I'm in no way saying Gaming creates stress; but what happens when you take WoW AWAY from these people?
Also; isn't this kind of like a smoker who says a cigarette relieves stress; which is in fact created by the craving?
Leisure time relieves stress... ORLY?
Come on, do you know anyone that would actually pay for music today? Someone that uses the Internet? Naa, I didn't think so. Lets see here; I'm listening to a real audio disc i purchased last night.
Furthermore, I even have downloaded the torrent, listened to the mp3s, burned them to a disc, played it in my car and STILL bought the album when it came out.
Why? Because I can, because i support the artist, and because I like having a physical copy of the media.
The same thing goes for games -- you appreciate them more when you purchase them; rather than pirating.
Once you finish school; work full time you care a lot more about having quality product and money is less of an issue.
Without the mp3 album download, I may not have purchased this CD. Interesting how that works, isn't it?
It takes a lot more than "I know how to build a computer.. and i play WOW all the time so i'm leet" to run an IT department. I welcome the smarter users; as long as they arent all wearing my tinfoil hat.
Automatic Updates will only offer Internet Explorer 7 to users with local administrator accounts. Automatic Updates will notify all such users (including those with Automatic Updates configured to automatically download and install updates) when Internet Explorer 7 has been downloaded and is ready to install. The notification and installation process will not start unless and until a user who is a local administrator logs on to the machine. Users who are not local administrators will not be prompted to install the update and will thus continue using Internet Explorer 6.
For those of us who manage a large amount of workstation systems; this means we are in for a bit of work.
All of my systems are locked down with Deepfreeze (auto thawed on sundays; the time that the updates to windows on our systems are set to occur)
What does this mean for the installed plugins such as Shockwave/Flash and Java that the users so dreadfully desire?
If you look towards the PC
Take a game like Guild Wars for example. You don't even have to install this game to play it. The initial client is 96KB, and the client streams game content to you as you play.
It initially downloads all it needs to get you going, and as you progress and during play you are downloading content.
It is a great feature, and people who play guildwars never really notice patches as they are constantly streamed to them during play.
Yes, the PS1 has a GREAT, NES emulator.. and it does run at full speed.
http://imbnes.gamebase.ca/
Not to mention the PS2 has many emulators on it already..
Snes-Station (Super Nintendo) and PGEN (Sega Genesis) both work well, with some minor compatibility issues. PSMS (Sega Master System) also works.
snes-station.gamebase.ca
psms.gamebase.ca
www.gamebase.ca/pgen
If you want a full detailed list, go to www.zophar.net
I have purchased the game, and am enjoying playing it as a casual gamer.
There appears to be a lot of mis-information about this game in many of the comments I have read.
While the game does have an auto-attack feature, manually-clicking is faster than auto-attack. Some people consider this game a "click-fest", however this is very much not the case.
Seriously, has anyone actually played this game past the first couple missions, or are we just spewing anti-new-mmo-non-wow banter?
There are traps in this game that would make Indiana Jones quiver. Blades out of the walls, crushing ceilings, flooded areas, spikes from the floor, acid and fire from the walls.. in very clever places.
You can really see how intricately designed the dungeons are, rest locations are spaced nicely and it really requires a lot of teamwork to complete some of the harder missions.
The game has built in VOIP support, and finding a party will take no longer than 2-3 minutes at the most.
I absolutely love the dungeon crawl feeling in this game, carefully scouting out territory when the rogue yells out "TRAP!" everyone stops and your gut churns while you wonder if you're standing in the trap already..
It really is a D&D Game, and it really does stay true to the rules. In order to make the modern PC conversion, a real-time combat system was introduced. This really works well, however for traditional PnP types, this may be a little bit more action than they had asked for, but for those of us used to PnP and playing FPS games, this really is a great mix.
Before you discount this game as just more "carp", take a look at it yourself, play past level 3 and see what you think. Once you experience the traps for the first time with another player, you'll see exactly what I mean by teamwork.
This game has no grind. Just play mission after mission, and have fun with it.
I work at the Ministry Of Health (Ontario) , and RBC was to blame for my 1 day late pay.
Software is always to blame isnt it? Next thing you know, it was the computer's fault for ENRON's little mishap.
this proves it really is bad karma to invest in SCO
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I'm in no way saying Gaming creates stress; but what happens when you take WoW AWAY from these people? Also; isn't this kind of like a smoker who says a cigarette relieves stress; which is in fact created by the craving? Leisure time relieves stress... ORLY?
It takes a lot more than "I know how to build a computer .. and i play WOW all the time so i'm leet" to run an IT department. I welcome the smarter users; as long as they arent all wearing my tinfoil hat.
Perhaps these games aren't so much your style .. but playing online is the key to the 360.
Must haves (for online play):
Rainbow Six Vegas
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Gears of War
Call of Duty 3
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/updatemanagement/ windowsupdate/ie7announcement.mspx
Yes that is exactly what they've done.
Automatic Updates will only offer Internet Explorer 7 to users with local administrator accounts. Automatic Updates will notify all such users (including those with Automatic Updates configured to automatically download and install updates) when Internet Explorer 7 has been downloaded and is ready to install. The notification and installation process will not start unless and until a user who is a local administrator logs on to the machine. Users who are not local administrators will not be prompted to install the update and will thus continue using Internet Explorer 6.
For those of us who manage a large amount of workstation systems; this means we are in for a bit of work. All of my systems are locked down with Deepfreeze (auto thawed on sundays; the time that the updates to windows on our systems are set to occur) What does this mean for the installed plugins such as Shockwave/Flash and Java that the users so dreadfully desire?
If you look towards the PC Take a game like Guild Wars for example. You don't even have to install this game to play it. The initial client is 96KB, and the client streams game content to you as you play. It initially downloads all it needs to get you going, and as you progress and during play you are downloading content. It is a great feature, and people who play guildwars never really notice patches as they are constantly streamed to them during play.
You know i was thinking the same thing. I wonder what the scope is on male vs female of that age bracket?
the chinese will wtfpwn just about anyone...
2 million man STANDING army?
Yes, the PS1 has a GREAT, NES emulator.. and it does run at full speed. http://imbnes.gamebase.ca/ Not to mention the PS2 has many emulators on it already.. Snes-Station (Super Nintendo) and PGEN (Sega Genesis) both work well, with some minor compatibility issues. PSMS (Sega Master System) also works. snes-station.gamebase.ca psms.gamebase.ca www.gamebase.ca/pgen If you want a full detailed list, go to www.zophar.net
I have purchased the game, and am enjoying playing it as a casual gamer. There appears to be a lot of mis-information about this game in many of the comments I have read. While the game does have an auto-attack feature, manually-clicking is faster than auto-attack. Some people consider this game a "click-fest", however this is very much not the case. Seriously, has anyone actually played this game past the first couple missions, or are we just spewing anti-new-mmo-non-wow banter? There are traps in this game that would make Indiana Jones quiver. Blades out of the walls, crushing ceilings, flooded areas, spikes from the floor, acid and fire from the walls.. in very clever places. You can really see how intricately designed the dungeons are, rest locations are spaced nicely and it really requires a lot of teamwork to complete some of the harder missions. The game has built in VOIP support, and finding a party will take no longer than 2-3 minutes at the most. I absolutely love the dungeon crawl feeling in this game, carefully scouting out territory when the rogue yells out "TRAP!" everyone stops and your gut churns while you wonder if you're standing in the trap already.. It really is a D&D Game, and it really does stay true to the rules. In order to make the modern PC conversion, a real-time combat system was introduced. This really works well, however for traditional PnP types, this may be a little bit more action than they had asked for, but for those of us used to PnP and playing FPS games, this really is a great mix. Before you discount this game as just more "carp", take a look at it yourself, play past level 3 and see what you think. Once you experience the traps for the first time with another player, you'll see exactly what I mean by teamwork. This game has no grind. Just play mission after mission, and have fun with it.
First the Universe, the next thing we'll be listening to is bit-by-bit samples of old *nix binaries.
I work at the Ministry Of Health (Ontario) , and RBC was to blame for my 1 day late pay. Software is always to blame isnt it? Next thing you know, it was the computer's fault for ENRON's little mishap. this proves it really is bad karma to invest in SCO