If you disagree with this statement, go ahead -- explain why you feel that a vehicle with this low delta-V, horrible ISP, and proportionally high mass that faces bare minimal reentry heating -- advances the state of the art.
It's a dodge. The problem with Lair isn't that they used the motion controls, it's that they used them badly. If they had managed to develop a good motion based control scheme, or even an adequate one, it wouldn't be an issue.
I think the point was that assault requires intent. The intent lies within the person, not the rifle.
A person with no intent to assault anyone isn't going to do any harm to humans simply because they possess a weapon that can fire 600 rounds per minute. True, they don't technically need it either, but simply having it does no harm.
Everyone loves to tie the "Hot Coffee" scandal into these types of discussions, including the author of the bill apparently, but it looks like Rockstar would not be punished under this law.
It shall be unlawful... to... distribute... any video game that contains a rating label... for that video game where the person, with the intent of obtaining a less restrictive age-based content rating, failed to disclose content of the video game that was required to be disclosed to the independent ratings organization...
I think you'd have a pretty hard time proving that Rockstar intentionally hid the Hot Coffee content with the intent of obtaining a less restrictive rating. It makes you wonder how much legislators actually know about the things they try to legislate.
The two are totally incomparable. Megatokyo hasn't been about games, or primarily focused on humor for how many years now? Not to mention the guy couldn't keep to a regular posting schedule to save his life.
Seriously, I don't care if he doesn't want to post mon/wed/fri, but don't pretend like you are going to, then whine about how much work you have to do when you consistently miss days. It's we'll be in summer by the time he's finished with this 8 page omake he's so excited about, yet seemingly can't bring himself to work on.
Anyway, now that that's out of my system, they really are two completely different styles of comic, directed at two different audiences.
If that's the case, and Nintendo's rumble patent predates Immersion's, why aren't they taking the same action against Immersion, Microsoft, and Sony? It would seem like a very advantageous thing to do.
I think the trick is that it's transparent, and non-reflective in the sense that nearly all the light goes through it unimpeded. As opposed to it being opaque, and non-reflective in the sense that all light gets absorbed.
I don't think it would. The patent is more specific than that. For example, the Xbox, and 360 controllers use the method described in the patent, and thus license the technology. The GameCube, and Wii controllers, on the other hand apparently have a different method of producing the rumble, and do not fall under the patent.
Unless I'm completely mistaken about that, a cell phone's vibration feature is very unlikely to fall under the same patent, even when used for games.
That was true a few weeks ago, but the systems really are starting to pile up. Last week I was in Best Buy twice, and both times they had a stack of 40+ units of the 60 gig model out. The first time, I thought I just must have shown up on a shipment day, but the second time proved that wrong.
I know it's just another anecdote from a guy on the internet. But, if you add it all up, the PS3 is getting easy to find. I don't necessarily think that means it's time for a price drop, but the theory that they're still selling out virtually instantly is no longer valid.
If the price is such an issue for you, how did you think you were going to afford any games? The PS3 costs as much as another console with an accessory and a couple of games.
Perhaps he does, in fact, want a couple of games, and not just the system itself.
I think you may have been looking in the wrong places. I'm in a 14 day trial myself, about 6 days in. I'm in what I'm told is a particularly unpopulated starter region (Amarr space) and I see player ships all the time.
Even so, as I understand it, if you want to get into the real player driven activities, you need to join a corporation. If you didn't do that, you may simply have just missed the action you were looking for. Big news this week was that there was a 1300+ player battle out in the low security space, and I get the impression that wars are going on all the time out there. Though I'm still too new to go see it for myself.
Curiously written? There's an understatement. I'm sure if your stretch your imagination to its limit with apologist interpretations the bible can also be used as a car repair guide. Seriously, once my car wouldn't start, and I couldn't figure out why. Then I read what the bible had to say about things starting. It said "Let there be light". I took a look at the spark plugs, and woudn't you know it, no light in there. So I got new ones, and then there was light in there, and the car worked.
See, the bible really can be used as a care repair guide.
That's exactly what I was thinking. This story is meaningless without stating how many units have shipped.
A more meaningful statistic would be what percentage of systems shipped had been sold for each console. However, I'm with you in guessing that it's probably 100%, or very near it, for both.
You're right. The concept is sound. Minors don't need to be playing excessively violent or otherwise offensive games.
The problem comes in how the law is worded. It needs to be crafted in such a way that it doesn't put unreasonable expectations on retailers, and doesn't indirectly infringe on an adult's right to acquire these games. Traditionally, government is not so good at filling those two requirements.
Personally, I really don't see why the ESRB can't work like the voluntary movie rating system. I don't think any more kids get their hands on M rated games than see R rated movies, and that hasn't proved to be a severe determent to society. Really, we don't have this type of legislation for any other type of media, what about video games is so different that we need it here?
The point is not that the USA is receiving more than it's fair share of criticism. The point is that sometimes, that criticism just isn't relevant to the discussion at hand.
But where would the fun be in suggesting there exists a time when it may not be appropriate to criticize the USA?
Those headphones, while great for getting rid of the engine noise, sadly do nothing for speach. In fact, since they have cancled the background noise, it make the speach of the yaker all the more audible.
I can't stand the quality of light that comes from every CF bulb I've seen, and the 30-second warm up is a bit more than a minor annoyance for me, and I'm willing to pay a bit more on the ol' electric bill to not have to deal with those things.
Until the CFs, or some other light technology comes along that can really be universaly accepted by consumers, I prefer to hang on to the privalege of chosing whatever lightbulb I see fit, and the government can just stay out of it entirely.
While your point is definitly true in the vase majority of situations, it sounds like most of the changes made here were really stuff that was so obvious it makes you wonder what they were doing over there that they didn't think of it in the first place. It's all stuff an internal beta should have caught.
Well, technicaly, just because the extra story was written, doesn't mean it ever made it to any kind of production. It could have been cut in the very early stages, before much money was spent on it.
Giving the choice to the player would nessesitat that you put all the spit and polish of a final product on all the uber long content, not just the regular stuff. So, though I would dearly love such an option, I don't really see lots of publishers deciding it's a good idea.
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It's a dodge. The problem with Lair isn't that they used the motion controls, it's that they used them badly. If they had managed to develop a good motion based control scheme, or even an adequate one, it wouldn't be an issue.
Yep, it took down most of CNET, which GameFAQs is under. Main sight is back up as of now, though forums are still down.
Personally I like their stance: We know you want it, but we're not going to just cram it in so we can say we tried. We'll do it right, or not at all.
A person with no intent to assault anyone isn't going to do any harm to humans simply because they possess a weapon that can fire 600 rounds per minute. True, they don't technically need it either, but simply having it does no harm.
Seriously, I don't care if he doesn't want to post mon/wed/fri, but don't pretend like you are going to, then whine about how much work you have to do when you consistently miss days. It's we'll be in summer by the time he's finished with this 8 page omake he's so excited about, yet seemingly can't bring himself to work on.
Anyway, now that that's out of my system, they really are two completely different styles of comic, directed at two different audiences.
There won't be any. They're going with speech bubbles, not voice overs.
Truer words have never been spoken.
If that's the case, and Nintendo's rumble patent predates Immersion's, why aren't they taking the same action against Immersion, Microsoft, and Sony? It would seem like a very advantageous thing to do.
I think the trick is that it's transparent, and non-reflective in the sense that nearly all the light goes through it unimpeded. As opposed to it being opaque, and non-reflective in the sense that all light gets absorbed.
Unless I'm completely mistaken about that, a cell phone's vibration feature is very unlikely to fall under the same patent, even when used for games.
I know it's just another anecdote from a guy on the internet. But, if you add it all up, the PS3 is getting easy to find. I don't necessarily think that means it's time for a price drop, but the theory that they're still selling out virtually instantly is no longer valid.
So, how exactly would one go about joining GoonFleet? You seem like a fun bunch of people, at least according to the recent forum buzz.
Even so, as I understand it, if you want to get into the real player driven activities, you need to join a corporation. If you didn't do that, you may simply have just missed the action you were looking for. Big news this week was that there was a 1300+ player battle out in the low security space, and I get the impression that wars are going on all the time out there. Though I'm still too new to go see it for myself.
There was actualy a 4 door model once, but to my knowledge that's the only one with anything that could be called a back seat.
See, the bible really can be used as a care repair guide.
A more meaningful statistic would be what percentage of systems shipped had been sold for each console. However, I'm with you in guessing that it's probably 100%, or very near it, for both.
The problem comes in how the law is worded. It needs to be crafted in such a way that it doesn't put unreasonable expectations on retailers, and doesn't indirectly infringe on an adult's right to acquire these games. Traditionally, government is not so good at filling those two requirements.
Personally, I really don't see why the ESRB can't work like the voluntary movie rating system. I don't think any more kids get their hands on M rated games than see R rated movies, and that hasn't proved to be a severe determent to society. Really, we don't have this type of legislation for any other type of media, what about video games is so different that we need it here?
But where would the fun be in suggesting there exists a time when it may not be appropriate to criticize the USA?
Those headphones, while great for getting rid of the engine noise, sadly do nothing for speach. In fact, since they have cancled the background noise, it make the speach of the yaker all the more audible.
I can't stand the quality of light that comes from every CF bulb I've seen, and the 30-second warm up is a bit more than a minor annoyance for me, and I'm willing to pay a bit more on the ol' electric bill to not have to deal with those things.
Until the CFs, or some other light technology comes along that can really be universaly accepted by consumers, I prefer to hang on to the privalege of chosing whatever lightbulb I see fit, and the government can just stay out of it entirely.
While your point is definitly true in the vase majority of situations, it sounds like most of the changes made here were really stuff that was so obvious it makes you wonder what they were doing over there that they didn't think of it in the first place. It's all stuff an internal beta should have caught.
Giving the choice to the player would nessesitat that you put all the spit and polish of a final product on all the uber long content, not just the regular stuff. So, though I would dearly love such an option, I don't really see lots of publishers deciding it's a good idea.