They just write 'M's on our hands in all the clubs here. They go away after about half an hour of sweating, so minors can still buy beer. Everybody wins.
Even the 'real' artists depend on the record companies for advertising and marketing. The collapse of the music industry you anticipate would either a. cause people to look online for free, indie music, which I doubt would happen, because most people are quite content being told what they like, or b. cause a smaller record company to rise in ranks, which would then take the place of the larger companies.
It's like government. If you knock one bully down, another pops up just as fast. Inevitably, he'll want his piece of the pie.
Have you seen this Mario dude? He kills these little mushrooms and turtles by smashing them with punches, kicks, and landing on their heads. He hits stuff with hammers and burns his enemies with the fireballs he throws. The game is also racist. ALL Goombas are evil, ALL koopas are evil, and ALL of bowsers children are automatically evil. What happened to judging people on the content of their character?
Is this the kind of game you would want your 12 year old playing? Are we going to let some punk kid deal this to our children from orders handed down from an evil corporation called "EBGames", it's true intentions hidden behind a veil of technical legality?
I keep hearing this, but the games with original, interesting ideas just aren't bought. If everybody hates Halo, why do you people buy it? If people hate corporate-produced pop, why do you all still buy Nelly CDs? Somebody's supporting the industries. I'm not pointing fingers or naming names, but why don't you go buy some innovative shareware games or make your own or something? All I'm hearing is "Gawd I hate the industry. Nothing original ever comes out! I freaking hate war sims! Argh! Oooh, that new Final Fantasy X-4: the Second Mystical Vietnam War Quest video is out? Somebody link me to a torrent!!"
Maybe they were laughing at the controller? That's why I don't like GCs. I've heard they're fine once you use them a while, but they just seem cumbersom.
I'm seeing a lot of kids who have nice cars, nice clothing, nice cellphones, and can't possibly work more than 20 or 30 hours a week. Not that I'm saying nice things aren't important, and that they don't deserve them, but they just don't appear to appreciate them. Half the girls pull their cellphones out after class and start calling their friends to talk for the whole ten minutes between classes, and they all have at least decent cars. Now, I don't have anything against rich people, I just think they should earn it.
Don't you think that's only going to make your children more dependent on you? I mean, really, if kids don't work for cars, toys, CDs, games, clothing, etcetera, they don't appreciate them as much. If your daughters worked for their cars, and spent a summer of working retail and saving money, maybe they would learn financial independence and responsibility. Not that I'm insulting your daughters, but don't be surprised if they come to you with a "Ooooh daddykins!" attitude every time they need new oil for their cars.
Okay, so you bought one. Good for you. Now you stick it in your pocket and get it scratched up because it doesn't have a screen protector. Also, can I get a reason why you bought a GB Micro instead of a DS? And how is the GB Pocket easier to stick in your pocket and go than the GBA, GBA-SP, or DS?
Yes, but we're talking about somebody interested in getting a gameboy, and going with A, the superior system, for $20.00 less, or B, the crappy system for $20.00 more. It's a no-brainer. Most people won't go for it.
I want to know how much the artist actually makes from a record sale. If I directly gave the artist the same amount of money he would have made from the sale, had I bought the CD, would that make piracy okay, since I wouldn't be hurting the artist? Isn't that what anti-piracy advocates are always worried about?
Let me just say that I don't think the novel point-n-shoot idea is a bad thing. I think it'll make FPS games more interesting, add some cool new design concepts, and possibly, maybe even probably, be really cool. All I'm saying is that they're self-admitedly dumbing down their hardware, and catering to a crowd who won't buy the system. Sure, you want a console that won't cost much, that'll give you cool, pick up and play kinds of games. Don't we all? You think I have time to game 'hardcore'? All I really want is something to play when I'm home from school/work, and not doing homework. But, please, two buttons? I like a technical fighter as much as the next guy (maybe less), I like FPSs now and again, I love a good, immersive RPG or dungeon crawl, and I like platformers more than most. Will two buttons, four if you count the 'nunchuck' attachment, really allow for the complexity I want in a FPS? Heck, Doom used more buttons than that! Will an uncomfortable looking (to me) controller really let me select items on the screen with maximum precision? Their design seems to focus around making the hardware look really good to people who don't game, when it should focus on being the best hardware it can be, and letting people who don't game discover how easy it is to control when they see their friends/kids/extended relatives play it.
one of the things that bugs me is that the reasoning for shaping it like a remote control is stupid! So people will pick it up off of their coffee table? Yeah, like the average gamer is gonna blow $200-$300 on a device, hook it up, and then set the remote on the coffee table, only to sit down later that evening intrigued by the new, user friendly device in front of them. Come on, we're gamers, not old people. Anyone who is going to pick it up and play with it will either be a grandparent, or a parent, and then they will pick it up, have trouble figuring out the game interface or have trouble turning it on, fiddle with it for a while, and then set it down and find the TV remote. We're your customers. Cater to us! It would be like a knitting needle company foregoing the same old needle designs for more hardcore, Xtreme designs, to draw a new generation of nonknitters to the table.
Often they are the same. "By installing this software, you give SuperFriendlySearchAssistantBar the right to collect data on your surfing habits and provide you with helpful pop-up advertisements." Often the primary reason for spying on you is to offer you advertisements from companies that pay you. So, yes, most of the time programs feature both adware and spyware type properties, and so the terms are generally used interchangeably.
Kids love Gamecubes. I mean, let's face it, that's what Nintendo is going for. Their current games seem to be either gimmicky "Donkey Kong Jungle Swing" type of games, or rehashed "Pokemon RedishBlue: Pearl Edition" games. Where are the games with cool ideas and substance? Where are the games like Yoshi's Island, where they took the platformer genre and mixed things up? Where are the games like Mario 64 where you got incredible environments, great puzzles, enormous replay value, and cool controls? All their games nowadays seem to belittle the gaming skills of todays kids. Remember having to unlock Rainbow Road in Super Mario Kart? Now all you need to unlock stuff is a Gamecube, a GBA, a DS, and half-a-dozen games. The skill involved is mind-boggling. If they want to win the next console war, all they need to do is come up with winning game titles.
Me neither. I laugh at them for the way it plays. I'm just kidding, of course. I really laugh at them because of the Gamecube controller. Have you seen that thing? It's hilarious.
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They just write 'M's on our hands in all the clubs here.
They go away after about half an hour of sweating, so minors can still buy beer.
Everybody wins.
Even the 'real' artists depend on the record companies for advertising and marketing.
The collapse of the music industry you anticipate would either
a. cause people to look online for free, indie music, which I doubt would happen, because most people are quite content being told what they like, or
b. cause a smaller record company to rise in ranks, which would then take the place of the larger companies.
It's like government. If you knock one bully down, another pops up just as fast.
Inevitably, he'll want his piece of the pie.
Have you seen this Mario dude? He kills these little mushrooms and turtles by smashing them with punches, kicks, and landing on their heads. He hits stuff with hammers and burns his enemies with the fireballs he throws.
The game is also racist. ALL Goombas are evil, ALL koopas are evil, and ALL of bowsers children are automatically evil. What happened to judging people on the content of their character?
Is this the kind of game you would want your 12 year old playing? Are we going to let some punk kid deal this to our children from orders handed down from an evil corporation called "EBGames", it's true intentions hidden behind a veil of technical legality?
Gentlemen, I propose a witch hunt.
I keep hearing this, but the games with original, interesting ideas just aren't bought.
If everybody hates Halo, why do you people buy it? If people hate corporate-produced pop, why do you all still buy Nelly CDs?
Somebody's supporting the industries. I'm not pointing fingers or naming names, but why don't you go buy some innovative shareware games or make your own or something?
All I'm hearing is "Gawd I hate the industry. Nothing original ever comes out! I freaking hate war sims! Argh!
Oooh, that new Final Fantasy X-4: the Second Mystical Vietnam War Quest video is out? Somebody link me to a torrent!!"
Maybe they were laughing at the controller?
That's why I don't like GCs.
I've heard they're fine once you use them a while, but they just seem cumbersom.
I'm seeing a lot of kids who have nice cars, nice clothing, nice cellphones, and can't possibly work more than 20 or 30 hours a week.
Not that I'm saying nice things aren't important, and that they don't deserve them, but they just don't appear to appreciate them. Half the girls pull their cellphones out after class and start calling their friends to talk for the whole ten minutes between classes, and they all have at least decent cars.
Now, I don't have anything against rich people, I just think they should earn it.
Don't you think that's only going to make your children more dependent on you? I mean, really, if kids don't work for cars, toys, CDs, games, clothing, etcetera, they don't appreciate them as much. If your daughters worked for their cars, and spent a summer of working retail and saving money, maybe they would learn financial independence and responsibility.
Not that I'm insulting your daughters, but don't be surprised if they come to you with a "Ooooh daddykins!" attitude every time they need new oil for their cars.
Just swordfighting.
Okay, so you bought one. Good for you. Now you stick it in your pocket and get it scratched up because it doesn't have a screen protector.
Also, can I get a reason why you bought a GB Micro instead of a DS?
And how is the GB Pocket easier to stick in your pocket and go than the GBA, GBA-SP, or DS?
Even if it does come out, I, for one, am not going to stop making DNF jokes. It's a matter of principle.
At least now we have more information on the game.
SPOILER WARNING!
It's going to have 160 pages
Yes, but we're talking about somebody interested in getting a gameboy, and going with A, the superior system, for $20.00 less, or B, the crappy system for $20.00 more. It's a no-brainer. Most people won't go for it.
And Texas. We'll just cut our ties and join up with Canada as one huge land mass, completely free of Oldflorida and 'the other Americas'.
Let us consider two very important facts:
1. We need a new supreme court justice.
2. Jack isn't really doing anything. He's probably free.
I want to know how much the artist actually makes from a record sale. If I directly gave the artist the same amount of money he would have made from the sale, had I bought the CD, would that make piracy okay, since I wouldn't be hurting the artist? Isn't that what anti-piracy advocates are always worried about?
Arrrrr!
TFA also says they named one after Darth Vader. And their ex wives. Those might be clues.
Just an ant? Pfft. You guys ever hear of the Industrial Painter Parrot? Yeah.
Wait, they have an MMO that doesn't require a subscription fee? And it's really an MMO, not just a CORPG like Guild Wars?
Where can I buy it?
Let me just say that I don't think the novel point-n-shoot idea is a bad thing. I think it'll make FPS games more interesting, add some cool new design concepts, and possibly, maybe even probably, be really cool.
All I'm saying is that they're self-admitedly dumbing down their hardware, and catering to a crowd who won't buy the system. Sure, you want a console that won't cost much, that'll give you cool, pick up and play kinds of games. Don't we all? You think I have time to game 'hardcore'? All I really want is something to play when I'm home from school/work, and not doing homework. But, please, two buttons? I like a technical fighter as much as the next guy (maybe less), I like FPSs now and again, I love a good, immersive RPG or dungeon crawl, and I like platformers more than most. Will two buttons, four if you count the 'nunchuck' attachment, really allow for the complexity I want in a FPS? Heck, Doom used more buttons than that! Will an uncomfortable looking (to me) controller really let me select items on the screen with maximum precision? Their design seems to focus around making the hardware look really good to people who don't game, when it should focus on being the best hardware it can be, and letting people who don't game discover how easy it is to control when they see their friends/kids/extended relatives play it.
one of the things that bugs me is that the reasoning for shaping it like a remote control is stupid! So people will pick it up off of their coffee table? Yeah, like the average gamer is gonna blow $200-$300 on a device, hook it up, and then set the remote on the coffee table, only to sit down later that evening intrigued by the new, user friendly device in front of them.
Come on, we're gamers, not old people. Anyone who is going to pick it up and play with it will either be a grandparent, or a parent, and then they will pick it up, have trouble figuring out the game interface or have trouble turning it on, fiddle with it for a while, and then set it down and find the TV remote.
We're your customers. Cater to us! It would be like a knitting needle company foregoing the same old needle designs for more hardcore, Xtreme designs, to draw a new generation of nonknitters to the table.
Often they are the same.
"By installing this software, you give SuperFriendlySearchAssistantBar the right to collect data on your surfing habits and provide you with helpful pop-up advertisements."
Often the primary reason for spying on you is to offer you advertisements from companies that pay you. So, yes, most of the time programs feature both adware and spyware type properties, and so the terms are generally used interchangeably.
Kids love Gamecubes. I mean, let's face it, that's what Nintendo is going for.
Their current games seem to be either gimmicky "Donkey Kong Jungle Swing" type of games, or rehashed "Pokemon RedishBlue: Pearl Edition" games.
Where are the games with cool ideas and substance?
Where are the games like Yoshi's Island, where they took the platformer genre and mixed things up?
Where are the games like Mario 64 where you got incredible environments, great puzzles, enormous replay value, and cool controls?
All their games nowadays seem to belittle the gaming skills of todays kids.
Remember having to unlock Rainbow Road in Super Mario Kart? Now all you need to unlock stuff is a Gamecube, a GBA, a DS, and half-a-dozen games. The skill involved is mind-boggling.
If they want to win the next console war, all they need to do is come up with winning game titles.
That's step six.
Step five is "..."
Me neither. I laugh at them for the way it plays.
I'm just kidding, of course.
I really laugh at them because of the Gamecube controller. Have you seen that thing? It's hilarious.