I think I'm gonna just keep on playing Animal Crossing, though. OMG a Lovely Chair!!!
Fucking Shigeru Miyamoto is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill Nintendo!
None of these is the problem. Especially not quality. In fact, WD's president Victor Ireland is a well-known purist and perfectionist. WD would delay games rather than publish anything that was not yet up to their standards. That's how they became known as "Working Delays", but that also made them respected among many hardcore RPG fans.
For example... hope I'm recalling this right... they were translating Magic Knight Rayearth for the Sega Saturn, and wanted to keep the heroes' original names (Hikaru, Umi, Fuu); but the american distributor of the cartoon tried to force them to use the translated names (Lucy, Marine, Anne). Anyone else would compromise - WD went to court, won, and eventually released the game just the way they wanted.
Sony Computer Entertainment America - SCEA - also has standards. Sadly, the wrong standards. They have a very subjective policy of not approving games that could "harm the Playstation 2's image". That means: anything 2D is very unlikely to fly, unless it's a collection package. WD's last title, Growlanser Generations, is actually Growlanser 2 and Growlanser 3; Sony forced WD to sell 2 for the price of 1, and now I'm guessing WD realized that Sony's nonsense would eventually drive them out of business anyway.
Is it coincidence that the downfall of Hollywood has coincided with the rise of product-placement in movies? If T-3 had been made a few years earlier, would it have been as good as T-2?
No. T3's problem was not product placement. It was just a completely unnecessary, poorly written, and poorly directed sequel to a story that had already been concluded in a very satisfactory manner.
does anyone know of any examples of such adverts (not just New Years, but stuff like the Super Bowl) that have ended up being good investments, besides beer and the like? In particular, companies related to technology in some way.
Which is pretty much pointless, as there are no viruses that can affect Mac OS X.
Of course, there's this scenario: a Mac user receives a virus-infected file from a PC user; it won't harm his computer at all; but if he sends the same file to another PC user, then that PC will probably be infected. That is the only use for an anti-virus on Mac OS X; the Mac is safe, the weakest link is always Windows.
The day when people quit using Windows is the day when anti-malware developers will go bankrupt.
Maybe what's taking all this room is pre-rendered cutscenes! It seems japanese developers love to fill discs with them... and Microsoft's decision to stick to DVD could help them break out of this vicious circle! There was a time when CGs made sense, but no longer; rendering all cutscenes in real time is now feasible - and it even adds a sense of visual coherence to the game.
Here's my idea for a mandatory, non-optional, non-modifiable, non-deactivatable device. It'd work like this: whenever you reach the speed limit, it turns on blinking lights and a noise to warn you. Slow down in 15 seconds, or else it will send a signal to the police, who will immediately chase your vehicle.
If you have a really good reason - say, you're taking someone to a hospital - you're clear and the cops will even help you. Otherwise, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during questioning. And all that Miranda yadda yadda.
Yes, speeding laws should be that strict. One should not have the right to be a menace to others' lives.
As a game store owner, my business faces ruin. Game sales have dropped through the floor. People aren't buying half as many games as they did just a year ago. Revenue is down and costs are up. My store has survived for years, but I now face the prospect of bankruptcy. Every day I ask myself why this is happening.
I bought the store about 12 years ago. It was one of those boutique game stores that sell obscure, import releases that no-one plays, not even the people that buy them. I decided that to grow the business I'd need to aim for a different demographic, the family market. My store specialised in party games - stuff that the whole family could play. I don't sell sick stuff like GTA or Resident Evil, and I'm proud to have one of the most extensive edutainment sections that I know of.
The business strategy worked. People flocked to my store, knowing that they (and their children) could safely purchase games without profanity or violence. Over the years I expanded the business and took on more clean-cut and friendly employees. It took hard work and long hours but I had achieved my dream - owning a profitable business that I had built with my own hands, from the ground up. But now, this dream is turning into a nightmare.
Every day, fewer and fewer customers enter my store to buy fewer and fewer games. Why is no one buying games? Are people not interested in playing? Do people prefer to watch TV, see films, read books? I don't know. But there is one, inescapable truth - Internet piracy is mostly to blame. The statistics speak for themselves - one in three games world wide is a pirate. On The Internet, you can find and download hundreds of dollars worth of games in just minutes. It has the potential to destroy the game industry, from programmers, to softwarehouses, to stores like my own. Before you point to the supposed "economic downturn", I'll note that the book store just across from my store is doing great business. Unlike games, it's harder to copy books over The Internet.
A week ago, an unpleasant experience with pirates gave me an idea. In my store, I overheard a teenage patron talking to his friend.
"Dude, I'm going to put this game on the Internet right away."
"Yeah, dude, that's really lete [sic], you'll get lots of respect."
I was fuming. So they were out to destroy the game industry from right under my nose? Fat chance. When they came to the counter to make their purchase, I grabbed the little shit by his shirt. "So...you're going to copy this to your friends over The Internet, punk?" I asked him in my best Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry voice.
"Uh y-yeh." He mumbled, shocked.
"That's it. What's your name? You're blacklisted. Now take yourself and your little bitch friend out of my store - and don't come back." I barked. Cravenly, they complied and scampered off.
So that's my idea - a national blacklist of pirates. If somebody cannot obey the basic rules of society, then they should be excluded from society. If pirates want to steal from the game industry, then the game industry should exclude them. It's that simple. One strike, and you're out - no reputable record store will allow you to buy another game. If the pirates can't buy the games to begin with, then they won't be able to copy them over The Internet, will they? It's no different to doctors blacklisting drug dealers from buying prescription medicine.
I have just written a letter to the BSA outlining my proposal. Suing pirates one by one isn't going far enough. Not to mention pirates use the fact that they're being sued to unfairly portray themselves as victims. A national register of pirates would make the problem far easier to deal with. People would be encouraged to give the names of suspected pirates to a hotline, similar to TIPS. Once we know the size of the problem, the police and other law enforcement agencies will be forced to take piracy seriously. They have fought the War on Drugs with skill, so why not the War on Piracy?
This is coming to you from Aviation Radio Station. The year is 2045. Who thought of this? I don't know! But it's a crazy tournament of cool battles in the sky. Aviation Battle Championships begin! Proud warriors of the world's skies gather in hopes of winning the prize!
All Dreamcast fanatics out there, check out my PROPELLER ARENA FAN SITE. I've amassed quite a nice bit of info and media on this lost (but also found) Dreamcast masterpiece by Sega/AM2.
Claria is perhaps best known for the Gator spyware products, which display ads on the computers of web surfers. It bills itself as the "leader in online behavioral marketing". As a result of the problems relating to its software and the way it has often been installed, Claria Corporation may be the Internet-based company with the worst corporate reputation.
Barbie house. Not an actual game. Good! I feel better with the realization that my adored Myst is still the #1 best-selling computer game ever... huh? What do you mean, "slide show"?
What a coincidence: a few hours after posting that, I got home and found a package of Ubuntu 5.10 discs! Seems like I forgot that I had already requested them, even before the 5.04 discs arrived... heh.
Anyway, again I tried to install it on my father's PC (I'm a Mac user actually, and I have no access to another PC right now). Again the installation failed; again, the integrity check revealed a corrupted file on the CD; and, again I installed Kurumin successfully.
With this evidence... must I assume that the problem is a defective computer, rather than a defective disc?
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Who else HATES when people say "shooter" meaning first-person shooter, rather than a shoot 'em up?
No. Maybe it sounded cool, in some people's opinions, but it was always a recipe for tyranny.
*tosses chair*
Read that article a long time ago.
For example... hope I'm recalling this right... they were translating Magic Knight Rayearth for the Sega Saturn, and wanted to keep the heroes' original names (Hikaru, Umi, Fuu); but the american distributor of the cartoon tried to force them to use the translated names (Lucy, Marine, Anne). Anyone else would compromise - WD went to court, won, and eventually released the game just the way they wanted.
Sony Computer Entertainment America - SCEA - also has standards. Sadly, the wrong standards. They have a very subjective policy of not approving games that could "harm the Playstation 2's image". That means: anything 2D is very unlikely to fly, unless it's a collection package. WD's last title, Growlanser Generations, is actually Growlanser 2 and Growlanser 3; Sony forced WD to sell 2 for the price of 1, and now I'm guessing WD realized that Sony's nonsense would eventually drive them out of business anyway.
Adding malware to music CDs.
Sure, Nye is an actual scientist, but Paul Zaloom is a kickass comedian, and that made "Beakman's World" much more fun to watch.
Think about it this way... is Bill Gates a hell of a coder with decent business skills, or a hell of a businessman with decent coding skills?
Or just copy GPL'ed code without telling anyone...
Which is pretty much pointless, as there are no viruses that can affect Mac OS X.
Of course, there's this scenario: a Mac user receives a virus-infected file from a PC user; it won't harm his computer at all; but if he sends the same file to another PC user, then that PC will probably be infected. That is the only use for an anti-virus on Mac OS X; the Mac is safe, the weakest link is always Windows.
The day when people quit using Windows is the day when anti-malware developers will go bankrupt.
They're just idiots looking for any excuse to cause trouble. Like those idiots with Che Guevara shirts who have no idea of what a paredón is.
...accueillir nos nouveaux suzerains nazis.
Maybe what's taking all this room is pre-rendered cutscenes! It seems japanese developers love to fill discs with them... and Microsoft's decision to stick to DVD could help them break out of this vicious circle! There was a time when CGs made sense, but no longer; rendering all cutscenes in real time is now feasible - and it even adds a sense of visual coherence to the game.
If you have a really good reason - say, you're taking someone to a hospital - you're clear and the cops will even help you. Otherwise, you have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during questioning. And all that Miranda yadda yadda.
Yes, speeding laws should be that strict. One should not have the right to be a menace to others' lives.
Try to find some "backup game" seller. =P
As a game store owner, my business faces ruin. Game sales have dropped through the floor. People aren't buying half as many games as they did just a year ago. Revenue is down and costs are up. My store has survived for years, but I now face the prospect of bankruptcy. Every day I ask myself why this is happening.
I bought the store about 12 years ago. It was one of those boutique game stores that sell obscure, import releases that no-one plays, not even the people that buy them. I decided that to grow the business I'd need to aim for a different demographic, the family market. My store specialised in party games - stuff that the whole family could play. I don't sell sick stuff like GTA or Resident Evil, and I'm proud to have one of the most extensive edutainment sections that I know of.
The business strategy worked. People flocked to my store, knowing that they (and their children) could safely purchase games without profanity or violence. Over the years I expanded the business and took on more clean-cut and friendly employees. It took hard work and long hours but I had achieved my dream - owning a profitable business that I had built with my own hands, from the ground up. But now, this dream is turning into a nightmare.
Every day, fewer and fewer customers enter my store to buy fewer and fewer games. Why is no one buying games? Are people not interested in playing? Do people prefer to watch TV, see films, read books? I don't know. But there is one, inescapable truth - Internet piracy is mostly to blame. The statistics speak for themselves - one in three games world wide is a pirate. On The Internet, you can find and download hundreds of dollars worth of games in just minutes. It has the potential to destroy the game industry, from programmers, to softwarehouses, to stores like my own. Before you point to the supposed "economic downturn", I'll note that the book store just across from my store is doing great business. Unlike games, it's harder to copy books over The Internet.
A week ago, an unpleasant experience with pirates gave me an idea. In my store, I overheard a teenage patron talking to his friend.
"Dude, I'm going to put this game on the Internet right away."
"Yeah, dude, that's really lete [sic], you'll get lots of respect."
I was fuming. So they were out to destroy the game industry from right under my nose? Fat chance. When they came to the counter to make their purchase, I grabbed the little shit by his shirt. "So...you're going to copy this to your friends over The Internet, punk?" I asked him in my best Clint Eastwood/Dirty Harry voice.
"Uh y-yeh." He mumbled, shocked.
"That's it. What's your name? You're blacklisted. Now take yourself and your little bitch friend out of my store - and don't come back." I barked. Cravenly, they complied and scampered off.
So that's my idea - a national blacklist of pirates. If somebody cannot obey the basic rules of society, then they should be excluded from society. If pirates want to steal from the game industry, then the game industry should exclude them. It's that simple. One strike, and you're out - no reputable record store will allow you to buy another game. If the pirates can't buy the games to begin with, then they won't be able to copy them over The Internet, will they? It's no different to doctors blacklisting drug dealers from buying prescription medicine.
I have just written a letter to the BSA outlining my proposal. Suing pirates one by one isn't going far enough. Not to mention pirates use the fact that they're being sued to unfairly portray themselves as victims. A national register of pirates would make the problem far easier to deal with. People would be encouraged to give the names of suspected pirates to a hotline, similar to TIPS. Once we know the size of the problem, the police and other law enforcement agencies will be forced to take piracy seriously. They have fought the War on Drugs with skill, so why not the War on Piracy?
This evening, my daughters asked me. "Why d
All Dreamcast fanatics out there, check out my PROPELLER ARENA FAN SITE . I've amassed quite a nice bit of info and media on this lost (but also found) Dreamcast masterpiece by Sega/AM2.
Dreamcast was seriously wounded, but the soul still burns!
Vous n'avez aucune chance de survivre faites votre temps.
Claria is perhaps best known for the Gator spyware products, which display ads on the computers of web surfers. It bills itself as the "leader in online behavioral marketing". As a result of the problems relating to its software and the way it has often been installed, Claria Corporation may be the Internet-based company with the worst corporate reputation.
Barbie house. Not an actual game. Good! I feel better with the realization that my adored Myst is still the #1 best-selling computer game ever... huh? What do you mean, "slide show"?
Anyway, again I tried to install it on my father's PC (I'm a Mac user actually, and I have no access to another PC right now). Again the installation failed; again, the integrity check revealed a corrupted file on the CD; and, again I installed Kurumin successfully.
With this evidence... must I assume that the problem is a defective computer, rather than a defective disc?