Doesn't matter who the target is, they can't filter those people out. When $BAND tries to release its latest songs on MySpace and this comes up, it won't be a good thing.
I think you'd have to revoke the Rush-Bagot agreement as well. And besides, the Declaration of Independence isn't actually a law. And the Constitution will be worth something again once we get our checks and balances back.
when their songs are (wrongly either because it's their original song and it's copyrighted by them or because of a technical glitch) forbidden from being uploaded.
Yeah, exactly. So if the story (what you tell with the gameplay) was the same, that would be like the music being the same. But why should the gameplay (e.g. the instruments used to make the music) change?
The story is more like the lyrics. I enjoy the lyrics too, but the same song with different lyrics is rarely seen except as a parody. The gameplay is the "sound" of the album, the general feeling, the way the instruments are played
It's getting to expensive to keep up with next-gen graphics, and I'm tired of it
Not really. When you take inflation into account the cost of the high end today isn't that far off from the cost of the high end in the past, and the average gaming computer is getting cheaper. It's just that things are getting better faster.
Tired of $500 vid cards and $600 consoles
Adjusted for inflation, the SNES would cost about $600. My whole computer costs barely over $500 and it plays HL2 perfectly fine.
I'd much rather see someone do something innovative in terms of STORY or PLOT or CHARACTER or THEME with HL2 then just innovate the gameplay for another mindless shooter with (gee whiz) more features.
If story's the only thing I wanted in a game, I'd turn off my computer monitor and either turn on the TV or go to a library. The goal of a game is to make the person playing the game have fun.
By the way--games aren't the source of innovation in story or plot and they probably never will be.
HL2 Episode One's main innovation actually is characterization--the AI character Alyx.
Theme? You do realize that HL2's thematic innovations over HL1--their fine attention to every little detail of the game--occurs precisely because the Source engine allows better attention to detail because it has better graphics support?
Sure, Portal may have some new gadgetry, and nerds get excited about gadgetry, but if it doesn't have good writing either it will have no staying power and it will just be an endless cycle of waiting for the next "innovation" without ever realizing that the previous ones all offered nothing genuinely new.
I can only replay for the story once or twice; the small amount of explicit storyline. Better gameplay can increase replayability much more than better story can.
Counter-Strike has no story whatsoever and Counter-Strike servers still generate more Internet traffic than the entire country of Italy. Whereas Final Fantasy has to keep pumping out sequels every 2 years because it's a storybased game.
No, he just gets his science from actual scientific papers(unlike Crichton who gets his from the land of plot devices) and has actual scientists vouching for the science in his movie.
The only restriction that GPLv3 gives with respect to DRM is that you can't use the DRM to prevent modifications to the codebase from being actually used a la Tivo. Basically, you can't use DRM to subvert the purpose of the GPL.
That's a really, really sad statement about what we expect from the gaming industry. Imagine a new album coming out from a band you like, and when you find out that it has guitar, bass, and drums you're like "oh great! screw this! I want some innovation!"
If I buy the newest album from a band I like, and it sounds exactly the same as their previous album, I generally don't buy their next album. The best bands manage to make every album have its own distinctive sound.
For example, go listen to Audioslave's debut album and then listen to Out of Exile. If I scrambled the songs and played any given song from either album, you would be able to tell what album the song was on, with maybe one or two exceptions. Contrast this with the Foo Fighters: Although a good band, the sound on each album is pretty much the same. There isn't much of a reason to buy more than one album from them unless you're a really big fan.
How do you rectify the interest in old-school gaming with this insatiable need for novel gameplay?
Name me one person who would buy every single Pac-Man game if they all had the same gameplay as Pac-Man and Mrs. Pac-Man. Most interest in old-school gaming is via systems that provide multiple games, most of which are the revolutionizers. You rarely see Pac-Man, Mrs. Pac-Man, Generic Pac-Man Clone 33(there were quite a few clones of Pac-Man back when it was an innovation), and Pac-Man with slightly different graphics 28. You see Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Pole Position, and a variety. You see very few imitators on those disks.
What I expect from Halo 3 is the continuation - and completion - of one of the greatest stories ever told via video games.
The Halo developers seem to concentrate more on multiplayer than single player. For the majority of the demographic that seems to be interested in the Halo series, the story is an afterthought.
Please stop seeing everything in terms of innovation. There are other metrics for quality.
In general, the more innovative the game, the higher the quality. The sort of people who think up innovative ideas about gameplay are the sort of people who do good gameplay. The sort of people who copy, are the sort of people who make sucky gameplay.
Notice how few people get excited about EA's latest copycat FPS. Notice how many people get excited about Portal.
Population density is increasing. If there were a population density anywhere near this high in the olden days of cavemen it would signify severe overpopulation. The response to overpopulation? Mate less. How do you make someone mate less? Make them want to mate less. How do you make someone less likely to want to mate? Lower testosterone.
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Indeed. Which is why the sanctions against South Africa worked. Actually, they're the only time I can think of where they did work.
Doesn't matter who the target is, they can't filter those people out. When $BAND tries to release its latest songs on MySpace and this comes up, it won't be a good thing.
I think you'd have to revoke the Rush-Bagot agreement as well. And besides, the Declaration of Independence isn't actually a law. And the Constitution will be worth something again once we get our checks and balances back.
Besides, that's John Cleese.
when their songs are (wrongly either because it's their original song and it's copyrighted by them or because of a technical glitch) forbidden from being uploaded.
Name me an alternative to 'free' that RMS can use. There is an alternative to 'free' that companies can use--'gratis'.
But StarBSD is dying!
Please, this is an open letter to everybody who posts that troll. Please, at least, fix that greater-than error.
Exactly what I think when I see that silly troll. I was just about to post that when I saw your post.
And in response to your sig: "Yields falsehood when preceded by its own quotation" yields falsehood when preceded by its own quotation.
He said "and the weight of the ball was exactly the same as a regulation ball" in there. My bet is that there's a way to make it the right weight.
Why, when I read this post, do I imagine it being said by Vala's Ori-worshipping husband in Stargate SG-1?
By the way--games aren't the source of innovation in story or plot and they probably never will be.
HL2 Episode One's main innovation actually is characterization--the AI character Alyx.
Theme? You do realize that HL2's thematic innovations over HL1--their fine attention to every little detail of the game--occurs precisely because the Source engine allows better attention to detail because it has better graphics support? I can only replay for the story once or twice; the small amount of explicit storyline. Better gameplay can increase replayability much more than better story can.
Counter-Strike has no story whatsoever and Counter-Strike servers still generate more Internet traffic than the entire country of Italy. Whereas Final Fantasy has to keep pumping out sequels every 2 years because it's a storybased game.
Go look up what percentage of incumbents keep their jobs at re-election time and tell me that again.
No, he just gets his science from actual scientific papers(unlike Crichton who gets his from the land of plot devices) and has actual scientists vouching for the science in his movie.
But unlike Crichton, Gore cited actual scientific papers, and actual scientists have vouched for his work.
smrkt? Is that like the Chekt?
Go read about the Overton window.
The only restriction that GPLv3 gives with respect to DRM is that you can't use the DRM to prevent modifications to the codebase from being actually used a la Tivo. Basically, you can't use DRM to subvert the purpose of the GPL.
"Only" and "Every Day Is Exactly The Same" seem more like episodic content than expansion packs to me.
Less distros? Absolutely not.
For example, go listen to Audioslave's debut album and then listen to Out of Exile. If I scrambled the songs and played any given song from either album, you would be able to tell what album the song was on, with maybe one or two exceptions. Contrast this with the Foo Fighters: Although a good band, the sound on each album is pretty much the same. There isn't much of a reason to buy more than one album from them unless you're a really big fan. Name me one person who would buy every single Pac-Man game if they all had the same gameplay as Pac-Man and Mrs. Pac-Man. Most interest in old-school gaming is via systems that provide multiple games, most of which are the revolutionizers. You rarely see Pac-Man, Mrs. Pac-Man, Generic Pac-Man Clone 33(there were quite a few clones of Pac-Man back when it was an innovation), and Pac-Man with slightly different graphics 28. You see Pac-Man, Galaga, Dig Dug, Pole Position, and a variety. You see very few imitators on those disks.
The Halo developers seem to concentrate more on multiplayer than single player. For the majority of the demographic that seems to be interested in the Halo series, the story is an afterthought. In general, the more innovative the game, the higher the quality. The sort of people who think up innovative ideas about gameplay are the sort of people who do good gameplay. The sort of people who copy, are the sort of people who make sucky gameplay.
Notice how few people get excited about EA's latest copycat FPS. Notice how many people get excited about Portal.
Hey, that's the combination on my luggage!
Population density is increasing. If there were a population density anywhere near this high in the olden days of cavemen it would signify severe overpopulation. The response to overpopulation? Mate less. How do you make someone mate less? Make them want to mate less. How do you make someone less likely to want to mate? Lower testosterone.
Every well-bred petty crook knows that the small concealable weapons go to the far left of the place setting.
If I sold out, I would then immediately look for loopholes.