"Strangely enough, less space on disc available to the gamemaker means they can't just cram a bunch of FMV sequences into a crapass game then ship it off."
I'm sure there's some pressure on the game developers to fill the disc up as much as possible but I can't see that being one of the main guidelines for designing a game. "OMG Finally!! The disc is full, we're done. LOL" I specifically remember many games for the Nintendo 64 that were quite a far cry from filling the cartridge to it's full capacity.
...and now I may have to suffer through the advent of "Rip It Mix It TV"
Well I'm sure the probability of some unknown filmmaker's work taking over the timeslot of whatever derivative sitcom is relatively low. From what I've seen so far we need to worry about overuse and recycling of the same tired old ideas from the major studios rather than the independent studios (and the true independents, the guys working for free in basements). Hopefully this sort access, as well as true Creative Commons access, can become more and more widespread.
And not everyone is as erudite as you in the cinema.....
There was nothing even approaching the famous maniacal laughing scene when it is A SPOILER
I think it's a bit of a conceit to say that "people outside of IT" are just realizing that open source has a lot of positive aspects to it. It's not that they don't see the benefits, it's that they would like to take advantage of it while still making money (and I'm not knocking them for making money), hence the "Creative Archive License"
I, for one, don't want to see the human race become extinct
I think the whole point being made is that you wouldn't see it, maybe only for a couple seconds in which case you don't have a chance of realizing that the gamma radiation burst finally has come.
I remember three or four years ago back in H.S. when I had to deal with a proxy server that blocked all the neat stuff on the internet. Altavista's translator was a big help for that, not anonymous at all but useful when you're stuck behind some sort of idiotic filtering program.
Yeah, I bet all those MUD/MOO coders are/were laughing at TSR (WotC nowadays) while they rolled around in all the money they made off their work......... wait a minute..
On Press The Buttons there's a link to a few other console gaming blogs, one of which is Retrogaming With Racketboy. The post from April 9th is the one that'll interest most/. readers:
"I also want to commend Press The Buttons for being featured on Slashdot's main page.:D"
Very "insightful", pointing out the obvious fact that your TV is not a two-way Orwellian telescreen. Does that mean I'll get karma for pointing out the fact that talking via TV ("especially MTV-style networks" or not) doesn't work that well?
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Hey............. I think I see what you did there.
Have you ever tried to cram those little green cubes on a spindle before?
"4 years from now I'll have a PhD" -1 Unnecessary
"Strangely enough, less space on disc available to the gamemaker means they can't just cram a bunch of FMV sequences into a crapass game then ship it off." I'm sure there's some pressure on the game developers to fill the disc up as much as possible but I can't see that being one of the main guidelines for designing a game. "OMG Finally!! The disc is full, we're done. LOL" I specifically remember many games for the Nintendo 64 that were quite a far cry from filling the cartridge to it's full capacity.
...and now I may have to suffer through the advent of "Rip It Mix It TV" Well I'm sure the probability of some unknown filmmaker's work taking over the timeslot of whatever derivative sitcom is relatively low. From what I've seen so far we need to worry about overuse and recycling of the same tired old ideas from the major studios rather than the independent studios (and the true independents, the guys working for free in basements). Hopefully this sort access, as well as true Creative Commons access, can become more and more widespread. And not everyone is as erudite as you in the cinema..... There was nothing even approaching the famous maniacal laughing scene when it is A SPOILER
I think it's a bit of a conceit to say that "people outside of IT" are just realizing that open source has a lot of positive aspects to it. It's not that they don't see the benefits, it's that they would like to take advantage of it while still making money (and I'm not knocking them for making money), hence the "Creative Archive License"
All I know is that the Xbox representative that comes to my friend's Game Crazy store keeps refering to it as Xbox 2.
I, for one, don't want to see the human race become extinct I think the whole point being made is that you wouldn't see it, maybe only for a couple seconds in which case you don't have a chance of realizing that the gamma radiation burst finally has come.
I remember three or four years ago back in H.S. when I had to deal with a proxy server that blocked all the neat stuff on the internet. Altavista's translator was a big help for that, not anonymous at all but useful when you're stuck behind some sort of idiotic filtering program.
Yeah, I bet all those MUD/MOO coders are/were laughing at TSR (WotC nowadays) while they rolled around in all the money they made off their work......... wait a minute..
On Press The Buttons there's a link to a few other console gaming blogs, one of which is Retrogaming With Racketboy. The post from April 9th is the one that'll interest most /. readers:
"I also want to commend Press The Buttons for being featured on Slashdot's main page. :D"
Very "insightful", pointing out the obvious fact that your TV is not a two-way Orwellian telescreen. Does that mean I'll get karma for pointing out the fact that talking via TV ("especially MTV-style networks" or not) doesn't work that well?