I don't know if this has been said yet, but Nintendo has innovated pretty much every major piece of controller for the last 20 years. Back when everyone was using a stick with a button on the top, they came out with (gasp!) the D-PAD. Since then every major system has followed suit and includes a D-PAD on their controller.
Their next trick was shoulder buttons on the SNES. Once they did that, you started seeing shoulder buttons on every console.
The list goes on; analog sticks, vibration feedback, tilt-sensitive control (lol sony), etc. Nintendo innovates, and the crowd follows.
My Palm pilots did the same thing so that you could change the AAA batteries without losing your data. The cap only lasted for a few minutes though, so you had to be quick.
Don't be so foolish. With Live you pay one flat fee for all the games you wish you play. Don't forget that the PS2 has free online play already. Except you have to pay all the developers and publishers seperate fees to play their specific games. There's the catch.
I'd much rather pay 50 bucks a year rather than 10 bucks per month per game.
"The reality is that Apple has struggled for a long time to avoid the perception that Macs are toys, and so their principle emphasis is on science, small business, education, and the creative arts.
Maybe I'm forgetting something, but isn't game design a creative art?
"#1 Stop Treating Women Like Whores - Sexy is fine. Titillating can be fun. But when you show stupid jiggle-physics and scantily-clad girls cooing and moaning and wriggling, you show yourselves for what you really are: sex-crazed children. And don't think for a minute that the mainstream media doesn't pick up on this. If you can't stop demeaning women (with skimpy outfits and hyper-sexuality) and men (by glamorizing massive musculature and testosterone-dripping masculinity), then get the hell out of the industry."
Fine, I'll get out, I just demand that the comic book industry do the same. Its only fair
I admit I'm not a very experienced coder, but something I find helpful is to write exactly what I want to happen in the program in plain english. Then I go through it all and translate the english into code. You can easily save all the natural language and turn them into useful comments.
Hang on, I'll just get the mobile morse machine out of my pocket and send a text message to someone on other end of this cable which I've draped along the floor everywhere I go." I can't see that working out.
I thought we were talking about a morse interface. You talk to your phone in morse (with the easy to find button) and it turns your code into TEXT which you can then send to your friend.
Otherwise, the meta-rules of the game are as correct as actual rules.
That totally sums up how I feel.
As for the lamer snipers, they certainly make the game more a pain in the ass than it needs to be, but you have to admit that killing a lamer like that feels alot better then killing someone playing as expected. If you do, you are playing the same game better than they are, plus you feel the Klingon honor factor!
You know, I near totally agree with you on every level, but please allow me to explain my opinion.
I guess you could say I come from the 'games as art' camp. Much like you may have a favorite musical artist yet dislike one of their songs, chances are you can still appreciate the track for what it is.
That being said, I accept what the game developer gives me as the game. In the case of a multiplayer game, the developer is typically providing patches on a regular basis and thus modifying the work of art I purchased from them. My point is that if there is a shaddy gameplay option (a 'cheat'), then the developer meant it to be there UNTIL they patch it. Obviously they may not have meant it to be there, but if it's there and they ignore it, then its part of the game and you have to deal with it.
That also said, I completely agree with you on the 'spirit' of the game, and so do many developers. That's why they give you the option to have MOTD text and the ability to kick players. You can force people on your server to play a certain way. There will always be bad apples who wish to spoil the bunch by not abiding by your house rules (please don't stand on eachother's heads)and if they don't they will get kicked.
Before anyone explains to me that a moderator is not always there to help, I realize that and can only say that if you're playing with other humans, you can only expect human behavior. Popular games/servers will naturally build a self-nurturing community and unpopular ones will likely die off even sooner and be plagued by cheaters.
I also don't understand why people cheat like this. I guess I've been playing games so long that I don't care about the numbers the community sees, I only care that I have a good time with my fellow players. Other gamers, whom I openly look down upon btw, care only about their status in their niche community and are perfectly willing to cheat and hack to get themselves where they want to me. I say fuck that, its the journey which is important, not the fucking destination.
I guess you could say cheating in games is alot like hacking in computers. Alot of great advances have been achieved by someone determined to break the rules, yet so have many catastrophies. In the end I just call human nature and hope for a better online future.
I see your point, but wouldn't the people being fired at also be able to use that same map bug? 'Unfair' is not the right word to describe this sort of bug.
My stance on cheating in video games is that its only cheating if you modify the client app or take advantage of something that other players can't take the same advantage of.
Simply put, if the game allows it, it is part of the gameplay. It may not be the most obvious way to play, nor may it be how the manual TELLS you to play. As far as I'm concerned, anything allowed by the engine is totally fair.
Is this anything like the Nintendo light guns that allow you to video-hunt ducks?
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I thought one of the coolest Pixar references in Toy Story 2 was the constelation of Luxo in the starfield in the opening sequence. Its in the upper right of the picture, right when the starfield comes into view.
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I'm wondering which FPS you are talking about here. There are no First-person segments of the game Gears of War. It is a 3rd person shooter.
I decided to get an 360/Wii instead.
I don't know if this has been said yet, but Nintendo has innovated pretty much every major piece of controller for the last 20 years. Back when everyone was using a stick with a button on the top, they came out with (gasp!) the D-PAD. Since then every major system has followed suit and includes a D-PAD on their controller.
Their next trick was shoulder buttons on the SNES. Once they did that, you started seeing shoulder buttons on every console.
The list goes on; analog sticks, vibration feedback, tilt-sensitive control (lol sony), etc. Nintendo innovates, and the crowd follows.
My Palm pilots did the same thing so that you could change the AAA batteries without losing your data. The cap only lasted for a few minutes though, so you had to be quick.
Don't be so foolish. With Live you pay one flat fee for all the games you wish you play. Don't forget that the PS2 has free online play already. Except you have to pay all the developers and publishers seperate fees to play their specific games. There's the catch.
I'd much rather pay 50 bucks a year rather than 10 bucks per month per game.
"The reality is that Apple has struggled for a long time to avoid the perception that Macs are toys, and so their principle emphasis is on science, small business, education, and the creative arts.
Maybe I'm forgetting something, but isn't game design a creative art?
but more expensive to buy and maintain.
So it makes sense that we'd see this on a BMW. Can't wait to see this at the Stealership. =D
"#1 Stop Treating Women Like Whores - Sexy is fine. Titillating can be fun. But when you show stupid jiggle-physics and scantily-clad girls cooing and moaning and wriggling, you show yourselves for what you really are: sex-crazed children. And don't think for a minute that the mainstream media doesn't pick up on this. If you can't stop demeaning women (with skimpy outfits and hyper-sexuality) and men (by glamorizing massive musculature and testosterone-dripping masculinity), then get the hell out of the industry."
Fine, I'll get out, I just demand that the comic book industry do the same. Its only fair
Google makes their money from selling your personal information, duh. Now go write me some gmail!
I admit I'm not a very experienced coder, but something I find helpful is to write exactly what I want to happen in the program in plain english. Then I go through it all and translate the english into code. You can easily save all the natural language and turn them into useful comments.
Hang on, I'll just get the mobile morse machine out of my pocket and send a text message to someone on other end of this cable which I've draped along the floor everywhere I go." I can't see that working out.
I thought we were talking about a morse interface. You talk to your phone in morse (with the easy to find button) and it turns your code into TEXT which you can then send to your friend.
Otherwise, the meta-rules of the game are as correct as actual rules.
That totally sums up how I feel.
As for the lamer snipers, they certainly make the game more a pain in the ass than it needs to be, but you have to admit that killing a lamer like that feels alot better then killing someone playing as expected. If you do, you are playing the same game better than they are, plus you feel the Klingon honor factor!
You know, I near totally agree with you on every level, but please allow me to explain my opinion.
I guess you could say I come from the 'games as art' camp. Much like you may have a favorite musical artist yet dislike one of their songs, chances are you can still appreciate the track for what it is.
That being said, I accept what the game developer gives me as the game. In the case of a multiplayer game, the developer is typically providing patches on a regular basis and thus modifying the work of art I purchased from them. My point is that if there is a shaddy gameplay option (a 'cheat'), then the developer meant it to be there UNTIL they patch it. Obviously they may not have meant it to be there, but if it's there and they ignore it, then its part of the game and you have to deal with it.
That also said, I completely agree with you on the 'spirit' of the game, and so do many developers. That's why they give you the option to have MOTD text and the ability to kick players. You can force people on your server to play a certain way. There will always be bad apples who wish to spoil the bunch by not abiding by your house rules (please don't stand on eachother's heads)and if they don't they will get kicked.
Before anyone explains to me that a moderator is not always there to help, I realize that and can only say that if you're playing with other humans, you can only expect human behavior. Popular games/servers will naturally build a self-nurturing community and unpopular ones will likely die off even sooner and be plagued by cheaters.
I also don't understand why people cheat like this. I guess I've been playing games so long that I don't care about the numbers the community sees, I only care that I have a good time with my fellow players. Other gamers, whom I openly look down upon btw, care only about their status in their niche community and are perfectly willing to cheat and hack to get themselves where they want to me. I say fuck that, its the journey which is important, not the fucking destination.
I guess you could say cheating in games is alot like hacking in computers. Alot of great advances have been achieved by someone determined to break the rules, yet so have many catastrophies. In the end I just call human nature and hope for a better online future.
I see your point, but wouldn't the people being fired at also be able to use that same map bug? 'Unfair' is not the right word to describe this sort of bug.
My stance on cheating in video games is that its only cheating if you modify the client app or take advantage of something that other players can't take the same advantage of.
Simply put, if the game allows it, it is part of the gameplay. It may not be the most obvious way to play, nor may it be how the manual TELLS you to play. As far as I'm concerned, anything allowed by the engine is totally fair.
There is no such thing as an unfair advantage.
If that is the final name, you can be sure they picked it because of all the other next-gen console names. PlayStation 3, Nintendo Revolution...
Is this anything like the Nintendo light guns that allow you to video-hunt ducks?
I thought one of the coolest Pixar references in Toy Story 2 was the constelation of Luxo in the starfield in the opening sequence. Its in the upper right of the picture, right when the starfield comes into view.