If I were a business, and an AOL user wanted to get my emails, they would have to pay for the priveledge. If AOL charges me for sending emails, I'm going to charge the user for recieving them. Consider it a high-tech form of postage.
Some of the players have taken it into their own hands. Korean Lineage players are killing anybody on their server who doesn't speak their language http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/216094.html. Man, gold farmers ruin EVERYTHING.
Think about this. North Korea is not very wealthy, but they're capable of wiping Seoul off the map. If Microsoft was serious about giving a "screw you" to Korea, they'd buy NK and tell Kim Jong-il to fire at will.
Will, I remember back in the late eighties/early nineties you made some of the most indepth yet open-ended games ever. I remember Simearth had various options to modify the conditions on a planet, and you could choose to use as many or as little as you wanted. Most of the games Maxis made then weren't blockbusters, but they were good games.
Today? The bulk of your work in the last five years has been a virtual dollhouse that has a new expansion pack released for it every six months. The only non-"The Sims" games Maxis has put out in recent history are a few Simcity sequels, and they were notoriously buggy. The quality of your software has gone down, and I fear that the Maxis I knew is dead, replaced by some hollow shell.
Part of the blame falls on EA for taking away your creative control, but remember that it was the Maxis's choice to be bought out. You had a say in the choice. Will Wright, you are a sellout.
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I believe you mean Simcity 2000 and 3000, respectively?
If I were a business, and an AOL user wanted to get my emails, they would have to pay for the priveledge. If AOL charges me for sending emails, I'm going to charge the user for recieving them. Consider it a high-tech form of postage.
Some of the players have taken it into their own hands. Korean Lineage players are killing anybody on their server who doesn't speak their language http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/216094.html. Man, gold farmers ruin EVERYTHING.
Were you using an electric hammer... such as the one which was allegedly invented by Edison?
I am not a machiNO CARRIER
Think about this. North Korea is not very wealthy, but they're capable of wiping Seoul off the map. If Microsoft was serious about giving a "screw you" to Korea, they'd buy NK and tell Kim Jong-il to fire at will.
They just want to keep us from buying their old Super Famicoms.
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Will, I remember back in the late eighties/early nineties you made some of the most indepth yet open-ended games ever. I remember Simearth had various options to modify the conditions on a planet, and you could choose to use as many or as little as you wanted. Most of the games Maxis made then weren't blockbusters, but they were good games.
Today? The bulk of your work in the last five years has been a virtual dollhouse that has a new expansion pack released for it every six months. The only non-"The Sims" games Maxis has put out in recent history are a few Simcity sequels, and they were notoriously buggy. The quality of your software has gone down, and I fear that the Maxis I knew is dead, replaced by some hollow shell.
Part of the blame falls on EA for taking away your creative control, but remember that it was the Maxis's choice to be bought out. You had a say in the choice. Will Wright, you are a sellout.
Forget high-resolution dogs, I'll buy the game in a heartbeat if they just let us shoot the son of a bitch.
You're forgetting that the left and the right are essentially the same thing now in the US.
If you're looking for me, I'll just be upstairs...
*ahem* It's spelled Krang, and his race was the Utroms.
No war for energon! No war for energon!
I can already hear the response from the government.
"National security. You oppose our operations, you oppose freedom, justice, and the American Way. NOW SCREW OFF, YOU COMMIE TERRORIST-LOVER!"
Not true. Psycrow kicked his ass on so many occassions... crashing into asteroids didn't help.
There is no emoticon for what I'm feeling!
Robo? Peh, I'd rather be Zeal. Hey, if some giant porcupine rains fire upon the world, at least I get box seats.
Now you can fry your RFID chip, literally!
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/0 8/1625231/
Seems NASA actually did something RIGHT for once. Three cheers for NASA!
It's not like they actually own any of their articles.
Hey, I wear an old faded T-shirt and sweatpants to school every day, you insensitive clod!
Soylent Green! It makes its own gravy!
The spammer doesn't contribute to your campaign fund, so he gets to be the example.
It would be called the iBud.
Sorry, couldn't resist.