A lot of households still rely on dial-up bandwidth to satisfy their daily Internet needs. With a dial-up connection, it will be really taxing to download audio or video (ESPECIALLY video) podcasts and listen or watch them on a regular basis. Also, there is also the problem of bandwidth ceilings. A lot of ISPs set a limit on how much bandwidth a connection can "use" per time period and some might people prefer to use their bandwidth on something else.
I personally have a broadband connection with a high bandwidth ceiling. *I* watch podcasts (not just video-gaming) on a regular basis but a lot of people I know are not as fortunate as me.
The article shouldn't address the problem of "Nobody watches online video-gaming TV" but more of "Nobody can watch a lot online video-gaming." Besides...I think the article confused cause and effect...It's "Nobody watches because nobody CAN" instead of "Nobody watches because nobody wants to."
"Expensive technology" is not truly "expensive" if it relies on jewelry alone. We should only acknowledge a gadget's "expensive-ness" if and only if its technology is very advanced and worth as much as it's priced.
This is really terrible news. I've always had fun playing the Katamari games in the past and the news that there would be no more sequels is truly shocking. Somebody should go out there and roll the entire team back into a katamari!
When we have Star Trek-esque super computers the size of a notepad, I'm sure that we'll have home desktop computers that have double, triple, or even quadruple the power of the "notedpads."
A XCP music CD: $22 An average iTunes song download: $0.99 Getting yourself a XCP-free computer: $500 ~ $3000 Enlisting a lawyer for your cause: $300+ Finding out that you will not get a refund on your computer but instead get a couple of downloads: priceless
For everything else, there's Mastercard. Possibly accepted by lawyers.
Besides...Wearing earphones hurts your ears more than headphones because the earphones blast sound into your ear while headphones blast sound OUTSIDE of your ear. Though...it wouldn't make a difference if you're the type that turns up the volume up to the max all of the time.
The best solution to solving all of the problems with the gold farmers is to have a CAPTCHA feature that ANY player has to answer before getting anything. It worked with web-based games such as Outwar and Kings of Chaos. Why not WoW?
Some children are fascinated with breasts, along with some adults. JJ's pair is probably the only pair they ever saw so far in their life(lives). But still, they're WAAAY too popular...
Personally, I think that the Mario thing was an awesome "hack" to have, but either it's just me, or there were no chain chomps. =( Where are the cute little doggies?!
The thing is, if a game needs more interaction on the player's part and the player is not able to do so, he or she should be upset. But that does not give the maker a reason to downgrade a product for him/her.
"Along comes an update which changes the game mechanics from the game he searched for and invested in, rendering his invested time and money worthless to him."
That is the downside to all MMORPGs. You invest money for a good time into a character who you do not legally own. Any player should be knowing that already.
I do think. But sometimes, thinking can become a bit insensitive, but life is like that. Besides, IF I ever play a game for a long time, be it a MMORPG or console game, and I become crippled for life, rendering me unable to play any of my games, I would stop playing. Sure it might be a bit hard for me, but I can't do anything to change that. At least I don't post anonymously.
180 is angry about their program being flagged as spyware. So what? Isn't that true? I do know for sure that 180 Solutions is a company that installs a LOOOOT of tracking cookies...Besides...who needs a "search assitant" when you have Google?
It would be helpful for Microsoft to donate Xbox 360s to the Katrina victims instead of donating software (Not that they did donate to the victims...). =P
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Judges were given the option of "hands-on" gameplay with all nominated games.
They *HAD* the option. They weren't forced to play it. Always read between the lines.
Does this means that Jack Thompson eventually won? That can't be good...
A lot of households still rely on dial-up bandwidth to satisfy their daily Internet needs. With a dial-up connection, it will be really taxing to download audio or video (ESPECIALLY video) podcasts and listen or watch them on a regular basis. Also, there is also the problem of bandwidth ceilings. A lot of ISPs set a limit on how much bandwidth a connection can "use" per time period and some might people prefer to use their bandwidth on something else.
I personally have a broadband connection with a high bandwidth ceiling. *I* watch podcasts (not just video-gaming) on a regular basis but a lot of people I know are not as fortunate as me.
The article shouldn't address the problem of "Nobody watches online video-gaming TV" but more of "Nobody can watch a lot online video-gaming." Besides...I think the article confused cause and effect...It's "Nobody watches because nobody CAN" instead of "Nobody watches because nobody wants to."
"Expensive technology" is not truly "expensive" if it relies on jewelry alone. We should only acknowledge a gadget's "expensive-ness" if and only if its technology is very advanced and worth as much as it's priced.
Obviously, you don't have any pr0n. Why else do you think engineers have humongous hard drives?
An OS with less holes is better than an OS with more holes. Let us wait patiently...
This is really terrible news. I've always had fun playing the Katamari games in the past and the news that there would be no more sequels is truly shocking. Somebody should go out there and roll the entire team back into a katamari!
When we have Star Trek-esque super computers the size of a notepad, I'm sure that we'll have home desktop computers that have double, triple, or even quadruple the power of the "notedpads."
Too bad those people are not qualified to receive Darwin awards. XD
That Mr. Field should start working for the RIAA.
A XCP music CD: $22
An average iTunes song download: $0.99
Getting yourself a XCP-free computer: $500 ~ $3000
Enlisting a lawyer for your cause: $300+
Finding out that you will not get a refund on your computer but instead get a couple of downloads: priceless
For everything else, there's Mastercard. Possibly accepted by lawyers.
I thought the "headphones" that come with the iPods are "earphones."
: www.avland.co.uk/beyer/dtx20/dtx20lrg.jpg
: www.turntablelab.com/headphones/pics/sony-
Earphones: http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:VVjQqCzDOcoJ
Headphones: http://images.google.ca/images?q=tbn:3gBOP5ZlJiIJ
THOSE are headphones.
Besides...Wearing earphones hurts your ears more than headphones because the earphones blast sound into your ear while headphones blast sound OUTSIDE of your ear. Though...it wouldn't make a difference if you're the type that turns up the volume up to the max all of the time.
The best solution to solving all of the problems with the gold farmers is to have a CAPTCHA feature that ANY player has to answer before getting anything. It worked with web-based games such as Outwar and Kings of Chaos. Why not WoW?
Some children are fascinated with breasts, along with some adults. JJ's pair is probably the only pair they ever saw so far in their life(lives). But still, they're WAAAY too popular...
Personally, I think that the Mario thing was an awesome "hack" to have, but either it's just me, or there were no chain chomps. =( Where are the cute little doggies?!
I bet some of the terms will stay in the top 10 because idiots like me didn't know what baidu, Ares and orkut meant and looked them up on Google.
It is most likely because of the "boobie" incident where everybody saw Janet Jackson's boobies at the Super Bowl.
The thing is, if a game needs more interaction on the player's part and the player is not able to do so, he or she should be upset. But that does not give the maker a reason to downgrade a product for him/her.
"Along comes an update which changes the game mechanics from the game he searched for and invested in, rendering his invested time and money worthless to him."
That is the downside to all MMORPGs. You invest money for a good time into a character who you do not legally own. Any player should be knowing that already.
I do think. But sometimes, thinking can become a bit insensitive, but life is like that. Besides, IF I ever play a game for a long time, be it a MMORPG or console game, and I become crippled for life, rendering me unable to play any of my games, I would stop playing. Sure it might be a bit hard for me, but I can't do anything to change that. At least I don't post anonymously.
So...Is it just me or is this person upset because he does not have the skills (no pun intended) to play Star Wars: Galaxies?
Sony did the same thing and look what good it did them!
I don't see why they need to post their discoveries. They could have done that AFTER the writer is caught...
180 is angry about their program being flagged as spyware. So what? Isn't that true? I do know for sure that 180 Solutions is a company that installs a LOOOOT of tracking cookies...Besides...who needs a "search assitant" when you have Google?
That's what I was wondering. Maybe the tech-savvy-mother-of-5-who-downloads-music doesn't know how to make a website or Paypal account yet.
...of the Bush administration's new arsenal of "non-lethal" weapons.
It would be helpful for Microsoft to donate Xbox 360s to the Katrina victims instead of donating software (Not that they did donate to the victims...). =P
A nerd's dream...His own battalion of Death Stars!!! (scale 1:76547499)