Some of us think about plot, also. The best games have enough of both. If I just wanted gameplay, I'd play Tetris. If I just wanted varied gameplay, I'd play Neverball. If I just wanted plot, I'd watch a movie. If I just wanted (somewhat) interactive plot, I'd read a Choose Your Own Adventure book.
Yes, some games focus on story more than gameplay. So what? Why bring Tetris into it, of all things?
Do you know how many games I've played and enjoyed which had either no plot or one that is incredibly easy to disregard? Tribes, Super Smash Brothers, Pikmin, Battlefield games, Flight Simulators of any sort, most RTSs, most any game with "Mario" on it, any racing game, and many many more. How many of those were marketed on the plot?
The infrared signal from the "Sensor Bar" is used by the Wiimote for locational purposes. All actual two-way communication with the console occurs via Bluetooth.
If the Bluetooth interface is not obfuscated and it is easy to reverse engineer the sucker, all that's needed are a couple of infrared LEDs seperated exactly the same distance as the bar's.
And I'm one of the ones who was toying around with getting that section just right. Anandtech reported it that way, though I don't know if it's properly cited in the article. (We had some semi-conflicting information from IGN who actually called the LEDs "sensors", without going into more depth. They also went to say that the Wiimote has an optical sensor and described the bit about it being confused by bright lights, which kind of contradicted the "sensor" thing. IGN just screws things up.)
You can possibly use the Wii as a DS connect station or whatever it's called. So you could, for example, download game demos and such through it. That's great right there.
He said "the resurgence of social conservatism in the U.S.". Where does he say anything about it being specific to one "side" or the other? It's a general US trend, don't try to force it into an obnoxious dichotomy.
Gamespot is reporting it as well
on
The End of E3?
·
· Score: 4, Informative
I always feel far too restricted in that game, though. I like to be able to look up and down freely, without having to stop to do so. It is easier to control and gets over that aspect, but it limits freedom, which creates its own problems. The jumping puzzles, for instance, are a pain in the neck. It also makes the game's combat a tad easy (besides the bosses), as all you do is hit the lock button, fire a couple times, and repeat. You can wipe out huge numbers of enemies in seconds, no sweat.
I for one like that the next Metroid Prime game is apparently going for a more keyboard/mouse style, with the Wii controller and the nunchuck all that jazz.
You can flip through game magazines to the part you want. However, with G4 you're stuck with whatever crappy games they decided to focus on in that episode. And they do cover a lot of crappy games.
Re:Just A Variation On A Theme
on
Prey Review
·
· Score: 1
Yeah, I think we use a similiar thing occasionally in Canada, though most people still use MPG because the popular car magazines and all that cultural nonsense are from the States.
Umm, that part of the article wasn't dealing with SI units. It was contrasting SI to the far stranger FFF (Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight). Kilometers per litre would be more typical, I'd think.
Of course, I have no way of knowing if your post was supposed to be humorous, because the internet sucks at conveying any sort of emotion at all.
Depression is quite a different thing in this way than, say, schizophrenia.
Have you listened to Coast to Coast AM, perchance? Every other person on there has a different idea about the aliens and our origins or whatever, and feel greatly that they've been specially gifted with the knowledge and that everyone else in the world is wrong. This is the nature of what the grand parent post was talking about, and seems relatively common amongst ardent supporters of the paranormal.
Errrr, actually, it looks like it may be a passive reference point for the controller's eye. The "sensors" in it may be infrared LEDs or something. I don't know what the hell is going on now.
Using the accelerometers, it would make no difference. The sensor bar seems to detect where the controller is in space or where it's pointing at or something (they still havn't outright said its purpose). Done right, with that and the accelerometers combined it should work fairly well at any distance. At least, you'd think. Might not turn out that way in practice, but at least the controller has a local reference point in addition to the bar.
Re:Al Queda, witches, devil worshippers, and gangs
on
Gangs on the Internet
·
· Score: 1
Am I reading to much into your original post?
Probably. I'm referring to pagans who call themselves pagans, ie. some Wiccans, neo-druids and such. They use the "fact" that their religion is ancient to add credibility to it, either to make themselves look less silly or to recruit people. Faith is faith, you've got it or you don't, and coming up with excuses for it just proves that you don't.
It just annoys me. It makes them seem somewhat like they're attention whores / sheep / etc.
Re:Al Queda, witches, devil worshippers, and gangs
on
Gangs on the Internet
·
· Score: 1
Hindus don't often outright refer to themselves as pagans. That's not their identity. They're Hindus, and they call themselves that. As for people worshipping the Greek gods, chances are damn good that they're not doing it in the same way or by the same traditions that the Ancient Greeks did. In any case, I was specifically referring to people that identify themselves as "pagan", the large number of which are actually following a rather new religion that borrows gods or superficial aspects from ancient religions.
What the hell? It's not always the stupid ones who are causing the problems. I had a relatively "smart" (as in A student) kid that was verging on Neo-Nazi at my highschool. Yes, let's just assume that the swastikas painted on the desks were put there by the kids with the lower grades...
And yeah, I Godwin'd it. So what?
Re:Al Queda, witches, devil worshippers, and gangs
on
Gangs on the Internet
·
· Score: 1
Not really, unless you count all those Wiccans/pagans/etc. who repeatedly insist that their religions are thousands of years old. That really gets tiresome.
He may have been able to OCR it and put it into a file, especially if it was Base64 encoded or something. It's a bit odd, though, and OCR isn't always perfect.
Those aren't geeks. Those are poser-geeks; the type that enjoy looking geeky because it makes them look smart.
Besides that, have you played a recent Final Fantasy game, or any similiar RPG? They're all about "trappings", without any "substance" whatsoever. One person here labelled the Final Fantasy series as teenie-bopper soap operas, which I think is perfectly accurate.
Slashdot Mirror
Calling it a "sensor bar" is probably just because that's what Nintendo themselves are calling it. "Sensor" sounds all hightech and fancy-like.
Yes, some games focus on story more than gameplay. So what? Why bring Tetris into it, of all things?
Do you know how many games I've played and enjoyed which had either no plot or one that is incredibly easy to disregard? Tribes, Super Smash Brothers, Pikmin, Battlefield games, Flight Simulators of any sort, most RTSs, most any game with "Mario" on it, any racing game, and many many more. How many of those were marketed on the plot?
So, concisely:
The infrared signal from the "Sensor Bar" is used by the Wiimote for locational purposes. All actual two-way communication with the console occurs via Bluetooth.
If the Bluetooth interface is not obfuscated and it is easy to reverse engineer the sucker, all that's needed are a couple of infrared LEDs seperated exactly the same distance as the bar's.
And I'm one of the ones who was toying around with getting that section just right. Anandtech reported it that way, though I don't know if it's properly cited in the article. (We had some semi-conflicting information from IGN who actually called the LEDs "sensors", without going into more depth. They also went to say that the Wiimote has an optical sensor and described the bit about it being confused by bright lights, which kind of contradicted the "sensor" thing. IGN just screws things up.)
04:59, August 1, 2006 Tawker (Talk | contribs) blocked "Stephencolbert (contribs)" with an expiry time of indefinite
Umm, it does look like he's blocked. That was the latest entry in there, so, you know.
You can possibly use the Wii as a DS connect station or whatever it's called. So you could, for example, download game demos and such through it. That's great right there.
Okay, he did connect it. You're both crazy then.
He said "the resurgence of social conservatism in the U.S.". Where does he say anything about it being specific to one "side" or the other? It's a general US trend, don't try to force it into an obnoxious dichotomy.
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6154897.html
Well, there goes that.
Trust me, after the third or fourth emotional/dramatic speech from Dr. Weir, you will be taking back those words.
I always feel far too restricted in that game, though. I like to be able to look up and down freely, without having to stop to do so. It is easier to control and gets over that aspect, but it limits freedom, which creates its own problems. The jumping puzzles, for instance, are a pain in the neck. It also makes the game's combat a tad easy (besides the bosses), as all you do is hit the lock button, fire a couple times, and repeat. You can wipe out huge numbers of enemies in seconds, no sweat.
I for one like that the next Metroid Prime game is apparently going for a more keyboard/mouse style, with the Wii controller and the nunchuck all that jazz.
You can flip through game magazines to the part you want. However, with G4 you're stuck with whatever crappy games they decided to focus on in that episode. And they do cover a lot of crappy games.
Starsiege: Tribes
Yeah, I think we use a similiar thing occasionally in Canada, though most people still use MPG because the popular car magazines and all that cultural nonsense are from the States.
Umm, that part of the article wasn't dealing with SI units. It was contrasting SI to the far stranger FFF (Furlong/Firkin/Fortnight). Kilometers per litre would be more typical, I'd think.
Of course, I have no way of knowing if your post was supposed to be humorous, because the internet sucks at conveying any sort of emotion at all.
Depression is quite a different thing in this way than, say, schizophrenia.
Have you listened to Coast to Coast AM, perchance? Every other person on there has a different idea about the aliens and our origins or whatever, and feel greatly that they've been specially gifted with the knowledge and that everyone else in the world is wrong. This is the nature of what the grand parent post was talking about, and seems relatively common amongst ardent supporters of the paranormal.
Yeah, I has suspected that. Anandtech described it that way as well. I was just incredibly bemused by IGN's strange descriptions of everything.
Errrr, actually, it looks like it may be a passive reference point for the controller's eye. The "sensors" in it may be infrared LEDs or something. I don't know what the hell is going on now.
Using the accelerometers, it would make no difference. The sensor bar seems to detect where the controller is in space or where it's pointing at or something (they still havn't outright said its purpose). Done right, with that and the accelerometers combined it should work fairly well at any distance. At least, you'd think. Might not turn out that way in practice, but at least the controller has a local reference point in addition to the bar.
Probably. I'm referring to pagans who call themselves pagans, ie. some Wiccans, neo-druids and such. They use the "fact" that their religion is ancient to add credibility to it, either to make themselves look less silly or to recruit people. Faith is faith, you've got it or you don't, and coming up with excuses for it just proves that you don't.
It just annoys me. It makes them seem somewhat like they're attention whores / sheep / etc.
Hindus don't often outright refer to themselves as pagans. That's not their identity. They're Hindus, and they call themselves that. As for people worshipping the Greek gods, chances are damn good that they're not doing it in the same way or by the same traditions that the Ancient Greeks did. In any case, I was specifically referring to people that identify themselves as "pagan", the large number of which are actually following a rather new religion that borrows gods or superficial aspects from ancient religions.
What the hell? It's not always the stupid ones who are causing the problems. I had a relatively "smart" (as in A student) kid that was verging on Neo-Nazi at my highschool. Yes, let's just assume that the swastikas painted on the desks were put there by the kids with the lower grades...
And yeah, I Godwin'd it. So what?
Not really, unless you count all those Wiccans/pagans/etc. who repeatedly insist that their religions are thousands of years old. That really gets tiresome.
One clever pirate has to rip the movie. Just one. Then it's all around the internet in a heartbeat.
He may have been able to OCR it and put it into a file, especially if it was Base64 encoded or something. It's a bit odd, though, and OCR isn't always perfect.
Those aren't geeks. Those are poser-geeks; the type that enjoy looking geeky because it makes them look smart.
Besides that, have you played a recent Final Fantasy game, or any similiar RPG? They're all about "trappings", without any "substance" whatsoever. One person here labelled the Final Fantasy series as teenie-bopper soap operas, which I think is perfectly accurate.