I downloaded the file [off Limewire] in the hope that perhaps Microsoft had released some sort of public beta
Yeah I'm sure he was thinking that the file he got off LimeWire was some sort of legit public beta from MS. I mean that's the first place MS would release something like that. Not official MS sites, but a P2P network with no announcement.
Just a note on Battery life. If you play without sound battery life is insane.
I've been playing Zelda: LTP on my GBA:SP backlit all the time, without sound and I don't know how far over the 10hours I've gone, but I seriously cannot remember the last time I had to dig out my charger.
If the average gamer wants his franchises like they remember them, I would think that Cel-da would be THE game to own.
Compare the visual style of Zelda I, Zelda LTP, and even the N64 versions to Celda.
Now compare it to Real Zelda.
Yeah the first batch were cartoony, not realistic. So the realistic version is going to be trying something different.
Me personally remembers the storylines and gameplay of previous zeldas before I think of graphics. That's what I like about my franchises, continued excellence in the game, not the graphics.
I would think a Geforce3 or better seeing as they first did tech demo's on that hardware way back in the day. I'm guessing, but Pixel Shaders would probably be required and that means GF3.
Of course I can't wait till GF4MX users try and play.
Bear in mind HL2 is supposedly very scalable so Doom III should be too. Although I can't imagine it being as immersive without a great video card.
They'll still be honoring those coupons. It sucks to have to hold on to them, but I'm sure ATI is just as pissed at Valve as the customer is at ATI/Valve.
I mean honestly, you do not ink a major corporate deal knowing you can't deliver. I don't know what Valve was smoking to stick to last september's release date up until the very absolute last second. The interviews with Gabe even talk about how it wasn't released because it just wasn't finished, not because of the code leak.
What? I'm not even running 3.0 HT and I'm not average (hey, I'm posting on/. that = not average)
No, if I had to pull specs from my own ass I'd say it's more like the following.
P3/4 Athlon 1.5Ghz 256Megs RAM Geforce2/4 MX Videocard 40gigs Harddrive space CD-RW Drive USB 2
The specs in the article are maybe for a high end system, but for an average system in 2 years? MS isn't that stupid. Unless they plan on creating some sort of enthusiast market? Unlikely though.
I think the only problem with it not supporting all the 'newest API's' is if games were coming out in the next 6-12 months that really required that support.
Nothing on the horizon seems to make use of any of what you mentioned, so it'd be safe to buy either card and be totally happy.
There is no such thing as an upgrade that will keep you happy in 2 years if you need to see all the eye-candy. Even though the 6800 supports PS 3.0 and 32bit I highly doubt it'll hold a candle to the cards that are coming out in the future that will coincide with applications that take advantage of these extras.
Just to play devil's advocate (I think), has it become unrealistic to have one parent work and one stay at home?
Or has consumer culture made it seem like you have to have both parents working to get a new TV, new car, etc etc.
I've seen families with both parents working who still have credit debt.
Maybe we should try and just live within our means, even if it does mean not wearing the latest fashions, etc?
We make so much money compared to the rest of the world, yet we seem to be working more and more. How can that be? Shouldn't we all be rich enough to enjoy, at the very least, our families?
And to take this problem further, why are kids thinking everything will be handed to them on a silver platter?
Oh yeah, that would be where the parents come in. Somehow, at some point, maybe it was when both parents had to start working, it became better/easier to just give the kids what they wanted rather then laying down the law.
I can understand, it must be hard to come back after a 60 hour workweek to a screaming kid, a spouse who also had an exhausting workweek. Would you have the energy to deal with all that?
I gotta just say though I think the Quake III engine might have some more steam left in it before they decide to open it up.
Call of Duty used Q3 as a base, then heavily modified it, but if one of the most recent Game of the Years used it I think they might want to get a few more licsences out of it before they open it all up.
I'm sure they will, but I think it'll be a bit later than the first couple.
You know hardware would be easier to support if the companies that make the hardware would either supply more information for people to write the device drivers or supply linux drivers for download.
Only so much can be done without the needed info.
(But yes, things like this are quite annoying to Joe Computer User)
You answered it right in your title, they are the Big 5.
They live on their names alone for the most part. An upper manager will get pats on the back and fat bonuses because he brought in such a well respected consultantn.
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What I have yet to see on any sort of 3D gui, is a thought out plan. (If anyone has please link)
I would like to see some thought like a list of limitations that the 2D GUI paradigm currently has and how a 3D GUI could address these issues while not producing a huge long list of its own problems.
Until then, this looks cool, but is in no way a step forward, back, up or down. It's just kinda there.
I can vouch for that. Didn't grow up there but had relatives who worked for IBM there.
Would visit often as I grew up and then went to school there.
Between Lockheed and IBM 90's layoffs that city was effectively stillborn. What should've been a great location(not counting weather) is now a desolate nothing. If it wasn't for the university I don't know what would be left there other than Kennedy Fried Chicken.
It does however produce some interesting people. And rod sterling went to Binghamton High School.
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Do you use the Xbox to rip the DVD's to Xvid? Or what do you use to do that?
I've been googling around but have yet to come across a really decent set of tools to go from DVD->Divx/Xvid
I downloaded the file [off Limewire] in the hope that perhaps Microsoft had released some sort of public beta
Yeah I'm sure he was thinking that the file he got off LimeWire was some sort of legit public beta from MS. I mean that's the first place MS would release something like that. Not official MS sites, but a P2P network with no announcement.
Just a note on Battery life. If you play without sound battery life is insane.
I've been playing Zelda: LTP on my GBA:SP backlit all the time, without sound and I don't know how far over the 10hours I've gone, but I seriously cannot remember the last time I had to dig out my charger.
If the average gamer wants his franchises like they remember them, I would think that Cel-da would be THE game to own.
Compare the visual style of Zelda I, Zelda LTP, and even the N64 versions to Celda.
Now compare it to Real Zelda.
Yeah the first batch were cartoony, not realistic. So the realistic version is going to be trying something different.
Me personally remembers the storylines and gameplay of previous zeldas before I think of graphics. That's what I like about my franchises, continued excellence in the game, not the graphics.
I would think a Geforce3 or better seeing as they first did tech demo's on that hardware way back in the day. I'm guessing, but Pixel Shaders would probably be required and that means GF3.
Of course I can't wait till GF4MX users try and play.
Bear in mind HL2 is supposedly very scalable so Doom III should be too. Although I can't imagine it being as immersive without a great video card.
They'll still be honoring those coupons. It sucks to have to hold on to them, but I'm sure ATI is just as pissed at Valve as the customer is at ATI/Valve.
I mean honestly, you do not ink a major corporate deal knowing you can't deliver. I don't know what Valve was smoking to stick to last september's release date up until the very absolute last second. The interviews with Gabe even talk about how it wasn't released because it just wasn't finished, not because of the code leak.
No offense, but who's ass did you pull that from?
/. that = not average)
The average home user is close to 3.0HT?
What? I'm not even running 3.0 HT and I'm not average (hey, I'm posting on
No, if I had to pull specs from my own ass I'd say it's more like the following.
P3/4 Athlon 1.5Ghz
256Megs RAM
Geforce2/4 MX Videocard
40gigs Harddrive space
CD-RW Drive
USB 2
The specs in the article are maybe for a high end system, but for an average system in 2 years? MS isn't that stupid. Unless they plan on creating some sort of enthusiast market? Unlikely though.
I think the only problem with it not supporting all the 'newest API's' is if games were coming out in the next 6-12 months that really required that support.
Nothing on the horizon seems to make use of any of what you mentioned, so it'd be safe to buy either card and be totally happy.
There is no such thing as an upgrade that will keep you happy in 2 years if you need to see all the eye-candy. Even though the 6800 supports PS 3.0 and 32bit I highly doubt it'll hold a candle to the cards that are coming out in the future that will coincide with applications that take advantage of these extras.
Hehhe, damn whippersnappers.
Just to play devil's advocate (I think), has it become unrealistic to have one parent work and one stay at home?
Or has consumer culture made it seem like you have to have both parents working to get a new TV, new car, etc etc.
I've seen families with both parents working who still have credit debt.
Maybe we should try and just live within our means, even if it does mean not wearing the latest fashions, etc?
We make so much money compared to the rest of the world, yet we seem to be working more and more. How can that be? Shouldn't we all be rich enough to enjoy, at the very least, our families?
And to take this problem further, why are kids thinking everything will be handed to them on a silver platter?
Oh yeah, that would be where the parents come in. Somehow, at some point, maybe it was when both parents had to start working, it became better/easier to just give the kids what they wanted rather then laying down the law.
I can understand, it must be hard to come back after a 60 hour workweek to a screaming kid, a spouse who also had an exhausting workweek. Would you have the energy to deal with all that?
I was wrong! Apparently there is a Queen Klingon to continue the species!!!
Say it ain't so!
This is awesome! Sounds like FLAC for iPods. How could you not want one now???
Mmmmm, lossless goodness, tastes great, less filling.
I gotta just say though I think the Quake III engine might have some more steam left in it before they decide to open it up.
Call of Duty used Q3 as a base, then heavily modified it, but if one of the most recent Game of the Years used it I think they might want to get a few more licsences out of it before they open it all up.
I'm sure they will, but I think it'll be a bit later than the first couple.
Just my $0.02.
You know hardware would be easier to support if the companies that make the hardware would either supply more information for people to write the device drivers or supply linux drivers for download.
Only so much can be done without the needed info.
(But yes, things like this are quite annoying to Joe Computer User)
You answered it right in your title, they are the Big 5.
They live on their names alone for the most part. An upper manager will get pats on the back and fat bonuses because he brought in such a well respected consultantn.
The answer to that would be FarCry.
It'll make your box beg for mercy though.
What I have yet to see on any sort of 3D gui, is a thought out plan. (If anyone has please link)
I would like to see some thought like a list of limitations that the 2D GUI paradigm currently has and how a 3D GUI could address these issues while not producing a huge long list of its own problems.
Until then, this looks cool, but is in no way a step forward, back, up or down. It's just kinda there.
Didn't they do the Halo port?
Now Infiniti Ward, that's a developer you want to hear is working with UbiSoft.
This is modded Informative, geez.
How do you know this is fact AC? Ready here's the counter argument pulled from someone's butt that carries just as much weight.
The vast, overwhelming, majority of people who download this will be using it to secure their networks.
I'm one of them.
I thought you were going to sue Slashdot for having aided my treachery.
::)
Things have been so tense between us since that little misunderstanding in the hallow ice caps.
Mmmmm beef patty with coco bread and some wingdings please.
Actually there's quite a few in NYC now. I thought it was a unique binghamton deal. I guess they decided to sell out.
Sure, blame me!
For the last time, it's the Illuminati!
I can vouch for that. Didn't grow up there but had relatives who worked for IBM there.
Would visit often as I grew up and then went to school there.
Between Lockheed and IBM 90's layoffs that city was effectively stillborn. What should've been a great location(not counting weather) is now a desolate nothing. If it wasn't for the university I don't know what would be left there other than Kennedy Fried Chicken.
It does however produce some interesting people. And rod sterling went to Binghamton High School.
True, makes me wish I never return Rez when I rented it :)
But the majority of games, especially the most popular will find their way into the $20 range quick enough.
I still haven't played most of PS1's greatest much less started on PS2