What's to stop someone from taking a Kent State player's identity and creating a fake profile of them?
Simple. There's no possible way to hide the e-mail address that you signed up for the account with. Regardless of any other privacy settings, if someone can see your profile on Facebook, they can see the address that the account is linked to.
Now, this isn't entirely foolproof from fake profiles. At my college, anyone with an account can log into the directory and create groups of e-mail addresses. If you can come up with a group e-mail address that's both believable and not already taken and add yourself as the group's only member, you're set to create that fake profile.
But on the other side of the coin, it's incredibly easy to log into the directory to see who an e-mail address is registered to. And if that's not good enough, there are printed directories that, if memory serves, list the person's e-mail in their contact information.
The point I'm trying to make, I guess, is that it's easy to make a fake profile, but it's usually just as easy to figure out who it belongs to.
The school has an even easier time of it. Since there's only one e-mail address per person and since the school has that e-mail address in their records, it simply boils down to looking at the profile and seeing if they match.
Not a definitive answer, maybe, but I hope that helps.
Makes you wonder why they even bother providing internet connections on college campuses.
How is that even relevant to the article? Sure, some athletes COULD get themselves in trouble on Facebook...but the Internet works just fine for the use of e-mail, online homework, easy access to notes and practice exams...
I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure the internet's been a good thing during my time at college.
I personally see it as a bit expensive for a digital copy of an old game that, in many cases, is higher than the used market for these titles.
It all depends on how you define "many titles." Sure, that's perfectly true in some cases - Super Mario Brothers is a prime example of that, since it sold for thirty cents at GameStop and, before that, Funcoland for years. But for the most part, Nintendo's top tier titles seem to retain their value much better than most used games do. Look at the N64 - while most of the games can be had for $10 or less now, games like Super Mario 64, Paper Mario, the two Zelda games, Kirby 64, and Super Smash Brothers seem to go for higher prices (think $15 and, on occasion, up).
Mind you, this is based on my limited experience of lots of EB and GameStop and some garage sales and eBay. You can find these titles for cheap, sure, but I'd say that the cost is entirely fair.
The one thing I'm wondering about now, though, is the longevity of the games. Sooner or later, Nintendo's going to stop offering the Wii's constant connection and download service. What happens to the games when that day comes?
If the Internet can get Snakes on a Plane another week of filming due entirely to talking about it before its release, maybe, just MAYBE, we might be able to save the PS3.
Of course, the odds of THAT happening are slim to none. Sony doesn't get along well with logic these days, it seems...:)
Classically, music videos are the free things on MTV and VH1 used to promote the music.
And since VH1 and MTV have decided that all-day marathons of America's Next Top Model or Pimp My Ride are more important than music, aren't YouTube, Google Video, and the like just acting as a replacement of sorts?
As far as people in our generation (I'm 19) buying music videos...there's a good chance that iTunes might bring the amount of people that do up slightly, but the fact remains that I've never bought a music video and I'd assume that that's true for most of my friends. And even with the selection in iTunes...the only one that's tempted me is Thriller, which definitely isn't your standard music video.
I'm not entirely sure that music videos aren't on their way out now. The market has changed, and it seems like their usefulness for promotion has been declining and will continue to unless things change significantly.
Somehow, I doubt that most Americans would consider this important at all. We've got much bigger problems to worry about as a country and as part of the world community...and they're wasting time on music?
How far do you think we'd be if all of the money that the RIAA and MPAA have wasted in pursuit of copyright violations went towards something more important, like research into medicine or alternative fuels?
As mentioned by others, there are some Playstation compatibility issues, with games that either don't play at all or have major issues. Tomba! is one that springs to mind.
But you also forgot to mention that there are some Game Boy Advance compatibility issues too. Not many, mind you, but there are some games that don't work correctly. A good example is the GBC version of Mortal Kombat 4; if I recall correctly, the audio and voice samples turn into a nice high pitched screech in the GBA.
That said, backwards compatibility is still a hell of a lot more effective in most cases than what Microsoft has delivered. Most consoles have been able to give in the realm of 90%+ games supported. Microsoft, on the other hand...well, just subtrack that 90%+ from 100 and you've got the number.:)
Sure, if you want to simplify the mod into three words.
There's a LOT of work that went into this and, going from my time spent playing Morrowind, I could see how this would be appealing. It's simple, but it adds another very nice graphical flourish to the game, and a tiny bit more to immerse you in its world.
One minor correction to the (admittedly rough) translation...
By its size and outspoken goal of ridiculing authors The pirate Bay got known all over the world.
I don't believe that TPB ever mocked the AUTHORS of material. Rather, they mocked the COMPANIES and the lawyers that tried to enforce the copyright laws. Deservedly, too - even if there is some way to prosecute TPB, they should have known they can't hold American laws over their head as a threat. That just doesn't make sense.
Considering the popularity of consoles and the fact that services like Xbox Live can provide multiplayer opponents whenever you want them, it's looking more and more like arcades have been entirely supplanted.
Still, I want to find a console that can give me a good pinball game. The virtual stuff just isn't the same as a good old machine...
I'm guessing that that was intended to be a joke, but just in case it wasn't...From TFA:
MIT has a mailing list called "Reuse" where people post equipment they no longer want. Many of the devices incorporated into MIDAS are parts from devices picked off Reuse. When something very desirable is put on the list, it will often be gone within minutes. Whenever a Reuse post is sent to the list, the display immediately displays the title of the email and the location of the item. This works by using a script my roommate created that browses through mail sent to a particular address we own. Once an email comes in, the title field is sent to the MIDAS controller via Ethernet, the web server picks up the request, and the LED display program sends the information to the display.
It sounds like most of the components were scavenged. And outfitting a dorm room isn't expensive at all, if you know what you're doing. A microwave in almost-new shape for $20 from a garage sale, some great chairs from the Salvation Army, letting your roommate pick up the tab for the carpet...and you're set.:)
Will you survive? That's another question entirely.
I'm not expecting a response, but is there any reason why you'd have to commute instead of moving? Is moving your family impossible? Did you just forget the obvious answer?:)
To be honest, I can't offer any useful suggestions. Hell, I'm still in college - I haven't had a stable relationship yet, let alone marriage. All I know is that Slashdot isn't the place to turn to for help. You've got to talk to your family, and that's the only option here.
Godspeed, man. Here's hoping that things work out for the best for you, however they do turn out.
First off, no offense intended - it was a generalization, and the fact that you can write in coherent English to post here takes away the "stupid" automatically.:)
I probably shouldn't have used the word "owned;" what I meant to get across there was simply that having the ability to burn the music could very well be the deciding factor. In fact, Rhapsody's a better example here than iTunes is...
If you had the choice between two services with the same functionality but one gave you the ability to burn the music - even if you do have to pay more to do so - which would you choose? Like I said, the fact that the songs vanish when you stop paying is a bit disconcerting, but if you can hold onto the material you really enjoyed so you can use it after the service is dead and gone, that seems like a pretty big plus to me.
And therein lies the rub...
Like every other Windows Media-based store, Urge suffers from the Not iPod problem -- its downloads don't work on Apple's elegant music players.
Since the iPod is by far the market leader - doesn't it have something like half of the MP3 player market right now? - that's a HUGE user base that's going to, for the most part, have zero interest in this service. I know that there are people that have MP3 players from Dell, Creative, and the like, and Urge is a viable option for them...but there's no way that Microsoft can compete with the iPod user base, not when they're going to have to contend with other companies like Napster that are trying to do the same thing.
Even with the virtual OS monopoly, there's only so far that a giant market presence can take you. It's not quite the same thing, but look at Sony and the UMD as an example of what could happen here.
Therefore, indeed you do need to keep playing in order to advance the game, whose core is so heavily drilled that it's their motto - gotta catch 'em all.
I think this is going to go down to personal definitions, but I wouldn't consider that "advancing the game." You can get through the entire storyline and complete every other challenge the game has to offer without obtaining all of the Pokémon...and what happens when you do? You get an in-game certificate? I don't know about you, but that's not what I'd call advancing the game.:)
The various groups are essentially the same game over and over, with a slight overhaul of some external content, and a few dozen extra creatures and powers.
Again, personal preference, but I'd have to say that that defining the term like that would mean most game sequels fit the model of "episodic content," and I'm sure that that's not what the term was intended to mean. A new storyline alone would seem to be the qualifier for me; isn't episodic content primarily designed to advance one overarching storyline instead of existing in a form where it could be enjoyed by itself? You can go through Pokémon Silver without touching the Red version of the game, and while you're very heavily encouraged to catch all of the Pokémon, you don't need to.
I'm not saying you're wrong, and I know I won't "win" this. Just thought I'd explain myself a bit more.:)
Please tell me they're not seriously expecting this to compete with iTunes.
Even with MTV and Microsoft pushing it together, I think that the fact that you can't burn the music is going to turn away most of their potential customers. People are stupid, but given the choice between owning DRMed music that you can burn or renting it and watching it all vanish when you stop paying...well, I'd hope that people aren't that stupid.
Personally, I'm inclined to think that you're almost entirely wrong on this one.
First off, I think you're trying to be comprehensive here, but you forgot more than a few titles. Hey You Pikachu, Puzzle League and its GBC equivalent, Puzzle Challenge, and the trading card game spring to mind. If we're not counting those, that's fine, but then the pinball games, Snap, Dash, and (if I'm not mistaken) Ranger and Troizei shouldn't be on the list either. You can't seem to make up your mind what counts for the list, apparently.
The bigger issue, though, is whether or not the game is "episodic." By all definitions of the term I've seen...no, it's not. The games are self-contained, and you don't need to keep paying to advance the plot. You may not be able to catch all of the Pokémon, maybe, but that's not "episodic content."
Also, the games have a hell of a lot more content than you'd get in an episode. Each grouping of RPGs (think Red/Blue/Yellow) has its own plot and brings new mechanics into the mix. They are full-fledged games.
True, the games might have been popular for the Pokémon characters, but there was always, ALWAYS more to them than that. Even in the games where the characters were just used to sell the title, improvements were made. Pokémon Puzzle League, for instance, was a very nice update of Tetris Attack and added modes that the SNES version didn't have.
I'd also argue the in-game advertising. The games never, ever blatantly tell the player "Go buy a stuffed Pikachu!" or advertise any of the other spinoff products, whereas in-game ads are typically for real products that don't fit into the world. Have you seen ads for Serta matresses or Mountain Dew in the game's gyms? Didn't think so. The game spawned the merchandising, and that's entirely different...especially since the game came first.
Really, I don't see how you COULD call Pokémon episodic or accuse it of having in-game advertising. By every discussion and definition of the terms I've seen...it just doesn't, plain and simple.
The $600 price tag and the $60 games, on the other hand, might just cause those "millions and millions of kids and their moms around the world to decide not to buy a PS3."
Honestly, if you had the choice between the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii for your kids...well, I sure as hell wouldn't choose the one that costs more than the other two combined.
Honestly, they're asking for a lot with the PS3. $600 for a console is too much, and most of the people I know could honestly care about the additional features. It can play blu-ray? Great...except I can't afford a TV that the movies will look good on, and I'm not too keen on replacing my (perfectly fine) DVD collection this soon.
Unfortunately, they seem to be banking on the fact that people will think the PS3 is better and they'll dish out the extra money for it. Guess what? It's not. Sony isn't what it once was - Microsoft and Nintendo give it valid competition, and it's looking more and more like the Walkman-created giant is toppling.
It's nice to see that history hasn't taught them that the "We're the best, so people will like us no matter what!" attitude doesn't work too well.
I don't think the game's going to be "scored" per se. The impression I've had from what's out there is that the motivation for playing is simply to advance to the next stage of evolution, which would be fine by me. Of course, I don't know for sure, but considering that The Sims didn't have attempt to score your character or their life, I'd bet that's going to be the case again here.
Really, how WOULD you score the game? Number of times your creature mates?;)
Okay this guy is a total retard! "Happiest are those working for Mr. Gates?" Um, hello? The PS3 just blew the competition away, are you scared?
What does the PS3 have to do with the happiness of Microsoft employees, exactly?
I'm pretty sure that "blew the competition away" is a blatant lie here. From what I've seen, the response to the conference was "underwhelmed" at best, if not just plain let down.
He's whining about features the controller has and what it can do; Wow motion sensory that "wasn't" invented by Nintendo...
Nintendo didn't invent it, but they're the first to use it in a console to thos extent. And it's awfully fishy that Sony makes the announcement so long after we learn that it's a key part of the Wii playing experience.
Okay really, get over your fanboyism, if you even looked at any of the games (and, ahem I watched them in Low-res for Hecks sake) they ARE impressive!
Not $600 worth of impressive. They look like Xbox 360 games, for all intents and purposes, and you can get Microsoft's console for half the price.
And why pay that much money for another Metal Gear title when the PS2 is capable of playing three of them?
Seriously, wait for PS3 to launch, and since it packs everything you need in your life so "tightly" and you cant afford one, put money together with some friends and Buy One!
Oh yeah...like THAT would work. What would you do with it...keep it in a central location equidistant from everyone's houses? Game consoles aren't exactly the kind of thing you can split like that, buddy.
I've got a few issues with your use of "needs" here too; I don't know about you, but I don't need any more video games or a blu-ray DVD player.
Next, don't complain that Sony is entering the online realm. They may be boasting what Xbox Live has to offer, but there's one thing that Sony thought of that Microsoft didn't. That's free online service.
Just like Nintendo?
And for $600, you'd better expect free online service. I don't think there's any way Sony could justify a subscription when the initial setup costs that much.
Take that "I have One gamertag!" and that "I have one Friend's List" and tell yourself: "I don't have to pay for any of it..." Good, now march out there and work!
I don't know the details of the service, but I'd be willing to bet that Sony's going to limit the number of accounts a person can have, possibly by console. Anything else has a ton of potential for abuse.
Every GameCrazy in America will continue to rant about the 360 because its American-manufactured and joke about the "Wii" and bitch about how Sony can't come up with anything new.
I've never once heard someone in a game store complaining about Microsoft's American roots, and the Wii jokes are already getting old. Complaining about Sony, on the other hand...
But you wait and see what happens before making judgement. The Playstation 3 Was F'n AMAZING!
Thank you for defeating your own argument in the next sentence.:)
You're going to have to convince the public of that, though.
I don't know anyone who's interested in the Xbox 360 for anything BUT gaming, and I have a hunch that the demand for Blu-Ray DVD players may not be as big as Sony's hoping it will be.
Like it or not, "Playstation" is synonymous with "video games" for most people. Even with its other capabilities, I don't think that most people could justify the cost of the console when the alternatives are so much cheaper.
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What's to stop someone from taking a Kent State player's identity and creating a fake profile of them?
Simple. There's no possible way to hide the e-mail address that you signed up for the account with. Regardless of any other privacy settings, if someone can see your profile on Facebook, they can see the address that the account is linked to.
Now, this isn't entirely foolproof from fake profiles. At my college, anyone with an account can log into the directory and create groups of e-mail addresses. If you can come up with a group e-mail address that's both believable and not already taken and add yourself as the group's only member, you're set to create that fake profile.
But on the other side of the coin, it's incredibly easy to log into the directory to see who an e-mail address is registered to. And if that's not good enough, there are printed directories that, if memory serves, list the person's e-mail in their contact information.
The point I'm trying to make, I guess, is that it's easy to make a fake profile, but it's usually just as easy to figure out who it belongs to.
The school has an even easier time of it. Since there's only one e-mail address per person and since the school has that e-mail address in their records, it simply boils down to looking at the profile and seeing if they match.
Not a definitive answer, maybe, but I hope that helps.
Makes you wonder why they even bother providing internet connections on college campuses.
How is that even relevant to the article? Sure, some athletes COULD get themselves in trouble on Facebook...but the Internet works just fine for the use of e-mail, online homework, easy access to notes and practice exams...
I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure the internet's been a good thing during my time at college.
So, your idea is great and all, save for the fact you'd be sitting there staring at the screen while the intro movie plays over and over. ;)
It all depends on how you define "many titles." Sure, that's perfectly true in some cases - Super Mario Brothers is a prime example of that, since it sold for thirty cents at GameStop and, before that, Funcoland for years. But for the most part, Nintendo's top tier titles seem to retain their value much better than most used games do. Look at the N64 - while most of the games can be had for $10 or less now, games like Super Mario 64, Paper Mario, the two Zelda games, Kirby 64, and Super Smash Brothers seem to go for higher prices (think $15 and, on occasion, up).
Mind you, this is based on my limited experience of lots of EB and GameStop and some garage sales and eBay. You can find these titles for cheap, sure, but I'd say that the cost is entirely fair.
The one thing I'm wondering about now, though, is the longevity of the games. Sooner or later, Nintendo's going to stop offering the Wii's constant connection and download service. What happens to the games when that day comes?
If the Internet can get Snakes on a Plane another week of filming due entirely to talking about it before its release, maybe, just MAYBE, we might be able to save the PS3.
Of course, the odds of THAT happening are slim to none. Sony doesn't get along well with logic these days, it seems... :)
And since VH1 and MTV have decided that all-day marathons of America's Next Top Model or Pimp My Ride are more important than music, aren't YouTube, Google Video, and the like just acting as a replacement of sorts?
As far as people in our generation (I'm 19) buying music videos...there's a good chance that iTunes might bring the amount of people that do up slightly, but the fact remains that I've never bought a music video and I'd assume that that's true for most of my friends. And even with the selection in iTunes...the only one that's tempted me is Thriller, which definitely isn't your standard music video.
I'm not entirely sure that music videos aren't on their way out now. The market has changed, and it seems like their usefulness for promotion has been declining and will continue to unless things change significantly.
Somehow, I doubt that most Americans would consider this important at all. We've got much bigger problems to worry about as a country and as part of the world community...and they're wasting time on music?
How far do you think we'd be if all of the money that the RIAA and MPAA have wasted in pursuit of copyright violations went towards something more important, like research into medicine or alternative fuels?
But you also forgot to mention that there are some Game Boy Advance compatibility issues too. Not many, mind you, but there are some games that don't work correctly. A good example is the GBC version of Mortal Kombat 4; if I recall correctly, the audio and voice samples turn into a nice high pitched screech in the GBA.
That said, backwards compatibility is still a hell of a lot more effective in most cases than what Microsoft has delivered. Most consoles have been able to give in the realm of 90%+ games supported. Microsoft, on the other hand...well, just subtrack that 90%+ from 100 and you've got the number. :)
There's a LOT of work that went into this and, going from my time spent playing Morrowind, I could see how this would be appealing. It's simple, but it adds another very nice graphical flourish to the game, and a tiny bit more to immerse you in its world.
After all, His Noodly Appendages work in mysterious ways. :)
By its size and outspoken goal of ridiculing authors The pirate Bay got known all over the world.
I don't believe that TPB ever mocked the AUTHORS of material. Rather, they mocked the COMPANIES and the lawyers that tried to enforce the copyright laws. Deservedly, too - even if there is some way to prosecute TPB, they should have known they can't hold American laws over their head as a threat. That just doesn't make sense.
Considering the popularity of consoles and the fact that services like Xbox Live can provide multiplayer opponents whenever you want them, it's looking more and more like arcades have been entirely supplanted.
Still, I want to find a console that can give me a good pinball game. The virtual stuff just isn't the same as a good old machine...
MIT has a mailing list called "Reuse" where people post equipment they no longer want. Many of the devices incorporated into MIDAS are parts from devices picked off Reuse. When something very desirable is put on the list, it will often be gone within minutes. Whenever a Reuse post is sent to the list, the display immediately displays the title of the email and the location of the item. This works by using a script my roommate created that browses through mail sent to a particular address we own. Once an email comes in, the title field is sent to the MIDAS controller via Ethernet, the web server picks up the request, and the LED display program sends the information to the display.
It sounds like most of the components were scavenged. And outfitting a dorm room isn't expensive at all, if you know what you're doing. A microwave in almost-new shape for $20 from a garage sale, some great chairs from the Salvation Army, letting your roommate pick up the tab for the carpet...and you're set. :)
Will you survive? That's another question entirely.
I'm not expecting a response, but is there any reason why you'd have to commute instead of moving? Is moving your family impossible? Did you just forget the obvious answer? :)
To be honest, I can't offer any useful suggestions. Hell, I'm still in college - I haven't had a stable relationship yet, let alone marriage. All I know is that Slashdot isn't the place to turn to for help. You've got to talk to your family, and that's the only option here.
Godspeed, man. Here's hoping that things work out for the best for you, however they do turn out.
I probably shouldn't have used the word "owned;" what I meant to get across there was simply that having the ability to burn the music could very well be the deciding factor. In fact, Rhapsody's a better example here than iTunes is...
If you had the choice between two services with the same functionality but one gave you the ability to burn the music - even if you do have to pay more to do so - which would you choose? Like I said, the fact that the songs vanish when you stop paying is a bit disconcerting, but if you can hold onto the material you really enjoyed so you can use it after the service is dead and gone, that seems like a pretty big plus to me.
Since the iPod is by far the market leader - doesn't it have something like half of the MP3 player market right now? - that's a HUGE user base that's going to, for the most part, have zero interest in this service. I know that there are people that have MP3 players from Dell, Creative, and the like, and Urge is a viable option for them...but there's no way that Microsoft can compete with the iPod user base, not when they're going to have to contend with other companies like Napster that are trying to do the same thing.
Even with the virtual OS monopoly, there's only so far that a giant market presence can take you. It's not quite the same thing, but look at Sony and the UMD as an example of what could happen here.
I think this is going to go down to personal definitions, but I wouldn't consider that "advancing the game." You can get through the entire storyline and complete every other challenge the game has to offer without obtaining all of the Pokémon...and what happens when you do? You get an in-game certificate? I don't know about you, but that's not what I'd call advancing the game. :)
The various groups are essentially the same game over and over, with a slight overhaul of some external content, and a few dozen extra creatures and powers.
Again, personal preference, but I'd have to say that that defining the term like that would mean most game sequels fit the model of "episodic content," and I'm sure that that's not what the term was intended to mean. A new storyline alone would seem to be the qualifier for me; isn't episodic content primarily designed to advance one overarching storyline instead of existing in a form where it could be enjoyed by itself? You can go through Pokémon Silver without touching the Red version of the game, and while you're very heavily encouraged to catch all of the Pokémon, you don't need to.
I'm not saying you're wrong, and I know I won't "win" this. Just thought I'd explain myself a bit more. :)
Even with MTV and Microsoft pushing it together, I think that the fact that you can't burn the music is going to turn away most of their potential customers. People are stupid, but given the choice between owning DRMed music that you can burn or renting it and watching it all vanish when you stop paying...well, I'd hope that people aren't that stupid.
First off, I think you're trying to be comprehensive here, but you forgot more than a few titles. Hey You Pikachu, Puzzle League and its GBC equivalent, Puzzle Challenge, and the trading card game spring to mind. If we're not counting those, that's fine, but then the pinball games, Snap, Dash, and (if I'm not mistaken) Ranger and Troizei shouldn't be on the list either. You can't seem to make up your mind what counts for the list, apparently.
The bigger issue, though, is whether or not the game is "episodic." By all definitions of the term I've seen...no, it's not. The games are self-contained, and you don't need to keep paying to advance the plot. You may not be able to catch all of the Pokémon, maybe, but that's not "episodic content."
Also, the games have a hell of a lot more content than you'd get in an episode. Each grouping of RPGs (think Red/Blue/Yellow) has its own plot and brings new mechanics into the mix. They are full-fledged games.
True, the games might have been popular for the Pokémon characters, but there was always, ALWAYS more to them than that. Even in the games where the characters were just used to sell the title, improvements were made. Pokémon Puzzle League, for instance, was a very nice update of Tetris Attack and added modes that the SNES version didn't have.
I'd also argue the in-game advertising. The games never, ever blatantly tell the player "Go buy a stuffed Pikachu!" or advertise any of the other spinoff products, whereas in-game ads are typically for real products that don't fit into the world. Have you seen ads for Serta matresses or Mountain Dew in the game's gyms? Didn't think so. The game spawned the merchandising, and that's entirely different...especially since the game came first.
Really, I don't see how you COULD call Pokémon episodic or accuse it of having in-game advertising. By every discussion and definition of the terms I've seen...it just doesn't, plain and simple.
Honestly, if you had the choice between the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii for your kids...well, I sure as hell wouldn't choose the one that costs more than the other two combined.
Unfortunately, they seem to be banking on the fact that people will think the PS3 is better and they'll dish out the extra money for it. Guess what? It's not. Sony isn't what it once was - Microsoft and Nintendo give it valid competition, and it's looking more and more like the Walkman-created giant is toppling.
It's nice to see that history hasn't taught them that the "We're the best, so people will like us no matter what!" attitude doesn't work too well.
Really, how WOULD you score the game? Number of times your creature mates? ;)
Of course, the real question would be how they manage to make the character interesting without feeling like a clone of Yoshi or Kirby.
A few thoughts here...
:)
Okay this guy is a total retard! "Happiest are those working for Mr. Gates?" Um, hello? The PS3 just blew the competition away, are you scared?
What does the PS3 have to do with the happiness of Microsoft employees, exactly?
I'm pretty sure that "blew the competition away" is a blatant lie here. From what I've seen, the response to the conference was "underwhelmed" at best, if not just plain let down.
He's whining about features the controller has and what it can do; Wow motion sensory that "wasn't" invented by Nintendo...
Nintendo didn't invent it, but they're the first to use it in a console to thos extent. And it's awfully fishy that Sony makes the announcement so long after we learn that it's a key part of the Wii playing experience.
Okay really, get over your fanboyism, if you even looked at any of the games (and, ahem I watched them in Low-res for Hecks sake) they ARE impressive!
Not $600 worth of impressive. They look like Xbox 360 games, for all intents and purposes, and you can get Microsoft's console for half the price.
And why pay that much money for another Metal Gear title when the PS2 is capable of playing three of them?
Seriously, wait for PS3 to launch, and since it packs everything you need in your life so "tightly" and you cant afford one, put money together with some friends and Buy One!
Oh yeah...like THAT would work. What would you do with it...keep it in a central location equidistant from everyone's houses? Game consoles aren't exactly the kind of thing you can split like that, buddy.
I've got a few issues with your use of "needs" here too; I don't know about you, but I don't need any more video games or a blu-ray DVD player.
Next, don't complain that Sony is entering the online realm. They may be boasting what Xbox Live has to offer, but there's one thing that Sony thought of that Microsoft didn't. That's free online service.
Just like Nintendo?
And for $600, you'd better expect free online service. I don't think there's any way Sony could justify a subscription when the initial setup costs that much.
Take that "I have One gamertag!" and that "I have one Friend's List" and tell yourself: "I don't have to pay for any of it..." Good, now march out there and work!
I don't know the details of the service, but I'd be willing to bet that Sony's going to limit the number of accounts a person can have, possibly by console. Anything else has a ton of potential for abuse.
Every GameCrazy in America will continue to rant about the 360 because its American-manufactured and joke about the "Wii" and bitch about how Sony can't come up with anything new.
I've never once heard someone in a game store complaining about Microsoft's American roots, and the Wii jokes are already getting old. Complaining about Sony, on the other hand...
But you wait and see what happens before making judgement. The Playstation 3 Was F'n AMAZING!
Thank you for defeating your own argument in the next sentence.
I don't know anyone who's interested in the Xbox 360 for anything BUT gaming, and I have a hunch that the demand for Blu-Ray DVD players may not be as big as Sony's hoping it will be.
Like it or not, "Playstation" is synonymous with "video games" for most people. Even with its other capabilities, I don't think that most people could justify the cost of the console when the alternatives are so much cheaper.