Cough, um why would use use a bunch of mini projectors when you can use one normal projector? The resolution sucks but other than that it's a popular method.
The problem isn't how little recognition some get it's how much others get. We don't have a decent way of organizing information yet so we use things like bias and previous experience mar our media decisions.
Work stands on it's own, I'm not saying it's created by gods will but a peice doesn't influence other pieces, one brilliant work a name does not make.
f only they were in a position to do so. Most first time or independent developers have a very hard time getting the cash needed to finish a title. Who provides the cash? That's right, the publishers. Not only do they help get that game finished, they also provide marketing and get a game on the store shelves. Because of that, publishers get to be picky about what games they want due to the large amount of developers trying to get their attention.
The reason that developers can't develop a decent industry is because like musicians they can't create a hierarchical structure and unify their company. A huge firm is owned by specific people and when money is earned it is distributed on that basis. Game companies tend to spring from friendships and mutual regard not good business sense, when you start putting a game together you should already know where the profits are going and who owns how much of what.
A better solution might be to have fans fund a game (in advance) but we'd need to get our shit together and that aint gonna happen:(
Though binary is the best way for a computer to organize information maybe a person doing it would be better off trying to convert to a decimal number or hex of shorter length and memorize that?
Or even base 26 (guess why)... or mentaly create an image with a white vs black pixel by pixel interface. Hmmm. Well my memory is too short to deal wtih this problem...
By now you probably know how easy DirectX makes things, it's pretty increadible actually. OpenGL is not as widely supported and is implemented diffrently by Nvidia and ATI.
Carmack using OpenGL doesn't really say anything, he could probably write a game in COBOL but it doesn't mean it's a good idea for the rest of us. Carmack thinks that the final engine will be produced in the next few years and people will just liscence/develop based on it. That's why he's hammering away in OpenGl because he'd like it to be universal and free.
I'm sure his work has gotten harder and harder since the inception of OpenGL. I don't think OpenGL has been moving forward with other gaming technologies. Course what do I know, maybe DOOM 3 will swing people out of the MS camp.
Sony entered the console market because the other console makers were not being creative enough, they knew 3d was where it's at, now look where they are.
The chances of them demolishing Nintendo with it's pathetic gameboy are pretty good, the psp is going to have PS2 games and the DS, well it'll have 2 screens!
Adding movie support for a proprietary format is going to be easy, it's just allowing a game's intro cutscene to run for 30 min with a little menu:) Easy, the FACT that Nintendo doesn't know anything about their audience anymore is what's going to kill them.
Also as regards earlier conversations involving DVD players in Gamecubes, I know 3 students who purchased consoles in order to have DVD capacity at university. Any arguements that DVD's would make the system more expensive are so ridiculously stupid it's funny, there might be liscencing costs involved with using DVD's (I.P. on Dvd's is owned by japanese company and they guard religiously), but it's a cheaper technology and much easier to obtain in bulk. The value lost by NOT having a dvd player, no media capacity of any kind due to this in the system and NOT using standard sized disks is huge. The only mitigating factor is the lack of piracy, and even that is only so-so.
Roger this, when I bought my Xbox I had already planned to buy a PS3 with backward compatability, whichever console maker brings the HD wins, HD and PVR wins, HD PVR and Free online play teh win!
The M-Systems stuff is identical, interface-wise, to a hard disk.
For the most part, at levels above the actual driver, nothing has any idea that it is reading and writing an IDE drive.
Um meta mods? Someone needs their account revoked for modding this guy down. This, if true sheds light on the subject and is an important peice of information for people thinking of buying Xbox 2. So... MOD PARENT UP!
Gameplan for Good team, drive jeep to node one all three link and build. Take Tank drive through centre and send manta's to attack their tank node until you gain central or tank node. Use vehicles to snipe their last node while you attack and build their tank node. Use tank
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to defend final node, use other vehicles to attack home node.
If you think you can recapture a node with two tanks hammering it you are sorely mistaken, note a good tanker knows how to use the mg to shoot down missiles and stays out of sight of your base.
Assuming that everyone else is ignorant is sometimes not the right course. Perhaps you should work with the Linux community on development and some of us will give it another try?
Can we stop talking about the Xeon, until they come out with a new generation it's just garbage. If you think buying AMD risks your job then stick your head in the sand, the only thing that suffer's is your wallet and employer.
Let's talk about an issue that might still be relevant, so how about those new voodoo drivers!
"You'll never need more than 512k of memory",
"Who would want a computer in the house?"
"One Day computers will be small enough to fit in this room."
Welcome to distinguished company. It really sucks having a technological revolution with people from the 80's kicking around. Here's hoping you all die and we get some people with vision and enthusiasm.
I'd like to laugh about the insinuation that gaming promotes violence and obesity but I don't find it funny anymore.
I am too worried first that they may be right. Now I know this is hard to accept but even people you don't agree with, might be right.
Second laughing their queries off like they are nothing only makes us seem biased towards the oppinion that "Video Gamers are fine". This bias might seem obvious to them when they consider, we are gamers!
Anyway I just hope we produce some titles I can point to and call a work of art, which stimulate young minds in useful and productive ways, or at least arn't found to co-ordinate strangly with instances of violence or abuse.
I wish the Slashdot crowd had the audacity to look at their questions and points and respond with seasoned respectable arguements. These conversations of public derision and evasion, are just that.
Hey Tim I just tried compiling this on a Mac! "Grunt" It seems to work or something! "Grunt" Maybe we should, you know distribute this lemme see, *toss* *clang* moron.
Interesting point, he has made assumptions about the price based upon the specs why don't we try and calculate the specs based on the price.
He went way off on prices (Mac people always think the sky is falling price wise, might do to have some competition methinks.
But assuming they are trying to break even, assuming dual processors on the ppc970 ATI chips no HD and a 2-6 gig Flash mem. Well the ATI chipset will be the followup to the ATI9100 (integrated) running on an ATI mobo so costs should be approx $50-75(massive bulk 2k6) at about 9800 pro speeds (integration makes it faster/ dropped support of all unneeded extensions makes it faster and cheaper). 2-6 gigs of flash mem will probably run you about $35, that still leaves dual CPU's which I assume will be produced off whatever surplus silicone IBM has lying around at the end of their processor fab 3 generations from now, prolly in the order of 3800+ x 2. Approx CPU price $55 each. 1 controller $12. You can calculate total price but these are based on current pricing models other than assuming a couple very modest increases over the scheduled release period.
Tried Game, is a Shinning Force Clone if you liked shinning force take a look. Gerrard dude you could use an editor, if you want me to edit your dialogue message me.
I have a modded Xbox with a 120 gig cap on my game library. I filled it up quickly and am having a really hard time finding new games, I still have several titles I'm not happy with. Xbox owners do realize that there are some weaknesses in our title libraries, the situation has been getting better though.
There is a significant amount of functionality the xbox has is better than the other two systems, as a student I needed a media centre.
The only game I lack is a FPS with good multiplayer split screen support. Xbox has several system killers, KOTOR, NHL:2k4,HALO. Despite this the other systems have clung to life, most of the games listed as great games for the PS2 and GameCube are available for Dreamcast. I suggest a dreamcast Xbox combo for anyone buying a system, Between the ps2 and Gamecube I might pick up a gamecube, it has a couple decent titles, I looked through the Top ten lists and I don't think every gamer should give some of those a try,
Metroid Prime is ok but it's not a decent FPS, without AAA fps' I just don't see how gamecube can appeal to gamers over 10.
Slashdot Mirror
Why bother they are so fooking terrible they will go under soon anyway. Belch...
Cough, um why would use use a bunch of mini projectors when you can use one normal projector? The resolution sucks but other than that it's a popular method.
The problem isn't how little recognition some get it's how much others get. We don't have a decent way of organizing information yet so we use things like bias and previous experience mar our media decisions.
Work stands on it's own, I'm not saying it's created by gods will but a peice doesn't influence other pieces, one brilliant work a name does not make.
f only they were in a position to do so. Most first time or independent developers have a very hard time getting the cash needed to finish a title. Who provides the cash? That's right, the publishers. Not only do they help get that game finished, they also provide marketing and get a game on the store shelves. Because of that, publishers get to be picky about what games they want due to the large amount of developers trying to get their attention.
:(
The reason that developers can't develop a decent industry is because like musicians they can't create a hierarchical structure and unify their company. A huge firm is owned by specific people and when money is earned it is distributed on that basis. Game companies tend to spring from friendships and mutual regard not good business sense, when you start putting a game together you should already know where the profits are going and who owns how much of what.
A better solution might be to have fans fund a game (in advance) but we'd need to get our shit together and that aint gonna happen
Though binary is the best way for a computer to organize information maybe a person doing it would be better off trying to convert to a decimal number or hex of shorter length and memorize that? Or even base 26 (guess why)... or mentaly create an image with a white vs black pixel by pixel interface. Hmmm. Well my memory is too short to deal wtih this problem...
By now you probably know how easy DirectX makes things, it's pretty increadible actually. OpenGL is not as widely supported and is implemented diffrently by Nvidia and ATI.
Carmack using OpenGL doesn't really say anything, he could probably write a game in COBOL but it doesn't mean it's a good idea for the rest of us. Carmack thinks that the final engine will be produced in the next few years and people will just liscence/develop based on it. That's why he's hammering away in OpenGl because he'd like it to be universal and free.
I'm sure his work has gotten harder and harder since the inception of OpenGL. I don't think OpenGL has been moving forward with other gaming technologies. Course what do I know, maybe DOOM 3 will swing people out of the MS camp.
Sony entered the console market because the other console makers were not being creative enough, they knew 3d was where it's at, now look where they are.
:) Easy, the FACT that Nintendo doesn't know anything about their audience anymore is what's going to kill them.
The chances of them demolishing Nintendo with it's pathetic gameboy are pretty good, the psp is going to have PS2 games and the DS, well it'll have 2 screens!
Adding movie support for a proprietary format is going to be easy, it's just allowing a game's intro cutscene to run for 30 min with a little menu
Also as regards earlier conversations involving DVD players in Gamecubes, I know 3 students who purchased consoles in order to have DVD capacity at university. Any arguements that DVD's would make the system more expensive are so ridiculously stupid it's funny, there might be liscencing costs involved with using DVD's (I.P. on Dvd's is owned by japanese company and they guard religiously), but it's a cheaper technology and much easier to obtain in bulk. The value lost by NOT having a dvd player, no media capacity of any kind due to this in the system and NOT using standard sized disks is huge. The only mitigating factor is the lack of piracy, and even that is only so-so.
Frankly sir, microsoft doesn't even need to offer me a bios. That's where free online gaming comes in :)
Roger this, when I bought my Xbox I had already planned to buy a PS3 with backward compatability, whichever console maker brings the HD wins, HD and PVR wins, HD PVR and Free online play teh win!
The M-Systems stuff is identical, interface-wise, to a hard disk.
For the most part, at levels above the actual driver, nothing has any idea that it is reading and writing an IDE drive.
Um meta mods? Someone needs their account revoked for modding this guy down. This, if true sheds light on the subject and is an important peice of information for people thinking of buying Xbox 2.
So... MOD PARENT UP!
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to defend final node, use other vehicles to attack home node.If you think you can recapture a node with two tanks hammering it you are sorely mistaken, note a good tanker knows how to use the mg to shoot down missiles and stays out of sight of your base.
Assuming that everyone else is ignorant is sometimes not the right course. Perhaps you should work with the Linux community on development and some of us will give it another try?
Easier to go to a store.... hahahhahahhahaha.
You my good man are a candidate for mech games, this is the kind of stuff they implement all the time. Check out some of the more advanced ones.
The Games Listed above have engines being created with them rather than simply liscensing someone else's engine. HL2 is also mentioned, :)
Other games aren't worse they are just less likely to be original.
AMD dropped plans for a 400 series, but you can use the 800 series chips to build servers with 1-8 cpu's.
Crackfiend.
Can we stop talking about the Xeon, until they come out with a new generation it's just garbage. If you think buying AMD risks your job then stick your head in the sand, the only thing that suffer's is your wallet and employer.
Let's talk about an issue that might still be relevant, so how about those new voodoo drivers!
"You'll never need more than 512k of memory",
"Who would want a computer in the house?"
"One Day computers will be small enough to fit in this room."
Welcome to distinguished company. It really sucks having a technological revolution with people from the 80's kicking around. Here's hoping you all die and we get some people with vision and enthusiasm.
-Out
/me cries for you.
;(
I knew this conversation would end with someone getting hurt, "it's like a platformer"
I'd like to laugh about the insinuation that gaming promotes violence and obesity but I don't find it funny anymore.
I am too worried first that they may be right. Now I know this is hard to accept but even people you don't agree with, might be right.
Second laughing their queries off like they are nothing only makes us seem biased towards the oppinion that "Video Gamers are fine". This bias might seem obvious to them when they consider, we are gamers!
Anyway I just hope we produce some titles I can point to and call a work of art, which stimulate young minds in useful and productive ways, or at least arn't found to co-ordinate strangly with instances of violence or abuse.
I wish the Slashdot crowd had the audacity to look at their questions and points and respond with seasoned respectable arguements. These conversations of public derision and evasion, are just that.
Hey Tim I just tried compiling this on a Mac!
"Grunt"
It seems to work or something!
"Grunt"
Maybe we should, you know distribute this
lemme see, *toss* *clang* moron.
Well actually I bought a Xbox 1 which did all that for $166 cdn and I'm starting to reconsider.
Interesting point, he has made assumptions about the price based upon the specs why don't we try and calculate the specs based on the price.
He went way off on prices (Mac people always think the sky is falling price wise, might do to have some competition methinks.
But assuming they are trying to break even, assuming dual processors on the ppc970 ATI chips no HD and a 2-6 gig Flash mem. Well the ATI chipset will be the followup to the ATI9100 (integrated) running on an ATI mobo so costs should be approx $50-75(massive bulk 2k6) at about 9800 pro speeds (integration makes it faster/ dropped support of all unneeded extensions makes it faster and cheaper). 2-6 gigs of flash mem will probably run you about $35, that still leaves dual CPU's which I assume will be produced off whatever surplus silicone IBM has lying around at the end of their processor fab 3 generations from now, prolly in the order of 3800+ x 2. Approx CPU price $55 each. 1 controller $12. You can calculate total price but these are based on current pricing models other than assuming a couple very modest increases over the scheduled release period.
Tried Game, is a Shinning Force Clone if you liked shinning force take a look. Gerrard dude you could use an editor, if you want me to edit your dialogue message me.
I have a modded Xbox with a 120 gig cap on my game library. I filled it up quickly and am having a really hard time finding new games, I still have several titles I'm not happy with. Xbox owners do realize that there are some weaknesses in our title libraries, the situation has been getting better though.
There is a significant amount of functionality the xbox has is better than the other two systems, as a student I needed a media centre.
The only game I lack is a FPS with good multiplayer split screen support. Xbox has several system killers, KOTOR, NHL:2k4,HALO. Despite this the other systems have clung to life, most of the games listed as great games for the PS2 and GameCube are available for Dreamcast. I suggest a dreamcast Xbox combo for anyone buying a system, Between the ps2 and Gamecube I might pick up a gamecube, it has a couple decent titles, I looked through the Top ten lists and I don't think every gamer should give some of those a try, Metroid Prime is ok but it's not a decent FPS, without AAA fps' I just don't see how gamecube can appeal to gamers over 10.