Microsoft: "We're going to kill you!"
Google: "Two can play at that game!"
and thus began an evil-moustache-curling battle that would leave the entire world scarred.
I don't really see why the RIAA is getting into a fuss over this.
The people who download music don't change the amount of money they SPEND on music...
What changes is the things they spend their money on.
for example: if I normally would spend $50 on music, I *could* go into a store and buy 2 CD's and take a shot at getting 2 good CD's (a very unlikely thing).
or I could download a whole bunch of songs and make sure that my money goes to the artists I like.
In fact, the RIAA basically ENSURES that this business model WORKS for them because they REGULATE the cash flow. any money spent on any CD generates them cash, so they don't give a crap which CD's you buy.
From what I can see, this has nothing to do with money. it has everything to do with the head of the RIAA being a sick and twisted former human with a fetish for hurting children.
"Yeah, but lets face it. There are so much better things to do with 3 or 4 japanese school girls than text messages."
You know, I have this sneaky suspicion that you're talking about having them all help you build a big beowulf cluster.
And no, that wasn't an innuendo. we're GEEKS, MAN!
In Fallotu, there was a spot in the military base that was scripted. if you had Dogmeat with you, he DIED on one of the lasers.
It was one of the saddest moments in all of my game-playing years.
My friend said that when aeris died, he got pissed, and cried, because he had just leveled her up to level 50 or 60 or so and she just up and died.
seriously, Aeris's death would be a ot more emotional if there weren't items in the game that resurrected dead people and you could easily have a stack of ninety-nine by that point in the game.
*cough*Phoenixdown*cough*
New Orleans is on quite possibly the single best location in America to build a seaport.
That is why it WAS our biggest.
That's why it's such a huge area. That's why there are so many casualties. This is, quite possibly, a bigger hit to the economy of the US - and the world, than the September eleventh attacks.
Except for the people who don't want to see the highways increase in mass.
you're talking about billions of dollars of work. it BETTER benefit everyone.
"I'm afraid I don't quite understand your point. How is Mario's fate dictated by his fatness? how is Killer7's Smith's fate dictated by the fact that he's old, disabled and in a wheelchair? How is Wario's fate dictated by his ugliness?"
well, evidently you don't understand the way stories are written.
1. Mario is fat, italian, a plumber. these are interconnected, and stereotypical. Mario is fat and can jump on things to smoosh them. this is despite the fact that if you tried to do a butt-stomp to someone you'd find yourself with a lot of spinal problems.
I have absolutely no clue who killer7 or smith is.
and if you haven't yet realized that all ugly guys with mustaches are evil, well, I guess you'll never learn.
"That is utterly absurd.... Second, you can't pretend that the fact that all girls are pretty and slender while there are all kinds of males in games isn't 'gender-biased'."
well, I'm not the real authority on pretty or slender, because I have yet to see a woman I wouldn't label as pretty, and so long as a woman can fit through a doorway, she's slender enough.
Seriously, I have a really hard time understanding why females HAVE to be portrayed negatively in order to not be sexist.
In the gaming world, as in movies, books, and all other commercial things:
1. Everything has to look nice enough to pick up off the shelf.
2. All characters are only attractive or ugly in comparison to one another.
Therefore, females and males are equal in all games, if and only if they are treated as seperate groups. Which, as I gather, they do not want.
If I'm not mistaken, every single male character in every game is either a poet, one of the strong, silent type, or utterly devoted to chivalry, or the kind of character you'd find in a romance novel.
and I have yet to see what everyone's description of "big boobs" is.
you do realize most of them are B or C cups, or they have giant pyramids instead of mammaries, right?
Maybe we do know what the word 'sexist' means.
Now, I realize I don't speak for all men, because some of us are defective, but damnit, I could look at a woman in a skiing outfit and it might get me horny.
It has nothing to do with their appearance, and everything to do with your imagination.
It just so happens that as gamers, our imaginations are superior to the idiots of the world who don't exercise their brains.
And it's not just about sex.
I can entertain myself by staring at a white ceiling for hours, just imagining things.
I challenge you to go to a movie and not find a stereotype about women that's far worse than anything in a video game.
The stereotypes in games are that your fate is completely dictated by your appearance - UNLESS you're female. In which case it's dictated by your outfit.
You're comparing something evil to something despicable and saying that one is completely unfair.
The only person here being sexist is you, because YOU are the one implying that any kind of treatment of women that isn't flawless is gender-biased.
Mod me down all you want for this, I'm sick of people leaping into an argument about gender and claiming to be the knight in shining armor just to gain the favor of the female audience.
step 1: buy a DS.
step 2: connect to the internet and do all sorts of cool stuff.
step 3: get arrested for stealing someone's internet connection....talk about the worst time to introduce WiFi to a bunch of people who don't know what rights they don't have.
...But where would you go?
SETI Alpha Five?
That big monolith?
I shudder to think what would happen if everyone else on board said "Let's go to mars!"...and the pilots and stewardesses had to oblige. (for that much money)
I think we need a functional space station, and outposts on other planets before we start discussing commercial travel to and from them.
I'd much rather spend $400 on a plae ticket than $200,000 on a shuttle ticket......considering NASA has only recently acknowledged "okay, so it's not THAT safe anymore..."
I know I'll get modded down for this but I always find it fascinating that people believe that all human beings magically become mature as soon as they turn a certan age or enter a university.
okay, suppose rockstar is found guilty. do they have to immediately turn over all the profits off thet game over to the government?
is this going to mean that we get a boobie-supported tax break?
if you never register your copy of windows XP, it shuts itself down at the end of the month, reminding you to reformat your hard drive, and backup your data regularly.
of course it's the "shutting it down" part that actually does you good.
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Microsoft: "We're going to kill you!" Google: "Two can play at that game!" and thus began an evil-moustache-curling battle that would leave the entire world scarred.
I don't really see why the RIAA is getting into a fuss over this.
The people who download music don't change the amount of money they SPEND on music...
What changes is the things they spend their money on.
for example: if I normally would spend $50 on music, I *could* go into a store and buy 2 CD's and take a shot at getting 2 good CD's (a very unlikely thing).
or I could download a whole bunch of songs and make sure that my money goes to the artists I like.
In fact, the RIAA basically ENSURES that this business model WORKS for them because they REGULATE the cash flow. any money spent on any CD generates them cash, so they don't give a crap which CD's you buy.
From what I can see, this has nothing to do with money. it has everything to do with the head of the RIAA being a sick and twisted former human with a fetish for hurting children.
"Yeah, but lets face it. There are so much better things to do with 3 or 4 japanese school girls than text messages." You know, I have this sneaky suspicion that you're talking about having them all help you build a big beowulf cluster. And no, that wasn't an innuendo. we're GEEKS, MAN!
They are experimenting with a new method of verifying your age.
upon login, you wil be asked to name your senators and congressmen/women.
And as a result, ONLY the horny teens will be able to log in.
You dirty old men are screwed. or... not. it's a strange paradox, even I don't get it.
The site is on fire.
Where can we sign up to help out with that project? is there a petition we can sign, or an email we can send to our congressmen/women?
Girls can be quite fearsome.r c.html
Even the french ones.
http://members.aol.com/hywwebsite/private/joanofa
In Fallotu, there was a spot in the military base that was scripted. if you had Dogmeat with you, he DIED on one of the lasers.
It was one of the saddest moments in all of my game-playing years.
My friend said that when aeris died, he got pissed, and cried, because he had just leveled her up to level 50 or 60 or so and she just up and died.
seriously, Aeris's death would be a ot more emotional if there weren't items in the game that resurrected dead people and you could easily have a stack of ninety-nine by that point in the game.
*cough*Phoenixdown*cough*
*takes a deep breath*
A AAAAAAAAAARGH...
ArghArghArghArghArghArghArghArghAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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...he wanted to show up at the office dressed to kill.
New Orleans is on quite possibly the single best location in America to build a seaport.
That is why it WAS our biggest.
That's why it's such a huge area. That's why there are so many casualties. This is, quite possibly, a bigger hit to the economy of the US - and the world, than the September eleventh attacks.
People who were born less smart, less tough, or less fortunate were not condemned to suffer.
Except for the people who don't want to see the highways increase in mass. you're talking about billions of dollars of work. it BETTER benefit everyone.
...don't play games on Sunday. :)
"I'm afraid I don't quite understand your point. How is Mario's fate dictated by his fatness? how is Killer7's Smith's fate dictated by the fact that he's old, disabled and in a wheelchair? How is Wario's fate dictated by his ugliness?" well, evidently you don't understand the way stories are written. 1. Mario is fat, italian, a plumber. these are interconnected, and stereotypical. Mario is fat and can jump on things to smoosh them. this is despite the fact that if you tried to do a butt-stomp to someone you'd find yourself with a lot of spinal problems. I have absolutely no clue who killer7 or smith is. and if you haven't yet realized that all ugly guys with mustaches are evil, well, I guess you'll never learn. "That is utterly absurd. ... Second, you can't pretend that the fact that all girls are pretty and slender while there are all kinds of males in games isn't 'gender-biased'."
well, I'm not the real authority on pretty or slender, because I have yet to see a woman I wouldn't label as pretty, and so long as a woman can fit through a doorway, she's slender enough.
Seriously, I have a really hard time understanding why females HAVE to be portrayed negatively in order to not be sexist.
In the gaming world, as in movies, books, and all other commercial things:
1. Everything has to look nice enough to pick up off the shelf.
2. All characters are only attractive or ugly in comparison to one another.
Therefore, females and males are equal in all games, if and only if they are treated as seperate groups. Which, as I gather, they do not want.
If I'm not mistaken, every single male character in every game is either a poet, one of the strong, silent type, or utterly devoted to chivalry, or the kind of character you'd find in a romance novel. and I have yet to see what everyone's description of "big boobs" is. you do realize most of them are B or C cups, or they have giant pyramids instead of mammaries, right?
Maybe we do know what the word 'sexist' means. Now, I realize I don't speak for all men, because some of us are defective, but damnit, I could look at a woman in a skiing outfit and it might get me horny. It has nothing to do with their appearance, and everything to do with your imagination. It just so happens that as gamers, our imaginations are superior to the idiots of the world who don't exercise their brains. And it's not just about sex. I can entertain myself by staring at a white ceiling for hours, just imagining things. I challenge you to go to a movie and not find a stereotype about women that's far worse than anything in a video game. The stereotypes in games are that your fate is completely dictated by your appearance - UNLESS you're female. In which case it's dictated by your outfit. You're comparing something evil to something despicable and saying that one is completely unfair. The only person here being sexist is you, because YOU are the one implying that any kind of treatment of women that isn't flawless is gender-biased. Mod me down all you want for this, I'm sick of people leaping into an argument about gender and claiming to be the knight in shining armor just to gain the favor of the female audience.
step 1: buy a DS. step 2: connect to the internet and do all sorts of cool stuff. step 3: get arrested for stealing someone's internet connection. ...talk about the worst time to introduce WiFi to a bunch of people who don't know what rights they don't have.
...But where would you go? SETI Alpha Five? That big monolith? I shudder to think what would happen if everyone else on board said "Let's go to mars!" ...and the pilots and stewardesses had to oblige. (for that much money)
I think we need a functional space station, and outposts on other planets before we start discussing commercial travel to and from them.
I'd much rather spend $400 on a plae ticket than $200,000 on a shuttle ticket... ...considering NASA has only recently acknowledged "okay, so it's not THAT safe anymore..."
I know I'll get modded down for this but I always find it fascinating that people believe that all human beings magically become mature as soon as they turn a certan age or enter a university.
That's because you're the opposite of cool, right?
okay, suppose rockstar is found guilty. do they have to immediately turn over all the profits off thet game over to the government? is this going to mean that we get a boobie-supported tax break?
if you never register your copy of windows XP, it shuts itself down at the end of the month, reminding you to reformat your hard drive, and backup your data regularly.
of course it's the "shutting it down" part that actually does you good.
Most geeks don't understand what marriage is, let alone divorce.
One of these days...