I believe they are trying to appeal more to developers by pushing XNA for the Xbox 360.
You may not see an impact soon, however this is how innovative games became popular on the PS1 (Parrapa the Rappa) because of the development kits being easier to get a hold of.
"[Senate Bill 59] would make it illegal for the owner or operator of a social networking Web site to allow minors to create or maintain a Web page without parental permission [and require] parents or guardians to have access to their children's Web pages at all times. "
This can be done by forcing everyone to register with their SSN and require their parents SSN to register. As well as send out a letter and email to the parent for verification and the parent must call the company via phone.
There are lots of downsides to this method, yet I'm sure they'll find something that works.
From TA "Hu stressed the need to exploit the net's possibilities, while keeping a tight grip. "Ensure that one hand grasps development while one hand grasps administration," he concluded."
The more you tighten your grip Secretary, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers. ~~ Modded quote from Princes Leia (Star Wars Episode IV)
"In 5 years modern games won't even run on the machine you are talking about building, yet PS3 games always will. Games will become more and more optimized for the PS3 hardware where as in the general purpose computer realm developers will expect more powerful machines to be purchased so no need to optimize."
Lol. In 5 years there is a high chance that modern games will run on this rig.
"Yeah. So? Except for #2 (which again can be done by a mouse) and #6 (which can be done by the Sixaxis, and done much better by an actual gaming steering wheel, which the PS3 also supports)"
Hey everyone lets go shell out another 40-50 for a steering wheel for one game and I sure hope it's wireless!
BFG Physics processor: $206 (Newegg.com) Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz will suffice for $190 and a 2.99Ghz Core 2 Duo goes for around $500 Mother Boards: no more than $150 HD DVD drives: buy a Xbox360 drive. Which works with the PC ($200 max) Cases cost $35 and your cooling system can still be inexpensive. SATA 160GB are cheap and SATA 250GB 300mb/s are very inexpensive: $60-$90 per drive (Microcenter / Newegg) Memory: No more than $150 spent. The graphics card he recommended is $410 (Newegg.com)
You can compete with a PS3 in the sense that most games developed on a windows platform use no more than 2 processors unless it was designed to be able to use more than 2 or more than 2 and a physics processor.
64-bit processors do not struggle with Floating Point calculations and AI has been around since Populus.
"As for the Wii, it hasn't revolutionized anything yet. From what I've heard, beyond being able to use it as a mouse (which is hardly innovative), the stuff that the Wiimote adds to games like Twilight Princess and Rayman Raving Rabbids is about as much as what the Sixaxis adds to Call of Duty 3."
The sixaxis in Call of Duty 3 is a joke. The use of the Wiimote in Raving Rabids is quite interesting. Especially when you want to run you move your hands like you're actually running. Also in Excite Truck I can steer the vehicle regardless of how I tilt the controller on another axis. Unlike in Call of Duty 3 for the PS3 I would have to tilt it a certain way to control the vehicle.
"but it quickly becomes apparent as nothing more than a novelty"
Would you rather control your FPS games with a regular controller? When it is difficult to hit two targets seperated on two sides of the screen with a mouse or regular controller.
"That's not to say that later games won't make ingenious use of the Wiimote, but it hasn't happened yet."
Is this a copy and pasted argument? Did you know you can use the wiimote to:
1. Throw a pass 2. Aim and Shoot 3. Slash, Parry, Defend 4. Run like mad 5. Throw punches 6. Steer a Car
The Wiimote is your main controller of most Wii games. The sixaxis is only used to steer a vehicle(poorly) in Call of Duty.
Yeah that's the solution. Why didn't I think of that? Just invade the country and we can have Iraq under our control. That would be fucking awesome.....or wait, no actually IT IS THE 100% worst possible approach to a very complex problem. Move along and stop trolling.
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I believe they are trying to appeal more to developers by pushing XNA for the Xbox 360.
You may not see an impact soon, however this is how innovative games became popular on the PS1 (Parrapa the Rappa) because of the development kits being easier to get a hold of.
"[Senate Bill 59] would make it illegal for the owner or operator of a social networking Web site to allow minors to create or maintain a Web page without parental permission [and require] parents or guardians to have access to their children's Web pages at all times. "
This can be done by forcing everyone to register with their SSN and require their parents SSN to register. As well as send out a letter and email to the parent for verification and the parent must call the company via phone.
There are lots of downsides to this method, yet I'm sure they'll find something that works.
As long as we do not run into these situations
The corpse of a cockatrice?
From TA "Hu stressed the need to exploit the net's possibilities, while keeping a tight grip. "Ensure that one hand grasps development while one hand grasps administration," he concluded."
The more you tighten your grip Secretary, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers. ~~ Modded quote from Princes Leia (Star Wars Episode IV)
They're afraid that if there is another Battle.Net patch to work with Vista the Zerglings will get nerfed.
Flying through Chicago to Des Plaines(90/94: Kennedy) while listening to Techno and Drum N Bass.
That's enough to get my heart pumping.
I do recall that some of these games are based off the heroics of a soldier who's name is given in the game.
No. Just third party developers were discussed with Sega for abandoning the saturn.
"I admit I havn't poked around much at OCR recently (I really should), and there are probably soem new stunners like Relics out there now."
You should. There's a Latin version of Mega Man III - Needle Man stage, It sounds awesome.
I do recall people having fun with an JFK shooting re-enactment game.
You don't pull a finalist. They should have committed.
How many germans do you see die to RPGs and WW2 assault weapons.
It's not enforced on a National Level.
There are games optimized for certain series of graphics cards.
20 Game Titles Announced for AGEIA PhysX in 2006(taken from http://www.bfgtech.com/physx/index.htm):
* Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
* Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
* Bet on Soldier: Blood Sport
* Cell Factor
* City of Villains
* Unreal Tournament 2007
* Gunship Apocalypse
* Sacred II
* Loki
* Dogtag
* Fallen Earth
* Crazy Machines 2
* Arena Online
* Diabolique
* Warhammer MMORPG
* Eye of the Storm
* KARMA
* Vanguard: Saga of Heroes
* Alpha Prime
"In 5 years modern games won't even run on the machine you are talking about building, yet PS3 games always will. Games will become more and more optimized for the PS3 hardware where as in the general purpose computer realm developers will expect more powerful machines to be purchased so no need to optimize."
Lol. In 5 years there is a high chance that modern games will run on this rig.
I bet you're wondering why.
"That increased supply is what affected the curve, not the drop in the demand." Not only production, returned items as well.
"Yeah. So? Except for #2 (which again can be done by a mouse) and #6 (which can be done by the Sixaxis, and done much better by an actual gaming steering wheel, which the PS3 also supports)"
Hey everyone lets go shell out another 40-50 for a steering wheel for one game and I sure hope it's wireless!
Why not just use this Wiimote for steering?
Halo on Xbox.
You have to change your sensitivity to a higher level and get used to turning extremely fast.
"You can't use a "cheap Core Duo"
Yes you can.
BFG Physics processor: $206 (Newegg.com)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 Conroe 1.86GHz will suffice for $190 and a 2.99Ghz Core 2 Duo goes for around $500
Mother Boards: no more than $150
HD DVD drives: buy a Xbox360 drive. Which works with the PC ($200 max)
Cases cost $35 and your cooling system can still be inexpensive.
SATA 160GB are cheap and SATA 250GB 300mb/s are very inexpensive: $60-$90 per drive (Microcenter / Newegg)
Memory: No more than $150 spent.
The graphics card he recommended is $410 (Newegg.com)
You can compete with a PS3 in the sense that most games developed on a windows platform use no more than 2 processors unless it was designed to be able to use more than 2 or more than 2 and a physics processor.
64-bit processors do not struggle with Floating Point calculations and AI has been around since Populus.
They're waiting on MGS4 and FFXIII
"As for the Wii, it hasn't revolutionized anything yet. From what I've heard, beyond being able to use it as a mouse (which is hardly innovative), the stuff that the Wiimote adds to games like Twilight Princess and Rayman Raving Rabbids is about as much as what the Sixaxis adds to Call of Duty 3."
The sixaxis in Call of Duty 3 is a joke. The use of the Wiimote in Raving Rabids is quite interesting. Especially when you want to run you move your hands like you're actually running. Also in Excite Truck I can steer the vehicle regardless of how I tilt the controller on another axis. Unlike in Call of Duty 3 for the PS3 I would have to tilt it a certain way to control the vehicle.
"but it quickly becomes apparent as nothing more than a novelty"
Would you rather control your FPS games with a regular controller? When it is difficult to hit two targets seperated on two sides of the screen with a mouse or regular controller.
"That's not to say that later games won't make ingenious use of the Wiimote, but it hasn't happened yet."
Is this a copy and pasted argument? Did you know you can use the wiimote to:
1. Throw a pass
2. Aim and Shoot
3. Slash, Parry, Defend
4. Run like mad
5. Throw punches
6. Steer a Car
The Wiimote is your main controller of most Wii games. The sixaxis is only used to steer a vehicle(poorly) in Call of Duty.
Now which controller is a novelty?
Comcast digital cable boxes' remote comes with a PgUP/PgDN function.
Some kids may actually try lasso-ing the remote controller from the strap instead of moving the controller above their heads.
Yeah that's the solution. Why didn't I think of that? Just invade the country and we can have Iraq under our control. That would be fucking awesome.....or wait, no actually IT IS THE 100% worst possible approach to a very complex problem. Move along and stop trolling.