I think about this from time to time. Developers/creators etc really must struggle with the level of control they grant their customers.
On one hand the developers are trying to portray or share an idea while giving the customer a good time.
On the other hand, the customer wants to make the game into what they want (they want more control over it) if they don't like the original idea.
I'm sure a lot of developers realize, if you grant the customer too much control, you're potentially sacrificing the essence of what you were trying to share with others. In our system, the answer is always "YES, give the customer what they want." But personally, I really dislike putting my blood sweat and tears into something, try and share it with people, & suddenly have it turned into something it wasn't meant to be.
Anyways, it's an interesting read. I still didn't quite get the game though. The article get's a bit vague on any real details.
You missed his point. He gave them cash (as liquid as it gets). They gave him a check (not so liquid). He has to pay a fee just to get his money back into liquid form - even though they were in the wrong (by selling a broke TV).
Besides, there's nothing wrong with saving up towards something. It's not like he said "I'm Joe Sixpack. I blew my paycheck this weekend on a TV & now I can't afford my mortgage payment... I'm going to lose my house because I wanted a pretty TV."
Why not get some technology inside of their limbs so they have better control of themselves, rather just the things around them.
Being use to controlling your body your entire life, then one day getting into, for example, a car accident and becoming paralysed... The realization of not being able to control your body has got to be immense. I mean, total loss of most/all physical control...unreal.
What else are you doing while your gaming? Isn't hard enough playing Day of Defeat against 14 year olds who have the reflexes of a pissed off cheetahs.
I think you are completely wrong in your approach. This ad reflects Mozilla perfectly to me. It's simple. It's elegant. It looks honest.
Trying to "sell" me on a free product, gives me the feeling you're not really bieng honest about something. "It's free today, but what about tomorrow?"
Content aside the amount of time parents allot to their kids to spend playing video, even the good ones, is contributing to the obesity epidemic among American youth.
So you've never owned a LCD I take it. Have you ever seen a dead pixel?
Of the 784,432 pixels on my screen right now, one is dead.
I notice it about 1% of the time I'm on this computer, and I only notice it for about a fraction of a second.
To refrain from buying a LCD in fear of a single dead pixel is silly. You will hardly ever notice it. And it you do, you'll see it for about 1/4 of a second and move on.
Yes, people still do this. See the Combat Mission series on Battlefront.
This game is prefectly designed for PBM and it still plays well directly connected.
The grahics are a bit dated compared todays standards, but it's got the best gameplay and realistic ballistics I've ever seen in a game.
If you want a true WWII wargaming experience, check this game out, it's great.
I remeber reading something back in 98 or 99 about Valve trying to develop something called PowerPlay I believe.
If im not mistaken, it was a way for Valve to deliver like, higher speed connections to dial up users, or something along those lines.
I wonder if Steam is what PowerPlay ended up bieng in the long run.
I figured this is more about money than it has to do with piracy.
Doesn't Valve make 3-4x what they would on sales over Steam rather than people buying the game in stores?
Valve knew HL2 what be very popular. I'm sure there thinking went something like "Why NOT make are own online distribution software, require everyone to have it and sell all are games that way?".
I may be way off base, but I'm guessing once the rest of the developers see all the money Valve is rolling in after this, they will quickly follow suit. If not licence Steam for themselves, or even sell games through Valves steam network (it's already on millions of computers now anyways).
Why the sun? Why not just blast it off into the middle of nowhere (in space)?
I'd imagine by the time it's container corroded and starts leaking radioavtive material, it would be billions+++ of miles away, most likely headed in the same direction - away from Earth.
Narrow minded? Somewhat. But what are the chances of it actually hitting something within the next, oh, 10,000 years?
I've seen a guy like that before, he was at the same installation as me during annual training for the guards.
He had a very small head, but he seemed just as intelligent as your average joe (if not smarter), and the rest of his body was perfectly normal, in fact, he looked like he was in great physically fit condition. He just head a small head.
I wonder what he did for a kevlar (kevlar helmet)?
There are these usually smaller framed beings who have larger breats, longer hair that don't have penises (- they have vaginas). They are called Women. Women love cats. And so do their gay male friends.
Go out and see if you can meet some, maybe you'll get lucky.
This was taken from http://www.planethalflife.com/half-life2/ in the Mini FAQ, I don't know how up to date it is or where they got the info, so take it w/ a grain of salt:
"While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to scale and work on lower-end machines. Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended. Rumors about NVidia or ATI exclusivity are unfounded."
If that's true, that would be great. I don't need all the eye candy, just decent FPS and some good gameplay & I'll be happy 8^)
I hope DOD:Source is released sometime this year.
The source they're linking to is gcanvanced.com, which quotes their source as pspadvanced.com.
When you go to pspadvanced.com site it says "pspadvanced.com coming September 31st", so it's not even a live site yet (that, and the fact that there is no such date as September 31st, there's a 30th and a October 1st...). And when you click that link it brings you back to the gcadvanced.com forums which are currently closed because they're bieng moved...
Judging by the name of the domains, there's probably a good chance they're both the same company, but why the hell would they quote a site of there's that's not even open yet as their source?
Oh, and this price was apparently "un-officailly" set by Sony...
How about an email system that by default, blocks all incoming emails. One where the user manually has to set which email accounts are allowed to email them.
I don't know much about coding other than HMTL/CSS & hacking PHP scripts, but something like his can't be very difficult to develop or even integrate into existing email clients.
See a mailto link? Right-click it and "Add to Allowed Email Accouts".
Why I haven't seen something like this already is beyond me.
Epson added an image sensor unit that can capture and transmit aerial images via a Bluetooth wireless connection to a monitor on land
Perfect for doing recon missions in the office!
- Coffee in the coffee pot? Check.
- Did the boss leave early? Check.
- Is the coast clear to sneak out early? Check.
1) Developers make a great game
2) Have developers not include all the features
3) After the game has been released and sold well, have developer release the extra features and levels etc which are only available through XBox Live
4) People will want those extras and will get XBox Live
5) Profit
National Public Radio! The last time I was on hold and heard the broadcast, I became so interested in the discussion that when the person finally picked up the phone to talk to me I almost told them to put me back on hold.
That was the only time I actually enjoyed being on hold.
- Having natural light instead of flourecent is GREAT, but it's not always an option (raining outside, winter daylight hours etc). I honestly believe having the sun shining in your office has a huge positive impact on office morale than sitting in a damn cubicle with flourecent lights humming over head.
- Having non-overhead (and non flourecent) lighting whenever possible. I hate overhead lighting. I REALLY hate overhead flourecent lighting.
- Allow me to control the light in my area somehow. I like things around me a bit dimmer when I'm working on an important file or project.
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On one hand the developers are trying to portray or share an idea while giving the customer a good time.
On the other hand, the customer wants to make the game into what they want (they want more control over it) if they don't like the original idea.
I'm sure a lot of developers realize, if you grant the customer too much control, you're potentially sacrificing the essence of what you were trying to share with others.
In our system, the answer is always "YES, give the customer what they want."
But personally, I really dislike putting my blood sweat and tears into something, try and share it with people, & suddenly have it turned into something it wasn't meant to be.
Anyways, it's an interesting read. I still didn't quite get the game though. The article get's a bit vague on any real details.
Besides, there's nothing wrong with saving up towards something. It's not like he said "I'm Joe Sixpack. I blew my paycheck this weekend on a TV & now I can't afford my mortgage payment... I'm going to lose my house because I wanted a pretty TV."
Being use to controlling your body your entire life, then one day getting into, for example, a car accident and becoming paralysed... The realization of not being able to control your body has got to be immense. I mean, total loss of most/all physical control...unreal.
What else are you doing while your gaming? Isn't hard enough playing Day of Defeat against 14 year olds who have the reflexes of a pissed off cheetahs.
Trying to "sell" me on a free product, gives me the feeling you're not really bieng honest about something. "It's free today, but what about tomorrow?"
Ever hear of Hanukkah? I'm sure there are others as well.
That's hilarious.
Content aside the amount of time parents allot to their kids to spend playing video, even the good ones, is contributing to the obesity epidemic among American youth.
Of the 784,432 pixels on my screen right now, one is dead.
I notice it about 1% of the time I'm on this computer, and I only notice it for about a fraction of a second.
To refrain from buying a LCD in fear of a single dead pixel is silly. You will hardly ever notice it. And it you do, you'll see it for about 1/4 of a second and move on.
This game is prefectly designed for PBM and it still plays well directly connected.
The grahics are a bit dated compared todays standards, but it's got the best gameplay and realistic ballistics I've ever seen in a game.
If you want a true WWII wargaming experience, check this game out, it's great.
If im not mistaken, it was a way for Valve to deliver like, higher speed connections to dial up users, or something along those lines.
I wonder if Steam is what PowerPlay ended up bieng in the long run.
Doesn't Valve make 3-4x what they would on sales over Steam rather than people buying the game in stores?
Valve knew HL2 what be very popular. I'm sure there thinking went something like "Why NOT make are own online distribution software, require everyone to have it and sell all are games that way?".
I may be way off base, but I'm guessing once the rest of the developers see all the money Valve is rolling in after this, they will quickly follow suit. If not licence Steam for themselves, or even sell games through Valves steam network (it's already on millions of computers now anyways).
I'd imagine by the time it's container corroded and starts leaking radioavtive material, it would be billions+++ of miles away, most likely headed in the same direction - away from Earth.
Narrow minded? Somewhat. But what are the chances of it actually hitting something within the next, oh, 10,000 years?
He had a very small head, but he seemed just as intelligent as your average joe (if not smarter), and the rest of his body was perfectly normal, in fact, he looked like he was in great physically fit condition. He just head a small head.
I wonder what he did for a kevlar (kevlar helmet)?
Go out and see if you can meet some, maybe you'll get lucky.
And by lucky, I mean have sex (aka reproducing).
Your new overlords will become The Red Sox, from Boston. Don't let them know your from York!!!
"While the new engine has all sorts of fancy features, it's still designed to scale and work on lower-end machines.
Apparently a 700mhz processor and a video card capable of running DX6 is enough, although a 2ghz with a GeForce4 is recommended. Rumors about NVidia or ATI exclusivity are unfounded."
If that's true, that would be great. I don't need all the eye candy, just decent FPS and some good gameplay & I'll be happy 8^)
I hope DOD:Source is released sometime this year.
When you go to pspadvanced.com site it says "pspadvanced.com coming September 31st", so it's not even a live site yet (that, and the fact that there is no such date as September 31st, there's a 30th and a October 1st...). And when you click that link it brings you back to the gcadvanced.com forums which are currently closed because they're bieng moved...
Judging by the name of the domains, there's probably a good chance they're both the same company, but why the hell would they quote a site of there's that's not even open yet as their source?
Oh, and this price was apparently "un-officailly" set by Sony...
This is a real cherry of an article.
I don't know much about coding other than HMTL/CSS & hacking PHP scripts, but something like his can't be very difficult to develop or even integrate into existing email clients.
See a mailto link? Right-click it and "Add to Allowed Email Accouts".
Why I haven't seen something like this already is beyond me.
...don't fix it.
Epson added an image sensor unit that can capture and transmit aerial images via a Bluetooth wireless connection to a monitor on land
Perfect for doing recon missions in the office!
- Coffee in the coffee pot? Check.
- Did the boss leave early? Check.
- Is the coast clear to sneak out early? Check.
South Korea is lit up like a Christmas Tree, while North is almost completely black.
1) Developers make a great game
2) Have developers not include all the features
3) After the game has been released and sold well, have developer release the extra features and levels etc which are only available through XBox Live
4) People will want those extras and will get XBox Live
5) Profit
GENIUS!
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National Public Radio! The last time I was on hold and heard the broadcast, I became so interested in the discussion that when the person finally picked up the phone to talk to me I almost told them to put me back on hold. That was the only time I actually enjoyed being on hold.
- Having natural light instead of flourecent is GREAT, but it's not always an option (raining outside, winter daylight hours etc).
I honestly believe having the sun shining in your office has a huge positive impact on office morale than sitting in a damn cubicle with flourecent lights humming over head.
- Having non-overhead (and non flourecent) lighting whenever possible. I hate overhead lighting. I REALLY hate overhead flourecent lighting.
- Allow me to control the light in my area somehow. I like things around me a bit dimmer when I'm working on an important file or project.