let's hear it for a better way to spread viruses. As we all know bluetooth is now starting to spread viruses from phone to phone...this is the wave of the future.
I don't know if this fits the bill but Master of Orion 3 has TONS of micromanagement you can do. Though it may lack the action you're looking for, you can get down to really low level management or set policies and managers to do all the menial work while you conquer the galaxy. Good fun if you like getting hung up on the details.
A national lottery would be unprecedented and somewhat illegal without the approval of each state. For instance Powerball isn't available in a lot of states because of their gambling laws. Revenue from state lotteries often go towards education but much of the time it is reappropriated later and added to the states tax revenue.
A government partnership with a network to do a television show is interesting to say the least. It's something that I would watch and would probably increase public support, which would be more important than fund raising in my opinion.
Is it just me or was the description for this article particularly hard to read? I had to read it 3 or 4 times before I actually got it. And while I'm ranting, do we really need 7 or 8 links per description? This seems a little excessive. There's a lot to be said for clear and concise writing and well thought out summaries that only include necessary information. The details belong in the article.
After actually looking through the magazine, I could not find one bad review or pithy comment about senseless rules or lackluster products. I can understand being enthusiastic about games but I got the impression that the whole magazine was an advertisement for every game featured. In one article they praise some dwarven forge miniature setting pieces and claim the price is reasonable. I know quie a few gamers who think theses pieces are nice but far too expensive, especially on a typical gamers budget.
I think this is pretty good news. The more big government agencies that work with open source the better the backing will be when something like software patents come center stage in the supreme court.
excuse me while I bang my head against my desk. I know it's important to keep innovating but this is why PC games are lagging behind consoles...because soon you'll need 3 video cards to run the latest ID game.
Google does tweak their ranking system on a regular basis. When the problem becomes evident, (and it looks like it just has) they do something about it...that's why they're google.
It's also might be worth noting that this may have been the inspiration for (or the other way around) for Pacmanhattan (as seen here) which was woefully overlooked in the description.
Also for those with a gamecube I'd highly recomend Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem which is clearly heavily influenced by Lovecraftian fiction. The more the characters are exposed to the supernatural in game the more the game messes with the character and the player. Blood would run down the walls, screams would be heard in the night and limbs would fall off only to reappear. Also the game might pretend to turn down the volume on the TV among other things. Play it with Dolby surround sound in a dark room and you'll find yourself freaking out.
I believe that this minority is actually a pretty conforming group. Sort of like the followers of Brian in The Life of Brian where in response to Brian's plea, "but you are all individuals!" the cultists all reply in unison, "yes we are all individuals" Rejecting tradition seems to be a tradition in and of itself.
Seems a bit alarmist...I think they just want to grow as developers. I don't think they'll just abandon Nintendo either, afterall that's their area of expertise at the moment.
well this is a little off topic and could probably be found on Google or something but I'll answer anyway. You pay something like ten bucks and it reserves you a copy for when it comes in. You have to pick it up when it comes in and as far as I know there's nothing in the box.
Well that and it's recursive, the ship date in April allows for years worth of tasteless stories. BTW, I see you've taken to tracking down my other posts. I would guess that this is for the purposes of trolling. I'm actually enjoying this, I haven't had a good flame war in months. Seriously I'm not real worked up about it, you're just the victim of my boredom, I hope you're not taking this personally.
Oh so you think just because you don't find it funny--though others might--that the offender deserves to have their karma lowered? My comment wasn't offensive, and it seemed pretty relevant to the story. Encouraging someone to refine their humor or stop trying just because you personally didn't think it was funny? I think the FCC has a job for you man.
Is it me or is this not really worth posting about. A few paragraphs about a game that might be in development by a halfway decent studio that doesn't even have a title yet? Wake me up when there's a real story please.
I should imagine the designers wouldn't be very good at it, and I should imagine that programmers would have better ways to express themselves.
Actually a good designer probably has some experience coding. As to who uses it? Well ideally the designer or project leader should author it and the programmers should be able to read and understand it, so both parties technically use it.
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let's hear it for a better way to spread viruses. As we all know bluetooth is now starting to spread viruses from phone to phone...this is the wave of the future.
I don't know if this fits the bill but Master of Orion 3 has TONS of micromanagement you can do. Though it may lack the action you're looking for, you can get down to really low level management or set policies and managers to do all the menial work while you conquer the galaxy. Good fun if you like getting hung up on the details.
A national lottery would be unprecedented and somewhat illegal without the approval of each state. For instance Powerball isn't available in a lot of states because of their gambling laws. Revenue from state lotteries often go towards education but much of the time it is reappropriated later and added to the states tax revenue.
A government partnership with a network to do a television show is interesting to say the least. It's something that I would watch and would probably increase public support, which would be more important than fund raising in my opinion.
Is it just me or was the description for this article particularly hard to read? I had to read it 3 or 4 times before I actually got it. And while I'm ranting, do we really need 7 or 8 links per description? This seems a little excessive. There's a lot to be said for clear and concise writing and well thought out summaries that only include necessary information. The details belong in the article.
After actually looking through the magazine, I could not find one bad review or pithy comment about senseless rules or lackluster products. I can understand being enthusiastic about games but I got the impression that the whole magazine was an advertisement for every game featured. In one article they praise some dwarven forge miniature setting pieces and claim the price is reasonable. I know quie a few gamers who think theses pieces are nice but far too expensive, especially on a typical gamers budget.
That's ironic...I guess they're not doing a very good job of hearing us now.
I think this is pretty good news. The more big government agencies that work with open source the better the backing will be when something like software patents come center stage in the supreme court.
Just what we need, the big publishers getting bigger. Well as long as the games don't get as bad as the programming on MTV I won't complain too much.
I should have been more clear. I meant in sales. They're lagging behind in sales, simply because consoles are cheaper and faster to develop for.
excuse me while I bang my head against my desk. I know it's important to keep innovating but this is why PC games are lagging behind consoles...because soon you'll need 3 video cards to run the latest ID game.
Google does tweak their ranking system on a regular basis. When the problem becomes evident, (and it looks like it just has) they do something about it...that's why they're google.
It's also might be worth noting that this may have been the inspiration for (or the other way around) for Pacmanhattan (as seen here) which was woefully overlooked in the description.
Also for those with a gamecube I'd highly recomend Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem which is clearly heavily influenced by Lovecraftian fiction. The more the characters are exposed to the supernatural in game the more the game messes with the character and the player. Blood would run down the walls, screams would be heard in the night and limbs would fall off only to reappear. Also the game might pretend to turn down the volume on the TV among other things. Play it with Dolby surround sound in a dark room and you'll find yourself freaking out.
I believe that this minority is actually a pretty conforming group. Sort of like the followers of Brian in The Life of Brian where in response to Brian's plea, "but you are all individuals!" the cultists all reply in unison, "yes we are all individuals" Rejecting tradition seems to be a tradition in and of itself.
Seems a bit alarmist...I think they just want to grow as developers. I don't think they'll just abandon Nintendo either, afterall that's their area of expertise at the moment.
well this is a little off topic and could probably be found on Google or something but I'll answer anyway. You pay something like ten bucks and it reserves you a copy for when it comes in. You have to pick it up when it comes in and as far as I know there's nothing in the box.
Well I suppose you could log out and post
Well that and it's recursive, the ship date in April allows for years worth of tasteless stories. BTW, I see you've taken to tracking down my other posts. I would guess that this is for the purposes of trolling. I'm actually enjoying this, I haven't had a good flame war in months. Seriously I'm not real worked up about it, you're just the victim of my boredom, I hope you're not taking this personally.
I believe the trash talk the parent was looking for is: "Scoreboard!"
I'd have to say I think you both need to chill out.
Oh and getting worked up? You're still posting about it...something about a pot and a kettle comes to mind.
Oh so you think just because you don't find it funny--though others might--that the offender deserves to have their karma lowered? My comment wasn't offensive, and it seemed pretty relevant to the story. Encouraging someone to refine their humor or stop trying just because you personally didn't think it was funny? I think the FCC has a job for you man.
there is however a -1 overrated, which would be more to the point if you didn't like my humor.
well we can't seem to get a break here, now you're offtopic...let's see how low my Karma can go!
In other news: Microsoft sues the United States over antitrust laws....crap now I'm giving them ideas.
Is it me or is this not really worth posting about. A few paragraphs about a game that might be in development by a halfway decent studio that doesn't even have a title yet? Wake me up when there's a real story please.
Who uses UML? The designers or the programmers?
I should imagine the designers wouldn't be very good at it, and I should imagine that programmers would have better ways to express themselves.
Actually a good designer probably has some experience coding. As to who uses it? Well ideally the designer or project leader should author it and the programmers should be able to read and understand it, so both parties technically use it.