And there's diversity in the West as well. For every Japanese rape simulator like the one you mentioned, there's a Black and White. Or a Ground Control. Or a Giants:Citizen Kabuto. Or Deus Ex. The list goes on.
Gamers in America (and possibly Europe) have tragically limited tastes in the kinds of games they would like to play.
And the Japanese don't? Considering the most popular games are the RPGS, 90% of which have exactly the same mechanics as Dragon Warrior did 20 years ago, I don't think it's just those stupid gaijin you despise who have limited taste. Ever seen the figures for sales of Western games in Japan?
Will this include the IRA, or will Blair call for it to be left off the appease Bush?(who still hasn't declared it a terrorist organisation in the US. I guess East Coast votes are more important than preventing funding for bombs and drugs)
I've got political friends who've had their closed email lists monitored by police after the heinous crimes of organising benefit gigs and leafletting GAP. They've been stopped by police photographers in London who knew their names, the group they were with, the colleges they went to and the pub they'd be going to after the demonstration. Don't think you have to be a terrorist to get on a state list and be monitored-ANY kind of attention will get you on there, and once you're on, you'll stay on.
Hate him if you want, but there's no denying that Bill Gates made PCs mainstream and accessible-with Windows 95 onwards, anyone could use a PC-no need to muck about with a terminal, or config.sys, or compile your own kernel.
I personally think this is part of the reason for the hatred by the Open Source movement-I'm old enough to remember having to actually learn to use an OS to use a PC, and I think many geeks hate him for demystifying computer use-suddenly, their skills were obsolete in the face of Plug and Play
But we haven't even got a standardised 2D desktop to compete with Windows. WTF are they doing putting the cart before the horse, and what's the point of making a resource heavy desktop for an OS that prides itself on portability?
With these nanotech memories, several startup companies are envisioning future chips mixing logic, memory and reconfigurable computing elements
Do they mention if the CPU and motherboard manufacturing companies care? Technology succeeds because of marketing, not because it's innovative or high quality-witness Betamax,
AFAIK, average royalties per box sale is about $10. No matter how impressive the technology, I can't see Half Life selling 4m copies, nor can I see a rush to license their engine when Crytek and Doom 3 will offer so much competition
1)Cultural differences. A culture founded on Confuscian ideals has few reference points with one founded on Hellenistic ones, for example. This pretty much ensures you can't outsource design. It also introduces communication difficulties between designers and coders.
2)Work ethic. Missed deadlines, shoddy work etc are mentioned in the article. What isn't mentioned is the shit approach to aftersales-Eastern European games are notorious for never being patched.
Essentially, the only real part that can be outsourced well is the art. This has already been going on for years, and it's only a logical step now to use the company in Saigon rather than the one in London-right up till Kinetix questions how the people you hired could afford the site licenses.
That's a different one-and yes, only idiots or those completely ignorant of file sizes would believe that, but a quick look at any emu site will show you that(OMG, plz emial me Final Fantasy 8 ISOs etc)those people exist in multitudes. This one hides itself as a crack or keygen, which could reasonably be expected to be that size
This game was poorly designed and implemented. It made no attempt to break the levelling/mob farming treadmill, had no PvP, despite constant claims that it would be introduced, and suffered from a constant lack of content and innovation..
It's EA. They tried to introduce their big budget, highly advertised yet devoid of substance game model into the MMORPG market and it failed. Maybe this will make them stop and think about the importance of quality design the next time they move to absorb an independent studio
Those names were picked more or less at random, because I can't remember the titles of any of the really dire import scifi that Channel 4 used to play at 5 in the morning. Substitute with program of your choice if you happen to be a fan
Slashdot Mirror
If it was Microsoft doing this, we'd have seen a long judgemental rant with a biased link at the end. Good to see some things never change on Slashdot
And there's diversity in the West as well. For every Japanese rape simulator like the one you mentioned, there's a Black and White. Or a Ground Control. Or a Giants:Citizen Kabuto. Or Deus Ex. The list goes on.
Sakura wars plays out more like an anime
Anime, too, is another indicator of lifelong virginity. Are you a furry as well?
Gamers in America (and possibly Europe) have tragically limited tastes in the kinds of games they would like to play.
And the Japanese don't? Considering the most popular games are the RPGS, 90% of which have exactly the same mechanics as Dragon Warrior did 20 years ago, I don't think it's just those stupid gaijin you despise who have limited taste. Ever seen the figures for sales of Western games in Japan?
What are they all about? Are they good or are they whack?
Under American law, the IRA are not a terrorist organisation. What are a few British lives compared to the Boston vote?
Will this include the IRA, or will Blair call for it to be left off the appease Bush?(who still hasn't declared it a terrorist organisation in the US. I guess East Coast votes are more important than preventing funding for bombs and drugs)
Is the U.K. in the E.U.?
In the EU, but not using the Euro.
I've got political friends who've had their closed email lists monitored by police after the heinous crimes of organising benefit gigs and leafletting GAP. They've been stopped by police photographers in London who knew their names, the group they were with, the colleges they went to and the pub they'd be going to after the demonstration. Don't think you have to be a terrorist to get on a state list and be monitored-ANY kind of attention will get you on there, and once you're on, you'll stay on.
Here's a picture of a cat with a citrus fruit on it's head
Hate him if you want, but there's no denying that Bill Gates made PCs mainstream and accessible-with Windows 95 onwards, anyone could use a PC-no need to muck about with a terminal, or config.sys, or compile your own kernel.
I personally think this is part of the reason for the hatred by the Open Source movement-I'm old enough to remember having to actually learn to use an OS to use a PC, and I think many geeks hate him for demystifying computer use-suddenly, their skills were obsolete in the face of Plug and Play
But we haven't even got a standardised 2D desktop to compete with Windows. WTF are they doing putting the cart before the horse, and what's the point of making a resource heavy desktop for an OS that prides itself on portability?
With these nanotech memories, several startup companies are envisioning future chips mixing logic, memory and reconfigurable computing elements
Do they mention if the CPU and motherboard manufacturing companies care? Technology succeeds because of marketing, not because it's innovative or high quality-witness Betamax,
AFAIK, average royalties per box sale is about $10. No matter how impressive the technology, I can't see Half Life selling 4m copies, nor can I see a rush to license their engine when Crytek and Doom 3 will offer so much competition
OK, I withdraw that comment.
Who now works at Microsoft
1)Cultural differences. A culture founded on Confuscian ideals has few reference points with one founded on Hellenistic ones, for example. This pretty much ensures you can't outsource design. It also introduces communication difficulties between designers and coders.
2)Work ethic. Missed deadlines, shoddy work etc are mentioned in the article. What isn't mentioned is the shit approach to aftersales-Eastern European games are notorious for never being patched.
Essentially, the only real part that can be outsourced well is the art. This has already been going on for years, and it's only a logical step now to use the company in Saigon rather than the one in London-right up till Kinetix questions how the people you hired could afford the site licenses.
Games outsourced to Russia are known for their quality
Is by easyGroup, notorious for suing any business with "easy" in their title. There's a page about it here
TiVo is dying
That's a different one-and yes, only idiots or those completely ignorant of file sizes would believe that, but a quick look at any emu site will show you that(OMG, plz emial me Final Fantasy 8 ISOs etc)those people exist in multitudes. This one hides itself as a crack or keygen, which could reasonably be expected to be that size
This game was poorly designed and implemented. It made no attempt to break the levelling/mob farming treadmill, had no PvP, despite constant claims that it would be introduced, and suffered from a constant lack of content and innovation..
It's EA. They tried to introduce their big budget, highly advertised yet devoid of substance game model into the MMORPG market and it failed. Maybe this will make them stop and think about the importance of quality design the next time they move to absorb an independent studio
I don't actually watch sci-fi, as most of it is IMO shit. Those placings were determined on popularity. I'll take your word for it.
But I want to see The Dispossessed
Those names were picked more or less at random, because I can't remember the titles of any of the really dire import scifi that Channel 4 used to play at 5 in the morning. Substitute with program of your choice if you happen to be a fan