Does the Wii run Eve-Online? Half-Life 2 Episode One?
At this point, there's no technical reason why it couldn't, they just aren't available for the Wii.
However, that's a fair trade, I suppose, since there are more games on consoles that aren't available for PCs than vice versa, and the imbalance only grows.
Sure, you might not like Zelda, Gears of War, Guitar Hero, or any of the other things that make game consoles worth owning but if you really have diverse gaming tastes the PC loses hands down.
This isn't to say that there aren't great games on the PC that aren't available for consoles. I personally cannot wait for Supreme Commander. I'm simply pointing out the fact that there are more reasons to game on a console than a PC, and the reasons to game on a PC instead of a console are slowly disappearing.
The Wiimote simply opens up even more possibilities for the Wii.
I've had a couple of domains and journals online for years and none of my friends and family could be bothered to check them regularly. When they finally did and read something I wrote (normally weeks or months later) they would message me saying "Oh wow... why didn't you tell me?"
Now, since most of my less than tech-savvy family and friends are all on Myspace, the crap I write gets read almost daily.
It annoys me to no end that something as retarded as Myspace serves it's function as well as it does, but I guess "Myspace" is really not a space that the technically inclined can really call "Mine". It's really theirs.
Looking at it like that, My myspace page isn't really for me. It's for them. And almost everyone I have on my friends list is someone I know from the real world with a few exceptions (a few long time chat/gaming friends made the cut...).
As for the disabled autoplaying music. It worked -- now it doesn't.
Myspace isn't perfect. In fact, it's far from it. It's so far from it, the word Myspace and Perfect probably aren't even from the same planet. Still, it has it's uses.
And to all of those people who complain about the quality of the users on Myspace, to them all I can say it's YOUR choice who you add to your friends list. If there are a bunch of idiots leaving comments, who is there really to blame about THAT?
Oh no! Quick! Everyone! For the sake of your Mii! Get them off of that Wii and put them on the Wiimote! It's every Mii for themselves! You don't want your Mii trapped inside that Wii if an update causes it to lose functionality! You wouldn't want that any more than you would want your babies trapped in a burning building, possibly even less!
Actually, I don't put down Sony at every chance I get. I fully intend on adding a PS3 to my arsenal. I just don't consider it appropriate to say that the PS3 offers the features of the Wiimote.
along with the motion controller advancements the Wii offers
Wrong.
Not only does the PS3 controller not have true motion sensing capabilities, it doesn't even have rumble, something that while not important to everyone, does annoy many people. And while I admit that it's not enough alone to really impact the sales of the whole console, it is just another point against it.
As for it's tilt controls, they will absolutely in NO WAY offer what the Wiimote will.
Wiimote: Can be used as a pointing device at the screen. Detects tilt, and 3D orientation relative to screen. Has rumble. Has speaker. Has port for extra gadget hookups (Wii Classic and Nunchuka).
Sixaxis: Lacks rumble, only detects tilt.
To even begin to say that the PS3 offers the features of the Wii is ridiculous fud.
I wouldn't say Ms Pac Man is "better", I would just say it's a natural progression for those who have mastered Pac Man. It's essentially the same game with different level designs and, as you have noticed, harder to develope patterns.
Even if the code to PacMan were lost, you could write that sort of gameplay again in just a couple of hours.
Granted, you could make a pretty faithful Pac-Man clone in a few hours, maybe less if you weren't too picky about how close it was, but to make an exact duplicate would be difficult for a few reasons.
First, the Ghosts aren't exactly random, and they aren't exactly "patterns". They more or less respond in accordance to the player and almost precisely at that. A really good player with excellent timing can develope a pattern that will result in the ghosts moving in exactly the same way each time. The best players have a pattern for each level up to level 18 at least.
Each of the four ghosts have a response different from the others so while in a very indirect way the player may be "controlling" the ghosts they are designed to respond in a way that makes them more or less close in on the player.
Pac-Man is a brilliant game in a lot of ways. Some people really appreciate how brilliant it is, and they're the ones with the 50,000+ scores. Some people just acknoledge that it's a classic. Others only know it because it's famous. But no matter how you look at it Pac-Man is going to stick around a long time because it just happens to be fun.
Really? I would think that the AOL premiere would generate a lot more sales than Slashdot.
While I must admit that exposure all over is good, it would be MY guess that Slashdot is a better potential buying audience for Al than the typical AOL user.
GM crops may or may not be bad for humans, but they may be bad for the crops and they tend to contaiminate natural breeds which we know have long term sustainability.
Add to that the fact that this particular GM crop in question is one which is designed to be sprayed with herbicides. The GM crops might be bad for other crops, and the herbicides might be bad for us.
On the other hand it might all be okay, too. The problem is we can't trust anyone to actually tell the truth about that because there's so much profit involved.
Many years ago I had a Lion made at the San Antonio Zoo.
I seem to remember it being a plastic that was slightly bronze colored, but the things I remember most about it was it being hot after the machine spit it out, and how amazed I was that it was hollow.
I just spent about 10 minutes with a fly swat trying to kill **one** fucking fly that is buzzing around indoors. Does that make the fly smarter than me?
Put down the fly swat.
Pick up the SHOP VAC!
I have a 100% victory rate against all types of insects using a shop vac fitted with a dust bag.
Slashdot Mirror
Does the Wii run Eve-Online? Half-Life 2 Episode One?
At this point, there's no technical reason why it couldn't, they just aren't available for the Wii.
However, that's a fair trade, I suppose, since there are more games on consoles that aren't available for PCs than vice versa, and the imbalance only grows.
Sure, you might not like Zelda, Gears of War, Guitar Hero, or any of the other things that make game consoles worth owning but if you really have diverse gaming tastes the PC loses hands down.
This isn't to say that there aren't great games on the PC that aren't available for consoles. I personally cannot wait for Supreme Commander. I'm simply pointing out the fact that there are more reasons to game on a console than a PC, and the reasons to game on a PC instead of a console are slowly disappearing.
The Wiimote simply opens up even more possibilities for the Wii.
A grand whopping total of 20-something of my 30-something immediate co-workers have Nintendo DS's.
Only one has a PSP, and that's me.
It's STILL a daily thing to see them doing Mario Kart at work between shifts or on breaks or before/after work.
It's worth noting that most of my co-workers are in their 30's.
Statistics are totally worthless, even those I just gave above.
I've had a couple of domains and journals online for years and none of my friends and family could be bothered to check them regularly. When they finally did and read something I wrote (normally weeks or months later) they would message me saying "Oh wow... why didn't you tell me?"
Now, since most of my less than tech-savvy family and friends are all on Myspace, the crap I write gets read almost daily.
It annoys me to no end that something as retarded as Myspace serves it's function as well as it does, but I guess "Myspace" is really not a space that the technically inclined can really call "Mine". It's really theirs.
Looking at it like that, My myspace page isn't really for me. It's for them. And almost everyone I have on my friends list is someone I know from the real world with a few exceptions (a few long time chat/gaming friends made the cut...).
As for the disabled autoplaying music. It worked -- now it doesn't.
Myspace isn't perfect. In fact, it's far from it. It's so far from it, the word Myspace and Perfect probably aren't even from the same planet. Still, it has it's uses.
And to all of those people who complain about the quality of the users on Myspace, to them all I can say it's YOUR choice who you add to your friends list. If there are a bunch of idiots leaving comments, who is there really to blame about THAT?
I can second that.
Mario Kart DS is my favorite in the entire series. Certainly a reason alone to buy a DS. Even better if you have people to duke it out with.
Since I buy all of my Music of iTunes, does that mean I'm entitled to a tax refund from Universal when they start charging a piracy tax?
The Wii? I hope there weren't any Mii trapped in there. :(
Oh no! Quick! Everyone! For the sake of your Mii! Get them off of that Wii and put them on the Wiimote! It's every Mii for themselves! You don't want your Mii trapped inside that Wii if an update causes it to lose functionality! You wouldn't want that any more than you would want your babies trapped in a burning building, possibly even less!
Save the Mii! Buy more Wiimotes if you have to!
DON'T LET YOUR MII BECOME A STATISTIC!
Act now!
In a really weird world, though, the Xbox 360 would play PS2 games and the PS3 would play original Xbox games. :)
My Nintendo Polyhedron that fell back in time, however, plays all games from all systems currently out and some that aren't out yet.
The problem is it requires the user to smoke lots of Hash and drop some Acid before it becomes visible. Strange device, this future Nintendo machine.
Oddly enough Windows games keep crashing on it.
My huge and amazing library of linux games run flawlessly, though. Mac, too.
I stand corrected on the liniar movement, and after having read your opening sentence realized my error.
I should of course revoice my words from another reply I just posted.
I am not at all knocking the PS3. There are things about it that do interest me. Those things mostly have to do with the cell.
But I just cannot believe some people actually can say "Wiimote? The PS3 will do that, too."
Actually, I don't put down Sony at every chance I get. I fully intend on adding a PS3 to my arsenal. I just don't consider it appropriate to say that the PS3 offers the features of the Wiimote.
along with the motion controller advancements the Wii offers
Wrong.
Not only does the PS3 controller not have true motion sensing capabilities, it doesn't even have rumble, something that while not important to everyone, does annoy many people. And while I admit that it's not enough alone to really impact the sales of the whole console, it is just another point against it.
As for it's tilt controls, they will absolutely in NO WAY offer what the Wiimote will.
Wiimote: Can be used as a pointing device at the screen. Detects tilt, and 3D orientation relative to screen. Has rumble. Has speaker. Has port for extra gadget hookups (Wii Classic and Nunchuka).
Sixaxis: Lacks rumble, only detects tilt.
To even begin to say that the PS3 offers the features of the Wii is ridiculous fud.
I would say it's all the more likely that one group forcibly intermingled with the other.
In other words, "rape".
Seems not much has changed, huh?
Note to User 956:
Please correct all references to Oceania having never been at war with Eurasia.
All related entries should read "Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia."
Thank you.
Who said there wouldn't be any Military Madness? At 10 games per month, I think that leaves plenty of room for Military Madness.
"Hackers controlling farms of zombie computers are now trying to blend in with web traffic"
:) That'll look like normal web-traffic.
If you really want to blend in, send out your Zombie commands via Myspace profiles.
I wouldn't say Ms Pac Man is "better", I would just say it's a natural progression for those who have mastered Pac Man. It's essentially the same game with different level designs and, as you have noticed, harder to develope patterns.
Even if the code to PacMan were lost, you could write that sort of gameplay again in just a couple of hours.
Granted, you could make a pretty faithful Pac-Man clone in a few hours, maybe less if you weren't too picky about how close it was, but to make an exact duplicate would be difficult for a few reasons.
First, the Ghosts aren't exactly random, and they aren't exactly "patterns". They more or less respond in accordance to the player and almost precisely at that. A really good player with excellent timing can develope a pattern that will result in the ghosts moving in exactly the same way each time. The best players have a pattern for each level up to level 18 at least.
Each of the four ghosts have a response different from the others so while in a very indirect way the player may be "controlling" the ghosts they are designed to respond in a way that makes them more or less close in on the player.
Pac-Man is a brilliant game in a lot of ways. Some people really appreciate how brilliant it is, and they're the ones with the 50,000+ scores. Some people just acknoledge that it's a classic. Others only know it because it's famous. But no matter how you look at it Pac-Man is going to stick around a long time because it just happens to be fun.
Cannon Fodder with the Wiimote as a pointing device would probably be a lot of fun if it was precise enough.
Not if it doesn't have Maru Mari or Screw Attack.
You'll also have to supply your own Ice Beam and Missles.
Plus, this isn't even the Varia.
Cable providers also led the way in audio quality
What we all REALLY want to know is how well does it handle our Dial-Up connections?
Really? I would think that the AOL premiere would generate a lot more sales than Slashdot.
While I must admit that exposure all over is good, it would be MY guess that Slashdot is a better potential buying audience for Al than the typical AOL user.
After all, "White and Nerdy".
Yup. That's Slashdot.
when the average yearly income is $800
Hey, according to Sony that's no excuse.
They should just work longer hours even if it means getting another job.
GM crops may or may not be bad for humans, but they may be bad for the crops and they tend to contaiminate natural breeds which we know have long term sustainability.
Add to that the fact that this particular GM crop in question is one which is designed to be sprayed with herbicides. The GM crops might be bad for other crops, and the herbicides might be bad for us.
On the other hand it might all be okay, too. The problem is we can't trust anyone to actually tell the truth about that because there's so much profit involved.
Many years ago I had a Lion made at the San Antonio Zoo.
I seem to remember it being a plastic that was slightly bronze colored, but the things I remember most about it was it being hot after the machine spit it out, and how amazed I was that it was hollow.
I have no idea what ever happened to that thing.
I just spent about 10 minutes with a fly swat trying to kill **one** fucking fly that is buzzing around indoors. Does that make the fly smarter than me?
Put down the fly swat.
Pick up the SHOP VAC!
I have a 100% victory rate against all types of insects using a shop vac fitted with a dust bag.