Wow! I just realized, that if everybody would just get off their asses and follow all these people's excellent, professional advice on Slashdot, then nobody would be unemployed!
Fucking brilliant!
In fact, I'm thinking of quitting my job today just so I can follow some of this advice tomorrow! I can't wait!!
La de fucking da... if Fugazi routinely gets their CDs available at the local department store for $10 a pop and has been doing so for years, I fail to see why I should be impressed that one of the big five is "drastically" cutting prices back, whilst blaming it soley on "rampant" piracy (because the economy couldn't be a factor). Not to mention that I still haven't seen a dime in repayment for their earlier price-fixing scheme.
"Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball."
That levy sounds absolutely absurd. How could anyone in their right mind enact something like that? Why not levy blank paper, since it can be used to photocopy books & artwork, and publishers could lose money?
I'm going to take the bait and ask what "is" wrong with that, from an ethical standpoint? I think killing is killing whether done for duty, profit, or fun. Killing is bad. Simulated killing, however, lacks the real-life consquences of suffering and death. What's the difference between playing as a gangster in a crime sim or a playing a soldier fighting a "justified" war, i.e. Desert Combat? The virtual motive?
Granted, I'm not saying that a serial killer sim would be fun, in reality serial killers tend to be pyschopaths and focus on weaker victims. And there are already games that allow behavior similar to a serial killer, like Postal2 and GTA3. However, acting uber-violent in these games doesn't add to the gameplay or help you complete the game, aside from maybe gaining extra points.
There maybe existential ramifications in guiding a make-believe character in a make-believe world, but you do the same thing as a spectator when you read a novel or watch TV.
Games don't help people become better axe-murderers. They already were.
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That'll go good with all my white electronics... oh, wait.
Wow! I just realized, that if everybody would just get off their asses and follow all these people's excellent, professional advice on Slashdot, then nobody would be unemployed!
Fucking brilliant!
In fact, I'm thinking of quitting my job today just so I can follow some of this advice tomorrow! I can't wait!!
Thank God he wasn't standing in front of a window in a building located somewhere in Antartica with native wildlife like penguins in the background.
... a glitch in The Matrix.
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Neo! I've finally found you! What... what is the matrix?
Oh yes, we deserve to be financially ruined for sharing music. Good call. People stab hookers and get off with less.
They licensed media on which we could make legal copies (the audio home recording act), no one bought the media.
I'm not sure what you mean. Blank cassettes and CD-R's? I think these sold and are selling well.
They tried a to provide a legal download option (Pressplay, etc), but everyone used Napster.
Pressplay and BuyMusic are pathetic jokes. The songs available are low-fi, DRM crippled novelties.
They then tried to sue the folks who made millions/billions off of illegal copies (madster, grokster cases)
What? I've never heard of a service charging money to trade files with other users. All revenue was made with legal advertising.
Are you sure you don't work for the music industry? Because you should.
And Allah know's there is nothing worse than file-sharing! Exactly what cause are you touting, AC?
La de fucking da... if Fugazi routinely gets their CDs available at the local department store for $10 a pop and has been doing so for years, I fail to see why I should be impressed that one of the big five is "drastically" cutting prices back, whilst blaming it soley on "rampant" piracy (because the economy couldn't be a factor). Not to mention that I still haven't seen a dime in repayment for their earlier price-fixing scheme.
"Whenever anything went wrong it became usual to attribute it to Snowball."
Quick, everybody log on to KaZaA++ Lite and change your user ID to nycfashiongirl! Fsck the system!!! ^^
That levy sounds absolutely absurd. How could anyone in their right mind enact something like that? Why not levy blank paper, since it can be used to photocopy books & artwork, and publishers could lose money?
"Corporate greed. Coming soon!"
>>UGO: Could you talk a bit about one specific mission that sets Driver 3 apart from the other driving games out there?
>>ME: I guess so.
>>UGO: Do you want people to buy this game?
>>ME: I guess so.
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>>ME: And then he goes to a place in Turkey called Instanbul...
>>UGO: Not Constantinople?!
I'm going to take the bait and ask what "is" wrong with that, from an ethical standpoint? I think killing is killing whether done for duty, profit, or fun. Killing is bad. Simulated killing, however, lacks the real-life consquences of suffering and death. What's the difference between playing as a gangster in a crime sim or a playing a soldier fighting a "justified" war, i.e. Desert Combat? The virtual motive?
Granted, I'm not saying that a serial killer sim would be fun, in reality serial killers tend to be pyschopaths and focus on weaker victims. And there are already games that allow behavior similar to a serial killer, like Postal2 and GTA3. However, acting uber-violent in these games doesn't add to the gameplay or help you complete the game, aside from maybe gaining extra points.
There maybe existential ramifications in guiding a make-believe character in a make-believe world, but you do the same thing as a spectator when you read a novel or watch TV.
Games don't help people become better axe-murderers. They already were.