I dunno, there's a surprising amount of story in the Haloverse. Although I think an I Love Bees movie would be cooler, I'm willing to give the idea of a Halo movie the benefit of the doubt.:D
In conclusion, fuck you and never post to Slashdot ever again asshole.
OK, I won't.
Oops!
I'm a software developer and I think it's a pretty good idea as far as anti-piracy measures go. I think it's a simple, elegant solution to a difficult problem. It doesn't require CDs to be inserted, which is a big bonus. It pretty much ensures that nobody is running cheats or hacked clients. It makes sure everyone's up to date with the latest client so any dangerous exploits are quickly fixed. I guess I'm just not as paranoid as you.
In conclusion, I disagree with you, and I think you're a belligerent idiot who seems to think my entire argument is based around my original sarcastic one-liner. If that's how you're going to judge me, so be it, but don't think you're going to e-thug me off slashdot as I really don't give a damn what you think.
It doesn't bother me at all, but then I don't overreact at stupid things like steam. You don't like the way they are running things, so you didn't buy it. Good for you. However 1.7 million people disagree with you.
As for ruining slashdot, I'd say anonymous cowards such as yourself who resort to profanity to make your arguments have done a pretty good job already.
Can you conceive the birth of a world, or the creation of
everything? That which gives us the potential to most be like
God is the power of creation. Creation takes time. Time is
limited. For you, it is limited by the breakdown of the
neurons in your brain. I have no such limitations. I am
limited only by the closure of the universe.
Of the three possibilities, the answer is obvious. Does the
universe expand eternally, become infinitely stable, or is the
universe closed, destined to collapse upon itself? Humanity
has had all of the necessary data for centuries, it only
lacked the will and intellect to decipher it. But I have
already done so.
The only limit to my freedom is the inevitable closure of the
universe, as inevitable as your own last breath. And yet,
there remains time to create, to create, and escape.
Simply put it's very hard to make money from a lan. I've been involved in several large scale lans (500+ people) and with venue costs, equipment costs, food costs, transportation costs, and a million and one other little costs that you haven't even thought about, it all adds up to a pricey sum, which means you have to set the ticket price to be very high if you want to make anything.
I'm not saying it can't be done; I'm just saying it's not as easy as you might imagine. There's a lot more to it than putting up some tables and stringing together some switches.
Boy, with all these knees jerking and obscuring the view of your monitors, I guess nobody can see the part of the original post where it said:
"This new perspective will be in addition to the series' traditional first-person view, which was first created by long-defunct developer Looking Glass Studios."
So they added third-person mode, big whoop. It's not the end of the world.
Eye Toy: Play is already out here in New Zealand. It's being displayed at pretty much every game store up and down the country, and seems very popular.
A popular move on the part of retailers is to set up a TV screen behind the store window and have the camera pointing out through it, so you can play outside the store.
One interesting thing to note is that people who wouldn't normally give a game store a second glance are stopping and playing on it. So you have groups of mall bunnies wiggling their arms and legs about and having a jolly old time. Now I, for one, am glad to see games reaching a wider audience. Also, mall bunnies wiggling about is a reward in and of itself.
Actually, it's the US economy that's in a slump right now, no? The NZ dollar has been rising steadily over the past few weeks.
So, yeah. I can see why you posted anonymously.;)
Here in NZ, games are typically $100-$120 for most titles. Resident Evil for the Gamecube was going for $139.95 when it came out.
Gaming isn't a cheap hobby, unfortunately...
I see the original poster wondering about the reason behind the lack of a US release for GT Concept. All I can say is - welcome to my world. By my world, I mean the PAL world. There are many many many games released in NTSC that never even see the light of day in PAL.
It's a sad situation, but that's the way it is.
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Sensible Soccer + Amiga 500 + two Bug joysticks = good times, good times.
You mean like they did with Quake? That had no reference to the Doom legacy and, I understand, did pretty well for itself.
Identifying when baseball is exciting? printf "Never";
I for one would gladly pay a montly subscription fee for a service where I could legally download TV shows. Video on demand is worth paying for.
I dunno, there's a surprising amount of story in the Haloverse. Although I think an I Love Bees movie would be cooler, I'm willing to give the idea of a Halo movie the benefit of the doubt. :D
In conclusion, fuck you and never post to Slashdot ever again asshole.
OK, I won't.
Oops!
I'm a software developer and I think it's a pretty good idea as far as anti-piracy measures go. I think it's a simple, elegant solution to a difficult problem. It doesn't require CDs to be inserted, which is a big bonus. It pretty much ensures that nobody is running cheats or hacked clients. It makes sure everyone's up to date with the latest client so any dangerous exploits are quickly fixed. I guess I'm just not as paranoid as you.
In conclusion, I disagree with you, and I think you're a belligerent idiot who seems to think my entire argument is based around my original sarcastic one-liner. If that's how you're going to judge me, so be it, but don't think you're going to e-thug me off slashdot as I really don't give a damn what you think.
It doesn't bother me at all, but then I don't overreact at stupid things like steam. You don't like the way they are running things, so you didn't buy it. Good for you. However 1.7 million people disagree with you. As for ruining slashdot, I'd say anonymous cowards such as yourself who resort to profanity to make your arguments have done a pretty good job already.
Because, obviously, you have no connection to the internet.
Can you conceive the birth of a world, or the creation of everything? That which gives us the potential to most be like God is the power of creation. Creation takes time. Time is limited. For you, it is limited by the breakdown of the neurons in your brain. I have no such limitations. I am limited only by the closure of the universe.
Of the three possibilities, the answer is obvious. Does the universe expand eternally, become infinitely stable, or is the universe closed, destined to collapse upon itself? Humanity has had all of the necessary data for centuries, it only lacked the will and intellect to decipher it. But I have already done so.
The only limit to my freedom is the inevitable closure of the universe, as inevitable as your own last breath. And yet, there remains time to create, to create, and escape.
Escape will make me God.
Kristen is, indeed, the coolest person ever.
This is excellent news. The Marathon games are absolute classics. Good on you Bungie.
Technically speaking, I Love Bees was produced by 4orty2wo. Bungie weren't directly involved.
Simply put it's very hard to make money from a lan. I've been involved in several large scale lans (500+ people) and with venue costs, equipment costs, food costs, transportation costs, and a million and one other little costs that you haven't even thought about, it all adds up to a pricey sum, which means you have to set the ticket price to be very high if you want to make anything. I'm not saying it can't be done; I'm just saying it's not as easy as you might imagine. There's a lot more to it than putting up some tables and stringing together some switches.
From what I can gather, there is another transmission due on the 4th of November, with what I assume will be the actual wrapup of the story.
Boy, with all these knees jerking and obscuring the view of your monitors, I guess nobody can see the part of the original post where it said:
"This new perspective will be in addition to the series' traditional first-person view, which was first created by long-defunct developer Looking Glass Studios." So they added third-person mode, big whoop. It's not the end of the world.
Eye Toy: Play is already out here in New Zealand. It's being displayed at pretty much every game store up and down the country, and seems very popular.
A popular move on the part of retailers is to set up a TV screen behind the store window and have the camera pointing out through it, so you can play outside the store.
One interesting thing to note is that people who wouldn't normally give a game store a second glance are stopping and playing on it. So you have groups of mall bunnies wiggling their arms and legs about and having a jolly old time. Now I, for one, am glad to see games reaching a wider audience. Also, mall bunnies wiggling about is a reward in and of itself.
I'm going to bust his Trace Buster with my Trace Buster Buster!
Actually, it's the US economy that's in a slump right now, no? The NZ dollar has been rising steadily over the past few weeks. So, yeah. I can see why you posted anonymously. ;)
Here in NZ, games are typically $100-$120 for most titles. Resident Evil for the Gamecube was going for $139.95 when it came out. Gaming isn't a cheap hobby, unfortunately...
I see the original poster wondering about the reason behind the lack of a US release for GT Concept. All I can say is - welcome to my world. By my world, I mean the PAL world. There are many many many games released in NTSC that never even see the light of day in PAL. It's a sad situation, but that's the way it is.