In other news, we read a/. story that might as well be the same thing we read yesterday. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go become a serial killer because I spent an hour playing Call of Duty online last night.
Someone mentioned those D-Link Webcams... before you buy online, check out a store like Best Buy or Radio Shack. There's one at Radio Shack with 2 cameras for like $50. If you decide to go nuts, they've got a lot in the way of home security stuff too, so you could get concealable cameras and stuff too.
Speaking as someone who sells cellular phones and service, I'd have to say that the reason it's such a good market is because people get bored easily. If I can make a version of tetris or pong for a cell phone, people won't buy the phone to play it... but if I charge $1.99 to download it, enough people will have a phone in their pocket and be bored that I will make money. People don't buy phones to play games, they buy them and THEN play the games when they're bored.
Where's mod points when you need them? Right on. I have a retail sales job; our first duty is to give the customer what he/she wants. It doesn't matter how "intuitive" you are if you don't provide what they already know they want. Get them more involved in it.
Yes. It's great. I've played on Windows... and the mission where you're in a landing craft on D-Day scared the heck out of me. It was like watching Saving Private Ryan the first time; and the game shows great respect for the sacrifices those guys made on that beach.
I was offered 35k US (Southeastern US, by the way). Then, 3 weeks later, I was laid off (I was an intern who was being "promoted"). So I now work at Radio Shack. Bottom line: if you've found a job that pays enough to survive, be happy... you could be selling geek toys for minimum wage + 5% commission. Not that I mind the geek toys...
I wonder if this will go the same way as sex offenders in the US... having to register with the town hall whenever you move in and stuff. I kinda hope so... I think I'd want to know if my new neighbor decided to invite me over for dinner...
The Douglas Adams reference is awesome... I never would've thought to try that. Probably I would find the "Definition" more useful than calculator though.
All the people standing in front of some national icon (e.g. Liberty Bell, Eiffel Tower, Big Ben) waving their phones at each other... that could make tourists even *more* amusing!
Start off with games that aren't competition-based. SimCity, RollerCoaster Tycoon, etc. are usually good because there's not really a competition going on. If she's into the fantasy genre, try something like Morrowind. Its combat controls are pretty simple, and there's plenty of story. Stay off the twitch-type games until she suggests that she wants to try it. Puzzle games (or online card games/pool at someplace like Yahoo! Games or Pogo.com) might be something you could play together.
I've spent the last year trying to get my fiancee interested in games... this last week, she started showing signs of being hooked on Roller Coaster Tycoon. I guess it goes:
Mid-range PC: $800
RollerCoaster Tycoon Deluxe: $20
Watching my SO build a coaster that makes all the riders sick: Priceless!
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In other news, we read a /. story that might as well be the same thing we read yesterday. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go become a serial killer because I spent an hour playing Call of Duty online last night.
Someone mentioned those D-Link Webcams... before you buy online, check out a store like Best Buy or Radio Shack. There's one at Radio Shack with 2 cameras for like $50. If you decide to go nuts, they've got a lot in the way of home security stuff too, so you could get concealable cameras and stuff too.
Speaking as someone who sells cellular phones and service, I'd have to say that the reason it's such a good market is because people get bored easily. If I can make a version of tetris or pong for a cell phone, people won't buy the phone to play it... but if I charge $1.99 to download it, enough people will have a phone in their pocket and be bored that I will make money. People don't buy phones to play games, they buy them and THEN play the games when they're bored.
Where's mod points when you need them? Right on. I have a retail sales job; our first duty is to give the customer what he/she wants. It doesn't matter how "intuitive" you are if you don't provide what they already know they want. Get them more involved in it.
Yes. It's great. I've played on Windows... and the mission where you're in a landing craft on D-Day scared the heck out of me. It was like watching Saving Private Ryan the first time; and the game shows great respect for the sacrifices those guys made on that beach.
I was offered 35k US (Southeastern US, by the way). Then, 3 weeks later, I was laid off (I was an intern who was being "promoted"). So I now work at Radio Shack. Bottom line: if you've found a job that pays enough to survive, be happy... you could be selling geek toys for minimum wage + 5% commission. Not that I mind the geek toys...
I guess that warp zone opens up in San Francisco somewhere...
Astronomical Phenomenae make the best /. stories. Last week there was the black hole chowing down on the star, and now we're blowing stuff up.
I wonder if this will go the same way as sex offenders in the US... having to register with the town hall whenever you move in and stuff. I kinda hope so... I think I'd want to know if my new neighbor decided to invite me over for dinner...
Kinda like those people who watch "Gettysburg" over and over, hoping the South will win.
I agree completely. I usually draw my programs on a note pad with lots of little notes to myself.
I never thought of using crayons... but the statement about cramming too much onto a page is a really good reason.
The Douglas Adams reference is awesome... I never would've thought to try that. Probably I would find the "Definition" more useful than calculator though.
All the people standing in front of some national icon (e.g. Liberty Bell, Eiffel Tower, Big Ben) waving their phones at each other... that could make tourists even *more* amusing!
Start off with games that aren't competition-based. SimCity, RollerCoaster Tycoon, etc. are usually good because there's not really a competition going on. If she's into the fantasy genre, try something like Morrowind. Its combat controls are pretty simple, and there's plenty of story. Stay off the twitch-type games until she suggests that she wants to try it. Puzzle games (or online card games/pool at someplace like Yahoo! Games or Pogo.com) might be something you could play together.
I've spent the last year trying to get my fiancee interested in games... this last week, she started showing signs of being hooked on Roller Coaster Tycoon. I guess it goes: Mid-range PC: $800 RollerCoaster Tycoon Deluxe: $20 Watching my SO build a coaster that makes all the riders sick: Priceless!