Like it or not, judging any title in the franchise around it's single-player "campaign" is like passing judgment on a car based upon the music system and seat comfort.
And, sorry, call me old school or just plain old, but whenever I read a review that disparages a videogame's "story" I chuckle. That said, there is a whole series of "Halo" books for people who confuse space marines with Hamlet, or just want their science fiction literature in BFG-sized bits.
"Walmart is EEEEEEvil! And by EEEEEEvil I mean that Jon Stewart has indicated that only fat Midwestern people with children shop there! But... but... this is such a good deal, and I am so-o-o-o-o addicted to my smart and shiny texting lifestyle... Hmmm, I wonder, if I stencil a silver Apple logo onto the back of this, how will it look, will anyone notice...?
...you'd allow a web-hosting company whose CEO and Board of Directors was Pro-Life to shut down the accounts of any blogger who advocated for abortion rights?
...you'd allow Comcast to shut down the blog of anyone arguing for 'Net neutrality?
...had the EU produced Entertainment Industry content of their own worth pirating. But it was predominantly "Yankee Corporatist" wallets which stood to suffer, so high on European law enforcement agendas it was not. Hey, I love Dr. Who as much as the next guy, but I'm just saying the way it is...
Burning Man had its brief, shining moment, but when was that...? Circa mid-90's? Now it's a staged pseudo-event the very promotion of which cuts against the grain of what it was supposed to be. I see the jowly middle-aged Marketing Suits queuing up for their Burning Man tickets and I am reminded of the giddy tourists in and around Woodstock, NY paying $25 for a tie-dyed peace-sign T-shirt.
I suppose there may still be a few of those medieval-style cloisters around, but most orders of nuns today are engaged dawn to dusk in charitable works involving AIDS hospices, orphanages, care for the elderly, education, disaster relief, etc. Think less Hildegard von Bingen and more Mother Theresa of Calcutta.
Just one of these women does more real, genuine capital 'G' Good in a week than a land-fill of snarky Internet tough guys like you will do in your entire life.
Apostrophe is not a letter in English, and "I'm" is not a word - it's a written contraction of "I am", which is two words.
Wow. Public school it is, then.
A contraction is, by its very definition, multiple words made into a single word. "I am" is two words. The contraction "I'm" is one word. Google it, genius. Better yet, ask a fifth grader.
"I'm" is two words. Then again, I guess it just goes to show that most teabaggers are homeschooled...
No, "I'm" is one word, and the OP is not a "teabagger" (else he would not be referring to himself with the pejorative term "teabagger").
Just goes to show that most critics of the Tea Party movement lack basic spelling and reading comprehension skills. Should we blame that on the public school system, or are we done with ridiculous and sweeping generalizations for the day?
As e-books become more popular, distribution of e-texts on the torrents has become more prevalent. More and more e-book owners are filling their pads/kindles/nooks/crannies/whatevers with non-PD books for which the author is not reimbursed a dime. Money's got to flow from somewhere if novels are to be written. If in the Brave New World nobody's going to be paying for the books they read, then we might as well open the new shelfspace to the advertisers so that the creators can make a buck from someone.
And before all the tired and tedious "but, buts..." begin, remember:
No one has a right to free entertainment.
It's up to the writer whether or not she wants to give out free promotional samples, not her fans.
The bottom 99.5% of writers aren't going to make jack from "performing."
This chucklehead is going to determine which data among the 15,000 files is dangerous to our armed forces, and which isn't? Hopefully his military intelligence analytical skills are better than his hair-stylist selection skills.
So, hopefully, in these economically-difficult times, some rights-holder someplace gets a coupla thousand bucks from some hip-hop artist intent upon incorporating turn-of-the-century jazz recordings into his latest opus.
So, hopefully, in these creativity-starved times, some hip-hop artist forgoes mashing-up some other creator's work and goes the extra mile to invent something brand new.
So, hopefully, some student whose research involves early recordings can't find what he needs on the Internet and visits a library for only the second or third time in his life, and a hundred news worlds are opened to him.
Basically, there's a lot of costs that go into publishing a book that have nothing to do with paper or warehouses (both of which are a lot less expensive than we think they are).
Also, the value of an e-book simply must be placed higher than the value of a digital song, based solely on the compensation needs of the artist: how many books can an author be reasonably expected to produce in a year, versus how many songs can a singer/songwriter produce? The average singer will derive some additional compensation from performing; the average author, much less, if any. You want to charge more for a book from an established author, from whom much can be expected, versus from a N00b who's craft is unknown, fine. But you still need to place the benchmark higher than a dollar.
snydeq, tell your puppetmasters at InfoWorld to just give this a rest, won't you? Childs was the kind of uber-dickhead SysAdmin that even normal, run-of-the-mill garden-variety dickhead SysAdmins are afraid to associate with lest they appear as parodies of the type.
He didn't have a higher calling. He's not Batman. This ain't no Ayn Rand novel. He was fired and refused to release property that belonged to his former employer. Period, end of story.
And it *would* be the end of the story if the friggin' Drama Club at InfoWorld would stop flogging it on slashdot..
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Like it or not, judging any title in the franchise around it's single-player "campaign" is like passing judgment on a car based upon the music system and seat comfort.
And, sorry, call me old school or just plain old, but whenever I read a review that disparages a videogame's "story" I chuckle. That said, there is a whole series of "Halo" books for people who confuse space marines with Hamlet, or just want their science fiction literature in BFG-sized bits.
I'm just not sure how I feel about hipsters whipping these out on subway trains the way they do those other cool-affirming gadgets.
If I then have to pirate the whole game just to get around the DLC DRM, I will.
Because the developers owe you entertainment?
...to burst into flames over this one.
"Walmart is EEEEEEvil! And by EEEEEEvil I mean that Jon Stewart has indicated that only fat Midwestern people with children shop there! But... but... this is such a good deal, and I am so-o-o-o-o addicted to my smart and shiny texting lifestyle... Hmmm, I wonder, if I stencil a silver Apple logo onto the back of this, how will it look, will anyone notice...?
There's plenty of out-of-work journalists available to fill your spot. Immediately. Better. And for less money.
The fewer people who are writing blogs, the more people there are working out their issues the old-fashioned way at the Shrink's office.
...you'd allow a web-hosting company whose CEO and Board of Directors was Pro-Life to shut down the accounts of any blogger who advocated for abortion rights?
...you'd allow Comcast to shut down the blog of anyone arguing for 'Net neutrality?
Yeah, I didn't think so...
Remember, you can't give offense, you can only take it.
...had the EU produced Entertainment Industry content of their own worth pirating. But it was predominantly "Yankee Corporatist" wallets which stood to suffer, so high on European law enforcement agendas it was not. Hey, I love Dr. Who as much as the next guy, but I'm just saying the way it is...
Burning Man had its brief, shining moment, but when was that...? Circa mid-90's? Now it's a staged pseudo-event the very promotion of which cuts against the grain of what it was supposed to be. I see the jowly middle-aged Marketing Suits queuing up for their Burning Man tickets and I am reminded of the giddy tourists in and around Woodstock, NY paying $25 for a tie-dyed peace-sign T-shirt.
I mean, does InfoWorld pay snydeq to do anything else besides astroturf daily on Slashdot?
I suppose there may still be a few of those medieval-style cloisters around, but most orders of nuns today are engaged dawn to dusk in charitable works involving AIDS hospices, orphanages, care for the elderly, education, disaster relief, etc. Think less Hildegard von Bingen and more Mother Theresa of Calcutta.
Fuck you.
No, seriously: Fuck You.
Just one of these women does more real, genuine capital 'G' Good in a week than a land-fill of snarky Internet tough guys like you will do in your entire life.
I'm just sayin'
Folks here seem to believe that rape is some item on a to-do list, waiting to be ticked off.
Not saying that whole thing is not part of a Dirty Trick, just that if there IS some truth to it, rational thought has nothing to do with it.
Apostrophe is not a letter in English, and "I'm" is not a word - it's a written contraction of "I am", which is two words.
Wow. Public school it is, then.
A contraction is, by its very definition, multiple words made into a single word. "I am" is two words. The contraction "I'm" is one word. Google it, genius. Better yet, ask a fifth grader.
"I'm" is two words. Then again, I guess it just goes to show that most teabaggers are homeschooled...
No, "I'm" is one word, and the OP is not a "teabagger" (else he would not be referring to himself with the pejorative term "teabagger").
Just goes to show that most critics of the Tea Party movement lack basic spelling and reading comprehension skills. Should we blame that on the public school system, or are we done with ridiculous and sweeping generalizations for the day?
So, ummm, work harder, write better. Maybe read a good book on Internet/Social Media marketing.
What was your point?
As e-books become more popular, distribution of e-texts on the torrents has become more prevalent. More and more e-book owners are filling their pads/kindles/nooks/crannies/whatevers with non-PD books for which the author is not reimbursed a dime. Money's got to flow from somewhere if novels are to be written. If in the Brave New World nobody's going to be paying for the books they read, then we might as well open the new shelfspace to the advertisers so that the creators can make a buck from someone.
And before all the tired and tedious "but, buts..." begin, remember:
No one has a right to free entertainment.
It's up to the writer whether or not she wants to give out free promotional samples, not her fans.
The bottom 99.5% of writers aren't going to make jack from "performing."
This chucklehead is going to determine which data among the 15,000 files is dangerous to our armed forces, and which isn't? Hopefully his military intelligence analytical skills are better than his hair-stylist selection skills.
It's going to be a Glorious Ride!
Or maybe not
So, hopefully, in these economically-difficult times, some rights-holder someplace gets a coupla thousand bucks from some hip-hop artist intent upon incorporating turn-of-the-century jazz recordings into his latest opus.
So, hopefully, in these creativity-starved times, some hip-hop artist forgoes mashing-up some other creator's work and goes the extra mile to invent something brand new.
So, hopefully, some student whose research involves early recordings can't find what he needs on the Internet and visits a library for only the second or third time in his life, and a hundred news worlds are opened to him.
I am hopeful that we will get through this...
How much do you think an author should be paid, net profit, for each of his books acquired and/or read by a consumer?
Here's a very informed look at the costs of digital publication and distribution.
Basically, there's a lot of costs that go into publishing a book that have nothing to do with paper or warehouses (both of which are a lot less expensive than we think they are).
Also, the value of an e-book simply must be placed higher than the value of a digital song, based solely on the compensation needs of the artist: how many books can an author be reasonably expected to produce in a year, versus how many songs can a singer/songwriter produce? The average singer will derive some additional compensation from performing; the average author, much less, if any. You want to charge more for a book from an established author, from whom much can be expected, versus from a N00b who's craft is unknown, fine. But you still need to place the benchmark higher than a dollar.
snydeq, tell your puppetmasters at InfoWorld to just give this a rest, won't you? Childs was the kind of uber-dickhead SysAdmin that even normal, run-of-the-mill garden-variety dickhead SysAdmins are afraid to associate with lest they appear as parodies of the type.
He didn't have a higher calling. He's not Batman. This ain't no Ayn Rand novel. He was fired and refused to release property that belonged to his former employer. Period, end of story.
And it *would* be the end of the story if the friggin' Drama Club at InfoWorld would stop flogging it on slashdot..
I held it together almost all the way through, but I did throw up a little when I read "chosen few."