I played Final Fantasy I before I picked up Dragon Warrior I because I was intimidated by the challenge it presented. I was not prepared to go it alone on a quest. I thought it would be too hard. I was that sucked into the story line and game play by just the pictures I saw in Nintendo Power Magazine.
When I finally did play, I was glad I had waited. I was completely immersed. I think it was the first person view of the battles. It truly made me feel like I was the one questing to destroy the Dragon Lord. And I found it much more challenging. It one thing to have a White Mage at the bottom of the screen dealing out CURE spells (or was it HEAL?) while your Fighter keeps whailing away with his sword. In Dragon Warrior, you had to do it all yourself. I was scared to cross a bridge (enemies were always stronger across the bridge) and it rocked when I killed my first gold slime. And I was truly frightened when I first came up against the Dragon Lord.
I beat him on my first try, and I yelled in triumph. There are very few games that can make me do that.
Microsoft's entry into the console gaming field, the XBox, has been the cause of a bit of controversy in the IP arena. Microsoft thinks "hacking" the XBox is a violation of their intellectual property. A process now exists that allows a different OS to be installed on the XBox without physical modifications. From my point of view, this alternate use of the XBox only constitutes using the device in a manner not originally concieved of/allowed for by the designers. Does this use, in a manner not preconcieved of/planned for by the designers, constitute an IP violation? I do not believe you must sign any form of EULA when purchasing the XBox.
Not only do the specs appear...lacking, but this set depends upon a broadband connection. So sales are already limited to the number of people with broadband. Those people with broadband who are interested in using it for gaming already have existing solutions in the form of pre-existing consoles, already including one from M$.
I do not care how big your library is, I like to have my games in my hands. How am I supposed to loan my buddy my Metroid Prime or GTA3? I cannot with this business model.
The article makes a point of Roberts being a family man and the Phantom being a way to protect small children from the evils of violent gaming (how?). The box costs $400. I just do not think that price tag will fly today for parents buying a game system for small children. GCN has the most kid games, is the cheapest system on the market, and a little bit time by parents picking out games does the same thing.
I wonder how much of the $400 is attributed to the cost of XP?
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How secure is a system like that? Where I work, you cannot have a PDA that has any form of wireless connectivity because of security concerns. Security would even like to keep people from bringing their cell phones in to work. I finally got a nice job and I cannot even get my cell phone / PDA.
I have not been able to follow the show very well since I have found more interesting things to do on a Saturday night. Its interesting that not only is the premise of MMORPG lawlessness explored in the anime, but also the concept of self policing in the form of the Crimson Knights.
I swear we were talking about the Crimson Knights just this past Sunday. That's two Crimson Knights comments in 4 days.
I purchased an import version of Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes for my Dreamcast. It also had this kind of connectivity, but in the form of points earned from playing and victories. You need victory points to buy the hidden characters, uniforms and levels in the game. Much to my chagrin, there are many things I cannot unlock because the import version requires points you can only aquire by playing people in the arcade. I have not been able to find a machine in the US...and I no current plans to visit the land of the rising sun.:-/
U.S. games from an era or two ago weren't so well put together, but they were interesting because there was so much variety in what they made.
I think this comment is one of the most telling in the transcript and about the video game industry as a whole. Games have become so expensive to make that development houses no longer wish to take risks on different kinds of games. I want to play games like Pikmin, games that I have never seen before. How much more can you do to make an FPS unique? Why is Animal Crossing fun? Because there is nothing else like it (well maybe the SIMs.)
Nintendo is not the only company producing these games. GTA and GTA:VC are excellent. I have never experienced something so open ended, reguardless of the violent nature. Unfortunately, the violent nature is probably what sold the game, not the play mechanics. I just hope Rockstar can follow up...and not with a sequel, but with something just as innovative. How many games out now would you consider GTA clones, or clones of other games for that matter? That's the problem Miyamoto has with the US gaiming industry, where is the variety?
I guess it comes down to your criteria for a great game. Does it sell, or is it fun? Mine is deffinately fun.
True, it is not hard to find the information, but how difficult is it to pull it all together into one package as Gorman has done? Yes, classify it after the guy gets his sheep skin. Its one thing to have information out there to develop a bomb, its quite another thing to post schematics in a periodical.
If you read the article, you would understand why you can't download his dissertation. It is a road map for terrorism throughout the United States. Everybody knows where major landmarks are, but these are major hubs in the IT infrastructure of this country. From the sound of it, power grids, information pipelines and all kinds of other electronic infrastructure is a whole lot more interconnected than I originally imagined.
The writer is concerned he will not be able to work if he cannot get published, since he will only be publishing the most general of ideas from the paper. I am sure Uncle Sam will make certain he is well taken care of. You have a future in government consulting. Lets just hope he does not get snatched one morning as he's rowing across the lake.
Is there a central body that sets up an online environment for PC online games? If you play (played) an online game for PC, be it Ultima Online, Everquest or even Starcraft a few years back, you logged onto to that company's server. Sure, you had to logon to Battlenet for Blizzard games, but those were Blizzard's games. If a company wants to produce an online game for PC, they support the online functionality. Nintendo and SONY have it correct in that game vendors supply the servers.
Now, if Nintendo did it right, they would produce a broadband adapter (they have one for GCN) for the NextGen console and encourage vendors to port online games to the GCN. Ports that allow consoles to connect to the general severs that everyone else connects to. Isn't this what SONY does? No X-Box live type investment necessary. Then, if Nintendo wants to produce online versions of their games, they can support their own servers.
And don't bring up the processor argument, its all about badwidth. Plus GCN has a 400+ Mhz processor (i don't have the numbers, sorry if i'm off a bit.)
I don't think the success depends upon the piracy. I think the piracy depends upon the success. The more popular a system, the more people want to pirate it.
One thing to remember in all of this is where these companies get their profits. Profit is not made on selling systems, but on selling and licensing games. The X-Box costs about $300-400 a pop to produce (don't quote me on that). MS loses money on each X-Box they sell. I do not know about Sony or Nintendo, but they may sell at or below cost as well. You have probably read the business philosophy, "Give away the razors, sell the hell out of the blades." They give away the consoles and sell the games. Nobody pirates the consoles, they pirate the games, and that's where the profit comes from.
Is it just me or does the PSP media look similar to GCN disks in a hard candy shell? Which brings me to my next point. If Nintendo could develop a handhelp that took optical media like the PSP is proposed to do and played GCN games...sweet! They could develop a carriage design, like old CD carriages, that would allow existing GCN games to be put into the machine. They could also develop games specifically for the GCNBoy that would look similar to the PSP media. Groovy.
Could Starter or some other athletic wear manufacturer sue Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neil, Allan Iverson or Jason Kidd because their respective teams did not win the NBA championship? A loosing team does not sell merchandise as well as a champion...it has noting to do with whether the jacket falls apart or not.
This reminds me of when Magic first appeared, before it went through its incredible poplular phase. It was cheap at $7-8 for a start box and maybe $2 for a booster pack. Cheap compared to video games (until rampant speculation made a Black Lotus a $300 card.) It was social as well, whether you were teaching someone to play or a trick you had discovered, discussing the artwork or working out a trade. And it was fun, playing with either one friend or many, or even in a tournament. It nice to see something that does not depend upon microchips being popular.
On that note, I attended one of the many Harry Potter release parties at my local Barnes & Noble on Friday. I just wanted to be able to say I had experiences the phenomenon. I sat with some friends at work and played chess for two and a half hours while everyone waited for 12 o'clock to roll around. It was great to see that many people excited about paper media. And it felt safe. There were young children running all over the place, having fun, and not worrying about being assaulted. It was very nice. Try not to be jaded about this, people. Rowlands was interviewed last week, and reguardless of the money, she truly loves what she is doing.
What would 1984 be without the violence and sex? A Clockwork Orange? Two excellent movies about the controls upon society which depend so much upon their own violent content. Why even watch the movie without that content?
Do not watch it, do not let your kids watch it, and stay out of other peoples business. Abstaining from the content as a whole is the ultimate form of censoring material from yourself AND your children. Just like they should not be playing GTA3, they should not be watching Pulp Fiction.
Anyway, this sucks... I don't think its Nintendo's fault, I think it's the judge's fault. Nintendo just wants to make more money, can't blame them for trying especially since there are many people using the backup devices for pirating.
But make more money how? How many developers want to develop for a company that has no concern about copyright infingement? This was not about only first party titles. This is just one more venue that Nintendo has to stick with Sony and Microsoft...not for the consumer, but for the developer.
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I played Final Fantasy I before I picked up Dragon Warrior I because I was intimidated by the challenge it presented. I was not prepared to go it alone on a quest. I thought it would be too hard. I was that sucked into the story line and game play by just the pictures I saw in Nintendo Power Magazine.
When I finally did play, I was glad I had waited. I was completely immersed. I think it was the first person view of the battles. It truly made me feel like I was the one questing to destroy the Dragon Lord. And I found it much more challenging. It one thing to have a White Mage at the bottom of the screen dealing out CURE spells (or was it HEAL?) while your Fighter keeps whailing away with his sword. In Dragon Warrior, you had to do it all yourself. I was scared to cross a bridge (enemies were always stronger across the bridge) and it rocked when I killed my first gold slime. And I was truly frightened when I first came up against the Dragon Lord.
I beat him on my first try, and I yelled in triumph. There are very few games that can make me do that.
Microsoft's entry into the console gaming field, the XBox, has been the cause of a bit of controversy in the IP arena. Microsoft thinks "hacking" the XBox is a violation of their intellectual property. A process now exists that allows a different OS to be installed on the XBox without physical modifications. From my point of view, this alternate use of the XBox only constitutes using the device in a manner not originally concieved of/allowed for by the designers. Does this use, in a manner not preconcieved of/planned for by the designers, constitute an IP violation? I do not believe you must sign any form of EULA when purchasing the XBox.
The story is reprinted at CNN here. The description of what you have to do to get shocked alone is worth the read.
Not only do the specs appear...lacking, but this set depends upon a broadband connection. So sales are already limited to the number of people with broadband. Those people with broadband who are interested in using it for gaming already have existing solutions in the form of pre-existing consoles, already including one from M$.
I do not care how big your library is, I like to have my games in my hands. How am I supposed to loan my buddy my Metroid Prime or GTA3? I cannot with this business model.
The article makes a point of Roberts being a family man and the Phantom being a way to protect small children from the evils of violent gaming (how?). The box costs $400. I just do not think that price tag will fly today for parents buying a game system for small children. GCN has the most kid games, is the cheapest system on the market, and a little bit time by parents picking out games does the same thing.
I wonder how much of the $400 is attributed to the cost of XP?
How secure is a system like that? Where I work, you cannot have a PDA that has any form of wireless connectivity because of security concerns. Security would even like to keep people from bringing their cell phones in to work. I finally got a nice job and I cannot even get my cell phone / PDA.
I have not been able to follow the show very well since I have found more interesting things to do on a Saturday night. Its interesting that not only is the premise of MMORPG lawlessness explored in the anime, but also the concept of self policing in the form of the Crimson Knights.
I swear we were talking about the Crimson Knights just this past Sunday. That's two Crimson Knights comments in 4 days.
Suddenly hanging chads aren't so silly anymore...
I purchased an import version of Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes for my Dreamcast. It also had this kind of connectivity, but in the form of points earned from playing and victories. You need victory points to buy the hidden characters, uniforms and levels in the game. Much to my chagrin, there are many things I cannot unlock because the import version requires points you can only aquire by playing people in the arcade. I have not been able to find a machine in the US...and I no current plans to visit the land of the rising sun. :- /
U.S. games from an era or two ago weren't so well put together, but they were interesting because there was so much variety in what they made.
I think this comment is one of the most telling in the transcript and about the video game industry as a whole. Games have become so expensive to make that development houses no longer wish to take risks on different kinds of games. I want to play games like Pikmin, games that I have never seen before. How much more can you do to make an FPS unique? Why is Animal Crossing fun? Because there is nothing else like it (well maybe the SIMs.)
Nintendo is not the only company producing these games. GTA and GTA:VC are excellent. I have never experienced something so open ended, reguardless of the violent nature. Unfortunately, the violent nature is probably what sold the game, not the play mechanics. I just hope Rockstar can follow up...and not with a sequel, but with something just as innovative. How many games out now would you consider GTA clones, or clones of other games for that matter? That's the problem Miyamoto has with the US gaiming industry, where is the variety?
I guess it comes down to your criteria for a great game. Does it sell, or is it fun? Mine is deffinately fun.
True, it is not hard to find the information, but how difficult is it to pull it all together into one package as Gorman has done? Yes, classify it after the guy gets his sheep skin. Its one thing to have information out there to develop a bomb, its quite another thing to post schematics in a periodical.
If you read the article, you would understand why you can't download his dissertation. It is a road map for terrorism throughout the United States. Everybody knows where major landmarks are, but these are major hubs in the IT infrastructure of this country. From the sound of it, power grids, information pipelines and all kinds of other electronic infrastructure is a whole lot more interconnected than I originally imagined.
The writer is concerned he will not be able to work if he cannot get published, since he will only be publishing the most general of ideas from the paper. I am sure Uncle Sam will make certain he is well taken care of. You have a future in government consulting. Lets just hope he does not get snatched one morning as he's rowing across the lake.
I didn't think Japanese companies gave lame ducks much consideration...besides what kind of sauce to cook them with.
Is there a central body that sets up an online environment for PC online games? If you play (played) an online game for PC, be it Ultima Online, Everquest or even Starcraft a few years back, you logged onto to that company's server. Sure, you had to logon to Battlenet for Blizzard games, but those were Blizzard's games. If a company wants to produce an online game for PC, they support the online functionality. Nintendo and SONY have it correct in that game vendors supply the servers.
Now, if Nintendo did it right, they would produce a broadband adapter (they have one for GCN) for the NextGen console and encourage vendors to port online games to the GCN. Ports that allow consoles to connect to the general severs that everyone else connects to. Isn't this what SONY does? No X-Box live type investment necessary. Then, if Nintendo wants to produce online versions of their games, they can support their own servers.
And don't bring up the processor argument, its all about badwidth. Plus GCN has a 400+ Mhz processor (i don't have the numbers, sorry if i'm off a bit.)
I don't think the success depends upon the piracy. I think the piracy depends upon the success. The more popular a system, the more people want to pirate it.
One thing to remember in all of this is where these companies get their profits. Profit is not made on selling systems, but on selling and licensing games. The X-Box costs about $300-400 a pop to produce (don't quote me on that). MS loses money on each X-Box they sell. I do not know about Sony or Nintendo, but they may sell at or below cost as well. You have probably read the business philosophy, "Give away the razors, sell the hell out of the blades." They give away the consoles and sell the games. Nobody pirates the consoles, they pirate the games, and that's where the profit comes from.
Is it just me or does the PSP media look similar to GCN disks in a hard candy shell? Which brings me to my next point. If Nintendo could develop a handhelp that took optical media like the PSP is proposed to do and played GCN games...sweet! They could develop a carriage design, like old CD carriages, that would allow existing GCN games to be put into the machine. They could also develop games specifically for the GCNBoy that would look similar to the PSP media. Groovy.
Another victory for Hormel in upholding the good name of Spam. Damn them for even considering an antiSpam bill.
Could Starter or some other athletic wear manufacturer sue Kobe Bryant, Shaquille O'Neil, Allan Iverson or Jason Kidd because their respective teams did not win the NBA championship? A loosing team does not sell merchandise as well as a champion...it has noting to do with whether the jacket falls apart or not.
SCO probably thinks it should have a piece of the Sinbad booty since it was created on Linux.
I bought my Gameboy so that I would have something to do instead of exercise my wrist.
We win.
This reminds me of when Magic first appeared, before it went through its incredible poplular phase. It was cheap at $7-8 for a start box and maybe $2 for a booster pack. Cheap compared to video games (until rampant speculation made a Black Lotus a $300 card.) It was social as well, whether you were teaching someone to play or a trick you had discovered, discussing the artwork or working out a trade. And it was fun, playing with either one friend or many, or even in a tournament. It nice to see something that does not depend upon microchips being popular.
On that note, I attended one of the many Harry Potter release parties at my local Barnes & Noble on Friday. I just wanted to be able to say I had experiences the phenomenon. I sat with some friends at work and played chess for two and a half hours while everyone waited for 12 o'clock to roll around. It was great to see that many people excited about paper media. And it felt safe. There were young children running all over the place, having fun, and not worrying about being assaulted. It was very nice. Try not to be jaded about this, people. Rowlands was interviewed last week, and reguardless of the money, she truly loves what she is doing.
What would 1984 be without the violence and sex? A Clockwork Orange? Two excellent movies about the controls upon society which depend so much upon their own violent content. Why even watch the movie without that content?
Do not watch it, do not let your kids watch it, and stay out of other peoples business. Abstaining from the content as a whole is the ultimate form of censoring material from yourself AND your children. Just like they should not be playing GTA3, they should not be watching Pulp Fiction.
Anyway, this sucks... I don't think its Nintendo's fault, I think it's the judge's fault. Nintendo just wants to make more money, can't blame them for trying especially since there are many people using the backup devices for pirating.
But make more money how? How many developers want to develop for a company that has no concern about copyright infingement? This was not about only first party titles. This is just one more venue that Nintendo has to stick with Sony and Microsoft...not for the consumer, but for the developer.
No more first born son clause! Yup, now you only have to give them his head...or testicles.