The CPU is working at full capacity to 60 % when you are only using the Desktop! Nowadays with a modern CPU you had to run much tasks in background to reach such a high level of work.
It would seem more effective to figure out how to lock the pirate's computer down and extort them out of say, a thousand dollars, before returning complete control to them.
Not sure why you generalize WoW as both hardcore and casual gamers so bluntly when it's not obvious for a lot of those games. I consider myself a hardcore gamer but I still play Sims sometimes, it's actually a fun game. Though I would agree most of the expansions are mostly casual fluff.
On the other hand, what about a game like Star Wars: Empire at War? I'm sure there are many casual gamers, hardcore Star Wars fans who bought the game because it's Star Wars. Or Oblivion, that game sold to all audiences because there were lots of commercials, cardboard standups in stores, etc.
I honestly don't think you can clear cut a game or genre as hardcore or casual. It's a huge gray area for most games. Even in a semi-obscure game like Galactic Civilizations. I'm sure a lot of those players consider themselves "hardcore GalCiv" players but a hardcore gamer in general? Probably not. One of my roommates would play turn-based strategy games when he would play a game, but that wasn't that often. I considered him pretty hardcore into that genre, but he was definitely not a hardcore gamer.
Wow, I actually know that guy. Through internet frienship only of course, but I've known him since about 2000. That is really weird, I think I'm going to have to go harass him tonight when I get home from work.
The Wired article was interesting in that it talked about race's role in video games, but will there ever be a successful video that has at least a sub-plot dealing with racism? Will the struggle of a character ever be to overcome apartheid? I'm not talking about the metaphorical equivalent where some mermaids fight back against the evil urchins, I'm talking about a real struggle.
I'm in the process writing a game script based off some of the ideas in the book The Power of One. For those unaware, the book takes place during and after World War II in South Africa where there was a lot of racism between the English, Germans, and black Africans (there was also a sequel that dealt very directly with the apartheid). The book deals a lot of racism and discrimination and provided me with some ideas of writing a game. But how well does this translate into a video game? There are a lot of movies and books that deal with this subject, but will it translate well into video games? Is there a problem with the medium, the audience, or has it just not been attempted yet properly?
Personally, I could care less if some weather website is off by +-5 degrees for a high temperature tomorrow. I'm more concerned if we're going to get dumped on by a foot of snow during the Winter, or experience possible tornado spawning storms in late Spring. And I'm sure people around the gulf coast are more concerned about the latest hurricane than whether it will be 85 or 90 degrees on Wednesday. This is a great examination of predictions, and well thought out, but I think people are more interested in precipitation than temperature.
What's Slashdot going to do now that it has used the reddest of the red and the bluest of the blue for states? Northest of the north? Bestest of the best? Openest of the open?
But what if you're a developer for the Wii, and wanted to make a first person shooter? Sure, you could build the engine from scratch, but why not buy a pre-existing engine that's ready for you? Maybe that's not the best example because I'm sure the Unreal 2 engine is available instead of 3, but I'm trying to make a point somewhere in there.
Jack will mentor and train a young law student who will take his place as Dark Lord of the Sith. Thus the circle will now be complete, Jack was once the learner, but is now the master.
I really hope this is not going to be come common practice on Youtube. One of the reasons why Youtube is so great (and also probably why it is so successful) is because there are no pre-video ads. I hope that pre-video ads are only played if the user who is submitting the video chooses them to be played as part of some revenue sharing program that has been thrown around lately.
A lot of DS games have a MSRP of $35, do you know for sure that Gamestop is not just setting the price at the MSRP and most other retailers are discounting it to $30?
Wow, DRM may actually be the problem with my upconverting Samsung DVD player. The video will randomly drop for a second while the audio drops out for about three seconds. The player is hooked up via HDMI (requires it for upconverting for God knows what reason). Does anyone know if there is a way to confirm that it has to do with HDCP?
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I'm sure the iPhone may well become the most "muggable" item on the street, but I'm still a little confused. The Cnet articles says this:
The Apple iPhone will trigger a revolution in street-crime convenience. It's a three-for-one deal: not only is it a mobile phone, it's also a cutting-edge video iPod and a Wi-Fi enabled Internet browser. The Met says that people are stealing mobile phones even if they are locked, so that they can access the other features, such as the camera and games. The highly functional iPhone couldn't fit more perfectly into a mugger's dream.
So it's a 3-for-1 deal, an iPod, mobile browser, and phone. If I'm not mistaken, without a usable service (which would no doubt be disabled within minutes of it being reported stolen to Cingular), what are you left with? An expensive video iPod with "camera and games." This is all well and fine in itself, and the article went on to explain how obvious it will be that someone has an iPhone when they're talking into their white headphones, but still, I'm not seeing what's so lucrative when a wallet, purse, Rolex, laptop, or small dog may also be available. At least those don't immediately lose two-thirds of their value when stolen.
Beyond Good and Evil 2 (overly underrated, need to play more of this brilliance) Shenmue 3 (so obvious, need to finish off the story) Alpha Centauri 2 (inspired by a previous post and Civ games have nearly run their course, more space and fantasy!) Chrono Trigger 2 (a real Chrono Trigger sequel, with Crono, Marle, etc.) Suikoden II 2 (kinda like FFX-2, direct sequel, same characters, etc.)
If I ever played even one of those games, I would be a very happy man. I'm already generally a happy man but this would just top it all off.
I guess the adult film industry finally heard Dvorak telling everyone how excited he was that HD-DVD software would be able to replace a star's face in a movie with a picture of your own. I can't find a source backing this up, but I've heard it from his (often loud and obnoxious) mouth a few times.
Finally, every Slashdotter can be seen with a naked woman.
Don't forget Blast Corps for the N64. My teenage years would never have been the same if I hadn't had the opportunity to pilot a giant mecha through a metropolis knocking over anything in the path of a runaway semi carrying nuclear missiles. Hmmm... don't tell Jack about that one.
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Let me know when there's a video on Youtube of the sort doing it's thing with colored bits and animation.
Guess they haven't tried Vista yet!
Like a virus!
We received Freedom training, not French training.
Not sure why you generalize WoW as both hardcore and casual gamers so bluntly when it's not obvious for a lot of those games. I consider myself a hardcore gamer but I still play Sims sometimes, it's actually a fun game. Though I would agree most of the expansions are mostly casual fluff.
On the other hand, what about a game like Star Wars: Empire at War? I'm sure there are many casual gamers, hardcore Star Wars fans who bought the game because it's Star Wars. Or Oblivion, that game sold to all audiences because there were lots of commercials, cardboard standups in stores, etc.
I honestly don't think you can clear cut a game or genre as hardcore or casual. It's a huge gray area for most games. Even in a semi-obscure game like Galactic Civilizations. I'm sure a lot of those players consider themselves "hardcore GalCiv" players but a hardcore gamer in general? Probably not. One of my roommates would play turn-based strategy games when he would play a game, but that wasn't that often. I considered him pretty hardcore into that genre, but he was definitely not a hardcore gamer.
Wow, I actually know that guy. Through internet frienship only of course, but I've known him since about 2000. That is really weird, I think I'm going to have to go harass him tonight when I get home from work.
The Wired article was interesting in that it talked about race's role in video games, but will there ever be a successful video that has at least a sub-plot dealing with racism? Will the struggle of a character ever be to overcome apartheid? I'm not talking about the metaphorical equivalent where some mermaids fight back against the evil urchins, I'm talking about a real struggle.
I'm in the process writing a game script based off some of the ideas in the book The Power of One. For those unaware, the book takes place during and after World War II in South Africa where there was a lot of racism between the English, Germans, and black Africans (there was also a sequel that dealt very directly with the apartheid). The book deals a lot of racism and discrimination and provided me with some ideas of writing a game. But how well does this translate into a video game? There are a lot of movies and books that deal with this subject, but will it translate well into video games? Is there a problem with the medium, the audience, or has it just not been attempted yet properly?
Well, put the other side in space then, I heard that's really cold and could use some hot air.
Personally, I could care less if some weather website is off by +-5 degrees for a high temperature tomorrow. I'm more concerned if we're going to get dumped on by a foot of snow during the Winter, or experience possible tornado spawning storms in late Spring. And I'm sure people around the gulf coast are more concerned about the latest hurricane than whether it will be 85 or 90 degrees on Wednesday. This is a great examination of predictions, and well thought out, but I think people are more interested in precipitation than temperature.
Zingest of the zings!
What's Slashdot going to do now that it has used the reddest of the red and the bluest of the blue for states? Northest of the north? Bestest of the best? Openest of the open?
But what if you're a developer for the Wii, and wanted to make a first person shooter? Sure, you could build the engine from scratch, but why not buy a pre-existing engine that's ready for you? Maybe that's not the best example because I'm sure the Unreal 2 engine is available instead of 3, but I'm trying to make a point somewhere in there.
Missing Option!
Jack will mentor and train a young law student who will take his place as Dark Lord of the Sith. Thus the circle will now be complete, Jack was once the learner, but is now the master.
I really hope this is not going to be come common practice on Youtube. One of the reasons why Youtube is so great (and also probably why it is so successful) is because there are no pre-video ads. I hope that pre-video ads are only played if the user who is submitting the video chooses them to be played as part of some revenue sharing program that has been thrown around lately.
A lot of DS games have a MSRP of $35, do you know for sure that Gamestop is not just setting the price at the MSRP and most other retailers are discounting it to $30?
I can't tell if you're trying to be funny ironic or funny whoosh.
Well, maybe they'll finally release Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans now.
Wow, DRM may actually be the problem with my upconverting Samsung DVD player. The video will randomly drop for a second while the audio drops out for about three seconds. The player is hooked up via HDMI (requires it for upconverting for God knows what reason). Does anyone know if there is a way to confirm that it has to do with HDCP?
The Apple iPhone will trigger a revolution in street-crime convenience. It's a three-for-one deal: not only is it a mobile phone, it's also a cutting-edge video iPod and a Wi-Fi enabled Internet browser. The Met says that people are stealing mobile phones even if they are locked, so that they can access the other features, such as the camera and games. The highly functional iPhone couldn't fit more perfectly into a mugger's dream.
So it's a 3-for-1 deal, an iPod, mobile browser, and phone. If I'm not mistaken, without a usable service (which would no doubt be disabled within minutes of it being reported stolen to Cingular), what are you left with? An expensive video iPod with "camera and games." This is all well and fine in itself, and the article went on to explain how obvious it will be that someone has an iPhone when they're talking into their white headphones, but still, I'm not seeing what's so lucrative when a wallet, purse, Rolex, laptop, or small dog may also be available. At least those don't immediately lose two-thirds of their value when stolen.
You must be new here, this is a Valve product.
It's the fundamental value of most of the US right now. We're all neutral.
Beyond Good and Evil 2 (overly underrated, need to play more of this brilliance)
Shenmue 3 (so obvious, need to finish off the story)
Alpha Centauri 2 (inspired by a previous post and Civ games have nearly run their course, more space and fantasy!)
Chrono Trigger 2 (a real Chrono Trigger sequel, with Crono, Marle, etc.)
Suikoden II 2 (kinda like FFX-2, direct sequel, same characters, etc.)
If I ever played even one of those games, I would be a very happy man. I'm already generally a happy man but this would just top it all off.
I guess the adult film industry finally heard Dvorak telling everyone how excited he was that HD-DVD software would be able to replace a star's face in a movie with a picture of your own. I can't find a source backing this up, but I've heard it from his (often loud and obnoxious) mouth a few times.
Finally, every Slashdotter can be seen with a naked woman.
Don't forget Blast Corps for the N64. My teenage years would never have been the same if I hadn't had the opportunity to pilot a giant mecha through a metropolis knocking over anything in the path of a runaway semi carrying nuclear missiles. Hmmm... don't tell Jack about that one.
First Do Electric Sheep Dream of Civil Rights? and now A Shopping-Scanner Darkly? Next article we'll undoubtedly be called Flow My Oily Tears, the Android Said.