I believe it was expected earlier that MS would shift the Xbox to $150, then $130 (in the summer) and finally $100 on the eve of Xbox 2 (Nextbox, whatever).
At $150 this is certainly tempting and I'm pretty torn.
Sony will likely drop to $150 as well, but what about gamecube? How low can that go? Likely not much lower. It is more likely that Nintendo will bundle things with the cube at the $99 price, perhaps games or controllers or even the wavebird.
'Focused [game-only] publishers will always lead us in making the best games... It's just not as important for a [diversified into films/TV] company like Warner to really try hard in a area that, in the end, doesn't mean life or death to their company.'"
I think diversification is good. Look at a company like 3Drealms, the critics in this case. They haven't diversified (to my knowledge) and they solely make games. And yet, DNF hasn't shown up yet. They don't appear to be "really trying hard".
On the other hand, a large movie/tv company has easy access to its properties (movies, tv, music) and usually has the capital to hire good game designers. It's not like we look at Warner Brothers and think "When they make a movie they take all their resources away from their other divisions."
Warner is a big company, I'm sure the games division will not overlap the other divisions and will exist on its own yet share accounting and intellectual properties of the other divisions.
I meant to send a letter explaining why I was not renewing my subscription, but I never got around to it. I hope they're reading this.
No, they aren't. That's the whole point of sending the letter. If you are upset by the magazine's content, you should let them know directly. It may not make an impact on the magazine, but the editors will know they have screwed up.
Congrats! You got a Score: 1, Troll, at least as I'm posting.
However, you are absolutely correct. I read the blurb and the poster's comments and thought: "How the hell does Open Source or SCO factor into a futuristic 'Law and Order'?"
Seriously, I will do a post about March Madness or the Final Four and perhaps add: "But will the winning university switch from Microsoft to Linux in their campus library? Only time will tell."
I agree it's being heavily built-up but it certainly hasn't lost its soul. After living in both the midwest and the east, I can say Oregon still has a soul beating fairly strong. Once we kick out the &%^&*^*^*!@ developers, Oregon will be fully alive once more.
Good point mustandsal66. I probably disagree with your politics, but I agree with your overall point that the parent is wrong.
In general, I think you also have to be logically consistent. If you are a strict constructionist (as many Bush-lovers are) you pretty much could only have the guns that existed at the time of the constitution or you'd be pretty logically inconsitent (yes on the exact law for everything else, but that whole arms and militia thing we can be a little wavy on).
Also, there are many countries in the world without guns that are not dictatorships and vice versa. But it was a great argument while it lasted.
The point was that he used a machine introduced in 1989. A machine that (as a poster points out below) runs at 25MHz using '030 processor. An old, old, old machine. Reading the article, I didn't see any mention of the new machines he is using.
But congrats on extrapolating a line in an article to an entire cultural rant.
Perhaps because Castle Wolfenstein wasn't an FPS? It had an overhead view and your goal (if I remember correctly) was to plant a bomb to kill Hitler while avoiding the guards. This was back on an Apple II, so I may be wrong.
I believe it has been ported to the Unreal engine, which is close enough. I believe it is called Marathon: Resurrection. There is also Aleph 1, an OpenGL port of Marathon.
You can always try: http://marathon.bungie.org/ or http://resurrecti on.bungie.org/index.html
It was the gay martians that killed JFK. How could Desi Arnaz have killed JFK when he was so busy running the entire stock market? Some people... jeez!
My argument is outside of the government. The market has decided the fate of games that are violent or feautre sex just for the sake of sex or violence. People hear they are bad games and stay away. In the case of BMX:XXX... far, far away.
I'm pretty sure I wasn't making a free speech argument.
Do you know who directed/wrote/produced "Stripes"? Probably not.
Actually, yes I do. It was directed by Ivan Reitman, the man behind "Ghostbusters", "Kindergarten Cop" and "Dave." He's a pretty big comedy director.
Off the top of my head, I think Harold Ramis (sp?) was one of the actors in Stripes and I think he helped write it. He has also written such films as Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters and Analyze This. He's also an actor in Ghostbusters. Mind you, this is without the aid of IMDB.
You're right, though, I have no idea who produced it.
This proves that more violence doesn't necessarily make a game better.
People hem and haw about violent videogames but games like GTA are good games with violence put in.
On the other hand, excessive games like Manhunt and BMX:XXX (both mentioned in the article) have pointless violence and sex that doesn't drive the game forward. In many ways, this mirrors movies: a movie like The Matrix may be violent but has a decent story behind it. Other action films feature a lot of violence but lack a decent hook.
Violence may sell, but when the consumer realizes the lack of anything besides the violence, the game stops selling. BMX:XXX tanked, to my knowledge, as did DOA:Extreme Beach Volleyball. I think its too early to say about Manhunt (which is widely regarded as really disgusting and way too far, even by gamers).
From the article: two-hour movie (fit onto a 128 MB flash cartridge
That's roughly 1MB a minute, not too shabby compression though probably really tiny resolution. Considering that the cartridges for the DS are likely to be proprietary, don't get your hopes up that you'll be able to toss your own movies on the system. In addition, Nintendo will have to scare up some relationships with hollywood to get movie rights.
All in all, it sounds like this one will likely sputter out due to the (likely) proprietary nature of both the cartridges and the movie compression and the difficulty of getting studios to sign onto a new format (does anyone remember how FEW 8mm hollywood movies were released (meant to compete with VHS late in the game)).
Considering I'm using a B&W G3 350 would you like to trade to see what a definition of slow is? Or, better yet, borrow my Powerbook 140 for a good side by side comparison between the two portables.
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At $150 this is certainly tempting and I'm pretty torn.
Sony will likely drop to $150 as well, but what about gamecube? How low can that go? Likely not much lower. It is more likely that Nintendo will bundle things with the cube at the $99 price, perhaps games or controllers or even the wavebird.
I think diversification is good. Look at a company like 3Drealms, the critics in this case. They haven't diversified (to my knowledge) and they solely make games. And yet, DNF hasn't shown up yet. They don't appear to be "really trying hard".
On the other hand, a large movie/tv company has easy access to its properties (movies, tv, music) and usually has the capital to hire good game designers. It's not like we look at Warner Brothers and think "When they make a movie they take all their resources away from their other divisions."
Warner is a big company, I'm sure the games division will not overlap the other divisions and will exist on its own yet share accounting and intellectual properties of the other divisions.
No, they aren't. That's the whole point of sending the letter. If you are upset by the magazine's content, you should let them know directly. It may not make an impact on the magazine, but the editors will know they have screwed up.
However, you are absolutely correct. I read the blurb and the poster's comments and thought: "How the hell does Open Source or SCO factor into a futuristic 'Law and Order'?"
Seriously, I will do a post about March Madness or the Final Four and perhaps add: "But will the winning university switch from Microsoft to Linux in their campus library? Only time will tell."
It's about respect.
Try respecting women, you may find they treat you better in turn.
I agree it's being heavily built-up but it certainly hasn't lost its soul. After living in both the midwest and the east, I can say Oregon still has a soul beating fairly strong. Once we kick out the &%^&*^*^*!@ developers, Oregon will be fully alive once more.
There may be nuts but the natural beauty makes you forget all about them.
Great sig, it brought back that whole movie.
What fake dog poop?
How do you get from the above that to be logically consistent means to end all gun control laws. Are you a member of a well-regulated militia?
In general, I think you also have to be logically consistent. If you are a strict constructionist (as many Bush-lovers are) you pretty much could only have the guns that existed at the time of the constitution or you'd be pretty logically inconsitent (yes on the exact law for everything else, but that whole arms and militia thing we can be a little wavy on).
Also, there are many countries in the world without guns that are not dictatorships and vice versa. But it was a great argument while it lasted.
The point was that he used a machine introduced in 1989. A machine that (as a poster points out below) runs at 25MHz using '030 processor. An old, old, old machine. Reading the article, I didn't see any mention of the new machines he is using.
But congrats on extrapolating a line in an article to an entire cultural rant.
http://www.wolf3d.co.uk/castlewolfenstein.php
It seems to me this is the game I'm thinking of and it certainly is not a First Person Shooter
.Perhaps because Castle Wolfenstein wasn't an FPS? It had an overhead view and your goal (if I remember correctly) was to plant a bomb to kill Hitler while avoiding the guards. This was back on an Apple II, so I may be wrong.
You can always try: http://marathon.bungie.org/i on.bungie.org/index.html
or
http://resurrect
Actually, not to nitpick, but the line is:
What did the five fingers say to the face?
Slap!
But perhaps Sam and Max 2Fast2Furious will reach stores.
It was the gay martians that killed JFK. How could Desi Arnaz have killed JFK when he was so busy running the entire stock market? Some people... jeez!
I'm pretty sure I wasn't making a free speech argument.
Actually, yes I do. It was directed by Ivan Reitman, the man behind "Ghostbusters", "Kindergarten Cop" and "Dave." He's a pretty big comedy director.
Off the top of my head, I think Harold Ramis (sp?) was one of the actors in Stripes and I think he helped write it. He has also written such films as Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters and Analyze This. He's also an actor in Ghostbusters. Mind you, this is without the aid of IMDB.
You're right, though, I have no idea who produced it.
People hem and haw about violent videogames but games like GTA are good games with violence put in.
On the other hand, excessive games like Manhunt and BMX:XXX (both mentioned in the article) have pointless violence and sex that doesn't drive the game forward. In many ways, this mirrors movies: a movie like The Matrix may be violent but has a decent story behind it. Other action films feature a lot of violence but lack a decent hook.
Violence may sell, but when the consumer realizes the lack of anything besides the violence, the game stops selling. BMX:XXX tanked, to my knowledge, as did DOA:Extreme Beach Volleyball. I think its too early to say about Manhunt (which is widely regarded as really disgusting and way too far, even by gamers).
Halo: Combat Evolved, SimCity 4, The Sims (and sequels), Command & Conquer: Generals, Age of Empires II, Northland, Activision Anthology, Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc, ToySight, Championship Manager 03/04, Wakeboarding Unleashed, Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness.
C&C Generals and Tomb Raider are definitely not out for mac yet. Until they are, I don't think its safe to say they're "available."
I don't know about AoE II, Northland, or ToySight.
Halo, Sims, Sim City 4, Wakeboarding Unleased, and Rayman 3 all certainly exist for the mac.
Wow, are you a bot? Because that's what it reads like.
Patrick! Didn't know they had internet access in prison, I thought you only got phone calls! Did you sneak in a laptop or something?
two-hour movie (fit onto a 128 MB flash cartridge
That's roughly 1MB a minute, not too shabby compression though probably really tiny resolution. Considering that the cartridges for the DS are likely to be proprietary, don't get your hopes up that you'll be able to toss your own movies on the system. In addition, Nintendo will have to scare up some relationships with hollywood to get movie rights.
All in all, it sounds like this one will likely sputter out due to the (likely) proprietary nature of both the cartridges and the movie compression and the difficulty of getting studios to sign onto a new format (does anyone remember how FEW 8mm hollywood movies were released (meant to compete with VHS late in the game)).
Considering I'm using a B&W G3 350 would you like to trade to see what a definition of slow is? Or, better yet, borrow my Powerbook 140 for a good side by side comparison between the two portables.
Let me know! I'll pay shipping.