I assumed that the camera angle during slow-mo was on purpose. If the camera angle were predictable, it would make it too easy.
When I am trying to get an after-touch takedown, it would be great if the camera were always from the front...but that might only last a few seconds, and I need to remember what is going on when the angle switches, and I need to make the correction in my head to say 'well, I was going right, but now I need to change that to back'.
I thought it made it more challenging, and more fun.
I'm guessing you don't have an Xbox, and are just making excuses as to why you wouldn't want one.
I have a stereo too. But my stereo doesn't mix my game sounds with the music. (I *could* do this, if I really wanted to, but by the time I mix two sources, getting the balancing correct would be a pain)
When I hit 'pause' my music won't pause at the same time if it was on my stereo.
Burnout starts a song at the beginning of a race, which is nice - I could do this with my stereo too...but that would require me to dick with the remote.
Yes, you could be playing on a poor man's Xbox (PS2 with your stereo) and you still won't have it nearly as good.
My issue is that it is so black and white. The refrain I hear all too often is that a person is no longer willing to deal with a company (or person) because of a single transgression on their complicated set of rules.
What more socially successful people understand, is that the world is not black and white. The world is much more complex. Possibly you don't like one or more aspects of a certain person or other entity (company for instance) but you understand that the positives of the interaction will outweigh the negatives.
Once you begin to see the world in an uncompromising manner, you will become more and more isolated.
*I* think it is option 3, because of the prevailing attitude that many Microsoft haters have.
They like to use terms like 'I refuse' and 'their business practices are unacceptable'. Terms that show they are not willing to work within the fabric of normal society.
I'm not saying that loving Microsoft is necessary to be part of society, but the language I've seen used just demonstrates a set of social rules different from most of society.
So- I think of Napolean Dynamite, but just more bitter.
Remember all the kids who used to sit around high school, and talk about how much they hated the 'popular kids'? Kind of like Napolean Dynamite, only a lot more bitter....
The second poster was actually furthering the first posters joke.
First poster "ha ha...the webserver doesn't work either"
Second poster "he he...no, it's working...but the report only consists of the two words 'Service Unavailable', which sums up the problem"
So now I'm in the asshat category for trying to explain it...oh well.
Re:Great just what the gaming industry needs
on
Xbox 2 for $400?
·
· Score: 2, Insightful
The only problem with the points you made, is that you assume everyone feels the same way you do.
I *LIKE* 'boring action/fps games'. I *LIKE* when they look better than last year's game.
I've been playing games for about 30 years- and whenever I pick up a collection of 'treasures', I play for about 5 minutes before thinking "what a steaming pile of crap this game is."
I like progress. I've played Asteroids till my hemorroids flared up. I've played text adventures until my fingers turned blue. I'm a little tired of that stuff.
Now I've moved on to other games, and I like something new...
The whole idea that modern games have no creativity is laughable. Asteroids had creativity? (oooohhh...a small spaceship this time!) I personally think that modern games are much, much better.
When every game runs at 720p or 1080i with no dropped frames....then the hardware will be at the level I would want.
When HUGE maps can be loaded almost instantaneously...then the hardware will be good enough.
Graphics and map size can really make a difference in games. Games could be much more free-form and immersive if there were never any 'breaks' while playing- just roaming a huge environment without any barriers.
I'm sure that's quite a distance off. In the meantime, if they could create maps 4 times larger, that would have rescued Deus Ex 2.
Someone mode the parent as 'too stupid to use Google'.
You can get a 64MB memory card, if that really floats your boat.
As far as what good does the hard-drive do...
Well, most Xbox users never need to buy the aforementioned memory cards at all. And, we never have to go looking for them...or 'manage' our saves because we don't have enough space.
And, we don't have to listen to the latest EA TRAX music, which probably sucks, because we listen to our own. (One time I mentioned this, someone suggested that he just turns the volume down on his TV, and turns the radio up...umm...what about the effects?)
The list goes on and on.
But one of your main points was that people buy console games, beat them, and then sell them.
Yes...chumps that don't have Xbox Live do that. Because once you beat the game, there is no point in continuing to play.
But if you have a world full of opponents, who can make every game different...well, the replay value just went way, way, way up. The only games I DON'T sell back are the games I like on Live. And of course if it has downloadable content, there is a good chance it has Live multiplayer.
Re:Xbox will gain in the short term
on
State of the Xbox
·
· Score: 1
So you rented the most WESTERN of the game consoles...then you proceeded to play 5 EASTERN games on it...
I've been trying to explain to my wife why my signature is two letters followed by a lines. (first name/last name)
I never really thought about the gazillions of times that I had to sign my name during my time in the military. Logs, logs, logs...probably 60+ times per day easily. I'm surprised that more people didn't just resort to using an 'X'.
I run a small, inconsequential website. And I've been wondering what might require a release, and what wouldn't. The links you provided pretty much spelled it out for me, in a fairly clear manner. (I don't need a release, because my site is non-commercial, and any negative comments are used as parody)
Once-upon-a-time, sports were fun. Kids went out and played, and had a good time.
Then other people got involved and told them what they should do, and what they shouldn't do.
Once the fun was gone, they had to find another reason to play. Then it became about winning, and money.
If you put 10 guys together for a basketball game, and just let them play- they'll have a great time. 10 minutes after the game, no matter how hotly contested, nobody remembers who 'won', because it was all about fun.
It's like motorcycles...they used to be about FREEDOM, and FUN. Now they are just about safety. You can't really argue with the 'safety people' because who can be against safety? (and they get very self-righteous about it)? But those people don't have fun. Those are the same people who preach 'sportsmanship'.
People who play games where "it doesn't matter if you win or lose" usually don't have a great butt-load of fun- because that is a concept manufactured by some chickenshits who just couldn't play the game themselves.
Winning is a large part of the game...but when you take away everything else, it becomes the ONLY part of the game.
I belong to the "stay out of my life, and I'll stay out of yours" school of thought. And if someone wants to showboat...freakin' let them.
Why doesn't showboating belong in the college games? Why is showboating banned in the real NFL?
People say that it takes away from the 'purity' of the sport. Ah hell, that's a load of crap. You can't showboat, if you aren't winning/performing well. You can't win/perform well, if you aren't good at the sport.
Somehow, our atheletes are held up to a higher standard than our business professionals, lawyers, and most other professions. Just because they are on TV doesn't mean they should be a role model.
Personally, I really like the TD celebrations...they should highlight them more. And if you don't score a TD, you can't celebrate. So get better, and you too can be on camera acting like a fool...
In the town I lived in (Wurzburg), the Germans usually didn't lock their bike. They had a quaint little idea that nobody would steal it.
That was generally true...except that drunk Americans had the quaint little idea that a bike not locked, was a free ride.
Eventually there would be a collection of about 20-30 bikes behind the barracks, that we would have to ride back into town, and drop at different locations, hoping the original owner would find it.
Soon, our unit got the idea to buy a couple bikes, paint them red white and blue, and have them available for free.
Yet here we are discussing a report about how huge the Linux market will be in the future.
Of course we really need to know who funded the study, so we can know the source...
"Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a Beaverton, Ore.-based Linux advocacy group that funded IDC's analysis of data the research firm collected earlier."
Oh...I see, a 'Linux advocacy group' funded the report that said that Linux would be a 35 billion dollar business in a few years. Yes...that explains it.
#1- in a game like Halo 2, the sooner you get on Live, the better it is for you. Anyone who started playing even just a few weeks after launch was at a huge disadvantage, because so many players would have a lot more experience, and it would be difficult to move up in the rankings. (This excuse is MOSTLY bullshit)
#2- Something like the Halo 2 launch was more of a 'convention of nerds' than an actual product launch. We got to hang out with other geeks, and see who else in town was lame enough to actually wait around for a video game. You can read about the launch party in my town.
#3- the cachet of just having been there. When people ask me "do you have Halo 2?" I can say "I've had Halo 2 since 12:01 on November 9"
Yes, every single reason is just pure geek. I'm okay with that. I've never stood in a long line for a movie, I don't like to wait in a long line for a ride at amusement park. I don't like to wait at restaurants, etc etc. I guess the only thing I am really interested in waiting for now is the next Xbox, and probably Halo 3 to go along with it.
Well, I really don't want to have sex with YOUR wife. I've seen her, and she's a mutt.
MY wife on the other hand, is who I will be having sex with tonight...much better looking, and a lot more fun. So keep your tentacles off my wife, and wrap them around your dead-fish woman. Because obviously if she settled for a moron like you, she isn't much of a prize.
To me it means bigger, better games, with more action, more fun, and more on-line opponents. Games like Burnout 3 that are BIG! HUGE! AND FREAKING AWESOME!
It also means a larger quantity of high-quality games. Of course it also means more junk games, but anyone wtih half a brain, and an internet connection can read up on the games enough to know which ones to buy, and which ones to avoid.
I've never played games because I thought it was 'cool', or because I thought I was doing something different. I just play them because they are fun. If every single person on the planet decides to play, I don't think that would be a bad thing (except the productivity will go down, and then who will pick my bananas?) I think it would bring in a greater variety of games, genres, and everything else.
Slashdot Mirror
I assumed that the camera angle during slow-mo was on purpose. If the camera angle were predictable, it would make it too easy.
When I am trying to get an after-touch takedown, it would be great if the camera were always from the front...but that might only last a few seconds, and I need to remember what is going on when the angle switches, and I need to make the correction in my head to say 'well, I was going right, but now I need to change that to back'.
I thought it made it more challenging, and more fun.
I'm guessing you don't have an Xbox, and are just making excuses as to why you wouldn't want one.
I have a stereo too. But my stereo doesn't mix my game sounds with the music. (I *could* do this, if I really wanted to, but by the time I mix two sources, getting the balancing correct would be a pain)
When I hit 'pause' my music won't pause at the same time if it was on my stereo.
Burnout starts a song at the beginning of a race, which is nice - I could do this with my stereo too...but that would require me to dick with the remote.
Yes, you could be playing on a poor man's Xbox (PS2 with your stereo) and you still won't have it nearly as good.
My issue is that it is so black and white. The refrain I hear all too often is that a person is no longer willing to deal with a company (or person) because of a single transgression on their complicated set of rules.
What more socially successful people understand, is that the world is not black and white. The world is much more complex. Possibly you don't like one or more aspects of a certain person or other entity (company for instance) but you understand that the positives of the interaction will outweigh the negatives.
Once you begin to see the world in an uncompromising manner, you will become more and more isolated.
*I* think it is option 3, because of the prevailing attitude that many Microsoft haters have.
They like to use terms like 'I refuse' and 'their business practices are unacceptable'. Terms that show they are not willing to work within the fabric of normal society.
I'm not saying that loving Microsoft is necessary to be part of society, but the language I've seen used just demonstrates a set of social rules different from most of society.
So- I think of Napolean Dynamite, but just more bitter.
I believe it is your third option.
Remember all the kids who used to sit around high school, and talk about how much they hated the 'popular kids'? Kind of like Napolean Dynamite, only a lot more bitter....
We're surrounded by them...
Yes-
Things like
Mini-Cooper
Mini-Skirt
Mini-Me
Thank god Apple was there to create this wonderful word. What would the rest of the world do without them?
Sadly- they probably really don't care about making the AFL game.
But, some guy in EA decided that they needed to BLOCK Sega from making an AFL game. So, they bought the rights.
This was probably a defensive move...EA isn't THAT stupid. (No..they really aren't)
Wow...you must be fun at parties.
The second poster was actually furthering the first posters joke.
First poster "ha ha...the webserver doesn't work either"
Second poster "he he...no, it's working...but the report only consists of the two words 'Service Unavailable', which sums up the problem"
So now I'm in the asshat category for trying to explain it...oh well.
The only problem with the points you made, is that you assume everyone feels the same way you do.
I *LIKE* 'boring action/fps games'. I *LIKE* when they look better than last year's game.
I've been playing games for about 30 years- and whenever I pick up a collection of 'treasures', I play for about 5 minutes before thinking "what a steaming pile of crap this game is."
I like progress. I've played Asteroids till my hemorroids flared up. I've played text adventures until my fingers turned blue. I'm a little tired of that stuff.
Now I've moved on to other games, and I like something new...
The whole idea that modern games have no creativity is laughable. Asteroids had creativity? (oooohhh...a small spaceship this time!) I personally think that modern games are much, much better.
When every game runs at 720p or 1080i with no dropped frames....then the hardware will be at the level I would want.
When HUGE maps can be loaded almost instantaneously...then the hardware will be good enough.
Graphics and map size can really make a difference in games. Games could be much more free-form and immersive if there were never any 'breaks' while playing- just roaming a huge environment without any barriers.
I'm sure that's quite a distance off. In the meantime, if they could create maps 4 times larger, that would have rescued Deus Ex 2.
Someone mode the parent as 'too stupid to use Google'.
You can get a 64MB memory card, if that really floats your boat.
As far as what good does the hard-drive do...
Well, most Xbox users never need to buy the aforementioned memory cards at all. And, we never have to go looking for them...or 'manage' our saves because we don't have enough space.
And, we don't have to listen to the latest EA TRAX music, which probably sucks, because we listen to our own. (One time I mentioned this, someone suggested that he just turns the volume down on his TV, and turns the radio up...umm...what about the effects?)
The list goes on and on.
But one of your main points was that people buy console games, beat them, and then sell them.
Yes...chumps that don't have Xbox Live do that. Because once you beat the game, there is no point in continuing to play.
But if you have a world full of opponents, who can make every game different...well, the replay value just went way, way, way up. The only games I DON'T sell back are the games I like on Live. And of course if it has downloadable content, there is a good chance it has Live multiplayer.
So you rented the most WESTERN of the game consoles...then you proceeded to play 5 EASTERN games on it...
No surprise that you are complaining.
I've been trying to explain to my wife why my signature is two letters followed by a lines. (first name/last name)
I never really thought about the gazillions of times that I had to sign my name during my time in the military. Logs, logs, logs...probably 60+ times per day easily. I'm surprised that more people didn't just resort to using an 'X'.
Yes, I was thinking he might mean What- me worry?
Well, it wouldn't really matter if they did make some crazy resolutions, the most they need is 1,080 x 1,920 since that is 1080i.
Thanks very much for the excellent links.
I run a small, inconsequential website. And I've been wondering what might require a release, and what wouldn't. The links you provided pretty much spelled it out for me, in a fairly clear manner. (I don't need a release, because my site is non-commercial, and any negative comments are used as parody)
But to me, showboating is just FUN.
Once-upon-a-time, sports were fun. Kids went out and played, and had a good time.
Then other people got involved and told them what they should do, and what they shouldn't do.
Once the fun was gone, they had to find another reason to play. Then it became about winning, and money.
If you put 10 guys together for a basketball game, and just let them play- they'll have a great time. 10 minutes after the game, no matter how hotly contested, nobody remembers who 'won', because it was all about fun.
It's like motorcycles...they used to be about FREEDOM, and FUN. Now they are just about safety. You can't really argue with the 'safety people' because who can be against safety? (and they get very self-righteous about it)? But those people don't have fun. Those are the same people who preach 'sportsmanship'.
People who play games where "it doesn't matter if you win or lose" usually don't have a great butt-load of fun- because that is a concept manufactured by some chickenshits who just couldn't play the game themselves.
Winning is a large part of the game...but when you take away everything else, it becomes the ONLY part of the game.
I belong to the "stay out of my life, and I'll stay out of yours" school of thought. And if someone wants to showboat...freakin' let them.
Yes...I've seen a lot of games sell for more than $49.99.
Three come to mind right away...
Doom III
Half Life 2
Diablo 2
Why doesn't showboating belong in the college games? Why is showboating banned in the real NFL?
People say that it takes away from the 'purity' of the sport. Ah hell, that's a load of crap. You can't showboat, if you aren't winning/performing well. You can't win/perform well, if you aren't good at the sport.
Somehow, our atheletes are held up to a higher standard than our business professionals, lawyers, and most other professions. Just because they are on TV doesn't mean they should be a role model.
Personally, I really like the TD celebrations...they should highlight them more. And if you don't score a TD, you can't celebrate. So get better, and you too can be on camera acting like a fool...
I lived in Germany for 3.5 years (military).
In the town I lived in (Wurzburg), the Germans usually didn't lock their bike. They had a quaint little idea that nobody would steal it.
That was generally true...except that drunk Americans had the quaint little idea that a bike not locked, was a free ride.
Eventually there would be a collection of about 20-30 bikes behind the barracks, that we would have to ride back into town, and drop at different locations, hoping the original owner would find it.
Soon, our unit got the idea to buy a couple bikes, paint them red white and blue, and have them available for free.
Of course OTHER Americans stole them.
Yet here we are discussing a report about how huge the Linux market will be in the future.
Of course we really need to know who funded the study, so we can know the source...
"Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a Beaverton, Ore.-based Linux advocacy group that funded IDC's analysis of data the research firm collected earlier."
Oh...I see, a 'Linux advocacy group' funded the report that said that Linux would be a 35 billion dollar business in a few years. Yes...that explains it.
Well, there are three reasons to explain this-
#1- in a game like Halo 2, the sooner you get on Live, the better it is for you. Anyone who started playing even just a few weeks after launch was at a huge disadvantage, because so many players would have a lot more experience, and it would be difficult to move up in the rankings. (This excuse is MOSTLY bullshit)
#2- Something like the Halo 2 launch was more of a 'convention of nerds' than an actual product launch. We got to hang out with other geeks, and see who else in town was lame enough to actually wait around for a video game. You can read about the launch party in my town.
#3- the cachet of just having been there. When people ask me "do you have Halo 2?" I can say "I've had Halo 2 since 12:01 on November 9"
Yes, every single reason is just pure geek. I'm okay with that. I've never stood in a long line for a movie, I don't like to wait in a long line for a ride at amusement park. I don't like to wait at restaurants, etc etc. I guess the only thing I am really interested in waiting for now is the next Xbox, and probably Halo 3 to go along with it.
Well, I really don't want to have sex with YOUR wife. I've seen her, and she's a mutt.
MY wife on the other hand, is who I will be having sex with tonight...much better looking, and a lot more fun. So keep your tentacles off my wife, and wrap them around your dead-fish woman. Because obviously if she settled for a moron like you, she isn't much of a prize.
Which way are you arguing here?
You pointed out that 1 game$$ = 5 movie$$
Someone else pointed out that the ratio is maintained in the 1 gameHOUR = 5 movieHOUR
So it works out. Therefore, people don't need to have time for 4 new games.
To me it means bigger, better games, with more action, more fun, and more on-line opponents. Games like Burnout 3 that are BIG! HUGE! AND FREAKING AWESOME!
It also means a larger quantity of high-quality games. Of course it also means more junk games, but anyone wtih half a brain, and an internet connection can read up on the games enough to know which ones to buy, and which ones to avoid.
I've never played games because I thought it was 'cool', or because I thought I was doing something different. I just play them because they are fun. If every single person on the planet decides to play, I don't think that would be a bad thing (except the productivity will go down, and then who will pick my bananas?) I think it would bring in a greater variety of games, genres, and everything else.