Even though you might find option #3 stupid, a lot of us don't. Using a Bluetooth-headset makes this a non-issue for most us. There are other issues with the set up though.
Problem is just that ray-tracing isn't all that. You want control when you design a game environment. Control over how everything looks and all the lights.
I think that there will be lighting solutions to take advantage of more CPU horsepower, like Geomeric's Enlighten. But a full raytracing solution would just plain suck.
If we look at the film business, you will see that the most commonly used render solution is Pixar's Renderman. It's a mix between raytracing and more traditional methods.
I think that's where gaming is headed now, a mix between traditional graphics and a touch of raytracing.
I agree with parent but there are fun splitscreen games on the PC too! Like the Heroes of Might and Magic games...And freeware fun? Liero comes to mind.
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Even though you might find option #3 stupid, a lot of us don't. Using a Bluetooth-headset makes this a non-issue for most us. There are other issues with the set up though.
Creativity doesn't necessarily mean artistic creativity. Programming for instance demands a lot of creativity (and I say this as a visual artist).
Funny how you post as AC and then sign the post...
Hence the bored chatter...
No Opera support?
(I use Opera and I have no plans of switching to another browser.)
You do!?
NUI Group has been doing this for a while. They have an active community of amateurs as well for anyone interested.
http://www.nuigroup.com/
Woops. Pardon for using the "bold"-tag...After ten years of using html, I'm still a newbie...
Problem is just that ray-tracing isn't all that. You want control when you design a game environment. Control over how everything looks and all the lights. I think that there will be lighting solutions to take advantage of more CPU horsepower, like Geomeric's Enlighten. But a full raytracing solution would just plain suck. If we look at the film business, you will see that the most commonly used render solution is Pixar's Renderman. It's a mix between raytracing and more traditional methods. I think that's where gaming is headed now, a mix between traditional graphics and a touch of raytracing.
...it wants it "IBM compatible"-PC back... Seriously, if something like this was released during the personal computer wars, we might've cared.
Am I the only one that thinks "Think Tanks" are payed shills and can never be trusted with _any_ report they produce?
Hmm...Just gonna check if you're with it...Do you know about this new franchise of Nintendo called Pikmin..?
The first RTS game to be called RTS was Dune by Westwood studios, the guys who later made Command & Conquer and Red Alert.
No, but, I _can_ get a new top notch PC that can contend with a new Mac for a lower cost.
I agree with parent but there are fun splitscreen games on the PC too! Like the Heroes of Might and Magic games...And freeware fun? Liero comes to mind.
Soul Calibur 2 was an arcade game that got ported to the consoles. It wasn't originally an XBox game.