But what the whole thing should have shown was that the rating system ISN'T broken. When the ESRB found out about Hot Coffee, they changed the rating. What's really wrong is that kids can still get their hands on the game.
When parents start getting responsible and watching what they are buying their children, the rating system will have much more of an effect.
I saw a couple of reps from Google talk a few weeks ago, and they said in response to a question that they get 2 hardware failures per day at some of their data centers.
Why are your games so addictive?
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I've been playing your games since the original Civilization, and they all seem to have one thing in common: you start playing and then just can't stop! What do you think it is about your games (especially the Civ series) that makes it that way?
I showed this to people last year (when it was still Keyhole) as a "Technology Associate" of a county fair. I do have to say that Google has improved the interface a bit, and I like the 3D buildings.
It would be like me going to Las Vegas looking specifically for prostitution and gambling, doing it, then claiming that Las Vegas was totally evil just because of that....OK, bad example.
I keep most of my old hardware, and could probably build a computer out of that...it would probably end up being a 486 with a Radeon 7500 graphics card, 128 MB of RAM and a two year old CRT monitor.
"Gates: More has been invested in making IE secure than any browser on the planet by a long shot. Nothing is going to change. That's the one over 90% of people are going to keep using."
As a bad Japanese translation would say, my desire to comment on this quote gushes forth.
1. More may have been invested on making IE secure. Has it worked? Apparently not.
2. "Nothing is going to change." The download numbers for Mozilla speak differently.
3. "That's the one over 90% of people are going to keep using." I think we've already heard IE's swan song among serious Internet users, and it won't be long before the public begins to wake up more than they already have (see: NY Times article, 9/16).
-improbable
I was a kid much like this in junior high: smart, but totally lacking in social skills. So I tried to be with the crowd, like what others liked, etc. It took a random introduction to my now-best friend to make me realize what I was missing. So here's some suggestions for the kid:
1. Find what he likes and encourage him to do it. If this means role-playing games, so be it. If it's sports, or chess, or whatever, the important thing is that he enjoys it.
2. Use that activity to make friends. I would be willing to bet that whatever he turns out to like, there are people worth knowing participating as well.
3. Encourage him to ignore anyone who teases or laughs at him for doing that activity. There will always be tormentors, especially for kids like this one, and you just have to learn to tune it out.
For me, it was Magic: the Gathering, Boy Scouts, church, and friends who were into the same sort of stuff that built my social skills to a (I believe) reasonably acceptable level.
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From the noms page:
"Games shown in non-playable form were not eligible for an award"
RTFA
Record companies like profit?
*shocked*
But what the whole thing should have shown was that the rating system ISN'T broken. When the ESRB found out about Hot Coffee, they changed the rating. What's really wrong is that kids can still get their hands on the game.
When parents start getting responsible and watching what they are buying their children, the rating system will have much more of an effect.
I saw a couple of reps from Google talk a few weeks ago, and they said in response to a question that they get 2 hardware failures per day at some of their data centers.
Of course, they're Google.
Shadow of the Colossus, indeed!
I've been playing your games since the original Civilization, and they all seem to have one thing in common: you start playing and then just can't stop! What do you think it is about your games (especially the Civ series) that makes it that way?
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I showed this to people last year (when it was still Keyhole) as a "Technology Associate" of a county fair. I do have to say that Google has improved the interface a bit, and I like the 3D buildings.
See title.
Although there may be hope with the movie coming out this fall.
It would be like me going to Las Vegas looking specifically for prostitution and gambling, doing it, then claiming that Las Vegas was totally evil just because of that. ...OK, bad example.
Anyone else think they made the worms seem a bit too alive in the paper?
A little creepy.
"Hey man! You said these disc were made of corn, right?"
*crack*
*scream*
Read the subject at hand. It includes Linux.
I keep most of my old hardware, and could probably build a computer out of that...it would probably end up being a 486 with a Radeon 7500 graphics card, 128 MB of RAM and a two year old CRT monitor.
"Gates: More has been invested in making IE secure than any browser on the planet by a long shot. Nothing is going to change. That's the one over 90% of people are going to keep using." As a bad Japanese translation would say, my desire to comment on this quote gushes forth. 1. More may have been invested on making IE secure. Has it worked? Apparently not. 2. "Nothing is going to change." The download numbers for Mozilla speak differently. 3. "That's the one over 90% of people are going to keep using." I think we've already heard IE's swan song among serious Internet users, and it won't be long before the public begins to wake up more than they already have (see: NY Times article, 9/16). -improbable
I was a kid much like this in junior high: smart, but totally lacking in social skills. So I tried to be with the crowd, like what others liked, etc. It took a random introduction to my now-best friend to make me realize what I was missing. So here's some suggestions for the kid:
1. Find what he likes and encourage him to do it. If this means role-playing games, so be it. If it's sports, or chess, or whatever, the important thing is that he enjoys it.
2. Use that activity to make friends. I would be willing to bet that whatever he turns out to like, there are people worth knowing participating as well.
3. Encourage him to ignore anyone who teases or laughs at him for doing that activity. There will always be tormentors, especially for kids like this one, and you just have to learn to tune it out.
For me, it was Magic: the Gathering, Boy Scouts, church, and friends who were into the same sort of stuff that built my social skills to a (I believe) reasonably acceptable level.