I for one do not understand Microsoft's motive in crushing open formats. Can't other office programs export.doc now - so then why aren't they taking over in government usage? I don't even really see who the threats are - the sole OpenOffice? What a horrible clunk of a program. No one wants to use that yet, even if it is free.
Before reading the article, did anyone else envision an orphaned tom-boy living with her homeless uncle holding a wrench with a knack for robotics in post-apocalyptic Seattle? Well, I didn't.. That girl is really bright I have a feeling she's going places!
In Deus Ex, the generally politically liberal Ion Storm Austin created a world where you could choose between violence and pacifistic approaches, but the charismatic characters urged you towards peace while the monsters suggested violence.
Say what? As a fond lover of Deus Ex and a player on both fences of the spectrum, I have to say that the Deus Ex series is one of the most realistic good-evil games ever. The "good" side is far from being a beautiful one. The people in trouble in Deus Ex aren't damsles, they're disease-ridden and homeless, oppressed, lonely, mentally ill, and very often terribly ugly. The Evil side is usually a corporate or a money-based one, which is much closer to the truth than an "everyone is grey, you're no knight in shining armor" option that games like Knights of the Old Republic use. The evil, corporate side in Deus Ex is usually one of violence, corruption, and injustice (throw a grenade into the opposition's store, hack a computer to bring down an employee)- and although a bit exaggerated for the sake of not boring the player (shred these papers, bull-doze these huts so we can lay down an oil line), it gets the point across with awesome results.
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I for one do not understand Microsoft's motive in crushing open formats. Can't other office programs export .doc now - so then why aren't they taking over in government usage? I don't even really see who the threats are - the sole OpenOffice? What a horrible clunk of a program. No one wants to use that yet, even if it is free.
did the pedophiles banned from myspace come to slashdot?
Before reading the article, did anyone else envision an orphaned tom-boy living with her homeless uncle holding a wrench with a knack for robotics in post-apocalyptic Seattle? Well, I didn't.. That girl is really bright I have a feeling she's going places!
Adult Swim sure is cutting edge, be sure to invest in them- I have a feeling they're about to break wide open..