Actually, this has been done, and a long time ago, on a Commodore 64. Only it wasn't about being the president of the USA, but prime minister of the UK government.
The game was called "Yes, prime minister". You can view some screenshots here .
I hope the new Terminator-franchise game will be as good as the classic Terminator: Future Shock (which was one of the few games that actually gave me the creeps while playing, btw). Screenshots look promising. It's a good thing the movie is already out, so there's no pressure on the development team. This may help them accomplish most of what's in the press release, at least...
I guess only time will tell, but I actually set my hopes high on this one.
I play the guitar in a band named "Mantra" (heavy stuff), listen to music all day long (lots of stuff, not necessarily heavy), ride my MTB (my latest addiction, and non-geeky one -- wow!;). I used to photograph a few years back and intend to go back to that sometime soon.
Apart from that (and some ocasional book assimilation) it's all computer-related. Even my guitar playing is kind of computer related as I use my PC as a pitch shifter (as I'm too lazy to tune up to different keys) and store all my notes and tablatures in digital format (Guitar Pro rocks. And works with Wine, too!).
So even though I don't get bored when that humming box is humming no more, my life is pretty tied up with it:)
It wasn't *that* scary, I managed to finish it without running away in terror from my PC;)
Although it did send shivers up and down my spine... Lots of'em.
Go and play Syberia from Microids. Or their newer game, Post Mortem. If the adventure genre is dead, they are doing a great job at resurrecting it and I wish them best of luck.
I nearly cried at the ending of Syberia, the story was great and graphics beautiful.
Speaking of graphics, the technology behind Syberia is nothing like Doom III, but it incorporated 3D for character animation (even let you turn antialiasing on). Post Mortem is a bit of a step forward graphics-wise, but just wait for Syberia 2:
Dynamic graphics and lighting details such as glass reflections, ice texture, uniform fabric, and decals.
Real-time snowfall and footsteps marks.
Dynamic lighting and shadows.
Animated fog.
Enhanced in-game animation.
(taken from an interview with Benoit Sokal on Gamespy).
That's pretty impressive for an adventure game, if you ask me... Just take a look at screenshots in the interview.
1. Seems to me that his main goal is to put his music on file sharing networks. Using Ogg Vorbis doesn't prevent him from doing so.
2. Being compatible with hardware players isn't his no 1 priority right now, on this stage of his quest for world domination;).
3. If someone really wants to listen to his music on a portable device, conversion to mp3 is easy as 1-2-3.
4. Portable devices capable of playing Ogg are coming.
Downloading you music now, thanks for making it available.
Just a side note: how about using Ogg Vorbis instead of mp3? It has superior sound quality and it's royalty/patent free. I think every decent software player supports it these days, so compatibility shouldn't be an issue.
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Actually, this has been done, and a long time ago, on a Commodore 64. Only it wasn't about being the president of the USA, but prime minister of the UK government.
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The game was called "Yes, prime minister". You can view some screenshots here .
I hope the new Terminator-franchise game will be as good as the classic Terminator: Future Shock (which was one of the few games that actually gave me the creeps while playing, btw).
// fixxxer
Screenshots look promising. It's a good thing the movie is already out, so there's no pressure on the development team. This may help them accomplish most of what's in the press release, at least...
I guess only time will tell, but I actually set my hopes high on this one.
I play the guitar in a band named "Mantra" (heavy stuff), listen to music all day long (lots of stuff, not necessarily heavy), ride my MTB (my latest addiction, and non-geeky one -- wow! ;).
:)
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I used to photograph a few years back and intend to go back to that sometime soon.
Apart from that (and some ocasional book assimilation) it's all computer-related. Even my guitar playing is kind of computer related as I use my PC as a pitch shifter (as I'm too lazy to tune up to different keys) and store all my notes and tablatures in digital format (Guitar Pro rocks. And works with Wine, too!).
So even though I don't get bored when that humming box is humming no more, my life is pretty tied up with it
It wasn't *that* scary, I managed to finish it without running away in terror from my PC ;)
// fixxxer
Although it did send shivers up and down my spine... Lots of'em.
I nearly cried at the ending of Syberia, the story was great and graphics beautiful.
Speaking of graphics, the technology behind Syberia is nothing like Doom III, but it incorporated 3D for character animation (even let you turn antialiasing on). Post Mortem is a bit of a step forward graphics-wise, but just wait for Syberia 2:
- Dynamic graphics and lighting details such as glass reflections, ice texture, uniform fabric, and decals.
- Real-time snowfall and footsteps marks.
- Dynamic lighting and shadows.
- Animated fog.
- Enhanced in-game animation.
(taken from an interview with Benoit Sokal on Gamespy).That's pretty impressive for an adventure game, if you ask me... Just take a look at screenshots in the interview.
1. Seems to me that his main goal is to put his music on file sharing networks. Using Ogg Vorbis doesn't prevent him from doing so. ;).
// fixxxer
2. Being compatible with hardware players isn't his no 1 priority right now, on this stage of his quest for world domination
3. If someone really wants to listen to his music on a portable device, conversion to mp3 is easy as 1-2-3.
4. Portable devices capable of playing Ogg are coming.
Downloading you music now, thanks for making it available.
// fixxxer
Just a side note: how about using Ogg Vorbis instead of mp3? It has superior sound quality and it's royalty/patent free. I think every decent software player supports it these days, so compatibility shouldn't be an issue.