Nah, the Half-Life 2 minimum specs are actually the computer it would take to PLAY the game, not to sit there and watch a slideshow. Backwards compatiblity is a huge plus with the Source Engine: it might not be the best looking or performing but it can run on old machines.
You're blaming Valve because your crappy CPU and/or internet connection isn't up to decrypting the game? System requirements aren't suggestions, they're there so you don't buy the game then complain.
Basically the guy is saying MMORPGs peak and then go down. He also says Diablo II (a completely different game) is similar to WoW in what's going to happen to players. He's probably right about the peaking, but that certainly doesn't mean WoW will die. And Diablo II has no bearing on what happens to WoW, although D2 is still going pretty strong for a game as ancient as it is.
Yessir, whatever you say sir.
I don't think Slashdot should be so commanding; we're going to have a legion of nerds who actually think that CmdrTaco wants them to do this because of the way it's written. Hehe.
I think the plan was actually a revolutionary 3rd person shooter/RTS hybrid for Macintosh. And yeah, Microsoft really blew that one when they sucked Bungie's soul out through a faulty X-BOX power cable.
This is seriously an incredible acheivment (does I come before E in that word?). It surpasses many retail games in terms of strategy and gameplay and all that good stuff. And the best part is that it's free, woohoo.
For someone testing to see if he's going to get in trouble for copying the titles of other stuff, it would help if his writing wasn't so abysmally horrible. Then, possibly, nobody would mind.
There is no possible way that you could rationally argue that Diablo 2 should have gotten a Teen rating. There is more blood in the first act of that game than in many other Mature games. Discounting that the tortured and partially dismembered naked people hanging on hooks alone is pretty bad, even if they aren't photorealistic.
The naked bodies strung up with intestines hanging out didn't make you pause? How about the huge amounts of blood left over once you've gone through a camp of fallen? The large amount of naked or half naked female or near female characters? The people in various states of torture in Hell, the salamander caverns, and Nihilanth's lair? The graphics screams of pain from the monsters as you kill them? The slaughtered and imapaled harem guards and harem girls as you descend into the palace? The blood flying everywhere from spells like corpse explosion? The moans of pain from lost souls in Hell as you brutally kick them open in hopes of treasure?
Yeah, I think Diablo 2 deserved the M. Definitely.
Purple console needs food badly!
Gauntlet references aside, I think it's not all Nintendo's fault. It has plenty of good games available for the Gamecube, it's just that with the XBox and PS2 out there people aren't going to want to buy 3, and the purple box just doesn't look so appealing at first. It's got some great games, but it's going to be tough buying a silly little cube from Fry's while your friend walks out with a green and black console that looks like it devours worlds.
It's funny, but I don't remember anything about an inalienable right to run Halo 2 tournaments at school. I mean, video games are chock full of amazing educational lessons (aliens bad, guns good), but I can find many reasons to not let people play games in school. Even if it's not a question of violence.
Just host the tournament somwhere else. I'm close to Puyallup: host it at my house.
Buying every version when it comes out is a waste, and it's not going to run you 60 bucks a year if you only stick to the large updates. Thunderbird, however, is free like the wind.
Uh oh! Firefox is getting more popular! Thunderbird is becoming a viable email client! You're losing ground! What do you do? Quick, think! I've got it! Charge people yearly for stuff you didn't used to!
"Why not make all artifacts have a permanent lifespan with the character who first posesses them, and only 24 hours after that? You could make items/characters untradable, but people don't want that. They just want them to be not tradable for money."
That's how it works in World of Warcraft. Most of the best stuff "binds" either on pickup or on equip. Find an awesome item? Half the time you can't sell it, and the other half of the time you can only sell it if you don't use it.
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Nah, the Half-Life 2 minimum specs are actually the computer it would take to PLAY the game, not to sit there and watch a slideshow. Backwards compatiblity is a huge plus with the Source Engine: it might not be the best looking or performing but it can run on old machines.
I'd imagine it's certainly possible. It's going to look like Half-Life 1 and run even worse, but at least you're playing it, eh?
You're blaming Valve because your crappy CPU and/or internet connection isn't up to decrypting the game? System requirements aren't suggestions, they're there so you don't buy the game then complain.
Nice try. You can play Steam games in offline modes too. Just Google it.
Basically the guy is saying MMORPGs peak and then go down. He also says Diablo II (a completely different game) is similar to WoW in what's going to happen to players. He's probably right about the peaking, but that certainly doesn't mean WoW will die. And Diablo II has no bearing on what happens to WoW, although D2 is still going pretty strong for a game as ancient as it is.
Let the copyright lawsuits fly. Microsoft will probably sue, especially since it has absolutely no basis on which to sue.
I kid, I kid. I also live near Redmond. Please keep the death squads away.
Yessir, whatever you say sir. I don't think Slashdot should be so commanding; we're going to have a legion of nerds who actually think that CmdrTaco wants them to do this because of the way it's written. Hehe.
I think the plan was actually a revolutionary 3rd person shooter/RTS hybrid for Macintosh. And yeah, Microsoft really blew that one when they sucked Bungie's soul out through a faulty X-BOX power cable.
And if you don't own Half-Life you obviously do not care about computer games, free or otherwise.
This is seriously an incredible acheivment (does I come before E in that word?). It surpasses many retail games in terms of strategy and gameplay and all that good stuff. And the best part is that it's free, woohoo.
For someone testing to see if he's going to get in trouble for copying the titles of other stuff, it would help if his writing wasn't so abysmally horrible. Then, possibly, nobody would mind.
How about "In Korea only old people eat paper shushi?" Nah, you're write.
This explains why I didn't get hired...
I just figured I wasn't qualified fully.
I'm organizing a mass suicide. Who wants to help?
I loves joo Sam and Max. We will never forget.
There is no possible way that you could rationally argue that Diablo 2 should have gotten a Teen rating. There is more blood in the first act of that game than in many other Mature games. Discounting that the tortured and partially dismembered naked people hanging on hooks alone is pretty bad, even if they aren't photorealistic.
The naked bodies strung up with intestines hanging out didn't make you pause? How about the huge amounts of blood left over once you've gone through a camp of fallen? The large amount of naked or half naked female or near female characters? The people in various states of torture in Hell, the salamander caverns, and Nihilanth's lair? The graphics screams of pain from the monsters as you kill them? The slaughtered and imapaled harem guards and harem girls as you descend into the palace? The blood flying everywhere from spells like corpse explosion? The moans of pain from lost souls in Hell as you brutally kick them open in hopes of treasure? Yeah, I think Diablo 2 deserved the M. Definitely.
As long as we're posting interviews of mod teams for no apparent reason, there's another one at Modfiles.org
No, but if 1% of your hard drive was viruses, you wouldn't be so happy, eh.
Bah. On the plus side, at least we'll get a thousand formulaic modern warfare large scale battle games. How can those ever get old?
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I'm sad
Is it good because it cleans up Usenet? Or does it just mean there will be an influx of idiocy to everywhere else? I'm scared!
Purple console needs food badly! Gauntlet references aside, I think it's not all Nintendo's fault. It has plenty of good games available for the Gamecube, it's just that with the XBox and PS2 out there people aren't going to want to buy 3, and the purple box just doesn't look so appealing at first. It's got some great games, but it's going to be tough buying a silly little cube from Fry's while your friend walks out with a green and black console that looks like it devours worlds.
It's funny, but I don't remember anything about an inalienable right to run Halo 2 tournaments at school. I mean, video games are chock full of amazing educational lessons (aliens bad, guns good), but I can find many reasons to not let people play games in school. Even if it's not a question of violence. Just host the tournament somwhere else. I'm close to Puyallup: host it at my house.
Buying every version when it comes out is a waste, and it's not going to run you 60 bucks a year if you only stick to the large updates. Thunderbird, however, is free like the wind.
Uh oh! Firefox is getting more popular! Thunderbird is becoming a viable email client! You're losing ground! What do you do? Quick, think! I've got it! Charge people yearly for stuff you didn't used to!
"Why not make all artifacts have a permanent lifespan with the character who first posesses them, and only 24 hours after that? You could make items/characters untradable, but people don't want that. They just want them to be not tradable for money." That's how it works in World of Warcraft. Most of the best stuff "binds" either on pickup or on equip. Find an awesome item? Half the time you can't sell it, and the other half of the time you can only sell it if you don't use it.