It's not because they suck, it's because they don't own the code. If you know you have to maintain a piece of software, you will spend extra time ensuring that it's maintainable and coded well.
We have a large team in India and they are very successful, because they are part of the company and are building a career, not being a code monkey.
Everyone thinks they can earn double as a contractor, until they realize they have to pay taxes, benefits, 401K. Add to this the fact that you don't have work guaranteed, and suddenly you're about even with a salary worker.
Yeh, there are benefits to working for yourself, and sometimes you make more, but I know that we outsource the really shitty projects to contractors and keep the 'good' ones for ourselves.
Except the campaign map AI is most retarded in the Total War series...
...The AI is even worse in the latest game, Empire; it's so bad that, until a patch, the AI could not invade over oceans, so you could never lose as Great Britain.
While it's true the AI in Empire was totally broken, I really think the last patch fixed it. The enemy doesn't declare war on you randomly and now invades properly over oceans.
I completely disagree. The prices are often cheaper - new releases often have specials (10-20% off), and they have specials all the time - specials I wouldn't normally see since I don't go to a gamestop/best buy every week. Add to that the ability to preinstall games and be available from any computer (you log into), I think it's brilliant.
He doesn't get it. The hardcore gamers aren't gone, Nintendo has just tapped into a new market - parents, girlfriends, grandparents, young, old and everything in between.
From what I've seen about my friends and family that play wii (and have never played Playstation or XBOX), they get bored of wii sports/guitar hero/wii fit/etc. after 2 or 3 months and then never pick up their wii again. If anything, the hardcore gamers are the ones that are going to stick around and continue to buy new games
"Microsoft blamed the proposal on a newly FIRED, "lower-level business person" who did not understand the company's obligations under the antitrust settlement.""
I honestly don't think he's worried at all. These games are all based on Civ2 concepts, a game that compared to version 4 (and 3), seems a hundred years old.
He's probably a bit worried, but also safe with the knowledge he's about 10 years ahead of them with ideas and progress (and resources)
Clark to himself: "Hmmm I invented this internet but I forget to patent it... why don't I make a new internet (Internet II), and everyone will have to pay me for it."
Considering these are all 'classics' and not new releases, ~7.39 a book isn't that cheap, you'd probably pay less in Barnes and Noble. The fact that the original price was ~$12.24 a book is outrageous.
I'd be interested to hear if it will be part of my MSDN subscription or not. It sounds like it will be Visual Studio.NET with a couple more tools/ add ins....
Personally I don't think that Creatively fades with time, I think it gets better, and rock stars (nearly) always produce better music later in their careers, but as some stars don't change their output significantly from their orginal work, it just doesn't seem as orginal and therefore appealing.
It also has a lot to do with the right time and place. Nirvana was in the right time and place, if they had appeared on the scene 5 years earlier or later, they would have been noone. Imagine if Kings Quest came out now (with better graphics and such), hardly anyone would notice, but 15 years ago it was amazing...
I had been playing Spyro the dragon all day (Great game for the PS1), and I sat down in the living room and found myself looking around for my coins underneath objects before I realized what I was doing...
Isn't Infogames just the publisher/distributor? Firaxis has always been the developer. I'd compare it to a musician signing to a small label to record with, and then a bigger label like Sony to mass produce, market and distribute the final product.
You can play Grand Theft Auto in Australia, so why would HL2 be banned? It surely wouldn't be as graphic GTA or Doom or any of those first person shooters.
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It's not because they suck, it's because they don't own the code. If you know you have to maintain a piece of software, you will spend extra time ensuring that it's maintainable and coded well. We have a large team in India and they are very successful, because they are part of the company and are building a career, not being a code monkey.
Eye of the Beholder had nothing on Lands of Lore. It was the little stuff like auto mapping and a real story that made it that much better.
Everyone thinks they can earn double as a contractor, until they realize they have to pay taxes, benefits, 401K. Add to this the fact that you don't have work guaranteed, and suddenly you're about even with a salary worker. Yeh, there are benefits to working for yourself, and sometimes you make more, but I know that we outsource the really shitty projects to contractors and keep the 'good' ones for ourselves.
Except the campaign map AI is most retarded in the Total War series...
...The AI is even worse in the latest game, Empire; it's so bad that, until a patch, the AI could not invade over oceans, so you could never lose as Great Britain.
While it's true the AI in Empire was totally broken, I really think the last patch fixed it. The enemy doesn't declare war on you randomly and now invades properly over oceans.
8 Years without a final product?? Sounds like Vaporware to me.
I completely disagree. The prices are often cheaper - new releases often have specials (10-20% off), and they have specials all the time - specials I wouldn't normally see since I don't go to a gamestop/best buy every week. Add to that the ability to preinstall games and be available from any computer (you log into), I think it's brilliant.
That's why the Xbox360 is the superior console.
It bricks itself out of the box. No updates needed.
If I could mod you up further I would. Funniest comment of the week. :)
He doesn't get it. The hardcore gamers aren't gone, Nintendo has just tapped into a new market - parents, girlfriends, grandparents, young, old and everything in between.
From what I've seen about my friends and family that play wii (and have never played Playstation or XBOX), they get bored of wii sports/guitar hero/wii fit/etc. after 2 or 3 months and then never pick up their wii again. If anything, the hardcore gamers are the ones that are going to stick around and continue to buy new games
"Microsoft blamed the proposal on a newly FIRED, "lower-level business person" who did not understand the company's obligations under the antitrust settlement.""
I honestly don't think he's worried at all. These games are all based on Civ2 concepts, a game that compared to version 4 (and 3), seems a hundred years old. He's probably a bit worried, but also safe with the knowledge he's about 10 years ahead of them with ideas and progress (and resources)
Clark to himself: "Hmmm I invented this internet but I forget to patent it... why don't I make a new internet (Internet II), and everyone will have to pay me for it."
Considering these are all 'classics' and not new releases, ~7.39 a book isn't that cheap, you'd probably pay less in Barnes and Noble. The fact that the original price was ~$12.24 a book is outrageous.
Lewis: "Jocks only think about sports, nerds only think about sex."
(Revenge of the Nerds)
You can hardly complain about that. That software was written 15 years ago for Dos 5.0.
I'd be interested to hear if it will be part of my MSDN subscription or not. It sounds like it will be Visual Studio.NET with a couple more tools/ add ins....
Personally I don't think that Creatively fades with time, I think it gets better, and rock stars (nearly) always produce better music later in their careers, but as some stars don't change their output significantly from their orginal work, it just doesn't seem as orginal and therefore appealing.
It also has a lot to do with the right time and place. Nirvana was in the right time and place, if they had appeared on the scene 5 years earlier or later, they would have been noone. Imagine if Kings Quest came out now (with better graphics and such), hardly anyone would notice, but 15 years ago it was amazing...
I had been playing Spyro the dragon all day (Great game for the PS1), and I sat down in the living room and found myself looking around for my coins underneath objects before I realized what I was doing...
Isn't Infogames just the publisher/distributor? Firaxis has always been the developer. I'd compare it to a musician signing to a small label to record with, and then a bigger label like Sony to mass produce, market and distribute the final product.
I agree, they should vote for games that are at least 10 years old and have stood up to the test of time...
Make 20-30 pitch-black dark rooms. Populate with monsters. Release to public.
What a stupid concept
You can play Grand Theft Auto in Australia, so why would HL2 be banned? It surely wouldn't be as graphic GTA or Doom or any of those first person shooters.
What a stupid concept.
Someone will win it for ~$6000 (currently with 4 hours to go) and then pay that again for shipping... 21 boxes at an average of 69 lbs each?!?!
I love Volcanos... but then I live on the East coast so they won't directly affect me :).
Sadly, when you drink you don't become a better singer, you only THINK you're better, otherwise I'd be awesome...
This is a perfect example of a question that should NOT be asked.
ANSWERS:
G. Bush: Yes the gov. should decide.
J. Kerry: No the gov. should not decide.
Simple.