My company is currently debating a full-blown implementation of an MS product that we currently do not license, so I've had quite a bit of contact with MS reps and engineers over the past few months.
I just thought it was interesting - about a month ago a tech specialist wondered aloud why MS hadn't bought Macromedia yet? He said they currently use Flash internally and plan to use even more of their tools down the road, so to him it seemed like such a natural fit....
I dunno, maybe there's some truth (or just blind speculation) in what Dvorak is saying.
"Yeah, what is up with all of those people that play football, baseball, soccer, boxing, hockey, bmx, skateboarding, etc, etc, video games? Why don't they just go out and do it in real life? It's not really difficult or expensive to do any of the above things. I think they do it because it's fun."
I agree, fun is a huge factor, but there are some more fundamental reasons for simulating real sports on your tv:
football - can't play a competitive game by yourself
baseball - ditto
soccer - ditto
boxing - ditto
hockey - ditto
bmx - need a bike and lots of dirt
skateboarding - ok, I'll give you that one:)
"If you think spawn camping is bad now, imagine when you're competing with people who are doing it for a living! Yes, it's already happening now, but this will just take it to levels untold of before."
Great, more people sitting with their face to the wall and ignoring you at every campable spawn at all hours of the day...count me out.
I can't wait for the next Nintendo release. Hopefully it will come with an optional "autoharp" or "musical triangle" controller, since those bongos were such a hit...
~Hey kids, not only can you become a carpal-tunnel zombie while playing our videogames...but now you too can piss blood like your favorite rock drummer!~
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I just thought it was interesting - about a month ago a tech specialist wondered aloud why MS hadn't bought Macromedia yet? He said they currently use Flash internally and plan to use even more of their tools down the road, so to him it seemed like such a natural fit....
I dunno, maybe there's some truth (or just blind speculation) in what Dvorak is saying.
I agree, fun is a huge factor, but there are some more fundamental reasons for simulating real sports on your tv:
football - can't play a competitive game by yourself :)
baseball - ditto
soccer - ditto
boxing - ditto
hockey - ditto
bmx - need a bike and lots of dirt
skateboarding - ok, I'll give you that one
Great, more people sitting with their face to the wall and ignoring you at every campable spawn at all hours of the day...count me out.
Or maybe we should try actually playing the real instruments...this has always reminded me of people who play "Bass Fishing" on their consoles.
To each his own, but I've always wondered about people who simulate things that really aren't that difficult or expensive to do in real life...
~Hey kids, not only can you become a carpal-tunnel zombie while playing our videogames...but now you too can piss blood like your favorite rock drummer!~
Rock on, Luigi!