But at least you had the option to play a game that adressed serious issues. Even if you only played it once, apparently it made an impression on you. If people deny that games can adress serious social issues, they'll never have a chance too. It'd be like saying that I watch movies to escape from reality for two hours, so all movies should be comedies or action/adventures.
If games are treated only as an escape from reality, then they will have the corresponding amount of respect (ie. none).
At this moment, I'm looking at an ad on Slashdot. If I was to turn on my TV, I'd probably see a commercial. If I pop in a DVD, I'll catch some product placement. If I wanted to play a game, depending on what I'm playing, I'll likely see some billboards advertising real life product.
And they're worried about corporations encroaching on their life now?
That reminds me of a similar situation that Mother for the NES went through. An unreleased English version was finished, and the only owner of a copy ended up selling it to a group of dumpers who released it.
I remember that review. It was the first time I'd heard of Penn & Teller, and it made me a fan.
If I remember, the only thing in the bus tour game that ever happens (aside from the bus constantly pulling to the right, requiring you to actually steer it), is that four hours in, a bug gets squashed on your windshield, and you have to stare at it the whole time afterwards.
It seems like the most accurate simulation of road madness ever.
Call it funny if you want, but it's true. Even if you aren't dealing with geeks, poor ventilation can stink up anyplace. And if I'm paying by the hour, I'm going to spend as little time as possible in a place that reeks.
Of course, I'm not saying that it's a totally false generalization....
More games are made for the system that has the larger user base. And not that I think it's a huge swing factor, but I do know people that went for X-Box over Gamecube because it's so much easier to get pirated games for.
Would this count as squatting? Obviously, Ubi Soft wasn't planning on doing anything with this, but they'll probably want to not advertise porn in their games. Seems like a slightly less sleazy variant on the usual squatting extortion scheme.
Christmas of '97 was one of my best/worst seasons. The combination of getting a Playstation and Final Fantasy VII for that Christmas and the release of Quake II did terrible things to my freshman year of college.
I doubt that the practice of patching broken games will be that widespread. I imagine that this is going to cost Nintendo a significant amount of money, and that they're mainly just doing it for goodwill. Sure, X-Box live is already starting to cause some issues with that system, but I don't think it's going to become a console-wide problem until every system has a hard drive and internet access standard.
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Perhaps Rockstar have a Euro-Patent on free roaming crime games. They might sue like Sega tried to sue Fox with Crazy Taxi & Simpsons Road Rage.
If they did, I imagine that they would have tried to sue Fox for Simpsons Hit & Run.
I mean did anyone really think that there were junkies running around the streets throwing giant glowing hypodermics at people?
You obviously didn't grow up in my hometown. I was just lucky I had NARC to teach me that it was okay to shoot those guys in the head.
I think the designers were thinking more along the lines of "When you attack animals they get mad."
That's a lesson I'd rather learn in a video game instead of real life.
But at least you had the option to play a game that adressed serious issues. Even if you only played it once, apparently it made an impression on you. If people deny that games can adress serious social issues, they'll never have a chance too. It'd be like saying that I watch movies to escape from reality for two hours, so all movies should be comedies or action/adventures.
If games are treated only as an escape from reality, then they will have the corresponding amount of respect (ie. none).
Yah, and I'd like to be able to get a girlfriend too :).
They've got games that'll cover that for you too.
Regular players can't get online anyways. That server is usually only reliably playable late at night.
It'll be a shame if that site is forced to shut down. They've got better bots than any of the other Settlers games I've played.
Just hang out in their corporate headquarters and watch the tickertape. I'm sure you'll find something interesting...
Exactly. I've never understood how condescending to girls is going to hook them on gaming.
"Hey, you'll play this game won't you? It's got shiny jewelry!"
At this moment, I'm looking at an ad on Slashdot. If I was to turn on my TV, I'd probably see a commercial. If I pop in a DVD, I'll catch some product placement. If I wanted to play a game, depending on what I'm playing, I'll likely see some billboards advertising real life product.
And they're worried about corporations encroaching on their life now?
That reminds me of a similar situation that Mother for the NES went through. An unreleased English version was finished, and the only owner of a copy ended up selling it to a group of dumpers who released it.
I remember that review. It was the first time I'd heard of Penn & Teller, and it made me a fan.
If I remember, the only thing in the bus tour game that ever happens (aside from the bus constantly pulling to the right, requiring you to actually steer it), is that four hours in, a bug gets squashed on your windshield, and you have to stare at it the whole time afterwards.
It seems like the most accurate simulation of road madness ever.
It's a computerized device, right?
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Think like a real geek man, just reverse engineer and hack it.. make a tamagotchi "virus" that spreads over the infared port.
So, you're trying to convince him to write an STD for his tamagotchi?
So that explains it. I always thought some punks just firebombed my car.
Nothing like having the police wake you up a 3:00 AM to tell you your car's on fire.
How many other games have been so bad that 14 trucks worth of it were buried in a landfill?
I think Tomb Raider for the N-Gage is making a run for the landfill award....
Call it funny if you want, but it's true. Even if you aren't dealing with geeks, poor ventilation can stink up anyplace. And if I'm paying by the hour, I'm going to spend as little time as possible in a place that reeks.
Of course, I'm not saying that it's a totally false generalization....
More games are made for the system that has the larger user base. And not that I think it's a huge swing factor, but I do know people that went for X-Box over Gamecube because it's so much easier to get pirated games for.
Would this count as squatting? Obviously, Ubi Soft wasn't planning on doing anything with this, but they'll probably want to not advertise porn in their games. Seems like a slightly less sleazy variant on the usual squatting extortion scheme.
Christmas of '97 was one of my best/worst seasons. The combination of getting a Playstation and Final Fantasy VII for that Christmas and the release of Quake II did terrible things to my freshman year of college.
I doubt that the practice of patching broken games will be that widespread. I imagine that this is going to cost Nintendo a significant amount of money, and that they're mainly just doing it for goodwill. Sure, X-Box live is already starting to cause some issues with that system, but I don't think it's going to become a console-wide problem until every system has a hard drive and internet access standard.