I seem to remember Roger Ebert giving the Rundown a good review because it was fun to watch, according to his idea of what makes a movie fun. How is that any different than reading a review of a game to find out whether or not it will be fun for you? Sure, they discuss graphics and sound, but doesn't that all add into the enjoyability of the game? If, this very day, [pick a great movie] was released, but the audio sounded like you were listening to it through a tin can, the acting was something akin to Resident Evil, and it was recorded at less than 24fps. Would it still garner great reviews, as it has in the past without all of these hindrances?
Actually, that sounds more like Guild Wars to me. You can join a party/get quests/buy things in a city, but you will never encounter another character who is not in your party outside of any city or town.
You failed to mention Fear Effect. Although I'm fairly confident it will be as bad as his other movies, it is sure to make some bank if it stays fairly true to the video game.
Where did I say anything about children playing violent video games? The only thing I said was that video games will not teach you how to shoot a gun, in response to your semi-sarcastic comment.
There are several other factors to firing a gun. Now I'm not saying guns are harmless, but playing an FPS will not in anyway way teach you to shoot a gun. Until they make a gun with a holographic crosshair that shows me exactly where it will shoot, removes recoil, and automatically reloads magazines for me, video games, as they currently are, will not teach you how to shoot a gun.
No.. it can at least watch videos. So it will remain a PV. What it can't do is record video. So I suggest calling it a PVW(atcher), PVV(iewer), PVD(isplay).
Tell that to someone who plays in a marching band. Just because it's drums, doesn't mean it's a drumset. It could be quads or quints. Or it could be most parts of a drumset, along with a foot attachment daisy-chained onto the nunchuk arrangement.
My girlfriend's grandmom loves to play Tetris, Dr. Mario, and various other puzzle games. She's had an NES and an SNES, along with a handful of games for each of them. And she is currently in her mid-70s. I think it is entirely possible to market to grandmas, as long as the game is right.
Look at it this way: some (read: old) people love to gamble. Even if they're not going to win money, back with the SNES they had a handful of casino games they could choose from. And for the people who aren't really close to Vegas or AC, these types of games can be a godsend for people who just love the thrill of the game.
1. Resident Evil 4 2. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem 3. Resident Evil 4. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect 5. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes 6. Def Jam: Fight for NY 7. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within 8. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin 9. Resident Evil 0 10. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance 11. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory 12. True Crime: Streets of LA 13. Red Faction II 14. Killer7 15. Mortal Kombat: Deception 16. Dead to Rights 17. XIII 18. Spartan: Total Warrior 19. Serious Sam: Next Encounter 20. Midway Arcade Treasures 2 21. Geist 22. Hunter: The Reckoning 23. Turok: Evolution 24. BloodRayne 25. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3 26. Blood Omen 2 27. Rogue Ops 28. Resident Evil 2 29. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 30. Resident Evil Code: Veronica X 31. Die Hard: Vendetta 32. Spawn: Armageddon 33. BMX XXX
That seems like a decent amount of M-rated games for the person who absolutely can't play anything that's rated E. And.. that is only M-rated games, not just games rated T, but are not "kiddy" games.
Not sure if it was the same episode, but a few months back, they had college edition and a games category. One of the contestants was obviously a gamer, as I think he swept the category (along with me). But he may have gotten one wrong. Best part, in final Jeopardy, he wagered 1337.
My dad (44) routinely picks up a controller and plays Madden, Mario (Golf|Baseball|Tennis), and some other games that tickle his fancy. Granted, he's not quite "old", but I would take it that he's older than quite a few parents nowadays.
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I'm fairly sure Link's Awakening made no mention of Zelda, Ganon, or the Triforce. ;)
But I could be wrong.
And Majora's Mask had no mention of Gan[n]on or the Triforce.
TFA is actually written by Henry Jenkins. So on behalf of the original poster...
HEEENNNRRRYYYYY JEEEEEENKINS!!!
I seem to remember Roger Ebert giving the Rundown a good review because it was fun to watch, according to his idea of what makes a movie fun. How is that any different than reading a review of a game to find out whether or not it will be fun for you? Sure, they discuss graphics and sound, but doesn't that all add into the enjoyability of the game? If, this very day, [pick a great movie] was released, but the audio sounded like you were listening to it through a tin can, the acting was something akin to Resident Evil, and it was recorded at less than 24fps. Would it still garner great reviews, as it has in the past without all of these hindrances?
Actually, that sounds more like Guild Wars to me. You can join a party/get quests/buy things in a city, but you will never encounter another character who is not in your party outside of any city or town.
Or they will assume it's a dupe without reading the article, and then post that it's a dupe within the comments, when it actually isn't one.
You failed to mention Fear Effect. Although I'm fairly confident it will be as bad as his other movies, it is sure to make some bank if it stays fairly true to the video game.
Where did I say anything about children playing violent video games? The only thing I said was that video games will not teach you how to shoot a gun, in response to your semi-sarcastic comment.
There are several other factors to firing a gun. Now I'm not saying guns are harmless, but playing an FPS will not in anyway way teach you to shoot a gun. Until they make a gun with a holographic crosshair that shows me exactly where it will shoot, removes recoil, and automatically reloads magazines for me, video games, as they currently are, will not teach you how to shoot a gun.
Is it okay to mention bagpipes?
No.. it can at least watch videos. So it will remain a PV. What it can't do is record video. So I suggest calling it a PVW(atcher), PVV(iewer), PVD(isplay).
Also, if you like to be able to click on links, add a user agent for mail.google.com to Konqueror as Mozilla/Firefox.
Tell that to someone who plays in a marching band. Just because it's drums, doesn't mean it's a drumset. It could be quads or quints. Or it could be most parts of a drumset, along with a foot attachment daisy-chained onto the nunchuk arrangement.
My girlfriend's grandmom loves to play Tetris, Dr. Mario, and various other puzzle games. She's had an NES and an SNES, along with a handful of games for each of them. And she is currently in her mid-70s. I think it is entirely possible to market to grandmas, as long as the game is right.
Look at it this way: some (read: old) people love to gamble. Even if they're not going to win money, back with the SNES they had a handful of casino games they could choose from. And for the people who aren't really close to Vegas or AC, these types of games can be a godsend for people who just love the thrill of the game.
I think it's that you can do 8-player local wireless. But the Nintendo WiFi Connection only allows for 4-player games.
From gamerankings.com, GCN list of M-rated games:
1. Resident Evil 4
2. Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem
3. Resident Evil
4. TimeSplitters: Future Perfect
5. Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes
6. Def Jam: Fight for NY
7. Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
8. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
9. Resident Evil 0
10. Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
11. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
12. True Crime: Streets of LA
13. Red Faction II
14. Killer7
15. Mortal Kombat: Deception
16. Dead to Rights
17. XIII
18. Spartan: Total Warrior
19. Serious Sam: Next Encounter
20. Midway Arcade Treasures 2
21. Geist
22. Hunter: The Reckoning
23. Turok: Evolution
24. BloodRayne
25. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3
26. Blood Omen 2
27. Rogue Ops
28. Resident Evil 2
29. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
30. Resident Evil Code: Veronica X
31. Die Hard: Vendetta
32. Spawn: Armageddon
33. BMX XXX
That seems like a decent amount of M-rated games for the person who absolutely can't play anything that's rated E. And.. that is only M-rated games, not just games rated T, but are not "kiddy" games.
Not sure if it was the same episode, but a few months back, they had college edition and a games category. One of the contestants was obviously a gamer, as I think he swept the category (along with me). But he may have gotten one wrong. Best part, in final Jeopardy, he wagered 1337.
My dad (44) routinely picks up a controller and plays Madden, Mario (Golf|Baseball|Tennis), and some other games that tickle his fancy. Granted, he's not quite "old", but I would take it that he's older than quite a few parents nowadays.
Perhaps it is because of the malformed XML.
As we all know, that's what happens after the experimentation. Maybe that's why he's so reluctant to undergo further testing.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say some money was exchanged. You know, the same way Xbox360 games were nominated for the SpikeTV VGAs.
Since when has it not been viable competition against the PSP?
98 is not quite the last in the family to do something useful. You seem to be forgetting Me, much like MS would like to forget Me.
I believe MSFT's technology used for OWA is called ATLAS.
Are you sure about that? I found nothing on my local newspaper's website about a toaster-related murder.
KDE is lightning quick as far as a 1.5GHz Celeron goes on my laptop. But Windows XP is slower than molasses. I guess it varies from setup to setup.