I don't know if this post is rhetorical or joking, but I'd say why not to that scenario. I mean, you figure if you paid for it from one source, you've got it. What does it matter if you copy the same thing again from another? Who cares about the quality? I'd really rather we don't begin letting companies determine tiers of media quality for variying prices. The information and media is right there in front of you. You take away the same level of entertainment and ideas from a low-res, crap recording that you do from an HD rip. A company can kiss my ass if they want to charge me more for the same piece of entertainment because it's at a higher resolution.
"...a man in Shanghai who was sentenced to life..."
Does that mean he was forced to return to real-life, forever leaving behind the realms of his fantasy worlds?
For what I know of some MMO players... man, that's really harsh.
This article is rediculous. The atmosphere in this game was not done as well as the article makes it out to sound, yet this obviously amateur fan-writer compares it to the pinnacle of most horror movies.
The writers attempts to define what works in games that attempt to be frightening, however House of the Dead? That's an action title, why are you even comparing?
"... Goddamn game. Messed me up for life."
I agree. It's obviously destroyed your ability to write a convincing article on the topic of... whatever you were trying to convey. Killed a damn fine series too.
I own a DS. I love it and the games. Of the next generation systems the Revolution is looking to be the most likely to get my money, and chances are it will cost much less than PS3 and XBox2. So yes, there are interesting look games out and coming out in the future. However the market is very poor despite MTV swearing it's the hottest new thing on the block, and Nintendo will not stop that alone. My opinion is one of an open minded gamer and developer who would love to see the best for our artform. Telling me to "try something new", that's practically my job, kid.
I've been a gamer for 25 years, and this next generation of consoles will be the first time I'm not really going to buy any. The prices of the systems are too high, and I feel the $60 price tag is a load of crap, quite frankly. (One look at the profits gained by the larger studios pushing this price raise and I think you'll agree it's unnecessary). In addition to this, one trip to Fry's, or most other stores that carry games, and I see more used/bargin-bin games for $10-$20 than I have ever seen in the history of gaming. The market is completely over-saturated with titles. I think these arguments combined will ring true with a lot of people paying closer attention, and I foresee a more rapid fallout similar to the one that Hollywood is experiencing right now. You can't run an industry on bullshit and effects (for too long). We should really remember that this industry collapsed once already during the mid-80's, and many things seem to be repeating themselves.
First and foremost, I see advertising as nothing but a giant, industry-supported lie-fest, due to the goal of advertising being to trick you into giving these companies your money. There is nothing positive about this. 90% of these things I see ads for I have no interest in, and those that I do have interest in suddenly becomes "the number one selling brand/movie/game/book that 9 out of 10 people agree outdoes the competition by 800%!" I figure my friends and acquaintances will filter information to me on products I might want, and already know my interests and what I consider worth investing any time into. While it's true that advertising originally existing as a valuable informative resource to notify consumer's of a particular products' existence, decade upon decade of cutthroat competition and over saturation of the market has trained marketing to do anything and everything to get your dollar, aside from kidnapping your family for the ransom of market share. I nearly stopped reading webpages when I began to see more and more banners. Adblocking saved me, and I use Adblock, RIP, and several other tools for Firefox to do the trick. As far as other media goes, I have not watched television in almost 10 years, specifically because I found the advertisements to be too frequent and irritating. I will download whatever I find to be appealing, because my first and foremost interest is in seeing the message and idea behind the creation. Same goes for radio, though because we have other avenues of purchase for these I am able to buy CD's for any particular artist I happen to like. My cars MP3 player has assured me I'll never have to listen to radio commercials again. I also refuse to watch movies at AMC because of their support for advertising at the beginning of their films, nor will I purchase games that advertise within them or during the intro splash screens. I will buy every brand of a product once and try it out before settling on what works.
We are very much headed directly for the horrific scenario described by the film Minority Report. Everyone I know jokes happily about this. No one does a thing. We are assaulted daily by billboards, commercials, flyers, and spam. What happens when this gets as bad as tele-marketers were pre-year-2000?
When you stop and consider that all entertainment today exists simply to sell whatever is attached to it, and all products you buy have a hitch (things wear out quicker, you're looped into a buying scheme - thank you Gillette razors), it makes it hard to consume anything. Honesty and morals have no place in these areas either, but unless you reject this way of life actively eventually our children will be whores to this media on a level we don't even yet comprehend. Our parents thought we were bad when we were brainwashed by the Saturday morning cartoons to kick and scream for a specific breakfast cereal, just wait until RFID tags are utilized to report all info on what we buy so it can aim advertising directly at our children. Sadly, this is also why I am robbing myself of having children in the first place. As better off as we live today compared to some third world countries, I don't want to bring a life into this world that has to put up with things like a medical industry that won't save your life if you can't fill some rich-fucks pockets quickly enough.
Who I am and my ideas have no real place in this capitalistic world we've created for ourselves. Luckily I find a scant few who agree with me, and that makes it easier to survive. Otherwise I can only spout these ideas in your direction and hope you will see it too.
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I don't know if this post is rhetorical or joking, but I'd say why not to that scenario. I mean, you figure if you paid for it from one source, you've got it. What does it matter if you copy the same thing again from another? Who cares about the quality? I'd really rather we don't begin letting companies determine tiers of media quality for variying prices. The information and media is right there in front of you. You take away the same level of entertainment and ideas from a low-res, crap recording that you do from an HD rip. A company can kiss my ass if they want to charge me more for the same piece of entertainment because it's at a higher resolution.
"...a man in Shanghai who was sentenced to life..." Does that mean he was forced to return to real-life, forever leaving behind the realms of his fantasy worlds? For what I know of some MMO players... man, that's really harsh.
I can't use this thing without feeling like I'm just helping Microsoft out with their marketting research...
This article is rediculous. The atmosphere in this game was not done as well as the article makes it out to sound, yet this obviously amateur fan-writer compares it to the pinnacle of most horror movies.
The writers attempts to define what works in games that attempt to be frightening, however House of the Dead? That's an action title, why are you even comparing?
"... Goddamn game. Messed me up for life."
I agree. It's obviously destroyed your ability to write a convincing article on the topic of... whatever you were trying to convey. Killed a damn fine series too.
Not everyone likes that over-produced experience with a lack of gameplay.
And yes, I wonder why it's on slashdot at all myself...
You saw this thing on the Discovery channel in 1905? Clearly your Clockwork Greek Television was ahead of it's time!
Such a success, we got back twice as many votes as our population! We had no idea it would work so well!
This article was great until it started loading ads inbetween pages. Fuck the escapist.
I own a DS. I love it and the games. Of the next generation systems the Revolution is looking to be the most likely to get my money, and chances are it will cost much less than PS3 and XBox2.
So yes, there are interesting look games out and coming out in the future. However the market is very poor despite MTV swearing it's the hottest new thing on the block, and Nintendo will not stop that alone. My opinion is one of an open minded gamer and developer who would love to see the best for our artform. Telling me to "try something new", that's practically my job, kid.
I've been a gamer for 25 years, and this next generation of consoles will be the first time I'm not really going to buy any. The prices of the systems are too high, and I feel the $60 price tag is a load of crap, quite frankly. (One look at the profits gained by the larger studios pushing this price raise and I think you'll agree it's unnecessary).
In addition to this, one trip to Fry's, or most other stores that carry games, and I see more used/bargin-bin games for $10-$20 than I have ever seen in the history of gaming. The market is completely over-saturated with titles.
I think these arguments combined will ring true with a lot of people paying closer attention, and I foresee a more rapid fallout similar to the one that Hollywood is experiencing right now. You can't run an industry on bullshit and effects (for too long).
We should really remember that this industry collapsed once already during the mid-80's, and many things seem to be repeating themselves.
First and foremost, I see advertising as nothing but a giant, industry-supported lie-fest, due to the goal of advertising being to trick you into giving these companies your money. There is nothing positive about this. 90% of these things I see ads for I have no interest in, and those that I do have interest in suddenly becomes "the number one selling brand/movie/game/book that 9 out of 10 people agree outdoes the competition by 800%!"
I figure my friends and acquaintances will filter information to me on products I might want, and already know my interests and what I consider worth investing any time into.
While it's true that advertising originally existing as a valuable informative resource to notify consumer's of a particular products' existence, decade upon decade of cutthroat competition and over saturation of the market has trained marketing to do anything and everything to get your dollar, aside from kidnapping your family for the ransom of market share.
I nearly stopped reading webpages when I began to see more and more banners. Adblocking saved me, and I use Adblock, RIP, and several other tools for Firefox to do the trick.
As far as other media goes, I have not watched television in almost 10 years, specifically because I found the advertisements to be too frequent and irritating. I will download whatever I find to be appealing, because my first and foremost interest is in seeing the message and idea behind the creation.
Same goes for radio, though because we have other avenues of purchase for these I am able to buy CD's for any particular artist I happen to like. My cars MP3 player has assured me I'll never have to listen to radio commercials again.
I also refuse to watch movies at AMC because of their support for advertising at the beginning of their films, nor will I purchase games that advertise within them or during the intro splash screens. I will buy every brand of a product once and try it out before settling on what works.
We are very much headed directly for the horrific scenario described by the film Minority Report. Everyone I know jokes happily about this. No one does a thing. We are assaulted daily by billboards, commercials, flyers, and spam. What happens when this gets as bad as tele-marketers were pre-year-2000?
When you stop and consider that all entertainment today exists simply to sell whatever is attached to it, and all products you buy have a hitch (things wear out quicker, you're looped into a buying scheme - thank you Gillette razors), it makes it hard to consume anything. Honesty and morals have no place in these areas either, but unless you reject this way of life actively eventually our children will be whores to this media on a level we don't even yet comprehend. Our parents thought we were bad when we were brainwashed by the Saturday morning cartoons to kick and scream for a specific breakfast cereal, just wait until RFID tags are utilized to report all info on what we buy so it can aim advertising directly at our children. Sadly, this is also why I am robbing myself of having children in the first place. As better off as we live today compared to some third world countries, I don't want to bring a life into this world that has to put up with things like a medical industry that won't save your life if you can't fill some rich-fucks pockets quickly enough.
Who I am and my ideas have no real place in this capitalistic world we've created for ourselves. Luckily I find a scant few who agree with me, and that makes it easier to survive. Otherwise I can only spout these ideas in your direction and hope you will see it too.