The Gamecube *did* stress HD. The new GC systems do not have the HD port. See "http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3466"
Which is a real shame...because it looks *really* good in progressive scan mode.
"It is the killer ap for the video game fan. It is pure fun. How many times does a game come along that has replay value simply because you desparately want to play it again?"
That's really it, isn't it. It's fun. You play it again and again for the gameplay - not to admire the flashy graphics or latest effect.
I think rather than one genre, good games have more of a cross genre mentality. Case in point - I made a post earlier about the excellent Katamari Damacy. Here is a game with the styling of Super Mokey Ball (hrm...) but without the "fall of the world" factor + the collection aspects of basically every 3D platformer. Plus, you cannot die. Plus, you only use 2 buttons during gameplay. It's fantastic...but hardly a genre.
Besides, I think your list is a little too modern. Mario could easily be thought of as Pitfall on 'roids. Tetris is just a puzzle game, Ultima Online is cool - but there were other other online roleplaying games a few years before it. DDR is a good example...but its just Simon with a different set of I/O.
I agree though, I hardly think we have run out of genre ideas... Too bad there is so much money involved in gaming. Wacky games probably never see the light of day for fear of a low ROI.
So this weekend I went out and picked up Katamari Damacy. Holy shit - this is, by far, the most fun game I have played in a long assed time. I enjoyed the experience more than Half Life 2! (okay, totally different games, but I'm talking fun factor). It reminded me of the first time I played Tetris.
It only costs $20 bucks. TWENTY DOLLARS!@! for this level of entertainment is amazing. The game takes ~5 hours to "beat" but who knows how long if you want to get everything.
If you don't own this title yet, do yourself a favor - don't bother renting (who does that anyway) and just buy it. Today.
I would disagree. However, I would say that people *think* there is a negative connotation to being a gamer...so they don't talk about it. That is, until they realize that their friends and colleages enjoy the same hobby.
"I cannot comment on the real estate situation, since I do not know the specifics of the law regarding this, but I would assume that you also get ownership to the land when you buy something."
Nope. At least in the US, the gov't owns it. You just get to live there. And pay lots of taxes. Although it doesn't happen very often, they could just take back your land if they wanted to build a road or what-have-you.
Or, if you look at the "war on drugs" you will find that many properties are siezed because of infractions on the current prohibition laws. If you owned the land, as in, forever and ever, the gov't could not take it from you (regardless of what illegal actifities you were committing on your property).
"I'm sure in some ways the popularity of the iPod has to do with filesharing"
In some ways??? Let's look at some numbers...
Apple iPod - 40 Gig version. They claim it can hold 10,0000 songs.
Cost for the iPod: between $350 - $400 Cost for the songs: between $8800 - $9900
Total: ~10K
There is no way that this product is intended for anyone but the mp3 leecher. Sure, you could rip the ~825 CDs it would take to fill this thing (and spend countless hours doing so), but more than likely, you just cram it full of stuff you got from the internet.
(And yes, I know it wouldn't hold 10000 songs - with decent mp3 encoding, the real number is probably closer to 5000...but even so, my point is valid.)
Male maturity can be measured in many different ways. Off color humor and/or fantasy thoughts about women is probably not the best place to start. All men make comments and all men fantasize. Period. Maturity (and this can be applied to most everything else) is the ability to differentiate between the fantastic and reality.
That said, I would agree that the guys who rushed out to buy "The Guy Game" or "Panty Raiders" are probably not the most mature guys in the world - but I bet there are a few gems in that rough.
I suscribe to PC Gamer. Each month I get a shiny new copy of thier fine publication, sit down in my living room, and read it. It's a nice alternative to the computer and I'm not confined to my desk.
The real bonus is that in about 2 years time the bindings will spell out P C G A M E R on a shelf in my basement. Now that's something an on-line review simply can't do.
I don't have time to read a 27 page review of Zoo Tycoon 8. Or hear some fanboy explain why Doom 3 was or was not everything he hoped it could be.
Ironic since I'm posting on Slashdot that I would whine about time.
Anyway, I just read a few sites, figure out who I agree with most of the time, and read them - looking for scores and *brief* summary's. If I want to read the review, then I will, most of the time I have a passing interest in a game and want to know if it's thought to be "good" or "bad" by people that I agree with.
I got digital cable a few months ago. I immediately flipped on G4 and loved it - it was like hanging out with gamer friends, except without having anyone over. The wife didn't love it, but I thought it was great.
Then they took TSS and fired the cool guy. Now the channel seems to be full of lame asian chicks.
Meh. Girls gone Wired. How fucking droll and insulting.
I would say that the big blockbuster films allow for escape. You become Will Smith, infecting the alien hordes with your Mac virus. You are Ahnuld, shooting 348097 people without so much as a scratch.
Many art house films are more honest than that. They can leave the viewer feeling a bit...queasy. Maybe the audience will question things a little more. They might *think*.
That said, sign me up for some of those blockbuster pieces of shit. I know I'll be in line for Ep III on release day...
However, I agree with him. The majority of religious catholics I've met (and I was raised in religious school until college) are just horrible people. Holier than thou pukes, if I can be so blunt.
However, the true majority of that religion are the sheep. The ones that show up every Sunday, sit in church for an hour and get thier golden ticket into heaven, and then leave and do whatever they want, irrespective of thier "beliefs".
You will undoubtably see the worst this weekend - you know, the holiday believers and thier annual/bi-annual appearance.
I would imagine that a girl who whips her tits out, probably while drinking underage, is a) a lot of fun to be around and b) a sheep in her church.
I recall the famous bumper sticker: Going to church makes you religious inasmuch as being in a garage makes you a car.
Your argument assumes that everyone pirating would have purchased if there was no way to pirate. This is, most likely, incorrect.
I'm not saying that it doesn't hurt the industry - it certainly does, but not to the levels that they would lead you to believe. It's all very subjective.
The new hotness is the Steam type of distribution. Small company X makes a game and sells it themselves - with no publisher. Funding from....hmm, not sure of that for start-up game companies. There is no reason you couldn't list it on Amazon, gogamer, whatever site, just like a hard copy. Hell, I'm sure bestbuy.com could sell it - same with having in-store displays where you can "buy" the game and dl it later.
I so want to say that you are wrong - but I can't recall seeing a pirated version of HL2 before the release date. Granted I wasn't looking for one either. I don't know why it wasn't leaked - but I really doubt it had anything to do with Steam.
Hmm, Doom 3 - havent/wont buy. I thought it was boring.
HL2 - I wouldn't have pirated it - although I did get my hands on a copy of that wacky thing released a year or so ago...
I should buy a host of other games, but I know I won't. Oh well.
Yes, people really do. I recall seeing an article about one maybe 6 months ago in Tijuana for...I dunno, some game. Personally, I think MMORPG's are crap, but they make for interesting articles/reading.
Here is a link: http://games.slashdot.org/games/03/11/24/0141243.s html?tid=209
Well, I think you are a bit crazy...maybe in a good way, maybe not.
Every online review that I read mentions online support. I've seen great single player games get points off for no multi-play. Sorry, I dont have an example - check out just about any sp game review on gamespy.
It sound's like what you want (and just about everyone else I talk to) is co-op. Co-op on the same copy of the game though, that doesn't sound very likely. Usually it's co-op online.
I think what you need to do is stick to console gaming where your demands are more easily met.
I couldn't agree more.
Why do I have a PC...
1) email
2) downloading stuff
3) irc / various chat programs
Why do I have a PC with Windows installed...
1) Games
I don't understand the whole "they should make a linux version#@!" or people getting linux to run on thier Xbox or PS2. Who gives a shit? The 2% of people who use that OS? I would imagine that creating a linux version of software entails lots of new coding and testing - which ultimately leads to more products to support. Why bother.
Windows may or may not be the right answer, but currently it's the most popular. It would stand to reason that using it provides you with the broadest range of entertainment options on the PC.
HL1 is a fluke - you know how many games I play from 6 years ago that were on a PC...huh, whats that? None? Oh yeah, that's right. And if CounterStrike (which I don't play) didn't exist, the same would be true for a lot of people.
Sorry, the whole, the developer/publisher/whoever won't support a one-off piece of software in 25 years arguement is crap. Hacks will come out now, although, you will have to be online to get them...so I don't see the difference between obtaining a crack or just using Steam. Oh yeah, I forgot, Steam is a CIA run program used to track the skills of everyone not playing America's Army. My bad.
In a perfect world, when it is no longer supported, the company will release an official crack (but they probably won't). But you know what? We will have all moved on to the new hotness...
Much like probably 99% of the PC gamer world, I don't upgrade my PC and video card every two years to play old games. And before you try to blast me out of the water as some kind of n00b, I've been a gamer since the Atari 2600, so I'm not some fly-by-night-the-psx-rulez-2D-sucks kind of guy.
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The Gamecube *did* stress HD. The new GC systems do not have the HD port. See "http://www.lik-sang.com/news.php?artc=3466" Which is a real shame...because it looks *really* good in progressive scan mode.
"God save these law makers."
Let's just leave him/her/it out of the equation.
Samus...
"It is the killer ap for the video game fan. It is pure fun. How many times does a game come along that has replay value simply because you desparately want to play it again?"
That's really it, isn't it. It's fun. You play it again and again for the gameplay - not to admire the flashy graphics or latest effect.
I think rather than one genre, good games have more of a cross genre mentality. Case in point - I made a post earlier about the excellent Katamari Damacy. Here is a game with the styling of Super Mokey Ball (hrm...) but without the "fall of the world" factor + the collection aspects of basically every 3D platformer. Plus, you cannot die. Plus, you only use 2 buttons during gameplay. It's fantastic...but hardly a genre.
Besides, I think your list is a little too modern. Mario could easily be thought of as Pitfall on 'roids. Tetris is just a puzzle game, Ultima Online is cool - but there were other other online roleplaying games a few years before it. DDR is a good example...but its just Simon with a different set of I/O.
I agree though, I hardly think we have run out of genre ideas... Too bad there is so much money involved in gaming. Wacky games probably never see the light of day for fear of a low ROI.
So this weekend I went out and picked up Katamari Damacy. Holy shit - this is, by far, the most fun game I have played in a long assed time. I enjoyed the experience more than Half Life 2! (okay, totally different games, but I'm talking fun factor). It reminded me of the first time I played Tetris.
It only costs $20 bucks. TWENTY DOLLARS!@! for this level of entertainment is amazing. The game takes ~5 hours to "beat" but who knows how long if you want to get everything.
If you don't own this title yet, do yourself a favor - don't bother renting (who does that anyway) and just buy it. Today.
I would disagree. However, I would say that people *think* there is a negative connotation to being a gamer...so they don't talk about it. That is, until they realize that their friends and colleages enjoy the same hobby.
"I cannot comment on the real estate situation, since I do not know the specifics of the law regarding this, but I would assume that you also get ownership to the land when you buy something." Nope. At least in the US, the gov't owns it. You just get to live there. And pay lots of taxes. Although it doesn't happen very often, they could just take back your land if they wanted to build a road or what-have-you. Or, if you look at the "war on drugs" you will find that many properties are siezed because of infractions on the current prohibition laws. If you owned the land, as in, forever and ever, the gov't could not take it from you (regardless of what illegal actifities you were committing on your property).
"I'm sure in some ways the popularity of the iPod has to do with filesharing"
In some ways??? Let's look at some numbers...
Apple iPod - 40 Gig version.
They claim it can hold 10,0000 songs.
Cost for the iPod: between $350 - $400
Cost for the songs: between $8800 - $9900
Total: ~10K
There is no way that this product is intended for anyone but the mp3 leecher. Sure, you could rip the ~825 CDs it would take to fill this thing (and spend countless hours doing so), but more than likely, you just cram it full of stuff you got from the internet.
(And yes, I know it wouldn't hold 10000 songs - with decent mp3 encoding, the real number is probably closer to 5000...but even so, my point is valid.)
Someone needs to mod parent up - that's funny as hell.
Meh.
Male maturity can be measured in many different ways. Off color humor and/or fantasy thoughts about women is probably not the best place to start. All men make comments and all men fantasize. Period. Maturity (and this can be applied to most everything else) is the ability to differentiate between the fantastic and reality.
That said, I would agree that the guys who rushed out to buy "The Guy Game" or "Panty Raiders" are probably not the most mature guys in the world - but I bet there are a few gems in that rough.
I suscribe to PC Gamer. Each month I get a shiny new copy of thier fine publication, sit down in my living room, and read it. It's a nice alternative to the computer and I'm not confined to my desk.
The real bonus is that in about 2 years time the bindings will spell out P C G A M E R on a shelf in my basement. Now that's something an on-line review simply can't do.
I don't have time to read a 27 page review of Zoo Tycoon 8. Or hear some fanboy explain why Doom 3 was or was not everything he hoped it could be.
Ironic since I'm posting on Slashdot that I would whine about time.
Anyway, I just read a few sites, figure out who I agree with most of the time, and read them - looking for scores and *brief* summary's. If I want to read the review, then I will, most of the time I have a passing interest in a game and want to know if it's thought to be "good" or "bad" by people that I agree with.
You make a lot of good points.
I got digital cable a few months ago. I immediately flipped on G4 and loved it - it was like hanging out with gamer friends, except without having anyone over. The wife didn't love it, but I thought it was great.
Then they took TSS and fired the cool guy. Now the channel seems to be full of lame asian chicks.
Meh. Girls gone Wired. How fucking droll and insulting.
I respectfully disagree.
I would say that the big blockbuster films allow for escape. You become Will Smith, infecting the alien hordes with your Mac virus. You are Ahnuld, shooting 348097 people without so much as a scratch.
Many art house films are more honest than that. They can leave the viewer feeling a bit...queasy. Maybe the audience will question things a little more. They might *think*.
That said, sign me up for some of those blockbuster pieces of shit. I know I'll be in line for Ep III on release day...
Most are - but only because our point of views are different.
I thought the same thing - a bit angry.
However, I agree with him. The majority of religious catholics I've met (and I was raised in religious school until college) are just horrible people. Holier than thou pukes, if I can be so blunt.
However, the true majority of that religion are the sheep. The ones that show up every Sunday, sit in church for an hour and get thier golden ticket into heaven, and then leave and do whatever they want, irrespective of thier "beliefs".
You will undoubtably see the worst this weekend - you know, the holiday believers and thier annual/bi-annual appearance.
I would imagine that a girl who whips her tits out, probably while drinking underage, is a) a lot of fun to be around and b) a sheep in her church.
I recall the famous bumper sticker: Going to church makes you religious inasmuch as being in a garage makes you a car.
Your argument assumes that everyone pirating would have purchased if there was no way to pirate. This is, most likely, incorrect. I'm not saying that it doesn't hurt the industry - it certainly does, but not to the levels that they would lead you to believe. It's all very subjective. The new hotness is the Steam type of distribution. Small company X makes a game and sells it themselves - with no publisher. Funding from....hmm, not sure of that for start-up game companies. There is no reason you couldn't list it on Amazon, gogamer, whatever site, just like a hard copy. Hell, I'm sure bestbuy.com could sell it - same with having in-store displays where you can "buy" the game and dl it later.
I so want to say that you are wrong - but I can't recall seeing a pirated version of HL2 before the release date. Granted I wasn't looking for one either. I don't know why it wasn't leaked - but I really doubt it had anything to do with Steam.
CSS on the other hand....
Hmm, Doom 3 - havent/wont buy. I thought it was boring. HL2 - I wouldn't have pirated it - although I did get my hands on a copy of that wacky thing released a year or so ago... I should buy a host of other games, but I know I won't. Oh well.
Yes, people really do. I recall seeing an article about one maybe 6 months ago in Tijuana for...I dunno, some game. Personally, I think MMORPG's are crap, but they make for interesting articles/reading.
s html?tid=209
Here is a link: http://games.slashdot.org/games/03/11/24/0141243.
Jackass, there are so many people in jail because of this country's pointless war on mariju...er, drugs.
Well, I think you are a bit crazy...maybe in a good way, maybe not.
Every online review that I read mentions online support. I've seen great single player games get points off for no multi-play. Sorry, I dont have an example - check out just about any sp game review on gamespy.
It sound's like what you want (and just about everyone else I talk to) is co-op. Co-op on the same copy of the game though, that doesn't sound very likely. Usually it's co-op online.
I think what you need to do is stick to console gaming where your demands are more easily met.
1) I bought this game. I don't like that I have to use Steam, but hey, thats what I signed up for.
2) I can be pirated it very easily.
3) Steam is *not* for preventing piracy.
4) Online activation is no more difficult to crack than any others. See: random torrent sites, newsgroups, various p2p utilities
I couldn't agree more. Why do I have a PC... 1) email 2) downloading stuff 3) irc / various chat programs Why do I have a PC with Windows installed... 1) Games I don't understand the whole "they should make a linux version#@!" or people getting linux to run on thier Xbox or PS2. Who gives a shit? The 2% of people who use that OS? I would imagine that creating a linux version of software entails lots of new coding and testing - which ultimately leads to more products to support. Why bother. Windows may or may not be the right answer, but currently it's the most popular. It would stand to reason that using it provides you with the broadest range of entertainment options on the PC.
HL1 is a fluke - you know how many games I play from 6 years ago that were on a PC...huh, whats that? None? Oh yeah, that's right. And if CounterStrike (which I don't play) didn't exist, the same would be true for a lot of people.
Sorry, the whole, the developer/publisher/whoever won't support a one-off piece of software in 25 years arguement is crap. Hacks will come out now, although, you will have to be online to get them...so I don't see the difference between obtaining a crack or just using Steam. Oh yeah, I forgot, Steam is a CIA run program used to track the skills of everyone not playing America's Army. My bad.
In a perfect world, when it is no longer supported, the company will release an official crack (but they probably won't). But you know what? We will have all moved on to the new hotness...
Much like probably 99% of the PC gamer world, I don't upgrade my PC and video card every two years to play old games. And before you try to blast me out of the water as some kind of n00b, I've been a gamer since the Atari 2600, so I'm not some fly-by-night-the-psx-rulez-2D-sucks kind of guy.