I have a lot more interest in this tablet than any iPad that's come out. I still don't know what the use of having a tablet is though when I have a laptop, PC and smartphone.
...will not be the day the RIAA and all of the middlemen die. Music and musicians will live on, regardless of who is in control. So boohoo, nice tearjerking story, but at the end of the day the reason the music industry is flat lining is because it hasn't adapted to the way things are. Instead it continues to pound the sand hoping for the way things were.
Considering the fact you don't even know which version of the game you're talking about, I can see why it would be too complicated for you. SimCity 3000 is isometric, just like SimCity 2000. The complexity level is about the same.
Bonus: SimCity 4 (the version *I think* you're talking about), while 3D was a fixed trimetric orthographic projection, not a fully 3D world.
...considering what EA did to the last SimCity game. If this is the only flaw, then we got off fairly easily. They still have plenty of time to ruin everything else though, just like they did in SimCity Societies. "Let's make SimCity for the casual gamer!"
... but honestly, there isn't much to copy. Tiny Tower is a very simplistic "game" that has so few things to do, it would take long to copy and improve upon. This is the extent of the game:
1. Click on roof to build floor... wait for floor to build or rush it for a fee.
2. Click to build one of a few different types of businesses or apartments... wait for business to build or rush it for a fee.
3. Wait for person to move into apartment or rush it for a fee.
4. Click on person to have them work at business. Have them stock business... wait for stocking to complete or rush it for a fee.
5. Wait for stock to sell or rush it for a fee.
6. Wait for more people to move or rush it for a fee.
7. Play the equivalent of Where's Waldo occasionally to earn a Tower Bux.
8. Move the elevator with a passenger in it occasionally to earn a few coins or sometimes a Tower Bux.
9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 repeatedly for longer and longer periods of time or costing more and more Tower Bux.
It's important to note that when you first start playing, Steps 1 through 5 are rushed for you in order to get you hooked, otherwise you'd be waiting for awhile with nothing to do and think the game was a stupid, boring, waste of time.
Not hard to copy, and not much of a game to begin with.
When you say Tiny Tower "expands" upon SimTower, you must be using the word in a manner I'm not familiar with. SimTower was fun, and always gave you something to do. You could build your tower however you liked, and you could have more than one elevator. It wasn't just trying to get you addicted to fork over money for "Tower Bux". Also, there isn't much "management" in Tiny Tower. The game (if you want to call it that, I wouldn't) is simplistic and more of a chore than anything else.
If you think the IMF has that kind of power, just wait until I tell you about all the insane things the UN is plotting to do in order to take over.
It's up to our CIA to stop them!
*Sarcasm*
$200 for unlimited service? You're getting ripped off. I have unlimited service through Sprint that allows me to use a tethering app and it's all for $119.99 including tax.
I'm a database engineer, received the e-mail, looked at it for about a minute, became suspicious because the White House doesn't have my e-mail address, noticed the links, and discarded it without a second thought because it was an obvious hoax .
Do you folks think North Korea needs to enact a law for people exercising free speech? They'd just as easily be able to make them disappear with or without said law.
You seriously think the Mexicans who built your house went to college for it?
For that matter, you more than likely have been driving on bridges built by unskilled labor back in the 30's. They haven't collapsed on you yet it seems. And I guess the ole' Hoover dam is still there. Oh, and the Empire State Building, Pentagon, and hey, even the White House. Uh oh...
People are incompetent and lazy, but damn, you make them sound like they're all downright idiotic and unwilling to lift so much as a finger to save themselves.
If times get tough enough, even you might be willing to put down your mouse and pick up a shovel.
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I have a lot more interest in this tablet than any iPad that's come out. I still don't know what the use of having a tablet is though when I have a laptop, PC and smartphone.
...will not be the day the RIAA and all of the middlemen die. Music and musicians will live on, regardless of who is in control. So boohoo, nice tearjerking story, but at the end of the day the reason the music industry is flat lining is because it hasn't adapted to the way things are. Instead it continues to pound the sand hoping for the way things were.
Cities XL 2012 models this fairly well. The regional play in SimCity 4 still has more interaction than Cities XL does though.
Considering the fact you don't even know which version of the game you're talking about, I can see why it would be too complicated for you. SimCity 3000 is isometric, just like SimCity 2000. The complexity level is about the same. Bonus: SimCity 4 (the version *I think* you're talking about), while 3D was a fixed trimetric orthographic projection, not a fully 3D world.
...considering what EA did to the last SimCity game. If this is the only flaw, then we got off fairly easily. They still have plenty of time to ruin everything else though, just like they did in SimCity Societies. "Let's make SimCity for the casual gamer!"
... but honestly, there isn't much to copy. Tiny Tower is a very simplistic "game" that has so few things to do, it would take long to copy and improve upon. This is the extent of the game:
1. Click on roof to build floor... wait for floor to build or rush it for a fee.
2. Click to build one of a few different types of businesses or apartments... wait for business to build or rush it for a fee.
3. Wait for person to move into apartment or rush it for a fee.
4. Click on person to have them work at business. Have them stock business... wait for stocking to complete or rush it for a fee.
5. Wait for stock to sell or rush it for a fee.
6. Wait for more people to move or rush it for a fee.
7. Play the equivalent of Where's Waldo occasionally to earn a Tower Bux.
8. Move the elevator with a passenger in it occasionally to earn a few coins or sometimes a Tower Bux.
9. Repeat steps 1 through 8 repeatedly for longer and longer periods of time or costing more and more Tower Bux.
It's important to note that when you first start playing, Steps 1 through 5 are rushed for you in order to get you hooked, otherwise you'd be waiting for awhile with nothing to do and think the game was a stupid, boring, waste of time.
Not hard to copy, and not much of a game to begin with.
You sir, deserve some mod points!
When you say Tiny Tower "expands" upon SimTower, you must be using the word in a manner I'm not familiar with. SimTower was fun, and always gave you something to do. You could build your tower however you liked, and you could have more than one elevator. It wasn't just trying to get you addicted to fork over money for "Tower Bux". Also, there isn't much "management" in Tiny Tower. The game (if you want to call it that, I wouldn't) is simplistic and more of a chore than anything else.
Well when Apple charges $400 for a 1TB hard drive, they must be the "best".
You're complaining about DRM schemes while at the same time running an Apple product? Does not compute.
I'm pretty sure Steve Jobs didn't do all of those (or even any of those) himself.
Oh Oracle! What are we supposed to do with you?
Absolutely nothing. Run for the hills. Anyone who sticks around for this kind of continued abuse and incompetence has Stockholm Syndrome.
If you think the IMF has that kind of power, just wait until I tell you about all the insane things the UN is plotting to do in order to take over. It's up to our CIA to stop them! *Sarcasm*
Android is just an off-brand iPhone, for use until they can afford an iPhone or their carrier gets it.
Believe it or not, not everyone dreams of one day owning an iPhone.
Who is MG Siegler and why should we give a damn what he thinks about anything?
$200 for unlimited service? You're getting ripped off. I have unlimited service through Sprint that allows me to use a tethering app and it's all for $119.99 including tax.
How can you even stay relevant in business IT administration when you're running the one OS that nobody else in the company but the CEO is using?
We tried that voluntary stuff back when we had the Articles of Confederation. It didn't work out so well.
Parent, if I had mod points, I would have definitely bumped you up.
I thought they had a history of DDoSing anyone they disagree with.
I'm a database engineer, received the e-mail, looked at it for about a minute, became suspicious because the White House doesn't have my e-mail address, noticed the links, and discarded it without a second thought because it was an obvious hoax .
Do you actually use any Oracle products? Nothing about them is ever "trivial"!
Do you folks think North Korea needs to enact a law for people exercising free speech? They'd just as easily be able to make them disappear with or without said law.
If you want a coherent XBOX experience, get an XBOX. That's not what PC gaming is. They're trying, and look at how terrible they're doing it.
You seriously think the Mexicans who built your house went to college for it?
For that matter, you more than likely have been driving on bridges built by unskilled labor back in the 30's. They haven't collapsed on you yet it seems. And I guess the ole' Hoover dam is still there. Oh, and the Empire State Building, Pentagon, and hey, even the White House. Uh oh...
People are incompetent and lazy, but damn, you make them sound like they're all downright idiotic and unwilling to lift so much as a finger to save themselves.
If times get tough enough, even you might be willing to put down your mouse and pick up a shovel.