I have just finished playing through both SS2 and Clive Barkers : Undying again, both of which on my new hardware provided me with a far more satisfying experience than Doom 3 did.
And your response was to take 8 seconds to slap something up on Slashdot about it and hope it would change the world? Hel-loooo?
You read it, right? If it makes one more person think about supporting local businesses then it's done something.
The Slashdot crowd is awfully quick to bitch and moan about the next big-ass company getting too big, but how many of them really make an effort to support the little guys?
What the hell buddy, at least I'm trying.
Of course, you can back order through them but then you will have to go twice to the store. Why not buy online then.
My local outlet is quite comprehensive (even more impressive considering this is a town of less than 30,000 people), but is it such a bad thing having to go and browse twice?
Music should be something social. It's great being in a store and bumping into someone with similar tastes and interests. This may come as a shock but it's a great way to work on those people interaction skills, just getting away from the computer for things like this.
It worries me that we've become so complacent with human interaction in the quest for convenience and quick delivery.
What makes the ones and zeroes on your bookshelf more real than the ones and zeroes on your hard drive?
If I was a Britney fan, I'd probably agree with you, I like to think that real music has some soul to it, and having a CD with interesting cover notes or band information I can roll over in my hands and read while listening to the music means something to me.
It's not something I can quantify, it's an emotion about the music. I love music, I just hate what MTV, the Pepsi generation and (gasp) The Internet has done to it.
When I find music worth buying, I seek it out in my local, privately owned music store. These little stores are often owned by people that love music and they really need help to keep the money in the local economy.
After I purchase my real, shiny CD I rip it to MP3 and stick the CD on my shelf. If my hard drive crashes and burns, I've got my hard copy right there, waiting to be re-ripped.
I just don't see the appeal in buying music online in the way proposed. My idea of buying something involves actually having a physical end product, otherwise it's just called 'renting'.
With digital zoom and special software you can enhance a single pixel into the killers face!
I can see the "CSI" episode now... Ditzy cop: "Here's that footage you wanted enhanced sir, I ran it through our SomethingAwful lab guys!"
Police Chief: "Put out an APB on this Admiral Ackbah character..."
Why do the people who say that always grin when they do?;)
I see what you're saying (I've got a small understanding of engine management systems, very very small..) but as far as I knew there was no long-term or permanent logging?
OK, I thought of a similar system a while ago (damnit, should have patented it then) and I really do think it's a good idea.
This would be great if it was only capable of recording the last 60 seconds before a 'fatal' stop. An impact could cause the system to write a log of the last 60 seconds of car actions which in turn would make insurance and police reporting so much easier.
Unfortunately this sounds like a much more "big brother" system than just a nice secure safety net to keep your ass covered in case of an accident.
I'll never have one of these systems fitted because of this implementation, and the day they become mandatory I'll go out and buy a bicycle again.
Am I a soul sapping bastard for denying them their revenue on tickters subsidized by candy bar food?
No, but you're not a film distribution company, are you?
I don't agree with the way things are, but if the cinema doesn't agree to the distributors terms, they don't get movies. If they don't get movies, they don't make _any_ money.
It's similar bully tactics to the **AA, except it's been going on even longer and it's just taken for granted as part of doing business.
The cinema really makes a killing on selling the candy. $3 cokes and $4 packs of salted and sweet snacks go a long way to stuffing the coffers of your local cinema outlet. The movies themselves are almost just a vehicle to sell junk food.
Film distributors are greedy, soul sapping bastards. If the candy bar didn't pull in an extra $10 or so per consumer here at my local cinema the place would be really scrounging for cash.
Down here at least, when a movie is released the distributor makes a percentage of the admission fee.
For example, if a movie ticket is $10, the distributor might get 80% of that. If the cinema decides to charge $5 per ticket, the distributor cut is still 80%, they're just making less.
Through this plan if the cinema charges $10 to play a game, I guess they're giving a percentage of the takings to Microsoft for the Xbox license.
The local cinema charges anywhere between $2 and $11.50 (australian) to see a range of movies and they all make money, just depends on the cut the distributors feel like asking for;)
I have to say that after looking through the screenshots from the link there, the engine behind HL2 doesn't look a patch on the Doom 3 engine. In fact, closer to GTA2! The vehicles look pretty angular, and the characters more "cartoony".
You're confusing artistic interpretation with the ability of the engine. Either one could be used to render, for example, The Simpsons quite easily, but where it's limits lay are the real tests.
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I have just finished playing through both SS2 and Clive Barkers : Undying again, both of which on my new hardware provided me with a far more satisfying experience than Doom 3 did.
System Shock 2 was one of the last games that really scared the hell out of me. Clive Barkers: Undying did a pretty good job of that too.
If only Clive and the System Shock crew could get together, I'd be afraid to turn lights off for the rest of my life.
... here come the "tastes like chicken" jokes..
We've all seen what happened to 'Cat' in Red Dwarf, right?
And your response was to take 8 seconds to slap something up on Slashdot about it and hope it would change the world? Hel-loooo?
You read it, right? If it makes one more person think about supporting local businesses then it's done something.
The Slashdot crowd is awfully quick to bitch and moan about the next big-ass company getting too big, but how many of them really make an effort to support the little guys?
What the hell buddy, at least I'm trying.
Of course, you can back order through them but then you will have to go twice to the store. Why not buy online then.
My local outlet is quite comprehensive (even more impressive considering this is a town of less than 30,000 people), but is it such a bad thing having to go and browse twice?
Music should be something social. It's great being in a store and bumping into someone with similar tastes and interests. This may come as a shock but it's a great way to work on those people interaction skills, just getting away from the computer for things like this.
It worries me that we've become so complacent with human interaction in the quest for convenience and quick delivery.
What makes the ones and zeroes on your bookshelf more real than the ones and zeroes on your hard drive?
If I was a Britney fan, I'd probably agree with you, I like to think that real music has some soul to it, and having a CD with interesting cover notes or band information I can roll over in my hands and read while listening to the music means something to me.
It's not something I can quantify, it's an emotion about the music. I love music, I just hate what MTV, the Pepsi generation and (gasp) The Internet has done to it.
When I find music worth buying, I seek it out in my local, privately owned music store. These little stores are often owned by people that love music and they really need help to keep the money in the local economy.
After I purchase my real, shiny CD I rip it to MP3 and stick the CD on my shelf. If my hard drive crashes and burns, I've got my hard copy right there, waiting to be re-ripped.
I just don't see the appeal in buying music online in the way proposed. My idea of buying something involves actually having a physical end product, otherwise it's just called 'renting'.
Honestly, I'm not sure I get it.
I'm lazy, but even I can't sit on my ass for quite that long in one sitting. How people are planning all day LOTR screenings is a little beyond me.
OK, I deserved all of that ;)
I left my "funny" in my other pants yesterday.
A soap-box has nothing to do with washing. To stand on ones soap box is to express ones opinions loudly.
Here,Knock yourselves out.
With digital zoom and special software you can enhance a single pixel into the killers face!
I can see the "CSI" episode now...
Ditzy cop: "Here's that footage you wanted enhanced sir, I ran it through our SomethingAwful lab guys!"
Police Chief: "Put out an APB on this Admiral Ackbah character..."
etc...etc...etc...
I hate to burst your bubble
;)
Why do the people who say that always grin when they do?
I see what you're saying (I've got a small understanding of engine management systems, very very small..) but as far as I knew there was no long-term or permanent logging?
OK, I thought of a similar system a while ago (damnit, should have patented it then) and I really do think it's a good idea.
This would be great if it was only capable of recording the last 60 seconds before a 'fatal' stop. An impact could cause the system to write a log of the last 60 seconds of car actions which in turn would make insurance and police reporting so much easier.
Unfortunately this sounds like a much more "big brother" system than just a nice secure safety net to keep your ass covered in case of an accident.
I'll never have one of these systems fitted because of this implementation, and the day they become mandatory I'll go out and buy a bicycle again.
Am I a soul sapping bastard for denying them their revenue on tickters subsidized by candy bar food?
No, but you're not a film distribution company, are you?
I don't agree with the way things are, but if the cinema doesn't agree to the distributors terms, they don't get movies. If they don't get movies, they don't make _any_ money.
It's similar bully tactics to the **AA, except it's been going on even longer and it's just taken for granted as part of doing business.
.. I hate replying to my own post.
The cinema really makes a killing on selling the candy. $3 cokes and $4 packs of salted and sweet snacks go a long way to stuffing the coffers of your local cinema outlet. The movies themselves are almost just a vehicle to sell junk food.
Film distributors are greedy, soul sapping bastards. If the candy bar didn't pull in an extra $10 or so per consumer here at my local cinema the place would be really scrounging for cash.
Down here at least, when a movie is released the distributor makes a percentage of the admission fee.
;)
For example, if a movie ticket is $10, the distributor might get 80% of that. If the cinema decides to charge $5 per ticket, the distributor cut is still 80%, they're just making less.
Through this plan if the cinema charges $10 to play a game, I guess they're giving a percentage of the takings to Microsoft for the Xbox license.
The local cinema charges anywhere between $2 and $11.50 (australian) to see a range of movies and they all make money, just depends on the cut the distributors feel like asking for
Remember, this is slashdot, you can get away with making the same "insane system requirement" jokes over and over again. :-)
No, no. You're confusing me with an editor.
Thankyou, thankyou, I'm here all week...
Look, keep stalking me if you like, just at least buy me flowers first ;)
.. and I just used my last "giant system requirement" joke on the Half Life 2 story.
I have to say that after looking through the screenshots from the link there, the engine behind HL2 doesn't look a patch on the Doom 3 engine. In fact, closer to GTA2! The vehicles look pretty angular, and the characters more "cartoony".
You're confusing artistic interpretation with the ability of the engine. Either one could be used to render, for example, The Simpsons quite easily, but where it's limits lay are the real tests.
Now who's the optimist?
... will go "gold" in December... 2008.
String a baked ham to the thing and see if she can light up Chicago.
Thankyou, I'll be here all week. Try the fish.