I'm making you a medal. I'm making you a fucking medal. You shall have camels, horses, an armed escort, provisions, desert vehicles-and tanks!
Seriously, I have to chime in even though you've pretty much already said it. Nintendo doesn't sell as many units as Sony and Microsoft, but their consoles still show up in millions of homes, even if those homes already have a current generation console. That speaks volumes, IMO. Their games always focus on the total experience, not just the freakin graphics and framerate. Chess is still engaging because it's a great game. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm still playing Super Smash Bros. Melee fifty years from now.
Uh oh, Zonk's behind. I mean, we've got a Nintendo post, a pointless hobby post and an XBox360 post. Still missing the one about Halo, the one that talks about some console dying, and another lame hobbyist article.
It's #2, if you must know. Some of the best games were written in the era of direct memory access. Games of that time just don't play on modern Windows platforms, and I've lost most all interest in trying to coax them to. Lucasarts adventure games in particular (and please, don't talk to me about ScummVM. It's fantastic, but it's not perfect. I'm looking for perfect.)
I play plenty of games in XP. My beef isn't with the viability of XP to play games, it's with the insinuation that Windows backwards compatibility is some golden example of great corporate strategy. It's not.
There have been some amazing morons talking in loud voices over the last week. Thankfully, they're loud enough to identify themselves to the people that remember that Apple's a company, not a way of life or a philosophy of being.
Com. Pa. Ny.
That said, keep it up. It's amusing to see people waste all this brain energy while trying to sound intelligent. I think my favorite so far has been this one, where someone literally calls into question the point of continuing development on a platform because of a processor change.
Can we have a section on Slashdot called "OMG APPLE" that holds all the stories that hold no real merit and have been submitted without so much as googling for an answer first? I'd love to just see the headlines for those. In the meantime, I'm glad to see all these idiots standing up. Makes it easier to see them coming in the future, and much easier to totally ignore.
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Compare the two. This adaptation is much better than the one you link to.
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The problem with Z is that it's not supported by , and I personally don't see it happening.
Y is problematic because of <some pedantic bullshit> and has already been proven as an unworkable by <old venerable ally of geek popular interests>.
This is a bad move, in my opinion. All this does is force people to provide "good enough" service in the next 120 days. If the issue is that VoIP calls to 911 are problematic, then attach a stigma to using it in the home. No amount of money saved is going to make me trust a system created in 4 months as opposed to one that's been refined for decades.
If it's not ready for the home, then it's not ready. VoIP should start with businesses. If you really want it in your house, I believe it should come with the understanding that 911 is either going to be suboptimal or just plain unreliable.
Stop all the dreaming! Only things that are immediately useful will be considered! Forget all your delusions of poetically geeky mods!
Just the other day I was marvelling at the concept of being able to run my Mini on battery for a short while on battery so that I could launch it in target disk mode, get some files to my friend's machine, then shut it down.
I came up with one use. I'm sure everyone has a thousand more. To answer your question of great or not really, I say great.
Yep, grandparent is about right. I would go through a 12 pack of Mt. Dew in about 2-3 days. That's about 864 calories a day on sugar. Thinking about it now is really disgusting, but, hey, that's college for ya;)
Hey, laugh it up, but the sugar in that soda isn't free. When I decided to drop sugared soda from my routine I lost 30 lbs without doing ANYTHING ELSE. It's called Diet Coke for a reason;)
Ya know, some of us dual boot;) We can use that VTEC when we want and then switch back to 8 cylinders with a keystroke. Ditching OS X is a travesty, but nothing should prevent me from using Linux on the desktop when I really want to.
Three things; production quality, production quality and production quality.
The plot was good, but its conveyance was less than stellar. The characters were good concepts, but they were portrayed by bad performances. The effects were great, but put a person in the shot and it looks faker than sock puppets in that movie my brother and I made in a barn when we were ten.
This is a man who commands immense creative resources and he managed to screw up some of the most basic elements of filmmaking. Lucas is a fine producer but a bad director.
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I'm making you a medal. I'm making you a fucking medal. You shall have camels, horses, an armed escort, provisions, desert vehicles-and tanks!
Seriously, I have to chime in even though you've pretty much already said it. Nintendo doesn't sell as many units as Sony and Microsoft, but their consoles still show up in millions of homes, even if those homes already have a current generation console. That speaks volumes, IMO. Their games always focus on the total experience, not just the freakin graphics and framerate. Chess is still engaging because it's a great game. I wouldn't be surprised if I'm still playing Super Smash Bros. Melee fifty years from now.
Doesn't work for me on Safari 2.0.2 (416.13) on 10.4.3.
Dude! What planet are you on right now?! Is gas cheap there? WTF is Skypt?
Wow, you're DEFINITELY reading the wrong site.
"Sony to sell good games in the hopes that consumers will like them and, by extension, buy them."
Yeah. This deserved a whole article.
Uh oh, Zonk's behind. I mean, we've got a Nintendo post, a pointless hobby post and an XBox360 post. Still missing the one about Halo, the one that talks about some console dying, and another lame hobbyist article.
Hurry Zonk! Only 9 hours left!
I never knew this program existed! Awesome!
Judge me by my Name/UID, Mac gaming has been strong for a long time :)
It's #2, if you must know. Some of the best games were written in the era of direct memory access. Games of that time just don't play on modern Windows platforms, and I've lost most all interest in trying to coax them to. Lucasarts adventure games in particular (and please, don't talk to me about ScummVM. It's fantastic, but it's not perfect. I'm looking for perfect.)
I play plenty of games in XP. My beef isn't with the viability of XP to play games, it's with the insinuation that Windows backwards compatibility is some golden example of great corporate strategy. It's not.
If Windows compatibility is so grand, explain to me why I still boot into 98 to play games?
Compatibility isn't worth it unless it's universal. Universal is expensive. Microsoft gets no respect from me for feigning backwards compatibility.
You don't get ahead in this industry by dropping compatibility after just a couple of years.
Take a look at Apple's stock price and market share over the years and say that again.
There have been some amazing morons talking in loud voices over the last week. Thankfully, they're loud enough to identify themselves to the people that remember that Apple's a company, not a way of life or a philosophy of being.
Com. Pa. Ny.
That said, keep it up. It's amusing to see people waste all this brain energy while trying to sound intelligent. I think my favorite so far has been this one, where someone literally calls into question the point of continuing development on a platform because of a processor change.
Can we have a section on Slashdot called "OMG APPLE" that holds all the stories that hold no real merit and have been submitted without so much as googling for an answer first? I'd love to just see the headlines for those. In the meantime, I'm glad to see all these idiots standing up. Makes it easier to see them coming in the future, and much easier to totally ignore.
Compare the two. This adaptation is much better than the one you link to.
The problem with Z is that it's not supported by , and I personally don't see it happening.
Y is problematic because of <some pedantic bullshit> and has already been proven as an unworkable by <old venerable ally of geek popular interests>.
X is here to stay, at least until X.1 hits.
An article that's been taken out of context seems to suggest that X will be dead within . Will Y completely supplant X?
You had me until, "You heard it here first." Please.
This is a bad move, in my opinion. All this does is force people to provide "good enough" service in the next 120 days. If the issue is that VoIP calls to 911 are problematic, then attach a stigma to using it in the home. No amount of money saved is going to make me trust a system created in 4 months as opposed to one that's been refined for decades.
If it's not ready for the home, then it's not ready. VoIP should start with businesses. If you really want it in your house, I believe it should come with the understanding that 911 is either going to be suboptimal or just plain unreliable.
Apparently the mods are not amused by our antics. ;)
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Stop all the dreaming! Only things that are immediately useful will be considered! Forget all your delusions of poetically geeky mods!
Just the other day I was marvelling at the concept of being able to run my Mini on battery for a short while on battery so that I could launch it in target disk mode, get some files to my friend's machine, then shut it down.
I came up with one use. I'm sure everyone has a thousand more. To answer your question of great or not really, I say great.
Yep, grandparent is about right. I would go through a 12 pack of Mt. Dew in about 2-3 days. That's about 864 calories a day on sugar. Thinking about it now is really disgusting, but, hey, that's college for ya ;)
Well, I've seen the light. From now on it's only uncooked vegetables and water for me!
Show me an actual medical case where a person has been killed by Diet Coke, then we'll talk.
Hey, laugh it up, but the sugar in that soda isn't free. When I decided to drop sugared soda from my routine I lost 30 lbs without doing ANYTHING ELSE. It's called Diet Coke for a reason ;)
Ya know, some of us dual boot ;) We can use that VTEC when we want and then switch back to 8 cylinders with a keystroke. Ditching OS X is a travesty, but nothing should prevent me from using Linux on the desktop when I really want to.
What was wrong with the first two prequels?
Three things; production quality, production quality and production quality.
The plot was good, but its conveyance was less than stellar. The characters were good concepts, but they were portrayed by bad performances. The effects were great, but put a person in the shot and it looks faker than sock puppets in that movie my brother and I made in a barn when we were ten.
This is a man who commands immense creative resources and he managed to screw up some of the most basic elements of filmmaking. Lucas is a fine producer but a bad director.
It's been done.