Once the PS3 gets a few more titles, I think it'll be worth it. I'm looking at getting one soon for a DVD Player that upscales to 1080p as well as a Blu-Ray player.
I played the Wii last night for about 4 hours (Wii Sports and Super Monkey Ball mainly) and it was really a lot of fun for a "party" console. I'm looking forward to trying some single player titles for it..... as I'm uncertain how long the novelty of the WiiMote will last.
There is a Deathstar type ship in FF12 as well (the big video when you go into it felt a lot like Return of the Jedi). It did seem to follow the Star Wars idea quite a bit.
It seems like Blizzard itself is unsure what they are going to do with the patches.. will there be a pre-expansion patch? Who knows. I'm sure we'll find out as the time comes closer.
They will be doing a 1.13 patch still. To quote Eyonix: "Keep in mind, we do plan to push a content patch prior to release, which could occupy your holiday time quite well." Followed by, "Oh, you know, just a few small things such as a brand new honor system, as well as new talents and abilities along with dozens of other changes and improvements.;)"
So they are releasing much of the changes available to level 60 people prior to the holiday season. It may even include some world event about the opening of the Dark Portal.
The president of my division (about 1000 people) was flying from our main business office to our main engineering facility. When he was waiting in the airport for a flight, you overheard a conversation between 2 people sitting near him that were getting on the same flight as him. He later called someone in my office and reported back what he heard.
The people he listened to were engineers for one of our suppliers talking about the problems with a product that they were flying down to present information to us about (I was sitting in on these meetings). They were having reliability problems that they never reported to us in the way they talked about it.
You should always be careful what you talk about in public places, you never know who is around and listening.
I'm guessing this block is happening in the YIM servers and not in the client (would be harder with all the 3rd party clients out there). So, the only option is to not use them? If they are going to filter your chat because of their Marketting departments idea of business, don't use them. There are many alternatives out there (GTalk, AIM, MSN...), why use someone that would even consider filtering their users messages?
The cost to produce a Video Game has become extremely high. With the increased cost of production and a semi stagnant price in video games, companies are looking for a way to get some extra money out of the deal.
Publishers will make a lot of money on the big title games (Grand Theft Auto and the lot), but will have to take a gamble with other titles by investing a lot of money they are not garneted to make back. So when they do make a lot of money on one title, some of those profits will go to help funding another title (and into the pockets of executives).
I thought it was my understanding that Musicians have little control over their music, while the record labels can choose how to charge for things. So just because a musician says so, doesn't mean it has any legal sway.
I highly doubt it is Apple doing this. I'm thinking if Apple had a choice, they would not put DRM onto their files. This is most likely a push from the Music Industry to protect the files so they cannot be easily copied between computers.
It's the raiding game that is such a problem with WoW. It requires set times of play, so you are not as flexable to do what you want with your evenings. That's why I stopped raiding 3 months ago, and play now as I want. If something comes up (friends call up asking to go out), I won't feel bad leaving my group that is about to fight Nefarian.
Since I've quit the raiding scene, Warcraft has been a lot more fun.
The FFXI crafting system was interesting. You could spend all of your time doing only that if you had the money to pull it off. Problem was, you couldn't really make any money until you were skill 60 or higher. And getting to 60 took a ton of money (depending on the skill). All I have to say, my linkshell had some high level crafters (we did end-game stuff). And I saw this message on my screen:
Sekeran lost Damascene Cloth. Sekeran lost Damascene Cloth. Sekeran lost Damascene Cloth.
Loosing materials while crafting is crazy. And what he lost in that one failed craft was worth how much money I quit the game with after 120 days of playtime.
Are you defined by what you think of yourself or how others perceive you? Do you really think because you died with a gross income in your life of 10 million dollars, you will be remembered more than someone that only made $500,000 through their entire life? Are you going to have a book written about it? And even if you did, does that make a difference now, if you would be dead when it is written?
I could be spending my time helping less fortunate people, or maybe working on an Open Source program that would benefit thousands of people. I may receive praise for such things, but what does this really do?
I think it's really a matter of what you want to do with your life. Do you care that in 20 years, you can look back and be like "Wow, I designed this amazing program that filled a need for 100,000 people." You will have this memory to satisfy yourself. You will be able to tell stories and brag about doing something "productive" for society.
Or, in 20 years, you can look back at the time when you played only video games. You can remember you had fun doing it, but did not accomplish anything with your life. You will have the memories of those games still, and the fun that you can while playing them.
Though it's not the same thing, I played one MMO for 12 months pretty hard-core. I stopped playing that game about 3 years ago. I can look back at the time I see some things where it hurt my social life. But at the same time, there were parts of the game that really provided pure fun and entertainment. You could say I get a warm-fuzzy thinking about the events and things that went on it the game. Not so much the facets of the game, but the people I interacted with in the game.
Some people feel that they have to help others, and do things beneficial to society, so they can be defined by society as being a productive member. And the only way they can satisfy themselves is to think that what they've done with their lives has made a difference (no matter if it really did or not).
Just because you think something is wrong, doesn't mean it is. Even if laws say that something is wrong, doesn't mean it is. I feel that psychology hasn't fully caught up with the concepts of MMOs, so they tend to be compared to drugs or other bad addictions.
Some work has been done to study the MMO trend, but it will be years before we can really know the effects it has on the world. It will be interesting to see how research projects like The Daedalus Project pan out over the coming years.
You are trivializing the idea of the game. Anything can be trivialized to the point where it seems pointless.
Videos in general: It's an environment that I can interact with using my computer. There are normally tasks that I have to complete, and once it's all over, I haven't accomplished anything in Real Life.
Computers in general: I used input devices (ie: keyboard and mouse) to interact with a program someone else wrote.
Life: Wake up every day, eat, work, sleep, and repeat. Looking at life without taking in account the details of what goes on; it is a fairly trivial process.
Just because you didn't enjoy the type of entertainment that the game was providing doesn't mean it is pointless. Video games are a form of entertainment to help us relax and enjoy ourselves. If you don't enjoy, or stopped enjoying, a video game, you can replace it with another. Or you can go read a book, or rob a bank... something that entertains you.
What I could see interesting would be for the initial game to cost $5 or something. Then when you first play it, you have to activate for a year of play time at $4.95/month or something. Then after the first year either make it free, or reduce the fee or something.
Man, just stop trolling, you're not getting yourself anywhere with it.
I found the list useful as it was something I've never seen/heard about before. It is something to consider when buying any kind of printer. And as AskSlashdot topics tend to stay in the general field of the discussion, I think it fits fine. If we were to stay exactly on topic, you would see maybe 20 posts on the subject. Being able to go outside your stricked idea of the bounds we should follow allows for open discussion, which is what that slashdot comment section is good for.
I'm on my third Playstation 2 right now, and if I had to rebuy the games every time I got a new console, I'd have some yelling and screeming to do.
First PS2 was stolen when I was moving out of the dorms in college. Second PS2 (which I bought I week before, replacing the first PS2) broke. I was living in a hotel for a summer internship and the maid service that came through knocked it off the desk I had it on.
I haven't played in a year and a half. When I left the game, the upped the AH % costs, and it has slowly been having an effect on the economy. I kinda stopped following the updates with the release of the new expansion.
Both FFXI and WoW are doing a good job at cleaning up farmers accounts right now, but that only fixes part of the problem. These farmers have introduced a ton of new gold into the economies that isn't easily removed. FFXI raised the % of money the Auction House takes from items, so they are slowly removing money that way. While WoW has a small cover for AH purchaes, and you have to deal with repair costs as well.
There is no fast fix at this point, but closing accounts is a good start. I hope they keep up the good work, and hope even more to stop seeing ads to buy gold and gil.
This isn't a shootout, it an advertisement for the cards. They are at different price levels, and ExtreemTech is just showing the difference in performance you get for spending more money. Wow!
If they tested multiple series of the Adapatec, LSI Logic, and some 3ware cards, I would be more impressed, but this just seems like an all out advertisement to me.
Oh ya, you're right. Like that LSI Logic 150-6 I've got in my up-to-date Gentoo Linux system that has been going strong for a year.
Vendors supply drivers for most OSes, while Linux has it's own drivers built into the Kernel for some of these cards. Also, I believe the Adaptec and the LSI Logic are both true raid cards (XOR is handled on the cards for RAID5). While the other 2 cards are fakeraids.
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Exactly. I wish I had mod points to get you up to 5, but alas, I'll just compliment you instead.
I actually was going to post near exactly what you wrote, but instead, I'll just reaffirm your statement.
Once the PS3 gets a few more titles, I think it'll be worth it. I'm looking at getting one soon for a DVD Player that upscales to 1080p as well as a Blu-Ray player.
I played the Wii last night for about 4 hours (Wii Sports and Super Monkey Ball mainly) and it was really a lot of fun for a "party" console. I'm looking forward to trying some single player titles for it..... as I'm uncertain how long the novelty of the WiiMote will last.
There is a Deathstar type ship in FF12 as well (the big video when you go into it felt a lot like Return of the Jedi). It did seem to follow the Star Wars idea quite a bit.
Anyone else notice the tags that are on this story?
.... Oh Slashdot, I <3 you.
assholes, vista, microsoft, windows, drm (tagging beta)
Eyonix never called it 1.13 though. :)
It seems like Blizzard itself is unsure what they are going to do with the patches.. will there be a pre-expansion patch? Who knows. I'm sure we'll find out as the time comes closer.
Blue posts found here (WoW forums are dead right now):m
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http://blue.cardplace.com/newcache/us/38233956.ht
They will be doing a 1.13 patch still. To quote Eyonix:
"Keep in mind, we do plan to push a content patch prior to release, which could occupy your holiday time quite well." Followed by, "Oh, you know, just a few small things such as a brand new honor system, as well as new talents and abilities along with dozens of other changes and improvements.
So they are releasing much of the changes available to level 60 people prior to the holiday season. It may even include some world event about the opening of the Dark Portal.
The president of my division (about 1000 people) was flying from our main business office to our main engineering facility. When he was waiting in the airport for a flight, you overheard a conversation between 2 people sitting near him that were getting on the same flight as him. He later called someone in my office and reported back what he heard.
The people he listened to were engineers for one of our suppliers talking about the problems with a product that they were flying down to present information to us about (I was sitting in on these meetings). They were having reliability problems that they never reported to us in the way they talked about it.
You should always be careful what you talk about in public places, you never know who is around and listening.
I'm guessing this block is happening in the YIM servers and not in the client (would be harder with all the 3rd party clients out there). So, the only option is to not use them? If they are going to filter your chat because of their Marketting departments idea of business, don't use them. There are many alternatives out there (GTalk, AIM, MSN...), why use someone that would even consider filtering their users messages?
The cost to produce a Video Game has become extremely high. With the increased cost of production and a semi stagnant price in video games, companies are looking for a way to get some extra money out of the deal.
Publishers will make a lot of money on the big title games (Grand Theft Auto and the lot), but will have to take a gamble with other titles by investing a lot of money they are not garneted to make back. So when they do make a lot of money on one title, some of those profits will go to help funding another title (and into the pockets of executives).
I thought it was my understanding that Musicians have little control over their music, while the record labels can choose how to charge for things. So just because a musician says so, doesn't mean it has any legal sway.
I highly doubt it is Apple doing this. I'm thinking if Apple had a choice, they would not put DRM onto their files. This is most likely a push from the Music Industry to protect the files so they cannot be easily copied between computers.
It's the raiding game that is such a problem with WoW. It requires set times of play, so you are not as flexable to do what you want with your evenings. That's why I stopped raiding 3 months ago, and play now as I want. If something comes up (friends call up asking to go out), I won't feel bad leaving my group that is about to fight Nefarian.
Since I've quit the raiding scene, Warcraft has been a lot more fun.
The FFXI crafting system was interesting. You could spend all of your time doing only that if you had the money to pull it off. Problem was, you couldn't really make any money until you were skill 60 or higher. And getting to 60 took a ton of money (depending on the skill). All I have to say, my linkshell had some high level crafters (we did end-game stuff). And I saw this message on my screen:
Sekeran lost Damascene Cloth.
Sekeran lost Damascene Cloth.
Sekeran lost Damascene Cloth.
Loosing materials while crafting is crazy. And what he lost in that one failed craft was worth how much money I quit the game with after 120 days of playtime.
Are you defined by what you think of yourself or how others perceive you? Do you really think because you died with a gross income in your life of 10 million dollars, you will be remembered more than someone that only made $500,000 through their entire life? Are you going to have a book written about it? And even if you did, does that make a difference now, if you would be dead when it is written?
I could be spending my time helping less fortunate people, or maybe working on an Open Source program that would benefit thousands of people. I may receive praise for such things, but what does this really do?
I think it's really a matter of what you want to do with your life. Do you care that in 20 years, you can look back and be like "Wow, I designed this amazing program that filled a need for 100,000 people." You will have this memory to satisfy yourself. You will be able to tell stories and brag about doing something "productive" for society.
Or, in 20 years, you can look back at the time when you played only video games. You can remember you had fun doing it, but did not accomplish anything with your life. You will have the memories of those games still, and the fun that you can while playing them.
Though it's not the same thing, I played one MMO for 12 months pretty hard-core. I stopped playing that game about 3 years ago. I can look back at the time I see some things where it hurt my social life. But at the same time, there were parts of the game that really provided pure fun and entertainment. You could say I get a warm-fuzzy thinking about the events and things that went on it the game. Not so much the facets of the game, but the people I interacted with in the game.
Some people feel that they have to help others, and do things beneficial to society, so they can be defined by society as being a productive member. And the only way they can satisfy themselves is to think that what they've done with their lives has made a difference (no matter if it really did or not).
Just because you think something is wrong, doesn't mean it is. Even if laws say that something is wrong, doesn't mean it is. I feel that psychology hasn't fully caught up with the concepts of MMOs, so they tend to be compared to drugs or other bad addictions.
Some work has been done to study the MMO trend, but it will be years before we can really know the effects it has on the world. It will be interesting to see how research projects like The Daedalus Project pan out over the coming years.
You are trivializing the idea of the game. Anything can be trivialized to the point where it seems pointless.
Videos in general:
It's an environment that I can interact with using my computer. There are normally tasks that I have to complete, and once it's all over, I haven't accomplished anything in Real Life.
Computers in general:
I used input devices (ie: keyboard and mouse) to interact with a program someone else wrote.
Life:
Wake up every day, eat, work, sleep, and repeat. Looking at life without taking in account the details of what goes on; it is a fairly trivial process.
Just because you didn't enjoy the type of entertainment that the game was providing doesn't mean it is pointless. Video games are a form of entertainment to help us relax and enjoy ourselves. If you don't enjoy, or stopped enjoying, a video game, you can replace it with another. Or you can go read a book, or rob a bank... something that entertains you.
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What I could see interesting would be for the initial game to cost $5 or something. Then when you first play it, you have to activate for a year of play time at $4.95/month or something. Then after the first year either make it free, or reduce the fee or something.
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Man, just stop trolling, you're not getting yourself anywhere with it.
I found the list useful as it was something I've never seen/heard about before. It is something to consider when buying any kind of printer. And as AskSlashdot topics tend to stay in the general field of the discussion, I think it fits fine. If we were to stay exactly on topic, you would see maybe 20 posts on the subject. Being able to go outside your stricked idea of the bounds we should follow allows for open discussion, which is what that slashdot comment section is good for.
I couldn't agree more.
I'm on my third Playstation 2 right now, and if I had to rebuy the games every time I got a new console, I'd have some yelling and screeming to do.
First PS2 was stolen when I was moving out of the dorms in college.
Second PS2 (which I bought I week before, replacing the first PS2) broke. I was living in a hotel for a summer internship and the maid service that came through knocked it off the desk I had it on.
I haven't played in a year and a half. When I left the game, the upped the AH % costs, and it has slowly been having an effect on the economy. I kinda stopped following the updates with the release of the new expansion.
Both FFXI and WoW are doing a good job at cleaning up farmers accounts right now, but that only fixes part of the problem. These farmers have introduced a ton of new gold into the economies that isn't easily removed. FFXI raised the % of money the Auction House takes from items, so they are slowly removing money that way. While WoW has a small cover for AH purchaes, and you have to deal with repair costs as well.
There is no fast fix at this point, but closing accounts is a good start. I hope they keep up the good work, and hope even more to stop seeing ads to buy gold and gil.
This isn't a shootout, it an advertisement for the cards. They are at different price levels, and ExtreemTech is just showing the difference in performance you get for spending more money. Wow!
If they tested multiple series of the Adapatec, LSI Logic, and some 3ware cards, I would be more impressed, but this just seems like an all out advertisement to me.
Oh ya, you're right. Like that LSI Logic 150-6 I've got in my up-to-date Gentoo Linux system that has been going strong for a year.
Vendors supply drivers for most OSes, while Linux has it's own drivers built into the Kernel for some of these cards. Also, I believe the Adaptec and the LSI Logic are both true raid cards (XOR is handled on the cards for RAID5). While the other 2 cards are fakeraids.