Not only are the NPCs fantastic, the fights are entertaining. In Morrowind, you knew within 5 seconds whether you were going to mop the floor with whatever was fighting you or whether you were going to need a mop to clean up your corpse after the fight. Oblivion has a lot more strategy to the fight. Seems like everything I've fought (except for rats, imps and other low-level creatures now) has been a tough fight that could go either way.
Sure, they can memorize a deck of cards, but can they learn the lyrics to It's the End of the World as We Know it?
Damn you...now I can't get it out of my head.
When the revolution comes, I'm locking you in a cell with Michael Stipe and a hundred rabid weasels on crank.:)
You forgot D&D. That was supposed to damage young minds as well.
Tell you what: the next time I'm in a closed arena with no escape route and weapons keep popping up at fixed-interval times and dead people are instantly brought back to life, I'll become violent and "act out video games."
Until then, I'll be ordinary me in my ordinary world with no occasional desire to shoot my coworkers.
They're trying to do anything to sell copy/garner attention.
The fact that BT has legitimate uses doesn't garner any additional market share. Joe "Average" Watcher will turn to the other channel that has a report on OMG!!!! Th3R3 IZ PR0N oN Teh INtarWEBS!11!!!11!!1eleventy eleven!
First they get hooked on the Space Invaders, then they start playing the Dungeons & Dragons game, listening to the Rock and Roll music and reading comic books! Our children will be rife with disobedience, leather jackets and sassback!
Hmmm...does this apply to my life?
Space Invaders? Check
D&D? Check
Rock and Roll? Is it still called that anymore? Check
Comic Books? Check
OMG, that means I'm a rebel! Kiss my butt you establishment-worshipper! Power to the People!
I bet they won't play this game on the X-Box. I bet you they won't play this new (bleep) game. It's not that it's (bleep) or (bleep) controversial, Just that the (bleep)ing kids cuss all the time. You can't say (bleep) on the X-Box, Or (bleep) or (bleep) or (bleep). You can't even say I'd like to (bleep) you some day Unless you're a doctor with a very large (bleep). So, I bet you they won't play this game on the X-Box. I bet you they daren't (bleep)ing well program it. I bet you their (bleep)ing old mothers and fathers Will think it's a load of horse (bleep).
Next up, the rover will extend its probe into home plate. If rebuffed at third base, the rover will revert back to trying to get under home plate's sweater.
/So sorry. //Couldn't resist. ///Slashies are fun.
Sure.
By the same logic, Cyric, I should be able to break into your house and steal your stereo.
After all, you're just out the money it took to buy it and the time it takes to go get another one.
Man...I still remember IPX multiplayer on the original Doom. Every night at 10:00 p.m. we'd kick the freshmen out of the physics labs and have a game or two going simultaneously over separate thin-net LANs (bandwidth was precious back then).
Aaaah...memories.
That being said, I LOVE Q4. It's kept me busy for almost 2 straight weeks. I've almost forgotten what my family looks like.:) I need a job where I can play Q4 all day.
Oh, and I'm not addicted to FPS. Not at all. I can quit anytime I want...at least that's what I tell myself.
Well, many people base religion on what they see and hear.
I look around at the world as it exists today and think that there must have been an intelligent creator that designed it all.
That does NOT mean I'm a proponent of Intelligent Design. ID is pseudo-science. It's an attempt to "sneak" God into the science class.
Creation and evolution are not mutually exclusive. Perhaps evolution is HOW God caused the different species to come into existence over millions of years. The literal words of Genesis CAN be believed without discounting the Theory of Evolution.
Before anyone asks, yes I'm a Christian. I'm also a computer scientist with a Physics degree.
That is truly amazing, I had no idea so many Americans had developed the skill to read and understand ancient Hebrew. Or didn't you know that when you read an English Bible you're holding to a literal interpretation of some other human's translation and interpretation of the Bible? Didn't you know that the Bible was culled, edited, and assembled from source texts by humans?
Yes, but we have these WONDERFUL things called concordances. They show the original word and all possible meanings that can be interpreted from that word. Using these, yes, Americans can read ancient Hebrew.
"Floodgates of heaven" is a modern phrasing of ancient text. "Floodgates" is the word arubbah (pardon the spelling) which can mean lattice, window, dove cot, chimney, sluice (with openings for water).
It's a figurative statement to help the reader understand.
No modern translation is perfect. Heck, most are probably wildly inaccurate about small details (7 "days" to create the world should have been 7 "lengths of time", etc.).
However, one thing IS clear, regardless of translation:
Jesus Christ was the son of God and God personified. He came to earth to save you and me from our sins. All we have to do is to accept him as savior.
That is made abundantly clear in all versions and there is no contradiction of that.
The Bible is meant to give us insight into the mind of God. It is a "dumbed down" version of God's will to mankind.
Why "dumbed down"? Because human beings are stupid, selfish and sinful. There's no way we can understand God because he is holy and righteous and we aren't anything remotely close.
We definitely should listen to the Holy Spirit for many reasons (He's the author, He understands God, etc.). However, we should also turn to the Bible because it gives guidance for our everyday lives.
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Not only are the NPCs fantastic, the fights are entertaining. In Morrowind, you knew within 5 seconds whether you were going to mop the floor with whatever was fighting you or whether you were going to need a mop to clean up your corpse after the fight. Oblivion has a lot more strategy to the fight. Seems like everything I've fought (except for rats, imps and other low-level creatures now) has been a tough fight that could go either way.
People figure this out but there's still no cure for cancer.
/Seriously...who has this much time on their hands?
//fark invades again!!!
///Slashies rule too!
Here's a transcript from the experiment:
Leela: OW! Fire hot!
Farnsworth: The professy will help. AAAH! Fire indeed hot.
It's not Microsoft's continual flogging of consistency that bothers me. It's that they consistently flog the dolphin.
Seriously, Microsoft. You'll eventually go blind.
Sure, they can memorize a deck of cards, but can they learn the lyrics to It's the End of the World as We Know it?
:)
Damn you...now I can't get it out of my head.
When the revolution comes, I'm locking you in a cell with Michael Stipe and a hundred rabid weasels on crank.
I'll give you $4 million dollars to come up with a product.
Wait....
I just found out some company developed a point mass on a frictionless surface. Sorry, my money's going to them.
You forgot D&D. That was supposed to damage young minds as well.
Tell you what: the next time I'm in a closed arena with no escape route and weapons keep popping up at fixed-interval times and dead people are instantly brought back to life, I'll become violent and "act out video games."
Until then, I'll be ordinary me in my ordinary world with no occasional desire to shoot my coworkers.
Errr....wait....
But the answer is in the article:
They're trying to do anything to sell copy/garner attention.
The fact that BT has legitimate uses doesn't garner any additional market share. Joe "Average" Watcher will turn to the other channel that has a report on OMG!!!! Th3R3 IZ PR0N oN Teh INtarWEBS!11!!!11!!1eleventy eleven!
Just wait until Godzilla gets back from his battle with Mothra.
It'll beat back this iPod invasion.
Hmmm...does this apply to my life?
Space Invaders? Check
D&D? Check
Rock and Roll? Is it still called that anymore? Check
Comic Books? Check
OMG, that means I'm a rebel! Kiss my butt you establishment-worshipper! Power to the People!
With apologies to Monty Python...
I bet they won't play this game on the X-Box.
I bet you they won't play this new (bleep) game.
It's not that it's (bleep) or (bleep) controversial,
Just that the (bleep)ing kids cuss all the time.
You can't say (bleep) on the X-Box,
Or (bleep) or (bleep) or (bleep).
You can't even say I'd like to (bleep) you some day
Unless you're a doctor with a very large (bleep).
So, I bet you they won't play this game on the X-Box.
I bet you they daren't (bleep)ing well program it.
I bet you their (bleep)ing old mothers and fathers
Will think it's a load of horse (bleep).
Next up, the rover will extend its probe into home plate. If rebuffed at third base, the rover will revert back to trying to get under home plate's sweater.
/So sorry.
//Couldn't resist.
///Slashies are fun.
Yeah, like Fallout 3!!!
Oh, man. I'm getting tears welling up just thinking about that ending.
I haven't watched that episode since it aired. That track on the DVD is collecting dust.
Now that i've been married a few years, i spend very little time thinking "man, i wish i had more time to play Doom 3"
:)
Wait until you're married a few more years. The sex tails off (pun intended) and you're back to playing Doom 3.
How far can this go? For example, if I type, "Embrace me, surround me, as the rush comes." have I violated their intellectual property?
If it's illegal to transcribe all of the lyrics, what about half of them? One stanza? One line?
Sure. By the same logic, Cyric, I should be able to break into your house and steal your stereo. After all, you're just out the money it took to buy it and the time it takes to go get another one.
No...Free Air Guitar would be an unfortunate acronym.
Man...I still remember IPX multiplayer on the original Doom. Every night at 10:00 p.m. we'd kick the freshmen out of the physics labs and have a game or two going simultaneously over separate thin-net LANs (bandwidth was precious back then).
:) I need a job where I can play Q4 all day.
Aaaah...memories.
That being said, I LOVE Q4. It's kept me busy for almost 2 straight weeks. I've almost forgotten what my family looks like.
Oh, and I'm not addicted to FPS. Not at all. I can quit anytime I want...at least that's what I tell myself.
Well, many people base religion on what they see and hear.
I look around at the world as it exists today and think that there must have been an intelligent creator that designed it all.
That does NOT mean I'm a proponent of Intelligent Design. ID is pseudo-science. It's an attempt to "sneak" God into the science class.
Creation and evolution are not mutually exclusive. Perhaps evolution is HOW God caused the different species to come into existence over millions of years. The literal words of Genesis CAN be believed without discounting the Theory of Evolution.
Before anyone asks, yes I'm a Christian. I'm also a computer scientist with a Physics degree.
That is truly amazing, I had no idea so many Americans had developed the skill to read and understand ancient Hebrew. Or didn't you know that when you read an English Bible you're holding to a literal interpretation of some other human's translation and interpretation of the Bible? Didn't you know that the Bible was culled, edited, and assembled from source texts by humans?
Yes, but we have these WONDERFUL things called concordances. They show the original word and all possible meanings that can be interpreted from that word. Using these, yes, Americans can read ancient Hebrew.
"Floodgates of heaven" is a modern phrasing of ancient text. "Floodgates" is the word arubbah (pardon the spelling) which can mean lattice, window, dove cot, chimney, sluice (with openings for water). It's a figurative statement to help the reader understand. No modern translation is perfect. Heck, most are probably wildly inaccurate about small details (7 "days" to create the world should have been 7 "lengths of time", etc.). However, one thing IS clear, regardless of translation: Jesus Christ was the son of God and God personified. He came to earth to save you and me from our sins. All we have to do is to accept him as savior. That is made abundantly clear in all versions and there is no contradiction of that.
The Bible is meant to give us insight into the mind of God. It is a "dumbed down" version of God's will to mankind. Why "dumbed down"? Because human beings are stupid, selfish and sinful. There's no way we can understand God because he is holy and righteous and we aren't anything remotely close. We definitely should listen to the Holy Spirit for many reasons (He's the author, He understands God, etc.). However, we should also turn to the Bible because it gives guidance for our everyday lives.
I'll get right on the "computer that doesn't generate heat" right after I get done making my point mass on a frictionless surface.
Hey everybody, look! A magnetic monopole!
I, for one, welcome our new..oh bugger.