What is ridiculous is claiming the system is backwards compatible with something it cannot support without third party addons. Very few users know how to use those and have the hardware to do so. Backwards compatibility in this case means "stuff in the old media and the game runs". Last time I checked that doesn't work with the DS and GB carts.
I dream of a time when Video Games are treated like books, movies, music, or even PC software, and instead of being thrown on the racks in alphabetical order, you'd get a "FPS" shelf, another one labeled "brainfood", "this is the kind your grandson would really really hate if he's older than 8", "survival horror", "Party games", and so on.
Me too. All my dreams are set in the present. At least PC games are ordered by genre 'round here, though there are some weird choices (especially on the topic of what constitutes an "adventure"). There's shelves with Action (usually FPS), Adventure, Strategy, Simulation, Kids, Budget and Add On games. I don't know what they sort all those Sudoku games that are coming out lately under (I think there's no label on that shelf) but they are grouped together as well.
The models have lower polygon counts than, say, Quake 4.
Actually it's the other way around, the characters in Quake 4 have less than half as many polygons as the characters in U2004. All that detail is in the texture.
Less so. A car can only have one driver (meaningfully) at any one time, for example. Physical items are limited.
Yes but keeping something past the time you need it and not sharing it with the community is an artificial concept that doesn't exist in smaller tribal communities.
There really is nothing new under the sun: Descent allows you since the first game to fire flares and light up the rooms with them. You don't even have to select them! I've heard they are popular for humiliating opponents in multiplayer.
Yes but comparing brand new vs. old or used is kinda unfair in the price dept. Of course the older and used games are going to be cheaper. A more apt comparison would be something like Perimeter: Emperor's Testament which goes for twenty as well and has just been released (at least here). Granted, it's a stand-alone expansion pack (by my standards that means it's 0.5 games) but I wouldn't say episodic content should count as a full game either.
However, that would be fraud because the government made a deal with the patenter that he shall pay 20000$ and disclose all information that belongs to the patent in exchange for a temporary monopoly on the patent. If the government just keeps his money and information while saying "we've changed our minds" that's theft or fraud. If the government hadn't lured him out with the promise of a temporary monopoly he might have decided to protect his invention through other means (including nondisclosure). Do you want the government to be allowed to ignore contracts on a whim? That is tyranny. Would you agree to the government coming into your house and taking things they like because it "benefits the greater good"? Do you approve of emminent domain?
Actually the standard RPG plotline is "random guy finds magic girls and go out to save the world. Turns out the girl is the key to saving the world and the guy had some sort of important past/heritage which [roll d6: 1-2: Makes him a former bad guy, 2-5: Makes him a legendary warrior, 6: Makes him the brother of the girl, roll twice if so desired]".
The only thing I wish my Boring Beige Case (TM) had is a handle for carrying it around. These things are annoying to hold so a handle would be a great help when carrying it around.
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What is ridiculous is claiming the system is backwards compatible with something it cannot support without third party addons. Very few users know how to use those and have the hardware to do so. Backwards compatibility in this case means "stuff in the old media and the game runs". Last time I checked that doesn't work with the DS and GB carts.
It has super deformed Nintendo executives running around on stubby legs.
That was quite easy in Quake 4, too. Never managed to decode the "galactic standard alphabet" from Commander Keen, though.
I dream of a time when Video Games are treated like books, movies, music, or even PC software, and instead of being thrown on the racks in alphabetical order, you'd get a "FPS" shelf, another one labeled "brainfood", "this is the kind your grandson would really really hate if he's older than 8", "survival horror", "Party games", and so on.
Me too. All my dreams are set in the present. At least PC games are ordered by genre 'round here, though there are some weird choices (especially on the topic of what constitutes an "adventure"). There's shelves with Action (usually FPS), Adventure, Strategy, Simulation, Kids, Budget and Add On games. I don't know what they sort all those Sudoku games that are coming out lately under (I think there's no label on that shelf) but they are grouped together as well.
Actually there seem to exist algorithms that make storing the puzzles unnecessary.
I think after "TouchDIC" (dictionary software for the DS) that joke just isn't new anymore.
Then hit the start button to pause the game before closing the DS.
I think he means that it can take as long as it wants to install the game, once it's done that no longer matters.
The models have lower polygon counts than, say, Quake 4.
Actually it's the other way around, the characters in Quake 4 have less than half as many polygons as the characters in U2004. All that detail is in the texture.
You kids and your newfangled games. I broke three joysticks playing DECATHLON (aka one thousand metre joystick wagging contest)!
Interestingly I've heard that the military uses simulators because they can't afford ammo for every training session.
Less so. A car can only have one driver (meaningfully) at any one time, for example. Physical items are limited.
Yes but keeping something past the time you need it and not sharing it with the community is an artificial concept that doesn't exist in smaller tribal communities.
There really is nothing new under the sun: Descent allows you since the first game to fire flares and light up the rooms with them. You don't even have to select them! I've heard they are popular for humiliating opponents in multiplayer.
Yes but comparing brand new vs. old or used is kinda unfair in the price dept. Of course the older and used games are going to be cheaper. A more apt comparison would be something like Perimeter: Emperor's Testament which goes for twenty as well and has just been released (at least here). Granted, it's a stand-alone expansion pack (by my standards that means it's 0.5 games) but I wouldn't say episodic content should count as a full game either.
However, that would be fraud because the government made a deal with the patenter that he shall pay 20000$ and disclose all information that belongs to the patent in exchange for a temporary monopoly on the patent. If the government just keeps his money and information while saying "we've changed our minds" that's theft or fraud. If the government hadn't lured him out with the promise of a temporary monopoly he might have decided to protect his invention through other means (including nondisclosure). Do you want the government to be allowed to ignore contracts on a whim? That is tyranny. Would you agree to the government coming into your house and taking things they like because it "benefits the greater good"? Do you approve of emminent domain?
On the other hand, property itself is an artificial concept.
Actually the standard RPG plotline is "random guy finds magic girls and go out to save the world. Turns out the girl is the key to saving the world and the guy had some sort of important past/heritage which [roll d6: 1-2: Makes him a former bad guy, 2-5: Makes him a legendary warrior, 6: Makes him the brother of the girl, roll twice if so desired]".
No, there actually was a "too cheap" option.
The only thing I wish my Boring Beige Case (TM) had is a handle for carrying it around. These things are annoying to hold so a handle would be a great help when carrying it around.
You can just leave the case open and aim the room fan at it. I've encountered a computer that required this to run.
That may be because I'm not a native English speaker but kthool seems pretty pronounciable to me.
Yes but that's Capcom. hey milk anything. Meanwhile they have lots of divisions dedicated to inventing new game series to milk.
while fighting off the 'resource hog' programs (All of which are named similarly to MS Office programs).
I think I even fought one that was called "emacs". Seriously.
They rarely get this blatant. When they do it usually ends with legal action. Look at Manfred Trenz's biography, for example.
At least there were almost no System 360 jokes when the Xcircle got released.