No one would consider my wife to be a gamer. She doesn't like the Xbox and could find any of a million things to do other than play a game. Except Solitaire. Once every couple of weeks she'll play Solitaire on the PC for a couple of hours. Does that mean she's a casual gamer? By some definitions, yes. In reality? No.
I think of myself as a gamer, but the reality is between work and family I don't have the time to play as much as I want. I'll play a game of football, do a mission on Halo, or play SSBM with the kids maybe 3 times a week. I, too, would be considered a casual gamer, but I am not in the least interested in the "casual game market," nor would I likely put casual in my descriptor.
I'm reminded of a point made in regards to creative writing: write something you want to read. Not something you think others would like to read, but something that you would enjoy reading. Maybe gameshops should work more towards making games that they enjoy than trying to capture a certain market segment.
That was my thought, too. Maybe they can show MS forces overrunning the SGI position for propoganda purposes;-) "OMG, just look at what those beasts are doing to that poor innocent Code!"
With motion sensing, yes, to a limited degree. In terms of favoring gameplay over graphics, certainly not yet. I know I will buy a Wii, I might buy an 360, but I just don't see any need to buy a PS3. Its graphics are similar to the 360 but it is more money and won't have Halo.
As for the HDTV thing, of all the people I know through friends, work, and church, I only know 2 people who have one. Buying a Next-Gen because it supports something you don't have is just silly. When I do get an HDTV in 10 years, then it might be worth it. But not until.
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It could also be that after years of screaming for something different, something that doesn't just make the graphics nicer, one of the manufactorers is listening. If Sony or MS were taking this route you'd hear the same comments. I'm not syaing that 'turfers don't exist on the dot, just that I know I'm going to be getting one, too.
As much as I am an advocate of telecommuting, having your laptop stolen does no one any good. Middle managers may be luddites by definition, but opening themselves to this type of scandal so you can stay home simply doesn't balance on their risk/benefit sheet.
I don't doubt the validity of his opinions at all, but I think "many moons" meant more than just the nineties. My Dad was in the service back in the late 60's and military doctors were notorious for their screw-ups and overkill. My dad had his wisdom teeth removed from a Navy dentist who did such a poor job that my dad was out of commission for close to a month. No doubt things have changed, but rest assured the military's reputation was deserved back in the day.
What if I'm taking a picture of my monitor with a camera?
Then its a photograph and you have succesfully loopholed the system;-) So what's the difference then between that and merely taking a "screenshot?" Well that's the rub, ain't it?
I used to play with Scenery Animator all the time on my Amiga. Creating a random landscape and finding the perfect shot to place the virtual camera is very analogous to carting a SLR out into nature. They both take time and require more of an "eye" to be successful than anything else. But they are different, and a distinction can be made. Flickr ought to be able to make that distinction and stick with it.
Now that is just brilliant. I haven't had mod points in well over a year so i rarely think of them any more, but its comments like this that make me miss them. Thanks!
Indeed, the great thing about the Internet is that there is not just one single place for things. Why should flickr have to change from a photography site just because they are good at it?
Flickr is all about photographs, so it makes sense that that's what they focus on. If you need a place to post SL screen shots, there's still deviantart, renderosity, and myspace. There are quite a few options other than just flickr.
Which is true and there's a lot of fun to be had working through it. The point though is for a lot of gamers, there are only an hour or so a day that the games can actually be played. If you have to play 10 hours to get something "good" then its simply not worth it.
I think at least in part that that's why the EA sports line does so well. Put it in and you can play. If you want your own franchise, and cheats, and all that stuff you can get it, too, or you can just start playing.
What he says makes sense. I was watching my stepson play Thief 2 on Xbox last night and I knew I couldn't play the game. The thief comes across a guard who is directly in front of a burning torch. So, shoot a water arrow (yes a water arrow, there's also a noisemaker and moss arrow- which already strained my credulity) at the torch and put it out. Does the guard even notice that he's now in total darkness? No. Does he try to re-light the torch? Nope. Does he continue walking in the same pattern as if nothing as happened? Yep.
I think part of why I like Halo and WWII shooters is that their internal logic is actually consistent.
That every new iteration of Windows I've used I have hated more than previous, I doubt that any amount of refinement is going to keep me from hating Vista. But we'll see.
Of course if the j-o-b foists it on us anyway, at least there will be the necessary hardware upgrade at long last...
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I think of myself as a gamer, but the reality is between work and family I don't have the time to play as much as I want. I'll play a game of football, do a mission on Halo, or play SSBM with the kids maybe 3 times a week. I, too, would be considered a casual gamer, but I am not in the least interested in the "casual game market," nor would I likely put casual in my descriptor.
I'm reminded of a point made in regards to creative writing: write something you want to read. Not something you think others would like to read, but something that you would enjoy reading. Maybe gameshops should work more towards making games that they enjoy than trying to capture a certain market segment.
Don't just talk about it, write about it! There's got to be a book in there somewhere...
So do you trade parking meter stickers with Lexus guy then?
One bid, one win.
That was my thought, too. Maybe they can show MS forces overrunning the SGI position for propoganda purposes;-) "OMG, just look at what those beasts are doing to that poor innocent Code!"
As for the HDTV thing, of all the people I know through friends, work, and church, I only know 2 people who have one. Buying a Next-Gen because it supports something you don't have is just silly. When I do get an HDTV in 10 years, then it might be worth it. But not until.
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It could also be that after years of screaming for something different, something that doesn't just make the graphics nicer, one of the manufactorers is listening. If Sony or MS were taking this route you'd hear the same comments. I'm not syaing that 'turfers don't exist on the dot, just that I know I'm going to be getting one, too.
As much as I am an advocate of telecommuting, having your laptop stolen does no one any good. Middle managers may be luddites by definition, but opening themselves to this type of scandal so you can stay home simply doesn't balance on their risk/benefit sheet.
I don't doubt the validity of his opinions at all, but I think "many moons" meant more than just the nineties. My Dad was in the service back in the late 60's and military doctors were notorious for their screw-ups and overkill. My dad had his wisdom teeth removed from a Navy dentist who did such a poor job that my dad was out of commission for close to a month. No doubt things have changed, but rest assured the military's reputation was deserved back in the day.
Eye-eye, sir!
Then its a photograph and you have succesfully loopholed the system;-) So what's the difference then between that and merely taking a "screenshot?" Well that's the rub, ain't it?
I used to play with Scenery Animator all the time on my Amiga. Creating a random landscape and finding the perfect shot to place the virtual camera is very analogous to carting a SLR out into nature. They both take time and require more of an "eye" to be successful than anything else. But they are different, and a distinction can be made. Flickr ought to be able to make that distinction and stick with it.
Now that is just brilliant. I haven't had mod points in well over a year so i rarely think of them any more, but its comments like this that make me miss them. Thanks!
BTW, that is one of the best login's evar!
If there's going to be a Spaceborne MMORPG (or MMOFPS) we'd appreciate it being Warhammer 40k. Thanks.
Indeed, the great thing about the Internet is that there is not just one single place for things. Why should flickr have to change from a photography site just because they are good at it?
Flickr is all about photographs, so it makes sense that that's what they focus on. If you need a place to post SL screen shots, there's still deviantart, renderosity, and myspace. There are quite a few options other than just flickr.
'Luck with that one guys.
That's awesome. Takes me back 25 years to when, 25 years? Half a century? OK, now I'm depressed.
The average American lap is increasing is no reason for laptops to follow suit.
I think at least in part that that's why the EA sports line does so well. Put it in and you can play. If you want your own franchise, and cheats, and all that stuff you can get it, too, or you can just start playing.
Yeah some things pretty much write themselves;-)
What he says makes sense. I was watching my stepson play Thief 2 on Xbox last night and I knew I couldn't play the game. The thief comes across a guard who is directly in front of a burning torch. So, shoot a water arrow (yes a water arrow, there's also a noisemaker and moss arrow- which already strained my credulity) at the torch and put it out. Does the guard even notice that he's now in total darkness? No. Does he try to re-light the torch? Nope. Does he continue walking in the same pattern as if nothing as happened? Yep.
I think part of why I like Halo and WWII shooters is that their internal logic is actually consistent.
Of course if the j-o-b foists it on us anyway, at least there will be the necessary hardware upgrade at long last...
I don't know about a Music Recommendation Engine, but I know a Merlin in a Mustang sounds like music.