You should know that the pilots of these craft are actually subject to a lot more stress from the job, because they actually watch the missiles fired from the point of launch to the impact and they are forced to see exactly what they're doing to the people they're attacking.
I don't think that this has made war any easier, especially for those pilots.
I had heard that China had been spreading salt in the air in order to attempt to get it to rain to clean the air somewhat, and that now they're having trouble because of all the rain.
Tennis matches were delayed, that much I know, but I'm not so sure about the salt thing, it seems a bit farfetched.
It's not protesting. It's just that when I choose to not play or buy a game, I get lumped in with the "pirates" and they and I are blamed for the company's loss of profits. Good games earn money.
I just today went out and bought an XBOX 360 for Soul Calibur 4. I know, Microsoft's evil, and whatnot, but compared to SONY... sheesh.
It's more complicated than anyone really lets on. Plying a video game is no different than playing a board game with friends except that in the case of the video game, everyone has to own a copy.
The thing that makes and breaks games for everyone is simple: have I had fun playing it?
I have, at my disposal, a near infinite amount of games to play, and you're (the game manufacturer, not the person I'm replying to) installing barriers to entry into your brand new ones, and I'm supposed to be more interested in them for that? ha.
And then you release a demo which is basically a pre-alpha state of your game. There's no guarantee that the final product will run on my machine but I'm supposed to take your word for it.
And even then, you install policing software on my machine that I'm supposed to trust, when you've basically given it the ability to scan my machine and steal my personal information. How in the world am I supposed to trust that you (or one of your low-paid employees) aren't going to up and decide that you can steal all our bank account numbers with your DRM and run off to some cozy island with the billions you get from that?
You've interpreted our buying decisions as a "threat" to you and your money and you call us "pirates" because we still have the right to say we don't want to buy the crap you're shoveling.
If you make good games, we'll tolerate stuff like Steam. If your game is good enough, it will be popular. Take Sins of a Solar Empire, for example. there's practically no drm. you don't even need the cd to play. But the company that's made it has earned a lot of trust and respect which will be rewarded when they produce the sequel.
If you want to make more money, take all that cash you're spending on "security" and put it back into your profit. Your security issues don't come from us, they come from your fears.
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You had to use stimpacks?
I quickloaded every time my character lost a hit point, and hoarded those things like solid gold.
Balanced is not equal to fair.
"Balanced" in this case means that only the democratic party and the republican party will have their voices heard.
Git offa ma lawn - ooh, shiny! *begins furiously looting*
Damn you and your addictive games, Blizzard.
seriously, wtf?
it's not going to include user created content is it?
girl androids that have developed sentience don't count.
In most cases being able to reset password with a question like "what's your mother's maiden name?" is worse than making your password "12345".
three.
There's nothing wrong with his splailing.
And before anyone asks, no it's not the next installment in the movie series starring Matt Damon.
I caught the Hot Fuzz reference, if nobody else did.
No wonder my dogs are always barking at the Squirrels.
Dismissive?
pff, whatever.
In the ashes of war, everything is grey?
Or gray, just so's to not be an insensitive clod.
Whatever. My glasses are +5, and I'm not replacing them any time soon.
They got zerg rushed and have to rebuild their base.
It's easy to make comments like that when you're safely behind a terminal hundreds of miles away from those soldiers.
The trick here is marketing.
You can make any skill sound great, you just need the right words.
You should know that the pilots of these craft are actually subject to a lot more stress from the job, because they actually watch the missiles fired from the point of launch to the impact and they are forced to see exactly what they're doing to the people they're attacking.
I don't think that this has made war any easier, especially for those pilots.
But they have to. You see, if this game were to make it to market in Australia, it would awaken the criminal gene of the population.
I had heard that China had been spreading salt in the air in order to attempt to get it to rain to clean the air somewhat, and that now they're having trouble because of all the rain.
Tennis matches were delayed, that much I know, but I'm not so sure about the salt thing, it seems a bit farfetched.
It's not protesting. It's just that when I choose to not play or buy a game, I get lumped in with the "pirates" and they and I are blamed for the company's loss of profits. Good games earn money.
I just today went out and bought an XBOX 360 for Soul Calibur 4. I know, Microsoft's evil, and whatnot, but compared to SONY... sheesh.
Now I feel slightly better about having forced my colleagues to upgrade PHP to version 5.
In my defense, I was using array_walk_recursive, but I'm sure they were quite frustrated by the problems I created.
Worse than that, the biggest problem is that all the green alien chicks are gonna be played by dudes.
It's more complicated than anyone really lets on. Plying a video game is no different than playing a board game with friends except that in the case of the video game, everyone has to own a copy.
The thing that makes and breaks games for everyone is simple: have I had fun playing it?
I have, at my disposal, a near infinite amount of games to play, and you're (the game manufacturer, not the person I'm replying to) installing barriers to entry into your brand new ones, and I'm supposed to be more interested in them for that? ha.
And then you release a demo which is basically a pre-alpha state of your game. There's no guarantee that the final product will run on my machine but I'm supposed to take your word for it.
And even then, you install policing software on my machine that I'm supposed to trust, when you've basically given it the ability to scan my machine and steal my personal information. How in the world am I supposed to trust that you (or one of your low-paid employees) aren't going to up and decide that you can steal all our bank account numbers with your DRM and run off to some cozy island with the billions you get from that?
You've interpreted our buying decisions as a "threat" to you and your money and you call us "pirates" because we still have the right to say we don't want to buy the crap you're shoveling.
If you make good games, we'll tolerate stuff like Steam. If your game is good enough, it will be popular. Take Sins of a Solar Empire, for example. there's practically no drm. you don't even need the cd to play. But the company that's made it has earned a lot of trust and respect which will be rewarded when they produce the sequel.
If you want to make more money, take all that cash you're spending on "security" and put it back into your profit. Your security issues don't come from us, they come from your fears.
That's because they're too smart to associate with you. You should see the videos of their ninja assassins in action.