Did anyone other than me think the (US's) Entertainment Software Association rather than the European Space Administration (name right?) when they first read this article?
The Venus Mission... Sounds kinky when you're thinking games.
Isn't the old Microsoft rule for killing things they don't want "Embrace, evolve, extinguish?" Or was it "Embrace, EXTEND, extinguish?" Meh. Doesn't matter.
Just saying.
... This would make an excellent Ask Slashdot. There's enough subtleties to make it a challenge to definitively answer, but it's general enough that other users might be interested.
Maybe they're trying to ENCOURAGE the party school image, eh?
Seriously, though, if they get rid of books during this, which may or may not be replaceable...
Animaniacs will be back after about 3,000,000 copies of this game are sold. Unless it proves to be the next Metal Gear Solid in terms of inspiring mass mania, it's gonna suck.
And why couldn't they have had Konami do this one, like they did with the original Animaniacs game? Hell, if THEY'D done it, I can only imagine how messed it would be.
A Commodore 64 and copy of "The Simpsons Arcade Game" did it for me. I actually spent time making BASIC scripts to quickly launch whatever game was in the disk drive when I was about six years old (Hint: disable write-protect and add a small text file). Then, two days ago, I tried to run a C64 emulator, and couldn't remember how to use the LOAD command. Moral of the story? Shortcuts don't pay.
Niiiiiiice.
I suspect that such bans from "the Internet" will begin to be tested soon enough, until the judges decide that it's easier to simply stick to assigning jail time. Bans from "Chat Rooms", however, as a far more definable offense, can stand effectively and may become an important tool in pedophile removal.
And that right there is why you watch people make asses of themselves on the DDR Machine out in the lobby for the first few minutes of the scheduled film time. Captive audience. Yeah.
I'd like to note that not all theaters do these ads (I've yet to see more than ONE non-trailer, non-MPAA-bullshit ad at any movie I've seen up here in Alaska) - try to support those ones by getting extra popcorn and such (That's where the theaters themselves make money - the ticket costs go STRAIGHT to the MPAA or the studio itself, thus why they don't allow outside food).
I pretty much have to agree with this statement; This is the same reason that filesharing is legal even if a major use of it (Okay, THE major use) isn't, thus why the RIAA is suing individuals now.
Who wants to bet that this won't do a damn thing other than make trackers a little harder to find?
I'm pretty sure M$ doesn't NEED to use bribes to get their way - If the Netherlands are anything like the government of the USA, there are plenty of "perfectly legitimate" ways to ensure that they can't be sued for a thing.
However, the rationalization of this being 'short term' written into the letter seems to me to be bunk, as NO-BID negotiations basically say "we surrender".
I honestly have to agree that mail-in votes and the infamous "Dead people voting" issue need to be worked on, and fraud weeded out far more closely - as near as I can tell, e-voting is reasonably effective and most of the hiccups have been caught and corrected.
However, without clear looks at the source code of such machinery, there is no reliable way to know. Thus the calls for open-source vote-counting technology.
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Did anyone other than me think the (US's) Entertainment Software Association rather than the European Space Administration (name right?) when they first read this article? The Venus Mission... Sounds kinky when you're thinking games.
Isn't the old Microsoft rule for killing things they don't want "Embrace, evolve, extinguish?" Or was it "Embrace, EXTEND, extinguish?" Meh. Doesn't matter. Just saying.
... This would make an excellent Ask Slashdot. There's enough subtleties to make it a challenge to definitively answer, but it's general enough that other users might be interested.
Maybe they're trying to ENCOURAGE the party school image, eh? Seriously, though, if they get rid of books during this, which may or may not be replaceable...
Then why did several Senators and Representatives challenge the Election results on resports of voter fraud in a few states?
Animaniacs will be back after about 3,000,000 copies of this game are sold. Unless it proves to be the next Metal Gear Solid in terms of inspiring mass mania, it's gonna suck. And why couldn't they have had Konami do this one, like they did with the original Animaniacs game? Hell, if THEY'D done it, I can only imagine how messed it would be.
"Only hockey league in the US?" Ever hear of the East Coast and West Coast Hockey Leagues? I bet that the two combined get a little more than AFL.
A Commodore 64 and copy of "The Simpsons Arcade Game" did it for me. I actually spent time making BASIC scripts to quickly launch whatever game was in the disk drive when I was about six years old (Hint: disable write-protect and add a small text file). Then, two days ago, I tried to run a C64 emulator, and couldn't remember how to use the LOAD command. Moral of the story? Shortcuts don't pay.
Niiiiiiice. I suspect that such bans from "the Internet" will begin to be tested soon enough, until the judges decide that it's easier to simply stick to assigning jail time. Bans from "Chat Rooms", however, as a far more definable offense, can stand effectively and may become an important tool in pedophile removal.
And that right there is why you watch people make asses of themselves on the DDR Machine out in the lobby for the first few minutes of the scheduled film time. Captive audience. Yeah. I'd like to note that not all theaters do these ads (I've yet to see more than ONE non-trailer, non-MPAA-bullshit ad at any movie I've seen up here in Alaska) - try to support those ones by getting extra popcorn and such (That's where the theaters themselves make money - the ticket costs go STRAIGHT to the MPAA or the studio itself, thus why they don't allow outside food).
I pretty much have to agree with this statement; This is the same reason that filesharing is legal even if a major use of it (Okay, THE major use) isn't, thus why the RIAA is suing individuals now.
Who wants to bet that this won't do a damn thing other than make trackers a little harder to find?
I'm pretty sure M$ doesn't NEED to use bribes to get their way - If the Netherlands are anything like the government of the USA, there are plenty of "perfectly legitimate" ways to ensure that they can't be sued for a thing. However, the rationalization of this being 'short term' written into the letter seems to me to be bunk, as NO-BID negotiations basically say "we surrender".
I honestly have to agree that mail-in votes and the infamous "Dead people voting" issue need to be worked on, and fraud weeded out far more closely - as near as I can tell, e-voting is reasonably effective and most of the hiccups have been caught and corrected. However, without clear looks at the source code of such machinery, there is no reliable way to know. Thus the calls for open-source vote-counting technology.