The game Zombies has been a big hit with all my friends. It looks like it's for kids but we're all in our 30s and get a good kick out of it. What's fun is that you win by screwing the other player. Lot's of laughs.
There are also additional add-on packs Zombies 2, 3, 3.5 and 4 so it must be selling well!
The site seems to be slashdotted. you can still read the article here.
This mirrordot.org site seems to be doing the trick really well. Is this sanctioned by Slashdot? Anybody know if slashdotted sites are okay with this. Just wondering as I haven't seen a discussion on this service yet.
This was a great article. Don't you all wish the media would confront and challenge head on groups like this instead of just swallowing what they shovel out.
So they don't like video games. Since their opinion is not well researched it should be given little or no weight.
how about making an add on unit that basically comprises a higher quality lens. the cell phone provides all the smarts/memory/control/display and the standard cheapo lens for everyday use but when you go on vacation you bring along the extra lens unit and snap it into place. you can now take better pictures and still benefit from the phones' ability to upload the pictures to friends/mblog/storage.
Unless you are really into the particular "world" once you abandon a MMOG I think people evaluate all alternative games on pretty much their own merits.
Personally I like changing games once in awhile and I would actually be less interested in moving from EQI to EQII than trying something totally different.
Another fine example of the creativity of modders. I wish MMOG could harness this creativity since in many cases it seems the dev teams are having a hard time suppling the large amount needed.
You are correct sir! I can no longer trust a piece of closed source shareware cause who knows what spyware they are installing. This seems to go for regular software companies as well. I think if people keep pushing this "who knows what's inside closed source" meme, OSS will take off even faster.
aboveGame, the Gamer's Photo Blog
6. CONTENT AND MEMBER CONDUCT (c) Member Content. Members can upload to and create content on our servers in various forms, such as in selections you make and characters and items you create for City of Heroes, and in bulletin boards and similar user-to-user areas ("Member Content"). By submitting Member Content to or creating Member Content on any area of the Service, you acknowledge and agree that such Member Content is the sole property of NC Interactive. To the extent that NC Interactive cannot claim exclusive rights in Member Content by operation of law, you hereby grant (or you warrant that the owner of such Member Content has expressly granted) to NC Interactive and its related Game Content Providers a non-exclusive, universal, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicenseable right to exercise all rights of any kind or nature associated with such Member Content, and all ancillary and subsidiary rights thereto, in any languages and media now known or not currently known. You shall indemnify and hold NC Interactive harmless from and against any claims by third parties that your Member Content infringes upon, violates or misappropriates any of their intellectual property or proprietary rights.
great point!!! i guess in trying to screw their users by taking ownership of their creativity they've actually screwed themselves. now i don't feel as bad.
This is really really stupid. It's like suing crayola cause kids can draw Spider-Man. The game provides the tools to create a character and it's up to the player to make him look how they want.
Is Cryptic supposed to keep a database of all colour schemes of all super heroes that ever existed (also the multiple costume variations they occasioanly pull out to boost sales) and prevent users from picking them. How many do you think there are? Probably over 10,000 from Marvel and then there's DC and all the rest. It's one thing if the game makers were to rip off Marvel but this is entirely different.
If they want to be asses they should follow the RIAA's lead and sue users. I hope somebody at Marvel comes to their senses and stops this BS.
I'd like to nominate Ben English and Steve Vamos for this years Iraqi Information Minister Award!
Microsoft will tell you there is no such award but I can assure you there is. In fact they've already won the award many times and Bill Gates has many on display on his desk.
I don't think it's a question of understanding the GPL. I think these people are just crooks who wish to make a fast buck and couldn't care less about breaking the laws until they get sued. And since most OS projects have limited funds they are less fearful.
While an intriguing thought, how great do you think the chance is that they would include a quest that could make several man years of already developed content (quests, artwork, maps, stories..) for EQ2 obsolete?
Good point. But perhaps smaller scale or low impact tie ins could be possible. Example a new one time player event that involves killing an NPC means his descendant no longer exists in EQ II but is instead replaced by somebody else. This could be interesting.
Anyhow we've all seen enough Star Trek time travel episodes to know how these things work!:)
What are the game's requirements?
-Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
-Processor: 1GHz or greater
-RAM: 512 MB
-Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory
-Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware
Set 500 years after EverQuest, EverQuest II is a new and different game experience in a world marred by a series of massive cataclysms.
More than anything this is probably the part I find the most intriguing. I wonder how deeply they will be tying the two games together. Wouldn't it be cool if for example some important event that occurs in EQ I alters the timeline for EQ II. Perhaps there could even be some quests in EQ I to prevent the prophesied upcoming cataclysm! Alternatively the quests to prevent the cataclysm actually cause it!!
limited number of classes (basically 4 with a bit of flavouring to make it look like more)
from the faq: Players enter this world by creating their own unique character from 16 races and 24 classes, using a powerful customization system for unprecedented player individuality.
From the site I understand the archetypes are fighter, mage, priest, scout, artisan but that isn't too far off from most fantasy type games which follow the conventional D&D type classes of Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief.
Slashdot Mirror
The game Zombies has been a big hit with all my friends. It looks like it's for kids but we're all in our 30s and get a good kick out of it. What's fun is that you win by screwing the other player. Lot's of laughs.
There are also additional add-on packs Zombies 2, 3, 3.5 and 4 so it must be selling well!
The site seems to be slashdotted. you can still read the article here.
This mirrordot.org site seems to be doing the trick really well. Is this sanctioned by Slashdot? Anybody know if slashdotted sites are okay with this. Just wondering as I haven't seen a discussion on this service yet.
i guess you can think of it as you're paying to get it sooner then everybody else. wouldn't be so bad if things like this were clearly spelled out.
FYI, for those in Europe the launch will be beginning on November 26th 2004.
This was a great article. Don't you all wish the media would confront and challenge head on groups like this instead of just swallowing what they shovel out.
So they don't like video games. Since their opinion is not well researched it should be given little or no weight.
how about making an add on unit that basically comprises a higher quality lens. the cell phone provides all the smarts/memory/control/display and the standard cheapo lens for everyday use but when you go on vacation you bring along the extra lens unit and snap it into place. you can now take better pictures and still benefit from the phones' ability to upload the pictures to friends/mblog/storage.
Unless you are really into the particular "world" once you abandon a MMOG I think people evaluate all alternative games on pretty much their own merits.
Personally I like changing games once in awhile and I would actually be less interested in moving from EQI to EQII than trying something totally different.
Another fine example of the creativity of modders. I wish MMOG could harness this creativity since in many cases it seems the dev teams are having a hard time suppling the large amount needed.
You are correct sir! I can no longer trust a piece of closed source shareware cause who knows what spyware they are installing. This seems to go for regular software companies as well. I think if people keep pushing this "who knows what's inside closed source" meme, OSS will take off even faster. aboveGame, the Gamer's Photo Blog
Then, of course, there's the obvious ownership issue of this guy.
:)
His comic came out 2000 years ago, I think the copyright has expired but I'm no longer sure due to that Sonny Bono act.
you're right. here's the section in question
6. CONTENT AND MEMBER CONDUCT (c) Member Content. Members can upload to and create content on our servers in various forms, such as in selections you make and characters and items you create for City of Heroes, and in bulletin boards and similar user-to-user areas ("Member Content"). By submitting Member Content to or creating Member Content on any area of the Service, you acknowledge and agree that such Member Content is the sole property of NC Interactive. To the extent that NC Interactive cannot claim exclusive rights in Member Content by operation of law, you hereby grant (or you warrant that the owner of such Member Content has expressly granted) to NC Interactive and its related Game Content Providers a non-exclusive, universal, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicenseable right to exercise all rights of any kind or nature associated with such Member Content, and all ancillary and subsidiary rights thereto, in any languages and media now known or not currently known. You shall indemnify and hold NC Interactive harmless from and against any claims by third parties that your Member Content infringes upon, violates or misappropriates any of their intellectual property or proprietary rights.
great point!!! i guess in trying to screw their users by taking ownership of their creativity they've actually screwed themselves. now i don't feel as bad.
Windows Paint users should be safe since Microsoft has that wonderful customer idemnification now.
This is really really stupid. It's like suing crayola cause kids can draw Spider-Man. The game provides the tools to create a character and it's up to the player to make him look how they want.
Is Cryptic supposed to keep a database of all colour schemes of all super heroes that ever existed (also the multiple costume variations they occasioanly pull out to boost sales) and prevent users from picking them. How many do you think there are? Probably over 10,000 from Marvel and then there's DC and all the rest. It's one thing if the game makers were to rip off Marvel but this is entirely different.
If they want to be asses they should follow the RIAA's lead and sue users. I hope somebody at Marvel comes to their senses and stops this BS.
I'd like to nominate Ben English and Steve Vamos for this years Iraqi Information Minister Award!
Microsoft will tell you there is no such award but I can assure you there is. In fact they've already won the award many times and Bill Gates has many on display on his desk.
At least your not trying to beat EQ2!!
I don't think it's a question of understanding the GPL. I think these people are just crooks who wish to make a fast buck and couldn't care less about breaking the laws until they get sued. And since most OS projects have limited funds they are less fearful.
Good point. But perhaps smaller scale or low impact tie ins could be possible. Example a new one time player event that involves killing an NPC means his descendant no longer exists in EQ II but is instead replaced by somebody else. This could be interesting.
Anyhow we've all seen enough Star Trek time travel episodes to know how these things work!
Just found the link to Tome of Destiny on the EQ II site for those interested in the lore of the game.
from the FAQ:
What are the game's requirements?
-Operating System: Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
-Processor: 1GHz or greater
-RAM: 512 MB
-Video Card: DirectX 9 compatible. Pixel shader and vertex shader compatible hardware with 64 MB of texture memory
-Sound Card: DirectSound compatible audio hardware
Set 500 years after EverQuest, EverQuest II is a new and different game experience in a world marred by a series of massive cataclysms.
More than anything this is probably the part I find the most intriguing. I wonder how deeply they will be tying the two games together. Wouldn't it be cool if for example some important event that occurs in EQ I alters the timeline for EQ II. Perhaps there could even be some quests in EQ I to prevent the prophesied upcoming cataclysm! Alternatively the quests to prevent the cataclysm actually cause it!!
limited number of classes (basically 4 with a bit of flavouring to make it look like more)
from the faq:
Players enter this world by creating their own unique character from 16 races and 24 classes, using a powerful customization system for unprecedented player individuality.
From the site I understand the archetypes are fighter, mage, priest, scout, artisan but that isn't too far off from most fantasy type games which follow the conventional D&D type classes of Fighter, Wizard, Cleric, Thief.
aboveGame the gamer's blog
The three countries will compete with each other in terms of trade, sports and academic.
Academics? Hmm this seems like a new idea. Nice way to entice the parents to fork over the monthly fee.
Would be cool to evaluate performance on a Mac vs Windows.
only MMOPG (But is it a game?) that has virtual money
Not sure if you can also buy ThereBucks from another similar game There. Not much info on their website.
(But is it a game?)
I think that's an interesting question. These are truly virtual worlds and gaming is only one of the possible activities.