They're actually not showing the entire season. They're just showing up to "War Stories," leaving a few unshown, including what most people consider to be the best episode (Objects in Space).
Valve says they're still releasing this year. Whoever wrote this article says he got his news from the PC Gamer article, and print magazines are almost always out of date.
And what were the first 15 minutes of the first Half-Life like? What about the first 15 minutes of Half-Life 2?
Look, the whole "no control over yourself at the beginning" is a trademark of the Half-Life games. If you had started out in the thick of it, plenty of people (myself included) would have complained that they broke the tradition.
Back then Jabba wasn't a big crime boss. He was lower down on the rung, nicer, smaller, more gentle. As hutts gain more power and influence they grow larger and meaner; you can tell that, in Return of the Jedi, Han tries to bargain with Jabba just like he always did, but Jabba will have none of that. While Han's been gone in ANH and TESB, Jabba got big, bad, and mean.
So what I'm trying to say is that it was entirely intentional that Jabba was laid back in that scene. It was cut for budget purposes; if it had been in the original release and you saw it BEFORE you saw RotJ, instead of saying "that's stupid, Jabba's acting nice" you would have thought "wow, in a few years this Jabba guy turned into a jerk."
An external DVD player sounds good to me. Then when HD-DVDs or Blu-Ray DVDs or WhateverDVDs become the next big thing, you unplug your DVD module and plug in a new module instead of dealing with an entire new DVD player. In fact, you can keep the old module around, instead of having to plug another player into your TV. Keep in mind the Gamecube couldn't even touch DVDs; if you want it like that, then just don't but the seperate plug-in.
I think the puzzles that you say were there to "show off the physics" were actually taking advantage of the physics. It's like saying the original Star Wars' space battles were showing off the special effects. Actually, no; Star Wars was what it was because of those awesome space battles as much as Half-Life 2's puzzles were interesting and inventive because they used physics. Usually game puzzles are all about flipping switches and making it through doors before they close; HL2 was one of the first games where, if I needed to get over a wall, I could use the properties of levers to get over by moving around some concrete blocks instead of finding a red key that plugs into a console that has a number puzzle to solve so I can make the wall disappear.
Japan had enough of violence after World War II. I mean, they got 2 of their cities obliterated, and before they they committed all sorts of horrid atrocities, not to mention fought a war which is never very fun. After that their constitution banned a standing army (or something) for a while. Fast forward 40 years and they make all the high tech stuff.
Today there are more programmers, artists and producers in their 30s, 40s and 50s, many with families, who are looking for better pay, fewer work hours and improved benefits.
Heck, I know all sorts of people who want better pay, fewer work horus and improved benefits! Maybe these PEER guys should contact them, too! This could be some sort of revolution: more money and goodies for less work! It's amazing nobody has thought of this before.
He wasn't playing Solitaire; he had left it on his computer from a while ago. The mayor was in the office getting his picture taken with staffers, and the guy invited the mayor into his office to get a picture without minimizing Solitaire first.
If the monitor was behind him, couldn't he rig it to show whatever was behind him 100% of the time? I mean, it's assumed that if he's looking at it then he has turned his head around.
This is silly. My bet is that they're hiring PC developers to not only port Halo 2 but also because PC developers are better suited for next gen consoles. Current gen console developers have dealt their whole lives with limits waaaaay under next gen, while PC games are already there. Just like PC companies like Valve hired movie people when they first started working on their high end next gen content (HL2), a developer like Bungie would have an interest in people who are experienced with advanced technology just around the corner.
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They're actually not showing the entire season. They're just showing up to "War Stories," leaving a few unshown, including what most people consider to be the best episode (Objects in Space).
Try Firefly. My parents and my brother liked it, and they don't really go for SciFi.
Opera doesn't even have and "Options" category in the Tools menu.
Valve says they're still releasing this year. Whoever wrote this article says he got his news from the PC Gamer article, and print magazines are almost always out of date.
And what were the first 15 minutes of the first Half-Life like? What about the first 15 minutes of Half-Life 2? Look, the whole "no control over yourself at the beginning" is a trademark of the Half-Life games. If you had started out in the thick of it, plenty of people (myself included) would have complained that they broke the tradition.
Nice overview but I can do you one better.
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Giant fighting robots.
I think comparing Star Wars to The Godfather in terms of realistic depiction of crime bosses is one of the least productive uses of our time.
Lucas releases Star Wars Trilogy on DVD!
Slashdot: You suck! We don't want Han to shoot first! Gives us the original version, not the Special Edition!
Lucas releases Classic Star Wars Trilogy on DVD!
Slashdot: You suck! I... uh... asked for this a year ago.
Back then Jabba wasn't a big crime boss. He was lower down on the rung, nicer, smaller, more gentle. As hutts gain more power and influence they grow larger and meaner; you can tell that, in Return of the Jedi, Han tries to bargain with Jabba just like he always did, but Jabba will have none of that. While Han's been gone in ANH and TESB, Jabba got big, bad, and mean.
So what I'm trying to say is that it was entirely intentional that Jabba was laid back in that scene. It was cut for budget purposes; if it had been in the original release and you saw it BEFORE you saw RotJ, instead of saying "that's stupid, Jabba's acting nice" you would have thought "wow, in a few years this Jabba guy turned into a jerk."
An external DVD player sounds good to me. Then when HD-DVDs or Blu-Ray DVDs or WhateverDVDs become the next big thing, you unplug your DVD module and plug in a new module instead of dealing with an entire new DVD player. In fact, you can keep the old module around, instead of having to plug another player into your TV. Keep in mind the Gamecube couldn't even touch DVDs; if you want it like that, then just don't but the seperate plug-in.
Fencing requires you to do the same sort of stuff.
I think the puzzles that you say were there to "show off the physics" were actually taking advantage of the physics. It's like saying the original Star Wars' space battles were showing off the special effects. Actually, no; Star Wars was what it was because of those awesome space battles as much as Half-Life 2's puzzles were interesting and inventive because they used physics. Usually game puzzles are all about flipping switches and making it through doors before they close; HL2 was one of the first games where, if I needed to get over a wall, I could use the properties of levers to get over by moving around some concrete blocks instead of finding a red key that plugs into a console that has a number puzzle to solve so I can make the wall disappear.
Bitter, surly, and hostile to men matches ANY techie as far as I'm concerned.
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these things.
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You stole that joke from the comic :D
Japan had enough of violence after World War II. I mean, they got 2 of their cities obliterated, and before they they committed all sorts of horrid atrocities, not to mention fought a war which is never very fun. After that their constitution banned a standing army (or something) for a while. Fast forward 40 years and they make all the high tech stuff.
Today there are more programmers, artists and producers in their 30s, 40s and 50s, many with families, who are looking for better pay, fewer work hours and improved benefits. Heck, I know all sorts of people who want better pay, fewer work horus and improved benefits! Maybe these PEER guys should contact them, too! This could be some sort of revolution: more money and goodies for less work! It's amazing nobody has thought of this before.
Hm. That explains why some people like cats then :D
He wasn't playing Solitaire; he had left it on his computer from a while ago. The mayor was in the office getting his picture taken with staffers, and the guy invited the mayor into his office to get a picture without minimizing Solitaire first.
Owch, that's pretty harsh. Stick a joke in a game and years later you find out everyone on Slashdot has decided you've sold out.
Actually that WW2 MMO just got re-released. It's more or less successful.
Stick a splitter on one of the outputs on a dual output card and then just plug 3 monitors in?
If the monitor was behind him, couldn't he rig it to show whatever was behind him 100% of the time? I mean, it's assumed that if he's looking at it then he has turned his head around.
This is silly. My bet is that they're hiring PC developers to not only port Halo 2 but also because PC developers are better suited for next gen consoles. Current gen console developers have dealt their whole lives with limits waaaaay under next gen, while PC games are already there. Just like PC companies like Valve hired movie people when they first started working on their high end next gen content (HL2), a developer like Bungie would have an interest in people who are experienced with advanced technology just around the corner.