This is HD we're talking about. Presumably they' be capable of 720p or (hopefully) 1080p, and not be doing interlaced screen shots.
So 60 frames per second.
And fwiw, even regular tv isn't 30 fps, it is 29.97. That slight drop was introduced when color TV came around. It necessitates doing "Drop Frame" calculation to find out how many frames there are in, say, 30 minutes of video. You drop 2 frames every 10 minutes or something like that, video software does it for you, but it needs to be done or else you'd creep increasingly out of sync with your daily schedule...
I had a sega CDX, kind of a portable sega/sega CD in a rolled together unit (which by the way could play music for about half an hour on two AA batteries), enjoyed some of the games for it (Dark Wizard and Tomcat Alley were both good), but when the 32x came out I had one on preorder, went to the store to get it, halfway to the car noticed a sticker stating it would not work with the CDX. Though tempted to try it anyway didn't want to risk it, turned around, got my refund. Thought to myself what the heck was I doing spending this much on an obviously intermediate tech stage instead of the next thing coming around, saw that sega was trying to temporarily lure customers to this when it wasn't even their plan for more than a year at best. Never bought another sega product...
I hope this and other stuff like this works before I get my onset... as a kid I had a bad habit of chewing aluminum can tabs, and I'm sure significan quantities broke off over the years...
I played in the first one, really enjoyed it for a time (especially the non-obtrusive client that let you do whatever else you wanted while it ran, a good things ince many tasks involved long wait times).
I didn't mind the lack of combat. There was plenty of challenge. I loved the ability to influence the game's design. However, finding a good spot always seemed a challenge, it seemed the good ones in the starting areas got gobbled up quickly, even given the relatively small playerbase... and the main frustration I had in time was the insanity of trying to compete in challenges with large well organized guilds. FOr example, I remember a challenge to make a tower taller than all in the area. The first one was easy, the next had to top that, and so on. In time it required weeks of resource collecting to top the next one, and people, once they were doing it, would routinely exceed the previous height considerably, taking out several tiers in the process. Your only hope was to find an area where no one had done so yet, and that quickly got snapped up...
The camel thing... that was another insanity. Whoever had the most straw in an open camel pen at midnight when the camels spawned got a free camel (which ate all that straw). Presumably the camel was then too fat to escape via the open gate. Because routinely insane amounts of grain, enough to feed the entire nation of egypt several times over were not enough to compete with guilds that had acres of harvesting combines all pumping straw into one pen just to outdo the others.
And these were relatively early things in my game experience, i never got near pyramids, optics, fireworks, lasers, and so on... I can only imagine how those went...
I tend to solo a lot in games. Its what I like to do. And I found the game to be solo-unfriendly. I don't want to get into the then-why-do-you-play-mmorpgs argument, I do like to interact, between long bouts of solo time. That's just my playstyle...
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I agree completely.
I strut and fret my hours within the world
And then am heard no more: it is a game
designed by an idiot, full of towns and furries,
Signifying nothing.
I bought a lot of their stuff over the years. I ran a palladium fantasy RPG game in the early 90s, then Rifts later on, as well as some Robotech, TMNT and so on. The settings were cool. The differnt types of magic (especially circles and wards) were very cool.
HOwever, as many have noted, the mechanics were not. They were on par with 2nd edition D&D, but 3rd edition was clearly superior. I did like their XP system, and still use some facets of that in other games i run.
At some point the Rifts world books (of which there are a ton) seemed like each one was trying to top the previous, to the point of extremes. I think when Atlantis came out they described a creature that lives at the bottom of the sea in the Pacific with tentatcles long enough to reach around south america, up the atlantic, and slap someone in england, I knew it was getting out of control. I haven't bought one of their books in half a dozen years, but didn't see anything to suggest that trend hadn't continued...
In just about every case I found other game systems and mechanics I preferred to Palladium's, and have moved on. Still, I have some fondness for the good times I had with their games, and hope they pull through.
I still remember their sourcebook that had homosexuality as a possible result on the "insanity" chart. (that's right, due to a failed saving throw, you are now....) Later prints had a sticker covering that up and replacing it with another insanity, and later reprintings finally changed it. sigh... can't help but chuckle...
So instead of ruining one man's life, they can ruin dozens. Every person named Steve Jones who has two kids and doesn't talk about what he does is now a possible lightspeed.
The fact that the article doesn't even mention the AMD/Intel issue costs it considerable credibility in my opinion.
I think it is definitely one of the primary obstacles facing Dell in this regard. Alienware had already gone outside the coolradar for many (including me) when Dell bought them, but its acquisition was like the final straw.
"but you are the man". Exactly.
I know its just (science) fiction, but it is a rather good book, about a woman who was blind since birth attempting to see via a device and going quite insane.
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If it was released to the public, its not a candidate anymore.
Why do I picture some swiss guy up in a mountain bellowing about this?
If there is an add-on HD-DVD module.... there is no reason why it can't have an HDMI port on it, allowing all 360s the same output capability...
This is HD we're talking about. Presumably they' be capable of 720p or (hopefully) 1080p, and not be doing interlaced screen shots. So 60 frames per second. And fwiw, even regular tv isn't 30 fps, it is 29.97. That slight drop was introduced when color TV came around. It necessitates doing "Drop Frame" calculation to find out how many frames there are in, say, 30 minutes of video. You drop 2 frames every 10 minutes or something like that, video software does it for you, but it needs to be done or else you'd creep increasingly out of sync with your daily schedule...
hmmm any others?
I had a sega CDX, kind of a portable sega/sega CD in a rolled together unit (which by the way could play music for about half an hour on two AA batteries), enjoyed some of the games for it (Dark Wizard and Tomcat Alley were both good), but when the 32x came out I had one on preorder, went to the store to get it, halfway to the car noticed a sticker stating it would not work with the CDX. Though tempted to try it anyway didn't want to risk it, turned around, got my refund. Thought to myself what the heck was I doing spending this much on an obviously intermediate tech stage instead of the next thing coming around, saw that sega was trying to temporarily lure customers to this when it wasn't even their plan for more than a year at best. Never bought another sega product...
Since their users haven't had to develop antivirus instincts, are they more susceptable to a catastrophic plague in the future?
I hope this and other stuff like this works before I get my onset... as a kid I had a bad habit of chewing aluminum can tabs, and I'm sure significan quantities broke off over the years...
I played in the first one, really enjoyed it for a time (especially the non-obtrusive client that let you do whatever else you wanted while it ran, a good things ince many tasks involved long wait times).
I didn't mind the lack of combat. There was plenty of challenge. I loved the ability to influence the game's design. However, finding a good spot always seemed a challenge, it seemed the good ones in the starting areas got gobbled up quickly, even given the relatively small playerbase... and the main frustration I had in time was the insanity of trying to compete in challenges with large well organized guilds. FOr example, I remember a challenge to make a tower taller than all in the area. The first one was easy, the next had to top that, and so on. In time it required weeks of resource collecting to top the next one, and people, once they were doing it, would routinely exceed the previous height considerably, taking out several tiers in the process. Your only hope was to find an area where no one had done so yet, and that quickly got snapped up...
The camel thing... that was another insanity. Whoever had the most straw in an open camel pen at midnight when the camels spawned got a free camel (which ate all that straw). Presumably the camel was then too fat to escape via the open gate. Because routinely insane amounts of grain, enough to feed the entire nation of egypt several times over were not enough to compete with guilds that had acres of harvesting combines all pumping straw into one pen just to outdo the others.
And these were relatively early things in my game experience, i never got near pyramids, optics, fireworks, lasers, and so on... I can only imagine how those went...
I tend to solo a lot in games. Its what I like to do. And I found the game to be solo-unfriendly. I don't want to get into the then-why-do-you-play-mmorpgs argument, I do like to interact, between long bouts of solo time. That's just my playstyle...
So, what has changed on this front?
And the answer isn't YEAH RLY!
I suppose I should read the article before commenting on this game and its name
But given the name, I feel it appropriate to shoot first before introducing myself to the content.
SATA or SCSI drives should easily handle their needs better anyway.
if it drank coca-cola or pepsi....
Who would win?
Alan Moore should hold rights to it, but he'd just sign them over to Dave Gibbons anyway....
this just opens the door to soooo many bad puns.
Although Michelle Wie would be a natural celebrity endorser.
Wonder if they'll have a normal version and a deluxe version. You know, the "royal" Wii.
I'm a poor player
I strut and fret my hours within the world
And then am heard no more: it is a game
designed by an idiot, full of towns and furries,
Signifying nothing.
I bought a lot of their stuff over the years. I ran a palladium fantasy RPG game in the early 90s, then Rifts later on, as well as some Robotech, TMNT and so on. The settings were cool. The differnt types of magic (especially circles and wards) were very cool. HOwever, as many have noted, the mechanics were not. They were on par with 2nd edition D&D, but 3rd edition was clearly superior. I did like their XP system, and still use some facets of that in other games i run. At some point the Rifts world books (of which there are a ton) seemed like each one was trying to top the previous, to the point of extremes. I think when Atlantis came out they described a creature that lives at the bottom of the sea in the Pacific with tentatcles long enough to reach around south america, up the atlantic, and slap someone in england, I knew it was getting out of control. I haven't bought one of their books in half a dozen years, but didn't see anything to suggest that trend hadn't continued... In just about every case I found other game systems and mechanics I preferred to Palladium's, and have moved on. Still, I have some fondness for the good times I had with their games, and hope they pull through. I still remember their sourcebook that had homosexuality as a possible result on the "insanity" chart. (that's right, due to a failed saving throw, you are now....) Later prints had a sticker covering that up and replacing it with another insanity, and later reprintings finally changed it. sigh... can't help but chuckle...
The simulation was run to try and explain what happened to NASA's budget.
So instead of ruining one man's life, they can ruin dozens. Every person named Steve Jones who has two kids and doesn't talk about what he does is now a possible lightspeed.
The fact that the article doesn't even mention the AMD/Intel issue costs it considerable credibility in my opinion. I think it is definitely one of the primary obstacles facing Dell in this regard. Alienware had already gone outside the coolradar for many (including me) when Dell bought them, but its acquisition was like the final straw. "but you are the man". Exactly.
Those were the guys that fought the CORE, right?
I know its just (science) fiction, but it is a rather good book, about a woman who was blind since birth attempting to see via a device and going quite insane.
This will not work on cubicle furniture.