"82% of the systems scanned by the Game Advisor rank higher in performance than your system."
The little dial says zzzz....
I've got 2 Ghz and 1 gig of ram, but an integrated graphics card. My Dell pizzabox is worthless.
I'd love to get a chance to beat the shit out of people who make spyware. I feel like I'd be really playing on their level. No legal crap, no anti-spyware program, just a baseball bat to the face. I don't like my computer being manipulated and I don't like being lied to, so I'm guessing they don't like their nose being smashed in.
Why did this get a -1? It's definitely true. Dell is doing it too, these days. Compaq, HP and Dell (and probably others) all have mild spyware bundled with them from the factory. HP's recovery partition means than when you reformat, you're putting all that junk back on there. I heard dell swithed from sending out disks with their computers to using a recovery partition as well. Terrible.
Most television or movie ads these days are designed to subltly influence your perspective on things. For example, there's a psychological princicple that if you have a neutral opinion about coke, then being exposed to more and more instances of coke will make you like it more. It's true. I know what internet ads usually aren't as subltly coercive as TV ads. For example, there's that stupid coca-cola ad where the guy's singing about buying the world a coke. As if coke would ever be in anyway connected to a youth-driven grassroots peace capmaign.
I guess what I'm saying is I hate the idea of being subtly manipulated. I something designed to sneak its way into my psyche or grab my attention and convince me to buy shit I never planned to. So I block ads on principle. You could say people need ad revenue to stay afloat, but I don't car. And you could say I'm being way too paranoid, and whereas thay may be true, I can't just turn that paranoia off.
I enjoy needlessly sexy video game women as much as the next man, but not for a serious character. The last thing I want in a game that's supposed to have serious (or semi-serious) character developement is a woman that looks like someone's (or my) wet dream. You can't take that character seriously. However, I'm not going to lie and act like I never thought about buying that DOA volleyball game.
I really liked the ocean in Wind Waker. I loved the idea of just sailing off into the middle of nowhere, and searching. I love Zelda, and this may sound weird, but I've never really like the Zelda dungeons, whith a few minor exceptions.
I remember I discovered that when my girlfriend worries that she looks nice and asks me if she looks good in something, it's really almost as harmful in the long to say yes as it is to say no.
Saying "yes, you look great" only temporarily reafirms her fears of being unattractive. In the long run, you can't reasure a person he's insecure about their looks.
Beauty eventually fades, and if you ever really want to help them deal with that you've got to help them understand that their attractiveness isn't the same thing as their self-worth. I know a lot of girls who can't seperate their worth as a person from their beauty as a woman. Drives 'em nuts, all day. That's basically why women worry so much about makeup, and hair, and nails, and bullshit, and why feminists get so pissed off about hot girls in the media.
Typically, when I'm asked, I just go, "Yeah, you look like shit." It doesn't really help much, but it'll help reduce the amount of times you hear the question.
I tend to agree, men and women are equally stereotyped in video games, however to a lot of feminists find men are positively stereotyped (if such a thing exists), and women are negatively stereotyped.
Personally, I'm dead sick of the tough-guy pretty boy stereotype. Back in the 80's, we had the tough-guy, these days, we've got the tough-pretty boy, and I hate it. I love games where the main characters are more "normal" people, like GTA3, regular guy, not huge of buff or badass, just a stoic. I loved it.
Anyhow, I digress. Big-production video games are like big-production movies these days. They'll appeal to the broadest crowd for the safest investment. The broadest crowd of gamers (mostly young men) want buff men and overly sexualized women, and that's what we get a lot of. But, don't think there aren't any exceptions, they're just a bit more rare but they're out there, so happy searching.
Also, if you're really sick of empty stereotyping, and mass appeal, there's always literature.
I think you're mistaken? I was just replying to first guy. He asked how the Patriot Act affected us, and assumed that because it didn't it was just fine.
I'm not talking about politcal bias here, I was just saying his arguement was invalid.
Just because something doesn't affect me doesn't mean it's ok. Your argument isn't valid. People are starving and dying in wars all over the world, but I'm sitting here in my cushy room typing on my computer. Their suffering will probably never reach me, but that doesn't mean it's ok.
It's important to preserve freedoms, and even if the patriot act never affects me (why would the government care about some kid they're never heard of?), it still affects other people, and that matters.
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People in online games and in IRC are the dregs of humantiy. I'm not sure why you expect them to not be sexist or retarded.
"82% of the systems scanned by the Game Advisor rank higher in performance than your system." The little dial says zzzz.... I've got 2 Ghz and 1 gig of ram, but an integrated graphics card. My Dell pizzabox is worthless.
I'd love to get a chance to beat the shit out of people who make spyware. I feel like I'd be really playing on their level. No legal crap, no anti-spyware program, just a baseball bat to the face. I don't like my computer being manipulated and I don't like being lied to, so I'm guessing they don't like their nose being smashed in.
Why did this get a -1? It's definitely true. Dell is doing it too, these days. Compaq, HP and Dell (and probably others) all have mild spyware bundled with them from the factory. HP's recovery partition means than when you reformat, you're putting all that junk back on there. I heard dell swithed from sending out disks with their computers to using a recovery partition as well. Terrible.
Most television or movie ads these days are designed to subltly influence your perspective on things. For example, there's a psychological princicple that if you have a neutral opinion about coke, then being exposed to more and more instances of coke will make you like it more. It's true. I know what internet ads usually aren't as subltly coercive as TV ads. For example, there's that stupid coca-cola ad where the guy's singing about buying the world a coke. As if coke would ever be in anyway connected to a youth-driven grassroots peace capmaign.
I guess what I'm saying is I hate the idea of being subtly manipulated. I something designed to sneak its way into my psyche or grab my attention and convince me to buy shit I never planned to. So I block ads on principle. You could say people need ad revenue to stay afloat, but I don't car. And you could say I'm being way too paranoid, and whereas thay may be true, I can't just turn that paranoia off.
Where can I find this 'Penis Car' ?
I enjoy needlessly sexy video game women as much as the next man, but not for a serious character. The last thing I want in a game that's supposed to have serious (or semi-serious) character developement is a woman that looks like someone's (or my) wet dream. You can't take that character seriously. However, I'm not going to lie and act like I never thought about buying that DOA volleyball game.
I think also, that Vin Diesel isn't someone who will play a character effectively, rather, a character will be written around Vin Diesel. Blah.
This one's going to be another lousy movie. Vin Diesel's only good when you don't take him seriously.
The only thing that'd save the movie now is if they used the theme from e1m1 from the original game.
I really liked the ocean in Wind Waker. I loved the idea of just sailing off into the middle of nowhere, and searching. I love Zelda, and this may sound weird, but I've never really like the Zelda dungeons, whith a few minor exceptions.
A particular version of morality is a right-wing trait.
I wasn't aware there were any leftist politicians.
There's definitely some truth to that.
I remember I discovered that when my girlfriend worries that she looks nice and asks me if she looks good in something, it's really almost as harmful in the long to say yes as it is to say no.
Saying "yes, you look great" only temporarily reafirms her fears of being unattractive. In the long run, you can't reasure a person he's insecure about their looks.
Beauty eventually fades, and if you ever really want to help them deal with that you've got to help them understand that their attractiveness isn't the same thing as their self-worth. I know a lot of girls who can't seperate their worth as a person from their beauty as a woman. Drives 'em nuts, all day. That's basically why women worry so much about makeup, and hair, and nails, and bullshit, and why feminists get so pissed off about hot girls in the media.
Typically, when I'm asked, I just go, "Yeah, you look like shit." It doesn't really help much, but it'll help reduce the amount of times you hear the question.
I tend to agree, men and women are equally stereotyped in video games, however to a lot of feminists find men are positively stereotyped (if such a thing exists), and women are negatively stereotyped. Personally, I'm dead sick of the tough-guy pretty boy stereotype. Back in the 80's, we had the tough-guy, these days, we've got the tough-pretty boy, and I hate it. I love games where the main characters are more "normal" people, like GTA3, regular guy, not huge of buff or badass, just a stoic. I loved it. Anyhow, I digress. Big-production video games are like big-production movies these days. They'll appeal to the broadest crowd for the safest investment. The broadest crowd of gamers (mostly young men) want buff men and overly sexualized women, and that's what we get a lot of. But, don't think there aren't any exceptions, they're just a bit more rare but they're out there, so happy searching. Also, if you're really sick of empty stereotyping, and mass appeal, there's always literature.
I think you're mistaken? I was just replying to first guy. He asked how the Patriot Act affected us, and assumed that because it didn't it was just fine. I'm not talking about politcal bias here, I was just saying his arguement was invalid.
Just because something doesn't affect me doesn't mean it's ok. Your argument isn't valid. People are starving and dying in wars all over the world, but I'm sitting here in my cushy room typing on my computer. Their suffering will probably never reach me, but that doesn't mean it's ok. It's important to preserve freedoms, and even if the patriot act never affects me (why would the government care about some kid they're never heard of?), it still affects other people, and that matters.
Slow-time for me, while the other player sees normal speed? No thanks, I used to play quake on dial-up all the time.