I find it hilarious that you used the Indy 500 as a basis for your argument. Advertising already occurs heavily in games of that genre, like Codemasters IndyCar Series. It is apparently so seamless that someone who feels so strongly against the concept doesn't even realize it. Did you feel strangely compelled to drink a delicious Red Bull once you finished playing?
I'm not sure what most people think of when they consider in-game advertising, but there are already plenty of places in games where it can go and would probably only add to them. FPS games where you're wandering through a building, or outside in a city, doesn't it seem weird to not see the media blitz you're used to in the real world? I often think city scenes turn out very plain and unrealistic due to this. Often game companies make up advertisements to put in billboards or posters, etc.. this would just be making better use of those spaces. Who cares if you see a bunch of movie posters for actual upcoming or currently showing movies when you're about to kill some zombies in the theatre? Or advertisements for Pepsi/Coke/etc behind the counter of a concession stand? I'll only be annoyed when I see this sort of thing in fantasy settings or if it gets out of hand... it can easily be done "the right way".
You want to be able to give away your substandard open source software for free, but when Microsoft wants to do the same thing you get upset? You're mad if they charge obscene amounts of money, your mad if they give it away, get over it.
There needs to be a piece of oss that makes people who use it stop being such whiney bitches.
It would be quite nice for me to use a program like this to scan a handful of songs that I like and then have the program query an online database and tell me what other songs I might like. This would be especially nice for songs that never played on the radio or I otherwise missed.
Thank you, I couldn't agree more. Except that I'm more concerned about these people now... I'm taking a Unix class and it can't go for more than 15 minutes without the teacher or 5-8 students making a Microsoft jab. It's pretty sickening.
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I find it hilarious that you used the Indy 500 as a basis for your argument. Advertising already occurs heavily in games of that genre, like Codemasters IndyCar Series. It is apparently so seamless that someone who feels so strongly against the concept doesn't even realize it. Did you feel strangely compelled to drink a delicious Red Bull once you finished playing?
I'm not sure what most people think of when they consider in-game advertising, but there are already plenty of places in games where it can go and would probably only add to them. FPS games where you're wandering through a building, or outside in a city, doesn't it seem weird to not see the media blitz you're used to in the real world? I often think city scenes turn out very plain and unrealistic due to this. Often game companies make up advertisements to put in billboards or posters, etc.. this would just be making better use of those spaces. Who cares if you see a bunch of movie posters for actual upcoming or currently showing movies when you're about to kill some zombies in the theatre? Or advertisements for Pepsi/Coke/etc behind the counter of a concession stand? I'll only be annoyed when I see this sort of thing in fantasy settings or if it gets out of hand... it can easily be done "the right way".
And thats a hell of a lot better than anything his program writes.
You want to be able to give away your substandard open source software for free, but when Microsoft wants to do the same thing you get upset? You're mad if they charge obscene amounts of money, your mad if they give it away, get over it. There needs to be a piece of oss that makes people who use it stop being such whiney bitches.
It would be quite nice for me to use a program like this to scan a handful of songs that I like and then have the program query an online database and tell me what other songs I might like. This would be especially nice for songs that never played on the radio or I otherwise missed.
Thank you, I couldn't agree more. Except that I'm more concerned about these people now... I'm taking a Unix class and it can't go for more than 15 minutes without the teacher or 5-8 students making a Microsoft jab. It's pretty sickening.
As if you wouldn't see that same title on Slashdot only with Microsoft's name if the scenario was reversed?