Actually, I think you'll find the summary and comments are mainly about how clueless the judge is about 'fair use' and that just mentioning it was amazing.
We used to make slingshots with rubber bands and paperclips, and shoot bent staples.
It was a lot of fun until one stuck in my arm one day and all the other kids realized it was actually dangerous. I pulled it out like nothing, but nobody else wanted to play any more. -sigh-
Actually, that didn't bother me in Wolf3d, since the floors and ceiling were always in sight. But in Duke, it really bothered me... Especially since I'd be shooting at enemies above me, but aiming at the horizon.
I'd be happy with remakes of a lot of old games with simply better controls.
I have very, very fond memories of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Duke Nukem, but when I tried to replay them recently, I realized how horrible the controls were. Straging by itself makes a huge difference in a game.
Graphics are nice, but hardly reason enough to remake a game.
Again, if the teachers test on those concept, they're great teachers. It's much, much easier to make a test that only tests the regurgitation of facts. And there's only 1 way to study for a test like that.
It sounds a little counterintuitive, but games are better these days, so by the time you get halfway through a game, you want to play the next amazing thing on the market. Games rarely improve after the halfway point, and they almost never have new, interesting ideas at that point.
And the, of course, there are more of them. And they seem to all come out at once. For the first half of 2010, I badly felt the lack of good games. ('Good' meaning I liked them, and nothing else.) Now, I have about a dozen games that I want to play all at once. It's little wonder that I'm not completing most of them, and I probably won't, since other games will come out later and the excitement for these has died off.
I've had a situation where I didn't cheat, but enough others did... The teacher's solution was to throw out all tests and -not- make us retake them.
I was -still- pissed that I put the work in, since the work then had no real point.
And before anyone argues that the point of education is supposed to be learning things, I've seldom found that to be the case. Most tests are just a way for teachers to meet the guidelines set for them. Only the really great teachers create tests that mean anything.
Actually, yeah, it was hacked. It was supposed to be protected from use like this, but someone figured out the protocol/handshake needed to start it up. They hacked it.
Microsoft really missed the boat here. Instead of producing an amazing new piece of hardware and selling it like crazy, they produced the hardware, locked it to a platform, and then threatened to sue anyone who used it without a pre-existing agreement with them.
This could have really gone crazy if they'd just released a little driver and maybe an SDK and let PC developers go crazy with it. They could even have charged more for the 'PC version' of it, just like they did with the XBox 360 controller, even though the only different was the CD that came with it.
Not that they can't do that now, but they missed the hype period... And that's really helpful when pushing a product.
Yup, they're pretty much exactly the same crashes.
And I've actually thought about buying the PC version of Fallout New Vegas for the mods and stuff. I really, really like the console controls (and even with a joypad on the pc, it just isn't the same somehow) but the mods on the pc version are awesome. I was already jealous of the PC version a week after release.
I pre-ordered New Vegas because I knew it would be an amazing game in spite of the bugs. It uses the same engine as Fallout 3 and Oblivion, and they were riddled with bugs, too. And a lot of the bugs in New Vegas existed in those 2, also. I don't blame Obsidian for those bugs.
However, the new bugs... I totally blame Obsidian for those. I experienced a lot of bugs relating to quests and story line, and that's all on Obsidian.
I definitely think I got my money's worth. Most $60 games aren't nearly this good, even if they have fewer bugs.
So how can Bethesda/Obsidian prevent these bugs in the future? It seems obvious that their internal testing didn't catch them, as the bugs are just too serious. Maybe they should sell pre-release 'beta' copies and let players test it. Anyone that doesn't want a beta-quality game can wait until the proper release, and everyone that buys the beta can just deal with the bugs. And help fix them.
One of my favorite MMOs did this like 15 years ago. Sierra's The Realm had an alpha that was free, then sold the beta client and charged monthly. When it was ready, they released the full version, and the beta testers didn't have to buy another copy, since they had already paid for one.
A lot of people won't like that, but the don't -have- to buy the beta. They can just wait for the release.
I agree. There's so much information out there that is relevant to every situation that processing it all would mean nothing ever got done. Sifting information and doing what you can with the time and resources you have is all part of the job.
I don't get why they call it 'rage', though. Are they trying to play on 'road rage' or something? Seems to me it isn't rage, but apathy that is the problem.
That is, assuming there's a problem at all. I see nothing to suggest they aren't just doing their best. And the company pays them for it accordingly.
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Actually, I think you'll find the summary and comments are mainly about how clueless the judge is about 'fair use' and that just mentioning it was amazing.
Unsuspecting? Are people who infringe on IP ever 'expecting' a lawsuit? Is it suddenly unfair to sue them just because they are ignorant of the law?
And don't make any money from it... Yeah, that seems to be what the judge is saying.
Amazing.
Maybe next the judge will say it's okay to distribute music as long as you don't make money, too.
We used to make slingshots with rubber bands and paperclips, and shoot bent staples.
It was a lot of fun until one stuck in my arm one day and all the other kids realized it was actually dangerous. I pulled it out like nothing, but nobody else wanted to play any more. -sigh-
Actually, that didn't bother me in Wolf3d, since the floors and ceiling were always in sight. But in Duke, it really bothered me... Especially since I'd be shooting at enemies above me, but aiming at the horizon.
I'd be happy with remakes of a lot of old games with simply better controls.
I have very, very fond memories of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom and Duke Nukem, but when I tried to replay them recently, I realized how horrible the controls were. Straging by itself makes a huge difference in a game.
Graphics are nice, but hardly reason enough to remake a game.
Again, if the teachers test on those concept, they're great teachers. It's much, much easier to make a test that only tests the regurgitation of facts. And there's only 1 way to study for a test like that.
It sounds a little counterintuitive, but games are better these days, so by the time you get halfway through a game, you want to play the next amazing thing on the market. Games rarely improve after the halfway point, and they almost never have new, interesting ideas at that point.
And the, of course, there are more of them. And they seem to all come out at once. For the first half of 2010, I badly felt the lack of good games. ('Good' meaning I liked them, and nothing else.) Now, I have about a dozen games that I want to play all at once. It's little wonder that I'm not completing most of them, and I probably won't, since other games will come out later and the excitement for these has died off.
I've had a situation where I didn't cheat, but enough others did... The teacher's solution was to throw out all tests and -not- make us retake them.
I was -still- pissed that I put the work in, since the work then had no real point.
And before anyone argues that the point of education is supposed to be learning things, I've seldom found that to be the case. Most tests are just a way for teachers to meet the guidelines set for them. Only the really great teachers create tests that mean anything.
Since those are the only trains we have, I don't see how that makes any difference.
I took a train up the east coast and back recently. It is not an experience I wish to repeat. It was loud, cramped, bumpy, uncomfortable, and long.
Why did I take that train? Because I refuse to take airplanes since the ridiculous things they had started doing at airports... Years ago.
After taking that train, the airports didn't seem quite so bad any more. And now they've started with the cancer-inducing scanners and groping.
Now, I just don't travel.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what they meant.
Actually, yeah, it was hacked. It was supposed to be protected from use like this, but someone figured out the protocol/handshake needed to start it up. They hacked it.
Microsoft really missed the boat here. Instead of producing an amazing new piece of hardware and selling it like crazy, they produced the hardware, locked it to a platform, and then threatened to sue anyone who used it without a pre-existing agreement with them.
This could have really gone crazy if they'd just released a little driver and maybe an SDK and let PC developers go crazy with it. They could even have charged more for the 'PC version' of it, just like they did with the XBox 360 controller, even though the only different was the CD that came with it.
Not that they can't do that now, but they missed the hype period... And that's really helpful when pushing a product.
And an IR emitter. And the software to make them work together.
The Kinect provides more than just a couple webcams.
Those same idiots will scream even louder when someone really does blow up something and the cops ignored it because of these protests.
Actually, I don't think cops are that dumb... But if they were, that's how it would go.
Since Amazon has a 'wish list' thing anyhow, it could just pick an appropriately priced item from that.
Yup, they're pretty much exactly the same crashes.
And I've actually thought about buying the PC version of Fallout New Vegas for the mods and stuff. I really, really like the console controls (and even with a joypad on the pc, it just isn't the same somehow) but the mods on the pc version are awesome. I was already jealous of the PC version a week after release.
I pre-ordered New Vegas because I knew it would be an amazing game in spite of the bugs. It uses the same engine as Fallout 3 and Oblivion, and they were riddled with bugs, too. And a lot of the bugs in New Vegas existed in those 2, also. I don't blame Obsidian for those bugs.
However, the new bugs... I totally blame Obsidian for those. I experienced a lot of bugs relating to quests and story line, and that's all on Obsidian.
I definitely think I got my money's worth. Most $60 games aren't nearly this good, even if they have fewer bugs.
So how can Bethesda/Obsidian prevent these bugs in the future? It seems obvious that their internal testing didn't catch them, as the bugs are just too serious. Maybe they should sell pre-release 'beta' copies and let players test it. Anyone that doesn't want a beta-quality game can wait until the proper release, and everyone that buys the beta can just deal with the bugs. And help fix them.
One of my favorite MMOs did this like 15 years ago. Sierra's The Realm had an alpha that was free, then sold the beta client and charged monthly. When it was ready, they released the full version, and the beta testers didn't have to buy another copy, since they had already paid for one.
A lot of people won't like that, but the don't -have- to buy the beta. They can just wait for the release.
You missed one:
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None of them are going to be popular with customers, though.
What, all of them?
No, just some of them. And when I was that young, we had kids too fat for the desks, too.
And that article even admits they were teaching class for 5th and 6th grades in desks made for 3rd graders.
I agree. There's so much information out there that is relevant to every situation that processing it all would mean nothing ever got done. Sifting information and doing what you can with the time and resources you have is all part of the job.
I don't get why they call it 'rage', though. Are they trying to play on 'road rage' or something? Seems to me it isn't rage, but apathy that is the problem.
That is, assuming there's a problem at all. I see nothing to suggest they aren't just doing their best. And the company pays them for it accordingly.
-yawn-
That is an example, but here's one that will be more common:
Programmer: I can't get X to work. Why won't it?
Community: Your security policies won't let it. You'll have to change them to allow it.
Tada.
Says the guy who posted as AC.
WoW had to fight that same baggage. All the other MMOs (especially Everquest) were really well dug-in.
The thing is, WoW had them beat out the gate. It was prettier, smoother, and had less grind.
New games just have to be more fun.