its really, really simple. I don't know why nobody's thought of this before, its so brilliant. if developers want people to be forced to buy the game from them, they should simply make games that people want to keep! Make better games, and you'll sell more original copies! WOW!
maybe so, but how many of those games from the past 8 years ('ll raise it up and say "games from this decade" not just the last 5) have you had the desire to go back and replay over and over? because i still whip out my NES, SNES, and Genesis, and they're still fun. but i haven't gone back and played through many of the games from this decade once I'd beaten them. I think that replay "over the years" is a better measure of gaming goodness than "hey, there's been tons of games that you liked and had fun playing." there's something missing from modern releases.
I don't agree with announcing piratical intent, and I also don't think sending an email to the publisher will do enough........ I do think, though, maybe if we bitched at Will Wright himself, maybe something would change... anyone have his address?
wow, those games look really crappy. I don't think i'd pay for any of those...
does that answer his question adequately enough? (granted, I don't think i'd take the time to bother pirating them, either, but....you get the idea.)
so, they're asking for games to be labeled based on their content, and provide a system for locking out games of a certain rating? last I checked, don't all the current consoles do that already? I bought WoW last night (yes, I know, late on the boat and all that) and the box says "Rated T" and the back of the box says "Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, and Violence..." and i'm pretty sure that the consoles (which, i haven't really checked because I'm an adult without children) have parental locks on them.
so, they're asking for something that already exists? way to waste time and money, New York! it already exists voluntarily, and now you're just going to be fined for infringing on free speech. your tax dollars at work, folks.
you forgot a few verses of your little song and dance. the whole song goes:
9-11, Iraq, 9-11, Iraq, 9-11, terrorism, 911, britney spears, terrorism, lindsey lohan, iraq, paris hilton, martha stewart, enron, 911, britney spears, net neutrality, economy economy economy!, hillary in bosnia, obama's a muslim (or is he?), 3.60 for a gallon of gas, 911, terrorism, rationed rice, someone think of the children, 911, damnit!, ad infinitum...
and we fall for it every time... especially when they start throwing in the political distractors.
yes, sometimes they try and distract us with actual issues, since there's so many of them!
the best type of educational games are the ones that seem unintentionally educational. I've learned more about history from the Civilization games (from perusing the Civilopedia feature, learning about my new units and structures) then I ever did in school (but then, my school sucked.) I've learned quite a deal about foreign policy and nation building from the gameplay itself, too (later in the game, when you basically need oil to survive, has changed a lot of my opinion on the way we muck around with other countries that got it.) the Civ games aren't marketed as educational, but that doesn't mean that you can't learn something from them.
China, where graphic... is keen to step up its control of the cultural arena ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August, which are widely seen as a coming-out party for the rising political and economic power.
what's scary to me is, the last time that I can think of when the olympics were used as a "coming out party for a rising political power," was this.
ah, but if that were the case, then you'd say that the westboro people were 'mostly harmless' too, except, when you talk, and due to accomplishments (in chess, or whatever else) people listen, then frankly, a bit of hate speech can be more damaging and dangerous than a bit of going out and hitting people. speech can incite more people to violence or hatred, if the one speaking has a voice that is considered worth listening to. Fischer was a master chess player.
honor in sports is dead, all thats left is the ability to sell yourself. without your picture on a wheaties box, without a nike shoe named after you, or a flavor of bubblicious that bears your name, you are nothing.
well, I see you're anonymous, so you're probably just trolling, but truthfully, have you been into a compusa recently? the employees at my local store are usually incompetent or just flat-out lazy, and frankly, probably should have lot their jobs a long time ago. if compusa had hired competent help, and not done the whole bait-and-switch with their sale merch, then I might have shopped there, and they might not be circling the drain.
the thing about CompUSA, was that everything was way overpriced, except when it was on some kind of special advertised deal... and when THAT was the case, they never had any in stock. HORRIBLE store, and I won't miss it one bit... though, I may have to give it a visit when they shut down, see if I can "pick the carcass."
I had my first red-light scare tonight. turns out its probably just the overheat error, as its working again, but still....... makes me really nervous to invest further money into the hardware until after, perhaps, i get the full red-ring and get a replacement unit.
I'm reminded of the scene in the (otherwise horrible) movie Zoolander, where the two male models are told to retrieve "the files from inside the computer," so they smash it, thinking that will get the files out.
have you even played gears of war? the game is gorgeous, and while i pretty much only played it in single and co-op, i've not had any of these issues you're complaining about. does your display suck? is your xbox configured properly? on my setup, the game actually looks *better* than the promo shots and commercials (perhaps because the still promo screenshots don't convey how smooth it looks when in motion, and the commercial, being on a channel which doesn't come in on HD, weren't capable of outputting the same resolution as the game.)
its fairly common knowledge. do a bit of research on the ESRB ratings system, you'll find it. this is how things like Oblivion got re-rated after release: the video may not have shown the rotting zombies with the bones and meat sticking out of them, but rather, just the basic up-fronts of the combat system.
the article discusses what the raters "were thinking as they played the game." and i know exactly what they were thinking: nothing! the ESRB raters don't actually sit down and play, instead, they watch a several-minutes long reel featuring the most violent stuff from the game. does anyone else see a problem with this method?
in a way, i *did* go through fallout in first person: its a highly representative, turn-based rpg. i played it as if i were playing pen and paper: using the graphics to give me a general idea of what was going on, while using my imagination to picture everything in my head. thats the true triumph of games with horrible, out-dated graphics, and something that we're seriously losing with the full 3d perspectives available in everything now.
i'll still play F3, and probably love it regardless, but it won't be the same.
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and of course, it doesn't count for beans NOW, even though it shows that i've already registered tons of stuff. yay, punished for my loyalty!
its really, really simple. I don't know why nobody's thought of this before, its so brilliant. if developers want people to be forced to buy the game from them, they should simply make games that people want to keep! Make better games, and you'll sell more original copies! WOW!
maybe so, but how many of those games from the past 8 years ('ll raise it up and say "games from this decade" not just the last 5) have you had the desire to go back and replay over and over? because i still whip out my NES, SNES, and Genesis, and they're still fun. but i haven't gone back and played through many of the games from this decade once I'd beaten them. I think that replay "over the years" is a better measure of gaming goodness than "hey, there's been tons of games that you liked and had fun playing." there's something missing from modern releases.
I don't agree with announcing piratical intent, and I also don't think sending an email to the publisher will do enough........ I do think, though, maybe if we bitched at Will Wright himself, maybe something would change... anyone have his address?
wow, those games look really crappy. I don't think i'd pay for any of those... does that answer his question adequately enough? (granted, I don't think i'd take the time to bother pirating them, either, but....you get the idea.)
so, they're asking for games to be labeled based on their content, and provide a system for locking out games of a certain rating? last I checked, don't all the current consoles do that already? I bought WoW last night (yes, I know, late on the boat and all that) and the box says "Rated T" and the back of the box says "Blood, Suggestive Themes, Use of Alcohol, and Violence..." and i'm pretty sure that the consoles (which, i haven't really checked because I'm an adult without children) have parental locks on them. so, they're asking for something that already exists? way to waste time and money, New York! it already exists voluntarily, and now you're just going to be fined for infringing on free speech. your tax dollars at work, folks.
you forgot a few verses of your little song and dance. the whole song goes: 9-11, Iraq, 9-11, Iraq, 9-11, terrorism, 911, britney spears, terrorism, lindsey lohan, iraq, paris hilton, martha stewart, enron, 911, britney spears, net neutrality, economy economy economy!, hillary in bosnia, obama's a muslim (or is he?), 3.60 for a gallon of gas, 911, terrorism, rationed rice, someone think of the children, 911, damnit!, ad infinitum... and we fall for it every time... especially when they start throwing in the political distractors. yes, sometimes they try and distract us with actual issues, since there's so many of them!
the best type of educational games are the ones that seem unintentionally educational. I've learned more about history from the Civilization games (from perusing the Civilopedia feature, learning about my new units and structures) then I ever did in school (but then, my school sucked.) I've learned quite a deal about foreign policy and nation building from the gameplay itself, too (later in the game, when you basically need oil to survive, has changed a lot of my opinion on the way we muck around with other countries that got it.) the Civ games aren't marketed as educational, but that doesn't mean that you can't learn something from them.
from the article:
... is keen to step up its control of the cultural arena ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August, which are widely seen as a coming-out party for the rising political and economic power.
China, where graphic
what's scary to me is, the last time that I can think of when the olympics were used as a "coming out party for a rising political power," was this.
don't a bunch of zombie movies start this way? is it wrong that I eagerly anticipate the impending zombie holocaust?
ah, but if that were the case, then you'd say that the westboro people were 'mostly harmless' too, except, when you talk, and due to accomplishments (in chess, or whatever else) people listen, then frankly, a bit of hate speech can be more damaging and dangerous than a bit of going out and hitting people. speech can incite more people to violence or hatred, if the one speaking has a voice that is considered worth listening to. Fischer was a master chess player.
honor in sports is dead, all thats left is the ability to sell yourself. without your picture on a wheaties box, without a nike shoe named after you, or a flavor of bubblicious that bears your name, you are nothing.
well, I see you're anonymous, so you're probably just trolling, but truthfully, have you been into a compusa recently? the employees at my local store are usually incompetent or just flat-out lazy, and frankly, probably should have lot their jobs a long time ago. if compusa had hired competent help, and not done the whole bait-and-switch with their sale merch, then I might have shopped there, and they might not be circling the drain.
the thing about CompUSA, was that everything was way overpriced, except when it was on some kind of special advertised deal... and when THAT was the case, they never had any in stock. HORRIBLE store, and I won't miss it one bit... though, I may have to give it a visit when they shut down, see if I can "pick the carcass."
I had my first red-light scare tonight. turns out its probably just the overheat error, as its working again, but still....... makes me really nervous to invest further money into the hardware until after, perhaps, i get the full red-ring and get a replacement unit.
but it won't make me buy a console for just that.
I'm not really a "fancy underwear" kind of girl, but I would totally buy that.
I think you mean "Official Halo 3 Covenant Grunt Food Nipple(TM):" For when you've worked up a big grunty thirst.
I'm reminded of the scene in the (otherwise horrible) movie Zoolander, where the two male models are told to retrieve "the files from inside the computer," so they smash it, thinking that will get the files out.
have you even played gears of war? the game is gorgeous, and while i pretty much only played it in single and co-op, i've not had any of these issues you're complaining about. does your display suck? is your xbox configured properly? on my setup, the game actually looks *better* than the promo shots and commercials (perhaps because the still promo screenshots don't convey how smooth it looks when in motion, and the commercial, being on a channel which doesn't come in on HD, weren't capable of outputting the same resolution as the game.)
the robot thingies that come out of the airship look like fruit-fuckers.
he songs he writes are autobiographical, about people important to him, about things important to his lyricist, etc.
where does Crocodile Rock fit into this, exactly?
its fairly common knowledge. do a bit of research on the ESRB ratings system, you'll find it. this is how things like Oblivion got re-rated after release: the video may not have shown the rotting zombies with the bones and meat sticking out of them, but rather, just the basic up-fronts of the combat system.
the article discusses what the raters "were thinking as they played the game." and i know exactly what they were thinking: nothing! the ESRB raters don't actually sit down and play, instead, they watch a several-minutes long reel featuring the most violent stuff from the game. does anyone else see a problem with this method?
in a way, i *did* go through fallout in first person: its a highly representative, turn-based rpg. i played it as if i were playing pen and paper: using the graphics to give me a general idea of what was going on, while using my imagination to picture everything in my head. thats the true triumph of games with horrible, out-dated graphics, and something that we're seriously losing with the full 3d perspectives available in everything now. i'll still play F3, and probably love it regardless, but it won't be the same.