No, not quite. The quote was "as avid game players, we believe the future of video games lies in massively multiplayer on-line gaming." That would be "MMO-whatever".
GTA multiplayer has been done, by the way. It flopped. According to ASE (the mod maker's designated way to find games), there are 5 people playing, worldwide.
www.multitheftauto.com
Or, you could let them play one of the myriad of games that are both entertaining and not particularly violent.
Do these parents not know about the 598092834 sports games that were released last year?..unless they won't allow the kids to watch football on TV, in which case I'd be out of ideas.
I don't see MMO-whatever as definitely not the future, as you seem to. Especially with the numbers that EQ/DAOC/AO are pulling, and that WOW and SWG will be garnering.
The future will be when MMO games are able to work on a more distributed model, helping to eliminate those pesky monthly fees, allowing for a larger scope game, etc etc. Of couse, that won't be a viable possibility until someone figures a way around net congestion..
This reminds me entirely too much of Quake 3: Team Arena, which flopped horribly. (Not Quake 3: Arena, but the other, crappier one.)
It looks to be the same engine with more maps/characters/vehicles (IIRC there was the capability in the UT2K3/U2 engine for that, but it was never done..), and a little facelift.
That formula doesn't work well for first person shooters, though..
A merger doesn't always mean elimination. In many cases there's actual merging. I don't see why it has to be one or the other. Palm has been smart, and if they continue to be, the features of the Handspring will be added in to the next Palm Pilot revision.
The Bubonic Plague started in China in the 1330's, actually. I wonder what would have happened if they'd spent some cash doing research on that "crazy backwoods disease" before it hit London in 1665?
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No, not quite. The quote was "as avid game players, we believe the future of video games lies in massively multiplayer on-line gaming." That would be "MMO-whatever". GTA multiplayer has been done, by the way. It flopped. According to ASE (the mod maker's designated way to find games), there are 5 people playing, worldwide. www.multitheftauto.com
Or, you could let them play one of the myriad of games that are both entertaining and not particularly violent.
..unless they won't allow the kids to watch football on TV, in which case I'd be out of ideas.
Do these parents not know about the 598092834 sports games that were released last year?
I don't see MMO-whatever as definitely not the future, as you seem to. Especially with the numbers that EQ/DAOC/AO are pulling, and that WOW and SWG will be garnering. The future will be when MMO games are able to work on a more distributed model, helping to eliminate those pesky monthly fees, allowing for a larger scope game, etc etc. Of couse, that won't be a viable possibility until someone figures a way around net congestion..
This reminds me entirely too much of Quake 3: Team Arena, which flopped horribly. (Not Quake 3: Arena, but the other, crappier one.) It looks to be the same engine with more maps/characters/vehicles (IIRC there was the capability in the UT2K3/U2 engine for that, but it was never done..), and a little facelift. That formula doesn't work well for first person shooters, though..
A merger doesn't always mean elimination. In many cases there's actual merging.
I don't see why it has to be one or the other. Palm has been smart, and if they continue to be, the features of the Handspring will be added in to the next Palm Pilot revision.
The Bubonic Plague started in China in the 1330's, actually. I wonder what would have happened if they'd spent some cash doing research on that "crazy backwoods disease" before it hit London in 1665?
I'm not going to touch the Moore side of things, I have several problems with his "documentary", and the contents thereof, and how it is presented.