...and in addition to NDAs and legality, it's also not a particularly good idea to critisize the engine that you're using.
I mean, there's probably going to be a sticker on the box of all these games saying "Powered by Unreal Technology", the last thing a savvy developer is going to want to do is reinforce any Unreal 3 = Underperforming shiteness rumours before their game gets to market.
From the few comments we've heard, it sounds like the Unreal 3 engine is okay but 'overshot' the Xbox 360, so anyone using it effectively might have to make some tweaks.
Silicon Knights seem to have been coasting on this game for quite awhile, so hopefully they are not completely changing engines again.
(From TFA's FA: http://360.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=7954)
"Unfortunately, our sources were unable to reveal whether or not the new Too Human engine is being built ground-up or if it still uses some elements of the Unreal Engine."
I agree it's not realistic to expect 'killer games' or anything, but it would open up a variety of possibilities. You're going going to see anything like Halo or a flagship title come from fans, but perhaps that's not what the PSP needs.
Maybe some simple but fun fan made games would have some impact, or perhaps more likely, applications which would round out the usefulness of the PSP.
I honestly don't know much about the PSP because I hadn't even really considered buying one - but someone mentioned it's music management was weak - perhaps several little things like that could improve it's fate.
Certainly OSS and independant developers seems to have been more successful producing small-medium scale applications than games.
If you don't like the take-it-or-leave-it mentality then leave!
The terrorist hate our take-it-or-leave-it freedom and you're either with us or against us on this matter, and if you against us then they've already won.
I totally agree with this sentiment. There are a lot of threats in our world and as a general rule we need to strike a healthy balance been worrying about them and going on with our lives.
As much as media will tend to bombard with stories and sensationalize, this is very much a personal choice and I think it's possible to conciously 'not worry' about the threat of terrorism as much as we are doing.
Well, in Real Life(tm), there'd be a lot more camping.
I don't consider myself particularly 'anti-camping', especially in team games, it's a reasonable part of the game.
However, justifying it based on what would happen in real life is pretty flimsy, because we're generally playing a game designed to be fun rather than simulation. I mean, RL is pretty crappy as a game, despite it's excellent graphics and near perfect physics engine.
Care to give specific examples?
He did, and even tried to explain the phenomenon of the 'vindicated genious'. It does have a good ring to it and makes for a much better story. I also think people don't even have to be "widely ridiculed" by people in their field to actually feel like they were widely ridiculed, it's human nature to sometimes feel like everyone's against you if you hit a couple roadblocks.
You're not even bothering to give counterexamples or refute his.
Mental Illness and Paranoia are not new things. Throughout the modern ages there have been massive numbers of people with crazy ideas, who were, in fact, crazy.
"Only very rarely is someone widely ridiculed who is actually correct." is really not that absurd of a statement.
I understand the limitations that make it difficult to report on Guild Wars, and probably impossible to fairly compare it to other MMOs, but I don't really think it fools anyone to say it's not an MMORPG.
The creator of the game doesn't call it an MMO because they want to distinguish it from other games in the genre, but when reviewers, game sites, and players consider it an MMO it's kind of silly to repeat the marketing information.
As with all democracy it's about the 'lesser of 1-n evils'.
Remember of course the wonderful Australian power of the preferrential voting system. If you are able to find a minor party which you agree with on a couple of issues you can throw your vote their way so they know you care, without throwing it away completely ala the American system.
Yes I agree the legislation was imperfect, and I do not understand the rationale behind this insane clause to allow for politic spamming, it's truly disheartening that politicians would do something so blatantly weaselly. It's not unexpected, but sometimes I wish they'd be a little more subtle in protecting their interests.
The relevant section being: It is clear that this legislation will not stop spam outright, but it is an important step in addressing the problem. Therefore, in addition to monitoring the operation of the Act, Labor will maintain pressure on the Howard Government to ensure that appropriate attention is given to other solutions.
My understanding is that the Australian Labor Party was not happy with the legislation at the time, and that their ammendments were not fully adopted, but they voted for it anyway, because they felt this legislation was better than no legislation.
It's just how it works when you aren't in Government.
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How very Trevor Goodchild!
...and in addition to NDAs and legality, it's also not a particularly good idea to critisize the engine that you're using.
I mean, there's probably going to be a sticker on the box of all these games saying "Powered by Unreal Technology", the last thing a savvy developer is going to want to do is reinforce any Unreal 3 = Underperforming shiteness rumours before their game gets to market.
From the few comments we've heard, it sounds like the Unreal 3 engine is okay but 'overshot' the Xbox 360, so anyone using it effectively might have to make some tweaks.
Silicon Knights seem to have been coasting on this game for quite awhile, so hopefully they are not completely changing engines again.
(From TFA's FA: http://360.advancedmn.com/article.php?artid=7954)
"Unfortunately, our sources were unable to reveal whether or not the new Too Human engine is being built ground-up or if it still uses some elements of the Unreal Engine."
I agree it's not realistic to expect 'killer games' or anything, but it would open up a variety of possibilities. You're going going to see anything like Halo or a flagship title come from fans, but perhaps that's not what the PSP needs. Maybe some simple but fun fan made games would have some impact, or perhaps more likely, applications which would round out the usefulness of the PSP. I honestly don't know much about the PSP because I hadn't even really considered buying one - but someone mentioned it's music management was weak - perhaps several little things like that could improve it's fate. Certainly OSS and independant developers seems to have been more successful producing small-medium scale applications than games.
Only if you repeatedly misread the statement as: "Only very rarely is someone actually correct who is widely ridiculed."
Uppercase 7.
If you don't like the take-it-or-leave-it mentality then leave!
The terrorist hate our take-it-or-leave-it freedom and you're either with us or against us on this matter, and if you against us then they've already won.
I totally agree with this sentiment. There are a lot of threats in our world and as a general rule we need to strike a healthy balance been worrying about them and going on with our lives.
As much as media will tend to bombard with stories and sensationalize, this is very much a personal choice and I think it's possible to conciously 'not worry' about the threat of terrorism as much as we are doing.
Fear /= vigilance.
I agree - mod Grandparent "Funny"!!1 - incidentally, the ones were also intentional.
Care to give specific examples? He did, and even tried to explain the phenomenon of the 'vindicated genious'. It does have a good ring to it and makes for a much better story. I also think people don't even have to be "widely ridiculed" by people in their field to actually feel like they were widely ridiculed, it's human nature to sometimes feel like everyone's against you if you hit a couple roadblocks. You're not even bothering to give counterexamples or refute his. Mental Illness and Paranoia are not new things. Throughout the modern ages there have been massive numbers of people with crazy ideas, who were, in fact, crazy. "Only very rarely is someone widely ridiculed who is actually correct." is really not that absurd of a statement.
I understand the limitations that make it difficult to report on Guild Wars, and probably impossible to fairly compare it to other MMOs, but I don't really think it fools anyone to say it's not an MMORPG. The creator of the game doesn't call it an MMO because they want to distinguish it from other games in the genre, but when reviewers, game sites, and players consider it an MMO it's kind of silly to repeat the marketing information.
Remember of course the wonderful Australian power of the preferrential voting system. If you are able to find a minor party which you agree with on a couple of issues you can throw your vote their way so they know you care, without throwing it away completely ala the American system.
Yes I agree the legislation was imperfect, and I do not understand the rationale behind this insane clause to allow for politic spamming, it's truly disheartening that politicians would do something so blatantly weaselly. It's not unexpected, but sometimes I wish they'd be a little more subtle in protecting their interests.
As to your assertion that the "labour party" supported this legislation, I found the following statement on the record:
http://www.alp.org.au/media/1203/20006527.html
The relevant section being:
It is clear that this legislation will not stop spam outright, but it is an important step in addressing the problem. Therefore, in addition to monitoring the operation of the Act, Labor will maintain pressure on the Howard Government to ensure that appropriate attention is given to other solutions.
My understanding is that the Australian Labor Party was not happy with the legislation at the time, and that their ammendments were not fully adopted, but they voted for it anyway, because they felt this legislation was better than no legislation.
It's just how it works when you aren't in Government.