This looks as good as the first Halo. Sure, there's a rotating gear, but apart from that, the levels are blocky as ever. I've yet to see a game that looks as good or better than Ninja Gaiden on Xbox.
from Budweiser where you had a rodent running in a wheel with a Budweiser in front of it. Some guy passes by and decides to take the beer. At that exact moment, the rodent stops running and all of New York light's turn off. So the guy decides to put it back in front of the wheel and the rodent starts running again, turning the lights of the city back on.
The truth is, you can see this simply as a game. I'm sure a lot of guys will try it, even tought they have a girlfriend. Girls might even try it just for fun. Just like a lot of couples watch porn together and enjoy it.
When you think of it, the product isn't ONLY for lonely men in their basements.
Must be you. I had a similar setup at my parents house (100 inches) and played Ninja Gaiden for a whole afternoon on a boring saturday and I was quite fine. But then, I also read for hours in a bus going through rought terrain going up and down, so maybe I'm not the kind of people who's affected by motion sickness anyway...
Photoshop 5 didn't even list Canada as a country when I installed it years ago. US was there, France, Belgium, etc. But the US neighbourg to the north? Noooooooo.
(I can already see people replying to this in a bad way...)
That game look's interresting, but if there's n option to deliver babies, I'm sure not playing it in the subway or any public transport. "Ok, there you go, breathe harder, harder. Push push push - Sir, I'll have to ask you to leave or stop that camcorder or I'll shove it up your a** - No nurse I don't have a time for a sponge bath - Push harder lady. Yes!!! Congratulation it's a boy. Here sir, cut the umbilical cord. *clip* Congratulation, you've got a girl!"
Gamer Tags are not the actual database ID. They're USER NAMES. People are getting confused because for any John Smith nick name you can have JohnSmith, John Smith, John Smith, Jonh Smith, john smith. That's what's confusing people.
From what I've heard of this movie so far, it clearly looks like a piece of propaganda. The problem with propaganda is that it often's make bold statements that can't old just in order to appeal to more people.
The same thing was done in WW2 when people were demonizing Hitler and germans and saying we had to go there and kill germans in order to stop the war. Was it too much? Yes. Was it too strong to say such things to say? Yes.
But in the end, was it worth saying all these things, even if they were a bit over the top? Yes, because we had to do anything to make sure this war ended.
In fact, I should have added, that, unless I'm mistaken, only PROFESIONNAL ATHLETES make a living from their sports. Winning gold at the olympics won't win you 100,000$, tough it might land you a spot on TV for an ad if you're lucky.
'Regardless of how many fans exist, how many people play Counter-Strike, how many tournaments take place, or how many sponsors participate, Counter-Strike will never truly be a sport.
Do you know how many people take swimming lessons, ski lessons or whatever and want to be an athlete? Yeah, a lot. Probably as many as CS players.
Never will the players make an excellent living playing the game.
Neither does athletes. My cousin did windsurfing, and even tough he was #1 in Canada for many years, it still didn't pay the bills
Possibly, in time, the top teams from each country will be able to make a decent living - a living that we are all capable of making by simply attending college.
Yep, just like traditional sports, if they're mainstream enough.
It's true that a lot of the time the number of AAA titles is important, but there's another factor you have to take into account.
While I was in school, I spent a good deal of time playing games, and my grades didn't suffer from it, thank god! But now I'm working fulltime as a computer programmer and have a girlfriend, and I don't turn much to video games now.
Before you say "But you have a girlfriend, why would you play games?" Well, firstly, she likes them and we had a blast playing Mario Kart 64 on her old N64 back at her parent's house last weekend. Anyone who thinks that you shouldn't play video games once you get a girlfriend is deluded because face it buddy, you need to have some me time. For some it's books, some it's movies, some it's games. Anyway, I'm getting from my point. My point was that as you get and less time because of work, girlfriend, cleaning up your place, cooking your stuff, doing laundry, visiting parents once in a while and going out with coworkers (if you're lucky), you spend less time in front of the TV watching movies, dramas or playing games.
Personally, I bought and Xbox (and a GBA recently), and though I'm aware that I don't have a AAA game coming out every other week and am missing a lot of truly incredible games, but reality is, I wouldn't have time to play them anyway. Got Halo, KOTOR, Ninja Gaiden and Soul Caliber 2. All bought under a one year period. And the two Golden Sun games on the GBA. I bought Ninja Gaiden 3 months ago and still haven't finished chapter 12. (Though the difficulty of the game probably has something to do with it:p). And the Second Golden Sun game I played for maybe 6 hours in the last month and a half. And I absolutely love it.
My point is, hardware doesn't matter (tough my choice was a bit influenced since I own home theater with HTDV projector, and Xbox is the only console to truly embrace the greatest audio/video technologies). LOTS of AAA software either doesn't matter because at some point you won't have much time for games. Just make sure that you're interrested on the few AAA titles that console has to offer. That's why when I bought the XBox I thought "If I can get to play through Halo, Starcraft Ghost, Sudeki and KOTOR, then I'll be happy."
Apart from using the Cell processor, we certainly don't have any specs for PS3 either. For all we know, maybe their technology is bombing, Cell doesn't live up to the hype and they'll be hard pressed to design something else in a year and a half.
You can get a discman with 20 hour battery life now, so it's not as if spinning a disc is such a power hungry task these days. Maybe the PSP will cut that by half, which would be alright since the GBA SP has a 10 hour life with light enabled. (Sure, 18 without, but who plays with the light turned off on that thing, except when you're sitting right next by the sun so you have enough light reaching the screen?)
mean, geez,imagine Command and Conquer on that thing The screen may be too small, and I'd prefer Starcraft:p, but I get your point. If people get to hack it, I bet it runs linux with handwriting support. So you get a great little PDA that play all GBA SP games and DS games for 150$. Seems like a steal for hackers!
The only reasons the Xbox out sold the PS2 is 1. $50 cheaper 2. Everyone like owns 2 or 3 PS2 by now.
Plus if someone wants to play all these games, he or she can either pay 150US$ NOW and play these games as they come out or pay 400US$ on a nigh-end video card now and PRAY that these games will run when/if they come out on the PC.
Not everybody enjoys keeping up with the latest video card. That's why I bought an Xbox. PC-like games with no annual updates to the hardware.
... cause I remember when I bought my Xbox almost a year ago that the seller told me when I asked him after my purchase that the ratio of Xbox sold to PS2s back then was about 5:3. That was two months before KOTOR came out. I never asked him again afterwards if it still was the case. I don't live in the US, so maybe these stats are US centric.
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If most of the updates will be available for current versions of Windows, what is the incentive to upgrade?
DRM!!!
Yeah... right...
You could even grow back your.... oh wait... no bone in there...
This looks as good as the first Halo. Sure, there's a rotating gear, but apart from that, the levels are blocky as ever. I've yet to see a game that looks as good or better than Ninja Gaiden on Xbox.
from Budweiser where you had a rodent running in a wheel with a Budweiser in front of it. Some guy passes by and decides to take the beer. At that exact moment, the rodent stops running and all of New York light's turn off. So the guy decides to put it back in front of the wheel and the rodent starts running again, turning the lights of the city back on.
The truth is, you can see this simply as a game. I'm sure a lot of guys will try it, even tought they have a girlfriend. Girls might even try it just for fun. Just like a lot of couples watch porn together and enjoy it.
When you think of it, the product isn't ONLY for lonely men in their basements.
Must be you. I had a similar setup at my parents house (100 inches) and played Ninja Gaiden for a whole afternoon on a boring saturday and I was quite fine. But then, I also read for hours in a bus going through rought terrain going up and down, so maybe I'm not the kind of people who's affected by motion sickness anyway...
Photoshop 5 didn't even list Canada as a country when I installed it years ago. US was there, France, Belgium, etc. But the US neighbourg to the north? Noooooooo.
(I can already see people replying to this in a bad way...)
Need A New Retina? Look No Further
I can't look cause I'm already blind you insensitive clod!
Microsoft... in a fight to preserve standards... against evil patents... they do have prior art... meaning they innovated...
As Keanu would put it : Whoa.
That game look's interresting, but if there's n option to deliver babies, I'm sure not playing it in the subway or any public transport.
"Ok, there you go, breathe harder, harder. Push push push - Sir, I'll have to ask you to leave or stop that camcorder or I'll shove it up your a** - No nurse I don't have a time for a sponge bath - Push harder lady. Yes!!! Congratulation it's a boy. Here sir, cut the umbilical cord. *clip* Congratulation, you've got a girl!"
I expect the typing police to hit any second now...
Minimum requirement : Having the console and the money.
Gamer Tags are not the actual database ID. They're USER NAMES. People are getting confused because for any John Smith nick name you can have JohnSmith, John Smith, John Smith, Jonh Smith, john smith. That's what's confusing people.
From what I've heard of this movie so far, it clearly looks like a piece of propaganda. The problem with propaganda is that it often's make bold statements that can't old just in order to appeal to more people.
The same thing was done in WW2 when people were demonizing Hitler and germans and saying we had to go there and kill germans in order to stop the war. Was it too much? Yes. Was it too strong to say such things to say? Yes.
But in the end, was it worth saying all these things, even if they were a bit over the top? Yes, because we had to do anything to make sure this war ended.
Just like we need Bush out of presidency.
In fact, I should have added, that, unless I'm mistaken, only PROFESIONNAL ATHLETES make a living from their sports. Winning gold at the olympics won't win you 100,000$, tough it might land you a spot on TV for an ad if you're lucky.
'Regardless of how many fans exist, how many people play Counter-Strike, how many tournaments take place, or how many sponsors participate, Counter-Strike will never truly be a sport.
Do you know how many people take swimming lessons, ski lessons or whatever and want to be an athlete? Yeah, a lot. Probably as many as CS players.
Never will the players make an excellent living playing the game.
Neither does athletes. My cousin did windsurfing, and even tough he was #1 in Canada for many years, it still didn't pay the bills
Possibly, in time, the top teams from each country will be able to make a decent living - a living that we are all capable of making by simply attending college.
Yep, just like traditional sports, if they're mainstream enough.
So, how is CS different?
It's true that a lot of the time the number of AAA titles is important, but there's another factor you have to take into account.
:p). And the Second Golden Sun game I played for maybe 6 hours in the last month and a half. And I absolutely love it.
While I was in school, I spent a good deal of time playing games, and my grades didn't suffer from it, thank god! But now I'm working fulltime as a computer programmer and have a girlfriend, and I don't turn much to video games now.
Before you say "But you have a girlfriend, why would you play games?" Well, firstly, she likes them and we had a blast playing Mario Kart 64 on her old N64 back at her parent's house last weekend. Anyone who thinks that you shouldn't play video games once you get a girlfriend is deluded because face it buddy, you need to have some me time. For some it's books, some it's movies, some it's games. Anyway, I'm getting from my point. My point was that as you get and less time because of work, girlfriend, cleaning up your place, cooking your stuff, doing laundry, visiting parents once in a while and going out with coworkers (if you're lucky), you spend less time in front of the TV watching movies, dramas or playing games.
Personally, I bought and Xbox (and a GBA recently), and though I'm aware that I don't have a AAA game coming out every other week and am missing a lot of truly incredible games, but reality is, I wouldn't have time to play them anyway. Got Halo, KOTOR, Ninja Gaiden and Soul Caliber 2. All bought under a one year period. And the two Golden Sun games on the GBA. I bought Ninja Gaiden 3 months ago and still haven't finished chapter 12. (Though the difficulty of the game probably has something to do with it
My point is, hardware doesn't matter (tough my choice was a bit influenced since I own home theater with HTDV projector, and Xbox is the only console to truly embrace the greatest audio/video technologies). LOTS of AAA software either doesn't matter because at some point you won't have much time for games. Just make sure that you're interrested on the few AAA titles that console has to offer. That's why when I bought the XBox I thought "If I can get to play through Halo, Starcraft Ghost, Sudeki and KOTOR, then I'll be happy."
My HDTV is bigger than your computer screen! Right. No luck for you. Just kidding :p
... all my Xbox games are in 5.1 DD. Oh wait. PCs. Right. No luck for you guys. ;)
Apart from using the Cell processor, we certainly don't have any specs for PS3 either. For all we know, maybe their technology is bombing, Cell doesn't live up to the hype and they'll be hard pressed to design something else in a year and a half.
You can get a discman with 20 hour battery life now, so it's not as if spinning a disc is such a power hungry task these days. Maybe the PSP will cut that by half, which would be alright since the GBA SP has a 10 hour life with light enabled. (Sure, 18 without, but who plays with the light turned off on that thing, except when you're sitting right next by the sun so you have enough light reaching the screen?)
Yes, there is. It's called sex. And you don't even need a partner, tough you'll have to work harder to lose these pounds.
mean, geez,imagine Command and Conquer on that thing :p, but I get your point. If people get to hack it, I bet it runs linux with handwriting support. So you get a great little PDA that play all GBA SP games and DS games for 150$. Seems like a steal for hackers!
The screen may be too small, and I'd prefer Starcraft
The only reasons the Xbox out sold the PS2 is
1. $50 cheaper
2. Everyone like owns 2 or 3 PS2 by now.
Plus if someone wants to play all these games, he or she can either pay 150US$ NOW and play these games as they come out or pay 400US$ on a nigh-end video card now and PRAY that these games will run when/if they come out on the PC.
Not everybody enjoys keeping up with the latest video card. That's why I bought an Xbox. PC-like games with no annual updates to the hardware.
... cause I remember when I bought my Xbox almost a year ago that the seller told me when I asked him after my purchase that the ratio of Xbox sold to PS2s back then was about 5:3. That was two months before KOTOR came out. I never asked him again afterwards if it still was the case. I don't live in the US, so maybe these stats are US centric.