See, I was going to mod you up for mentioning Children of Men. Then you had to go ruin it by mentioning The Day After Tomorrow. Serious science fiction? Psh.
Are users really that dumb? Are you really asking that question? Just this morning I had a user who was whispering to herself "Clear, Alt, Delete" when giving the three-finger salute. I could not bring myself to ask how she got "clear" out of "ctrl".
one of the most destructive and yet least-understood natural phenomena in the world - superbees. Only a handful exist in the world but when one stings it will be unlike any bee we have ever witnessed. The buzzing will be heard around the world. The sky will darken, black rain will fall, and the Earth will be plunged into a planetwide search for soothing ointment.
Scientists have revealed that they are scared absolutely pantsless of bees. These are superbees... so they are literally crying.
I followed the link expecting to read a response. All that I found was a copy and paste of a few snippets and some snark at the end about just slapping an install disc in and calling it good. I am as proud a Linux user as anyone around here, but I fail to see how that kind of "response" qualifies as productive or even linkworthy. I've seen more detailed discussion around here. I agree with Shuttleworth- if we want the big boys to start shipping with linux, we need to meet them half way and explain what we truly expect. This is a very large corporation we're dealing with, not a couple of friends building computers in the garage.
Simple. They'll do one of two things (or probably both):
1. These half-hour blocks will be aired somewhere between midnight and six a.m. 2. They won't say that this is something they're required to do. They'll crow about how cutting edge and forward thinking they are.
What makes a game good is relatively independent of when it's released, be it at launch or three years later.
That's so not true. Madden '03 sucks compared to this year's. Like, that one super awesome quarterback that plays for that team in that city, he's great. He wasn't in Madden '03 at all. It was like they just decided not to put this totally great guy in the game. So I say that if a game doesn't come out right now it sucks.
I was thinking more early/mid teens or so. I'm not going to rule out the possibility that there was some seven-year-old playing Doom when I was, but I'll guess that it was unlikely.
Hey, it's a big world. There's room all kinds of taste. I just threw that bit up because for my group of friends that was the big question regarding Halo and that answer worked for us. I haven't really come across that opinion online before so I went ahead and shared it in case it answered the question for anyone else. As for me, Half-Life gave me the "Oh.. my.. god.." thing as far as story telling and environment and it wasn't long after that that I just kind of gave up on FPSs. I find myself really digging Metroid Prime and its sequel these days, but I think that's more out of a love for Metroid than for any sense of it being an ass-flatteningly amazing FPS.
I think the marketing is important, but no more so than with Doom. Microsoft and Bungie use the dominant advertising methods of today to hit their market (only more so because of increased ad budgets) just as iD did years ago with going the shareware demo route to build word of mouth.
As far as the Goldeneye bit, they may have had a certain brand of fun playing shoot-'em-up on the couch a few years ago with their uncle, but I'm sure in their minds that's nothing compared to the kind of fun they're having with their peers in Halo. Besides, we may both know that Goldeneye was more balanced, but a few more polygons don't have to hurt. And while I can appreciate that everyone playing having the ability to see if and where someone might be camping (and thus keeping the pace of the game up) is a good thing, I can't stand sharing the screen with anybody.
But a few mods come along with a different sense of humor and start modding negatively and whaddaya know? I'm posting at 0. Besides, I'm not always shooting for jokes. And I don't usually take bait.
As far as the evolution, you're right. We saw the kind of jump that these kids are not likely to see without neuro-digital interfacing. But you also pointed out your answer with that whole "for millions of gamers worldwide" thing. That's the sticking point.
Now, for the subject of the article, Halo 2 will have no bearing on my next PC. I'm only now looking at getting an XP rig running because I'm tired of hearing my fiancee fuss about not being able to play Half-Life 2 on this old Linux box. Gamecube takes care of all of my gaming needs these days.
Surely you do not mean to suggest that an institution as valuable and entrenched as the Student Council is without use! Why, I remember when I was president of the Student Council I was able to enact sweeping changes to my school that are in effect to this very day. For instance, I promised an end to homework and I delivered on that promise. The students wanted Coke machines in every single classroom and as soon as I was elected I made that happen by dint of sheer will. Also, every day was pizza day and all of our teachers were fired and replaced by highly qualified young ladies from Hugh Heffner's very own School for Buxom Ladies.
Second I would like to know exactly what Halo brought to the gaming market that "redefined first-person combat and multiplayer action..." Other than awesome marketing.
Had this conversation with a couple friends of mine and I think we finally hit on something. We're all approaching 30. We cut our teeth on Wolfenstein 3D, and stepped up to Doom and all that. How many nights were we up all night deathmatching? Too many to count. Doom was the greatest game of all time for us. We couldn't stop thinking about what we could do in that game and what would be possible if this or that would change and what maps were being made and wouldn't it be cool if there were a mod that did "x".
And that is our frame of reference. Quake brought us into three dimensions and from there on out it's been incremental improvements. To us, Halo is just more of the same.
But then you get a new generation of kids. The same basic stuff appeals to them now that appealed to us back then. Now they have an xbox and live (which makes the whole deathmatch thing much easier than anything on the ps2 or the gcn) and they absolutely love running around shooting their friends and getting shot by their friends and swearing like sailors and ta-da... you've got the new thing.
If you could strap them into a chair and force them to play through the same evolution of experience my age group has had, they'd see it's nothing new. But that's not going to happen and to them Halo is the most amazing game experience ever.
And then you've got people that are my age that just didn't give two shits about computers when my friends and I were playing Doom. Now they have an xbox and it's an entirely new experience for them as well.
Is it an experience I'm interested in? Hell, no. The level design is generally lacking and I don't find the balance of weapons and such to be all that attractive. But I don't stand there and complain and wonder why this game is so popular. It's the first time that lots of the current gaming audience has encountered such a thing. Of course they're impressed.
Starcraft... I just love slowly spreading out and dominating a map methodically.
Tetris... I love tetris anyway, but in Tetris Worlds there's a mode called "Fusion" that just keeps me coming back. I like trying to fill the screen with as many fusion blocks as I can. It's got this meditative thing going for it.
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For several years now I haven't bought anything I've heard on the radio.
A man hauling ass down a hallway trying to outrun "the cold" is absurd.
See, I was going to mod you up for mentioning Children of Men. Then you had to go ruin it by mentioning The Day After Tomorrow. Serious science fiction? Psh.
Then give me 250 dollars. Now.
Scientists have revealed that they are scared absolutely pantsless of bees. These are superbees... so they are literally crying.
Inner tubes. It is the Innernet, after all.
No kidding. I was surprised to see that this wasn't submitted by Roland Piquepaille, or however his name is spelled.
I followed the link expecting to read a response. All that I found was a copy and paste of a few snippets and some snark at the end about just slapping an install disc in and calling it good. I am as proud a Linux user as anyone around here, but I fail to see how that kind of "response" qualifies as productive or even linkworthy. I've seen more detailed discussion around here. I agree with Shuttleworth- if we want the big boys to start shipping with linux, we need to meet them half way and explain what we truly expect. This is a very large corporation we're dealing with, not a couple of friends building computers in the garage.
I'm guessing the American equivalent would be blocking youtube over this informative video about George Washington.
Simple. They'll do one of two things (or probably both):
1. These half-hour blocks will be aired somewhere between midnight and six a.m.
2. They won't say that this is something they're required to do. They'll crow about how cutting edge and forward thinking they are.
Looks like his family got the scrimp regarding costume planning. Themed pajamas for the kids, massive who-da for dad.
GOOD WORK!
Saw it at work the other day.
It's a little shiny.
What makes a game good is relatively independent of when it's released, be it at launch or three years later.
That's so not true. Madden '03 sucks compared to this year's. Like, that one super awesome quarterback that plays for that team in that city, he's great. He wasn't in Madden '03 at all. It was like they just decided not to put this totally great guy in the game. So I say that if a game doesn't come out right now it sucks.
I was thinking more early/mid teens or so. I'm not going to rule out the possibility that there was some seven-year-old playing Doom when I was, but I'll guess that it was unlikely.
Hey, it's a big world. There's room all kinds of taste. I just threw that bit up because for my group of friends that was the big question regarding Halo and that answer worked for us. I haven't really come across that opinion online before so I went ahead and shared it in case it answered the question for anyone else. As for me, Half-Life gave me the "Oh.. my.. god.." thing as far as story telling and environment and it wasn't long after that that I just kind of gave up on FPSs. I find myself really digging Metroid Prime and its sequel these days, but I think that's more out of a love for Metroid than for any sense of it being an ass-flatteningly amazing FPS.
And that's my rhyme.
I think the marketing is important, but no more so than with Doom. Microsoft and Bungie use the dominant advertising methods of today to hit their market (only more so because of increased ad budgets) just as iD did years ago with going the shareware demo route to build word of mouth.
As far as the Goldeneye bit, they may have had a certain brand of fun playing shoot-'em-up on the couch a few years ago with their uncle, but I'm sure in their minds that's nothing compared to the kind of fun they're having with their peers in Halo. Besides, we may both know that Goldeneye was more balanced, but a few more polygons don't have to hurt. And while I can appreciate that everyone playing having the ability to see if and where someone might be camping (and thus keeping the pace of the game up) is a good thing, I can't stand sharing the screen with anybody.
That's my take on things, anyway.
But a few mods come along with a different sense of humor and start modding negatively and whaddaya know? I'm posting at 0. Besides, I'm not always shooting for jokes. And I don't usually take bait.
As far as the evolution, you're right. We saw the kind of jump that these kids are not likely to see without neuro-digital interfacing. But you also pointed out your answer with that whole "for millions of gamers worldwide" thing. That's the sticking point.
Now, for the subject of the article, Halo 2 will have no bearing on my next PC. I'm only now looking at getting an XP rig running because I'm tired of hearing my fiancee fuss about not being able to play Half-Life 2 on this old Linux box. Gamecube takes care of all of my gaming needs these days.
Surely you do not mean to suggest that an institution as valuable and entrenched as the Student Council is without use! Why, I remember when I was president of the Student Council I was able to enact sweeping changes to my school that are in effect to this very day. For instance, I promised an end to homework and I delivered on that promise. The students wanted Coke machines in every single classroom and as soon as I was elected I made that happen by dint of sheer will. Also, every day was pizza day and all of our teachers were fired and replaced by highly qualified young ladies from Hugh Heffner's very own School for Buxom Ladies.
Nothing there, lying bastard.
Second I would like to know exactly what Halo brought to the gaming market that "redefined first-person combat and multiplayer action..." Other than awesome marketing.
Had this conversation with a couple friends of mine and I think we finally hit on something. We're all approaching 30. We cut our teeth on Wolfenstein 3D, and stepped up to Doom and all that. How many nights were we up all night deathmatching? Too many to count. Doom was the greatest game of all time for us. We couldn't stop thinking about what we could do in that game and what would be possible if this or that would change and what maps were being made and wouldn't it be cool if there were a mod that did "x".
And that is our frame of reference. Quake brought us into three dimensions and from there on out it's been incremental improvements. To us, Halo is just more of the same.
But then you get a new generation of kids. The same basic stuff appeals to them now that appealed to us back then. Now they have an xbox and live (which makes the whole deathmatch thing much easier than anything on the ps2 or the gcn) and they absolutely love running around shooting their friends and getting shot by their friends and swearing like sailors and ta-da... you've got the new thing.
If you could strap them into a chair and force them to play through the same evolution of experience my age group has had, they'd see it's nothing new. But that's not going to happen and to them Halo is the most amazing game experience ever.
And then you've got people that are my age that just didn't give two shits about computers when my friends and I were playing Doom. Now they have an xbox and it's an entirely new experience for them as well.
Is it an experience I'm interested in? Hell, no. The level design is generally lacking and I don't find the balance of weapons and such to be all that attractive. But I don't stand there and complain and wonder why this game is so popular. It's the first time that lots of the current gaming audience has encountered such a thing. Of course they're impressed.
Starcraft... I just love slowly spreading out and dominating a map methodically.
Tetris... I love tetris anyway, but in Tetris Worlds there's a mode called "Fusion" that just keeps me coming back. I like trying to fill the screen with as many fusion blocks as I can. It's got this meditative thing going for it.
Armagetron... Simple fun.
Mahjongg... Another meditative game.
I do.
Seems SOE has made time machines available to everyone on those forums except for me.