...at the Geek Squad.
People honestly tell me "Hey, I got this sweet program and it says I have a million infections and all I have to do is send them like $40 to fix it. But I can't get spybot to run, tho."
People + Computers = Catastrophe.
"It's on the internet, so it must be legit."
The problem with "returning" the product is that you can't straight up return the product, which then dissuades people from returning it.
If I bought the game from Best Buy and decided it sucked and wanted to take it back, the best they could do for me is exchange it for a new one. A new copy of the same game. Can't even do store-credit in most situations. It has to do with copyright law. I think it's national, but may be state (Pennsylvania)... though I can't see a reason why a copyright law would pertain only to state.
It's a broken system.
I was wondering why it seemed myself, two of my three roommates, and a bunch of my other friends had all gotten notices within a short time period. It looks like the RIAA is giving a nice hefty push, as if maybe that'll make them less crooked in the eyes of everyone with a brain and a sense of legitimacy. Yeah, I was downloading something I didn't buy. Yeah, it's illegal. I got caught. I got a written warning, had to take an online quiz on "Good Cybercitizenship", and have my computer scanned for illegal music. I wiped everything that wasn't legit, uninstalled my torrent client, and called it a day.
I'm glad my university (Penn State) is how it is about this. Basically, I lost my network connection for a few days and got a slap on the wrist, but there's definitely a cloud hanging over me about possibly committing the same crime again. Then the troubles really begins.
With all this said, I don't know what the RIAA is getting at. Perhaps 'legally' harassing the schools will cause them to change their minds and help you convict students who are already worth a negative dollar amount anyway? Sure, make some examples. It's worked so well so far.
IMHO, the two biggest things you should worry about in game development: Amusement and Immersion. Sometimes they go hand in hand, sometimes they don't.
I'm amused by Peggle, I'm immersed in something like Bioshock. I suppose I'm also "amused" by Bioshock, but hopefully you're following my logic here....that being said, graphics and presentation are oftentimes huge in "immersion". I've never been one to tout graphics over gameplay, but I maintain that graphics (among other things) help proper immersion, and proper immersion makes facilitate great gameplay.
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Thanks for that insight.
I take it you're one who smokes, drinks, and uses drugs in excess every waking hour?
Some people like to live as long as possible. Just because we're all going to eventually die doesn't mean the time from now 'till then doesn't mean anything.
There have been tests regarding the CG's generation's consoles. Hammers, Gravity, Light water... Nintendo constantly makes the most durable consoles. PS2 being the 'weakest'.
The problem is Nintendo doesn't have a game like Halo to really provide reason to take your GC anywhere.
Largely, when I've played GC games, the box itself sits where it was and we gather around it. Never a real reason to take it anywhere (as opposed to opening more slots for players on the XBox, through LAN).
*sigh*, I apologize. I'm always nervous my first time;p
Greetings, first post. I am but a boy of 18, an avid gamer, and a lover of all that is slightly rebellious yet not-so-criminal.
With that said, I give you people the conversation held between Mr. Thompson and Me:
Italics is Narration
I stumble across his phone number. I write something short and sweet and give the man a ring. It rings about 12 times before I get his voicemail/answering machine. I hang up, figuring it's 10:30PM, he's probably not in his office, and furthermore, I have all evening tomorrow to pick up the phone and give him a call.
I am on my way to replace the phone handset when it rings again. Lo-and-behold, it says Jack Thompson on the Caller ID.
r0bVious (r0b): Hello? Jack Thompson (JT): What do you want?
I decide to play dumb.
r0b: Excuse me? Who is this? JT: What do you want?
Seeing as that's not going anywhere...
r0b: Oh! Is this Jack Thompson? JT: Yes. What do you want?
Then I begin saying what I had pre-written.
r0b: Mr. Thompson, I apologize about it being so late,
but I just wanted to let you know that I support your actions versus
the gaming industry.
Without people like you, we'd have to find other reasons to make Canada look so good.
Please, don't run for president.
Sue me.
I hang up. Satisfied. A nice hearty vent. I, once again, am going to return the handset, when it rings once more. Who could it be? I'll give you one guess.
JT: Let me tell you something...
I am too humored and surprised to come up with anything better than an obviously false voice. Even I was disappointed with what came out.
r0b:squeaky-voiced Who is this?
Vindictive JT laugh.
JT: Let me tell you something...
I have your number, and you need an attorney.
I am utterly floored. I had read he was threat-happy, but I just didn't really believe it until I heard it first-hand.
r0b: Truely stunned, You're going to sue me for giving you a call?..
JT: Slower; Evil-er (honestly), You got it.
...I figure I'm pretty low on his To-Sue list, so I'll expect my indictment in several years.
Looking back, after he had said I needed an attorney, I should have asked if he was free.
(Thanks for putting up with me and my craptastic formatting intuition.)
Greetings, first post. I am but a boy of 18, an avid gamer, and a lover of all that is slightly rebellious yet not-so-criminal.
With that said, I give you people the conversation held between Mr. Thompson and Me:
Italics is NarrationI stumble across his phone number. I write something short and sweet and give the man a ring. It rings about 12 times before I get his voicemail/answering machine. I hang up, figuring it's 10:30PM, he's probably not in his office, and furthermore, I have all evening tomorrow to pick up the phone and give him a call.
I am on my way to replace the phone handset when it rings again. Lo-and-behold, it says Jack Thompson on the Caller ID.
r0bVious (r0b): Hello?
Jack Thompson (JT): What do you want?
I decide to play dumb.
r0b: Excuse me? Who is this?
JT: What do you want?
Seeing as that's not going anywhere...
r0b: Oh! Is this Jack Thompson?
JT: Yes. What do you want?Then I begin saying what I had pre-written.
r0b: Mr. Thompson, I apologize about it being so late,
but I just wanted to let you know that I support your actions versus
the gaming industry.
Without people like you, we'd have to find other reasons to make Canada look so good.
Please, don't run for president.
Sue me.
I hang up. Satisfied. A nice hearty vent.I, once again, am going to return the handset, when it rings once more. Who could it be? I'll give you one guess.
JT: Let me tell you something...
I am too humored and surprised to come up with anything better than an obviously false voice. Even I was disappointed with what came out.
r0b:squeaky-voiced Who is this?
Vindictive JT laugh.
JT: Let me tell you something...
I have your number, and you need an attorney.
I am utterly floored. I had read he was threat-happy, but I just didn't really believe it until I heard it first-hand.
r0b: Truely stunned, You're going to sue me for giving you a call?..
JT: Slower; Evil-er (honestly), You got it....I figure I'm pretty low on his To-Sue list, so I'll expect my indictment in several years.
Looking back, after he had said I needed an attorney, I should have asked if he was free.
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...at the Geek Squad. People honestly tell me "Hey, I got this sweet program and it says I have a million infections and all I have to do is send them like $40 to fix it. But I can't get spybot to run, tho." People + Computers = Catastrophe. "It's on the internet, so it must be legit."
The problem with "returning" the product is that you can't straight up return the product, which then dissuades people from returning it. If I bought the game from Best Buy and decided it sucked and wanted to take it back, the best they could do for me is exchange it for a new one. A new copy of the same game. Can't even do store-credit in most situations. It has to do with copyright law. I think it's national, but may be state (Pennsylvania)... though I can't see a reason why a copyright law would pertain only to state. It's a broken system.
This lawyer is just trying to buy his way into heaven!
It won't work, Jesus himself signed a contract!
(Thanks, NYCL. It's great to see pockets of logic and thoughtfulness still exist in people. Good luck, and keep us all posted.)
...it is painted bright orange and has a confederate flag on the roof, I'm down.
...what the hell is a Jiga-Watt?
I'd be curious to see what might happen in some sort of "interpretative" game if attached to someone experiencing REM sleep.
You know, for science.
I was wondering why it seemed myself, two of my three roommates, and a bunch of my other friends had all gotten notices within a short time period. It looks like the RIAA is giving a nice hefty push, as if maybe that'll make them less crooked in the eyes of everyone with a brain and a sense of legitimacy. Yeah, I was downloading something I didn't buy. Yeah, it's illegal. I got caught. I got a written warning, had to take an online quiz on "Good Cybercitizenship", and have my computer scanned for illegal music. I wiped everything that wasn't legit, uninstalled my torrent client, and called it a day.
I'm glad my university (Penn State) is how it is about this. Basically, I lost my network connection for a few days and got a slap on the wrist, but there's definitely a cloud hanging over me about possibly committing the same crime again. Then the troubles really begins.
With all this said, I don't know what the RIAA is getting at. Perhaps 'legally' harassing the schools will cause them to change their minds and help you convict students who are already worth a negative dollar amount anyway? Sure, make some examples. It's worked so well so far.
I can't bear to download Metallica illegally, much even consider siding with them enough to download something with permission.
Lars can keep his generic mullet-banging sound, alongside his arrogance.
There's too much way better stuff out there.
IMHO, the two biggest things you should worry about in game development: Amusement and Immersion. Sometimes they go hand in hand, sometimes they don't. I'm amused by Peggle, I'm immersed in something like Bioshock. I suppose I'm also "amused" by Bioshock, but hopefully you're following my logic here. ...that being said, graphics and presentation are oftentimes huge in "immersion". I've never been one to tout graphics over gameplay, but I maintain that graphics (among other things) help proper immersion, and proper immersion makes facilitate great gameplay.
Interestingly, 99% of people who purchase gasoline received from Big Oil aren't as rich as the people who "provided" it. Aren't statistics fun!
There ARE some things are more important than money.
The real question goes unanswered: AMD or Intel?
One more reason to sue a corporation!
America gives one big collective cheer!
Also, life has a 100% fatality rate.
Thanks for that insight.
I take it you're one who smokes, drinks, and uses drugs in excess every waking hour?
Some people like to live as long as possible. Just because we're all going to eventually die doesn't mean the time from now 'till then doesn't mean anything.
Studier than!
There have been tests regarding the CG's generation's consoles. Hammers, Gravity, Light water... Nintendo constantly makes the most durable consoles. PS2 being the 'weakest'.
True, regarding the handle.
The problem is Nintendo doesn't have a game like Halo to really provide reason to take your GC anywhere.
Largely, when I've played GC games, the box itself sits where it was and we gather around it. Never a real reason to take it anywhere (as opposed to opening more slots for players on the XBox, through LAN).
Whatever, I'm just happy that I'm a PC gamer.
Branding the Nerd Herd, eh?
Well, obviously #21 is the end-all. If a crazy-rich-bald guy isn't a solid connection, I don't know what is.
AMD
Is not gay
Intel
You go to hell
AMD
Your price is right
Intel
Puke, I might
AMD
I love you dear
Intel
You can kiss my rear.
I am teh poet.
*sigh*, I apologize. I'm always nervous my first time ;p
...I figure I'm pretty low on his To-Sue list, so I'll expect my indictment in several years.
Greetings, first post. I am but a boy of 18, an avid gamer, and a lover of all that is slightly rebellious yet not-so-criminal.
With that said, I give you people the conversation held between Mr. Thompson and Me: Italics is Narration
I stumble across his phone number. I write something short and sweet and give the man a ring. It rings about 12 times before I get his voicemail/answering machine. I hang up, figuring it's 10:30PM, he's probably not in his office, and furthermore, I have all evening tomorrow to pick up the phone and give him a call.
I am on my way to replace the phone handset when it rings again. Lo-and-behold, it says Jack Thompson on the Caller ID.
r0bVious (r0b): Hello?
Jack Thompson (JT): What do you want?
I decide to play dumb.
r0b: Excuse me? Who is this?
JT: What do you want?
Seeing as that's not going anywhere...
r0b: Oh! Is this Jack Thompson?
JT: Yes. What do you want?
Then I begin saying what I had pre-written.
r0b: Mr. Thompson, I apologize about it being so late, but I just wanted to let you know that I support your actions versus the gaming industry.
Without people like you, we'd have to find other reasons to make Canada look so good.
Please, don't run for president.
Sue me.
I hang up. Satisfied. A nice hearty vent.
I, once again, am going to return the handset, when it rings once more.
Who could it be? I'll give you one guess.
JT: Let me tell you something...
I am too humored and surprised to come up with anything better than an obviously false voice. Even I was disappointed with what came out.
r0b:squeaky-voiced Who is this?
Vindictive JT laugh.
JT: Let me tell you something...
I have your number, and you need an attorney.
I am utterly floored. I had read he was threat-happy, but I just didn't really believe it until I heard it first-hand.
r0b: Truely stunned, You're going to sue me for giving you a call?..
JT: Slower; Evil-er (honestly), You got it.
Looking back, after he had said I needed an attorney, I should have asked if he was free. (Thanks for putting up with me and my craptastic formatting intuition.)
Greetings, first post. I am but a boy of 18, an avid gamer, and a lover of all that is slightly rebellious yet not-so-criminal. With that said, I give you people the conversation held between Mr. Thompson and Me: Italics is Narration I stumble across his phone number. I write something short and sweet and give the man a ring. It rings about 12 times before I get his voicemail/answering machine. I hang up, figuring it's 10:30PM, he's probably not in his office, and furthermore, I have all evening tomorrow to pick up the phone and give him a call. I am on my way to replace the phone handset when it rings again. Lo-and-behold, it says Jack Thompson on the Caller ID. r0bVious (r0b): Hello? Jack Thompson (JT): What do you want? I decide to play dumb. r0b: Excuse me? Who is this? JT: What do you want? Seeing as that's not going anywhere... r0b: Oh! Is this Jack Thompson? JT: Yes. What do you want? Then I begin saying what I had pre-written. r0b: Mr. Thompson, I apologize about it being so late, but I just wanted to let you know that I support your actions versus the gaming industry. Without people like you, we'd have to find other reasons to make Canada look so good. Please, don't run for president. Sue me. I hang up. Satisfied. A nice hearty vent. I, once again, am going to return the handset, when it rings once more. Who could it be? I'll give you one guess. JT: Let me tell you something... I am too humored and surprised to come up with anything better than an obviously false voice. Even I was disappointed with what came out. r0b:squeaky-voiced Who is this? Vindictive JT laugh. JT: Let me tell you something... I have your number, and you need an attorney. I am utterly floored. I had read he was threat-happy, but I just didn't really believe it until I heard it first-hand. r0b: Truely stunned, You're going to sue me for giving you a call?.. JT: Slower; Evil-er (honestly), You got it. ...I figure I'm pretty low on his To-Sue list, so I'll expect my indictment in several years.
Looking back, after he had said I needed an attorney, I should have asked if he was free.