Bah. If I had mod points, I would mod you down for saying something I don't want to hear. =P
But... I can't help but think that you might have a point there. However, no girl can ever destroy my dreams or passion. I am bound and determined to either die a lonely old coot, or to live a happy life with a girl who has a similar appreciation for gaming.
This is actually the first I heard of BTX, so I immediately flipped to the last page and had a look at the board. I have to say that the thing that bothers me the most about it, is the apparent lack of expansion slots. I only saw one slot, which was probably PCI-X?
I sincerely hope that this does not mean the end of expansion cards. Because if it DOES, I am just going to say goodbye to Windows, and get a Mac. It defeats the main advantage of a PC if I can't upgrade whenever I see fit.
I think it's completely stupid that a game news site gets their panties in a twist when another game site takes a scan/picture of a game that neither of them owns, and uses it for whatever purpose.
And likewise, I think it's equally stupid that artist who make pictures for Linux get upset when Linux developers use their pictures. I mean, it gets to a point where we should just keep our stuff to ourselves if we are THAT concerned about someone using it for something that you didn't intend.
Yeah yeah, I know. Beating a dead horse, and being hopelessly idealistic. But I really do think that people need to just step back once in a while and take a good long thought if what they are doing is worth it, or if it's just plain pointless to even be thinking about it.
You know... I think I see your point. Maybe I'm just jealous that my own University doesn't even have a second graphics class. =( But when you put it like that, yeah, I see your point.
Homebrew games have been around since the Atari days. I honestly don't see what's so newsworthy about this.
But that being said, my homebrew system of choice is the GBA. It's easy enough to program for, (in fact, it makes game programming quite dreamlike.) and it's powerful enough to do some pretty cool stuff. I recently bought a flash cart for it as well... cost me almost $200, but I think it will be worth it when one of my projects gets close to reaching completion.
Sorry, no I don't. I have a half finished 2D sidescroller engine... some story ideas, a few sprites, and I think I can get the support of an artist and musician. That's nothing really presentable.
Right now I am just trying to find time to finish coding my mapping tools, and then I am going to finish my background class, and performance tweak absolutely anything that isn't nailed down. From there I can actually start making a real game. My biggest enemy right now is work... (10 hours a day, 5 days a week)
That would indeed be very cool. However, as a 3rd party accessory, it's doubtful that many (any) games would use it.
And the game you are talking about is Boktai. It's also out in North America now. =)
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I'm flattered actually, that you would think that I am a real developer, or capable of building such a device.
The truth of the matter is that I just came across the gadget from gcadvanced.com, and I thought it would be cool to mention it to Slashdot.
I have a rather extensive knowledge of the GBA hardware, as I homebrew some stuff on the console. It just kind of goes with the territory. I don't have anything to really show for it though, as all my projects are still works in progress. The truth of the matter is that I am still merely a 3rd year Computer Science major, and not really capable of a whole lot yet.
Zork, Eternal Darkness. Zork... Eternal Darkness.... Yup. I have to say that the bar has been raised since then by QUITE a bit. There is absolutely no way that Zork comes even close to Eternal Darkness in storytelling.
Xenogears was awesome. I was hoping someone would mention it in here. I actually didn't mind Xenogear's second disc though. By that time the gameplay was becoming fairly repetitive, but I had been up for like 35 hours or so playing the game because I NEEDED to know what happened next. I needed the break.;-)
I disagree. I don't think that a movie watcher can really connect with the character on the screen. When playing a game, it's entirely different, as you assume the role of that character.
Think of Silent Hill for a good example. The story is subliminal, and very twisted. You really get inside the heads of the main characters, and of course you feel genuine fear at times, as save points are few and far between, and there's a giant piece of unknown territory between you and that save point.
If you ask me, video games are the perfect means with which to tell a story, as you can draw the player in like no other format. You have the text based "mind reading" ability of a book, but you have the gritty reality of a movie. It's the best of both worlds.
I want you to do something for me. Go play Eternal Darkness, and then go play Silent Hill 1, 2, or 3.
Eternal Darkness was released since then, and I think that it was clearly the superior in terms of storytelling. Metal Gear Solid was like a traditional spy story, while Eternal Darkness was a psychological thriller that operated on so many levels it wasn't even funny. Silent Hill 2 also deserves some respect.
But don't get me wrong. Metal Gear Solid is definitely in my top 5 of all time.
Back in the day, we didn't need all those shiny graphics that we have today. We had text, a good story, and that's the way we liked it. You can keep your mindless shoot em ups. These young pups don't have any respect for the old ways.
Well, no. That's not what I mean at all. What I am trying to say is that by my logic, this is much like if I decided to write some developer documentation for Mozilla, but threw a fit if someone actually dared include it with Mozilla.
To make it even more clear, let's say that the artist mentioned had written a storybook featuring Tux. Then I would accept well enough that he wouldn't want anyone copying his book. But since a few icons were used, it would be more like someone throwing a fit and complaining that someone quoted you. I mean, it's respectful to say where the quote came from, but if someone decided to quote me without mentioning that I was the one who said it, I wouldn't really care.
I understand that artists have got to eat too, but really...
I mean, I hate to sound heartless, but the artist drew pictures advocating a completely free and open source OS. It would just therefore stand to reason that his artwork would be free as well.
It's like the new Firefox logo. I don't get that either. Is it really proper to allow artists to make money off of GPLed code? It may very well be legal, but I don't think it's right.
1) Firefox
2) Winamp
3) Trillian
4) Winrar
5) Motherboard Monitor //start feeling human again at this point
6) 3DMark
7) PowerDVD
8) Thunderbird
9) Photoshop
10) Visual Studio
I generally reformat about once every 6 months. I used to reformat once a month when I ran Windows 98, but XP is stable enough that I am usually able to go a few months before it starts chugging.
We emulate old games because they can be run better on newer systems, or they are no longer available to buy. The problem that I'm having with this is that most of the best SNES games have already been ported over to GBA, and can be bought in many stores. There are a few noteable exceptions, but I honestly don't see much reason to go out of your way to run SNES stuff other than the sheer geek factor. But there are some things that just shouldn't be done.
But it's also important to remember that by making your GBA SNES compatible, you are breaking GBA compatibility. GBA games are coded for very specific specs. If a developer has timed something to the GBA's CPU, you are going to have some rather serious timing issues. The display is usually timed to the vblank, and I would need to check on the DMA controller, but sound samples might be played at too fast of a rate. Sound on a GBA is done by feeding the DMA controller the data, and the address of the sound FIFO, and the rate at which the samples are to be played. I am unsure if the timers in this case would be running too fast. I am leaning toward YES.
This sounds an awful lot like that "rock and roll" all the young pups are talking about. Likewise, it takes little talent to perform, as all it is is a bunch of grunting and screaming and loud crashing. It will never take off I tell you, as sooner or later people will realize that these rock stars are a bunch of no talent losers who couldn't play music to save their lives.
I'm not religious in the slightest. But I suppose if there were popups abound on the site, it would show once and for all that Mozilla is the holier browser.;-)
Yeah, the thought had crossed my mind as well. I am always suspicious of easy money like that, but I would at least give it a try, if it meant a chance of getting some food.
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This summer I was living on about 5 bags of ramen a day, and was in danger of losing a place to live. About all I had to my name was my PC, and a free internet connection.
As much as I hate spam, if I was ever in the same situation again, I would sign up for this in a heartbeat. $720 per month is more than I would make with a legitimate part time job (considering that I am a student, making Canadian money). Spam isn't going away, and I would be more than willing to run the risk of losing friends, and making enemies of perfect strangers if it meant putting food on my table, and giving me a roof to live under.
At the moment however, I am doing fine, and in spite of the nice things I could buy with $1000 a month, I will not be signing up for this, as I value my principles more than material goods.
Just something to keep in mind before slamming people who give CPU time to this cause.
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Bah. If I had mod points, I would mod you down for saying something I don't want to hear. =P
But... I can't help but think that you might have a point there. However, no girl can ever destroy my dreams or passion. I am bound and determined to either die a lonely old coot, or to live a happy life with a girl who has a similar appreciation for gaming.
This is actually the first I heard of BTX, so I immediately flipped to the last page and had a look at the board. I have to say that the thing that bothers me the most about it, is the apparent lack of expansion slots. I only saw one slot, which was probably PCI-X?
I sincerely hope that this does not mean the end of expansion cards. Because if it DOES, I am just going to say goodbye to Windows, and get a Mac. It defeats the main advantage of a PC if I can't upgrade whenever I see fit.
and... building a huge bridge with a bunch of supports in the valley... solves this how?
I think it's completely stupid that a game news site gets their panties in a twist when another game site takes a scan/picture of a game that neither of them owns, and uses it for whatever purpose.
And likewise, I think it's equally stupid that artist who make pictures for Linux get upset when Linux developers use their pictures. I mean, it gets to a point where we should just keep our stuff to ourselves if we are THAT concerned about someone using it for something that you didn't intend.
Yeah yeah, I know. Beating a dead horse, and being hopelessly idealistic. But I really do think that people need to just step back once in a while and take a good long thought if what they are doing is worth it, or if it's just plain pointless to even be thinking about it.
You know... I think I see your point. Maybe I'm just jealous that my own University doesn't even have a second graphics class. =( But when you put it like that, yeah, I see your point.
Homebrew games have been around since the Atari days. I honestly don't see what's so newsworthy about this.
But that being said, my homebrew system of choice is the GBA. It's easy enough to program for, (in fact, it makes game programming quite dreamlike.) and it's powerful enough to do some pretty cool stuff. I recently bought a flash cart for it as well... cost me almost $200, but I think it will be worth it when one of my projects gets close to reaching completion.
What idiot mod modded parent as offtopic? He's OBVIOUSLY found the culprits. *duh*
Sorry, no I don't. I have a half finished 2D sidescroller engine... some story ideas, a few sprites, and I think I can get the support of an artist and musician. That's nothing really presentable.
Right now I am just trying to find time to finish coding my mapping tools, and then I am going to finish my background class, and performance tweak absolutely anything that isn't nailed down. From there I can actually start making a real game. My biggest enemy right now is work... (10 hours a day, 5 days a week)
Thanks for the interest though. =)
That would indeed be very cool. However, as a 3rd party accessory, it's doubtful that many (any) games would use it.
And the game you are talking about is Boktai. It's also out in North America now. =)
I'm flattered actually, that you would think that I am a real developer, or capable of building such a device.
The truth of the matter is that I just came across the gadget from gcadvanced.com, and I thought it would be cool to mention it to Slashdot.
I have a rather extensive knowledge of the GBA hardware, as I homebrew some stuff on the console. It just kind of goes with the territory. I don't have anything to really show for it though, as all my projects are still works in progress. The truth of the matter is that I am still merely a 3rd year Computer Science major, and not really capable of a whole lot yet.
hmmm... let's see...
Zork, Eternal Darkness. Zork... Eternal Darkness.... Yup. I have to say that the bar has been raised since then by QUITE a bit. There is absolutely no way that Zork comes even close to Eternal Darkness in storytelling.
Xenogears was awesome. I was hoping someone would mention it in here. I actually didn't mind Xenogear's second disc though. By that time the gameplay was becoming fairly repetitive, but I had been up for like 35 hours or so playing the game because I NEEDED to know what happened next. I needed the break. ;-)
I disagree. I don't think that a movie watcher can really connect with the character on the screen. When playing a game, it's entirely different, as you assume the role of that character.
Think of Silent Hill for a good example. The story is subliminal, and very twisted. You really get inside the heads of the main characters, and of course you feel genuine fear at times, as save points are few and far between, and there's a giant piece of unknown territory between you and that save point.
If you ask me, video games are the perfect means with which to tell a story, as you can draw the player in like no other format. You have the text based "mind reading" ability of a book, but you have the gritty reality of a movie. It's the best of both worlds.
I want you to do something for me. Go play Eternal Darkness, and then go play Silent Hill 1, 2, or 3.
Eternal Darkness was released since then, and I think that it was clearly the superior in terms of storytelling. Metal Gear Solid was like a traditional spy story, while Eternal Darkness was a psychological thriller that operated on so many levels it wasn't even funny. Silent Hill 2 also deserves some respect.
But don't get me wrong. Metal Gear Solid is definitely in my top 5 of all time.
Back in the day, we didn't need all those shiny graphics that we have today. We had text, a good story, and that's the way we liked it. You can keep your mindless shoot em ups. These young pups don't have any respect for the old ways.
Well, no. That's not what I mean at all. What I am trying to say is that by my logic, this is much like if I decided to write some developer documentation for Mozilla, but threw a fit if someone actually dared include it with Mozilla.
To make it even more clear, let's say that the artist mentioned had written a storybook featuring Tux. Then I would accept well enough that he wouldn't want anyone copying his book. But since a few icons were used, it would be more like someone throwing a fit and complaining that someone quoted you. I mean, it's respectful to say where the quote came from, but if someone decided to quote me without mentioning that I was the one who said it, I wouldn't really care.
I understand that artists have got to eat too, but really...
I mean, I hate to sound heartless, but the artist drew pictures advocating a completely free and open source OS. It would just therefore stand to reason that his artwork would be free as well.
It's like the new Firefox logo. I don't get that either. Is it really proper to allow artists to make money off of GPLed code? It may very well be legal, but I don't think it's right.
Filezilla gets my vote of confidence as well. It does everything I need it to do and more.
1) Firefox
//start feeling human again at this point
2) Winamp
3) Trillian
4) Winrar
5) Motherboard Monitor
6) 3DMark
7) PowerDVD
8) Thunderbird
9) Photoshop
10) Visual Studio
I generally reformat about once every 6 months. I used to reformat once a month when I ran Windows 98, but XP is stable enough that I am usually able to go a few months before it starts chugging.
Of course a dedicated enough geek pedophile could find a way of spoofing the signal to lead the parents on a wild goose chase I'm sure.
Or there's a good low tech alternative. Just take off the bracelet.
We emulate old games because they can be run better on newer systems, or they are no longer available to buy. The problem that I'm having with this is that most of the best SNES games have already been ported over to GBA, and can be bought in many stores. There are a few noteable exceptions, but I honestly don't see much reason to go out of your way to run SNES stuff other than the sheer geek factor. But there are some things that just shouldn't be done.
But it's also important to remember that by making your GBA SNES compatible, you are breaking GBA compatibility. GBA games are coded for very specific specs. If a developer has timed something to the GBA's CPU, you are going to have some rather serious timing issues. The display is usually timed to the vblank, and I would need to check on the DMA controller, but sound samples might be played at too fast of a rate. Sound on a GBA is done by feeding the DMA controller the data, and the address of the sound FIFO, and the rate at which the samples are to be played. I am unsure if the timers in this case would be running too fast. I am leaning toward YES.
This sounds an awful lot like that "rock and roll" all the young pups are talking about. Likewise, it takes little talent to perform, as all it is is a bunch of grunting and screaming and loud crashing. It will never take off I tell you, as sooner or later people will realize that these rock stars are a bunch of no talent losers who couldn't play music to save their lives.
Sound familiar?
I'm not religious in the slightest. But I suppose if there were popups abound on the site, it would show once and for all that Mozilla is the holier browser. ;-)
Yeah, the thought had crossed my mind as well. I am always suspicious of easy money like that, but I would at least give it a try, if it meant a chance of getting some food.
This summer I was living on about 5 bags of ramen a day, and was in danger of losing a place to live. About all I had to my name was my PC, and a free internet connection.
As much as I hate spam, if I was ever in the same situation again, I would sign up for this in a heartbeat. $720 per month is more than I would make with a legitimate part time job (considering that I am a student, making Canadian money). Spam isn't going away, and I would be more than willing to run the risk of losing friends, and making enemies of perfect strangers if it meant putting food on my table, and giving me a roof to live under.
At the moment however, I am doing fine, and in spite of the nice things I could buy with $1000 a month, I will not be signing up for this, as I value my principles more than material goods.
Just something to keep in mind before slamming people who give CPU time to this cause.