I like that one too, and that's the one I went for first. I heard the beep telling me I got it right before I died (cause of death: screen FULL of enemies). Since then, it's been guns blazing.
Of course, I didn't really learn much from that evasion lesson, as I'm still pretty terrible at the game. My best score is only a measly 100,000 and change.;^)
Achivements make me do all sorts of stuff I would have never thought of trying in games. They're most certainly the only reason I'm playing Call of Duty 2 on "Veteran" (the highest) difficulty!
As long as they aren't all set too easy (EA Sports games, King Kong) or too hard (Bejeweled 2, NHL 2K6), achievements are a great addition to my personal gaming experience, and will keep me playing games I might not have stuck with for as long.
I don't know if they have the effect on me that you state, but that's more likely because I make the distinction between name branding and logo design. I like interesting designs when it comes to logos. Especially deceptively simple designs, such as Sun's great intertwined "S" & "UN". I've always loved that.
(Another I noticed recently is the whale tail logo for the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Simple, but a part of me wishes I was the one that thought of it first!)
Will they sell me on one thing over another because of that? Nah, but I find them interesting nonetheless, which could be seen as the "art" behind them.
I'm always tempted to jump to the next highest pricing level, but temper that by just listening to what I've downloaded already, and telling myself to be more patient until the next month's refill.;)
It's a problem with one game on one system. If the problem were across all software on the platform, then that would be a design flaw with the 360. As it is, the developers of King Kong are the only ones to blame, as they are the only ones who dropped the ball.
You know, things that anyone with an HDTV should already have and have used, and come with different DVD movies (Fight Club and The Incredibles are two off of the top of my head).
Yeah, it might have been nice to have thrown in there, but a design mistake? No.
Nope, the component cables are built in (Y, Pb & Pr as well as stereo L & R). I don't know if it was the same when you bought yours, but the whole thing is now one massive piece. Unfortunately, not even the picture on the Xbox website itself has been updated. I was quite surprised myself.
I'll grant you the optical cable is still missing, yet they only go for $10 (more if you need longer runs I suppose).
When I bought mine it was only $20, and unlike the one pictured here, it had all of the cables (5) built in as one solid unit, the one exception being the optical cable for 5.1 sound. The port is on there, just not the cable.
Of course, this set won't work on the 360, and the optical cable port placement was really pathetic, but it certainly wasn't all that expensive.
because for someone so keen on user interface, I can't seem to figure out where on that page I'm supposed to click to get to the home page of his own website...
Honestly, do you think this is the proper forum for this question? The majority of the people here pirate everything. You'll probably have better luck at a site like corporatenazisyndicate.com or something.
I had a problem on my Inspiron 7500 where the install CD wouldn't find the CD during the very beginning of the install. (I know, it sounds insane, isn't the install running from the CD?)
On a screen early in the install (language selection, for instance) I switched to the console using Alt-F2 and modprobed ide_cd, ide_generic and isofs before going back to the install (Alt-F1) and continuing. Worked like a charm.
If it's not that, I'd try the Ubuntu forums, but since it worked on my older Dell, I thought it might help you too.
That Enter the Matrix game sold because of the movie. There was nothing special about the game itself, and thus deserved the 67.
Talk about developers losing perspective. I'm still waiting for a half decent Simpsons game. Oh no, wait a minute. I'm not. (Hit and Run fans need not apply.) You need more than to use a good licence as a crutch, people. Get used to it. Make better games.
(Of course, it's also laughable that an article in the "Hollywood Reporter" failed to spell Richard Roeper's name correctly...)
Working for the Wall Street Journal, I think that you should know better than this.
As you know, our country is in a recession. If we are ever to break out of it, we need consumers to put more money into the open market. You can't stimulate growth any other way.
A lot of people on this website are very against this company, and it is an easy way to get "karma" to post negative things about them, but Microsoft is one of the largest employers of skilled technical workers in the United States. Any proud American would want to foster that growth into creating more jobs stateside, especially as President Bush diverts more federal funds into foreign wars.
I appreciate your position from a technological viewpoint, but again, in order to strengthen the national economy - we need to make sure jobs stay in the US and are not outsourced to places where labor is cheaper. The way we do that is by supporting MS over Sony and Nintendo, which are Japanese companies, in the console gaming market.
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Of course, I didn't really learn much from that evasion lesson, as I'm still pretty terrible at the game. My best score is only a measly 100,000 and change. ;^)
As long as they aren't all set too easy (EA Sports games, King Kong) or too hard (Bejeweled 2, NHL 2K6), achievements are a great addition to my personal gaming experience, and will keep me playing games I might not have stuck with for as long.
I don't know if they have the effect on me that you state, but that's more likely because I make the distinction between name branding and logo design. I like interesting designs when it comes to logos. Especially deceptively simple designs, such as Sun's great intertwined "S" & "UN". I've always loved that.
(Another I noticed recently is the whale tail logo for the New Bedford Whaling Museum. Simple, but a part of me wishes I was the one that thought of it first!)
Will they sell me on one thing over another because of that? Nah, but I find them interesting nonetheless, which could be seen as the "art" behind them.
Seconded. eMusic is seriously good stuff.
;)
I'm always tempted to jump to the next highest pricing level, but temper that by just listening to what I've downloaded already, and telling myself to be more patient until the next month's refill.
Damn, that's one sick score. I just barely managed to get the 100,000 achievement myself. (And no, that's not of the "survived" variety.) ;)
It's a problem with one game on one system. If the problem were across all software on the platform, then that would be a design flaw with the 360. As it is, the developers of King Kong are the only ones to blame, as they are the only ones who dropped the ball.
You know, things that anyone with an HDTV should already have and have used, and come with different DVD movies (Fight Club and The Incredibles are two off of the top of my head).
Yeah, it might have been nice to have thrown in there, but a design mistake? No.
Must be the inventors...
They came to Earth to give us new keyboard layouts, and shop for pants.
That's not what I'm reading in the FAQ, question 4.
If this stuff came out the fridge, why is it hot?
I'll grant you the optical cable is still missing, yet they only go for $10 (more if you need longer runs I suppose).
Of course, this set won't work on the 360, and the optical cable port placement was really pathetic, but it certainly wasn't all that expensive.
Make a few million bucks off of the blood and sweat of the working class and then try again.
because for someone so keen on user interface, I can't seem to figure out where on that page I'm supposed to click to get to the home page of his own website...
I'm sorry, next time I'll put a big ol' ASCII Monty Python foot in my comment, so you know I'm acting silly again.
*tokes*
Honestly, do you think this is the proper forum for this question? The majority of the people here pirate everything. You'll probably have better luck at a site like corporatenazisyndicate.com or something.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy playing my Xbox, but the early bird pre-unveiling expectant hype before the hype is a bit much, no?
On a screen early in the install (language selection, for instance) I switched to the console using Alt-F2 and modprobed ide_cd, ide_generic and isofs before going back to the install (Alt-F1) and continuing. Worked like a charm.
If it's not that, I'd try the Ubuntu forums, but since it worked on my older Dell, I thought it might help you too.
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That Enter the Matrix game sold because of the movie. There was nothing special about the game itself, and thus deserved the 67.
Talk about developers losing perspective. I'm still waiting for a half decent Simpsons game. Oh no, wait a minute. I'm not. (Hit and Run fans need not apply.) You need more than to use a good licence as a crutch, people. Get used to it. Make better games.
(Of course, it's also laughable that an article in the "Hollywood Reporter" failed to spell Richard Roeper's name correctly...)
golf is never going to save a big operation like XSN. Neither will tennis, and go figure those are the two games they go closest with.
They didn't even bother to release any roster updates, tho they made sure to brag up and down that they could have.
Good riddance to bad rubbish. Top Spin is the only good game to come out of all of the XSN junk, and even its load times were painfully slow.
I dig my Xbox, but crap is crap.
Another article about the topic (focusing on quicksave/load) here.
Working for the Wall Street Journal, I think that you should know better than this.
As you know, our country is in a recession. If we are ever to break out of it, we need consumers to put more money into the open market. You can't stimulate growth any other way.
A lot of people on this website are very against this company, and it is an easy way to get "karma" to post negative things about them, but Microsoft is one of the largest employers of skilled technical workers in the United States. Any proud American would want to foster that growth into creating more jobs stateside, especially as President Bush diverts more federal funds into foreign wars.
I appreciate your position from a technological viewpoint, but again, in order to strengthen the national economy - we need to make sure jobs stay in the US and are not outsourced to places where labor is cheaper. The way we do that is by supporting MS over Sony and Nintendo, which are Japanese companies, in the console gaming market.
The ultimate in "closed path" gaming?
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