I can see it now. It starts hurtling towards Earth on an imminent crash course, and just before it lands... it just floats in the exact same way that bricks don't.
Well, between all of us I think we've almost dried up every quote in the whole trilogy;)
Nope, they don't have geeks working for Google and MSN. Not at all. (Well for the MSN part could you replace "geeks" with "thieves of Google's code"? It's fun to accuse them as such.)
"Disappointment arrived when the first The Legend of Zelda game to hit the GameCube came steeped in cel-shading;"
It was disappointing when GameGossip decided to phrase a sentence in such as a way that it made it sound like their opinion was everyone's opinion.
Other than that, it's an all right article. Pretty obvious choices for the most part, though.
"PSP getting barely any positive press compared to excellent reviews of the Nintendo DS."
The first three points were reasonable, but I've observed tons of positive reviews for both portables. Also, Sony's a big company. Don't expect them to be gone tommorow;)
Heh heh, I wonder if Nintendo could, in turn, sue Immersion for sueing Sony and Microsoft over something that's really feels like it's more oriented towards Nintendo's patents?
Probably not, but it'd be good because they'd effectively be taking Sony's money.
CNN wouldn't make the #1 choice TCP/IP because the mainstream audience doesn't appreciate 'geeky' stuff like this. They'll make it something that Joe Sixpack can understand like "The Internet", or something else that most people understand.
Agreed. Just wait 5 years... HDTVs will cost $100 but no one will want them because of the new HHDTVs that render everything else obsolete (even though the naked eye won't be able to see much of a difference).
Burnout 3 and Def Jam: Fight for New York would rank in my top 10 this year. However, these games are the exception, not the rule.
Overall I agree that EA is really stifling the industry, but hey, the creative workers of the swallowed companies could theoretically leave and start up or join other companies. I guess.
Dropping the d-pad is indeed a bad idea. I like using it more than analog sticks in most games, and also, sticks wear out after many hours of play.
That being said, the Metroid Prime 2 menus were pretty good once you got the hang of it. Perhaps revolutionary, because once you were adept, navigation was slightly faster when compared to a regular menu with the same amount of menu options.
At least they way it has been done for the last 20 years. Get the right company to innovate the very way videogame Basketball is played, and they might do it right. I don't know how, I'm not the innovator here, but I'll bet some Video Game designers will think of something brilliant some day.
"Actually, we don't think so. We make no excuses for our verdicts about games and believe our reviews stand for themselves. While our reviews, of course, do contain an element of subjectivity to them, we see the process of reviewing games as one that primarily involves the reporting of facts."
I think Gamespot has afewreviews that have nice dose of opinion in them, but that's just my opinion.
"Many people would disagree on purely visual terms. GTA is all dirty streets, fast cars and big guns. Animal Crossing is about animals living in a cartoon village. But surely forming judgements based on visual elements alone is intrinsically immature?"
Check, and mate.
(Other attacks against Nintendo are open to debate)
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I can see it now. It starts hurtling towards Earth on an imminent crash course, and just before it lands... it just floats in the exact same way that bricks don't.
;)
Well, between all of us I think we've almost dried up every quote in the whole trilogy
- 4 + 2= 6
- answer to life the universe and everything= 42
- answer to life the universe and everything * 17 in roman numerals= DCCXIV
Here are the calculator instructions for Google while I'm at it.Nope, they don't have geeks working for Google and MSN. Not at all. (Well for the MSN part could you replace "geeks" with "thieves of Google's code"? It's fun to accuse them as such.)
Art is viewed/consumed by the viewer for their own enjoyment.
Unfortunately, when too many people try to view an artpiece, the soul of the server that is hosting the art is degraded until it is nothing.
(It becomes Slashdotted)
I've heard the word "developers" so many times the word has lost all meaning!
Sorta unrelated but... this article reminded me of this video on the same site. Behold the wonders of... The Internet :O
Check out the part at 2:30, pretty interesting put into today's context.
"Disappointment arrived when the first The Legend of Zelda game to hit the GameCube came steeped in cel-shading;" It was disappointing when GameGossip decided to phrase a sentence in such as a way that it made it sound like their opinion was everyone's opinion. Other than that, it's an all right article. Pretty obvious choices for the most part, though.
Burnout 3 is not likely to come to the GC.
;)
Bad move from EA. Just remember what happened to Acclaim when they decided to pull out Gamecube support
(And yes, that's the reason they went bankrupt. It had nothing to do with the garbage games, stupid marketing campaigns, etc.)
"PSP getting barely any positive press compared to excellent reviews of the Nintendo DS."
;)
The first three points were reasonable, but I've observed tons of positive reviews for both portables. Also, Sony's a big company. Don't expect them to be gone tommorow
Heh heh, I wonder if Nintendo could, in turn, sue Immersion for sueing Sony and Microsoft over something that's really feels like it's more oriented towards Nintendo's patents?
Probably not, but it'd be good because they'd effectively be taking Sony's money.
It's 1.37%, so for every $100 Sony makes off of the stuff they're getting sued over, they must hand over 1 dollar and 37 cents to Immersion.
According the article, this is about $27 million a year.
CNN wouldn't make the #1 choice TCP/IP because the mainstream audience doesn't appreciate 'geeky' stuff like this. They'll make it something that Joe Sixpack can understand like "The Internet", or something else that most people understand.
But surely no one who is rich could be classified as "stupid"
(Sorry for the obvious comment, I guess you can say that I'm living proof that there are stupid people of average wealth too?)
They're getting better and cheaper all the time
Agreed. Just wait 5 years... HDTVs will cost $100 but no one will want them because of the new HHDTVs that render everything else obsolete (even though the naked eye won't be able to see much of a difference).
Enough is never enough with technology.
"I'm off to wait in traffic for the rapture..."
Okay, but don't turn on your highbeams on any other drivers.
Burnout 3 and Def Jam: Fight for New York would rank in my top 10 this year. However, these games are the exception, not the rule.
Overall I agree that EA is really stifling the industry, but hey, the creative workers of the swallowed companies could theoretically leave and start up or join other companies. I guess.
Dropping the d-pad is indeed a bad idea. I like using it more than analog sticks in most games, and also, sticks wear out after many hours of play.
That being said, the Metroid Prime 2 menus were pretty good once you got the hang of it. Perhaps revolutionary, because once you were adept, navigation was slightly faster when compared to a regular menu with the same amount of menu options.
Yeah, but a lot of the good games are much better and easier control IMO when you use the d-pad; WarioWare, Ikaruga, Alien Hominid, Tetrisphere...
At least they way it has been done for the last 20 years. Get the right company to innovate the very way videogame Basketball is played, and they might do it right. I don't know how, I'm not the innovator here, but I'll bet some Video Game designers will think of something brilliant some day.
Agreed, that is absolutely pompous. Though not as pompous as when they said that their reviews are mostly fact and not opinion. Quoth the FAQ:
"'Wait, reviews are just opinions. Right?'
"Actually, we don't think so. We make no excuses for our verdicts about games and believe our reviews stand for themselves. While our reviews, of course, do contain an element of subjectivity to them, we see the process of reviewing games as one that primarily involves the reporting of facts."
I think Gamespot has a few reviews that have nice dose of opinion in them, but that's just my opinion.
Ok, but technically Gamespot used the term "throwing stars" in their article. You should know that Slashdot editors are never sensationalistic.
;)
Tune in for "Microsoft ammases evil empire bent on domination of the galaxy" at 11
Good work, but this post could use a little html to make it more convenient :)
Yeah, the only reason I bought a PS2 was so I could play DDR. No joke.
I haven't played Donkey Konga yet. I don't think any rental store bothers with special controller games.
It runs on both GBA SP and DS. The question is: why it won't work on the orginal GBA?
Oh, I competely agree with everything you say. But doesn't that just beautifully describe the current status of the human race?
Indeed, my favourite phrase in the article is:
"Many people would disagree on purely visual terms. GTA is all dirty streets, fast cars and big guns. Animal Crossing is about animals living in a cartoon village. But surely forming judgements based on visual elements alone is intrinsically immature?"
Check, and mate.
(Other attacks against Nintendo are open to debate)