This article shows that demand is definetly outstripping supply... big time.
My guess is that we'll shortly start seeing events sponsered and run by large companies with the large cash flow and organisation skills required...
I have to admit that I only buy the Star Wars Lego... If that is discontinued I'll be upset...
I guess its a good reason for me to finally have kids, so that I can *buy them* lego...
This story was posted here a couple of years ago, I think it was IBM laptops that were exploding. In the end they tracked it down to the users all using cheaper clone batteries.
Serves them right.
No Mod chips are not entirely made in China. Any Gonzo with an ounce of Electronical engineering skill can download the code into a chip. 2 Flatmates in University helped keep their beer funds for 2 years selling these chips, and they were hardly rocket scientists.
The only real skillful part required is the installation (as I can't solder for crap)
Seems pretty daft to me too. I can't really see top military officials getting excited about a new console so that they can put its chip in a missile.
Especially when the actual chip is so obsolete now... what is it 3-4+ years old?
I'm a Kiwi myself, but my understanding is that while the Pearse did fly first, the Wright brothers were the first to have a CONTROLLED flight.
I think I recall that Pearse cheated too, and used a hill...
You're right, as all Game Development is so new and groundbreaking, it seems that all gaming projects make mistakes. There are good articles in the features section of GamaSutra.com.
Check it Out.
When I first read this story, I was wondering why MS wanted to charge for an obsolete format (NTFS is standard now)... but I guess there is a reason...
Microsoft should PAY hackers to find security holes. It would be a relatively small cost for MS to pay, and it would give hackers a place to report holes...
Its so obvious, I can't believe it hasn't already been implemented.
How much better can the quality of DVD's actually get, especially for older movies...
Surely the quality of the DVD is dependant on the quality of the original film...
I wonder if it can pull doors open, and how much trouble it would have navigating a real world...
I for one always pull/push doors every combination except for the right one before I get anywhere....
The PS2 I brought on the day it came out did this exact thing slowly after about 2 years. First it wouldn't read the blue disks, and gradually the dvd's stopped working too.
I took it into the Sony repair place and got it fixed for about $50. no biggy.
Its not that the computer researchers who publish the flaws thats a problem, its the fact that the only way they can get Microsofts attention is to publish them!!!
How many stories have we read about a 'researcher' finding an issue, and then spending 2 months trying to contact MS, before giving up and posting it in places like this!
Even changing a couple API names and such, should be simple, but I've done it before, and it requires a LOT of testing. If only simple changes were as simple...
It half officially has been dropped to $150. BUT you can't buy it at $150. In fact if you go to your local store, you'll find it hard to find the blue box anymore (which is still labeled at $179 if you can still find it - Old stock).
But the new stock comes in a black box, bundled with a crap game (Why can't they throw in a good game?!?), and a network adapter, for $200.
I love this marketing ploy, lower the price, but remove the product, so its cheaper, but the customer has to pay more (for more stuff of course, but I personally wasn't interested in the network adapter or game, I just want to play FIFA at home with my friends...).
Ninja Gaiden was definetly tough, although I didn't relieze how tough it was until I got my hands on it again ten years later. Maybe my reflexes were quicker when I was 12...
Zelda II (the adventures of Link), was my favorite NES game. I think it was mostly misunderstood by the general public, it wasn't quite a RPG like Zelda, and it had that platform element, that hard-core RPG's hated it, and hard-core platformers hated it. I really liked the variety, combining several kinds of games together was brillant. Does anyone remember the super-big Mother blob??
I honestly know not a lot about Segways, but another point is that the 6000 segways recalled are all certain models. Now these may be all released models in production, but it may be that its the first 80% of production, meaning there could be another couple 1000 of these around.
Of course, most of these 6000 +/-1000 Segways were probably given away anyway.
Its a fairly well known fact that most games out there are aimed for a male in their mid-teens to early twenties age bracket. The Sims is a good example of games that do appeal to females... When will the gaming community develop more games for girls? When more girls get into the industry. Most people who develop games are passionate about their work, hence the reason why there are so many RPG's, RTS's and FPS's. I know I'd have trouble getting excited about working on the next Barbie RTS game, but I'd be excited about working on a GI Joe one!
I am definetly not surprised. Valve is getting a good reputation (from me anyway), of taking there time, and not bowing to publisher pressure, which like the music industry, is a rare, (but very good position for the consumer and producer), that can produce the very best (and sometimes the worse, it is possible to add/fix too much) of products...
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Thanks, you just invented another B grade made for TV science fiction movie.
Except that it sounds like bandwidth was the problem, not CPU power. So your big meataxe would have been exactly just that.
This article shows that demand is definetly outstripping supply... big time. My guess is that we'll shortly start seeing events sponsered and run by large companies with the large cash flow and organisation skills required...
I have to admit that I only buy the Star Wars Lego... If that is discontinued I'll be upset... I guess its a good reason for me to finally have kids, so that I can *buy them* lego...
Theres no copy protection on the Foo's latest.
This story was posted here a couple of years ago, I think it was IBM laptops that were exploding. In the end they tracked it down to the users all using cheaper clone batteries. Serves them right.
No Mod chips are not entirely made in China. Any Gonzo with an ounce of Electronical engineering skill can download the code into a chip. 2 Flatmates in University helped keep their beer funds for 2 years selling these chips, and they were hardly rocket scientists. The only real skillful part required is the installation (as I can't solder for crap)
Seems pretty daft to me too. I can't really see top military officials getting excited about a new console so that they can put its chip in a missile. Especially when the actual chip is so obsolete now... what is it 3-4+ years old?
I'm a Kiwi myself, but my understanding is that while the Pearse did fly first, the Wright brothers were the first to have a CONTROLLED flight. I think I recall that Pearse cheated too, and used a hill...
You're right, as all Game Development is so new and groundbreaking, it seems that all gaming projects make mistakes. There are good articles in the features section of GamaSutra.com. Check it Out.
When I first read this story, I was wondering why MS wanted to charge for an obsolete format (NTFS is standard now)... but I guess there is a reason...
Microsoft should PAY hackers to find security holes. It would be a relatively small cost for MS to pay, and it would give hackers a place to report holes... Its so obvious, I can't believe it hasn't already been implemented.
How much better can the quality of DVD's actually get, especially for older movies... Surely the quality of the DVD is dependant on the quality of the original film...
I wonder if it can pull doors open, and how much trouble it would have navigating a real world... I for one always pull/push doors every combination except for the right one before I get anywhere....
The PS2 I brought on the day it came out did this exact thing slowly after about 2 years. First it wouldn't read the blue disks, and gradually the dvd's stopped working too. I took it into the Sony repair place and got it fixed for about $50. no biggy.
Its not that the computer researchers who publish the flaws thats a problem, its the fact that the only way they can get Microsofts attention is to publish them!!! How many stories have we read about a 'researcher' finding an issue, and then spending 2 months trying to contact MS, before giving up and posting it in places like this!
Even changing a couple API names and such, should be simple, but I've done it before, and it requires a LOT of testing. If only simple changes were as simple...
I'd almost buy a gamecube... Zelda and Mario are the only things good for the gamecube at the moment...
Spaceballs... what a classic...
It half officially has been dropped to $150. BUT you can't buy it at $150. In fact if you go to your local store, you'll find it hard to find the blue box anymore (which is still labeled at $179 if you can still find it - Old stock).
But the new stock comes in a black box, bundled with a crap game (Why can't they throw in a good game?!?), and a network adapter, for $200.
I love this marketing ploy, lower the price, but remove the product, so its cheaper, but the customer has to pay more (for more stuff of course, but I personally wasn't interested in the network adapter or game, I just want to play FIFA at home with my friends...).
Ninja Gaiden was definetly tough, although I didn't relieze how tough it was until I got my hands on it again ten years later. Maybe my reflexes were quicker when I was 12... Zelda II (the adventures of Link), was my favorite NES game. I think it was mostly misunderstood by the general public, it wasn't quite a RPG like Zelda, and it had that platform element, that hard-core RPG's hated it, and hard-core platformers hated it. I really liked the variety, combining several kinds of games together was brillant. Does anyone remember the super-big Mother blob??
I honestly know not a lot about Segways, but another point is that the 6000 segways recalled are all certain models. Now these may be all released models in production, but it may be that its the first 80% of production, meaning there could be another couple 1000 of these around. Of course, most of these 6000 +/-1000 Segways were probably given away anyway.
Its a fairly well known fact that most games out there are aimed for a male in their mid-teens to early twenties age bracket. The Sims is a good example of games that do appeal to females... When will the gaming community develop more games for girls? When more girls get into the industry. Most people who develop games are passionate about their work, hence the reason why there are so many RPG's, RTS's and FPS's. I know I'd have trouble getting excited about working on the next Barbie RTS game, but I'd be excited about working on a GI Joe one!
I've seen another reliable site confirm that it is gold, straight from the horses mouth so to say...
damn HL2 & UFO: Aftermath all at once!
I am definetly not surprised. Valve is getting a good reputation (from me anyway), of taking there time, and not bowing to publisher pressure, which like the music industry, is a rare, (but very good position for the consumer and producer), that can produce the very best (and sometimes the worse, it is possible to add/fix too much) of products...