I like games with good replay ability. I find games that make you tunnel through their single path through storyline a pain-in-the-you-know-where, and quickly dump them with rapidity of poison. And goes for a lot of games.
For me, If I wanted to do something difficult, I'd just stay at work. And I'm not there to do that, I want to play and fun. And thats means do whatever the heck I want without having to deal with stupid annoying constraints - like puzzles, linear storylines if you don't do X right now your screwed or any such silliness.
Now, as for why the games seem to be getting easier? 1) Well, Maybe it's that your getting Jaded, and have the been there done that syndrome of game play. Meaning the developers are introducing anything new to the game, and you've got into the reflexive A happens, do B without thinking. 2) Perhaps companies push to get games out the door quickly is leading to less due diligence in writing good games. We've got box stores, box house, box-like clothing, why not games that cheaply regraphiced copies of cheap old code? (Oh wait a minute, We've already got that, it's Madden football.) or my personal favorite reason ~ 3) Maybe it's always been a crummy game and it's taken you this long to notice it!
Well gee, why should the teacher be at fault for the moron's own actions? If he wants to be a Darwin award winner, it's not the teachers job to tie him up in a straight jacket. Perhaps, parents should sign him up for a gun safety class, so he can try again and maybe get it right... Sheesh!
We trust those men and women with automatic rifles, artillery, tanks, fighter jets, and battleships. We trust them to shoot and kill people to (in theory anyway) protect our way of life. We trust them to literally take a bullet so that people back home don't have to (again in theory at least).
One very important correction - I don't trust them, the government trusts them. Which probably explains why a lot of people don't trust the government...
Nah... Most of them probably are already repeat customers anyhow. Trust me on this, coming from a bible thumping town, the one thing I learned is the total hypocrisy of church goers. The louder they yell about something, the more likely their doing that very thing when nobody is looking.
Our town was big on anti-alcoholism. And there were two things in high numbers in our town, churches and liquor stores. Of course, nobody thought it was odd that the highest traffic time for liquor sales occurred just before & after services.
But they got incredibly cheesed off when I started photographing the parking lots of both places and later printing the results in the local school paper!:)
The only job I ever/really wanted/ was one involving getting off this forsaken planet, and twit arsed people like you just keep mucking it up for me. I could care less about all your capitalistic corporate profit mongering evil smegging stuff your going on about. Now go back to kneeling before your symbol of torture and your imaginary friend called 'dog'. And if you get that, maybe you won't be here when another one of your kind decides it's more profitable to drop a planet buster behind them when they follow the rest of us off of here.
Bravo! I haven't seen such a display of flaming stupidity in a while. So, you disagree with Drinkypoo's viewpoint and that he can express it before you can, so you decide the devolve into name calling. Did anyone ever tell you that you might just be a bloody slow reader?
Well, at least now we have proof that the mod point system is totally indiscriminate, because it's giving out points to individuals who probably don't deserve them in the first place...
Two MANswers shows basically dissing British girls, I'm wondering "What's with all the axe grinding going on here? Did someone in the media circles get his nads caught in the celebrity bad rumor button masher with a British gal?"
The student promptly falls out of the tree - there's nobody around to blame *or* get fallen on! (The win-win scenario) "Remember the safety of our staff... um, students is paramount!" (the OSHA style scenario)
I should have the option of turning it down on the days when I want a "bubblegum play" experience where I can play for while and just be entertained. Then on other days, I'd like to be able to turn it up when I want to be "challenged".
Yes, there are times where I don't mind be frustrated a little, (note the emphasis!) but I don't care for situations that go way beyond that. (and I think a lot of other people do as well, judging from the recent wave of 'casual gaming' trends.)
And I absolutely hate it when I'm confronted with a dead end situation, like when I can't complete a game because some game book author made a deal with the programmers to write in special stuff that requires their game book in order to "win the game". (I won't bother mentioning which companies engaged in this behavior because they don't need any more advertising and besides, a lot you probably already know whom I'm referring to...)
Then, one day I realized... THEY own the company. If they want to run it into the ground there's not a darn thing I can do to stop it. All I can do (as long as I'm working there) is show up and do the best job I can with what I've got... and communicate what I think the priorities should be from my chair. If they don't listen to me - and it all blows up someday - It's NOT my fault. It all has to do with giving up control.... which can be a very healthy thing spiritually and psychologically.
So, you're basically saying that...
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away
Yep, that's exactly what a lot of people are saying. And what it translates to is more people not doing the right things.
I seen these kind of rationalizations before, and not surprisingly they were from the Nazi flunkies who cared more *about their job* than what they were *doing on the job*.
Sound a little familiar? That's why more corporations are acting like sociopaths recently, because more are following this mentality. And we're just beginning to experience some of the consequences as a society. (Can you say loused up economy with C-levels getting bonuses while others get pink slips to pay for those bonuses?)
I find it interesting how you consider doing *the right thing* as "arrogant". I think it's the other way around - it's the c-level's who being arrogant in thinking that their above the rules. And since when is something like that being a team player?
Their worried their going to have learn D&D in order to understand the new "code words" the gangs will start using to talk about stuff and they won't understand what's being said. Nope, they can't have that!
we spend $40,000 a year on each one (in California)
Oddly you just made a great argument for being pro capital punishment - start executing these criminals then turn around and use that $40K that would have been spent on them to employ American citizens who are currently unemployed.
But, I'm pretty sure that's not what you intended...:)
I can tell you that If they put that junk in any of my devices, that device would soon be gone. Plain and simple.
Why? I already hate seeing Hollywood's unavoidable "commercials" (trailers- funny how we still use the name for what they used to be...) on DVDs now. That was what I bought the DVD player for in the first place - to AVOID them! It was originally one of DVD players big selling points, but it's not now.
And if these same companies try and force legislation to the affect that it has to be on everything we buy - well then, goodbye entertainment industry, I'll be switching to a different less commercially sponsored and annoying form of entertainment! I've already moved off of broadcast TV, and am hardly on Cable TV now, you know...
"Professionalism", it's about conning people - Making people judge you favorably by only your appearance - not your skills, or actions, or integrity. That's where the problem really lies, in the active deception by many individuals!
I've heard it multiple times before, whom would you trust to buy your product from more?
A well dressed man holding a snazzily packaged set of eggs, or a dirty jeaned farmer holding a wicker basket of eggs?
The well dress man, naturally. But in this situation, the well dress mans' eggs could be tainted, and farmer's could also be perfectly healthy.
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I like games with good replay ability. I find games that make you tunnel through their single path through storyline a pain-in-the-you-know-where, and quickly dump them with rapidity of poison. And goes for a lot of games.
For me, If I wanted to do something difficult, I'd just stay at work. And I'm not there to do that, I want to play and fun. And thats means do whatever the heck I want without having to deal with stupid annoying constraints - like puzzles, linear storylines if you don't do X right now your screwed or any such silliness.
Now, as for why the games seem to be getting easier?
1) Well, Maybe it's that your getting Jaded, and have the been there done that syndrome of game play. Meaning the developers are introducing anything new to the game, and you've got into the reflexive A happens, do B without thinking.
2) Perhaps companies push to get games out the door quickly is leading to less due diligence in writing good games. We've got box stores, box house, box-like clothing, why not games that cheaply regraphiced copies of cheap old code? (Oh wait a minute, We've already got that, it's Madden football.)
or my personal favorite reason ~
3) Maybe it's always been a crummy game and it's taken you this long to notice it!
Complete with strains of Microsoft's goings on over DR-DOS of old. Need some ref material on this angle? You could try - http://thismatter.com/articles/microsoft.htm
Well gee, why should the teacher be at fault for the moron's own actions? If he wants to be a Darwin award winner, it's not the teachers job to tie him up in a straight jacket. Perhaps, parents should sign him up for a gun safety class, so he can try again and maybe get it right... Sheesh!
We trust those men and women with automatic rifles, artillery, tanks, fighter jets, and battleships. We trust them to shoot and kill people to (in theory anyway) protect our way of life. We trust them to literally take a bullet so that people back home don't have to (again in theory at least).
One very important correction - I don't trust them, the government trusts them. Which probably explains why a lot of people don't trust the government...
Nah... Most of them probably are already repeat customers anyhow. Trust me on this, coming from a bible thumping town, the one thing I learned is the total hypocrisy of church goers. The louder they yell about something, the more likely their doing that very thing when nobody is looking.
Our town was big on anti-alcoholism. And there were two things in high numbers in our town, churches and liquor stores. Of course, nobody thought it was odd that the highest traffic time for liquor sales occurred just before & after services.
But they got incredibly cheesed off when I started photographing the parking lots of both places and later printing the results in the local school paper! :)
The only job I ever /really wanted/ was one involving getting off this forsaken planet, and twit arsed people like you just keep mucking it up for me. I could care less about all your capitalistic corporate profit mongering evil smegging stuff your going on about. Now go back to kneeling before your symbol of torture and your imaginary friend called 'dog'. And if you get that, maybe you won't be here when another one of your kind decides it's more profitable to drop a planet buster behind them when they follow the rest of us off of here.
This is why I want to get out of the US... Profit mongering gone berserk!
Bravo! I haven't seen such a display of flaming stupidity in a while. So, you disagree with Drinkypoo's viewpoint and that he can express it before you can, so you decide the devolve into name calling. Did anyone ever tell you that you might just be a bloody slow reader?
Well, at least now we have proof that the mod point system is totally indiscriminate, because it's giving out points to individuals who probably don't deserve them in the first place...
Without Weird Al? AIEEEEE!!! {Runs for the hills}
The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest Criminals Xth
Two MANswers shows basically dissing British girls, I'm wondering "What's with all the axe grinding going on here? Did someone in the media circles get his nads caught in the celebrity bad rumor button masher with a British gal?"
Light his farts as punishment?!?
The student promptly falls out of the tree - there's nobody around to blame *or* get fallen on! (The win-win scenario)
"Remember the safety of our staff... um, students is paramount!" (the OSHA style scenario)
Now that's what I call getting *very* desperate. Get a life, or at the very least, a wife. *sheesh*
And CmdrTaco, Shame on you, in a word, this is LAME...
Why in the world would you want to create a memory relating sex to someone's smelly business in the bathroom?
I should have the option of turning it down on the days when I want a "bubblegum play" experience where I can play for while and just be entertained. Then on other days, I'd like to be able to turn it up when I want to be "challenged".
Yes, there are times where I don't mind be frustrated a little, (note the emphasis!) but I don't care for situations that go way beyond that. (and I think a lot of other people do as well, judging from the recent wave of 'casual gaming' trends.)
And I absolutely hate it when I'm confronted with a dead end situation, like when I can't complete a game because some game book author made a deal with the programmers to write in special stuff that requires their game book in order to "win the game". (I won't bother mentioning which companies engaged in this behavior because they don't need any more advertising and besides, a lot you probably already know whom I'm referring to...)
So there you have it in a nutshell.
Don't know why this post and all of replies are marked incorrectly as trolls. None of the posts seem to warrant such moderation to me.
Then, one day I realized... THEY own the company. If they want to run it into the ground there's not a darn thing I can do to stop it. All I can do (as long as I'm working there) is show up and do the best job I can with what I've got... and communicate what I think the priorities should be from my chair. If they don't listen to me - and it all blows up someday - It's NOT my fault. It all has to do with giving up control.... which can be a very healthy thing spiritually and psychologically.
So, you're basically saying that...
Mommy's alright, Daddy's alright, they just seem a little weird
Surrender, surrender, but don't give yourself away
Yep, that's exactly what a lot of people are saying. And what it translates to is more people not doing the right things.
I seen these kind of rationalizations before, and not surprisingly they were from the Nazi flunkies who cared more *about their job* than what they were *doing on the job*.
Sound a little familiar? That's why more corporations are acting like sociopaths recently, because more are following this mentality. And we're just beginning to experience some of the consequences as a society. (Can you say loused up economy with C-levels getting bonuses while others get pink slips to pay for those bonuses?)
I find it interesting how you consider doing *the right thing* as "arrogant". I think it's the other way around - it's the c-level's who being arrogant in thinking that their above the rules. And since when is something like that being a team player?
Schoolhouse Rock is much too "highbrow" for the current generation, I mean, it'd probably cause a few of them to die of brain farts...
"OMG! The prudes have run amok!"
Hey let's be honest, that's what a lot of people are thinking anyway... :)
Their worried their going to have learn D&D in order to understand the new "code words" the gangs will start using to talk about stuff and they won't understand what's being said. Nope, they can't have that!
we spend $40,000 a year on each one (in California)
Oddly you just made a great argument for being pro capital punishment - start executing these criminals then turn around and use that $40K that would have been spent on them to employ American citizens who are currently unemployed.
But, I'm pretty sure that's not what you intended... :)
I can tell you that If they put that junk in any of my devices, that device would soon be gone. Plain and simple.
Why? I already hate seeing Hollywood's unavoidable "commercials" (trailers- funny how we still use the name for what they used to be...) on DVDs now. That was what I bought the DVD player for in the first place - to AVOID them! It was originally one of DVD players big selling points, but it's not now.
And if these same companies try and force legislation to the affect that it has to be on everything we buy - well then, goodbye entertainment industry, I'll be switching to a different less commercially sponsored and annoying form of entertainment! I've already moved off of broadcast TV, and am hardly on Cable TV now, you know...
"Professionalism", it's about conning people - Making people judge you favorably by only your appearance - not your skills, or actions, or integrity. That's where the problem really lies, in the active deception by many individuals!
I've heard it multiple times before, whom would you trust to buy your product from more?
A well dressed man holding a snazzily packaged set of eggs, or a dirty jeaned farmer holding a wicker basket of eggs?
The well dress man, naturally. But in this situation, the well dress mans' eggs could be tainted, and farmer's could also be perfectly healthy.