Hollywood + Gaming
When you're browsing titles, time and time again, it's always the licensed Hollywood titles that make me wince. What I'm afraid of is the Atari all over again. The Atari came out, and it was a revolution in gameplay and the entire industry. People made millions for the first time. When Hollywood saw the cashflow, and wanted a piece. They began signing over big theatrical releases for games. It all just went downhill from there; it just became a huge commercial to the point where you might have been manipulating a little pixelated Kool-Aid man.
Don't let anyone fool you. It's all about money. It's not about better gameplay and better releases. Spector even said that the licensed games were the "safer" bets, and that they were more of a garauntee of profit. In practically the same breath, he says that the unlicensed games (Vice City, Diablo) were the ones that were truly groundbreaking; the ones that everyone wanted to have. The games that made top 20. And really, consumers only wanted the top 20's anyways.
A blessing in disguise? I don't think so. Hollywood, by all means, stick to the theatres, and out of my console.
Nintendo's just been having to roll with the punches lately. Given the poor reaction to their last Zelda title, they need to bounce back with a game of high quality that not only rises to meet standards, but to excell to make up for the latest disappointments. Given the fact that it won't be ready for Holidays is going to hurt sales, though.
I guess you just take what you can get.
Of course, a single Zelda title isn't going to keep me away from X-Box or Playstation anyways.
Wanna check the book out myself, given such the good response. I share several other's sentiments in believing it will be put to good use for the sake of security and everyone's wellfare, but let's be real: script kiddies eat this stuff up.
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Props to SOE on their swift action to alleviate the problem.
Don't let anyone fool you. It's all about money. It's not about better gameplay and better releases. Spector even said that the licensed games were the "safer" bets, and that they were more of a garauntee of profit. In practically the same breath, he says that the unlicensed games (Vice City, Diablo) were the ones that were truly groundbreaking; the ones that everyone wanted to have. The games that made top 20. And really, consumers only wanted the top 20's anyways.
A blessing in disguise? I don't think so. Hollywood, by all means, stick to the theatres, and out of my console.
Nintendo's just been having to roll with the punches lately. Given the poor reaction to their last Zelda title, they need to bounce back with a game of high quality that not only rises to meet standards, but to excell to make up for the latest disappointments. Given the fact that it won't be ready for Holidays is going to hurt sales, though. I guess you just take what you can get. Of course, a single Zelda title isn't going to keep me away from X-Box or Playstation anyways.
Wanna check the book out myself, given such the good response. I share several other's sentiments in believing it will be put to good use for the sake of security and everyone's wellfare, but let's be real: script kiddies eat this stuff up.
What is it that makes it so obvious? :)
What is NetHack? The concept sounds fun and challenging.