Read the letter. There are only two possibilities:
1) He's dangerously insane. As in, he needs to be put in a room with padded walls and a straight jacket, and be drugged up on antipsychotics
or
2) He's secretly on Take Two's payroll, and they're having him say/do outlandish things to get them publicity. He really is the best advertising they could ever hope for.
He is seen as the de-facto "spokesperson" of the anti-videogame agenda. And he's dangerously insane, to the point that noone takes him seriously at all. The plus of having such a buffoon "in charge" of the anti-videogame agenda is that no sane person would dare speak up on his side, for fear of being associated with him.
This is so absolutely utterly ridiculous that there are only 2 possibilities: 1) Jack Thompson is dangerously insane, like he needs to be put in a room with padded walls and a straight jacket YESTERDAY, or 2) He's on Take Two's payroll, and this is just another method of advertising for them.
I'm really leaning toward #2, more and more as time goes on. It's the only thing that really makes sense...he's the best advertising they could ever ask for.
Big difference. The 360 IS in #2 worldwide, but that's only because of the US. I'm pretty sure that the PS3 is not going to surpass the 360 in the US, because the 360 has and will continue to have most of the American-style games (FPS's, driving games, PC ports, etc). So I guess it depends on your point of view. If your view of big games concerns American-style FPS's and games like that, then the 360 is probably the right choice for you. If your view of big games is Japanese games like MGS4, then you'd be far better off with a PS3, as the 360 is dead in Japan. So this is my prediction:
US: #1 - Wii, #2 - 360, #3 - PS3
Japan: #1 - Wii, #2 - PS3, #3 - 360
Worldwide: #1 - Wii, #2 - Tie (360/PS3)
I don't like American style FPS games, I like plot-heavy Japanese games like MGS. I'm not so much into Final Fantasy games, but I do like a lot of Square/Enix games, and none of those are ever going to be on 360 as the system is dead in Japan.
If you're interested in American-style games (PC ports, FPS's, driving games, etc), then you'll be fine with the 360. I'm pretty sure the 360 will take the #2 spot in the US. If you're interested in Japanese games though (like I am), then the 360 would be your LAST choice (as the system is basically dead in Japan now).
To be fair, the backward compatibility involved putting the complete PS2 hardware (basically PS2 on a chip) in the PS3, and this raised the cost of an already expensive system. The software backward compatibility in the later PS3's has a lot of problems, it doesn't work properly with a lot of games. I'm fine with keeping my PS2 for PS1 and PS2 games (but then I have one of the newer slim silver ones, my ex got the older PS2 when we broke up).
Indeed. The Wii is going to win the "console war" this generation for outright sales. The PS3 will be the console of choice for the more "hardcore" games. Not saying that the Wii won't have any, but a lot of "big" games like MGS4 are going to PS3-only. The 360 is basically dead everywhere but the US. 360 sales in Japan are abysmal, not even close to what the original Xbox sold (and even it did terribly there).
I've owned a Wii since launch day, and I'm going to get a PS3 once the price goes down a bit more.
Honestly, I have a *terrible* opinion of ReiserFS, but it has nothing to do with the developer's personal life - it's because of the filesystem itself. I tried it at different times, on several different machines, and all of them had the filesystem crash spectacularly within a month. I have NEVER had an ext3 filesystem crash except due to hard drive failure (and even then I was able to recover 85% of the data). The hard drives were all clean for the ReiserFS crashes (which seemed to just be random), and 95% of the data on all of them was lost. It just seems to be horribly unstable, and I didn't see any of the supposed performance improvements over ext3. All of those machines were switched back to ext3 after the disastrous ReiserFS experiment (fortunately I had stuff backed up on DVD-R), and none has had ANY problems in the several years since.
I personally could care less about what happens in the personal life of a developer. Why do people think that ReiserFS will die just because the creator is in prison? It's GPL...someone else will just pick up development. They may or may not change the name of it. All the code that's out there GPL'd now isn't going to just suddenly vanish because the developer is in prison.
I don't understand the big deal about it myself. It's another GTA game. I had fun with the other 3 (though I enjoyed GTA3 and Vice City much more than San Andreas)...and I'll probably pick it up at some point, but it's certainly not something I'm wetting myself over. I wouldn't get a PS3 for it. The only system-buying game coming out for it as far as I'm concerned is MGS4. Now THAT is something to wet yourself over.
I have to agree, "Core" and "Core 2" have to be the stupidest names I've ever heard of for processor architecture. They do nothing but confuse ordinary people (which may be Intel's intention).
Yes, ISO is completely finished as a reputable standards body. They *may* continue to have some degree of relevance in other fields (as they have always handled much more than computer-related standards)...however, their credibility may be called into question even in these other areas (at least I'm hoping so). But as far as computer-related standards, they are completely finished. No reputable organization will pay any attention to "ISO" in the name of any computer-related standard. In fact, in this area, they are being replaced. The replacement has not officially launched yet, but it is coming soon: http://www.certifiedopen.com/
I'm all for coming up for new names for things like ISO9660 so that noone has to refer to "ISO" again.
Expect places like amazon.com to drastically lose sales after this, unless online prices are drastically lower. When items are the same price online as they are in local stores, and you only have to pay sales tax to buy it locally, while you have to pay sales tax *and* shipping to order online...most people are going to make the obvious choice and just drive over to Best Buy or Wal-mart. Sure places like Newegg may have it a little bit better, as they stock a HUGE variety of computer components that are often hard to find locally unless you have a Fry's near you (and even then they may not have the exact motherboard you're looking for)...but regardless, overall online retailers are going to suffer horribly.
ISO is just digging themselves into a deeper hole. Any chance they had of redeeming themselves as a standards body was lost when the joke of OOXML was "approved". They are no longer a reputable standards body, they are just yet another bureaucratic bought and paid for rubber stamp. They will find that their "standards" no longer have any meaning in the real world...in fact they are being replaced as we speak. The official launch hasn't happened yet (but coming very soon): http://www.certifiedopen.com/
That's being a bit fatalistic. It's not like Intel is really doing much better...they are having almost as many financial woes, complete with a lot of layoffs of their own recently.
It's not just the number of expansions. WOW has had a lot of content patches that include new material - AQ, Naxx, Black Temple, Sunwell Isle, etc. And those are just the raids. There have been a lot more additions made to the game via content patches than just those. If it had been Everquest, Sony would've charged for each of those as an "expansion". Blizzard only charges for the major expansions (Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King). Blizzard does not consider it an expansion unless there is a significant addition to the game (entire new continent, higher level cap, etc). WOW and EQ2 have had about the same amount of content added to them overall.
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10 cents is the maximum I would be willing to pay for a downloaded song in a lossless format with no DRM. Rent? Not a chance.
I guess most people don't like having anything around the house that's smarter than they are...
Hey, the main character of a very popular game series was born out of a science experiment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_snake
Read the letter. There are only two possibilities: 1) He's dangerously insane. As in, he needs to be put in a room with padded walls and a straight jacket, and be drugged up on antipsychotics or 2) He's secretly on Take Two's payroll, and they're having him say/do outlandish things to get them publicity. He really is the best advertising they could ever hope for.
His mom should send back a picture of her playing GTA4.
All I can say to that is...lol. You need to turn the TV and computer off and go outside.
He is seen as the de-facto "spokesperson" of the anti-videogame agenda. And he's dangerously insane, to the point that noone takes him seriously at all. The plus of having such a buffoon "in charge" of the anti-videogame agenda is that no sane person would dare speak up on his side, for fear of being associated with him.
This is so absolutely utterly ridiculous that there are only 2 possibilities: 1) Jack Thompson is dangerously insane, like he needs to be put in a room with padded walls and a straight jacket YESTERDAY, or 2) He's on Take Two's payroll, and this is just another method of advertising for them. I'm really leaning toward #2, more and more as time goes on. It's the only thing that really makes sense...he's the best advertising they could ever ask for.
The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced that Jack Thompson is on Take 2's payroll. He's the best advertising they could possibly ask for.
Big difference. The 360 IS in #2 worldwide, but that's only because of the US. I'm pretty sure that the PS3 is not going to surpass the 360 in the US, because the 360 has and will continue to have most of the American-style games (FPS's, driving games, PC ports, etc). So I guess it depends on your point of view. If your view of big games concerns American-style FPS's and games like that, then the 360 is probably the right choice for you. If your view of big games is Japanese games like MGS4, then you'd be far better off with a PS3, as the 360 is dead in Japan. So this is my prediction: US: #1 - Wii, #2 - 360, #3 - PS3 Japan: #1 - Wii, #2 - PS3, #3 - 360 Worldwide: #1 - Wii, #2 - Tie (360/PS3) I don't like American style FPS games, I like plot-heavy Japanese games like MGS. I'm not so much into Final Fantasy games, but I do like a lot of Square/Enix games, and none of those are ever going to be on 360 as the system is dead in Japan.
If you're interested in American-style games (PC ports, FPS's, driving games, etc), then you'll be fine with the 360. I'm pretty sure the 360 will take the #2 spot in the US. If you're interested in Japanese games though (like I am), then the 360 would be your LAST choice (as the system is basically dead in Japan now).
To be fair, the backward compatibility involved putting the complete PS2 hardware (basically PS2 on a chip) in the PS3, and this raised the cost of an already expensive system. The software backward compatibility in the later PS3's has a lot of problems, it doesn't work properly with a lot of games. I'm fine with keeping my PS2 for PS1 and PS2 games (but then I have one of the newer slim silver ones, my ex got the older PS2 when we broke up).
MGS3 is PS2-only. It was never ported to any other platforms.
Indeed. The Wii is going to win the "console war" this generation for outright sales. The PS3 will be the console of choice for the more "hardcore" games. Not saying that the Wii won't have any, but a lot of "big" games like MGS4 are going to PS3-only. The 360 is basically dead everywhere but the US. 360 sales in Japan are abysmal, not even close to what the original Xbox sold (and even it did terribly there). I've owned a Wii since launch day, and I'm going to get a PS3 once the price goes down a bit more.
Am I the only one who was reminded of Gray Fox/"Cyborg Ninja" from Metal Gear Solid?
Honestly, I have a *terrible* opinion of ReiserFS, but it has nothing to do with the developer's personal life - it's because of the filesystem itself. I tried it at different times, on several different machines, and all of them had the filesystem crash spectacularly within a month. I have NEVER had an ext3 filesystem crash except due to hard drive failure (and even then I was able to recover 85% of the data). The hard drives were all clean for the ReiserFS crashes (which seemed to just be random), and 95% of the data on all of them was lost. It just seems to be horribly unstable, and I didn't see any of the supposed performance improvements over ext3. All of those machines were switched back to ext3 after the disastrous ReiserFS experiment (fortunately I had stuff backed up on DVD-R), and none has had ANY problems in the several years since.
I personally could care less about what happens in the personal life of a developer. Why do people think that ReiserFS will die just because the creator is in prison? It's GPL...someone else will just pick up development. They may or may not change the name of it. All the code that's out there GPL'd now isn't going to just suddenly vanish because the developer is in prison.
I don't understand the big deal about it myself. It's another GTA game. I had fun with the other 3 (though I enjoyed GTA3 and Vice City much more than San Andreas)...and I'll probably pick it up at some point, but it's certainly not something I'm wetting myself over. I wouldn't get a PS3 for it. The only system-buying game coming out for it as far as I'm concerned is MGS4. Now THAT is something to wet yourself over.
I have to agree, "Core" and "Core 2" have to be the stupidest names I've ever heard of for processor architecture. They do nothing but confuse ordinary people (which may be Intel's intention).
Yes, ISO is completely finished as a reputable standards body. They *may* continue to have some degree of relevance in other fields (as they have always handled much more than computer-related standards)...however, their credibility may be called into question even in these other areas (at least I'm hoping so). But as far as computer-related standards, they are completely finished. No reputable organization will pay any attention to "ISO" in the name of any computer-related standard. In fact, in this area, they are being replaced. The replacement has not officially launched yet, but it is coming soon: http://www.certifiedopen.com/ I'm all for coming up for new names for things like ISO9660 so that noone has to refer to "ISO" again.
No kidding. I don't know ANYONE that has ever put anything but a bit fat 0 on their "use taxes".
Expect places like amazon.com to drastically lose sales after this, unless online prices are drastically lower. When items are the same price online as they are in local stores, and you only have to pay sales tax to buy it locally, while you have to pay sales tax *and* shipping to order online...most people are going to make the obvious choice and just drive over to Best Buy or Wal-mart. Sure places like Newegg may have it a little bit better, as they stock a HUGE variety of computer components that are often hard to find locally unless you have a Fry's near you (and even then they may not have the exact motherboard you're looking for)...but regardless, overall online retailers are going to suffer horribly.
ISO is just digging themselves into a deeper hole. Any chance they had of redeeming themselves as a standards body was lost when the joke of OOXML was "approved". They are no longer a reputable standards body, they are just yet another bureaucratic bought and paid for rubber stamp. They will find that their "standards" no longer have any meaning in the real world...in fact they are being replaced as we speak. The official launch hasn't happened yet (but coming very soon): http://www.certifiedopen.com/
That's being a bit fatalistic. It's not like Intel is really doing much better...they are having almost as many financial woes, complete with a lot of layoffs of their own recently.
It's not just the number of expansions. WOW has had a lot of content patches that include new material - AQ, Naxx, Black Temple, Sunwell Isle, etc. And those are just the raids. There have been a lot more additions made to the game via content patches than just those. If it had been Everquest, Sony would've charged for each of those as an "expansion". Blizzard only charges for the major expansions (Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King). Blizzard does not consider it an expansion unless there is a significant addition to the game (entire new continent, higher level cap, etc). WOW and EQ2 have had about the same amount of content added to them overall.