I may be wrong on this, but I think Rockstar is a developer which is wholly owned by Take-Two, a distributer. So I guess Max Payne(2) was developed by Rockstar. At any rate IMHO Max Payne 1 was worlds better than Manhunt, but it's also the only shooter I can think of that could be described as pretentious.
Rockstar has given us almost no reason to doubt them.
Manhunt
I don't like the GTA games, but that's personal taste I guess. Manhunt on the other hand is hard to defend. It's overly violent for no reason, and boring as hell to play on top of that. Rockstar is also responsible for SOE, though I think that was a different studio...
I'd guess you're right, although maybe this one will be a bit more of an update to the engine than GTA3 to GTA:VC was, since they've had 2 years between releases this time. Regardless I'd expect it to have the low technical standards that the rest of Rockstar's stuff has
The one downfall of the Gamecube controller is the z button, it's a bit hard to get to at times, much like black and white on the Xbox S, not show stopping but annoying. I'd also like to see Sony replace the shapes with letters, letters are just easier when you're trying to learn a move or something. However I don't see this happening since Sony is using the shapes in their branding.
Really? I was suprised at how quiet my XBOX runs. I expected it to be sort of loud, but it just hums a bit. It is most definately quieter than my PS2, probably louder than the GCN though.
I maintain that XBOX one is an excercise in getting a feel for the market and brand awareness. XBOX2 is where Sony should be afraid, because MS will be out to win. And if Kaz Hirai's keynote speeches (at least the ones I've seen) are indicitive of Sony's attitude, they're getting too cocky for their own good.
I have to believe that the removal of the HD is more a per unit cost thing than a hacking prevention thing. I'd also think the HD is the component that has the highest rate of failure. The percentage of XBOX owners that even think of cracking open the case is probably in the low single digits (if that).
Hummers and Navigators and plasma TVs may drive the economy, but as another poster said the top few percent only buy so much. I bet 9/10 of Navigator/Hummer owners are paying monthly through the nose for those vehicles, and teetering on the edge of financial catastrophe. It's not particularly hard to finance your way above your means, but staying there is contingent on keeping the same or better pay.
I know you're not really referring to the election, but politics is a lot like/. polls, when all the answers suck vote for the least offensive (CowboyNeal).
Clinton IMHO was tons better than Bush, but he still signed the DOMA and the Telecommunications Act, which if I recall correctly contained the CDA.
I'm not doing that because I don't have a problem with aggregate data collection. If my bank wants to sell data to Phillip Morris that leads to the conclusion that most male smokers between 18-30 spend an average of x on ciggarettes in a given week, and my data is part of that I don't care. If they (my bank) post a website with my name, contact info, and what I purchased for how much and when, then I have an issue.
My question is simply why don't you hear complaining about the data banks have access to, yet you hear complaints about something like RFID, which is unlikely to ever be used outside of supply chain and inventory management functions (I'd guess it'll be part of the disposable packaging rather than integrated into the product, or maybe even removable at checkout for reuse). For all the bitching you'd think they were proposing GPS beacons being physically attached to every product.
That brings up something I've oft wondered about the more privacy paranoid in the/. crowd. I bet most of us here heavily use debit cards, I know I do, and my bank is sitting on a moutain of data that they could probably make a killing selling to virtually any commercial venture. Are bank privacy policies really solid, is there a federal bank privacy law? I don't hear anyone's paranoid ranting being directed at banks.
Then you have grocer savings cards, I do hear a bit of complaining about those, but nothing near say RFID. Those are personally identifiable as far as I can tell.
I don't see how Eminem/the label sees this as an endorsement. Eminem himself walking out and saying iTunes is the shit is an endorsement, some kid singing the lyrics to one of his songs is recognizing his stature in pop culture. I don't know, or particularly care, about the legalities of this, I'd assume Eminem is within his rights, but I think this is bad PR for him, especially the ten mil bit. It's sort of like him saying I'm not a sellout, but for approximately this much I will be...
I enjoyed both Ratchet & Clank games, although Going Commando was more like an expansion pack than a new game. I also enjoyed Jack and Daxter. Jak II I felt was destroyed by the GTA style mission thing, the driving was irritating and the in city missions really sucked.
That said none of the above are games I'd buy a system for. I bought the PS2 for GTA, hated it, and haven't really found anything I think is amazing for that system yet.
In my ideal game world Microsoft buys Nintendo, and then I can just by one system next generation.
I ran XP on a Dell Dimension with 128MB of 66Mhz RAM and a Celeron 333Mhz. It wasn't quick but you could use it. I have two Duron 1400+ with 256MB of shared 133Mhz SDRAM at home, and they run fine. 1Ghz and 256MB may not be the greatest thing for multi-tasking but it's hardly pushing the low end of XP's requirements.
I do #1 all the time as well. The other great thing about cash back is that you can usually choose exactly how much you want. If I go to an ATM it has to be increments of $20, even if I just want $5 for Taco Bell, but if I go into Walgreens I can buy a Pepsi and get $5 back, leaving the $15 I didn't need in cash in the bank.
I find it hard to believe that after selling the hard drive thing this generation they're going to walk away from it with XNext. Saved games might work ok networked, but custom soundtracks with a 256Kb upload? I'd say they want to cut the hard drive, as it's probably the component in the XBOX that fails the most, and replace it with flash. Networked data storage for people that want to get to their saves on somebody else's XBOX, or trade saves with a friend, something like that.
We have WiFi at home for two reasons. Number one we live in an apartment, can't pull up carpet or drill through walls to run CAT5, and definately don't want it running down the hall or across the living room. Number two we have two laptops, and it's nice to be able to sit on the patio or couch or bar and be online. And 11Mbs is just fine for browsing and e-mail, which is about all we do. If a large file transfer between machines is needed all 4 boxes in the house have burners, so CD-RW works for that.
I don't really get why this is a big deal. Any exploits in this are probably already fixed, and if not someone well intentioned will point it out just as quickly as someone with bad intentions will try to take advantage of it. Nobody in their right mind would try to take this code and use it in anything, and I'd guess most people interested in programming won't even bother to look at it. Aside from bad publicity for MS it doesn't seem like this is a real big deal.
SSX3 (I've played the GCN version) has ads for dnl, and the Honda Element, I'm pretty sure that's all. It doesn't bother me, advertising is part of sports, it doesn't seem out of place. Take those two adds and put them in Halo or Jak & Daxtor and it'd be annoying to say the least.
I agree. I eagerly await the collapse of this stupid ass company that does nothing to further either operating systems in general or Linux. The Lindows name was stupid to begin with, they should have used this as an opportunity to find a name that isn't lame.
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I may be wrong on this, but I think Rockstar is a developer which is wholly owned by Take-Two, a distributer. So I guess Max Payne(2) was developed by Rockstar. At any rate IMHO Max Payne 1 was worlds better than Manhunt, but it's also the only shooter I can think of that could be described as pretentious.
Manhunt
I don't like the GTA games, but that's personal taste I guess. Manhunt on the other hand is hard to defend. It's overly violent for no reason, and boring as hell to play on top of that. Rockstar is also responsible for SOE, though I think that was a different studio...
If XBOX 2 is released in '05 I wonder if the XBOX version of this would be for XBOX or XBOX 2...
I'd guess you're right, although maybe this one will be a bit more of an update to the engine than GTA3 to GTA:VC was, since they've had 2 years between releases this time. Regardless I'd expect it to have the low technical standards that the rest of Rockstar's stuff has
It's amazing, someone repeated the PS2 at a loss myth and not one reply pointing to Acts of Gord...
The one downfall of the Gamecube controller is the z button, it's a bit hard to get to at times, much like black and white on the Xbox S, not show stopping but annoying. I'd also like to see Sony replace the shapes with letters, letters are just easier when you're trying to learn a move or something. However I don't see this happening since Sony is using the shapes in their branding.
Really? I was suprised at how quiet my XBOX runs. I expected it to be sort of loud, but it just hums a bit. It is most definately quieter than my PS2, probably louder than the GCN though.
I maintain that XBOX one is an excercise in getting a feel for the market and brand awareness. XBOX2 is where Sony should be afraid, because MS will be out to win. And if Kaz Hirai's keynote speeches (at least the ones I've seen) are indicitive of Sony's attitude, they're getting too cocky for their own good.
I have to believe that the removal of the HD is more a per unit cost thing than a hacking prevention thing. I'd also think the HD is the component that has the highest rate of failure. The percentage of XBOX owners that even think of cracking open the case is probably in the low single digits (if that).
Hummers and Navigators and plasma TVs may drive the economy, but as another poster said the top few percent only buy so much. I bet 9/10 of Navigator/Hummer owners are paying monthly through the nose for those vehicles, and teetering on the edge of financial catastrophe. It's not particularly hard to finance your way above your means, but staying there is contingent on keeping the same or better pay.
I know you're not really referring to the election, but politics is a lot like /. polls, when all the answers suck vote for the least offensive (CowboyNeal).
Clinton IMHO was tons better than Bush, but he still signed the DOMA and the Telecommunications Act, which if I recall correctly contained the CDA.
So DMCA proponent or not Kerry '04!
I'm not doing that because I don't have a problem with aggregate data collection. If my bank wants to sell data to Phillip Morris that leads to the conclusion that most male smokers between 18-30 spend an average of x on ciggarettes in a given week, and my data is part of that I don't care. If they (my bank) post a website with my name, contact info, and what I purchased for how much and when, then I have an issue.
My question is simply why don't you hear complaining about the data banks have access to, yet you hear complaints about something like RFID, which is unlikely to ever be used outside of supply chain and inventory management functions (I'd guess it'll be part of the disposable packaging rather than integrated into the product, or maybe even removable at checkout for reuse). For all the bitching you'd think they were proposing GPS beacons being physically attached to every product.
That brings up something I've oft wondered about the more privacy paranoid in the /. crowd. I bet most of us here heavily use debit cards, I know I do, and my bank is sitting on a moutain of data that they could probably make a killing selling to virtually any commercial venture. Are bank privacy policies really solid, is there a federal bank privacy law? I don't hear anyone's paranoid ranting being directed at banks.
Then you have grocer savings cards, I do hear a bit of complaining about those, but nothing near say RFID. Those are personally identifiable as far as I can tell.
I don't see how Eminem/the label sees this as an endorsement. Eminem himself walking out and saying iTunes is the shit is an endorsement, some kid singing the lyrics to one of his songs is recognizing his stature in pop culture. I don't know, or particularly care, about the legalities of this, I'd assume Eminem is within his rights, but I think this is bad PR for him, especially the ten mil bit. It's sort of like him saying I'm not a sellout, but for approximately this much I will be...
For real. And who cares the they data mine anyway, it's not like they're tracking any one individual's purchases.
I enjoyed both Ratchet & Clank games, although Going Commando was more like an expansion pack than a new game. I also enjoyed Jack and Daxter. Jak II I felt was destroyed by the GTA style mission thing, the driving was irritating and the in city missions really sucked.
That said none of the above are games I'd buy a system for. I bought the PS2 for GTA, hated it, and haven't really found anything I think is amazing for that system yet.
In my ideal game world Microsoft buys Nintendo, and then I can just by one system next generation.
I ran XP on a Dell Dimension with 128MB of 66Mhz RAM and a Celeron 333Mhz. It wasn't quick but you could use it. I have two Duron 1400+ with 256MB of shared 133Mhz SDRAM at home, and they run fine. 1Ghz and 256MB may not be the greatest thing for multi-tasking but it's hardly pushing the low end of XP's requirements.
I do #1 all the time as well. The other great thing about cash back is that you can usually choose exactly how much you want. If I go to an ATM it has to be increments of $20, even if I just want $5 for Taco Bell, but if I go into Walgreens I can buy a Pepsi and get $5 back, leaving the $15 I didn't need in cash in the bank.
How's that when his post is timestamped 6 minutes earlier than yours?
I find it hard to believe that after selling the hard drive thing this generation they're going to walk away from it with XNext. Saved games might work ok networked, but custom soundtracks with a 256Kb upload? I'd say they want to cut the hard drive, as it's probably the component in the XBOX that fails the most, and replace it with flash. Networked data storage for people that want to get to their saves on somebody else's XBOX, or trade saves with a friend, something like that.
We have WiFi at home for two reasons. Number one we live in an apartment, can't pull up carpet or drill through walls to run CAT5, and definately don't want it running down the hall or across the living room. Number two we have two laptops, and it's nice to be able to sit on the patio or couch or bar and be online. And 11Mbs is just fine for browsing and e-mail, which is about all we do. If a large file transfer between machines is needed all 4 boxes in the house have burners, so CD-RW works for that.
I don't really get why this is a big deal. Any exploits in this are probably already fixed, and if not someone well intentioned will point it out just as quickly as someone with bad intentions will try to take advantage of it. Nobody in their right mind would try to take this code and use it in anything, and I'd guess most people interested in programming won't even bother to look at it. Aside from bad publicity for MS it doesn't seem like this is a real big deal.
Games on amazon usually come from Toys R US, and that means you are paying for the shipping, and probably sales tax as well.
SSX3 (I've played the GCN version) has ads for dnl, and the Honda Element, I'm pretty sure that's all. It doesn't bother me, advertising is part of sports, it doesn't seem out of place. Take those two adds and put them in Halo or Jak & Daxtor and it'd be annoying to say the least.
I agree. I eagerly await the collapse of this stupid ass company that does nothing to further either operating systems in general or Linux. The Lindows name was stupid to begin with, they should have used this as an opportunity to find a name that isn't lame.