IMO, the only way to die in-game would be to set options to manual control (assuming you didn't already do that) and then go away for half an hour or so (while in the middle of a boss fight, mind you!).
Personally, I hated DS2, while I basically loved DS1 - at least in Co-op.
-) I have to go, but afterwards I don't feel relieved.
-) I am somewhere high above ground and I don't care (I am deathly afraid of heights, in RL)
-) I am Ranma Saotome
-) I am the Scourge of the post-apocalyptic wastes
-) continue with any video game cliché you like
The high-above-ground-stuff usually preludes some fun boss fights, I tell ya.
I mean, I liked Opera from the very beginning, but I never even got close to liking Firefox (which I'm forced to use at work); which is interesting, because I liked the Netscape Navigator (not much, but I did).
Yet, my best friend just loves FF, while he finds Opera too restrictive (don't ask).
One of my co-workers OTOH prefers IE, although she permanently manages to infect her laptop (yeah, I know: O.o).
So, as far as preference goes, there's all kinds of flavors to choose from, so why all this bickering?
The reason for this is clear: the software being created is just not interesting enough or compelling enough to drive Wii owners to buy more than two [games] per year, [...]
Counting only the real games I possess for the Wii, I'd say it exists for more than 12 years...
[...] and most of those purchases are first party software.
Interesting... What Nintendo Wii is he talking about?
I'll tell you once I find out. You could even go as far as claim he predicted the internet, for that matter.
Anyway; product placement aside, it really isn't that surprising he predicted wireless communication. I mean, look at his areas of scientific interest and research.
What I'm still waiting for is generation of energy from thin air, preferably cheaply available to anyone.
At least now two alternative engines are starting to get recognition around the world, and newer one of those two seems to strive more for standards compliance (they wouldn't make this post otherwise). There was a time when a lot of sites appeared to be made primarilly with "IE + FF" in mind...which didn't really change that much in the grand scheme of things.
Thanks. Quite interesting, though it only seems to test JavaScript compliance, as far as I understand it.
But now perhaps sites will, to a greater degree, simply target standards... (just look at the link above to see why that's great news for you)
No news to me, but thanks again.
BTW, regarding safety of Opera - considering that it's big in post Soviet Block areas (typically #2 browser; in places #1, ahead of IE already)...maybe they just don't want to eat their turd?;)
...is that most people now either use Firefox or Chrome - which heightens these browsers' endangerment concerning malware specific to them.
It's not as if it really affects me as an Opera user, but having to put up with Firefox at work, I'm not too excited about this, since the company I work at usually takes its time to update (FF 2.0.0.7, here).
I own only games I can play offline and without activation - if it means I have to crack the retail version, so be it! After all, I legally bought the game, and I want to still be able to play it whenever I feel the urge, even if that's ten years from now.
Just for the record, I don't own any games I haven't bought in a retail box (I like to show them off).
Yeah, the humor issue bugged me, too. The originals were more... british, if I might say so.
Most of the rest... Well, I have like 30 Mods running to fine-tune the look and feel - ever died of radiation poisoning trying to disarm the nuke? Or how about shooting a Death Claw with a dart gun and then killing it with BBs while dancing around it? No problem with correctly calculated crippling effects.
Additionaly, I definitely use the original FO music files.
However, they did get one thing right:
In FO1, 2 and Tactics, you'd have to be suicidal to rely on close combat. I think BethSoft handled that really nicely (OTOH it's no wonder, since their engine seems to usually prefer melee types).
Oh, but one more thing: Could I have my soul back? I lost it killing Harold with a flamer.
I'm with you (I was born in the beginning '80s). I, too, cannot recall much of anything after a day of multitasking.
In fact, I've mostly stopped doing that as it seems to shorten my attention spa-- Oh, look, a kitten!
No, seriously. After doing a lot of things at the same time, I'm having trouble concentrating, so yes, I think this "multitasking" business best be left to machines.
All concerns regarding free speech aside:
Innovation doesn't work that way. You can't take a decentralized network like the web and make it "a saver place". That's bogus, and in my opinion a huge waste of money.
I would've been better off being home-schooled. You see, while I have always tried to socialise, I've always been treated like the class' nerd. (And since I was in private school, I don't want to know how they survive in public)
Furthermore, being taught a standard curriculum, my math skills (except geometry) aren't too good - because "the deficiencies of the few are irrelevant to the progress of the many". OTOH, my language skills are above average.
All in all, personally, I say I had been better off being home-schooled; but that's just me.
Slashdot Mirror
Difficult, eh?
IMO, the only way to die in-game would be to set options to manual control (assuming you didn't already do that) and then go away for half an hour or so (while in the middle of a boss fight, mind you!).
Personally, I hated DS2, while I basically loved DS1 - at least in Co-op.
-) I have to go, but afterwards I don't feel relieved.
-) I am somewhere high above ground and I don't care (I am deathly afraid of heights, in RL)
-) I am Ranma Saotome
-) I am the Scourge of the post-apocalyptic wastes
-) continue with any video game cliché you like
The high-above-ground-stuff usually preludes some fun boss fights, I tell ya.
And who was it again to have said Microsoft was evil and Apple good?
At least for us low-lives; my hypothecary credit depends on a fixated repayments carrier, and my interest is down and (almost) out.
:P
Now I just wish the credit would go away and leave me alone.
Vaporize Planet Earth.
There, problem solved.
I mean, I liked Opera from the very beginning, but I never even got close to liking Firefox (which I'm forced to use at work); which is interesting, because I liked the Netscape Navigator (not much, but I did).
Yet, my best friend just loves FF, while he finds Opera too restrictive (don't ask).
One of my co-workers OTOH prefers IE, although she permanently manages to infect her laptop (yeah, I know: O.o).
So, as far as preference goes, there's all kinds of flavors to choose from, so why all this bickering?
The reason for this is clear: the software being created is just not interesting enough or compelling enough to drive Wii owners to buy more than two [games] per year, [...]
Counting only the real games I possess for the Wii, I'd say it exists for more than 12 years...
[...] and most of those purchases are first party software.
Interesting... What Nintendo Wii is he talking about?
This could work, so long as they surround the car parks with a high kangaroo fence...
Veeery funny. We Austrians have t-shirts explaining the difference because we're sick of talking ourselves black in the face.
I'll tell you once I find out. You could even go as far as claim he predicted the internet, for that matter.
Anyway; product placement aside, it really isn't that surprising he predicted wireless communication. I mean, look at his areas of scientific interest and research.
What I'm still waiting for is generation of energy from thin air, preferably cheaply available to anyone.
At least now two alternative engines are starting to get recognition around the world, and newer one of those two seems to strive more for standards compliance (they wouldn't make this post otherwise). There was a time when a lot of sites appeared to be made primarilly with "IE + FF" in mind...which didn't really change that much in the grand scheme of things.
Thanks. Quite interesting, though it only seems to test JavaScript compliance, as far as I understand it.
But now perhaps sites will, to a greater degree, simply target standards... (just look at the link above to see why that's great news for you)
No news to me, but thanks again.
BTW, regarding safety of Opera - considering that it's big in post Soviet Block areas (typically #2 browser; in places #1, ahead of IE already)...maybe they just don't want to eat their turd? ;)
I frankly can't figure out an answer to that.
It all sounded different in my head. Let me clarify:
What I meant to say, was that most people dropping off the IE share start using FF or Chrome.
Well, they might not be too savvy on technology, but sadly, they managed to disallow them.
...is that most people now either use Firefox or Chrome - which heightens these browsers' endangerment concerning malware specific to them.
It's not as if it really affects me as an Opera user, but having to put up with Firefox at work, I'm not too excited about this, since the company I work at usually takes its time to update (FF 2.0.0.7, here).
Oh well, at least MS's share is dropping...
...I get to buy Assassin's Creed 2.
I own only games I can play offline and without activation - if it means I have to crack the retail version, so be it! After all, I legally bought the game, and I want to still be able to play it whenever I feel the urge, even if that's ten years from now.
Just for the record, I don't own any games I haven't bought in a retail box (I like to show them off).
enough for 2 days maybe....
Not if your name's Saotome Ranma...
Oh yeah, Stalker... *smiles*
One of the best "post-apocalytic" games - but, as with all the other ones, only using the right mods. The unmodded game itself was way too easy.
Then again, I'd even make the ammo weigh something. *grins evilly*
Thank you, I didn't know that; I never got the hang of melees in FO - maybe, because I prefer snipers and pistoleros... *whistles inconspicuously*
Yeah, pretty damn unlogical when they just run off...
Yeah, the humor issue bugged me, too. The originals were more... british, if I might say so.
Most of the rest... Well, I have like 30 Mods running to fine-tune the look and feel - ever died of radiation poisoning trying to disarm the nuke? Or how about shooting a Death Claw with a dart gun and then killing it with BBs while dancing around it? No problem with correctly calculated crippling effects.
Additionaly, I definitely use the original FO music files.
However, they did get one thing right:
In FO1, 2 and Tactics, you'd have to be suicidal to rely on close combat. I think BethSoft handled that really nicely (OTOH it's no wonder, since their engine seems to usually prefer melee types).
Oh, but one more thing: Could I have my soul back? I lost it killing Harold with a flamer.
I'm with you (I was born in the beginning '80s). I, too, cannot recall much of anything after a day of multitasking.
In fact, I've mostly stopped doing that as it seems to shorten my attention spa-- Oh, look, a kitten!
No, seriously. After doing a lot of things at the same time, I'm having trouble concentrating, so yes, I think this "multitasking" business best be left to machines.
Ja ne,
Ranma-sensei
"a saver place"
Owned.
All concerns regarding free speech aside:
Innovation doesn't work that way. You can't take a decentralized network like the web and make it "a saver place". That's bogus, and in my opinion a huge waste of money.
Needless to say, they'll try anyways.
Ja ne,
Ranma-sensei
Where I work, sites like eBay get blocked, but Slashdot, thinkgeek and Battle.Net are open?
Gee, how very impartial...
I would've been better off being home-schooled. You see, while I have always tried to socialise, I've always been treated like the class' nerd. (And since I was in private school, I don't want to know how they survive in public)
Furthermore, being taught a standard curriculum, my math skills (except geometry) aren't too good - because "the deficiencies of the few are irrelevant to the progress of the many". OTOH, my language skills are above average.
All in all, personally, I say I had been better off being home-schooled; but that's just me.
[...] console games can be purchased secondhand, whereas it's all but impossible to buy used PC games.
Dude, where'd you get that? Go to your next GameStop, heck, search eBay - there's tons of used PC games to be found.