Yeah, i was trying to help a user out with a particular plug-in from one of our vendors. Now, i've made sure that all my users have Firefox available, but most still need IE for various active-x content from our customers and vendors. This particular plug-in wasn't working so i called the developers over at the vendor. I asked if they had a firefox version in beta that we could try out, i was greeted with this from the other end of the line: "what's Firefox"
this is a developer! a code-monkey! WTF? so yeah... you're right... its def too early to celebrate IE's demise
hopefully they'll introduce Dick Grayson as Bruce's ward by way of Dick's parents' deaths in part 2, but won't have him become Robin until part 3.
Robin is so ingrained in the Batman mythos, that he really does "need" to be there. Don't base your ideas of Robin on the old 60's show, or the crappy movies, the comics and animated series portray(ed) the character and the father/son relationship very well.
Tim Burton should do an animated one with quite a small story. THAT would kick ass. Batman: The Animated Series by Bruce W. Timm and Paul Dini was already the PERFECT animated Batman. The new "young" "edgy" Batman cartoon on the WB is crap. No animated Batman will ever hold up to the mainstream DC Animated universe Batman (who's still going strong as part of the cast on Justice League Unlimited)
yeah! i totally walked out of the third Lord of the Rings movie, when it opened in the middle of the story, i was like all "who the hell are these people? fuck this movie!" i mean, god, why did it have to have the same characters and plot and from the other movies, i saw The Two Towers, like, a whole YEAR before it came out, why did i have to remember every single little detail, like, who the short guy was, or why that ring was important, or who the long haired scruffy guy was? that's retarded!!!!
so what? if you have a galaxy-spanning spacefaring civilization, you're going to need a way to describe the spatial relationships of star systems, why not N, S, E, W? if you still think this is a bad idea, read what Phil Plait has to say: Bad Astronomy
and in my day we had to manually load the cassette tape into the drive by hand, then code our own keyboard driver and character generator uphill both ways in the snow!
what is it with story today that people aren't reading parent posts and just spouting off about what they THINK they read
(yes, i know that's normal, but this article has a lot of more that going on. look at the thread about the guy who tricked newbies into formating their drives; freakin none of the child posters read the parent)
i bet you sit around and masturbate about the time you pushed that little kid in the mud, or double parked over a handicapped spot when you saw an old lady about to take it.
do us a favor and die, people like you reinforce the stereotype of the geek as an immature, elitist asshole with no social skills
That's because the arcade companies wanted you to keep slugging in quarters to get that high score. Nintendo wanted you to complete the game, so you would want to run out and buy another one.
Carmageddon used to do the same thing to me. Or the time i walked across campus after a marathon Half Life multiplayer session and tried to "zoom in" on a friend across the quad.
moment 1: towards the beginning of the game, before Kyle's powers are restored, you drop out of an airshaft to a battlefield. the music kicks up, and there's an AT-ST "chicken walker" bearing down on you, while a bunch of rebel soldiers fire on it from a ridge to your side. i remember thinking at the moment "wow, i'm IN Star Wars"
moment 2: toward the end of the game, i came across a lone dark-side user standing guard in a tunnel, one of the tough ones with the black Cortosis armor, cloak shield, and force crystal. i approached with my saber off, he turned to face me and just stood there, i remembered from the movies that the Jedi never draw first. I thought about how a real samurai sword fight would typically end in one single cut, right from the scabbard, none of this hollywood 30 minute-long fight stuff. I switched to "heavy" technique and took a single step toward him. His saber flashed to life so i ran and pressed attack, as my blade ignited it swept up in one motion and cut him right in half. I yelled out in triumph as my computer snapped back to reality around me. I don't think i ever felt more drawn in to a game than that moment.
it incorporates elements of that, this was more of a single murder-mystery style event
closer to Majestic would be the Beast (for the movie AI) or i love bees (for Halo 2), currently there are about half-a-dozen major ARG's being played, one of them is backed by Audi and is offering a level of immersion never before seen (Art of the Heist)
This game was apparently pretty different from what we think of as ARG's, like ilovebees or the beast. Those are played out on websites and chat rooms (and payphones) pretending that a story is developing in the world around you. This "uncle roy" game seems more like a game where an artificial reality is placed "over top" of the streets you're walking on.
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Yeah, i was trying to help a user out with a particular plug-in from one of our vendors. Now, i've made sure that all my users have Firefox available, but most still need IE for various active-x content from our customers and vendors. This particular plug-in wasn't working so i called the developers over at the vendor. I asked if they had a firefox version in beta that we could try out, i was greeted with this from the other end of the line:
"what's Firefox"
this is a developer! a code-monkey! WTF?
so yeah... you're right... its def too early to celebrate IE's demise
hehehe, that's ok, it was a very good followup to the article, thanks :)
why do you keep calling console games rich or "money laden"???
the reason why i switched to console gaming for now is because my pc's fallen behind the times, and i can't afford to upgrade until probably next year
console's are less expensive, oh, and remember:
GOD HATES FANBOYS
say it with me now
GOD HATES FANBOYS
dude, a pc, an Xbox, a ps2, WHO CARES WHAT YOU PLAY YOUR GAME ON
why can't people learn to appreciate more than one platform?
hopefully they'll introduce Dick Grayson as Bruce's ward by way of Dick's parents' deaths in part 2, but won't have him become Robin until part 3.
Robin is so ingrained in the Batman mythos, that he really does "need" to be there. Don't base your ideas of Robin on the old 60's show, or the crappy movies, the comics and animated series portray(ed) the character and the father/son relationship very well.
Tim Burton should do an animated one with quite a small story. THAT would kick ass.
Batman: The Animated Series by Bruce W. Timm and Paul Dini was already the PERFECT animated Batman. The new "young" "edgy" Batman cartoon on the WB is crap. No animated Batman will ever hold up to the mainstream DC Animated universe Batman (who's still going strong as part of the cast on Justice League Unlimited)
yeah! i totally walked out of the third Lord of the Rings movie, when it opened in the middle of the story, i was like all "who the hell are these people? fuck this movie!"
i mean, god, why did it have to have the same characters and plot and from the other movies, i saw The Two Towers, like, a whole YEAR before it came out, why did i have to remember every single little detail, like, who the short guy was, or why that ring was important, or who the long haired scruffy guy was? that's retarded!!!!
nope, you're wrong, the original novel was ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster
so what? if you have a galaxy-spanning spacefaring civilization, you're going to need a way to describe the spatial relationships of star systems, why not N, S, E, W?
if you still think this is a bad idea, read what Phil Plait has to say:
Bad Astronomy
and in my day we had to manually load the cassette tape into the drive by hand, then code our own keyboard driver and character generator uphill both ways in the snow!
aaaaah, ok
i'm in a really really bad mood today, sorry if i insulted anyone
think massive amounts of caffeiene would help?
actually, he said UF, not PA, can you read?
what is it with story today that people aren't reading parent posts and just spouting off about what they THINK they read
(yes, i know that's normal, but this article has a lot of more that going on. look at the thread about the guy who tricked newbies into formating their drives; freakin none of the child posters read the parent)
wow, you're just a little cock-bite aren't you?
i bet you sit around and masturbate about the time you pushed that little kid in the mud, or double parked over a handicapped spot when you saw an old lady about to take it.
do us a favor and die, people like you reinforce the stereotype of the geek as an immature, elitist asshole with no social skills
Woe be unto those that intrude into one of Melissa's systems.
she takes care of her crew.
damn, you beat me to it :(
some information you may be interested in:
Time Cube
(sorry, had to do it!)
given the parent of this thread, shouldn't that read:
"HOLY CARP"
That's because the arcade companies wanted you to keep slugging in quarters to get that high score. Nintendo wanted you to complete the game, so you would want to run out and buy another one.
Carmageddon used to do the same thing to me.
Or the time i walked across campus after a marathon Half Life multiplayer session and tried to "zoom in" on a friend across the quad.
moment 1: towards the beginning of the game, before Kyle's powers are restored, you drop out of an airshaft to a battlefield. the music kicks up, and there's an AT-ST "chicken walker" bearing down on you, while a bunch of rebel soldiers fire on it from a ridge to your side. i remember thinking at the moment "wow, i'm IN Star Wars"
moment 2: toward the end of the game, i came across a lone dark-side user standing guard in a tunnel, one of the tough ones with the black Cortosis armor, cloak shield, and force crystal. i approached with my saber off, he turned to face me and just stood there, i remembered from the movies that the Jedi never draw first. I thought about how a real samurai sword fight would typically end in one single cut, right from the scabbard, none of this hollywood 30 minute-long fight stuff. I switched to "heavy" technique and took a single step toward him. His saber flashed to life so i ran and pressed attack, as my blade ignited it swept up in one motion and cut him right in half. I yelled out in triumph as my computer snapped back to reality around me. I don't think i ever felt more drawn in to a game than that moment.
no no, the answer is tea and not tea
[obscure hhgttg reference swim]
it incorporates elements of that, this was more of a single murder-mystery style event
closer to Majestic would be the Beast (for the movie AI) or i love bees (for Halo 2), currently there are about half-a-dozen major ARG's being played, one of them is backed by Audi and is offering a level of immersion never before seen (Art of the Heist)
This game was apparently pretty different from what we think of as ARG's, like ilovebees or the beast. Those are played out on websites and chat rooms (and payphones) pretending that a story is developing in the world around you. This "uncle roy" game seems more like a game where an artificial reality is placed "over top" of the streets you're walking on.
not counting the mezanine! /obscure Cohen brothers joke
actually, what you were describing was more plot than story, but its ok, you still have a good point
it seems like 70% of 'original' sci-fi in theaters these days is just warmed over Alien rip-offs