So how long before Jack Thompson jumps on Wii? After all, swinging the control to fight with a sword seems like a much easier way to learn violent behavior than just pushing buttons. And just think how much more intuitive the Hot Coffe mod would've been with this thing...
Am I the only one who hopes the ACLU's "Top Ten Censors of the Year Award" mentioned in the article are handed out sarcastically? Otherwise, I'm slightly concerned.
Does this mean if I score a touchdown and move the remote in a writing motion, the player will autograph the football and give it to his agent in the stands? Otherwise, I don't give a crap.
But if EA coders are working 6 days a week, 9 am to 10 pm...even allowing 2 hours for breaks (maybe), that's about 70 hours a week of programming time per coder. That means, at minimum, EA marketers are working 140 hours a week. Where's the outraged wife with a blog?
It does have half its protection turned off. Firewall settings on outbound traffic don't just protect the rest of the Internet from you - they also restrict keyloggers and trojans and other malware from phoning home with information they've gathered from your machine. Not having even rudimentary outbound protection is a bad thing for Joe Consumer - who happens to be extremely susceptible to the types of malware I mentioned above.
Perhaps slightly OT, but I find it interesting that God of War 2, which will be one of the biggest games of whatever year it's released in, is slated for February of 2007...that's a good four months after the launch of the PS3. So why, then is God of War 2 a Playstation 2 title? Wouldn't it have been better to put it on the PS3?
I graduated college last August, and I don't remember returning text books to the bookstore as a particularly exciting time - more often than not, I'd only get maybe $10-20 back on a book that cost me $100 at the beginning of the semester - and then a semester later, I'd see that same title on the shelf, being sold used for $80. The only people excited about book buybacks are the bookstores that can exploit them.
So I don't really see how the ability to return books is a big reason why readers prefer physical books over ebooks.
The article failed to mention another important feature of the googlebox...it was in Beta for several years while Google ensured that its case was completely resistant to flying chairs.
I don't think he's saying that the Rev's controller is inherently crappy...I think he's saying that a good game should stand on its own merits, regardless of what you're using to control it. Granted, controls that are difficult to use can ruin an otherwise good product...but any developer worth his salt should be able to program around a controller, not for a controller.
So wait one second...who's the bad guy here...the multi-gazillion dollar corporation that paid a lot of money to put their name on a competition as a means of advertising their products, or the competition that initially put the naming rights up for sale in the first place?
Anyone ever try using one of those wireless mice that works win midair? Ever notice how difficult it is to click on ANYTHING while operating the mouse in midair? What's to keep the Revolution controller from being just as frustrating, except maybe a really cheap auto-targeting feature?
Wouldn't it make more sense for students to go to a good school so they can get a good job that pays more money so they can pay off their settlements quicker?
So now what's to encourage companies to develop for OS X? Now that this works, won't many of them attempt to ignore OS X on the pretext that any Mac user who wants to use their software can simply boot into XP?
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So how long before Jack Thompson jumps on Wii? After all, swinging the control to fight with a sword seems like a much easier way to learn violent behavior than just pushing buttons. And just think how much more intuitive the Hot Coffe mod would've been with this thing...
Am I the only one who hopes the ACLU's "Top Ten Censors of the Year Award" mentioned in the article are handed out sarcastically? Otherwise, I'm slightly concerned.
"...they won't be referring to Revolution or next-generation, it'll just be Wii."
Unless it fails, in which case it's just craap.
Except for the fact that they're not really predictions. They're analyses. There's a big difference.
Not that this makes Dvorak any less dumb, it just shows how quick people have become when it comes to jumping on him for stupid predictions...
Size matters.
My password will still be 1234.
Does this mean if I score a touchdown and move the remote in a writing motion, the player will autograph the football and give it to his agent in the stands? Otherwise, I don't give a crap.
But if EA coders are working 6 days a week, 9 am to 10 pm...even allowing 2 hours for breaks (maybe), that's about 70 hours a week of programming time per coder. That means, at minimum, EA marketers are working 140 hours a week. Where's the outraged wife with a blog?
It does have half its protection turned off. Firewall settings on outbound traffic don't just protect the rest of the Internet from you - they also restrict keyloggers and trojans and other malware from phoning home with information they've gathered from your machine. Not having even rudimentary outbound protection is a bad thing for Joe Consumer - who happens to be extremely susceptible to the types of malware I mentioned above.
Perhaps slightly OT, but I find it interesting that God of War 2, which will be one of the biggest games of whatever year it's released in, is slated for February of 2007...that's a good four months after the launch of the PS3. So why, then is God of War 2 a Playstation 2 title? Wouldn't it have been better to put it on the PS3?
I graduated college last August, and I don't remember returning text books to the bookstore as a particularly exciting time - more often than not, I'd only get maybe $10-20 back on a book that cost me $100 at the beginning of the semester - and then a semester later, I'd see that same title on the shelf, being sold used for $80. The only people excited about book buybacks are the bookstores that can exploit them.
So I don't really see how the ability to return books is a big reason why readers prefer physical books over ebooks.
The article failed to mention another important feature of the googlebox...it was in Beta for several years while Google ensured that its case was completely resistant to flying chairs.
I don't think he's saying that the Rev's controller is inherently crappy...I think he's saying that a good game should stand on its own merits, regardless of what you're using to control it. Granted, controls that are difficult to use can ruin an otherwise good product...but any developer worth his salt should be able to program around a controller, not for a controller.
So how long before there's a Sportscenter-like show recapping all of the previous day's highlights? I can't wait to see the week's best pwnings!
So wait one second...who's the bad guy here...the multi-gazillion dollar corporation that paid a lot of money to put their name on a competition as a means of advertising their products, or the competition that initially put the naming rights up for sale in the first place?
Now we DO have to work with funky algorithms and I guess studying math helps with that somehow...
Yeah, by helping us figure out how much money we're going to make.
Console gamer: "I like not having to upgrade my hardware every two years to play the newest games! F*ck the PC!"
...where the player has to dodge falling prices?
Anyone ever try using one of those wireless mice that works win midair? Ever notice how difficult it is to click on ANYTHING while operating the mouse in midair? What's to keep the Revolution controller from being just as frustrating, except maybe a really cheap auto-targeting feature?
Bulletproof? You mean chairproof, right? Ballmer's training a squad of ninjas to track down people who purchase naked PCs.
Wouldn't it make more sense for students to go to a good school so they can get a good job that pays more money so they can pay off their settlements quicker?
Been to MySpace or Blogger lately? If anything, those sites are a testament to the Internet's immaturity.
...I'll design a media player that appears to be playing a CD when it's actually installing a root kit that creates an easy way back door for malware.
And then I'll get sued by Sony for copyright infringement.
And when you press the wrong button, you can hear your wife yelling at you for wasting all the minutes.
So now what's to encourage companies to develop for OS X? Now that this works, won't many of them attempt to ignore OS X on the pretext that any Mac user who wants to use their software can simply boot into XP?