A friend and I were discussing the thorny issue of 10/10 or 100% scores in magazines. 10/10 is a lot easier to justify, as it just effectively means 'closer to perfection than 9/10'.
I do think it's valid for a game to get a perfect score. If it accomplishes something completely groundbreaking, or reaches the pinnacle of an established genre, then it should get a perfect score. Tetris would be a good candidate for a 10/10 score; it respects the limitations of the hardware, focuses on a particular genre, and nails it like no other game before or after. Shadow of the Collosus could be another one. I've not played Mario64, but I can't remember hearing anything but praise for it.
Did you notice that before Jurassic Park, all Tyrannosaurus Rex models and pictures had them standing upright? Then after Jurassic Park everybody had them with the back horizontal and called it T-Rex?
I reckon a copy of K&R is worth the shelf space and the money, no matter the programming language of choice. It happens to tell you about C, but the clear writing style and tidy code snippets are an example to all.
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No, neither did I.
(But yes, EA are naughty naughty bad people)
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A friend and I were discussing the thorny issue of 10/10 or 100% scores in magazines. 10/10 is a lot easier to justify, as it just effectively means 'closer to perfection than 9/10'.
I do think it's valid for a game to get a perfect score. If it accomplishes something completely groundbreaking, or reaches the pinnacle of an established genre, then it should get a perfect score. Tetris would be a good candidate for a 10/10 score; it respects the limitations of the hardware, focuses on a particular genre, and nails it like no other game before or after. Shadow of the Collosus could be another one. I've not played Mario64, but I can't remember hearing anything but praise for it.
Cue ten zillion quotes.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. Tes, I'm a Java coder too ;)
What does it matter if you can type or not when THERE'S STILL NOTHING TO PLUG IT INTO, hehe :)
vi is better.
have a goatse with your morning latte.
Sounds like an nth complexity binary loop sort of problem to me.
I love the way the story starts 'Anonymous Coward writes', with an email address link to the author.
Oh dear.
The ironic thing is that these are the specimens that evolution is ready to dispose of too.
(Yeah, there'll be a few "I'm a balanced slashdot reader with teh girlfriend" posts. I'm talking about the macroscopic average)
I was animated when I saw it move though.
You're right.
See dictionary.com, or the Compact Oxford English
I thought I was seeing things.
But it has been mercilessly fucked up.
Do not click on http://www.hampsterdance.com/
hmm?
You should take his blog (here) and make a new one that is an absolute copy ;)
That's not the book we're talking about.
I need to get out more.
s/Billion/Million/
I reckon a copy of K&R is worth the shelf space and the money, no matter the programming language of choice. It happens to tell you about C, but the clear writing style and tidy code snippets are an example to all.
Only on slashdot :)