When I first looked at it, it was still in a very early beta version, and since I've moved over to a Pocket PC device I haven't kept up with advancement on this program so I'm not sure how good it currently is.
Personally I like seeing some difficulty put back into games again. One of the "worst video game offenses" in my opinion was dumbing down titles to make them easier for casual gamers.
I was just playing 1943 for the NES again and got a good reminder of what difficulty was. Most new games that I have played were way to easy and I almost felt offended that game developers didn't think gamers could handle a good challenge anymore.
There is nothing worse (game wise) then putting down your cold hard cash for a game and then beating it in less then a few hours without any problems. Luckily some game developers have kept making fun and challenging games for those of us who hate titles that are far too easy.
While a completely agree that more money going to the developer is a good thing I have to say the way Valve implamented it was pretty sad.
The thing that made me realize this was when I went to unlock the game day of released and had to wait several hours before I could get through.
Also since you have to sign onto Steam every time you want to play Half-Life 2 (requiring an Internet Connection to play a single-player game is nuts in my opinion) you are pretty much screwed if you want to play some night when Steam or your own Internet connection is down.
Third I just don't like to have to ask permission to install and use a piece of software I paid for. I have a nice DVD here that contains Half-Life 2 but it is useless without concent from Valve (unlocking). So if Valve would ever go under there is a good chance that you could never play Half-Life 2 again.
Finally when you are done with the game you can't sell it. This doesn't bother me since I usually keep my old games, but I know a lot of people who wanted to sell this game after they completed it, but couldn't.
Overall the idea behind Steam is great, but the implamentation is still quite flawed.
And there is good evidence that the Tyrannasaurus Rex was actually a scavenger, not a predator.
But hey the joke was good so why worry about the technicalities?
Maybe I have just been lucky but everything that I've bought from Sony has been really good. My stereo system has been around for a good 6 to 7 years, my old portable CD player is at least 10 years old now and still works as good as the day I bought it. On the more modern side my DVD player has run without a hitch and the same goes for my CRT monitor hooked up to my computer.
My PS2 (originally shipped model) still runs perfect (besides the fact that I have to tip it on its side to play Jak and Daxter). And my old VAIO laptop which is approching 3 years old now still runs perfectly. And my new laptop hasn't had a single problem yet.
Like I said I may have just been lucky but everything I've purchased that was made by Sony has been really top notch stuff.
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Actually PalmSource has an Eclipse based development suite for its Palm OS devices located here http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/dev_suite.html
When I first looked at it, it was still in a very early beta version, and since I've moved over to a Pocket PC device I haven't kept up with advancement on this program so I'm not sure how good it currently is.
Personally I like seeing some difficulty put back into games again. One of the "worst video game offenses" in my opinion was dumbing down titles to make them easier for casual gamers.
I was just playing 1943 for the NES again and got a good reminder of what difficulty was. Most new games that I have played were way to easy and I almost felt offended that game developers didn't think gamers could handle a good challenge anymore.
There is nothing worse (game wise) then putting down your cold hard cash for a game and then beating it in less then a few hours without any problems. Luckily some game developers have kept making fun and challenging games for those of us who hate titles that are far too easy.
While a completely agree that more money going to the developer is a good thing I have to say the way Valve implamented it was pretty sad.
The thing that made me realize this was when I went to unlock the game day of released and had to wait several hours before I could get through.
Also since you have to sign onto Steam every time you want to play Half-Life 2 (requiring an Internet Connection to play a single-player game is nuts in my opinion) you are pretty much screwed if you want to play some night when Steam or your own Internet connection is down.
Third I just don't like to have to ask permission to install and use a piece of software I paid for. I have a nice DVD here that contains Half-Life 2 but it is useless without concent from Valve (unlocking). So if Valve would ever go under there is a good chance that you could never play Half-Life 2 again.
Finally when you are done with the game you can't sell it. This doesn't bother me since I usually keep my old games, but I know a lot of people who wanted to sell this game after they completed it, but couldn't.
Overall the idea behind Steam is great, but the implamentation is still quite flawed.
And there is good evidence that the Tyrannasaurus Rex was actually a scavenger, not a predator. But hey the joke was good so why worry about the technicalities?
Maybe I have just been lucky but everything that I've bought from Sony has been really good. My stereo system has been around for a good 6 to 7 years, my old portable CD player is at least 10 years old now and still works as good as the day I bought it. On the more modern side my DVD player has run without a hitch and the same goes for my CRT monitor hooked up to my computer. My PS2 (originally shipped model) still runs perfect (besides the fact that I have to tip it on its side to play Jak and Daxter). And my old VAIO laptop which is approching 3 years old now still runs perfectly. And my new laptop hasn't had a single problem yet. Like I said I may have just been lucky but everything I've purchased that was made by Sony has been really top notch stuff.
That might make getting Windows Updates rather difficult.
Instead of "uninstalling" Internet Explorer just go to Start->Control Panel->Internet Options.
When the dialog box appears click the Programs tab and uncheck "Internet Explorer should check to see if it is the default browser" at the bottom.