Unfortunately, with the current economy and market demand, I doubt this will have any major impact until at least the new decade, in which case something better will likely have been invented.
I hate flamebait such as this. Video games do not cause children to kill. Perhaps you need to read a book or something, rather than worry about games featuring guys who hop around on trampolines, flinging napalm at each other, while dodging whirling blades of death.
1) John Conner looks too much like a Sissy, rather than the badass from the future in the previous movies...
2) The new girl looks TOO innocent. Innocent evil girls have been played too much. Should have stuck with Chyna...at least Robert Patrick looked badass
3) Der Ah-Nuld looks like he is wearing Michael Jackson's jacket from the 80's....
however, there are some crazy weapons (nice bazooka)....it's good to see Arny using real weapons again, rather than tiny pistols and crap...
Would Nintendo continue to get money from PS2 games (PLAYSTATION 2) and consoles and such? Will PS2 have to change it's name?
Even more importantly, how will this affect the release of PS3 (I guess it will be called something different now : P)? They may need to bump it out early, to gain the much needed cash, and also to get rid of the (possible) Nintendo money earning Playstation 2...
Paying them off for 20 years makes it so they can EASILY afford to keep making consoles, and risky games (that may or may not pay off), for a hell of a long time....given that the average lifespan for a console is 5 years, that lets em make em until at LEAST another 4 consoles, plus they're getting a huge new studio of talented developers....damn, i wonder how much the Big N's stocks went up (just the rumours alone would have skyrocketed the fuckers....shit, 2 billion in profit helps stocks rather nicely!)
My stupid dentist scheduled my wisdom teeth to be removed today (the 18th)...had it done like 2 hours ago... I am really out of it, and I shudder at the thought of what kinda effects Sauron would have on me, while under the influence of codeine o.0
Does a game have to feature ultra violence and gore to be entertaining? No, of course not, but it doesn't need to feature ultra violence and gore to be adult. Morrowind wasn't a gory or ultra violent game, per se, however it featured many adult themes (drugs, assassinations, etc). I have to draw the line at playing a game "for the young at heart" when they put too many kiddy themes into it. I don't go see Disney movies in the theatre, nor do I play Disney style games at home. Playing a game with a plumber who squirts things with a fruity watergun is just too childish for me. I like my movies to be witty and thought provoking, and I like my games to feature similar themes. No cutesy bunnies or pokemon style critters for me, thank you very much
It's the same thing. Americans are brought up to be proud of their accomplishments, even if they didn't actually accomplish them. I've heard from many americans who've been taught in schools that the United States won the war of 1812. I've also heard 3 completely different stories about how they got Alaska (one is the American version, one is the Canadian version, and the other is the Soviet version). In Soviet Russia, stories are full of bullshit!
Hell, even in Canada, we have the very same problem. The French still claim that the British didn't give them rich eligible women to marry, rather they gave them British whores that had been arrested and deported. Who is honestly surprised that the Americans still believe themselves to have made the first airplane???
Hey, we built the Canadarm, why not have us build some Soyuz class space shuttles, in order to get the yanks back and forth? Bah, why can't we just hurry up and get us some Star Trek technology...then we can just beam our lazy asses up there for cheap!
I just know my old Geocities site is out there, waiting to bite me in the ass the moment I meet a great gal...
"Oh my god, there's horrible pictures of you getting drunk with a goat in Russia!! I can't be seen with you, freak!"
and yes, those pics do exist on the net....and for arguments sake, the goat followed us every day, just to drink beer. Yeah.....that's all....
Wow! 140 burners = 500+?
Does this math go further? Is the gig of ram I have only actually 20 megs? How about my 120 gig HDD? I guess that's actually just a 3 1/4" diskette...
No wonder the RIAA claims they lose 400 million every year from mp3's. Each song they have actually equals 5 songs! Got damn, there must be thousands of BSB songs by now then!
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Smokes and booze give me naughty thoughts. Porn doesn't. Go figure o.0
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...that totally bores me to tears. Nothing interesting, or debate worthy. May as well through this in the spam section, cuz that's what it seems like to me *plugs his nose and mouths P U*
I always figured that the X-Box was Bill Gate's master plan, in order to save the PC industry. With constant upgrades being needed in order to play newer and newer games, it was safer to try and separate gaming from PC's, and make it exclusive to consoles. It makes future versions of Windows or any other OS's look alot brighter. That's why the X-Box had such insanely high features, such as a processor nearly 3x stronger than the PS2. Anywho, I can see a future where consoles let you play games, and your pc is used almost exclusively for work (ie-Excel, Word, Photoshop, etc) and internet, with a few games to keep you entertained.
But as I posted elsewhere, I can also see consoles evolving into more of a full entertainment system, with features that can be readily made available through your house, including the ability to turn on a vcr/dvd recorder/digital recorder in another room of the house, or sending out a phone call, or suddenly using your TV to go online and check out/.
The lunar landing was great when America needed a great feat to beat the Soviet Space missions...when they got to the moon, and found that nothing was there, but flat empty space, people lost hope. After they kept doing it, nobody cared, cuz there was nothing cool or new to find out. It's like taking a family vacation to an parking lot, and not taking anything with you. It may be unique the first time, but after that, it's just torture!
hehehe...as an owner of X-Box Live, I already love the Jukebox feeling of it, and look forward to the Digital VCR X-Box sequel, whenever it comes. None of the next gen consoles will be a mere game station. It'll be a DVD Player/Stereo Reciever/Game Player/VCR, and probably much much more...
Consider plans for alot of gaming consoles (Sony is interested in Hive technology, for instance) to become integrated with your household. I can see your entire home being hardwired into a single pc, and you can just go room to room, turn on any tv/monitor, and play whatever games you own, watch any tv shows or movies, or surf the web. Can't see all this still operating with even advanced Mouse and Keyboard technology.
First of all, the cost of such a thing probably outwieghs the usefulness. Do we really need robotic butterflies on Mars? Alien species are going to look at Earthlings as odd little morons. Next, if you put these things in caves and such (anywhere out in the wilderness), what is to stop other animals/insects from attempting to eat them? This just sounds like it will fail, the same as when they tried to build robot ants (because ants can lift 50x their body weight, so they figured they would be great for construction, etc).
Not a big trekkie (don't kill me!), but don't most fans of Star Trek claim that Star Trek V was the worst in the history of Star Trek (including Shatner himself?) I may be mistaken though (I am referring to the Star Trek where the crew is caught in a battle between what was SUPPOSED to be God and the Devil).
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Unfortunately, with the current economy and market demand, I doubt this will have any major impact until at least the new decade, in which case something better will likely have been invented.
I hate flamebait such as this. Video games do not cause children to kill. Perhaps you need to read a book or something, rather than worry about games featuring guys who hop around on trampolines, flinging napalm at each other, while dodging whirling blades of death.
remember that crappy show? heh
double/triple entendre, perhaps?
1) John Conner looks too much like a Sissy, rather than the badass from the future in the previous movies... 2) The new girl looks TOO innocent. Innocent evil girls have been played too much. Should have stuck with Chyna...at least Robert Patrick looked badass 3) Der Ah-Nuld looks like he is wearing Michael Jackson's jacket from the 80's.... however, there are some crazy weapons (nice bazooka)....it's good to see Arny using real weapons again, rather than tiny pistols and crap...
it'll still possibly drive Nintendo stocks up, just due to the rumours.... 2.3 billion dollar rumours = $$bling bling$$
Would Nintendo continue to get money from PS2 games (PLAYSTATION 2) and consoles and such? Will PS2 have to change it's name? Even more importantly, how will this affect the release of PS3 (I guess it will be called something different now : P)? They may need to bump it out early, to gain the much needed cash, and also to get rid of the (possible) Nintendo money earning Playstation 2... Paying them off for 20 years makes it so they can EASILY afford to keep making consoles, and risky games (that may or may not pay off), for a hell of a long time....given that the average lifespan for a console is 5 years, that lets em make em until at LEAST another 4 consoles, plus they're getting a huge new studio of talented developers....damn, i wonder how much the Big N's stocks went up (just the rumours alone would have skyrocketed the fuckers....shit, 2 billion in profit helps stocks rather nicely!)
My stupid dentist scheduled my wisdom teeth to be removed today (the 18th)...had it done like 2 hours ago... I am really out of it, and I shudder at the thought of what kinda effects Sauron would have on me, while under the influence of codeine o.0
E-mail 250,000,000 people about their ideas on fighting spam. That would surely work!
Does a game have to feature ultra violence and gore to be entertaining? No, of course not, but it doesn't need to feature ultra violence and gore to be adult. Morrowind wasn't a gory or ultra violent game, per se, however it featured many adult themes (drugs, assassinations, etc). I have to draw the line at playing a game "for the young at heart" when they put too many kiddy themes into it. I don't go see Disney movies in the theatre, nor do I play Disney style games at home. Playing a game with a plumber who squirts things with a fruity watergun is just too childish for me. I like my movies to be witty and thought provoking, and I like my games to feature similar themes. No cutesy bunnies or pokemon style critters for me, thank you very much
It's the same thing. Americans are brought up to be proud of their accomplishments, even if they didn't actually accomplish them. I've heard from many americans who've been taught in schools that the United States won the war of 1812. I've also heard 3 completely different stories about how they got Alaska (one is the American version, one is the Canadian version, and the other is the Soviet version). In Soviet Russia, stories are full of bullshit! Hell, even in Canada, we have the very same problem. The French still claim that the British didn't give them rich eligible women to marry, rather they gave them British whores that had been arrested and deported. Who is honestly surprised that the Americans still believe themselves to have made the first airplane???
Hey, we built the Canadarm, why not have us build some Soyuz class space shuttles, in order to get the yanks back and forth?
Bah, why can't we just hurry up and get us some Star Trek technology...then we can just beam our lazy asses up there for cheap!
I just know my old Geocities site is out there, waiting to bite me in the ass the moment I meet a great gal... "Oh my god, there's horrible pictures of you getting drunk with a goat in Russia!! I can't be seen with you, freak!" and yes, those pics do exist on the net....and for arguments sake, the goat followed us every day, just to drink beer. Yeah.....that's all....
Wow! 140 burners = 500+? Does this math go further? Is the gig of ram I have only actually 20 megs? How about my 120 gig HDD? I guess that's actually just a 3 1/4" diskette... No wonder the RIAA claims they lose 400 million every year from mp3's. Each song they have actually equals 5 songs! Got damn, there must be thousands of BSB songs by now then!
Smokes and booze give me naughty thoughts. Porn doesn't. Go figure o.0
...that totally bores me to tears. Nothing interesting, or debate worthy. May as well through this in the spam section, cuz that's what it seems like to me *plugs his nose and mouths P U*
I always figured that the X-Box was Bill Gate's master plan, in order to save the PC industry. With constant upgrades being needed in order to play newer and newer games, it was safer to try and separate gaming from PC's, and make it exclusive to consoles. It makes future versions of Windows or any other OS's look alot brighter. That's why the X-Box had such insanely high features, such as a processor nearly 3x stronger than the PS2. Anywho, I can see a future where consoles let you play games, and your pc is used almost exclusively for work (ie-Excel, Word, Photoshop, etc) and internet, with a few games to keep you entertained. But as I posted elsewhere, I can also see consoles evolving into more of a full entertainment system, with features that can be readily made available through your house, including the ability to turn on a vcr/dvd recorder/digital recorder in another room of the house, or sending out a phone call, or suddenly using your TV to go online and check out /.
The lunar landing was great when America needed a great feat to beat the Soviet Space missions...when they got to the moon, and found that nothing was there, but flat empty space, people lost hope. After they kept doing it, nobody cared, cuz there was nothing cool or new to find out. It's like taking a family vacation to an parking lot, and not taking anything with you. It may be unique the first time, but after that, it's just torture!
hehehe...as an owner of X-Box Live, I already love the Jukebox feeling of it, and look forward to the Digital VCR X-Box sequel, whenever it comes. None of the next gen consoles will be a mere game station. It'll be a DVD Player/Stereo Reciever/Game Player/VCR, and probably much much more...
Consider plans for alot of gaming consoles (Sony is interested in Hive technology, for instance) to become integrated with your household. I can see your entire home being hardwired into a single pc, and you can just go room to room, turn on any tv/monitor, and play whatever games you own, watch any tv shows or movies, or surf the web. Can't see all this still operating with even advanced Mouse and Keyboard technology.
First of all, the cost of such a thing probably outwieghs the usefulness. Do we really need robotic butterflies on Mars? Alien species are going to look at Earthlings as odd little morons. Next, if you put these things in caves and such (anywhere out in the wilderness), what is to stop other animals/insects from attempting to eat them? This just sounds like it will fail, the same as when they tried to build robot ants (because ants can lift 50x their body weight, so they figured they would be great for construction, etc).
Not a big trekkie (don't kill me!), but don't most fans of Star Trek claim that Star Trek V was the worst in the history of Star Trek (including Shatner himself?) I may be mistaken though (I am referring to the Star Trek where the crew is caught in a battle between what was SUPPOSED to be God and the Devil).