The DDA in USA has a UDFF AGBG standard that might UTFF when the FCC allows XYZ in 2005, _IF_, that is, the USDHS doesnt outlaw it due to new NCIC regs that will effect the UDFF and UFDDA of IOPPUOIN, otherwise they will have to create a new agency to monitor such HDDTV bandwidth (similar to the way they currently handle UHF and VHF)
but then again , everybody knows that
You've dominated the mindshare of many a gamer, you've started a very successful charitable endeavor and you've started what can be considered a successful gaming con.
What is next? Write a book? Columns in a major magazine? A Penny Arcade cartoon?
btw, Props to you for keeping politics off your site. It has turned me away from so many others. I come to PA to read about games, and you understand that. Thanks.
If you want to have a reasonably priced, competitive, computer system for gaming, you're going to have to do some research. You'll have to see whether the specific game you want to play runs better with nVidia or ATI drivers, you'll have to determine which midrange card is cheaper, and you'll have to decide between a cheap 256mb card or a speedy 128mb one (both bus and GPU speed).
And people wonder why console gaming is so popular...
One of my favorite features of the Xbox is the built in hard-drive. Developers know everyone has it, so they program for it which in the end means I can listen to my custom soundtracks rather than the shitty EA TRAX...
So this begs the question on whether or not HD-specific features will still be there or will be treated as light gun support. I'm hoping for the former.
Also, did anyone think Xbox Next HD meant high-definition until they read farther? That may not be the best name for it.
because the next president will appoint 3, possibly 4, supreme court justices. now, the court is pretty balanced with a good mix of conservative and liberal judges. the next president will have the power to either keep and disrupt the balance.
That's interesting. That's why people told me to vote for Al Gore.
Copy protection has NEVER been a deterrent to copying a game. Copy protection hurts only legitamate users. People who want to copy that game are going to figure a way around whether it is easy or not is not something they care about.
It's not a matter of deterring copiers forever, but only until the lion's share of the games have been sold.
But at $20 a pop? Different story. I bought, not just ESPN NFL 2k5 and ESPN NHL 2k5, but also ESPN NBA 2k5, and I plan on buying ESPN MLB 2k5 when it comes out. If the price stays the same for the 2k6 line, I'll probably pick up another 2 or 3 (NFL, NHL, and if 2k5 is good, MLB).
Why spend $60 on three sets of roster updates?
Seriously, if you buy into the 'just a roster update' hype, then spend your cash on some other excellent new game out there.
These are the kinds of threads I like to spend my mod points on, but I'll bite the bullet and respond.
While there are a lot of good items to digest in the article, what we have here is a commentary on filmmakers who think about game design in terms of filmmaking. But game design is NOT filmmaking, no matter how much people these days like to equate the two.
I can think of a hundred counterexamples to 'there's no reminder, nothing refreshes who these characters are' and I am sure you can too. Ico springs to mind.
The problem is that STORY and GAME tend to be very discrete elements, where in a movie STORY and MOVIE are one and the same and this is where that expectation comes from. Level designs that ignore story (as discussed in the article) or story that obfuscates (or simply makes unimportant) the game elements (see Xenosaga and many other RPGs), is simply bad design and while it may be a State-of-the-Medium issue, I believe as games get more and more into the cultural forefront, we will see better and better designs where STORY and GAME are one in a way that filmmakers simply don't comprehend right now.
But only a small number of candidates are on the ballot in enough states to potentially win the election. If a candidate can win, they should be allowed in. Everyone says that having more than two candidates would completely wreck the debates, but when there are nine candidates in the primary debates, no one seems to cry wolf there.
You can say that America doesn't care about third parties, but whenever I tell educated people I am voting Libertarian, they always ask me 'oh? What's that?'. While you and many other Slashdotters may know, I'd guess that 95% of the audience that watches these debates has no idea that there is a viable alternative to the Ds and Rs.
You can't win with the /. crowd sometimes
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If they were to rush out a product simply to come to market at the same time as the DS, you all would accuse them of underhanded tactics to flood the market with an unfinished product.
And if you RTFA you will see: "the securities firm expects the handheld 'to launch later than the current March 2005 expectation". It was already going to be a 2005 launch, now it will just be a Christmas season launch. I'd rather have a good system a year from now than a poorly designed system right now. Of course, Nintendo chose the other route with the GBA, releasing a barely playable system as soon as they could and then a vastly superior GBA SP a year(ish) later.
they are actually wealthy enough that they benefited from Bush's tax cut
Argh, God. I'm no Bush supporter, but if I see this one more time I'm going to puke. Are you not a taxpayer?
My father is a social worker, my mother is currently unemployed. They are certainly not the so-called "richest 1%" that everyone wants you to think got all the tax cuts. They got a nice big check from Mr. Government. It helped them towards paying off some of their bills and it couldn't have come at a better time. It's about the only thing the Feds have done right for them in the past twenty years.
Anyone that thinks only the wealthy benefited from that tax cut are stupid, lying or both.
As someone who was wise enough (heh) to preorder Katamari Damacy, let me chime in.
There are two reasons to preorder:
1. To make sure you have the game when it comes out. I preordered Katamari Damacy a week or two before it came out. It wasn't like I needed those $21 in the meantime and since it was a title that I knew would be difficult to find, it gave me piece of mind. This logic fails when the game is something like GTA:San Andreas or Halo 2, because you know any store will have plenty of copies.
2. To take advantage of a good deal or special gift. This is where it makes sense to preorder GTA:SA or Halo 2. I have Halo 2 preordered because I was able to get a VERY GOOD DEAL on it if I preordered. Would I have been able to walk into the store and slap down $54 on 11/9 and still get the same game? Yes, but why pay that much? I also have a good deal of geeky game t-shirts that I got because I preordered that I enjoy and couldn't get anywhere else. If that is your thing, then preordering is a good idea.
Unless one of those two hold, then preordering is simply giving EB or Gamespot an interest free loan.
It isn't even clear they give any points to developers that support more than one platform. So while it might give the winner a prize and a nifty badge to stick on their web site, it isn't help us gamers discover independent gaming at all.
I believe the two categories refer to the size of the game. If it is playable through the browser or can be downloaded in a small package, then it can be eligible to enter the web/downloadable category. The rules page, however, says that this is up to the discretion of the judges.
These people just want their games to get recognized and you are going to fault them because it doesn't run on Solaris? That's damn selfish.
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The DDA in USA has a UDFF AGBG standard that might UTFF when the FCC allows XYZ in 2005, _IF_, that is, the USDHS doesnt outlaw it due to new NCIC regs that will effect the UDFF and UFDDA of IOPPUOIN, otherwise they will have to create a new agency to monitor such HDDTV bandwidth (similar to the way they currently handle UHF and VHF) but then again , everybody knows that
WTF?
Where's the .torrent?
You've dominated the mindshare of many a gamer, you've started a very successful charitable endeavor and you've started what can be considered a successful gaming con.
What is next? Write a book? Columns in a major magazine? A Penny Arcade cartoon?
btw, Props to you for keeping politics off your site. It has turned me away from so many others. I come to PA to read about games, and you understand that. Thanks.
If the game is good I'll buy it, unless I see it was made by Electronic Arts.
It's a good thing you are ignorant of the conditions at every other developer...
If you want to have a reasonably priced, competitive, computer system for gaming, you're going to have to do some research. You'll have to see whether the specific game you want to play runs better with nVidia or ATI drivers, you'll have to determine which midrange card is cheaper, and you'll have to decide between a cheap 256mb card or a speedy 128mb one (both bus and GPU speed).
And people wonder why console gaming is so popular...
One of my favorite features of the Xbox is the built in hard-drive. Developers know everyone has it, so they program for it which in the end means I can listen to my custom soundtracks rather than the shitty EA TRAX...
So this begs the question on whether or not HD-specific features will still be there or will be treated as light gun support. I'm hoping for the former.
Also, did anyone think Xbox Next HD meant high-definition until they read farther? That may not be the best name for it.
Can I mod this +1 Bitter?
What use would they have for it?
because the next president will appoint 3, possibly 4, supreme court justices. now, the court is pretty balanced with a good mix of conservative and liberal judges. the next president will have the power to either keep and disrupt the balance.
That's interesting. That's why people told me to vote for Al Gore.
Copy protection has NEVER been a deterrent to copying a game. Copy protection hurts only legitamate users. People who want to copy that game are going to figure a way around whether it is easy or not is not something they care about.
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It's not a matter of deterring copiers forever, but only until the lion's share of the games have been sold.
One of the more interesting articles I ve found about this is here: http://www.gamasutra.com/features/20011017/dodd_0
But at $20 a pop? Different story. I bought, not just ESPN NFL 2k5 and ESPN NHL 2k5, but also ESPN NBA 2k5, and I plan on buying ESPN MLB 2k5 when it comes out. If the price stays the same for the 2k6 line, I'll probably pick up another 2 or 3 (NFL, NHL, and if 2k5 is good, MLB). Why spend $60 on three sets of roster updates?
Seriously, if you buy into the 'just a roster update' hype, then spend your cash on some other excellent new game out there.
I actually said the following line last week as I was trying to get to the University Center:
"Would you please move your damn robot out of the way?"
Only at CMU....
According to someone who worked for him
Always a credible source...
I'm switching jobs, and I set things up so that I left my current job the 26 to start working the 8th, giving myself plenty of time to finish GTA!
::gets in unemployment line::
But good Lord, man! Halo 2 comes out on the Ninth!
You'll hear the words "Terrorists" and "Child Pr0n" before this is over, too.
I'd like to hear politics talk about this:
"We have to stop this Child... uh... um... Przeron! Prizeroanon! Pee Arr Zero En..."
and play Pong with 70% accuracy
Damn, I can't even play Pong with 70% accuracy.
These are the kinds of threads I like to spend my mod points on, but I'll bite the bullet and respond.
While there are a lot of good items to digest in the article, what we have here is a commentary on filmmakers who think about game design in terms of filmmaking. But game design is NOT filmmaking, no matter how much people these days like to equate the two.
I can think of a hundred counterexamples to 'there's no reminder, nothing refreshes who these characters are' and I am sure you can too. Ico springs to mind.
The problem is that STORY and GAME tend to be very discrete elements, where in a movie STORY and MOVIE are one and the same and this is where that expectation comes from. Level designs that ignore story (as discussed in the article) or story that obfuscates (or simply makes unimportant) the game elements (see Xenosaga and many other RPGs), is simply bad design and while it may be a State-of-the-Medium issue, I believe as games get more and more into the cultural forefront, we will see better and better designs where STORY and GAME are one in a way that filmmakers simply don't comprehend right now.
That's just my optimistic opinion though.
they have no chance at winning as they are virtually unknown
So we should limit their exposure to the public by all means neccessary?
So am I. So why don't I get in?
But only a small number of candidates are on the ballot in enough states to potentially win the election. If a candidate can win, they should be allowed in. Everyone says that having more than two candidates would completely wreck the debates, but when there are nine candidates in the primary debates, no one seems to cry wolf there.
You can say that America doesn't care about third parties, but whenever I tell educated people I am voting Libertarian, they always ask me 'oh? What's that?'. While you and many other Slashdotters may know, I'd guess that 95% of the audience that watches these debates has no idea that there is a viable alternative to the Ds and Rs.
If they were to rush out a product simply to come to market at the same time as the DS, you all would accuse them of underhanded tactics to flood the market with an unfinished product.
And if you RTFA you will see: "the securities firm expects the handheld 'to launch later than the current March 2005 expectation". It was already going to be a 2005 launch, now it will just be a Christmas season launch. I'd rather have a good system a year from now than a poorly designed system right now. Of course, Nintendo chose the other route with the GBA, releasing a barely playable system as soon as they could and then a vastly superior GBA SP a year(ish) later.
Better product = We all win.
they are actually wealthy enough that they benefited from Bush's tax cut
Argh, God. I'm no Bush supporter, but if I see this one more time I'm going to puke. Are you not a taxpayer?
My father is a social worker, my mother is currently unemployed. They are certainly not the so-called "richest 1%" that everyone wants you to think got all the tax cuts. They got a nice big check from Mr. Government. It helped them towards paying off some of their bills and it couldn't have come at a better time. It's about the only thing the Feds have done right for them in the past twenty years.
Anyone that thinks only the wealthy benefited from that tax cut are stupid, lying or both.
Why do people pre-order?
As someone who was wise enough (heh) to preorder Katamari Damacy, let me chime in.
There are two reasons to preorder:
1. To make sure you have the game when it comes out.
I preordered Katamari Damacy a week or two before it came out. It wasn't like I needed those $21 in the meantime and since it was a title that I knew would be difficult to find, it gave me piece of mind. This logic fails when the game is something like GTA:San Andreas or Halo 2, because you know any store will have plenty of copies.
2. To take advantage of a good deal or special gift.
This is where it makes sense to preorder GTA:SA or Halo 2. I have Halo 2 preordered because I was able to get a VERY GOOD DEAL on it if I preordered. Would I have been able to walk into the store and slap down $54 on 11/9 and still get the same game? Yes, but why pay that much? I also have a good deal of geeky game t-shirts that I got because I preordered that I enjoy and couldn't get anywhere else. If that is your thing, then preordering is a good idea.
Unless one of those two hold, then preordering is simply giving EB or Gamespot an interest free loan.
It isn't even clear they give any points to developers that support more than one platform. So while it might give the winner a prize and a nifty badge to stick on their web site, it isn't help us gamers discover independent gaming at all.
I believe the two categories refer to the size of the game. If it is playable through the browser or can be downloaded in a small package, then it can be eligible to enter the web/downloadable category. The rules page, however, says that this is up to the discretion of the judges.
These people just want their games to get recognized and you are going to fault them because it doesn't run on Solaris? That's damn selfish.
Metal Gear Acid is a turn based card game. You may enjoy it a lot if you are into yugioh and such things.
/. procedure, I did research and know what I am talking about.
Not to say it is gonna be a bad game. It is just not the Metal Gear you expect.
Actually, it is the Metal Gear I'd expect. Contrary to normal
Being a big fan of Culdcept, it has piqued my interest. I just wish I could afford to play it.
I'm the kind of guy that buys pricey gadgets like there is no tomorrow...
But even I can't justify that much for another portable game system, no matter how cool Metal Gear Solid Acid looks.
Is there anyone out there whose willingness to pay is above $200?