In fact, didn't some politician want to pass a law that said games which contained violence toward politicians or policemen would have to be identified as such?
From the press release. As Chris, and others attempted to calm the situation a member/associate of Team BZ ran to his car opened the trunk of the car grabbed a gun and placed it to the head of Chris Hill while other Team Members and associates encouraged the person with the gun to fire!
I haven't seen it, but being made by Disney Or WB means it probably sucked.:)
I really would like to see Jackson make The Hobbit. I just don't one to see bad games one after the other come out and drive the video game franchise into the ground.
I don't agree. While I don't like the idea that Peter Jackson may not make The Hobbit, I still want the Tolkien family to allow talented people who actually give a shit about the story to make games, and not anyone who has deep pockets.
You know how a lot of people feel disgusted at the Pokemon franchise. I wouldn't want LOTR to suffer the same fate.
Am I the only way to think that EA is looking like it's going to milk the LOTR cow too much, driving the video game franchise into the ground? There's bound to be a sucky LOTR game soon. (if there wasn't one already, I haven't played any so far) They can't be all good. Already FOTR was a crappy game (not developed by EA though). TTT and ROTK are supposed to be good. I played the War of the Ring demo and wasn't impressed a lot, it look exactly like Warcraft in MiddleEarth (did they license the engine or what???).
When MMORPG based on the LORD of the rings story will come out, that's when we'll know that the Tolkien family will have totally sold out.
This WAS true up to two years ago. That's why you never saw the cross shaped dpad on any other console. But now consoles have it because the patent is over.
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I understand. Personnally, I buy all my movies (over 40 DVDs and still buying) and make a point never downloading a movie, well, except when it's not available in my country (Ringu 0 and Ringu 2 for example). as for TV shows, Kazaa and Bittorent have enabled me to catch up with TV shows I didn't watch during their first season like Alias, The Sopranos and 24, which I now watch each week on TV, as opposed to downloading them each week, and thanks to them the broadcasters can now make money off me with their ads.
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So boys and girls, for your video needs, be they anime, TV shows or movies, turn over to suprnova.org . It's not as exaustive as Kazaa, but there are thousand of excellent torrents over there.
The bank card scam that is really popular these days in Quebec is replacing the machines where you swipe your bank card or credit card at the counter. The machine records the number on your card and the PIN you enter, then plays the modem sound to make you believe that it called to your bank and accepts the transaction, even though you might have entered the wrong PIN number.
A lot of gas stations have been found guilty of using such devices, though it was often done in less fortuned areas and organized crime was always involved. I think I read somewhere that the "roumanian mafia" (WTF? italian, ok, russian, meh, but roumanian?) was behind the scam. It's been around for a year now in different part of the province.
On PC or Xbox a lazy publisher can release an unfinished game You must be smoking some really good crack dude because there is NO SUCH thing for the Xbox. Downloadable content only adds to the experience, it doesn't fix it if it's broken. Otherwise we'd have seen a patch for KOTOR months ago, since it is LIVE enabled.
I think that the violence depicted in games like Mortal Kombat, Soldier of Fortune or Doom3 doesn't need a context to be judged offensive. As far as I'm concerned, if a game where you hit people or monsters contains blood, you can say that the game is violent WITHOUT context and should be rated appropriately.
Don't forget that they don't rate a movie based on an average amount of violence in it, but based on the worst scene or highest scoring scene in different categories like violence, sex and explicit lyrics.
Having a cartoon with cute bears running in the forest chasing butterflies without hurting them for 2 hours would still get an R rating if one 20 second scene contained a hunter using a Uzi to beat the crap out of a bear, blood included.
I mean, the article states that they're licensing FAT16, not FAT32. Wasn't FAT16 limited to 2 gigs partitions? FAT may be fine for current consumer flash cards under 2Gigs, but since 1 gigs cards are already out, it's a matter of time before 2 gigs come out, and then 4. Licensing FAT16 seems like a dumb idea to me. FAT32 is better in the long run.
Unless, , they want companies to license FAT16, then go "Oh f***" and license FAT32 when 4 gig flash cards come out.
Xbox owner : Do you mean that when I will own an Xbox, I will be able to dodge bullets? Bill Gates : No, I mean that when you will own one, you won't have to.
Exactly. I don't even live in the US, and reading about the ads affected me. I instantly went to the game website to see if it really was the bloodiest game ever. Nope it isn't. At least, not on the videos it showed. I then hoped over to Gamespot. The review is pretty good in fact. I had never heard of the game before, but it seems pretty cool. Maybe I'll rent it someday.
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The movie will suck more than episode 1 and 2 combined.
;)
Oh wait, everyone already knew that!
In fact, didn't some politician want to pass a law that said games which contained violence toward politicians or policemen would have to be identified as such?
From the press release.
As Chris, and others attempted to calm the situation a member/associate of Team BZ ran to his car opened the trunk of the car grabbed a gun and placed it to the head of Chris Hill while other Team Members and associates encouraged the person with the gun to fire!
So what happened exactly?
I haven't seen it, but being made by Disney Or WB means it probably sucked. :)
I really would like to see Jackson make The Hobbit. I just don't one to see bad games one after the other come out and drive the video game franchise into the ground.
I don't agree. While I don't like the idea that Peter Jackson may not make The Hobbit, I still want the Tolkien family to allow talented people who actually give a shit about the story to make games, and not anyone who has deep pockets.
You know how a lot of people feel disgusted at the Pokemon franchise. I wouldn't want LOTR to suffer the same fate.
Say this with your best Cartman impersonnation :
"Goddamit!"
Am I the only way to think that EA is looking like it's going to milk the LOTR cow too much, driving the video game franchise into the ground? There's bound to be a sucky LOTR game soon. (if there wasn't one already, I haven't played any so far) They can't be all good. Already FOTR was a crappy game (not developed by EA though). TTT and ROTK are supposed to be good. I played the War of the Ring demo and wasn't impressed a lot, it look exactly like Warcraft in MiddleEarth (did they license the engine or what???).
When MMORPG based on the LORD of the rings story will come out, that's when we'll know that the Tolkien family will have totally sold out.
Beats probbing everyday of the week.
This WAS true up to two years ago. That's why you never saw the cross shaped dpad on any other console. But now consoles have it because the patent is over.
I understand. Personnally, I buy all my movies (over 40 DVDs and still buying) and make a point never downloading a movie, well, except when it's not available in my country (Ringu 0 and Ringu 2 for example). as for TV shows, Kazaa and Bittorent have enabled me to catch up with TV shows I didn't watch during their first season like Alias, The Sopranos and 24, which I now watch each week on TV, as opposed to downloading them each week, and thanks to them the broadcasters can now make money off me with their ads.
So boys and girls, for your video needs, be they anime, TV shows or movies, turn over to
suprnova.org . It's not as exaustive as Kazaa, but there are thousand of excellent torrents over there.
I know I know, I was only joking around because China has so many people in it. But Honk Kong is no more populated than New York it seems.
The world will never need more than 5 robots.
500,000 people would be impressive in other cities around the world, but that's like what, 0.00000001% of the population of Hong Kong?
The bank card scam that is really popular these days in Quebec is replacing the machines where you swipe your bank card or credit card at the counter. The machine records the number on your card and the PIN you enter, then plays the modem sound to make you believe that it called to your bank and accepts the transaction, even though you might have entered the wrong PIN number.
A lot of gas stations have been found guilty of using such devices, though it was often done in less fortuned areas and organized crime was always involved. I think I read somewhere that the "roumanian mafia" (WTF? italian, ok, russian, meh, but roumanian?) was behind the scam. It's been around for a year now in different part of the province.
I never heard about ATM scams so far though.
On PC or Xbox a lazy publisher can release an unfinished game
You must be smoking some really good crack dude because there is NO SUCH thing for the Xbox. Downloadable content only adds to the experience, it doesn't fix it if it's broken. Otherwise we'd have seen a patch for KOTOR months ago, since it is LIVE enabled.
I think that the violence depicted in games like Mortal Kombat, Soldier of Fortune or Doom3 doesn't need a context to be judged offensive. As far as I'm concerned, if a game where you hit people or monsters contains blood, you can say that the game is violent WITHOUT context and should be rated appropriately.
Don't forget that they don't rate a movie based on an average amount of violence in it, but based on the worst scene or highest scoring scene in different categories like violence, sex and explicit lyrics.
Having a cartoon with cute bears running in the forest chasing butterflies without hurting them for 2 hours would still get an R rating if one 20 second scene contained a hunter using a Uzi to beat the crap out of a bear, blood included.
I mean, the article states that they're licensing FAT16, not FAT32. Wasn't FAT16 limited to 2 gigs partitions? FAT may be fine for current consumer flash cards under 2Gigs, but since 1 gigs cards are already out, it's a matter of time before 2 gigs come out, and then 4. Licensing FAT16 seems like a dumb idea to me. FAT32 is better in the long run.
Unless, , they want companies to license FAT16, then go "Oh f***" and license FAT32 when 4 gig flash cards come out.
Xbox owner : Do you mean that when I will own an Xbox, I will be able to dodge bullets?
Bill Gates : No, I mean that when you will own one, you won't have to.
I don't know what you're talking about. Don't mean to brag, but I clicked on the link from files.bungie.org and I got it under 5 minutes...
I Guess size doesnt matter. ;)
Whatever helps you sleep at night.
Unless you're already in front of him. ;)
Oops, I misread UK as US. And I'm not from the UK, but the great white North, Canada. (it snowed today...)
Exactly. I don't even live in the US, and reading about the ads affected me. I instantly went to the game website to see if it really was the bloodiest game ever. Nope it isn't. At least, not on the videos it showed. I then hoped over to Gamespot. The review is pretty good in fact. I had never heard of the game before, but it seems pretty cool. Maybe I'll rent it someday.
.... turns out, if someone had RTFM, nobody would be talking about this.