If this movie is PG-13, it means that they are allowed to use the word "fuck" once. Given that, the best use, I think would be Mace Windu delivering the following line: "Galactic Basic, motherfucker, do you speak it?!"
Not all Linux users hate the Xbox and Halo 2. I am running Mandrake Linux on the computer that I am posting this from. To my left I have my Xbox sitting on my TV cart. Conflict of intrest? No. The Xbox is the first thing Microsoft has done right in several years. If they see sales numbers coming from the Xbox and not the trash they make like Windows, this will send an important message about product quality.
Speaking as the son of a Rabbi, the rip-offs thing is correct. Gift giving was a creative "reinterpretation" of older customs in order to lead to fewer angry Jewish kids who want presents too. There is no mention of presents in the actual story whatsoever.
Evil platform? I think it's a good thing to support the Xbox, because unlike Windows, the Xbox is actually a good product, and if we encourage them in that feild while discouraging their badly flawed operating system, they may actually realize they're onto something by making their product of decent quality.
(Yes, you did just read a Linux user promoting a Microsoft product.)
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At what point does a creation like this become considered life?
So you're saying that if someone is sixteen they shouldn't buy a Star Wars game because the Storm Troopers are the empire's law enforcement? You're saying that someone age sixteen should not be allowed to buy Splinter Cell, a T rated game, because you can (you're not even required to) attack two corrupt police officers who extort a man by threatening to kill him for a minor offence? What about Jak II, a cartoony game featuring battles against a corrupt regiem? You have to realise that this law covers all types of games, not just ones like Grand Theft Auto.
Furthermore, you are clearly biased on the issue as you are over eighteen and this would not affect you. I am under eighteen, and I play many of the games in question, and both the current rating system and my parents have no problems with this.
I think the main problem with stealth games is that they can never give the character the proper combat skills. I remember playing Metal Gear Solid, and while I mostly hid through the game, I recall not worrying much when I did get caught because I could still gun down quite a few gaurds before dying, even make it out alive often. Meanwhile, when playing Splinter Cell I felt that Sam's combat skills were subpar for someone who the NSA put so much trust in. To be fair, the emphasis is on stealth, but shouldn't he at least have some chance in a gunfight? Now, I'm not asking for Sam to be able to charge through without worrying, but there should be at least a little room for error, especailly seeing as save point were presented in a checkpoint system, not a save anywhere system like a PC game. (Note: I played the Xbox version, I don't know if the save system is different on PC.)
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Didn't PC Gamer have a review of this thing several months ago?
The end of mathematical proofs by humans? I think I speak for the entire high school populus by saying "Thank God!"
I completely agree about the name scheme. They have no creativity. And if they did, they'd spell that with a 'K' too.
If this movie is PG-13, it means that they are allowed to use the word "fuck" once. Given that, the best use, I think would be Mace Windu delivering the following line: "Galactic Basic, motherfucker, do you speak it?!"
Xen Linux? You mean like open source of Half-Life enemies?
Not all Linux users hate the Xbox and Halo 2. I am running Mandrake Linux on the computer that I am posting this from. To my left I have my Xbox sitting on my TV cart. Conflict of intrest? No. The Xbox is the first thing Microsoft has done right in several years. If they see sales numbers coming from the Xbox and not the trash they make like Windows, this will send an important message about product quality.
That's high tech? By that standard a calculator would be science fiction!
I actually agree with Microsoft here. These problems are caused by human error. Running Windows definitely falls under that catagory.
Speaking as the son of a Rabbi, the rip-offs thing is correct. Gift giving was a creative "reinterpretation" of older customs in order to lead to fewer angry Jewish kids who want presents too. There is no mention of presents in the actual story whatsoever.
You forget that the Tony Hawk Series was released on N64 and PC, and Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid were also released on PC.
I agree about the analog sticks being insensitive. They made an antisemetic joke and offended me greatly!
I'm still using my 5 year old iMac too. As a doorstop.
Evil platform? I think it's a good thing to support the Xbox, because unlike Windows, the Xbox is actually a good product, and if we encourage them in that feild while discouraging their badly flawed operating system, they may actually realize they're onto something by making their product of decent quality. (Yes, you did just read a Linux user promoting a Microsoft product.)
At what point does a creation like this become considered life?
Yes. http://www.kcrw.org/show/hg
While CyberMage was did beat out Half-Life by several years, Marathon (1994) was a year earlier, and the storyline is still being discussed today.
So you're saying that if someone is sixteen they shouldn't buy a Star Wars game because the Storm Troopers are the empire's law enforcement? You're saying that someone age sixteen should not be allowed to buy Splinter Cell, a T rated game, because you can (you're not even required to) attack two corrupt police officers who extort a man by threatening to kill him for a minor offence? What about Jak II, a cartoony game featuring battles against a corrupt regiem? You have to realise that this law covers all types of games, not just ones like Grand Theft Auto. Furthermore, you are clearly biased on the issue as you are over eighteen and this would not affect you. I am under eighteen, and I play many of the games in question, and both the current rating system and my parents have no problems with this.
I think the main problem with stealth games is that they can never give the character the proper combat skills. I remember playing Metal Gear Solid, and while I mostly hid through the game, I recall not worrying much when I did get caught because I could still gun down quite a few gaurds before dying, even make it out alive often. Meanwhile, when playing Splinter Cell I felt that Sam's combat skills were subpar for someone who the NSA put so much trust in. To be fair, the emphasis is on stealth, but shouldn't he at least have some chance in a gunfight? Now, I'm not asking for Sam to be able to charge through without worrying, but there should be at least a little room for error, especailly seeing as save point were presented in a checkpoint system, not a save anywhere system like a PC game. (Note: I played the Xbox version, I don't know if the save system is different on PC.)