-Mario Kart 64
-Super Mario World
-Starcraft
-Donkey Kong Country for SNES. Any of the 3.
-Heroes III
-Unreal Tournament, the original.
Notice a pattern? #1- Most of these games are old. #2- Most of these games have had sequels made to them, and in my humble opinion, none of the sequels have been better than these ones. Game developers should REALLY look at this article and look at the games listed when they wonder why their game isn't selling amazing. You'll notice most people here haven't put like Unreal Tournament 2005 or Duke Nukem Forever.
I think copyrights are fine. Intellecual property is great, and copyrights stimulate innovation by providing an incentive to produce something original.
The concept of DRM is pretty much clearly wrong. If I buy a Van Gogh (unlikely), I own that painting. I can take pictures of it, copy it, move it around my house, do whatever I want. Now, I don't have the right to sell it or anything, but it shouldn't come in a case that disallows pictures, copying, or moving it.
I understand this isn't popular with companies because it requires some kind of good faith or trust in the consumer but DRM is inherrently wrong, if someone buys music, they should be able to do whatever they want with it in personal use.
Actually, they attempted to watch it once with the Line Item Veto Act which gave the President authority to go through a bill and veto individual parts, part of the "Balanced Budget Act of 1997". The idea was to get pork barrel spending and these kind of riders out of important legislation. Ie- Bush could hypothetically have vetoed the online-gambling ban even if it was in a military appropriations bill. It was struck down in Federal court as unconstitutional.
Honestly, the more and more I watch this man's moves, the more impressed I am.
He refused to cave to the Bush administration on torture.
Now, as chairman of the Armed Services Committee, he refuses to let a trivial non-issue be tacked on along with a government spending bill. Bravo, if only more people like him could be elected to the Senate.
Nope. The law forbids them from raising the prices in California to make up for said cost, so in reality the cost will be borne by oil users in all the US, not just CA.
So, in effect, they are also putting a certain type of price ceiling on gasoline. What determines raising prices because demand is up and supply is down, and raising prices to make up for said cost?
Suing an entire industry? Taxing companies constantly? Putting in price ceilings? Does anyone in California actually believe in capitalism anymore?
Another flop? Did I miss something?
"Nintendo reported that as of June 30, 2006 they have sold a total of 21.00 million Nintendo GameCube units worldwide."
"With 32.93 million Nintendo 64 units sold worldwide..."
They're not #1, but they are certainly a strong (read: profitable) second-place contender. I wonder what these flops are?
As far as I know, the Creative Commons license has not been solidified yet in a court of law. I think this would be a good precedent to make this a real legal document.
If a kid chooses to not attend class but still listens to all the professors lectures, why prevent him from doing so? He is learning the material, no different from attending the class.
As long as he is learning, I see no reason why you should try and hide lectures from kids who choose to learn in a different way. (audio as opposed to sitting through class) Listening to all of them the day before an exam is no different from cramming the night before.
Honestly Radio Shack, get some class. Firing someone via e-mail is ridiculous. I had a friend who was dumped via texting. It's childish and uncalled for. A Fortune 500 company can do better.
when CNN attempted to make their content pay-to-view (made far worse by partnering it with RealPlayer). Even if it is an exclusive CBS story, there is no way that people are going to pay money to watch it when they can read about it from other sources or find out about it the next day.
Not only did they drop it, but CNN/FOX/MSNBC offer premium content on their webpage for free.
It is entirely possible for the recording industry to reach a compromise with users over mp3s. The idea that you aren't allowed to rip, mix, and copy your own cd's/mp3s/etc is ridiculous, and it's good thing that the Recording industry (at least in the UK) has seen some basic common sense.
we're reading an article recommending a service that does the best job recommending music to us. Bit o' irony? I'm waiting for an article analysing this article's recommendation.
Google's software has been coming preloaded with Dell computers for about 3 1/2 months now, but was only a trial period, a "test" if you will. Now it looks like it is an official, permanent policy.
People shouldn't have to conceal their personal information online when the searcher has no right to use it . It'd be bad enough if a school punished students for ranting about school online, but the fact that they are punishing students for anything non-school related is downright draconian and offensive. They have no right to do that.
Peter Moore (Born 1956 in Liverpool, England) is the head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division, which includes the Xbox and Xbox 360 game consoles.
Moore holds a bachelor's degree from Keele University, England, and a master's degree from California State University, Long Beach.
After working for Patrick USA, the U.S. subsidiary of the popular French sportswear company, and then Reebok, Peter Moore rose to prominence at Sega, being a heavy figure in the company's North American operations during the Dreamcast era. Moore played a pivotal role in the company's decision to change its business strategy to become a platform-agnostic software publisher. At the time of leaving Moore was president and COO of SEGA of America.
Microsoft hired Moore in 2003 to join the Xbox project, where he has been ever since.
Peter Moore has shown off his Halo 2 and Grand Theft Auto 4 tattoos when announcing the games. Both tattoos are quite real as shown in a GearLive interview.
was the lack of Freespace3. I thought Freespace1/2 were phenomenally done. Freespace 2 was one of the few game sequels I thought thoroughly improved the previous game in every aspect. Graphics, gameplay, interaction were all great. It was an excellent start to what promised to be an excellent series. Cut down in its prime indeed.
Sadly, Freespace3 was one of the many casualties of Interplay's death.
I indeed stands for Independent. But Jeffords was not elected as an independent, he was elected as a Republican, then jumped ship halfway through his term.
The Republicans didn't oppose it because they are following Bush. He's got money. They need money to stay elected.
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Which is why I am not against sequels, just shitty sequels.
-Super Mario World
-Starcraft
-Donkey Kong Country for SNES. Any of the 3.
-Heroes III
-Unreal Tournament, the original.
Notice a pattern?
#1- Most of these games are old.
#2- Most of these games have had sequels made to them, and in my humble opinion, none of the sequels have been better than these ones. Game developers should REALLY look at this article and look at the games listed when they wonder why their game isn't selling amazing. You'll notice most people here haven't put like Unreal Tournament 2005 or Duke Nukem Forever.
The concept of DRM is pretty much clearly wrong. If I buy a Van Gogh (unlikely), I own that painting. I can take pictures of it, copy it, move it around my house, do whatever I want. Now, I don't have the right to sell it or anything, but it shouldn't come in a case that disallows pictures, copying, or moving it.
I understand this isn't popular with companies because it requires some kind of good faith or trust in the consumer but DRM is inherrently wrong, if someone buys music, they should be able to do whatever they want with it in personal use.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Amusingly enough, the first senator to complain was Mr. Robert Byrd who is notorious for being one of the worst for pork barrel spending
He refused to cave to the Bush administration on torture.
Now, as chairman of the Armed Services Committee, he refuses to let a trivial non-issue be tacked on along with a government spending bill. Bravo, if only more people like him could be elected to the Senate.
So, in effect, they are also putting a certain type of price ceiling on gasoline. What determines raising prices because demand is up and supply is down, and raising prices to make up for said cost?
Suing an entire industry? Taxing companies constantly? Putting in price ceilings? Does anyone in California actually believe in capitalism anymore?
"Nintendo reported that as of June 30, 2006 they have sold a total of 21.00 million Nintendo GameCube units worldwide."
"With 32.93 million Nintendo 64 units sold worldwide..."
They're not #1, but they are certainly a strong (read: profitable) second-place contender. I wonder what these flops are?
As far as I know, the Creative Commons license has not been solidified yet in a court of law. I think this would be a good precedent to make this a real legal document.
But in classes like basic Economics 101 with 300 kids in the class, are you really going to be able to do attendance every class?
As long as he is learning, I see no reason why you should try and hide lectures from kids who choose to learn in a different way. (audio as opposed to sitting through class) Listening to all of them the day before an exam is no different from cramming the night before.
Honestly Radio Shack, get some class. Firing someone via e-mail is ridiculous. I had a friend who was dumped via texting. It's childish and uncalled for. A Fortune 500 company can do better.
And, start the Hitler Youth analogies now.
I think Credability is the key word here. You might have more of that if you could spell the word right. ;D
when CNN attempted to make their content pay-to-view (made far worse by partnering it with RealPlayer). Even if it is an exclusive CBS story, there is no way that people are going to pay money to watch it when they can read about it from other sources or find out about it the next day.
Not only did they drop it, but CNN/FOX/MSNBC offer premium content on their webpage for free.
Who really wants to shop for 1/2 their groceries online, and the perishables in the store?
It is entirely possible for the recording industry to reach a compromise with users over mp3s. The idea that you aren't allowed to rip, mix, and copy your own cd's/mp3s/etc is ridiculous, and it's good thing that the Recording industry (at least in the UK) has seen some basic common sense.
we're reading an article recommending a service that does the best job recommending music to us. Bit o' irony? I'm waiting for an article analysing this article's recommendation.
Google's software has been coming preloaded with Dell computers for about 3 1/2 months now, but was only a trial period, a "test" if you will. Now it looks like it is an official, permanent policy.
People shouldn't have to conceal their personal information online when the searcher has no right to use it . It'd be bad enough if a school punished students for ranting about school online, but the fact that they are punishing students for anything non-school related is downright draconian and offensive. They have no right to do that.
Peter Moore (Born 1956 in Liverpool, England) is the head of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division, which includes the Xbox and Xbox 360 game consoles.
Moore holds a bachelor's degree from Keele University, England, and a master's degree from California State University, Long Beach.
After working for Patrick USA, the U.S. subsidiary of the popular French sportswear company, and then Reebok, Peter Moore rose to prominence at Sega, being a heavy figure in the company's North American operations during the Dreamcast era. Moore played a pivotal role in the company's decision to change its business strategy to become a platform-agnostic software publisher. At the time of leaving Moore was president and COO of SEGA of America.
Microsoft hired Moore in 2003 to join the Xbox project, where he has been ever since.
Peter Moore has shown off his Halo 2 and Grand Theft Auto 4 tattoos when announcing the games. Both tattoos are quite real as shown in a GearLive interview.
If you could look up a Verizon -> USB/Ethernet/PCMIA card for a 15 1/2" laptop I'd be much obliged. :D
The rest are on digg!
Sadly, Freespace3 was one of the many casualties of Interplay's death.
The Republicans didn't oppose it because they are following Bush. He's got money. They need money to stay elected.