Hasn't nVidia been talking about using the GPU for video acceleration since the GeForce 5 came out? I don't understand why this isn't already available...
The PS2 would smooth the textures out, but that's it....there were still jaggies, hell most of the PS2 games had jaggies. Still, think about, playing FF9 at a higher resolution with 4, or even 8x FSAA... Hell, think about playing FFX with Higher res/FSAA.....that would be awesome!
Maybe they plan on discontinuing the Flash series so that SVG powered sites can take over in their stead?...lol Probably not, but the combination of SVG being built into Firefox and Opera now along with their continued lack of 64bit support sure ain't gonna help 'em out too much;)
It's funny...ya know, when I wrote this article, I specifically ended it by stating how I was already aware of my options to re-encode/transcode, get an external player and attach it to a jack, or install some sort of file server in my car, yet if you look up at the majority of these posts they go on to suggest these things to me like I've never heard of them. Thanks guys...this has been alot of help;)
It's always funny to me as well how so many people are so quick to write off vorbis. About 7 years or so ago many people would have told you it was crazy to expect a plain jane car stereo to be able to read Mp3s, let alone a CDR, but look at things now. If people would just stick to their guns and wait it out, it would happen...giving up will never get you anywhere. I hate how apathetic most people are these days...
To those few people who actually gave relevent replies, thank you.
What we need is an open source alternative to Steam. Something that's multiplatform and lacks all the annoying DRM type crap that makes people hate using steam... Building it on top of bit torrent would be a very good idea too. Anyone interested in making this a reality, or has anyone already started on it???
I'm a guy and I enjoy looking at the women too, but it is a little riduculous the volume of booth babes there are at these shows. Sure there are booth dudes too...but what purpose do they serve beyond eye candy? Now if these ladies are actually knowlegable about the product their advertising and can answer questions and such..sure, keep 'em (like the ones at the Nintendo booth)...but if they're just there so your local EB/Gamestop/Walmart guy can have his picture taken with him, let that guy just goto a strip club and get it over with.
I've been to E3 once and I wasn't nearly as impressed as I thought I'd be... In all reality you can get to just about every booth and check everything out in a day-day and a half.
As E3 serves many purposes I kind of like the idea of having only certain people on certain days. On the first day I'd only allow "real" industry people, ie developers/publishers...not retail people;) So strictly business can occur on that first day, and I suppose let the media/news types in that day too. Then on the second day I'd open it up a little more to allow the extended industry people which are currently allowed to attend, like the blockbuster and walmart guys...and then the third day I'd open it to the public like they do at TGS in Japan;)
So with this setup you'd let the major industry guys and media get down to business the first day and unveil their big products to the world (and competitors). It wouldn't be nearly as crowded with out the retail type guys which probably make up half the population of current E3's...and would also cut back on the swag-mongers or whatever they called them. Then the second day would be just like it currently is, and the then of course the third day, anyone willing to pay for a ticket can come check everything out. This would pretty well cover the bases of what E3 is intended for and has become but in a much more orderly fashion...
This is why most newer distros are using other package managers these days. Debian's apt and Gentoo's Portage do alot more dependency checking and just seem to work much better in general. I've heard good things about Pacman too, but never used it. RPM is slowly but surely going to die out unless they completely revamp how it works. If you can, I'd suggest just looking for a.package as they generally work with almost any distro with very little effort.;)
I second the suggestion of Autopackage. It's easily the best way to install high level software on Linux. Virtually every distro works with it, and it's easy enough for anyone to use with out having to read a bunch of docs first.
I've been using Autopackage for all of my installs whenever there's a.package available and it works great! I've used it with both Ubuntu, Fedora and Gentoo so far personally.
Do notice how he asks "any to add/remove?" at the end.... this takes it from "flamebait" to not so well informed. The best way would probably be to just take a look at the top 10 distros on DistroWatch.com
I still can't believe he left off both Ubuntu and Gentoo though...lol
I'm sure your points are somewhat accurate, but here's the funny thing... None of the money I make is taxed...lol. I work for my school, and the only taxes I have to pay are sales tax, which drug dealers have to pay now and then too;)
Besides that, I think you've missed the point of the statement...
The second part of that quote was not directly involving the "skimpy outfits" issue. That was a general statement. What women wear or look like in a game is probably a pretty small factor in comparison to everything else. The "doom of the game industry" comes from there being an extreme lack of fun games to play and originality in the industry. 95% of all games released today fall into one of two categories, war or sports.
I always find it ironic and humorous when people make fun of people that read Slashdot via a comment on Slashdot. And with your registered user account too...
Yeah, I'm not saying that all sex and t&a in games needs to disappear...it just shouldn't be the status quo. That stuff will always exist somewhere because people want it... What we don't want is to be beat over the head with it like your perfect example from BG2;)
These sort of articles won't go away until there's some massive change in the industry. Now is it gaming's fault? Probably not since movies/tv/advertisements all pull the same punches... But does that make it right? no. The main problem is our apathetic culture. Because the majority of people today don't care about much of anything, they try to tear down the ones who are trying to take a stand.
I constantly hear people talk about how Nintendo's still inovating...blah blah blah. Just look at what they're doing with Zelda. Wind Waker didn't sell nearly as much as they thought it would, so now they're going to a more realistic version to try to beef up sales. If enough gamers complained that Zelda's tits didn't jiggle enough, I'm sure they'd bend over and do that too. Nintendo is not gaming's savior...not this time. The industry is to big for a single company to make much of a difference. It's people's mindset that will have to make the difference...and until that changes, you'll be stuck reading articles just like this one every week from the few of us who still give a shit about quality and God-forbid...art.
Just because crack and herion are big money makers, does that mean we should all sell it? I know it's more of a problem with our apathetic culture than anything else, but it doesn't mean people have to keep contributing to it. There's a time and place for porn, but not every movie/game/ad/whatever should be trying to achieve the same goals. I want to throw up everytime I see those tire commercials with "sexy people" dancing in the rain...What the fuck does that have to do with your tires? lol
I've known lots of women who would refuse to play certain games because of the way the women looked or were treated in a game. If developers just want to aim their games at half the market, I guess we should let them go ahead and shoot themselves in the foot, but if gaming's ever going to become a truely mainstream entertainment medium, we're gonna have to diversify. Sure people say the games industry makes more money than the movie industry, but that's because we charge $50 (and now $60) a pop while a movie ticket is usually below $10 and DVDs are usually about $20.
I guess I'm the only one here who agreed with most of this article? Games may be blowing up right now, but they're about to go completely stale if current trends continue. It's sad when I spend most of my time playing old SNES/Genesis games because there are hardly any decent games coming out today. And these sort of articles aren't going to stop until some change happens.
The only thing I didn't quite agree with is that games shouldn't be as epic/cinematic. As while I do agree with this when it comes to simple platformers and action games, I've yelled out "just hurry up and get to the game" during numerous cinematics for those sort of games, as I'm sure everyone has at some point. But a game like Final Fantasy would blow ass without it's epic story and grandiose cinematics. It should really depend on the game itself whether this is a problem or not, as while he makes it sound like a general one...
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Hasn't nVidia been talking about using the GPU for video acceleration since the GeForce 5 came out? I don't understand why this isn't already available...
The PS2 would smooth the textures out, but that's it....there were still jaggies, hell most of the PS2 games had jaggies. Still, think about, playing FF9 at a higher resolution with 4, or even 8x FSAA... Hell, think about playing FFX with Higher res/FSAA.....that would be awesome!
Here's what I'm expecting as far as upgrades go...
Halo 1:
-Higher Resolution
-Better Antialiasing
-Anisotropic Filtering on the Textures
-Better Framerates
Halo 2:
-Higher Resolution
-Better Antialiasing
-Anisotropic Filtering on the Textures
-Better Framerates
-The cinematics don't do that pop-in crap anymore!
As while I completely agree that open source does not always equal better, I still perfer to use it whenever possible ;)
Maybe they plan on discontinuing the Flash series so that SVG powered sites can take over in their stead?...lol Probably not, but the combination of SVG being built into Firefox and Opera now along with their continued lack of 64bit support sure ain't gonna help 'em out too much ;)
Thank you so much for the first decent piece of information anyone has given me here :)
It's funny...ya know, when I wrote this article, I specifically ended it by stating how I was already aware of my options to re-encode/transcode, get an external player and attach it to a jack, or install some sort of file server in my car, yet if you look up at the majority of these posts they go on to suggest these things to me like I've never heard of them. Thanks guys...this has been alot of help ;)
It's always funny to me as well how so many people are so quick to write off vorbis. About 7 years or so ago many people would have told you it was crazy to expect a plain jane car stereo to be able to read Mp3s, let alone a CDR, but look at things now. If people would just stick to their guns and wait it out, it would happen...giving up will never get you anywhere. I hate how apathetic most people are these days...
To those few people who actually gave relevent replies, thank you.
As a moderator you should quickly realize that your posts were pretty damn troll-ish and flame like, right? ;)
What we need is an open source alternative to Steam. Something that's multiplatform and lacks all the annoying DRM type crap that makes people hate using steam... Building it on top of bit torrent would be a very good idea too. Anyone interested in making this a reality, or has anyone already started on it???
Addendum: Celebrities and whatnot would have to wait for the second day as well ;)
I'm a guy and I enjoy looking at the women too, but it is a little riduculous the volume of booth babes there are at these shows. Sure there are booth dudes too...but what purpose do they serve beyond eye candy? Now if these ladies are actually knowlegable about the product their advertising and can answer questions and such..sure, keep 'em (like the ones at the Nintendo booth)...but if they're just there so your local EB/Gamestop/Walmart guy can have his picture taken with him, let that guy just goto a strip club and get it over with.
I've been to E3 once and I wasn't nearly as impressed as I thought I'd be... In all reality you can get to just about every booth and check everything out in a day-day and a half.
;) So strictly business can occur on that first day, and I suppose let the media/news types in that day too. Then on the second day I'd open it up a little more to allow the extended industry people which are currently allowed to attend, like the blockbuster and walmart guys...and then the third day I'd open it to the public like they do at TGS in Japan ;)
As E3 serves many purposes I kind of like the idea of having only certain people on certain days. On the first day I'd only allow "real" industry people, ie developers/publishers...not retail people
So with this setup you'd let the major industry guys and media get down to business the first day and unveil their big products to the world (and competitors). It wouldn't be nearly as crowded with out the retail type guys which probably make up half the population of current E3's...and would also cut back on the swag-mongers or whatever they called them. Then the second day would be just like it currently is, and the then of course the third day, anyone willing to pay for a ticket can come check everything out. This would pretty well cover the bases of what E3 is intended for and has become but in a much more orderly fashion...
Wait isn't that the kid from that 70's show? WTF!? That's absolutely awful casting...
This is why most newer distros are using other package managers these days. Debian's apt and Gentoo's Portage do alot more dependency checking and just seem to work much better in general. I've heard good things about Pacman too, but never used it. RPM is slowly but surely going to die out unless they completely revamp how it works. If you can, I'd suggest just looking for a .package as they generally work with almost any distro with very little effort. ;)
I second the suggestion of Autopackage. It's easily the best way to install high level software on Linux. Virtually every distro works with it, and it's easy enough for anyone to use with out having to read a bunch of docs first.
.package available and it works great! I've used it with both Ubuntu, Fedora and Gentoo so far personally.
I've been using Autopackage for all of my installs whenever there's a
Do notice how he asks "any to add/remove?" at the end.... this takes it from "flamebait" to not so well informed. The best way would probably be to just take a look at the top 10 distros on DistroWatch.com
I still can't believe he left off both Ubuntu and Gentoo though...lol
Alright...everyone who hasn't already, go out and setup a Jabber account now!
I'm sure your points are somewhat accurate, but here's the funny thing... None of the money I make is taxed...lol. I work for my school, and the only taxes I have to pay are sales tax, which drug dealers have to pay now and then too ;)
Besides that, I think you've missed the point of the statement...
The second part of that quote was not directly involving the "skimpy outfits" issue. That was a general statement. What women wear or look like in a game is probably a pretty small factor in comparison to everything else. The "doom of the game industry" comes from there being an extreme lack of fun games to play and originality in the industry. 95% of all games released today fall into one of two categories, war or sports.
It looked like that Rumble Roses game...
I always find it ironic and humorous when people make fun of people that read Slashdot via a comment on Slashdot. And with your registered user account too...
Yeah, I'm not saying that all sex and t&a in games needs to disappear...it just shouldn't be the status quo. That stuff will always exist somewhere because people want it... What we don't want is to be beat over the head with it like your perfect example from BG2 ;)
These sort of articles won't go away until there's some massive change in the industry. Now is it gaming's fault? Probably not since movies/tv/advertisements all pull the same punches... But does that make it right? no. The main problem is our apathetic culture. Because the majority of people today don't care about much of anything, they try to tear down the ones who are trying to take a stand.
I constantly hear people talk about how Nintendo's still inovating...blah blah blah. Just look at what they're doing with Zelda. Wind Waker didn't sell nearly as much as they thought it would, so now they're going to a more realistic version to try to beef up sales. If enough gamers complained that Zelda's tits didn't jiggle enough, I'm sure they'd bend over and do that too. Nintendo is not gaming's savior...not this time. The industry is to big for a single company to make much of a difference. It's people's mindset that will have to make the difference...and until that changes, you'll be stuck reading articles just like this one every week from the few of us who still give a shit about quality and God-forbid...art.
Just because crack and herion are big money makers, does that mean we should all sell it? I know it's more of a problem with our apathetic culture than anything else, but it doesn't mean people have to keep contributing to it. There's a time and place for porn, but not every movie/game/ad/whatever should be trying to achieve the same goals. I want to throw up everytime I see those tire commercials with "sexy people" dancing in the rain...What the fuck does that have to do with your tires? lol
I've known lots of women who would refuse to play certain games because of the way the women looked or were treated in a game. If developers just want to aim their games at half the market, I guess we should let them go ahead and shoot themselves in the foot, but if gaming's ever going to become a truely mainstream entertainment medium, we're gonna have to diversify. Sure people say the games industry makes more money than the movie industry, but that's because we charge $50 (and now $60) a pop while a movie ticket is usually below $10 and DVDs are usually about $20.
I guess I'm the only one here who agreed with most of this article? Games may be blowing up right now, but they're about to go completely stale if current trends continue. It's sad when I spend most of my time playing old SNES/Genesis games because there are hardly any decent games coming out today. And these sort of articles aren't going to stop until some change happens.
The only thing I didn't quite agree with is that games shouldn't be as epic/cinematic. As while I do agree with this when it comes to simple platformers and action games, I've yelled out "just hurry up and get to the game" during numerous cinematics for those sort of games, as I'm sure everyone has at some point. But a game like Final Fantasy would blow ass without it's epic story and grandiose cinematics. It should really depend on the game itself whether this is a problem or not, as while he makes it sound like a general one...