To make things even worse - 4 of the distros still listed are "slackware based" Guess his list will be getting a bit smaller again when these ones update their base systems....
Not played PD in a while so can't remember the exact name of it, but how perfectly suited is the floating spy camera thing from PD to the DS! From what I remember it was only really useful in one or two levels, but if they made it available in all levels it could alter the gameplay completely
4+ is not even a major limit, considering that the DS supports 16 players locally (and who knows how many via wi-fi) and there are no limitations on screens and processing power as each unit handles its own The major limitations would be the number of characters each DS can display on screen at each time and the practical number you can have on each map without it being unplayable All in all it would be far better than the original multiplayer and thats saying something!
Unbelievably difficult, even on easy mode. Ramp it up to hard and I don't think 10 years of playing could get me through the game.
Also Super Monkey Ball (1) It is doable, but the hardest setting is virtually impossible, especially when you consider you have to get though 50 levels without using any of your continues if you want to unlock the bonus levels at the end. Come very close to throwing the controller through the TV a couple of times with these ones =)
I can definetely see the potential for a good game - it is a whole new spin on Bond since you get to play the role of the bad guy.
But since they were going to all the trouble of coming up with a whole new storyline and a brand new main character, they had absolutely no reason to call him Goldeneye, other than to cash in on the success of the original Goldeneye game. They could have given this character any other name and succesfully expanded the Bond universe, but by using the name Goldeneye they will only confuse people as to what Goldeneye is, is it a satellite or a person? I was slightly annoyed earlier when I posted because its things like this that really give marketers and such a bad name and I would like it if it was a good game, but I just wish they didn't have to go down this road of tricking the public - the game should be good enough to stand by itself and create its own reputation without having to trick people into buying it
As much as I would like a new Bond game of the quality of goldeneye, I sincerely hope that this is a huge failure - simply because of the marketeers or execs at EA that think they can pull stunts like this. It would have been bad enough to make a sequel to Goldeneye since the first game covered the entire span of the film, but to use the name Goldeneye in a Bond game and to justify it by making up such a lame story is unbelievable.
..but there is a major element missing in many games that limits the appeal of this - good storylines
Its the story that keeps you coming back to TV shows or book series or movie series and the same should be true for episodic gaming. Whether it would actually succeed is a whole different issue, but the chances are quite slim. The time required to produce each episode will be too long, sure once the core engine is written it will speed up as developers learn the system, but it will still be no small task to produce each episode. Maybe one day it will be a possibility but I don't think yet
NASA's Spirit rover did not go to sleep today even after ground controllers sent commands twice for it to do so. It looks like NASA is experiencing a common parenting problem, I suggest something like this for the rocket scientists
I don't disagree that the fire bombing of Dresden was an atrocity, but when Germany began bombing London, Britain was by no means able to defend itself
At the start of the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe had 3000 planes within range of southern England, the RAF had 1200 planes for defense. At this point, pilots in the RAF were sent into combat roughly 4 weeks after first stepping into a plane. The Luftwaffe could put about 1600 planes in the air every day, more than the entire RAF even owned, the RAF could put 650-700 planes up if needed, although the bare minimum had to be scrambled to keep the reserves strong. The Luftwaffe began the campaign by targeting front line fighter fields and at the rate the bombers were coming in, ground crews simply could not keep runways operational. Had the battle continued as it was, the RAF would have been decimated within weeks.
The twist however came when an RAF bomber squadron lost their way over Germany and reportedly bombed the outskirts of a major German city by accident. This enraged Hitler who immediately ordered ALL bombers to target London. This single command allowed the RAF to repair the runways and get their planes in the air, and it also meant that they knew where every single German plane was going to. Had Hitler not given that one command, it is likely that the RAF would have fallen in 2-3 weeks, German landing forces would cross the channel before winter set in and Britain too would have fallen. Had this happened, the US would not have been able to get involved and the world today would be a different place.
I am British and I am not proud of Dresden, I know that I most likely would not be writing this today if it wasn't for the US and Russian forces, but personally I have the greatest amount of respect for the pilots of the Battle of Britain who were willing to face such over-whelming odds against an airforce that had already stormed through Europe and barely stopped for breath, yet they stood up to them and in the end did what was needed of them.
I guess that means we/.ers are in a whole league of our own... we are off the chart of internet use! 15.8 hours a week?? Yup that sounds about right... if the world ends at midnight one Monday that is.
The only major "product" that they would be developing just now would be the early stages of XBox2. Also he is far more likely to leave close to the beginning of the process, not bailing when its far into development.... basically what I'm trying to say is that development problems big enough to make one of the head developers of the console quit at such an early stage do not bode well for the future of the console
Of course it could be something totally unrelated or development of something else...who knows
Someone had to imprint those special markings?
Ummm, if that person did their job imprinting the markings then copied the film then i think they deserve to be caught for stupidity reasons alone
I honestly don't know what to think... if it is a hoax, its one of the best attempts at a hoax I've seen in a while, if its real and this is how they plan on running things when (if?) it launches, they might as well just pack up and go home now instead of wasting time and money. So far they have promised announcements, demos etc etc etc and they have failed to deliver on all of them, since the final product will be rated on the quality of the content and their management of it, they have to sort out their operating practices to have any hope of succeeding, and thats not even taking into account the competition they have...
Seriously, thats all it is, only I would guess the 'battles' don't last as long as they do in conkers (or whatever its called if it has a different name in north america)
I know as geeks we're supposed to like stuff like this, but paying money to play conkers??
It ends today and SCO has stated they are handing it over today, but no one knows what it will be yet. It may just be evidence they give to IBM so that they can then look at the code themselves, in which case we don't get to find out anything yet, but they may also submit evidence to the court, in which case we do get to find out today or soon after
1. If Trinity did not die, Neo would never have given up the fight and allowed Smith to win, he might not even have been willing to make the deal with the machines
3. That was necessary for Neo to lose his sight and gain his new vision of the machines in the real world, yes he had this before, but think about it, if you lose one sense, others become more focused. Also it showed Neo that Smith had found a way into the real world and therefore once he was done with the matrix he would set his sights on the real world, so he had to be stopped now
4. Neo was not dead, when you saw him on the back of the ship/machine taking him away, he was the brightest light in the shot, that surely means he is still alive
5. It wasn't that he gave up, think of Neo as containing the code of the one, as the architect put it in reloaded, Neo realised that to destroy Smith, his code had to become one with Smith, much in the same way in fact that the powerful smith was created from the Ones code joining with original smiths code
6. The One is far more integrated into the machine world than we had previously been led to believe. It is another part of the system of control. Neos powers were seen to grow and eveolve, hence the reason that the matrix required the one to be found after 100 years, after that time the one would discover new powers and be able to defeat the machines. Obviously the one is supposed to be re-integrated before any of this can happen. If any of the previous ones had not been reintegrated, they would have had the power and ended the war, but this time the factor that changed everything was Smith so everything had to happen differently
Admittedly Reloaded/revolutions are not what I originally expected but I have enjoyed them both greatly and am extremly happy that they were made
I play a game called Fighter Ace 3 (ver 3.6) which is an online ww2 flight sim.
These problems do not come up as much over there, partly because it is a closed server, only for paying subscribers (10$/month with free game download), but also because of the in game support provided. There are training classes for new players to teach them the basics and rooms limited by in game rank so you can fight players of a similar skill level. There is also good in game monitoring to remove anyone who is ruining the game for others plus its easy to gag anyone if there are no sysops/admins about. All this and up to 200 people dogifghting in a room make for a good online game.
I have wondered for a while when this sorta thing would start happening, anti-virus coders that go after the virus coders.
This could be something we see more of in the future, almost like a battle between the two groups, taking place on machines throughout the world while the majority of users are completly unaware.
It could be pretty interesting to see the whole thing unfold!
Seriously, its a nice idea, but you really need a 3GHz processor to do that? To get games at the same quality as current console and PC games, nevermind next gen consoles out in 2 years time, even over their broadband system it will take too long to be practical or FUN.
It will sell at first, purely out of newness and I would guess for people wanting to pop the components out for their PCs but I doubt it will last.
What about the creation of the original game boy and the decision to go for battery life over system power? The GB wouldn't have won back then otherwise and the GBA wouldn't be the most popular system in the world today
And what about the decision by Rare to pick up the Goldeneye license? It made them the company they are today and changed console FPS games forever, well the game not the deicision... but the decision was still some smart thinking:)
Due to the rise in online gaming, for the first time, it is actually other peoples experiences and enjoyment of the game that you are affecting.
The article seems to use examples mainly from online games, which can completely affect someones decisions. When your action is going to affect a few bytes of data stored temporarily on your computer its no big deal, but anyone who has played an online game will at some time have been upset by another player, even if they have simply lost a fair game, so they then feel sorry for anyone that they beat in the future, its no different than what happens in real life imho.
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To make things even worse - 4 of the distros still listed are "slackware based"
Guess his list will be getting a bit smaller again when these ones update their base systems....
Not played PD in a while so can't remember the exact name of it, but how perfectly suited is the floating spy camera thing from PD to the DS!
From what I remember it was only really useful in one or two levels, but if they made it available in all levels it could alter the gameplay completely
4+ is not even a major limit, considering that the DS supports 16 players locally (and who knows how many via wi-fi) and there are no limitations on screens and processing power as each unit handles its own
The major limitations would be the number of characters each DS can display on screen at each time and the practical number you can have on each map without it being unplayable
All in all it would be far better than the original multiplayer and thats saying something!
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Ikaruga.
Unbelievably difficult, even on easy mode. Ramp it up to hard and I don't think 10 years of playing could get me through the game.
Also Super Monkey Ball (1) It is doable, but the hardest setting is virtually impossible, especially when you consider you have to get though 50 levels without using any of your continues if you want to unlock the bonus levels at the end. Come very close to throwing the controller through the TV a couple of times with these ones =)
I can definetely see the potential for a good game - it is a whole new spin on Bond since you get to play the role of the bad guy.
But since they were going to all the trouble of coming up with a whole new storyline and a brand new main character, they had absolutely no reason to call him Goldeneye, other than to cash in on the success of the original Goldeneye game. They could have given this character any other name and succesfully expanded the Bond universe, but by using the name Goldeneye they will only confuse people as to what Goldeneye is, is it a satellite or a person?
I was slightly annoyed earlier when I posted because its things like this that really give marketers and such a bad name and I would like it if it was a good game, but I just wish they didn't have to go down this road of tricking the public - the game should be good enough to stand by itself and create its own reputation without having to trick people into buying it
I present to you the lamest marketing ploy ever!
As much as I would like a new Bond game of the quality of goldeneye, I sincerely hope that this is a huge failure - simply because of the marketeers or execs at EA that think they can pull stunts like this. It would have been bad enough to make a sequel to Goldeneye since the first game covered the entire span of the film, but to use the name Goldeneye in a Bond game and to justify it by making up such a lame story is unbelievable.
..but there is a major element missing in many games that limits the appeal of this - good storylines
Its the story that keeps you coming back to TV shows or book series or movie series and the same should be true for episodic gaming. Whether it would actually succeed is a whole different issue, but the chances are quite slim. The time required to produce each episode will be too long, sure once the core engine is written it will speed up as developers learn the system, but it will still be no small task to produce each episode. Maybe one day it will be a possibility but I don't think yet
NASA's Spirit rover did not go to sleep today even after ground controllers sent commands twice for it to do so.
It looks like NASA is experiencing a common parenting problem, I suggest something like this for the rocket scientists
I don't disagree that the fire bombing of Dresden was an atrocity, but when Germany began bombing London, Britain was by no means able to defend itself
At the start of the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe had 3000 planes within range of southern England, the RAF had 1200 planes for defense. At this point, pilots in the RAF were sent into combat roughly 4 weeks after first stepping into a plane. The Luftwaffe could put about 1600 planes in the air every day, more than the entire RAF even owned, the RAF could put 650-700 planes up if needed, although the bare minimum had to be scrambled to keep the reserves strong. The Luftwaffe began the campaign by targeting front line fighter fields and at the rate the bombers were coming in, ground crews simply could not keep runways operational. Had the battle continued as it was, the RAF would have been decimated within weeks.
The twist however came when an RAF bomber squadron lost their way over Germany and reportedly bombed the outskirts of a major German city by accident. This enraged Hitler who immediately ordered ALL bombers to target London. This single command allowed the RAF to repair the runways and get their planes in the air, and it also meant that they knew where every single German plane was going to. Had Hitler not given that one command, it is likely that the RAF would have fallen in 2-3 weeks, German landing forces would cross the channel before winter set in and Britain too would have fallen. Had this happened, the US would not have been able to get involved and the world today would be a different place.
I am British and I am not proud of Dresden, I know that I most likely would not be writing this today if it wasn't for the US and Russian forces, but personally I have the greatest amount of respect for the pilots of the Battle of Britain who were willing to face such over-whelming odds against an airforce that had already stormed through Europe and barely stopped for breath, yet they stood up to them and in the end did what was needed of them.
I guess that means we /.ers are in a whole league of our own... we are off the chart of internet use!
15.8 hours a week?? Yup that sounds about right... if the world ends at midnight one Monday that is.
The only major "product" that they would be developing just now would be the early stages of XBox2. Also he is far more likely to leave close to the beginning of the process, not bailing when its far into development.... basically what I'm trying to say is that development problems big enough to make one of the head developers of the console quit at such an early stage do not bode well for the future of the console
Of course it could be something totally unrelated or development of something else...who knows
Someone had to imprint those special markings? Ummm, if that person did their job imprinting the markings then copied the film then i think they deserve to be caught for stupidity reasons alone
I honestly don't know what to think... if it is a hoax, its one of the best attempts at a hoax I've seen in a while, if its real and this is how they plan on running things when (if?) it launches, they might as well just pack up and go home now instead of wasting time and money.
So far they have promised announcements, demos etc etc etc and they have failed to deliver on all of them, since the final product will be rated on the quality of the content and their management of it, they have to sort out their operating practices to have any hope of succeeding, and thats not even taking into account the competition they have...
After Sharks with frickin laser beams didn't work out.... Dr Evil hatches his next plot - LASERMONKS
mwhhhahhahahaha mwhhhaaaa
... when they have this list of sponsors?
Cashflow shouldn't have been a problem, so they should have been able to get a decent setup, staff etc, bet those sponsors are gonna be pissed anyway
Seriously, thats all it is, only I would guess the 'battles' don't last as long as they do in conkers (or whatever its called if it has a different name in north america)
I know as geeks we're supposed to like stuff like this, but paying money to play conkers??
It ends today and SCO has stated they are handing it over today, but no one knows what it will be yet.
It may just be evidence they give to IBM so that they can then look at the code themselves, in which case we don't get to find out anything yet, but they may also submit evidence to the court, in which case we do get to find out today or soon after
1. If Trinity did not die, Neo would never have given up the fight and allowed Smith to win, he might not even have been willing to make the deal with the machines
3. That was necessary for Neo to lose his sight and gain his new vision of the machines in the real world, yes he had this before, but think about it, if you lose one sense, others become more focused. Also it showed Neo that Smith had found a way into the real world and therefore once he was done with the matrix he would set his sights on the real world, so he had to be stopped now
4. Neo was not dead, when you saw him on the back of the ship/machine taking him away, he was the brightest light in the shot, that surely means he is still alive
5. It wasn't that he gave up, think of Neo as containing the code of the one, as the architect put it in reloaded, Neo realised that to destroy Smith, his code had to become one with Smith, much in the same way in fact that the powerful smith was created from the Ones code joining with original smiths code
6. The One is far more integrated into the machine world than we had previously been led to believe. It is another part of the system of control. Neos powers were seen to grow and eveolve, hence the reason that the matrix required the one to be found after 100 years, after that time the one would discover new powers and be able to defeat the machines. Obviously the one is supposed to be re-integrated before any of this can happen. If any of the previous ones had not been reintegrated, they would have had the power and ended the war, but this time the factor that changed everything was Smith so everything had to happen differently
Admittedly Reloaded/revolutions are not what I originally expected but I have enjoyed them both greatly and am extremly happy that they were made
These problems do not come up as much over there, partly because it is a closed server, only for paying subscribers (10$/month with free game download), but also because of the in game support provided. There are training classes for new players to teach them the basics and rooms limited by in game rank so you can fight players of a similar skill level. There is also good in game monitoring to remove anyone who is ruining the game for others plus its easy to gag anyone if there are no sysops/admins about. All this and up to 200 people dogifghting in a room make for a good online game.
Game info here
I have wondered for a while when this sorta thing would start happening, anti-virus coders that go after the virus coders.
This could be something we see more of in the future, almost like a battle between the two groups, taking place on machines throughout the world while the majority of users are completly unaware.
It could be pretty interesting to see the whole thing unfold!
...all the games are of this quality.
Seriously, its a nice idea, but you really need a 3GHz processor to do that? To get games at the same quality as current console and PC games, nevermind next gen consoles out in 2 years time, even over their broadband system it will take too long to be practical or FUN. It will sell at first, purely out of newness and I would guess for people wanting to pop the components out for their PCs but I doubt it will last.
What about the creation of the original game boy and the decision to go for battery life over system power? The GB wouldn't have won back then otherwise and the GBA wouldn't be the most popular system in the world today
:)
And what about the decision by Rare to pick up the Goldeneye license? It made them the company they are today and changed console FPS games forever, well the game not the deicision... but the decision was still some smart thinking
Due to the rise in online gaming, for the first time, it is actually other peoples experiences and enjoyment of the game that you are affecting.
The article seems to use examples mainly from online games, which can completely affect someones decisions. When your action is going to affect a few bytes of data stored temporarily on your computer its no big deal, but anyone who has played an online game will at some time have been upset by another player, even if they have simply lost a fair game, so they then feel sorry for anyone that they beat in the future, its no different than what happens in real life imho.
....the Government spams you!
:)
First time ever a Soviet Russia statement is virtually true?