you have to mod the xbox in order to do anything interesting. you can either bridge connections with solder in 2 places to make the bios writable, or use a mod chip to circumvent the factory bios. either way, you have to void your warranty and crack the case.
though I do agree that the only thing new is that we have a horrible picture to make fun of and a new story to run beowulf cluster jokes on.
Do they give the players a chance to be a part of the Rebel Alliance or the Imperials? Working my way up the Imperial ranks would be way cooler than the light/dark force garbage
yes. actually, joining factions and working your way up through the ranks is about the only thing in the game that works well. you accrue faction points by running missions or by killing opposing faction members (PCs, NPCs and mobs all count). you can then spend the points on a variety of stuff, including higher rank, NPC pets (various stormtroopers and an AT-ST walkers for imperials) "free" XP, random items and faction specific armor (stormtrooper armor for imperials and some stupid thing that I've forgotten for rebels).
I was pretty pleased with that system, however it takes a long time to earn enough points for one piece of armor, let alone the entire set of stormtrooper armor.
I agree. the game was entirely what you put into it, much like some of the more popular games of more recent history, namely GTA3 and GTA:VC. all three games had plots that were pretty canned and missions that weren't particuarly inventive or engaging. just more of the same old thing that we've seen time and time again.
what set all the games apart, was that they let you roam free and do virtually anything that you wanted to do. for those that didn't have much of an interest in playing with what essentially a digital pet or playing as a god, the immediate gratification of beating someone to a bloody pool on the sidewalk with a bat or picking up a hooker in a sportscar rapidly overshadowed playing with a more in-depth tamagotchi.
I know that black and white was around before GTA3, but I would still rank it right there with the last two grand theft auto games, simply because the draw is the same. if black and white recieved absurdly high marks, it was because they were well-deserved at the time. they still are, really. there are very few games older than a year or so old and black and white is one of them.
personally, I think that gamespy is just trying to throw off their image of being a bunch of corporate sell-outs and yes-men by taking a few potshots at easy targets.
but id and Epic plan ahead to do just that and have coders experienced in writing in both. I suspect that the developers for Half Life 2 are sticking with what they know and not bothering to get to the level of proficiency in openGL required to impliment all the things that they've already done in D3D.
had they bothered to plan for it in the beginning (or if mid-level corporate meddlers listened to them), then creating an openGL version of it wouldn't be much of a task. but they didn't, so there we are.
not only that, but anyone that's played the past 2 games in the GTA series knows that if you take potshots at cars, the cops show up, a big firefight ensues, and about 4 out of 5 times, the player dies.
I don't know about anyone else, but knowing that I have a better chance of surviving if I play russian roulette with half of the cylinders loaded is a pretty good deterrent to taking to the streets. if anything, GTA should serve as a reason to play videos games instead of actively trying to get myself killed.
besides, they were using a.22 cal. that's even below the weakest tier of guns in the game. I wouldn't dream of getting in a big dust-up without something a little more substantial. they're obviously not very good game players.
good point. combining the length of the thing and its flexibility, whoever has control of the counterweight owns the world's biggest slingshot. not terribly advanced, but with some calculations, you could deliver anything, anywhere.
I'm 11B (Infantry) and so is the only other IT guy in my entire regiment. We used to have a few others, but with the exception of one Air Force guy we had, every single one of us was Infantry.
Anyone looking to go someplace where they're needed badly would do well to check into the Army. We're pretty low on guys that are trained up. of course, that's for a very good reason. There's a lot of political, bureaucratic bullshit that goes on in the Army. You'll run into a hell of a lot of problems just trying to get funding for equipment that won't break and is even remotely close to being secure.
And if you're looking for a job in the DA civilian area and have no military background, you're walking into a world of hurt. DA civilians are largely a good-ole-boy system, where it's not what you know or how good you are, but who you know and where you've been. I've met virtually all of my post's DOIM staff and the ratio of chairweights to competent people is astonishing.
I'm not trying to dissuade anyone from joining any service or the DoD employee career fields, but be forewarned, you'll find much more bullshit than you would in the corporate world. You will, however, find that the military tends to take care of its own. Very few people will ever get rich in the military, but you won't have to worry about the usual budgeting headaches very often.(food, rent, medical expenses)
I've yet to talk to an IT person from the Marines, but the Navy and Air Force seem much the same. They're significantly less uptight and strict, of course, but they still have the same issues. Personally, I'd refer anyone that wants to go into the military in the IT field to the Air Force, but that's just the advice of a disgruntled grunt who thinks he's a piece of furniture, take it as you will.
you ever see a yorkshire terrier spin around trying to catch its tail? put that little guy in space with a really long leash and he'll be able to maintain the needed tension on the elevator.
of course, if the leash gets caught up in his legs while something's getting transported, the whole thing's screwed.
Joanna: So you're gonna get a lot of MP3s, right?
Peter: Well, yeah.
Joanna: Music that's not yours.
Peter: Well, it becomes ours.
Joanna: Uh-huh...how is that not stealing?
But how do you get illegal MD5 check sums with out possesing the files?
easy fix, buy the appropriate CDs for the files that you want to host the bogus files with the checksums. you'll have the legal right to have backup copies of the music, which will just so happen to take the form of the mp3s that the RIAA is in search of.
post the bogus files with the checksum that you lift from the illegal files, which are legal to you.
hell, you could even make it more convincing by giving it a file name like "Metallic - Fuel has the same checksum as this file"
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though I do agree that the only thing new is that we have a horrible picture to make fun of and a new story to run beowulf cluster jokes on.
and spambots result in fun articles for me to write. http://www.evilcouch.com/tiki-read_article.php?art icleId=58
Monkeys aren't donkeys! Quit messing with my head!
yes. actually, joining factions and working your way up through the ranks is about the only thing in the game that works well. you accrue faction points by running missions or by killing opposing faction members (PCs, NPCs and mobs all count). you can then spend the points on a variety of stuff, including higher rank, NPC pets (various stormtroopers and an AT-ST walkers for imperials) "free" XP, random items and faction specific armor (stormtrooper armor for imperials and some stupid thing that I've forgotten for rebels).
I was pretty pleased with that system, however it takes a long time to earn enough points for one piece of armor, let alone the entire set of stormtrooper armor.
metamod to the rescue!
I'd like to believe that pork barrel politics doesn't exist in the judicial branch, but it obviously does.
keep up the wise cracks and I'll tell them to put your TV on lifetime, instead.
about time I got the respect I deserve around here.
ha. I do that now!
I'm going to go eat some socks now..... but only one from each pair, so you'll never match again! that'll teach you!
you guys can lounge around all you like, so long as you contine to provide us with the steady feast of coins and remotes. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
he's using Internet Explorer!
BURN THE HERETIC!
The one that doesn't presume it knows so much that they can spew out a Top X Games of all time in Category Y.
*cough*lookatmysig*cough* :p
what set all the games apart, was that they let you roam free and do virtually anything that you wanted to do. for those that didn't have much of an interest in playing with what essentially a digital pet or playing as a god, the immediate gratification of beating someone to a bloody pool on the sidewalk with a bat or picking up a hooker in a sportscar rapidly overshadowed playing with a more in-depth tamagotchi.
I know that black and white was around before GTA3, but I would still rank it right there with the last two grand theft auto games, simply because the draw is the same. if black and white recieved absurdly high marks, it was because they were well-deserved at the time. they still are, really. there are very few games older than a year or so old and black and white is one of them.
personally, I think that gamespy is just trying to throw off their image of being a bunch of corporate sell-outs and yes-men by taking a few potshots at easy targets.
had they bothered to plan for it in the beginning (or if mid-level corporate meddlers listened to them), then creating an openGL version of it wouldn't be much of a task. but they didn't, so there we are.
she wears short shorts
but then we'd have to wait an extra 6 months for the game to come out.
I don't know about anyone else, but knowing that I have a better chance of surviving if I play russian roulette with half of the cylinders loaded is a pretty good deterrent to taking to the streets. if anything, GTA should serve as a reason to play videos games instead of actively trying to get myself killed.
besides, they were using a .22 cal. that's even below the weakest tier of guns in the game. I wouldn't dream of getting in a big dust-up without something a little more substantial. they're obviously not very good game players.
good point. combining the length of the thing and its flexibility, whoever has control of the counterweight owns the world's biggest slingshot. not terribly advanced, but with some calculations, you could deliver anything, anywhere.
Anyone looking to go someplace where they're needed badly would do well to check into the Army. We're pretty low on guys that are trained up. of course, that's for a very good reason. There's a lot of political, bureaucratic bullshit that goes on in the Army. You'll run into a hell of a lot of problems just trying to get funding for equipment that won't break and is even remotely close to being secure.
And if you're looking for a job in the DA civilian area and have no military background, you're walking into a world of hurt. DA civilians are largely a good-ole-boy system, where it's not what you know or how good you are, but who you know and where you've been. I've met virtually all of my post's DOIM staff and the ratio of chairweights to competent people is astonishing.
I'm not trying to dissuade anyone from joining any service or the DoD employee career fields, but be forewarned, you'll find much more bullshit than you would in the corporate world. You will, however, find that the military tends to take care of its own. Very few people will ever get rich in the military, but you won't have to worry about the usual budgeting headaches very often.(food, rent, medical expenses)
I've yet to talk to an IT person from the Marines, but the Navy and Air Force seem much the same. They're significantly less uptight and strict, of course, but they still have the same issues. Personally, I'd refer anyone that wants to go into the military in the IT field to the Air Force, but that's just the advice of a disgruntled grunt who thinks he's a piece of furniture, take it as you will.
you ever see a yorkshire terrier spin around trying to catch its tail? put that little guy in space with a really long leash and he'll be able to maintain the needed tension on the elevator.
of course, if the leash gets caught up in his legs while something's getting transported, the whole thing's screwed.
Joanna: So you're gonna get a lot of MP3s, right?
Peter: Well, yeah.
Joanna: Music that's not yours.
Peter: Well, it becomes ours.
Joanna: Uh-huh...how is that not stealing?
Blizzard released a patch immediately as soon as they caught it and even people that bought it the first day actually have 1.03, NOT 1.0.
onboard batteries kick in and it glides to a stop.
easy fix, buy the appropriate CDs for the files that you want to host the bogus files with the checksums. you'll have the legal right to have backup copies of the music, which will just so happen to take the form of the mp3s that the RIAA is in search of.
post the bogus files with the checksum that you lift from the illegal files, which are legal to you.
hell, you could even make it more convincing by giving it a file name like "Metallic - Fuel has the same checksum as this file"