"But let's not get ahead of ourselves and act like it's going to replace instant messaging or like every bit of communication - from blogs to wikipedia to asking your coworker what time the staff meeting is to asking your best friend when they want to go see a movie - needs to be done over video."
No one is saying that we should REPLACE TEXT in the messages they're saying that it is a nice supplement to the text.
"It might be nifty and trendy for a few times, but then like a lot of these things, people will get tired of it, get frustrated, find it doesn't add much and stop using it except for those few rare occasions where it is actually beneficial."
No one here has said anything about using the webcam at times when it isn't beneficial. Go ahead and read all the replies and you'll get a consistant use, seeing people who are away from you.
If you're so concerned about having video, why don't you make and distribute a text-chat only instant messenger. I mean, we're talking about INSTANT MESSAGE clients; are you implying that a video sequence does not contain a message?
well I did implement videochat into Vi, but no one will believe me.
"How in the hell would some of you people have managed to live 50 years ago when all you had was a telephone? Or worse, a hundred years ago when you would have had to write letters? Now everyone's all heartbroken and bawling because they can't see people's lips moving in real time in cruddy webcam quality video from across the country or globe."
well 50 years ago before video wasn't readily accessible these people would have been fine with letters and telephones. Since we have the technology to easily implement said feature, why not? If we never implement it, then it will always stay at the "cruddy webcam" quality. Improvement is always the next step to implementation. . .
develop for Nintendo's Revolution. . . Just think of the possibilities with the motion sensing remote, and the gamepad shell. . . Think of the impact that could be had in a first person shooter with a gun shell, or a steering whell shell. . . These are just ideas based on our current games, the revolution has the possibility to define completely new genres that can't be thought of based on current dev/market trends.
actually it is more like when you have someone come along and insist on playing chess only on their diamond encrusted golden set of chess, which may or may not be level, causing some serious gaming instabilities. ..
Take it as a shot to Microsoft or don't. It's really open to interpretation.
Might I suggest that maybe Dreamcast had the last mover's disadvantage? I think it launched in the grey area where people questioned whether it was to compete with N64 and PSX, or was it to get the jump on xbox, ps2 and gamecube?
Rape. . . this whole cheating thing is just like rape. . . its a consent thing, if everyone playing agrees that you may use map exploits then it is fine, the same with cheats. If everyone is using their own cheat, and everyone agrees to play by these rules then it is fine. So basically, when you don't have consent, you get to go to "jail" and get "butt raped" by 6' 450lbs Bubba.
it made me laugh. and please for sanity's sake, discontinue your line of reasoning and admit that things can be funny whether or not you find them funny. It's this monotheology stuff that tends to get people riled up on the topic of religion anyway.
I want an update to forza, that lets me put one of these in my Treuno AE86 to replace the Supra Twin Turbo that's already in there. In addition, it should be free. And it should make smoothies to keep my hydrated during endurance races. Said smoothies should come out of my xbox's jewel.
Please, get right on that. . .
I think he just hates videogames. . . some of his comments were pretty funny (see Ninja's church fart) Like the bit about the rubber band effect in racing games. There are quite a few racing games that don't resort to that. . .
I recently played Unreal Championship 2 and loved the sheer speed of things. I mean, as a light character it feels like you're only on the ground for a few seconds in a 5 minute match.
Catachumen was the name of the game. I think it was set in roman times and you ran around with the massive sword, and you struck down roman troops and homeless people with the "power of the almighty". Unfortunately, Quake 2 came out around that time so the other FPS games took a backseat to it.
Seriously, go and download the demo and laugh your ass off at the "Christian video game market."
. . . that little boys tend to have a fascination with robots. I know that when I was a child, I was all like, "Man, it would be so sweet to have a robot."
I just think all you old people should just chill out and go with the flow.
I'm starting to get the impression that a lot of you have too much junk on your drives. . . The people with audio or video editing, I understand the need for 200+gb, but you guys with hundreds of episodes of TV don't have a use for your drives. Maybe you guys with the tens of gigs of music should consider copying them to DVD-Rs, then clearing the space up, then you would only need 60 or 80 gb drives. . .
great! Now I get to watch my soldiers sleep in and miss the APC, then wet themselves in the living room then proceed to light on fire when they try to cook a meal in the food processor. . .
Thats just how I want my RTS games!!!
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. . . and it will only cost as much as the gross national budget for the next 10,001 years, too!
"But let's not get ahead of ourselves and act like it's going to replace instant messaging or like every bit of communication - from blogs to wikipedia to asking your coworker what time the staff meeting is to asking your best friend when they want to go see a movie - needs to be done over video." No one is saying that we should REPLACE TEXT in the messages they're saying that it is a nice supplement to the text. "It might be nifty and trendy for a few times, but then like a lot of these things, people will get tired of it, get frustrated, find it doesn't add much and stop using it except for those few rare occasions where it is actually beneficial." No one here has said anything about using the webcam at times when it isn't beneficial. Go ahead and read all the replies and you'll get a consistant use, seeing people who are away from you. If you're so concerned about having video, why don't you make and distribute a text-chat only instant messenger. I mean, we're talking about INSTANT MESSAGE clients; are you implying that a video sequence does not contain a message?
well I did implement videochat into Vi, but no one will believe me.
"How in the hell would some of you people have managed to live 50 years ago when all you had was a telephone? Or worse, a hundred years ago when you would have had to write letters? Now everyone's all heartbroken and bawling because they can't see people's lips moving in real time in cruddy webcam quality video from across the country or globe."
well 50 years ago before video wasn't readily accessible these people would have been fine with letters and telephones. Since we have the technology to easily implement said feature, why not? If we never implement it, then it will always stay at the "cruddy webcam" quality. Improvement is always the next step to implementation. . .
In conclusion, you sir are a jackass.
develop for Nintendo's Revolution. . . Just think of the possibilities with the motion sensing remote, and the gamepad shell. . . Think of the impact that could be had in a first person shooter with a gun shell, or a steering whell shell. . .
These are just ideas based on our current games, the revolution has the possibility to define completely new genres that can't be thought of based on current dev/market trends.
actually it is more like when you have someone come along and insist on playing chess only on their diamond encrusted golden set of chess, which may or may not be level, causing some serious gaming instabilities. . .
Take it as a shot to Microsoft or don't. It's really open to interpretation.
actually he gets spanked by me in halo and halo 2 :P true story.
Might I suggest that maybe Dreamcast had the last mover's disadvantage? I think it launched in the grey area where people questioned whether it was to compete with N64 and PSX, or was it to get the jump on xbox, ps2 and gamecube?
Rape. . . this whole cheating thing is just like rape. . . its a consent thing, if everyone playing agrees that you may use map exploits then it is fine, the same with cheats. If everyone is using their own cheat, and everyone agrees to play by these rules then it is fine.
So basically, when you don't have consent, you get to go to "jail" and get "butt raped" by 6' 450lbs Bubba.
it made me laugh.
and please for sanity's sake, discontinue your line of reasoning and admit that things can be funny whether or not you find them funny. It's this monotheology stuff that tends to get people riled up on the topic of religion anyway.
I want an update to forza, that lets me put one of these in my Treuno AE86 to replace the Supra Twin Turbo that's already in there. In addition, it should be free. And it should make smoothies to keep my hydrated during endurance races. Said smoothies should come out of my xbox's jewel. Please, get right on that. . .
I think he just hates videogames. . . some of his comments were pretty funny (see Ninja's church fart) Like the bit about the rubber band effect in racing games. There are quite a few racing games that don't resort to that. . .
I recently played Unreal Championship 2 and loved the sheer speed of things. I mean, as a light character it feels like you're only on the ground for a few seconds in a 5 minute match.
Catachumen was the name of the game. I think it was set in roman times and you ran around with the massive sword, and you struck down roman troops and homeless people with the "power of the almighty".
Unfortunately, Quake 2 came out around that time so the other FPS games took a backseat to it.
Seriously, go and download the demo and laugh your ass off at the "Christian video game market."
. . . that little boys tend to have a fascination with robots. I know that when I was a child, I was all like, "Man, it would be so sweet to have a robot."
I just think all you old people should just chill out and go with the flow.
what does dvorak know anyway, he's the crackpot that suggested the non-qwerty madness that is am "efficient keyboard".
swim the atlantic? more like tied to the back of a boat. . .
I'm starting to get the impression that a lot of you have too much junk on your drives. . . The people with audio or video editing, I understand the need for 200+gb, but you guys with hundreds of episodes of TV don't have a use for your drives.
Maybe you guys with the tens of gigs of music should consider copying them to DVD-Rs, then clearing the space up, then you would only need 60 or 80 gb drives. . .
great! Now I get to watch my soldiers sleep in and miss the APC, then wet themselves in the living room then proceed to light on fire when they try to cook a meal in the food processor. . . Thats just how I want my RTS games!!!
Unfortunately for me, I did not read that. I appreciate your correction.
not to mention having to pay something like $5 for each map that you download. I can guarantee that they won't be provided for free on Xbox Live.
So now what looks more appealing? $20 for 9 maps and some extra dvd content, or $45 for the same 9 maps when paid for online?
And given this information, I give myself 2 years before I'm in jail, or owing a couple million dollars to all the people I've become. . .
I don't know about anyone else, but whenever I pre-order something its usually at most 3 days before the item's launch. Always seems to work for me.
Does this really have to become a Fanboy battle royale? Why can't we just all get along and say, "Hey cool, more video games!"
Definitely OpenOffice.
why not just have a few people who have windows running on their machines download whatever updates and then torrent it up.