That's just how it works, kids. Any increased costs placed upon a manufacturer will just travel to the end user. Unless companies want to see their margins drop.
Sounds like they are adapting some of the unit customisations that made Alpha Centauri such a replayable game. As well as the modular government model that made that game so much better in that area, than any of the Civs.
Tetris is one of the most valuable gaming licenses/concepts ever. If Tetris didn't exist, and it came out today, it would rake in the dough all day long, just like it did in the 90's. There will always be room for games that "play" amazingly well, even alongside some future "blockbuster" video games.
Was it that hard to spell Srinivasa Ramanujan or what? Or because he's an Indian, his identity is unimportant? He's just one of a billion Godless Hindus? The presentation of this article stinks of bigotry.
Srinivasa Ramanujan is well known to the many math geeks that visit this site every day, such as myself. Don't insult his important contributions and legacy in the world of mathematics by stripping him of his name and making him some "anonymous Indian genuis".
Not generally on my computer. I generally only watch DVDs the PS2 in the living room. Netflix or free rentals from my friend's video store compose 99% of the DVDs that I watch, so I don't own many DVDs. So, I'm not really concerned about the longevity of my property when it comes to DVD's.
I'd rather have digital distribution of films as well.
To me, the big advantage of storing games to HD has always been not having to deal with the discs. I don't know what your desk looks like, but mine is a minefield for discs. I want to be able to load a game onto my drive, put the disc back in it's box, and never see it again. I don't want to have to switch discs, look for their little boxes and expose them to dust, moisture, Pepsi, whatever, inbetween gaming sessions.
I thought we were moving towards a "just purchase the license, now download the game" model. This seems like a small step backwards, or sideways from the inevitable elimination of physical media as a distribution model. One of my favourite gaming experiences recently was playing the Open Beta of WoW, and going to the store to buy my reserved copy, entering in the serial number, not even removing the discs from their case (thanks for the backups, Blizzard) and playing the game. I see the evolution of that model as being a lot more productive in the long run.
I can't imagine the pool of hires they had to be looking at for the position that would make any of GAIN's employees be the ideal candidate for any position in Homeland Security.
I would think that there is plenty of non-robotic evidence that monkeys use and make simple tools, are skilled and knowledgable in their use and pass tool knowledge from individual to individual already in the wild. Monkeys have been trained to operate tools and devices before this, both in and out of laboratory settings.
I wouldn't consider this a breakthrough or in any way revealing about monkeys, I would consider it more of a robotic/hapic/man-machine interface breakthrough.
In addition to it being seperate hardware. It is quite easy for European players to play with American players right now. My guild has at least 3-4 players from germany, 1 Irishman, 2 English players, and several Army folks playing from Korea. You just need a copy of the game to be bought in America, and the code from that copy.
Maybe this time they will actually use CGI to make the movie. Due to the fact that the computers were not up to the job, 90% of the effects in the original that are passed off as CGI were actually hand done by illustrators and animators called in to cover the asses of the CGI crew. An animator associate of mine worked night shifts for months on Tron's animation, one frame at a time, using non-CGI techniques.
This kind of thing can happen in any work environment where the public is dealt with.
I am in a large guild and one of our players does work for Blizzard, in some capacity involving WoW. He is extremely close lipped about the things he should be, and for good reason. I imagine that 99% of Blizzards WoW employees are equally mindful of their position.
I imagine that they can go after NDA breakers, but I haven't seen anyone break their NDA in a big, big way. Everyone I know who was in the Matrix Online Beta has both braodly panned it and has left the beta. That is not a good sign.
Probably because the article is about PC RPG's. the initial/. post didn't really explicitly say this, but the article does. Kingdom Hearts is a console game, so didn't make the article.
Sorry to disappoint, but the beta of Matrix Online has been getting bad, bad reviews from players. I think it's going to be like SWG. Large initial subscriber base, and immediate tank afterwards due to bad gameplay.
A lot of Matrix Online's success is going to be dependent on the staying power of World of Warcraft.
It's not a RPG, it's a MMORPG, which is a totally different kind of game. Neither of the articles are commenting about MMO's at all. There are at least 5-6 MMO's with 2005 release dates, none of which are being discussed.
That is why it is absent.
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That's just how it works, kids. Any increased costs placed upon a manufacturer will just travel to the end user. Unless companies want to see their margins drop.
$50 at an apple store isn't going to go very far.
An actual war between Windows and Mac users would be awesome. I'd love to see some cubicle to cubicle Molotov cocktail tossing.
Sounds like they are adapting some of the unit customisations that made Alpha Centauri such a replayable game. As well as the modular government model that made that game so much better in that area, than any of the Civs.
Woo Hoo.
Tetris is one of the most valuable gaming licenses/concepts ever. If Tetris didn't exist, and it came out today, it would rake in the dough all day long, just like it did in the 90's. There will always be room for games that "play" amazingly well, even alongside some future "blockbuster" video games.
Well, if we might get some She-Hulks out of this kind of disaster, I say bring on the rays!
Is this a potentially a harbinger of things to come for SWG's underpopulated servers?
Was it that hard to spell Srinivasa Ramanujan or what? Or because he's an Indian, his identity is unimportant? He's just one of a billion Godless Hindus? The presentation of this article stinks of bigotry. Srinivasa Ramanujan is well known to the many math geeks that visit this site every day, such as myself. Don't insult his important contributions and legacy in the world of mathematics by stripping him of his name and making him some "anonymous Indian genuis".
Not generally on my computer. I generally only watch DVDs the PS2 in the living room. Netflix or free rentals from my friend's video store compose 99% of the DVDs that I watch, so I don't own many DVDs. So, I'm not really concerned about the longevity of my property when it comes to DVD's.
I'd rather have digital distribution of films as well.
To me, the big advantage of storing games to HD has always been not having to deal with the discs. I don't know what your desk looks like, but mine is a minefield for discs. I want to be able to load a game onto my drive, put the disc back in it's box, and never see it again. I don't want to have to switch discs, look for their little boxes and expose them to dust, moisture, Pepsi, whatever, inbetween gaming sessions.
I thought we were moving towards a "just purchase the license, now download the game" model. This seems like a small step backwards, or sideways from the inevitable elimination of physical media as a distribution model. One of my favourite gaming experiences recently was playing the Open Beta of WoW, and going to the store to buy my reserved copy, entering in the serial number, not even removing the discs from their case (thanks for the backups, Blizzard) and playing the game. I see the evolution of that model as being a lot more productive in the long run.
I can't imagine the pool of hires they had to be looking at for the position that would make any of GAIN's employees be the ideal candidate for any position in Homeland Security.
Maybe /escort or /prostitute would be more appropriate for this situation.
I would think that there is plenty of non-robotic evidence that monkeys use and make simple tools, are skilled and knowledgable in their use and pass tool knowledge from individual to individual already in the wild. Monkeys have been trained to operate tools and devices before this, both in and out of laboratory settings. I wouldn't consider this a breakthrough or in any way revealing about monkeys, I would consider it more of a robotic/hapic/man-machine interface breakthrough.
who has never used, nor heard of anyone I know using about.com?
E) Freebase
In addition to it being seperate hardware. It is quite easy for European players to play with American players right now. My guild has at least 3-4 players from germany, 1 Irishman, 2 English players, and several Army folks playing from Korea. You just need a copy of the game to be bought in America, and the code from that copy.
Is it really a crime? The real crime is even allowing the data those movies represent into the wilds of the internet.
Maybe this time they will actually use CGI to make the movie. Due to the fact that the computers were not up to the job, 90% of the effects in the original that are passed off as CGI were actually hand done by illustrators and animators called in to cover the asses of the CGI crew. An animator associate of mine worked night shifts for months on Tron's animation, one frame at a time, using non-CGI techniques.
This kind of thing can happen in any work environment where the public is dealt with.
I am in a large guild and one of our players does work for Blizzard, in some capacity involving WoW. He is extremely close lipped about the things he should be, and for good reason. I imagine that 99% of Blizzards WoW employees are equally mindful of their position.
I imagine that they can go after NDA breakers, but I haven't seen anyone break their NDA in a big, big way. Everyone I know who was in the Matrix Online Beta has both braodly panned it and has left the beta. That is not a good sign.
I wold imagine that a fraudulent copy of Monster's Inc. looks much like the real thing.
Probably because the article is about PC RPG's. the initial /. post didn't really explicitly say this, but the article does. Kingdom Hearts is a console game, so didn't make the article.
Sorry to disappoint, but the beta of Matrix Online has been getting bad, bad reviews from players. I think it's going to be like SWG. Large initial subscriber base, and immediate tank afterwards due to bad gameplay.
A lot of Matrix Online's success is going to be dependent on the staying power of World of Warcraft.
It's not a RPG, it's a MMORPG, which is a totally different kind of game. Neither of the articles are commenting about MMO's at all. There are at least 5-6 MMO's with 2005 release dates, none of which are being discussed. That is why it is absent.
How on earth did this get slashdotted? This is pure Fark fodder and nothing more. Are they letting the dog post?