Ah, another pet peeve of mine: selling a game for a specific console, like all the Soul Calibur commericials. For some reason I hate that.
Plus, even as an x-box fan, I have the "power greater than X" slogan. Stupid stupid stupid. My ideal slogan: "Memory cards? We don't need no steenking memory cards!" But that's just because I have 'em. Even on my beloved 'Cube.
Actually, the most of the ad is disposable. The only important part is the logo at the end.
Ads aren't really intended for the people who buy those, or similar, products regularly. Take video games, for example. Judging from what I've heard around here, Half-life 2 could go without advertising at all and most of us would still buy it. But a kid's dad sees the ad but doesn't think much of it. Big deal, right? But come birthday time, he goes to Wal-mart and sees an aisle of games. Most likely, unless he's been told which one to get, he'll pick up that's familiar. That's where the ad comes in handy.
I, for one, know that I needed a plane ticket I would go to Expedia, just because that damned banjo sticks out in my head.
My theory is that the ad needs to be slightly forgettable, so you mostly forget about it and won't harbor any ill feelings over the crappy dialogue or whatnot.
What's with all this AI talk? Is there a single player game?
Seriously, I haven't cared about the AI in a fighting game since SF2 (which,incidentally, was really easy, except for Guile). DOA3 is fun, moderatly fast-paced game with reversals. I'd like one a little quicker, but I'm also sick to death of Tekken and Mortal Kombat (Am I the only one who thought Deadly Alliance stunk to high heaven?)
But we're talking two different worlds here, and Halo brought that over to the console.
I'll second this. Too many people criticize Halo and compare it to the PC FPS of the week. Completely different worlds. Most console FPSs are really really bad ports of PC games (Quake 2, Doom64). When we get one that's good, like Halo or GoldenEye, on the console, it's pure buttah.
On a personal note, I would like to point out that although I play consoles exclusively, I would really prefer to play PC games, but, as a recent graduate (read: unemployed), I can't afford a gaming PC, even one of the supercheap homebrews that slashdotters always claim to put together for $125 and a can of pringles.
I didn't play the game until I read that article. It caught my attention (I was an English major in college) so I went and rented it. I turned the difficulty down to easy (I absolutely HATE "stealthy" games...of course, I used the term lightly with MG) and beat it in a day or two.
I must say it is one of the finest gaming experiences I have ever played. I wouldn't say it the best game, however. It's the difference between Dostoevsky and Stephen King (or Clancy, or...) I wouldn't say it was fun, but it rocked.
BTW, if you are on the few people that liked MGS2 for it's zaniness, check out Eternal Darkness for the Gamecube. That game freaks me out sometimes.
Synaptic is a bad ass front end for n00bs who want a nice point-n-click gui for apt.,/
You do realize that this was a deragotory statement towards people who want a "nice point-n-click gui," don't you? He was justified, and you came across, in both posts, as a not-nice-person.
I would recommend watching it on Sci-fi, if you can. Supernova, in my opinion, was pretty weak. I personally think that Event Horizon was much better, for what it was.
And Pitch Black sucked. (I thought it would be cool. I was wrong.)
I'm assuming that you're trying to discredit him. If not, move along.
They probably think "We need to make X amount of profit on this." When more people steal, or just plain don't watch it, they jack up the margin on it, so that they can make X amount of profit, regardless of how many people pay for it.
Within reason, of course. If only one person actually pays for PPV, I shudder to think of him paying $200k to watch Harry Potter 2.
strong anti-pornography opinions are much more common in church going Christians.
Absolutely. However, they are common amongst others, as well. For instance, university. Most women on a college campus (at least, in my experience) are very anti-porn, regardless of religious beliefs. I'd say it's a feminist issue rather than a religous issue, or least, better articulated as a feminist issue.
Generally, american men have bad views of women, and I say that it is because of pornography. The problem is that most men who view porn start at a very young age, so it's hard to see how their attitudes towards women change because of it, but I tend to think that America, at least, would be better off without pornography.
BTW, I re-read my original post, and it wasn't well said at all, so I'm not suprised that you're not persuaded.
And just because they write it off to "man's inhumanity" doesn't mean that they don't think that it is, on some level, wrong, it just means that they don't care about it. There's a lot of things we can't do much about, and we're probably better off making sure our sons and daughters don't wind up in some 12 second clip on Kazaa.
If it makes you feel any better, I don't think you're dumb.
Honestly, how many atheists care about pornography? There's a small group of atheist feminists that believe it's wrong because it's exploative, but the vast majority don't care. But I've dealt with many, many Christians who believe that pornography is evil.
Bollocks. Non-religious people have morals, too, and pornography is a moral issue. It's basically the same as stealing music: Most people who can, do.
Pornography is wrong (I mean the business, not looking at it here) and by viewing pornography, you're contributing to it, however slightly.
But saying that pornography is mostly a religious issue is downright dumb.
No offense. I'm not saying you're dumb. Probably, you've just never thought it.
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I know what you mean. When I read the above phrase, I was concerned about people breaking their teeth trying to eat concrete celery.
My father, who's owned an arcade since he was ~16 (he sold off his remaining machines about 5 years ago) always takes great pleasure in telling me how amusement business men lobbied for a coin that was worth between a dime and a quarter, because a dime wasn't enough to make a profit on, and people wouldn't pay a quarter to play a game.
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and F-Zero and Eternal Darkness and...It's a great system, really. Great games, great games. Too bad about the steenking memory cards, though.
Plus, even as an x-box fan, I have the "power greater than X" slogan. Stupid stupid stupid. My ideal slogan: "Memory cards? We don't need no steenking memory cards!" But that's just because I have 'em. Even on my beloved 'Cube.
Ads aren't really intended for the people who buy those, or similar, products regularly. Take video games, for example. Judging from what I've heard around here, Half-life 2 could go without advertising at all and most of us would still buy it. But a kid's dad sees the ad but doesn't think much of it. Big deal, right? But come birthday time, he goes to Wal-mart and sees an aisle of games. Most likely, unless he's been told which one to get, he'll pick up that's familiar. That's where the ad comes in handy.
I, for one, know that I needed a plane ticket I would go to Expedia, just because that damned banjo sticks out in my head.
My theory is that the ad needs to be slightly forgettable, so you mostly forget about it and won't harbor any ill feelings over the crappy dialogue or whatnot.
Seriously, I haven't cared about the AI in a fighting game since SF2 (which,incidentally, was really easy, except for Guile). DOA3 is fun, moderatly fast-paced game with reversals. I'd like one a little quicker, but I'm also sick to death of Tekken and Mortal Kombat (Am I the only one who thought Deadly Alliance stunk to high heaven?)
I'll second this. Too many people criticize Halo and compare it to the PC FPS of the week. Completely different worlds. Most console FPSs are really really bad ports of PC games (Quake 2, Doom64). When we get one that's good, like Halo or GoldenEye, on the console, it's pure buttah.
On a personal note, I would like to point out that although I play consoles exclusively, I would really prefer to play PC games, but, as a recent graduate (read: unemployed), I can't afford a gaming PC, even one of the supercheap homebrews that slashdotters always claim to put together for $125 and a can of pringles.
Now, on with the show...
Never have I felt so cheated by a "Greatest Hits" game.
I must say it is one of the finest gaming experiences I have ever played. I wouldn't say it the best game, however. It's the difference between Dostoevsky and Stephen King (or Clancy, or...) I wouldn't say it was fun, but it rocked.
BTW, if you are on the few people that liked MGS2 for it's zaniness, check out Eternal Darkness for the Gamecube. That game freaks me out sometimes.
oh man....I think I might work for the NSA now....Good job, though. Lot's of "telecommuting" and video-games.
How ironic to read this on slashdot.
I'm willing to bet that anyone who cares about Spawn (I do) is no longer an angsty teenager. Spawn's popularity peaked several years ago.
And it's more about promoting the upcoming Spawn game.
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You do realize that this was a deragotory statement towards people who want a "nice point-n-click gui," don't you? He was justified, and you came across, in both posts, as a not-nice-person.
I've noticed that a lot of "woman" movies are like that. Especially Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
Fried Green Tomatoes had cannibalism in it, though. (I am thinking of the right movie, right?)
And Pitch Black sucked. (I thought it would be cool. I was wrong.)
Or you could just stop being so damned touchy.
They probably think "We need to make X amount of profit on this." When more people steal, or just plain don't watch it, they jack up the margin on it, so that they can make X amount of profit, regardless of how many people pay for it.
Within reason, of course. If only one person actually pays for PPV, I shudder to think of him paying $200k to watch Harry Potter 2.
Actually, I was referring to adult sons and daughters. "Kity" pr0n was all your idea.
Absolutely. However, they are common amongst others, as well. For instance, university. Most women on a college campus (at least, in my experience) are very anti-porn, regardless of religious beliefs. I'd say it's a feminist issue rather than a religous issue, or least, better articulated as a feminist issue.
Generally, american men have bad views of women, and I say that it is because of pornography. The problem is that most men who view porn start at a very young age, so it's hard to see how their attitudes towards women change because of it, but I tend to think that America, at least, would be better off without pornography.
BTW, I re-read my original post, and it wasn't well said at all, so I'm not suprised that you're not persuaded.
And just because they write it off to "man's inhumanity" doesn't mean that they don't think that it is, on some level, wrong, it just means that they don't care about it. There's a lot of things we can't do much about, and we're probably better off making sure our sons and daughters don't wind up in some 12 second clip on Kazaa.
If it makes you feel any better, I don't think you're dumb.
Bollocks. Non-religious people have morals, too, and pornography is a moral issue. It's basically the same as stealing music: Most people who can, do.
Pornography is wrong (I mean the business, not looking at it here) and by viewing pornography, you're contributing to it, however slightly.
But saying that pornography is mostly a religious issue is downright dumb.
No offense. I'm not saying you're dumb. Probably, you've just never thought it.
I know what you mean. When I read the above phrase, I was concerned about people breaking their teeth trying to eat concrete celery.
bya...?
tunning...?
Misspellings are one thing, but you're just making shit up now.
Wait...
This, of course, was before video arcade games.
And we don't like Microsoft because they don't play fair with capitalism, right?
Anyone else see the irony here?
And Christianity.