I would agree with you. This is getting absolutely ridiculous. Though, on the flipside, if Fair Use doesn't have any affect on anything anymore, I can't really write any more research papers because I would have to call all of my sources to get the explicit permission required just to use a quote. Profs can't really expect that.
Honestly though, we know that the right to fair use is protected in the Constitution. I don't see how they can make this claim with any legal backing whatsoever.
I agree. I believe the last game I payed full price for was HL2 (and I bought the collectors edition) and, it is currently one of my favorite games. Now, I'm intending to buy The Elder Scroll's VI: Oblivion when it comes out, because it is not the same old same old, granted the graphics are exteremly polished, but it also has the brand new AI and also the proven ingenuity of Bethesda behind it.
It is a game I am truly looking forward to playing.
To your earlier comment: Did you ever play Half Life? Do you remember the end of the game? It was made to have a sequel.
Also, the Source Engine is a bit more than glorified graphics and some physics. Look at all the mods that people are making using it. I don't think there is any point in arguing with you about the story, so I won't even try.
for the most part. I have noticed that games with a lot of cutscene tend to be less game oriented, but won't go into that because of redundancy reasons. On the other hand Halo used cutscenes to great extent, if you could call them cutscenes. Games like Half-Life (1 and 2), Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind and EVE Online are great games, but there are no cutscenes. Granted, Half-life has scripted events, but your player remains in the game, and you are still in control. I think this would probably be the best way for games to go.
The feel of control you get by being able to look around and even for the most part stall as much as you would like in scripted events strengthens the illusion. I'm assuming it takes more time to make those, but they sure do a better job then in game cutscenes.
Just today, I read an article about violence in video games, and its connections to increased youth violence.
There are no connections. Exept, maybe, that youth violence is at an all time low. Since the boom in the gaming industry, youth violence rates have steadily been dropping. This was from PC Gamer. Granted, it is a gaming magazine, but the research was convincing. I have also done research on the topic, and many science journals have found little or no negative (violent) effects on videogamers.
I do believe that children should not be seeing scenes displayed in the cliched GTA series and the like, but these laws are going a bit far.
The syncing is a little off, but the production is still quite well done.
I agree that the story isnt as good as Red vs Blue, but it is only the first episode, so we wait and see what happens. I have a feeling it will get better
I think there is a valid point in there. I like to play games (mostly online) to get noticed. It gives a sense of accomplishment... killing bugs might be a bit excessive though.
I live about 15 minutes from Riverside... and I havn't heard much about this whole thing. I no sorta what happened, and all that, but there havn't been massive angry newspaper articles about it, that I have seen.
I easily could have missed alot, but it seems to me that the people around here didn't take it too seriously, and its not that big of a deal. What was a huge deal was the vote on having a casino in Riverside 2 months ago... that brought an uproar.
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Honestly though, we know that the right to fair use is protected in the Constitution. I don't see how they can make this claim with any legal backing whatsoever.
I agree. I believe the last game I payed full price for was HL2 (and I bought the collectors edition) and, it is currently one of my favorite games. Now, I'm intending to buy The Elder Scroll's VI: Oblivion when it comes out, because it is not the same old same old, granted the graphics are exteremly polished, but it also has the brand new AI and also the proven ingenuity of Bethesda behind it. It is a game I am truly looking forward to playing.
Also, the Source Engine is a bit more than glorified graphics and some physics. Look at all the mods that people are making using it. I don't think there is any point in arguing with you about the story, so I won't even try.
My school puts FF on all computers, and suggests its usage, and even if we were to buy a whole new Windows lab, we would still put FF on.
Yes, it is a very fun, well designed game. When you get big games going tho, it can take awhile (with friends at least)
The feel of control you get by being able to look around and even for the most part stall as much as you would like in scripted events strengthens the illusion. I'm assuming it takes more time to make those, but they sure do a better job then in game cutscenes.
There are no connections. Exept, maybe, that youth violence is at an all time low. Since the boom in the gaming industry, youth violence rates have steadily been dropping. This was from PC Gamer. Granted, it is a gaming magazine, but the research was convincing. I have also done research on the topic, and many science journals have found little or no negative (violent) effects on videogamers. I do believe that children should not be seeing scenes displayed in the cliched GTA series and the like, but these laws are going a bit far.
The syncing is a little off, but the production is still quite well done. I agree that the story isnt as good as Red vs Blue, but it is only the first episode, so we wait and see what happens. I have a feeling it will get better
I think there is a valid point in there. I like to play games (mostly online) to get noticed. It gives a sense of accomplishment... killing bugs might be a bit excessive though.
I live about 15 minutes from Riverside ... and I havn't heard much about this whole thing. I no sorta what happened, and all that, but there havn't been massive angry newspaper articles about it, that I have seen.
I easily could have missed alot, but it seems to me that the people around here didn't take it too seriously, and its not that big of a deal. What was a huge deal was the vote on having a casino in Riverside 2 months ago... that brought an uproar.