What if it's a justified slashvertisement? Geeks like games, what about comics about games? Seems like more than a few people will see this article and get into the comic/show. Not that I'm promoting the idea of slashvertisements in general, but this seems very different than an established product or company.
Ryan Sohmer, the director of this project, was trying to get an animated series going for his own webcomic, Least I could Do about a year ago. Funny that he ended up directing this thing.
Perhaps you should set up a website/blog entry with your setup. Include specific hardware, pricing, walkthroughs... I'd bite and I'm willing to bet you could submit it as an article on/. and get it posted at least twice.
Since the post didn't see fit to mention the games that would be available on launch day, here's the pertinent article transcript
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Xbox 360 launch lineup finalized "in the next few weeks"
Microsoft ID's eight of final 15 to 20 day-and-date launch games, says rest are in the "final stages of certification."
In the run-up to today's X05 event in Amsterdam, the industry consensus was that Microsoft would use the event to announce the Xbox 360 launch lineup for North America, Europe, or both.
In fact, neither happened.
Speaking to the assembled press, Peter Moore, corporate vice president of worldwide Xbox marketing and publishing, boasted that there were 200 Xbox 360 games in development, including "many launch titles." Chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach promised the console would have the "best games and launch lineup" of any console yet--but didn't divulge all the games that will go on sale alongside the 360 November 22 in the US.
Adding to the confusion was a press release Microsoft issued titled "Xbox 360 launch line-up announced." It listed only three first-party games--Project Gotham Racing 3, Perfect Dark Zero, and Kameo: Elements of Power--under the heading "Titles that will form part of the impressive Christmas holiday portfolio." The second category of games was called "Other great games announced or shown at X05," and it included Gears of War, FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup, Full Auto, Saint's Row, and Condemned: Criminal Origins, as well as the just-announced Too Human, Mass Effect, and Crackdown.
The release then listed a third category, "Franchise titles that will make their debut on Xbox 360," which included Superman Returns: The Videogame, Call of Duty 2, Castle Wolfenstein, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, MotoGP 2006: Ultimate Racing Technology, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 4, and Quake 4. Given that at least half the games listed have 2006 release dates--and some were just announced--it would be impossible for the release to contain the Xbox 360 launch lineup as the title indicates.
In an effort to clear up the confusion, GameSpot asked David Reid, director of platform marketing for the Xbox, what the exact 360 launch lineup is. He said that "there will be 15 to 20 Xbox 360 titles available on launch day" with around another half-dozen making it to market by the end of the year. For the moment, though, he would confirm only eight games as being available the same day and date as the Xbox 360: Project Gotham Racing 3, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, Need for Speed Most Wanted, and FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup.
As for the other seven to 12 Xbox 360 games that will be available on November 22, Reid said they would be announced "in the next few weeks." "They are currently in the final stages of certification," he told GameSpot, referring to the quality-assurance process all third-party games must go through from their respective console maker. So it is likely that if any of the submitted games--which Reid declined to mention--do not pass the process sometime in the next fortnight, they will not make it to market by the end of the year.
Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, Mario Baseball. Mario Soccer.
As a casual gamer who is still playing more than a few games for the Gamecube, this is going to be more than enough to keep me occupied until early 2006.
Bitch all you want about Nintendo's systems not having as much selection, but I don't even need to choose when all the games I want to play are coming out exclusively for the Gamecube.
Foucault had a number of things to say about how this is "the latest Salem witch trial." The basic gist of it is that deviance is natural and even beneficial for a society. Periodically there will be "crime waves" that get highlighted and sensationalized (this line of theory is also continued by Kai T. Erikson in his book "Wayward Puritans" which talks specifically about those witch trials).
So yes, this is just something natural that will pass soon enough. All it's doing is helping define the boundaries of the society. In this case the scandal of sex in videogames is defining how America views sexuality. America's becoming more conservative, you can see it in the results and popular media surrounding this event.
Why hasn't anyone pointed out that the soundtrack was not original at all but comprised by a number of tracks from Japanese and American artists? I don't think this counts as a great game soundtrack, despite how awesome it was.
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AMD, SCO patent MP3 over TCP/IP, sue ATI, EA. Microsoft probably responsible somehow.
I think that's the general truth whenever someone blames a game or media for a crime or tragedy.
Why not boycott the game just because it's completely terrible? http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbx/25to life
Seems like that would be more effective.
I wonder where all the ports are on that manga girl mod..
Figer's crossed that it's Uwe Boll!
What if it's a justified slashvertisement? Geeks like games, what about comics about games? Seems like more than a few people will see this article and get into the comic/show. Not that I'm promoting the idea of slashvertisements in general, but this seems very different than an established product or company.
Ryan Sohmer, the director of this project, was trying to get an animated series going for his own webcomic, Least I could Do about a year ago. Funny that he ended up directing this thing.
The fact that this is the top post and also modded as redundant is just fucking brilliant.
And the PS2 has never had hardware issues?
Perhaps you should set up a website/blog entry with your setup. Include specific hardware, pricing, walkthroughs... I'd bite and I'm willing to bet you could submit it as an article on /. and get it posted at least twice.
Sorry, only close to correct. Most modern piracy occurs in Southeast Asia. You can check the Piracy Reporting Centre of the International Chamber of Commerce's International Maritime Bureau for more data. There's a number of fun stuff at the site including a weekly report of all reported pirate actions (though, a lot goes unreported for various reasons). The link is here: http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php You can also see yearly break downs in number of attacks here: http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracy_maps_2004.php http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracy_maps_2003.php http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracy_maps_2002.php http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracy_maps_2001.php It is a truly fascinating subject and I'm glad I got the opportunity to research and write about it last year. Yarr!
And then you get nonsense like Wayne Rooney purchasing elephants.
Window wiper
No no, the games sales will increase significantly, but so will apathy.
Since the post didn't see fit to mention the games that would be available on launch day, here's the pertinent article transcript
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Xbox 360 launch lineup finalized "in the next few weeks" Microsoft ID's eight of final 15 to 20 day-and-date launch games, says rest are in the "final stages of certification."
In the run-up to today's X05 event in Amsterdam, the industry consensus was that Microsoft would use the event to announce the Xbox 360 launch lineup for North America, Europe, or both.
In fact, neither happened.
Speaking to the assembled press, Peter Moore, corporate vice president of worldwide Xbox marketing and publishing, boasted that there were 200 Xbox 360 games in development, including "many launch titles." Chief Xbox officer Robbie Bach promised the console would have the "best games and launch lineup" of any console yet--but didn't divulge all the games that will go on sale alongside the 360 November 22 in the US.
Adding to the confusion was a press release Microsoft issued titled "Xbox 360 launch line-up announced." It listed only three first-party games--Project Gotham Racing 3, Perfect Dark Zero, and Kameo: Elements of Power--under the heading "Titles that will form part of the impressive Christmas holiday portfolio." The second category of games was called "Other great games announced or shown at X05," and it included Gears of War, FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup, Full Auto, Saint's Row, and Condemned: Criminal Origins, as well as the just-announced Too Human, Mass Effect, and Crackdown.
The release then listed a third category, "Franchise titles that will make their debut on Xbox 360," which included Superman Returns: The Videogame, Call of Duty 2, Castle Wolfenstein, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, MotoGP 2006: Ultimate Racing Technology, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 4, and Quake 4. Given that at least half the games listed have 2006 release dates--and some were just announced--it would be impossible for the release to contain the Xbox 360 launch lineup as the title indicates.
In an effort to clear up the confusion, GameSpot asked David Reid, director of platform marketing for the Xbox, what the exact 360 launch lineup is. He said that "there will be 15 to 20 Xbox 360 titles available on launch day" with around another half-dozen making it to market by the end of the year. For the moment, though, he would confirm only eight games as being available the same day and date as the Xbox 360: Project Gotham Racing 3, Kameo, Perfect Dark Zero, Madden NFL 06, NBA Live 06, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06, Need for Speed Most Wanted, and FIFA 06: Road to FIFA World Cup.
As for the other seven to 12 Xbox 360 games that will be available on November 22, Reid said they would be announced "in the next few weeks." "They are currently in the final stages of certification," he told GameSpot, referring to the quality-assurance process all third-party games must go through from their respective console maker. So it is likely that if any of the submitted games--which Reid declined to mention--do not pass the process sometime in the next fortnight, they will not make it to market by the end of the year.
Well I'm sure the guy is pretty white at least.
Cam? VCD? DVD?
It was rated as such in America too.
Except that it wasn't an easter egg. Or accesible at all unless the game was modded from outside.
Which is about the time it takes for anyone to delete the mail.
Fire Emblem, Battalion Wars, Mario Baseball. Mario Soccer. As a casual gamer who is still playing more than a few games for the Gamecube, this is going to be more than enough to keep me occupied until early 2006. Bitch all you want about Nintendo's systems not having as much selection, but I don't even need to choose when all the games I want to play are coming out exclusively for the Gamecube.
Foucault had a number of things to say about how this is "the latest Salem witch trial." The basic gist of it is that deviance is natural and even beneficial for a society. Periodically there will be "crime waves" that get highlighted and sensationalized (this line of theory is also continued by Kai T. Erikson in his book "Wayward Puritans" which talks specifically about those witch trials).
So yes, this is just something natural that will pass soon enough. All it's doing is helping define the boundaries of the society. In this case the scandal of sex in videogames is defining how America views sexuality. America's becoming more conservative, you can see it in the results and popular media surrounding this event.
This entire article is flamebait. I'm pretty sure it was thought up by IGN just to get their "community" going.
Why hasn't anyone pointed out that the soundtrack was not original at all but comprised by a number of tracks from Japanese and American artists? I don't think this counts as a great game soundtrack, despite how awesome it was.
long gone socialist world? what. the. fuck?