you don't see romeo and juliet blamed for suicides though.. strange that.
Are you kidding? Or just a moron? Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15 to 25 year olds. Each year, 500,000 from this same age group attempt suicide. Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
For ages 15-19, homicide is the #2 cause of death, suicide is #3. #1 is "accidental death". Source: Child Trends Databank.
Romeo and Juliet are definitely "blamed" for some suicides. Some teens actually recreate the scene in high detail -- others are just "influenced" into believing that their 15-year-old "love" is so important, so desparately true, that they kill themselves when it doesn't work out.
Am I saying that we should ban showings of "Romeo and Juliet"? Naturally not. We should be teaching our kids, or in general, quit having kids if we don't want to take responsbility for teaching them. Although by age 15, I would argue that kids should have responsibility for themselves, but they don't know it because their parents, teachers, and a zillion other people are busy taking responsibility from/for them.
You get to drive at 16 (most states). At 18, you can vote, be called for jury duty, and in the case of boys, be drafted by the Army and forced to kill or be killed. At 21, you can buy a drink.
So when do kids become adults? I am very very sure that they have no idea. The same people which tell them to "act responsibly" and to "be an adult" also tell them exactly what choices to make: "don't have sex", "don't drink", "don't smoke".
Meanwhile the circle of blame keeps going around and around and around. The real change which needs to happen is not in the video game industry, or the gun industry, or the media. It is entirely in the upbringing of children to become responsible adults. Something is very fundamentally broken with respect to that right now.
Anyway, no matter who is "to blame" some innocent people were shot and killed, by a pair of human beings with the ability to load and fire a deadly weapon. If you as a parent are not willing to invest the time and resources into educating your child, they will grow up and develop anyway, developing physical and mental powers which exceed their ability to decide when and what to do with it.
So please, please, stop breeding if you are a moron. There's a good chance you will raise a mindless killer.
When you play a pc game on the LAN you are supposed to each have a copy.
I don't know about you, but in my college there were literally dozens of copies of Duke Nukem, StarCraft, Warcraft, etc, made from a single purchaser. Basically the whole dorm floor would be using a single pirated copy.
Often times I could go for the same old fantasy RPG who's only unique feature is a new universe with characters I've never seen before.
I have to agree with you here. I buy new versions of EA Sports' NHL series year after year -- sure there are a few new "features" but mostly it is the roster updates.
Some games are both original and good. An example of this would be Pikmin for the GameCube.
Some games are just original. An example of this would be "Cubivore" for the GameCube. Very original and "interesting" but certainly not good.
Some gamers care more about originality than others -- there are people who love "Cubivore" -- but in the end most of us just want good games. It's not a lifestyle, it's something to relax with friends with for a couple of hours or so.
It's like abstract art -- some people like it just because it is "abstract", and others just want a decent picture to hang on the wall. Some abstract art is good and worth hanging. Other abstract works of art are "interesting" but in the end just plain "not good".
huzzah: It's about time I found a use for my broadband adapter. With 5 games now (PSO, Kirby, Mario Kart, 1080, Star Fox) it looks like I'll be interested in at least a couple of them.
duh: from the article: you will need another copy of these respective games for each extra GameCube
fallout: expect even more work to be poured into the efforts for creating "backup" copies of GameCube games now. For one, people want to do it anyway, and now, they'll feel morally OK with it because hey, they've already shelled out $200 for the Cube and LAN setup to Nintendo, why shouldn't they copy the game?
1. more liberal laws concerning reverse engineering. this could have affected the e-reader decision specifically. 2. less perceived market. this could affect the animal crossing decision specifically.
both of these come down to "risk" for releasing a product. there are costs for releasing a product -- returns, bugs, shelf-ware, etc. it's the reason "Futurama" isn't coming to the Cube (and they can bite my shiny metal ass over that one) -- the perceived risk for releasing the product was too high for the perceived rewards.
I'm very unhappy with the GameCube broadband support. I wish I knew that either (a) it was really really hard to program for or (b) hardly any GameCube owners are interested in playing online games.
The thing is, (a) has to be false since PSO was released so early, and (b) has to be false since PSO sold fairly well.
Oh well. At least there are projects to get Kirby and Mario Kart online (intranet) instead of just LAN, and supposedly the next Animal Crossing is supposed to be online as well. As a fanboy, know any decent sites which cover GCN rumors (especially network games)?
Why aren't there any sports games offering internet play for the GameCube yet?? I've had my broadband adapter for ages, it's not like it's new hardware.
If you don't think that there is a difference between (a) a pair of gunfighters trying to shoot each other in a blocky recreation of an "Old West Shootout" and (b) driving through the streets of a realistic 2000-era city, running people over, killing cops and prostitutes and homeless people...
Duh. I should have finished that biology degree instead of switching to CompSci in the 4th year:(
Robert DeNiro said it best in "Meet the Parents"
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Something along the lines of "cats, although they are more advanced upstairs, they are so independant they dont give a crap about you, theyll just find a home elsewhere, they're elite animals indeed, dogs, while less advanced, are loyal and dependant of their owner/master, some people suppose that dog people need the assurance a dog supposedly gives you, being the "emotionally shallow" animal the dog, supposedly, is."
When Focker (Stiller) claims that he's more of a dog-person, a disgruntled Jack (DeNiro) asks, "So you prefer an emotionally shallow animal, do you?"
A good resource about Identical v. Fraternal twins states that fraternal twins develop when two separate eggs are fertilized and implant in the uterus. The genetic connection is no more or less the same as siblings born at separate times. They may look alike, or they may not.
Chimera twins would contain both complete sets of "sibling" DNA, which could theoretically be female and male DNA combined, let alone multiple blood types.
One might assume that multiple blood types would result in a (naturally) aborted fetus, and thus the person would not be born.
In a free society you should be able to manufacture and play whatever games you like.
Unless I'm missing something, he's not saying anything contrary to this. He's saying that Atari had a particular guideline, not that the government had a law. Also he's pointing out (correctly) that we can point at these violent games and say that they are harmful and should be shunned -- after all he is just excercising his freedom of speech here.
A lot of laws don't make sense, but a little social reproach can go a long way toward affecting positive change. If drug addicts were shunned like lepers (instead of being glorified through film and books), it would probably go further to reduce drug usage that the stack of penal code we currently have written.
Can you loan your friend a book? Yes. Can you loan your friend a CD? Yes.
Can you make a copy of a book and give it to your friend? No. Can you make a copy of a CD and give it to your friend? No.
Can you make a copy of a book and read it, leaving the original safely on the bookshelf? No idea, right now copying a book is a real pain in the ass. Can you make a copy of a CD and play it, leaving the original safely in the CD rack? I've always thought yes... but I'll have to say that I really don't have any idea.
What's a fun puzzler is, let's say my wife and I buy a CD. We each make a copy of it to play in our cars. Is it illegal to (a) make the copies, (b) play either of them at the same time as any other copy or the original, (c) both, (d) neither.
(My wife is a lawyer and laughs at me for asking this question.)
Sure, but how many people can "own" a CD? Can my friend and I eatch pitch in and buy a CD, then both own it? Are we both entitled to fair use rights of this CD then?
This is a fantastic question. My music collection generally exists in triplicate. The original disc which remains in its case, a copy of the disc for my wife, and a copy of disc for me.
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sorry about the "moron" barb in my other comment. a bit out of line.
you don't see romeo and juliet blamed for suicides though.. strange that.
Are you kidding? Or just a moron? Suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15 to 25 year olds. Each year, 500,000 from this same age group attempt suicide. Source: American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
For ages 15-19, homicide is the #2 cause of death, suicide is #3. #1 is "accidental death". Source: Child Trends Databank.
Romeo and Juliet are definitely "blamed" for some suicides. Some teens actually recreate the scene in high detail -- others are just "influenced" into believing that their 15-year-old "love" is so important, so desparately true, that they kill themselves when it doesn't work out.
Am I saying that we should ban showings of "Romeo and Juliet"? Naturally not. We should be teaching our kids, or in general, quit having kids if we don't want to take responsbility for teaching them. Although by age 15, I would argue that kids should have responsibility for themselves, but they don't know it because their parents, teachers, and a zillion other people are busy taking responsibility from/for them.
You get to drive at 16 (most states). At 18, you can vote, be called for jury duty, and in the case of boys, be drafted by the Army and forced to kill or be killed. At 21, you can buy a drink.
So when do kids become adults? I am very very sure that they have no idea. The same people which tell them to "act responsibly" and to "be an adult" also tell them exactly what choices to make: "don't have sex", "don't drink", "don't smoke".
Meanwhile the circle of blame keeps going around and around and around. The real change which needs to happen is not in the video game industry, or the gun industry, or the media. It is entirely in the upbringing of children to become responsible adults. Something is very fundamentally broken with respect to that right now.
Anyway, no matter who is "to blame" some innocent people were shot and killed, by a pair of human beings with the ability to load and fire a deadly weapon. If you as a parent are not willing to invest the time and resources into educating your child, they will grow up and develop anyway, developing physical and mental powers which exceed their ability to decide when and what to do with it.
So please, please, stop breeding if you are a moron. There's a good chance you will raise a mindless killer.
VIM.org had a new splash front page for at least a few days, but now it's just the first "news" article there.
Halo 2 -- XBox only.
Half Life 2 -- XBox and PC only.
Far Cry -- PC only.
XIII -- PC, XBox, PS2, and GameCube.
Yeah, forgot about the spawned thing -- Diablo had that as well which was nice, since none of us had CD burners at the time.
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Quake was a little after my time
When you play a pc game on the LAN you are supposed to each have a copy.
I don't know about you, but in my college there were literally dozens of copies of Duke Nukem, StarCraft, Warcraft, etc, made from a single purchaser. Basically the whole dorm floor would be using a single pirated copy.
Often times I could go for the same old fantasy RPG who's only unique feature is a new universe with characters I've never seen before.
I have to agree with you here. I buy new versions of EA Sports' NHL series year after year -- sure there are a few new "features" but mostly it is the roster updates.
Some games are both original and good. An example of this would be Pikmin for the GameCube.
Some games are just original. An example of this would be "Cubivore" for the GameCube. Very original and "interesting" but certainly not good.
Some gamers care more about originality than others -- there are people who love "Cubivore" -- but in the end most of us just want good games. It's not a lifestyle, it's something to relax with friends with for a couple of hours or so.
It's like abstract art -- some people like it just because it is "abstract", and others just want a decent picture to hang on the wall. Some abstract art is good and worth hanging. Other abstract works of art are "interesting" but in the end just plain "not good".
huzzah: It's about time I found a use for my broadband adapter. With 5 games now (PSO, Kirby, Mario Kart, 1080, Star Fox) it looks like I'll be interested in at least a couple of them.
duh: from the article: you will need another copy of these respective games for each extra GameCube
fallout: expect even more work to be poured into the efforts for creating "backup" copies of GameCube games now. For one, people want to do it anyway, and now, they'll feel morally OK with it because hey, they've already shelled out $200 for the Cube and LAN setup to Nintendo, why shouldn't they copy the game?
Yeah, a Palm can be used to store credit card information and other "personal documents". It also plays games, music, videos, browses the web, etc.
Sorry, E-Pass, Palm improved upon your patent even if your patent applied.
Arnold is not eligible to run for President.
Wolfenstein 3D final "boss". Now THAT is a mother-freakin-ending. Open a door, piss your pants, get mangled by dual gatling guns.
1. more liberal laws concerning reverse engineering. this could have affected the e-reader decision specifically.
2. less perceived market. this could affect the animal crossing decision specifically.
both of these come down to "risk" for releasing a product. there are costs for releasing a product -- returns, bugs, shelf-ware, etc. it's the reason "Futurama" isn't coming to the Cube (and they can bite my shiny metal ass over that one) -- the perceived risk for releasing the product was too high for the perceived rewards.
Thanks to creatine, not only is his body huge and muscular, he apparently has to be brilliant and have a good memory as well!
And maybe the "unpleasant body odour" will help him with his "clean out Sacremento" campaign...
While I have your attention... any success in the backup copy process for the GCN yet? You're now my official source of GameCube info.
I'm very unhappy with the GameCube broadband support. I wish I knew that either (a) it was really really hard to program for or (b) hardly any GameCube owners are interested in playing online games.
The thing is, (a) has to be false since PSO was released so early, and (b) has to be false since PSO sold fairly well.
Oh well. At least there are projects to get Kirby and Mario Kart online (intranet) instead of just LAN, and supposedly the next Animal Crossing is supposed to be online as well. As a fanboy, know any decent sites which cover GCN rumors (especially network games)?
Why aren't there any sports games offering internet play for the GameCube yet?? I've had my broadband adapter for ages, it's not like it's new hardware.
He didn't mention any "high road", he mentioned "human rights" and "free society".
If you don't think that there is a difference between (a) a pair of gunfighters trying to shoot each other in a blocky recreation of an "Old West Shootout" and (b) driving through the streets of a realistic 2000-era city, running people over, killing cops and prostitutes and homeless people...
Duh. I should have finished that biology degree instead of switching to CompSci in the 4th year :(
Something along the lines of "cats, although they are more advanced upstairs, they are so independant they dont give a crap about you, theyll just find a home elsewhere, they're elite animals indeed, dogs, while less advanced, are loyal and dependant of their owner/master, some people suppose that dog people need the assurance a dog supposedly gives you, being the "emotionally shallow" animal the dog, supposedly, is."
When Focker (Stiller) claims that he's more of a dog-person, a disgruntled Jack (DeNiro) asks, "So you prefer an emotionally shallow animal, do you?"
A good resource about Identical v. Fraternal twins states that fraternal twins develop when two separate eggs are fertilized and implant in the uterus. The genetic connection is no more or less the same as siblings born at separate times. They may look alike, or they may not.
Chimera twins would contain both complete sets of "sibling" DNA, which could theoretically be female and male DNA combined, let alone multiple blood types.
One might assume that multiple blood types would result in a (naturally) aborted fetus, and thus the person would not be born.
In a free society you should be able to manufacture and play whatever games you like.
Unless I'm missing something, he's not saying anything contrary to this. He's saying that Atari had a particular guideline, not that the government had a law. Also he's pointing out (correctly) that we can point at these violent games and say that they are harmful and should be shunned -- after all he is just excercising his freedom of speech here.
A lot of laws don't make sense, but a little social reproach can go a long way toward affecting positive change. If drug addicts were shunned like lepers (instead of being glorified through film and books), it would probably go further to reduce drug usage that the stack of penal code we currently have written.
Can you loan your friend a book? Yes.
Can you loan your friend a CD? Yes.
Can you make a copy of a book and give it to your friend? No.
Can you make a copy of a CD and give it to your friend? No.
Can you make a copy of a book and read it, leaving the original safely on the bookshelf? No idea, right now copying a book is a real pain in the ass.
Can you make a copy of a CD and play it, leaving the original safely in the CD rack? I've always thought yes... but I'll have to say that I really don't have any idea.
What's a fun puzzler is, let's say my wife and I buy a CD. We each make a copy of it to play in our cars. Is it illegal to (a) make the copies, (b) play either of them at the same time as any other copy or the original, (c) both, (d) neither.
(My wife is a lawyer and laughs at me for asking this question.)
Sure, but how many people can "own" a CD? Can my friend and I eatch pitch in and buy a CD, then both own it? Are we both entitled to fair use rights of this CD then?
This is a fantastic question. My music collection generally exists in triplicate. The original disc which remains in its case, a copy of the disc for my wife, and a copy of disc for me.