Things you should know...That was a disney like "direct to video" sequel of FFX..it is a fanboy/girl title. It quite honestly is a joke of a FF title.
You picked up the lowest rated FF game, ever "."
Sorry you made an uninformed illgotten choice. Next time bother actually reading reviews and you might find what you want. Here's a quick pro-quo guide.
FF4 Classic good vs Evil Fantasy story. (SW like, but no injokes) FF5 Lite on story, heavy on new battle system at the time (jobs) FF6 Classic Fantasy Empire vs Rebels. (Yes there are SW injokes) FF7 One of the best, heavy psyco-scifi Steam-punk theme'd FF8 Still Steam-punk theme. Heavy love story, light on the Scifi but its still there. FF9 Classic Fantasy in a truer since. Overall story disjoined at times but a frolic nontheless. FF10 Classic Drama (almost shakespeirean) One long dramatic Deathmarch. throws in a love story to boot. Part scifi part fantasy. (one culture for each) FFX-2 Austin Powers directs a Charlie's Angels remake featuring characters from FFX.
Considering you are probably working, sleeping, or eating 18hrs per day that leaves a whole 12 cents they might just possibly owe you if it really was unplayable during that entire 6hr stretch.
I wouldn't be so sure where you place your confidence.
We *the people* no longer trust Bush. If they gave us a reason to trust him with this or had shown ample trustworthy action in the past then maybe you would have a valid point....alas...
the sound of the entire point zooming over your head.
The point was "When was the last time you saw ANY big push in female/non-typical gamer buying a game for Sony anything, or Xbox anything"
Nintendo isn't saying "OMG LOOK WE CAN SELL GAMES TOO"
Nintendo IS saying "OMG LOOK THERE ARE CUSTOMERS WITHOUT PENISES! Maybe its time the industry grew up out of its current Frat marketing and develoupment cylce before we no longer can awaken from the hangover of the easy booze (male purchasing dollars)"
Tell me, seriously, what any console did to attempt to attain "adulthood" besides those three things.
Show me ONE, ONE 1st party game with a complex plot no pre-teen could understand. Show me growth towards maturity...
All I saw was a bunch of puberty-like masturbation over big boobs, blood by the gallon, and violence.
(*Note: While GTA does have blood, boobs, and violence...it actually has a story, setting, and a POINT to using those three in a very provacative way. And it wasn't a 1st party title;) )
we all know this... Usually we blow it off by casting the shame towards the genre we don't like as much...or point to the fewer and fewer glimmers of originality.
But this does not stop the truth we all well know.
Something needs to change.
Maybe its the publishers, maybe its the develoupment model/cycle.
Nintendo is trying to change its machine to be able to do something more than push out one polygon/sprite/bit more than its competitors.
Last time they were our saviors (NES)...maybe..just maybe...they are trying to save us again before the industry REALLY needs it.
*NOTE: trying to save us does mean they can still fall on their asses trying, not to mention how much money they made last time they *were* right;)
Yes folks, I'm prepared to Destroy my Karma today!
itunes = MP3? (ha!)
itunes only = music? (ha!)
Ogg Superior Quality?...yeah if your a fanboy. Not that its bad, but come on.
P2P = people have the right to share published works? (ha!)
Just because he likes the GPL (and I do too) doesn't mean we should ignore other licenses. After all he wouldn't like it if we ignored the GPL.
writers + musicians = fairytale land of liberal art (and this coming from a bleeding heart capital L liberal)
Somehow got the idea that if he maintained freedom to change the program via the GPL that it could prevent it being corrupted into an instrument for implementing DRM. In fact I could EASILY see a program coded that was completely open that restricted access to other programs/data. An example of this would be the DRM project for OGG. It could be 100% open yet still bring DRM to OGG.
These are consoles. Console users don't care about DRM as long as it lets them play the game when they want to. (* No Console has EVER been 100% free of DRM on a media the consumer could easily recreate themselves...though the PS1 was the closest/easiest to hack)
All that has to happen is a hardware key of some sorts.
Very good, definately a miss speak on my part. - The it was mearily very very hot. 180-190 degrees (82-87 C) Avg coffee is served at 150-160F (~65C-70C)
I "meant to say" hot water... Hindsight 20/20 and all that
#1 No one, NO ONE else in that town or the surrounding area sold coffee anywhere NEAR that hot.
#2 If you spilt coffee on you from a restraunt or that you made yourself you would probably not even manage FIRST DEGREE burns These were THIRD degree burns, the kind your more used to seeing from actual fires and not boiling water.
#3 The city AND state had filed health warnings with McDonalds due to the complaints, which McDonalds prompty ignored.
#4 The lady inquestion only sued after McDonalds refused to cover her health expenses. (Which they HAD done in the previous two instances in this state.)
#5 A company memo existed that flat out said that it would be cheaper and better marketing slogun to be able to say they had the "Hottest Coffee" and pay off any lawsuits that would happen from burn victims then to lower the tempurature and lose the possibility of lording it over their competitors.
#6 And finally it was not the defendant who sued for millions, it was the jury who awarded it becuase it was "unspecified" and the jury specifically said 3million was picked because it was the sales for one days worth of coffee at McDonalds and the jury thought that they needed to prove the company memo wrong.
Very professional reviews and they keep up with failure rates...
Now time for corrections: #1 Hitachi (NOT Western Digital) took over the deskstar line. #2 Hitachi is actually one of the best builders now (if people would stop holding onto past problems before the line switched hands) It is now one of the higher quality consumer HD manufactors (*they are head to head performance wise with WD, some can run toe to toe with the WD Raptor (10k rpm SATA) while being only 7200rpm themselves. Hitachi also has a very good reliabilty ratio compared to the other manufactors now (and has mantained it for 2 years)
My general suggestions to buyers now is: #1 Buy Seagate if you want the warrenty, but your in for the slowest comparitive drives of the bunch.
#2 If everything is between Hitachi and Western Digital, lean to Hitachi.
#3 Go Maxtor if you are cheap OR if you find a good value on the MaxLine series
For the record, everything you said is right, and it was right then.....
HOWEVER
There is one big whole in your plan...
The day retail dies.
When Online distrib hits through shelve restrictions will be gone. Marketing will fundamentally change, and indie shops will be able to compete as they will no longer have shelving problems and they can concentrate on WoM/niche marcheteering.
Infact I honestly believe it will bringback the shareware industry which was just about crushed by piracy (SN trading). See XBox Live as what the future is looking like.
But: There was never an "Americanized" version broadcasted. The US License-holder for the last 7 years has been Media Blasters (AKA AnimeWorks). Now for those who don't know MediaBlasters likes releasing on the cheap but with accurate subs.
More likely scenarios: That was the Japanese shop wanting the name changes (dispite what many anime fans would think....most anime bastardizations came about because of the Japanese creator out to make a buck, making stupid decisions based on bad assumptions of American culture.)
#1. you didn't use your OWN cart. #2. you did not use it for backup purposes. #3. you did not remove it from the original media.
You are 100% in violation of every country's (who signed the Berne Convention) interpretation of copyright law.
(Think of it this way, since this isn't for backup there can only be one copy. You would have to destory the place in memory that contained the song (*This is also the reason you cannot re-sell this, or anyother single part of memeory on a game cart since its practically impossible to really seperate it and still have a usable original)
Lets take this to movies: If a movie "lost" its license for a song the entire audio snipet INCLUDING other audio lines, voice work, sound effects, etc. Would have to be cut and re-done from scratch since you cannot "completely" remove it...you can hide it, you can reduce it. But that' not complete removal.
Just because you own a movie it does NOT give you the right to remove the soundtrack, place it on a CD and listen to it.
You ARE ripping off artists when you do because they ARE paid on a different scale between ingame/inmovie and out of game/movie CDs (* the difference being the music didn't necessarily sell the game/movie but the music DID 100% sell the CD)
As far as remixers go, in "most" cases if they are mearly using the composition and not the original they can apply to the composer for a compulsory license and pay royalties as fit (they are actually quite resonable rates usually and this HAS been done before by mear fans...) See Project Majestic Mix
(you could probably even find out who runs the open AP and work out a deal...and have directionalal on both ends (you should be able to easily pull DSL speeds over it on clear days.
While I generally agree with you, Nintendo's "problem" isn't catering to fanboys. Its "problem" is getting back what it lost and Sony gained after the SNES.
Full 3rd party support from all the major devs.
Sony has shit for 1st party titles. It is only ruling for its solid 3rd party support. Now you might ask why this is so hard to top...That would be because most devs stick together...where a slight majority go, the rest follow which causes a console to get more gmaes (both good and bad) which causes more sales and therefore more devs to pricipally dev for that console...etc etc.
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You picked up FFX-2
Things you should know...That was a disney like "direct to video" sequel of FFX..it is a fanboy/girl title. It quite honestly is a joke of a FF title.
You picked up the lowest rated FF game, ever "."
Sorry you made an uninformed illgotten choice. Next time bother actually reading reviews and you might find what you want.
Here's a quick pro-quo guide.
FF4 Classic good vs Evil Fantasy story. (SW like, but no injokes)
FF5 Lite on story, heavy on new battle system at the time (jobs)
FF6 Classic Fantasy Empire vs Rebels. (Yes there are SW injokes)
FF7 One of the best, heavy psyco-scifi Steam-punk theme'd
FF8 Still Steam-punk theme. Heavy love story, light on the Scifi but its still there.
FF9 Classic Fantasy in a truer since. Overall story disjoined at times but a frolic nontheless.
FF10 Classic Drama (almost shakespeirean) One long dramatic Deathmarch. throws in a love story to boot. Part scifi part fantasy.
(one culture for each)
FFX-2 Austin Powers directs a Charlie's Angels remake featuring characters from FFX.
Yes that whole 2cents an hour.
Considering you are probably working, sleeping, or eating 18hrs per day that leaves a whole 12 cents they might just possibly owe you if it really was unplayable during that entire 6hr stretch.
So Jimmy Carter was our Best President EVER!!!!
I wouldn't be so sure where you place your confidence.
We *the people* no longer trust Bush. If they gave us a reason to trust him with this or had shown ample trustworthy action in the past then maybe you would have a valid point....alas...
no.
*WHOOOSH*
the sound of the entire point zooming over your head.
The point was
"When was the last time you saw ANY big push in female/non-typical gamer buying a game for Sony anything, or Xbox anything"
Nintendo isn't saying "OMG LOOK WE CAN SELL GAMES TOO"
Nintendo IS saying "OMG LOOK THERE ARE CUSTOMERS WITHOUT PENISES! Maybe its time the industry grew up out of its current Frat marketing and develoupment cylce before we no longer can awaken from the hangover of the easy booze (male purchasing dollars)"
What a bunch of cock and bull
;) )
Adult != blood sex and violence.
Tell me, seriously, what any console did to attempt to attain "adulthood" besides those three things.
Show me ONE, ONE 1st party game with a complex plot no pre-teen could understand. Show me growth towards maturity...
All I saw was a bunch of puberty-like masturbation over big boobs, blood by the gallon, and violence.
(*Note: While GTA does have blood, boobs, and violence...it actually has a story, setting, and a POINT to using those three in a very provacative way. And it wasn't a 1st party title
We (gamers) are being sequeled to death...
;)
we all know this... Usually we blow it off by casting the shame towards the genre we don't like as much...or point to the fewer and fewer glimmers of originality.
But this does not stop the truth we all well know.
Something needs to change.
Maybe its the publishers, maybe its the develoupment model/cycle.
Nintendo is trying to change its machine to be able to do something more than push out one polygon/sprite/bit more than its competitors.
Last time they were our saviors (NES)...maybe..just maybe...they are trying to save us again before the industry REALLY needs it.
*NOTE: trying to save us does mean they can still fall on their asses trying, not to mention how much money they made last time they *were* right
does not prohibit ignorance in others.
...yeah if your a fanboy. Not that its bad, but come on.
Yes folks, I'm prepared to Destroy my Karma today!
itunes = MP3? (ha!)
itunes only = music? (ha!)
Ogg Superior Quality?
P2P = people have the right to share published works? (ha!)
Just because he likes the GPL (and I do too) doesn't mean we should ignore other licenses. After all he wouldn't like it if we ignored the GPL.
writers + musicians = fairytale land of liberal art
(and this coming from a bleeding heart capital L liberal)
Somehow got the idea that if he maintained freedom to change the program via the GPL that it could prevent it being corrupted into an instrument for implementing DRM. In fact I could EASILY see a program coded that was completely open that restricted access to other programs/data. An example of this would be the DRM project for OGG. It could be 100% open yet still bring DRM to OGG.
Lets see, what's the avg age of girls who haven't even dated yet....hmmmmm.
And pass the cost directly on to their customers....
Just like the phone company, cell companies, broadband, cable, ec
Silly poster...you forget the obvious.
These are consoles. Console users don't care about DRM as long as it lets them play the game when they want to.
(* No Console has EVER been 100% free of DRM on a media the consumer could easily recreate themselves...though the PS1 was the closest/easiest to hack)
All that has to happen is a hardware key of some sorts.
Very good, definately a miss speak on my part.
-
The it was mearily very very hot. 180-190 degrees (82-87 C)
Avg coffee is served at 150-160F (~65C-70C)
I "meant to say" hot water... Hindsight 20/20 and all that
*bows You are correct sir.
#1
No one, NO ONE else in that town or the surrounding area sold coffee anywhere NEAR that hot.
#2
If you spilt coffee on you from a restraunt or that you made yourself you would probably not even manage FIRST DEGREE burns These were THIRD degree burns, the kind your more used to seeing from actual fires and not boiling water.
#3
The city AND state had filed health warnings with McDonalds due to the complaints, which McDonalds prompty ignored.
#4
The lady inquestion only sued after McDonalds refused to cover her health expenses. (Which they HAD done in the previous two instances in this state.)
#5
A company memo existed that flat out said that it would be cheaper and better marketing slogun to be able to say they had the "Hottest Coffee" and pay off any lawsuits that would happen from burn victims then to lower the tempurature and lose the possibility of lording it over their competitors.
#6
And finally it was not the defendant who sued for millions, it was the jury who awarded it becuase it was "unspecified" and the jury specifically said 3million was picked because it was the sales for one days worth of coffee at McDonalds and the jury thought that they needed to prove the company memo wrong.
Seriously...
iPod is a piece of hardware.
IS Microsoft really, REALLY saying it cannot write a piece of OS software for a hardware product like ipod?
I'm serious, the chip used in most ipods is well known. It can even handle WMA...its just not done via Apple's ipod OS.
As far as "oh that would make them responsible for support" BS! Like they support any piece of hardware windows runs on.
Oh well, I should be happy it didn't happen this time...cause Urge is a horrible name -_-
Very professional reviews and they keep up with failure rates...
Now time for corrections:
#1 Hitachi (NOT Western Digital) took over the deskstar line.
#2 Hitachi is actually one of the best builders now
(if people would stop holding onto past problems before the line switched hands)
It is now one of the higher quality consumer HD manufactors
(*they are head to head performance wise with WD, some can run toe to toe with the WD Raptor (10k rpm SATA) while being only 7200rpm themselves. Hitachi also has a very good reliabilty ratio compared to the other manufactors now (and has mantained it for 2 years)
My general suggestions to buyers now is:
#1 Buy Seagate if you want the warrenty, but your in for the slowest comparitive drives of the bunch.
#2 If everything is between Hitachi and Western Digital, lean to Hitachi.
#3 Go Maxtor if you are cheap OR if you find a good value on the MaxLine series
Fox owns the TV rights and they are NOT letting go of them for 10 years as per contract.
Cable and broadcast TV are right out...
Movie was the next good idea...
IF dvd sales are up "maybe" they could try direct to DVD...but that would be the last big hope
(I'm sorry but iTunes vids arenot quite up to finacial snuff to provide 1 million sales per episode)
For the record, everything you said is right, and it was right then.....
HOWEVER
There is one big whole in your plan...
The day retail dies.
When Online distrib hits through shelve restrictions will be gone. Marketing will fundamentally change, and indie shops will be able to compete as they will no longer have shelving problems and they can concentrate on WoM/niche marcheteering.
Infact I honestly believe it will bringback the shareware industry which was just about crushed by piracy (SN trading). See XBox Live as what the future is looking like.
First off Working Designs did make MKR...
But:
There was never an "Americanized" version broadcasted. The US License-holder for the last 7 years has been Media Blasters (AKA AnimeWorks). Now for those who don't know MediaBlasters likes releasing on the cheap but with accurate subs.
More likely scenarios:
That was the Japanese shop wanting the name changes (dispite what many anime fans would think....most anime bastardizations came about because of the Japanese creator out to make a buck, making stupid decisions based on bad assumptions of American culture.)
After all
You are:
Funding the Russian mafia (if you honestly don't believe this you are absolutely mindboggling niave)
Who in turn extorts and kills people.
Just because you like your freedom.
Just friggin download from BT, P2P or somewhere else and stop supporting the Russian mafia.
Then you are 100% illegal.
#1. you didn't use your OWN cart.
#2. you did not use it for backup purposes.
#3. you did not remove it from the original media.
You are 100% in violation of every country's (who signed the Berne Convention) interpretation of copyright law.
(Think of it this way, since this isn't for backup there can only be one copy. You would have to destory the place in memory that contained the song (*This is also the reason you cannot re-sell this, or anyother single part of memeory on a game cart since its practically impossible to really seperate it and still have a usable original)
Lets take this to movies: If a movie "lost" its license for a song the entire audio snipet INCLUDING other audio lines, voice work, sound effects, etc. Would have to be cut and re-done from scratch since you cannot "completely" remove it...you can hide it, you can reduce it. But that' not complete removal.
Just because you own a movie it does NOT give you the right to remove the soundtrack, place it on a CD and listen to it.
You ARE ripping off artists when you do because they ARE paid on a different scale between ingame/inmovie and out of game/movie CDs
(* the difference being the music didn't necessarily sell the game/movie but the music DID 100% sell the CD)
As far as remixers go, in "most" cases if they are mearly using the composition and not the original they can apply to the composer for a compulsory license and pay royalties as fit
(they are actually quite resonable rates usually and this HAS been done before by mear fans...)
See Project Majestic Mix
Can you say "directional Attenna?"
GoodBoy!
It should be no problem to get a mile'ish...
Get yourself a Can of Pringles and get BUSY
http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448
(you could probably even find out who runs the open AP and work out a deal...and have directionalal on both ends (you should be able to easily pull DSL speeds over it on clear days.
ITunes kicks back 65-70 cents to the owner of the song (if that's not the artist's label that's their own stupidity)
The LABEL is the one who only gives 5-10 cents to most artists.
The "surprise" involves a company partly named after a shape and partly rhymes with Linux, releasing a "Final" RPG game that is anything but final. :p
While I generally agree with you, Nintendo's "problem" isn't catering to fanboys. Its "problem" is getting back what it lost and Sony gained after the SNES.
Full 3rd party support from all the major devs.
Sony has shit for 1st party titles. It is only ruling for its solid 3rd party support. Now you might ask why this is so hard to top...That would be because most devs stick together...where a slight majority go, the rest follow which causes a console to get more gmaes (both good and bad) which causes more sales and therefore more devs to pricipally dev for that console...etc etc.