This is one of the first steps to such a device. It's pretty damn amazing. I guess the "only" thing you'd need when it comes down to it, is something that replaces the whole body, provides sugar to your brain, and links up to the brain or the top portion of the spine. I wonder how the brain would react when it can no longer control or receive information from the heart and the various chemical systems around the body, and whether those things need to be emulated to stop your brain from spazzing out..
There's a difference between dense and ignorant. I've never installed drivers on a Windows 7 machine, so again I couldn't have known that without being a massive nerd and spending my time reading up on Windows 7, which I have little intention of ever using where I can avoid it. You still make it sound like it has to restart the display system when you say "takes you back where you were".
I wasn't saying he was an asshole for disagreeing, I was saying it because of his attitude, ie him being an asshole. Saying someone is a retard for something they couldn't possibly have known, is being an asshole.
You're complaining about having to restart your display manager because of a new graphics driver, and you're calling me dense? FFS, I know you're trolling but you could at least put a bit of effort into it.
Doesn't seem to me to be any worse than the "you may also like.." stuff on Facebook. And Facebook doesn't need to "sell friends", they're basically already doing so with targeted ads.
Ah I didn't realise it was just bought in, I thought they just had two teams working on the games, some on the "racery" ones and the rest on the cops'n'robbers style stuff. I enjoy Shift a lot more than I did Pro-Street anyway so it seems they're heading in the right direction. I also enjoyed Carbon a lot.
I like the career mode in these types of game where you can buy a beater and either save up for a better car, or upgrade your little car to make it more competitive in higher classes of races. First game I played like that was Gran Turismo and I had months of fun tinkering away, learning to race well and collecting vehicles.
I'm pretty sure NFS: Shift has a quick race mode where you could race the exotics immediately if you were so inclined? Or if you're in the single player you get lots of invitational events where you can race the exotics (maybe I just got so many invitations because I was anal about getting 3 stars on each of the first tier of races). Trying to race the Veyron without stability control and/or traction control is INSANE (I haven't bothered to hook up my steering wheel with Shift yet, don't have anywhere to mount it these days)!
I like that you can buy those cars in real life, I think that's the point. It was a lot of fun driving my dad's car in Gran Turismo (admittedly he had an Evo VI, so not exactly a beater, but it was still an awesome thing to be able to do in a game). And a lot of the real life drifting scene is comprised of old Japanese cars that have been modded to hell, and if you want to do that in this game, you can, so it's just a realistic element.
I'm sure I saw the modern GT-R in Shift too, but the earlier Skylines are still good cars. The R33 and R34 Skylines especially have had some crazy tuned versions - I remember them well from Gran Turismo for having lots of racing models in the 600bhp range, and you see them in tuner magazines, etc. I do much prefer games which have a bit of history and "down to earth"ness rather than just being full of Ferraris and F1 cars for example. I've had fun with stuff like Ferrari Challenge and Porsche Challenge, but the variety in Gran Turismo has always been a big draw for me. I had a collection of hundreds of cars in Gran Turismo 2, and I had many different favourites depending on what kind of course I was racing on..
Maybe because you think it's wrong to glorify such a sickening part of reality? That people shouldn't be making light of such a subject? If you had someone so close to you murdered, you are not going to be sitting there thinking "oh well, as long as the murderer had fun, I shouldn't be concerned about this". You are very likely going to hate anyone else who validates his actions by buying the game and copying him.
I admit that even if I had someone I know die in Afghanistan I probably wouldn't complain about this game, but I really don't have a hard time understanding the people who do, and the quicker all of this crap dies down, the better. They don't need to be arguing with people who are trying to tell them that it's okay to pretend to be the people who killed their father/brother/son because "it's just a game". They probably regard this game on the same level as they would with one called "Paedophile Olympics" or "Real Rape Sim 3: I love it when they scream!" or something.
I don't get all the hate directed at EA to be honest. I dislike them pushing out sports sim after sports sim as much as the next guy, but that's probably because I don't play sports sims. I like the Need For Speed series a lot since I got into it (NFS: Shift is especially good fun if you like track racing, and has "creative" features like the camera shaking, screen losing colour, heart pounding/breathing noises when you crash etc).
They released Mirror's Edge which is still a pretty unique game even today, there have been few other games to do with free running. Definitely looking forward to Mirror's Edge 2, and it seems like they are taking their time to make it good rather than just rushing out a sequel, which they could have done pretty easily just by making some new levels.
What about Brutal Legend? Deathspank?:D IMO they do release a lot of good games. There are plenty of crap games around too of course - nobody's forcing you to buy them though!
The term opposing force is occasionally used to refer to a genuine military foe. This article is concerned only with its use in simulated conflict.
Even laying aside the fact that computer games are always by definition "simulated conflict", I think you're taking this matter a little too seriously.
How hard is it to understand that I'm not against them making the complaints, but I'm against the game being censored simply because they made the complaints (even though I think their complaints are stupid, but that doesn't mean they can't make them).
It's not hard to understand at all, it's a very childlike and selfish way to look at things. You're okay for people to talk about freedom, but as soon as it's exercised in a way that you don't like, you're apoplectic. These are not "baseless" complaints, nor will this change ruin the game for anyone. It will however get the media and crazy people to STFU and hopefully have everyone quit whining, so I think it was a prudent decision.
Intelligence has a very hard time coming into play for such deeply emotional subjects. Not saying it's impossible, but we are all human after all.
Ah, I've been using Chrome on Ubuntu. I think I prefer page loading as it happens, to an extent. Sometimes it looks really nasty, but if a page is designed correctly then the basic layout loads first and then parts are filled in later without having to rearrange everything...
Have never consciously noticed the little address tab until you mentioned it.. I've definitely read the text before as stuff loads, but didn't think about the design. I do prefer that to having screen real estate taken up by the status bar all the time. It's almost like they designed Chrome just for me, heh.
When that company has a monopoly on the thing that you want, it's very hard to just walk away. If there were no such things as consoles, I'd still be stuck with Windows if I wanted to play the latest games.
So.. they shouldn't be free to make those baseless complaints? And this really doesn't fit the scenario you outline. Do you really think for example Counter-Strike wouldn't have been such a popular game if the SAS models were instead called "British Counter-Terrorists" or something? How would you like it if someone made a game about a murderer that went on a killing spree and happened to kill your family? Do you think you wouldn't complain at all?
To me that sounds more like it's in need of a good clean and service than "broken". It maybe doesn't work in the intended manner right now, but it's not broken like my Prelude engine where the big end seized up and it just wouldn't turn at all. Idle issues sounds more like you just need to clean it out, bleed the radiator system, check sensors etc. As you say you can still use the car fine, so if it was a limb it would have more of a bruise than a break.
I didn't imply it, I flat out stated it. He said you have to be a masochist to use Linux, which is idiotic. Many people, such as myself, can use it for everything they want, no pain involved. I fail to see the irony.
What's the problem with Chrome? IMO it has the cleanest and most efficient layout of all browsers (it actually looks very similar to how I always used to customise the Firefox menus whenever I was setting up a new account for myself), it's noticeably faster than Firefox even when you don't count the crazy startup time, and since it got adblocker plugins it's been my main browser.
So the Half-Life expansion "Opposing Force" was really all about a training mission? And computer games in general are actually real and not virtual as long as they use real names? Interesting!
Yeah I was mostly just trying to wind people up since they're getting so angry about it being removed. I was just wondering why it's so important that it says "Taliban" rather than them just being generic terrorists. I do think that it is a little bit harsh on the families that are involved in this war, though it wouldn't stop me playing the game if I actually played the MoH series.
And besides, again, it's a game. What's the difference between that and, dunno, playing an Orc attacking the Humans, or a Zerg doing the same, or really whatever?
Exactly. What difference does it make whether it says Taliban or not? If EA has decided to change it, it makes no difference.
Having said that, I think the way that they did it in Modern Warfare 2 is best. Just ask you on first run if you would like to disable the "offensive" parts of the game and leave it down to customer discretion.
Because it's no longer "authentic" if the name is different! I was just kind of trolling anyway, insulting peoples' patriotism. I don't think many people who play this game really are fantasising about killing American soldiers, they only care about the gameplay (that's certainly what I care about when I play games), but if we point out that in fact the overall idea is quite unpatriotic (gasp!) then maybe they will think twice about complaining that they can't pretend to be terrorists.
I don't think people were exactly crying out for it. I think it's more likely that they just "want it" because they can't have it anymore.
I don't really care how authentic the armies are in games I play. People still love Quake, Half-Life, Unreal, Halo etc despite the sides being completely fictitious. Even the "realistic" FPSes these days are amazingly detached from reality, with you auto-healing and all sorts. Having one little piece of text being replaced isn't going to affect the game negatively.
I initially came into this story thinking the censorship was kind of stupid, but seeing some of the overreactions from people here is even worse. It's not even forced censorship, it's self-censorship. EA made this decision simply because they're going to be able to make more money if their game is stocked in more places.
They're also free to complain, and EA are free to take action if this negative PR is causing shops not to stock their latest game.
Think about it. However infuriating it may be to you that you can't authentically pretend to be terrorists who hate your country, EA wants to make money.
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This is one of the first steps to such a device. It's pretty damn amazing. I guess the "only" thing you'd need when it comes down to it, is something that replaces the whole body, provides sugar to your brain, and links up to the brain or the top portion of the spine. I wonder how the brain would react when it can no longer control or receive information from the heart and the various chemical systems around the body, and whether those things need to be emulated to stop your brain from spazzing out..
There's a difference between dense and ignorant. I've never installed drivers on a Windows 7 machine, so again I couldn't have known that without being a massive nerd and spending my time reading up on Windows 7, which I have little intention of ever using where I can avoid it. You still make it sound like it has to restart the display system when you say "takes you back where you were".
I wasn't saying he was an asshole for disagreeing, I was saying it because of his attitude, ie him being an asshole. Saying someone is a retard for something they couldn't possibly have known, is being an asshole.
You're complaining about having to restart your display manager because of a new graphics driver, and you're calling me dense? FFS, I know you're trolling but you could at least put a bit of effort into it.
Doesn't seem to me to be any worse than the "you may also like.." stuff on Facebook. And Facebook doesn't need to "sell friends", they're basically already doing so with targeted ads.
Ah I didn't realise it was just bought in, I thought they just had two teams working on the games, some on the "racery" ones and the rest on the cops'n'robbers style stuff. I enjoy Shift a lot more than I did Pro-Street anyway so it seems they're heading in the right direction. I also enjoyed Carbon a lot.
I like the career mode in these types of game where you can buy a beater and either save up for a better car, or upgrade your little car to make it more competitive in higher classes of races. First game I played like that was Gran Turismo and I had months of fun tinkering away, learning to race well and collecting vehicles.
I'm pretty sure NFS: Shift has a quick race mode where you could race the exotics immediately if you were so inclined? Or if you're in the single player you get lots of invitational events where you can race the exotics (maybe I just got so many invitations because I was anal about getting 3 stars on each of the first tier of races). Trying to race the Veyron without stability control and/or traction control is INSANE (I haven't bothered to hook up my steering wheel with Shift yet, don't have anywhere to mount it these days)!
I like that you can buy those cars in real life, I think that's the point. It was a lot of fun driving my dad's car in Gran Turismo (admittedly he had an Evo VI, so not exactly a beater, but it was still an awesome thing to be able to do in a game). And a lot of the real life drifting scene is comprised of old Japanese cars that have been modded to hell, and if you want to do that in this game, you can, so it's just a realistic element.
I'm sure I saw the modern GT-R in Shift too, but the earlier Skylines are still good cars. The R33 and R34 Skylines especially have had some crazy tuned versions - I remember them well from Gran Turismo for having lots of racing models in the 600bhp range, and you see them in tuner magazines, etc. I do much prefer games which have a bit of history and "down to earth"ness rather than just being full of Ferraris and F1 cars for example. I've had fun with stuff like Ferrari Challenge and Porsche Challenge, but the variety in Gran Turismo has always been a big draw for me. I had a collection of hundreds of cars in Gran Turismo 2, and I had many different favourites depending on what kind of course I was racing on..
Maybe because you think it's wrong to glorify such a sickening part of reality? That people shouldn't be making light of such a subject? If you had someone so close to you murdered, you are not going to be sitting there thinking "oh well, as long as the murderer had fun, I shouldn't be concerned about this". You are very likely going to hate anyone else who validates his actions by buying the game and copying him.
I admit that even if I had someone I know die in Afghanistan I probably wouldn't complain about this game, but I really don't have a hard time understanding the people who do, and the quicker all of this crap dies down, the better. They don't need to be arguing with people who are trying to tell them that it's okay to pretend to be the people who killed their father/brother/son because "it's just a game". They probably regard this game on the same level as they would with one called "Paedophile Olympics" or "Real Rape Sim 3: I love it when they scream!" or something.
Good point! :)
I don't get all the hate directed at EA to be honest. I dislike them pushing out sports sim after sports sim as much as the next guy, but that's probably because I don't play sports sims. I like the Need For Speed series a lot since I got into it (NFS: Shift is especially good fun if you like track racing, and has "creative" features like the camera shaking, screen losing colour, heart pounding/breathing noises when you crash etc).
They released Mirror's Edge which is still a pretty unique game even today, there have been few other games to do with free running. Definitely looking forward to Mirror's Edge 2, and it seems like they are taking their time to make it good rather than just rushing out a sequel, which they could have done pretty easily just by making some new levels.
What about Brutal Legend? Deathspank? :D IMO they do release a lot of good games. There are plenty of crap games around too of course - nobody's forcing you to buy them though!
I think I just used to use the console to bump up Half-Life's volume gain past 1..
Right at the top of the article you linked to:
The term opposing force is occasionally used to refer to a genuine military foe. This article is concerned only with its use in simulated conflict.
Even laying aside the fact that computer games are always by definition "simulated conflict", I think you're taking this matter a little too seriously.
How hard is it to understand that I'm not against them making the complaints, but I'm against the game being censored simply because they made the complaints (even though I think their complaints are stupid, but that doesn't mean they can't make them).
It's not hard to understand at all, it's a very childlike and selfish way to look at things. You're okay for people to talk about freedom, but as soon as it's exercised in a way that you don't like, you're apoplectic. These are not "baseless" complaints, nor will this change ruin the game for anyone. It will however get the media and crazy people to STFU and hopefully have everyone quit whining, so I think it was a prudent decision.
Intelligence has a very hard time coming into play for such deeply emotional subjects. Not saying it's impossible, but we are all human after all.
Ah, I've been using Chrome on Ubuntu. I think I prefer page loading as it happens, to an extent. Sometimes it looks really nasty, but if a page is designed correctly then the basic layout loads first and then parts are filled in later without having to rearrange everything...
Have never consciously noticed the little address tab until you mentioned it.. I've definitely read the text before as stuff loads, but didn't think about the design. I do prefer that to having screen real estate taken up by the status bar all the time. It's almost like they designed Chrome just for me, heh.
When that company has a monopoly on the thing that you want, it's very hard to just walk away. If there were no such things as consoles, I'd still be stuck with Windows if I wanted to play the latest games.
So.. they shouldn't be free to make those baseless complaints? And this really doesn't fit the scenario you outline. Do you really think for example Counter-Strike wouldn't have been such a popular game if the SAS models were instead called "British Counter-Terrorists" or something? How would you like it if someone made a game about a murderer that went on a killing spree and happened to kill your family? Do you think you wouldn't complain at all?
To me that sounds more like it's in need of a good clean and service than "broken". It maybe doesn't work in the intended manner right now, but it's not broken like my Prelude engine where the big end seized up and it just wouldn't turn at all. Idle issues sounds more like you just need to clean it out, bleed the radiator system, check sensors etc. As you say you can still use the car fine, so if it was a limb it would have more of a bruise than a break.
I didn't imply it, I flat out stated it. He said you have to be a masochist to use Linux, which is idiotic. Many people, such as myself, can use it for everything they want, no pain involved. I fail to see the irony.
What's the problem with Chrome? IMO it has the cleanest and most efficient layout of all browsers (it actually looks very similar to how I always used to customise the Firefox menus whenever I was setting up a new account for myself), it's noticeably faster than Firefox even when you don't count the crazy startup time, and since it got adblocker plugins it's been my main browser.
Turn down the volume on your media player. I'm trying very hard not to be sarcastic here.
So the Half-Life expansion "Opposing Force" was really all about a training mission? And computer games in general are actually real and not virtual as long as they use real names? Interesting!
Just get an adblocker plugin for your browser.. ooor stop looking at so much porn? Heh.
Yeah I was mostly just trying to wind people up since they're getting so angry about it being removed. I was just wondering why it's so important that it says "Taliban" rather than them just being generic terrorists. I do think that it is a little bit harsh on the families that are involved in this war, though it wouldn't stop me playing the game if I actually played the MoH series.
And besides, again, it's a game. What's the difference between that and, dunno, playing an Orc attacking the Humans, or a Zerg doing the same, or really whatever?
Exactly. What difference does it make whether it says Taliban or not? If EA has decided to change it, it makes no difference.
Having said that, I think the way that they did it in Modern Warfare 2 is best. Just ask you on first run if you would like to disable the "offensive" parts of the game and leave it down to customer discretion.
Because it's no longer "authentic" if the name is different! I was just kind of trolling anyway, insulting peoples' patriotism. I don't think many people who play this game really are fantasising about killing American soldiers, they only care about the gameplay (that's certainly what I care about when I play games), but if we point out that in fact the overall idea is quite unpatriotic (gasp!) then maybe they will think twice about complaining that they can't pretend to be terrorists.
I don't think people were exactly crying out for it. I think it's more likely that they just "want it" because they can't have it anymore.
I don't really care how authentic the armies are in games I play. People still love Quake, Half-Life, Unreal, Halo etc despite the sides being completely fictitious. Even the "realistic" FPSes these days are amazingly detached from reality, with you auto-healing and all sorts. Having one little piece of text being replaced isn't going to affect the game negatively.
I initially came into this story thinking the censorship was kind of stupid, but seeing some of the overreactions from people here is even worse. It's not even forced censorship, it's self-censorship. EA made this decision simply because they're going to be able to make more money if their game is stocked in more places.
The game is now "ruined" for you because it says "opposing force" instead of "Taliban"?
That sounds a little over-sensitive and weak minded to me.
They're also free to complain, and EA are free to take action if this negative PR is causing shops not to stock their latest game.
Think about it. However infuriating it may be to you that you can't authentically pretend to be terrorists who hate your country, EA wants to make money.