)...
Vive le Alberta! =)
Almost anyone can be pushed to an outbreak: I suspect that the researchers are checking for whether players of violent games have a shorter fuse.
[obsimpsonsref]
Homer: Ned Flanders, I mock your value system. You also appear foolish to the eyes of others.
Ned: Well howdy, Homer! Ooh, thanks for dropping by!
Homer: Past instances in which I professed to like you were fraudulent.
Ned: Oh, well, I'll just have to try harder. Heh heh. Ooh! Thanks for dropping by!
Homer: I engaged in intercourse with your spouse or significant other. Now that's psychiatry! Eh? Eh?
[/obsimpsonsref]
750 lbs is like 6-7 women in real life. who could turn that down? :)
I've always wondered why they don't make games with like 20 genders...
In VIce City, you can get points for helping a cop stop another criminal - and of course, there's the vigilante missions :)
A restaurant has a physical limit that dictates it can serve the first N customers, but >N customers will simply be turned away (which won't cost the restaurant owner a thing, unless they riot :). When a webserver is slashdotted, damn near *nobody* gets served and the bandwidth costs go through the roof.
I don't necessarily disagree with your point, I just think your analogy is flawed.
Actually, they were crawling up the sides of the building and jumping from the other buildings. Shotgun wouldn't have enough range...
I would be twice as productive if I didn't have to switch between slashdot and my IDE all the time.
.NET IDE if I want, but that just feels wrong somehow...
Of course, I can read Slashdot in the Visual Studio
I mean, I used to be very awkward about beating a prostitute with a bat or shooting down a fleeing pedestrian, but now I can do it in my sleep. ;)
:)
I had a dream last night that I was defending my apartment from ninja's using a sniper rifle. It was very video-game-ish, to say the least. I think I should stop playing video games for a few days
You may think your name is clever, but it isn't. :D
/hypocrite
I bought the bonus disc they bundled with Wind Waker on eBay for like $15 (new + still shrink-wrapped) when I forgot to pre-order. Hopefully, if they don't sell this one separately, I can pick this up there too...
Hey, I saw AntiTrust. This shit goes on all the time! You can't fool me you corporate shill! HACK THE PLANET!!!1!!
Wait, wrong movie.
I don't think it was overrated or underrated. When I bought it, I got what I was led to expect: a solid Miyamoto platformer. Certainly not his best game, but nobody was really claiming it was. I don't really remember it being all that over-hyped...
:)
Now, Metroid Prime was over-hyped, but it fortunately *was* as good as they said - no strafing when not locked on was a bit annoying, but they managed to make a 3d shooter that you could control with a gamepad, which impressed me nicely
Fallout: Tactics was NOT a good game. Any game where your crack commandos are thwarted by a waist-high pile of sandbags, because the maps aren't maps, they're hardcoded paths, is a bad game. ESPECIALLY when the brand prides itself on nonlinearity and multiple puzzle solutions.
:)
I whole-heartedly (sp?) agree! If it had been a free form RPG with tactical combat it may have been great - course, then it would have been Fallout 3
IIRC, a lot of the perks and stats in the game were b0rked too. I went in with an open mind (I tend to ignore message board loosers that rag on games before they are even out) but I was sorely disappointed.
Geez, I just did a GIS on Goatse and I got some of those damn pictures...
/stewie
DAMN!!! YOU TRICKED ME!!!
You win this round, ihatesco, but revenge will be mine!!
I often wonder how anybody did anything prior to the advent of "the source of all Truth and Knowledge."
They bought their porn at that seedy porn shop downtown.
Helllooooo? Pull out your gameboy advance sp. I assume you keep it charged for just such an emergency?
There's a large segment of pirating acts that occur largely because the pirates aren't going to purchase something.
Neither you nor the MPAA has proven that either way, last time I checked. The MPAA (and RIAA and BSA) likes to say that they lose revenue, whereas copyright infringers justify their behaviour by saying they wouldn't pay for the crappy movie/game/software/music anyhow.
I call BS on both those statements. I imagine the truth is somewhere in the middle...
No, you just want to put linux on the damn thing, don't you? ;]
I prefer the imagery I receive from this choice quote:
:D
"The machine's creator, Dean Kamen, wants to see US Special Forces troops eventually ride Segways into battle. "
My brain is associating the images with "Ride of the Valkyrie" too
IANAS, but isn't space just chock full of radiation already?....
I bet there are a lot of plutonium-rich asteroids out in space too...
Sounds like arkanoid, actually. :)
[OT]
:)
J. Random Punter.
That's the British cousin of Joe Sixpack and John Q. Public, right?
[/OT]
Tandy made mountain bikes?
I ask, because I was under the impression trademarks only apply in a certain industry (ie/ I've seen a furniture store called McDonalds). Correct me if I am wrong...
telling the moderators what to do...
that's a paddling.
(Seriously, I'm getting more annoyed with the "MOD PARENT DOWN" crap than the redundant crap they are telling the mods to mod down.)
Mods, you just follow your heart. Don't let anyone slow you down. Stick to your guns. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
I better go away now before all my precious karma is burnt away.