Those tests are pretty easy. If all you have to do is pass those to make six figures, work four days a week and retire young, we should all take the tests.
Oh, and I have some land to sell for CHEAP. It's a steal, ocean front view, 2 acres in FLorida, and only 100k. Trust me, it's true.
What Nintendo is doing with the Wii is great. It's new. It's different. It looks fun. But is it sustainable entertainment?
As a pretty avid gamer I see myself tiring of the Wiimote (great name, btw). Wouldn't your wrist tire quickly? It just doesn't seem to work well for long periods of gaming (>2hrs).
Okay, so the average gamer is not hardcore. I understand that. But will they stay entertained? At some point the novelty of the wiimote and wiigames (made that one up) will wear off and the system will be judged on its ability to provide superior entertainment.
Nintendo can typically provide superior entertainment in its games. I just hope the Wiimote opens new doors for innovative entertainment and doesn't typecast the wii as a novelty item--Virtual Boy style.
I fully intend to buy a Wii and I think I will really enjoy it. But the real test is if I am still playing it a year from now.
We ARE 10 years away from photorealism! Just like we ARE 10 years away from AI! Face the facts...
2016 will be a whole new world. Reminds me of the Conan sketch:
"In the year 2000..."
Dreamcast's failure had little to do with the storage medium as many games released for PS2 were also released for dreamcast
I seem to remember something about dreamcast games being easily ripped on CD (without any modifications). Easily pirated games leads to less game manufacturers, leads to less interest, leads to...well, you know.
Maybe the media didn't cause the 100% of the failure, but I think it contributed significantly.
I have used Cox, Comcast, Time Warner and TiVo
The Comcast DVR is by far the worst. It sporadically turns off--often. The recordings become pixelated and distorted. Sometime the DVR doesn't even capture sound (try watching Sopranos without sound). And the unit will periodically stop accepting input from the remote control, only to eventually do 10 things at once (usually somthing like PAUSE, PLAY, PAUSE, PLAY, PAUSE, PLAY, PAUSE since it never wants to stop fast forwarding). Recording 2 things at once is buggy at best and if you want to record on the fly (press record rather than prescheduling it), don't even think about changing the channels.
I never had any problems with my Cox unit, but I used that one about a year ago. Maybe the newer modles are suffering from the same problems as my current Comcast unit. The time Warner unit is the best of the Cable companies' offerings.
TiVo is on a different level in my opinion with features like commercial skip, smart recvery from FF/RW (jumps back a few seconds), suggestions, content organization and management, etc. Someone also mentioned not being able to record 2 shows simultaneously, but this is possible with the Series2 model:
http://www.tivo.com/2.0.boxdetails.asp?box=series2 80hrDTDVR
I guess you get what you pay for.
As for the cable vs. sat. battle. If cox offered a TiVo with the DVR option I would take this over anything else currently available.
Oh, and I don't work for TiVo...just a TiVo evangalist.
If you have an xbox 360, I highly recommend Geometry Wars. It's an arcade game so you can download it from xbox Live for around $6--ridiculously addictive and only uses the two analog sticks (and the right trigger).
It's not multiplayer, but its fun to watch and you can trade off.
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Those tests are pretty easy. If all you have to do is pass those to make six figures, work four days a week and retire young, we should all take the tests.
Oh, and I have some land to sell for CHEAP. It's a steal, ocean front view, 2 acres in FLorida, and only 100k. Trust me, it's true.
What Nintendo is doing with the Wii is great. It's new. It's different. It looks fun. But is it sustainable entertainment?
As a pretty avid gamer I see myself tiring of the Wiimote (great name, btw). Wouldn't your wrist tire quickly? It just doesn't seem to work well for long periods of gaming (>2hrs).
Okay, so the average gamer is not hardcore. I understand that. But will they stay entertained? At some point the novelty of the wiimote and wiigames (made that one up) will wear off and the system will be judged on its ability to provide superior entertainment.
Nintendo can typically provide superior entertainment in its games. I just hope the Wiimote opens new doors for innovative entertainment and doesn't typecast the wii as a novelty item--Virtual Boy style.
I fully intend to buy a Wii and I think I will really enjoy it. But the real test is if I am still playing it a year from now.
We ARE 10 years away from photorealism! Just like we ARE 10 years away from AI! Face the facts...
2016 will be a whole new world. Reminds me of the Conan sketch:
"In the year 2000..."
I seem to remember something about dreamcast games being easily ripped on CD (without any modifications). Easily pirated games leads to less game manufacturers, leads to less interest, leads to...well, you know.
Maybe the media didn't cause the 100% of the failure, but I think it contributed significantly.
I have used Cox, Comcast, Time Warner and TiVo The Comcast DVR is by far the worst. It sporadically turns off--often. The recordings become pixelated and distorted. Sometime the DVR doesn't even capture sound (try watching Sopranos without sound). And the unit will periodically stop accepting input from the remote control, only to eventually do 10 things at once (usually somthing like PAUSE, PLAY, PAUSE, PLAY, PAUSE, PLAY, PAUSE since it never wants to stop fast forwarding). Recording 2 things at once is buggy at best and if you want to record on the fly (press record rather than prescheduling it), don't even think about changing the channels. I never had any problems with my Cox unit, but I used that one about a year ago. Maybe the newer modles are suffering from the same problems as my current Comcast unit. The time Warner unit is the best of the Cable companies' offerings. TiVo is on a different level in my opinion with features like commercial skip, smart recvery from FF/RW (jumps back a few seconds), suggestions, content organization and management, etc. Someone also mentioned not being able to record 2 shows simultaneously, but this is possible with the Series2 model: http://www.tivo.com/2.0.boxdetails.asp?box=series2 80hrDTDVR
I guess you get what you pay for.
As for the cable vs. sat. battle. If cox offered a TiVo with the DVR option I would take this over anything else currently available.
Oh, and I don't work for TiVo...just a TiVo evangalist.
If you have an xbox 360, I highly recommend Geometry Wars. It's an arcade game so you can download it from xbox Live for around $6--ridiculously addictive and only uses the two analog sticks (and the right trigger). It's not multiplayer, but its fun to watch and you can trade off.
I especially like the last link in the flash-movie:
"Erotic Writing"
Looks like this google agent is enjoying his job.