Just in case anyone is interested there are 2 other non-RPG TES games: battlespire Redguard
I stil maintain that daggerfall was the best, barring it's incredibly nasty habit of eating your saved games every 10 minutes or so. I really liked the ability to buy horses with wagons, houses, and boats (I haven't played Oblivion yet so I'm not sure if they brought those features back).
From the article: "we didn't want to change it; we didn't want to ruin it."
uh... yeah. The core mechanic, maybe, but I'd say you can only loosely call the game counter-strike now.
I find it funny that (I have been lead to believe) the japanese are pretty xenophobic when it comes to western games but a lot of the character designs are not only western but overtly caucasian. What's up with that?
I think it needs to be said that the simulations the military are employing are part of an entire regiment designed to lower one's resistance to killing. Games in the living room are taking place in the context of your couch, where you really don't have that much pressure attempting to erode your resistances and predispositions. Long story short, games themselves don't make you a soldier but used in conjunction with other things they make an effective tool.
Is it just me or does this sound threatening?(from the 1up interview) 1UP: Sum up what we should expect from Postal in one sentence.
UB: the biggest desaster [sic] on earth - but not for me - for AMERICA
If videogames have taught me anything it's that these types of dangerous experiments should only be conducted off-world. Like on Mars. What could possibly go wrong there?
I'm pretty sure the Soviets were not a part of NATO (being a Warsaw Pact nation) when the 7.62 round was developed, hence they wouldn't adopt it as standard issue. 7.62x39 is much more akin to a 5.56 NATO/.223 round because of the shorter length of the cartridge.
You sound like you know enough about this stuff that you should know the difference.
I'm pleasantly suprised. It's good to know that just because Vivendi has had at least a part in making Sierra what it is today, it won't doom efforts of other sto carry on things in its spirit.
The Australian government took away guns, they're working on filesharing (not like the rest of the world isn't), and they're going to start on pr0n. What's next, kitchen knives and NIC cards?
i believed it the part where the didn't want to pay me any money to think things up. however, the rest of it was pretty funny. most EA games do suck pretty bad as of late.
I'd have a hard time suggesting that working in the game industry is a good way to make money. There's far more money to be made other places, except for a handful of lucky developers and designers.
this is true. the college i just graduated from, Columbia (Chicago) is just starting a game design major this year that branches out of the interactive media department. while everyone is excited about it, the first thing most of the faculty will tell you is "This industry will eat you alive." It's disappointing because I'd love to be creative and make entertaining things for a living, but at least no one has any hesitation about saving my ass by shattering my illusions that that is what I'd be doing.
And by saying a handful of designers is also dead on - some representatives from EA recently came over to discuss jobs in the field, and when prompted about designers, the rep said something along the lines of "we'll hire any animators we can find, but there's only 3 or 4 good designers in the whole business and we'd much rather pay them to design good games instead of wasting a lot of money of whatever you think up."
i'm sure someone caught this on the second page: "Excell - this helps to run programs on your PC."
but it's still funny anyways. you think they'd put a little bit more time into things like that since, you know, that IS what the article is about.
They're not just nickel-and-diming the customers, they're nickel-and-diming the artists on the other end.
literally.
I have a friend who's band was signed, and they collectively recieved $0.25 for every $15 CD sold - divided amoungst 5 people. End result: a nickel for everyone.
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Yeah, for some reason I didn't see those in the game listing when I first started going through the article.
note to self: read, then post.
Just in case anyone is interested there are 2 other non-RPG TES games:
battlespire
Redguard
I stil maintain that daggerfall was the best, barring it's incredibly nasty habit of eating your saved games every 10 minutes or so. I really liked the ability to buy horses with wagons, houses, and boats (I haven't played Oblivion yet so I'm not sure if they brought those features back).
From the article:
"we didn't want to change it; we didn't want to ruin it."
uh... yeah. The core mechanic, maybe, but I'd say you can only loosely call the game counter-strike now. I find it funny that (I have been lead to believe) the japanese are pretty xenophobic when it comes to western games but a lot of the character designs are not only western but overtly caucasian. What's up with that?
boobies... and horses, houses, and boats you could buy. and a lot more intuitive quick travel feature. those are good, too.
I think it needs to be said that the simulations the military are employing are part of an entire regiment designed to lower one's resistance to killing. Games in the living room are taking place in the context of your couch, where you really don't have that much pressure attempting to erode your resistances and predispositions. Long story short, games themselves don't make you a soldier but used in conjunction with other things they make an effective tool.
didn't see that one coming.
Is it just me or does this sound threatening?(from the 1up interview)
1UP: Sum up what we should expect from Postal in one sentence.
UB: the biggest desaster [sic] on earth - but not for me - for AMERICA
If videogames have taught me anything it's that these types of dangerous experiments should only be conducted off-world. Like on Mars. What could possibly go wrong there?
uh, for the misinformed: .308 winchester == 7.62x51 != 7.62x39 (the AK round)
7.62 NATO ==
http://kalashnikov.guns.ru/models/ka50.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7.62_x_51_mm
I'm pretty sure the Soviets were not a part of NATO (being a Warsaw Pact nation) when the 7.62 round was developed, hence they wouldn't adopt it as standard issue. 7.62x39 is much more akin to a 5.56 NATO/.223 round because of the shorter length of the cartridge.
You sound like you know enough about this stuff that you should know the difference.
I'm pleasantly suprised. It's good to know that just because Vivendi has had at least a part in making Sierra what it is today, it won't doom efforts of other sto carry on things in its spirit.
Now we just need more Quest for Glory games.
The Australian government took away guns, they're working on filesharing (not like the rest of the world isn't), and they're going to start on pr0n. What's next, kitchen knives and NIC cards?
i believed it the part where the didn't want to pay me any money to think things up. however, the rest of it was pretty funny. most EA games do suck pretty bad as of late.
I'd have a hard time suggesting that working in the game industry is a good way to make money. There's far more money to be made other places, except for a handful of lucky developers and designers.
this is true. the college i just graduated from, Columbia (Chicago) is just starting a game design major this year that branches out of the interactive media department. while everyone is excited about it, the first thing most of the faculty will tell you is "This industry will eat you alive." It's disappointing because I'd love to be creative and make entertaining things for a living, but at least no one has any hesitation about saving my ass by shattering my illusions that that is what I'd be doing.
And by saying a handful of designers is also dead on - some representatives from EA recently came over to discuss jobs in the field, and when prompted about designers, the rep said something along the lines of "we'll hire any animators we can find, but there's only 3 or 4 good designers in the whole business and we'd much rather pay them to design good games instead of wasting a lot of money of whatever you think up."
I would let my kids play most things that might get an "M" for violence, but not an "M" for drugs or sexual content.
if that isn't sarcasm, i find that outright hysterical.
"babies... need sleep. babies... need meat."
midwife = best enemy EVAR.
I'm surprised Runs with Scissors wasn't all over this. It would be right at homem as a Postal 2 expansion pack.
I'm pretty sure that the DNC was enacted to prevent unwanted soliciting calls; surveys are surveys, not solicitation.
i think an even more appropriate little would be "LOL PWND".
but maybe that's just me.
i'm sure someone caught this on the second page:
"Excell - this helps to run programs on your PC."
but it's still funny anyways. you think they'd put a little bit more time into things like that since, you know, that IS what the article is about.
They're not just nickel-and-diming the customers, they're nickel-and-diming the artists on the other end.
literally.
I have a friend who's band was signed, and they collectively recieved $0.25 for every $15 CD sold - divided amoungst 5 people. End result: a nickel for everyone.
You are in a giant plastic sphere. Obvious exits are: none. >_