"They also ended Mystery Science Theater 3000, only the greatest show ever invented by robots in space."
They may have ended it, but I considered that a mercy killing. I personally lost interest in the show when Joel left and Mike came along. I thought Mike's humor fell flat and to top it off, they killed off some of the best aspects of the show. I mean really, who gets rid of the invention exchange? The Vend-A-Gut shall live in infamy!
Maybe it doesn't seem original now that everyone is getting in on the act, but original and novel is exactly what it was. Know of any companies that were using that business model before Netflix? I sure don't. The fact is, it was a brilliant idea that seems obvious in retrospect, as most good ideas do.
Uhm, maybe I'm missing the obvious, but all they did was take Blockbuster and throw it online. It's the same business model, i.e. rent movies, ergo the fact that you have the added setp of having to ship the product back and forth from the customer to your warehouse. Seems more like a natural progression of the business model than anything truly unique. They just eliminated the need to spend money on real-estate. *shrug*
Competition happens when government stays away from the market. The more we let government "regulate" net neutrality or attempt to create a level playing field, the more we'll see our prices go up, our service levels go down, and competition get wiped out of the market.
Collusion also happens when the government stays away from the market. With no regulation, what would stop any of the smaller guys from working together to take out the big guys by any means necessary (a'la MCI). Sure, it might bring the prices their customers pay for services down a bit, but try explaining that to the customers of the big guys who can't reach half the sites they want to because the smaller guys have deemed it necessary to block AT&T's traffic? And heaven forbid they actually take a chunk out of AT&T which would thus allow them to raise rates as they see fit. Then a new batch of little guys comes out thinking they can out-compete the new big guys and the cycle starts all over again.
Today, publishers like Activision report that their ad budgets are equal to their game production budgets.
And as such we have been able to bear witness to the rise of poorly released (i.e. bugs) titles that never see any worthwhile patches because the company is already working on their next over-hyped hit.
Under this budget scheme, is it any wonder then that titles such as Call of Duty 2 are full of so many bugs and hacks? I can't recall seeing very many ads for the game, guess they must of been paying the devs in peanuts.
Should't it be titled "20 Things You Might Not Like About Windows Vista Should These Features Remain In The Final Release 6 Months From Now"?
Sure, there may only be around 6 months or so to go before Vista supposedly becomes available to OEMs and whatnot. While that likely will translate into a lot of the "things" the author takes a disliking to making it into the final build due to time crunch, it does not mean everything is signed, sealed, and delivered. I've never understood the point of articles like this; telling me what I won't like based upon somebody else's opinions on a product that won't be available for at least another half a year. Things do change, even with the folks at Redmond, or so I'm told.
For the same reason any of them write a virus, to prove something can be done. I was the exact same way in high school. Our teacher would always say "that can't be done" whenever we had ideas about code - I'd always find a way to prove him wrong. Simple one-upmanship at it's most destructive.
I completely agree. Me and my wallet will never be lured by any EA title again, so long as they don't go and buy out somebody like Blizzard. The problem is that there seems to be a lot of companies now following in EA's footsteps when it comes to release quality and time to patch serious flaws (i.e. Activision / Ininity Ward for Call of Duty 2).
The fact that gamers are buying older and used games only signifies that they don't want the new stuff that's being produced.
I fall right smack into that catergory. I haven't bought a new PC game since WoW launched and looking at what's in the pipeline, don't see that changing anytime soon. I refuse to buy anything shipped under the EA flag because I've gotten burned far too many times on poorly launched titles that never got properly supported. I miss the days of Lemmings where I could spend hours on end trying to rescue the barely discernable figures as they marched along to their ultimate doom. Hopefully the gaming industry some day realizes it can't survive on eye-candy alone forever, eventually there'll have to be some real substance to their games besides stamping a new name on last years top seller.
So in case you haven't already downloaded the movie from the Internet (bad, pirates, bad!)
Yeah, but had I not downloaded the movie I probably wouldn't have even cared to own it on DVD. A decent amount of the hype surrounding the American release is from all those who've already seen this incredible movie and are clueing their friends in on it.
never know what zany copyright enforcement Sony's going to dream up next.
I imagine they plan on forcing users into purchasing a PSP. Perhaps they've built something into Blueray that would allow them to "lock" the DVD if you do not have a PSP with the same-titled UMD present connected to the player.
Considering what they likely paid (read bribed) the FCC to allow the merger with SBC, I imagine their using this patent claim to reline their pockets. If it looks and sounds like a submarine patent...
at&t - "Your world. Delivered... by our painstakingly slow, tiered Internet services. We pwn your world!"
Just a little more respectable than a SpikeTV award.
I'll admit SpikeTV's little game award show was just as cheesy as the vast majority (ok 99%) of SciFi's low-budget B-movies, but come on, they had Samuel L. Jackson. That alone has got to score some points with the gaming crowd. I mean really, would you rather have an award handed to you by Jackson or Clark? I just hope that Seacrest (out!) doesn't somehow sneek into the Dick Clark production set.
Whether it's five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, the concept of driving to the store to buy a plastic disc with data on it and driving back and popping it in the drive will be ridiculous,' Moore said. 'We'll tell our grandchildren that and they'll laugh at us.'"
Actually, I think they're laughing at him already. Perhaps somebody should clue this guy in to this little thing we call the Internet. I don't know about you, but I haven't bought a game from a retail store in ages, I buy mine online. EBWorld offers some pretty swank shipping so I'm usually only a day or so behind my friends to get a new title, and sometimes they offer some cool extras for pre-orders.
I could never get my virtual iron to work, something about it not being AC compatible and needing a virtual power source. And don't even get me started on the adapters needed to get it working overseas...
The merits of if a cinematic and/or story detract from a game experience is rather mute
Really? Yeah, try explaining that one to the maker or consumer of an interactive porn game. Much like the movies their based upon, there is no story or plot, regardless of how hard they try to make one.
Volkswagon talks about "On the road of life, there are passengers, and there are drivers. Drivers wanted."
If they adopt a technology such as this, will their ad be "On the road of technology owned life, there are passengers, and there are more passengers. Drivers need not apply."?
but little is known that both companies are trying to stake their claim in the video market as well.
Yeah, I would have never guessed that with all the hooplah that ATI has been drumming up over their recently introduced AVIVO technology (h.264 support). Seems to be a bit pre-mature to me though since many know or have heard that Nvidia is on track to releasing an updated driver to add similar speed benefits.
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Ever since I heard about some of the random issues caused by Starforce a few years back, I've always avoided any game title under it's protection. You can find a pretty good up-to-date list of known Starforce protected titles over here - http://www.glop.org/starforce/
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"They also ended Mystery Science Theater 3000, only the greatest show ever invented by robots in space."
They may have ended it, but I considered that a mercy killing. I personally lost interest in the show when Joel left and Mike came along. I thought Mike's humor fell flat and to top it off, they killed off some of the best aspects of the show. I mean really, who gets rid of the invention exchange? The Vend-A-Gut shall live in infamy!
Collusion also happens when the government stays away from the market. With no regulation, what would stop any of the smaller guys from working together to take out the big guys by any means necessary (a'la MCI). Sure, it might bring the prices their customers pay for services down a bit, but try explaining that to the customers of the big guys who can't reach half the sites they want to because the smaller guys have deemed it necessary to block AT&T's traffic? And heaven forbid they actually take a chunk out of AT&T which would thus allow them to raise rates as they see fit. Then a new batch of little guys comes out thinking they can out-compete the new big guys and the cycle starts all over again.
Should't it be titled "20 Things You Might Not Like About Windows Vista Should These Features Remain In The Final Release 6 Months From Now"?
Sure, there may only be around 6 months or so to go before Vista supposedly becomes available to OEMs and whatnot. While that likely will translate into a lot of the "things" the author takes a disliking to making it into the final build due to time crunch, it does not mean everything is signed, sealed, and delivered. I've never understood the point of articles like this; telling me what I won't like based upon somebody else's opinions on a product that won't be available for at least another half a year. Things do change, even with the folks at Redmond, or so I'm told.
I completely agree. Me and my wallet will never be lured by any EA title again, so long as they don't go and buy out somebody like Blizzard. The problem is that there seems to be a lot of companies now following in EA's footsteps when it comes to release quality and time to patch serious flaws (i.e. Activision / Ininity Ward for Call of Duty 2).
And why 6 months, what will they do that is so magical in 6 months?
Actually they reworded the timeframe so as not to drum up too much fear as they're actually 6 months, 6 days, and 6 hours away from releasing it.
It CAN be fun getting your ass handed to you by a bunch of 12 year old script kiddines in Counter-Strike IF you're sitting next to The Voz
The fact that gamers are buying older and used games only signifies that they don't want the new stuff that's being produced.
I fall right smack into that catergory. I haven't bought a new PC game since WoW launched and looking at what's in the pipeline, don't see that changing anytime soon. I refuse to buy anything shipped under the EA flag because I've gotten burned far too many times on poorly launched titles that never got properly supported. I miss the days of Lemmings where I could spend hours on end trying to rescue the barely discernable figures as they marched along to their ultimate doom. Hopefully the gaming industry some day realizes it can't survive on eye-candy alone forever, eventually there'll have to be some real substance to their games besides stamping a new name on last years top seller.
So in case you haven't already downloaded the movie from the Internet (bad, pirates, bad!)
Yeah, but had I not downloaded the movie I probably wouldn't have even cared to own it on DVD. A decent amount of the hype surrounding the American release is from all those who've already seen this incredible movie and are clueing their friends in on it.
never know what zany copyright enforcement Sony's going to dream up next.
I imagine they plan on forcing users into purchasing a PSP. Perhaps they've built something into Blueray that would allow them to "lock" the DVD if you do not have a PSP with the same-titled UMD present connected to the player.
Considering what they likely paid (read bribed) the FCC to allow the merger with SBC, I imagine their using this patent claim to reline their pockets. If it looks and sounds like a submarine patent...
... by our painstakingly slow, tiered Internet services. We pwn your world!"
at&t - "Your world. Delivered
Just a little more respectable than a SpikeTV award.
I'll admit SpikeTV's little game award show was just as cheesy as the vast majority (ok 99%) of SciFi's low-budget B-movies, but come on, they had Samuel L. Jackson. That alone has got to score some points with the gaming crowd. I mean really, would you rather have an award handed to you by Jackson or Clark? I just hope that Seacrest (out!) doesn't somehow sneek into the Dick Clark production set.
Whether it's five, 10, 15, 20 years from now, the concept of driving to the store to buy a plastic disc with data on it and driving back and popping it in the drive will be ridiculous,' Moore said. 'We'll tell our grandchildren that and they'll laugh at us.'"
Actually, I think they're laughing at him already. Perhaps somebody should clue this guy in to this little thing we call the Internet. I don't know about you, but I haven't bought a game from a retail store in ages, I buy mine online. EBWorld offers some pretty swank shipping so I'm usually only a day or so behind my friends to get a new title, and sometimes they offer some cool extras for pre-orders.
I'm thinking they should team up with ThinkGeek and hand out shirts to all those who take advantage of this ruling - http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/frustrations/31fb /
I could never get my virtual iron to work, something about it not being AC compatible and needing a virtual power source. And don't even get me started on the adapters needed to get it working overseas ...
The merits of if a cinematic and/or story detract from a game experience is rather mute
Really? Yeah, try explaining that one to the maker or consumer of an interactive porn game. Much like the movies their based upon, there is no story or plot, regardless of how hard they try to make one.
Volkswagon talks about "On the road of life, there are passengers, and there are drivers. Drivers wanted."
If they adopt a technology such as this, will their ad be "On the road of technology owned life, there are passengers, and there are more passengers. Drivers need not apply."?
I don't buy it for the pictures, I only read it for the occasional misprinting of hundreds of thousands of credit card information. *YOINK*
Supposedly there's a way to avoid the copy protection that Starforce does
f orce-wo-unplug.html
It can supposedly be done with Daemon Tools
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/t8056-bypass-star
but little is known that both companies are trying to stake their claim in the video market as well.
Yeah, I would have never guessed that with all the hooplah that ATI has been drumming up over their recently introduced AVIVO technology (h.264 support). Seems to be a bit pre-mature to me though since many know or have heard that Nvidia is on track to releasing an updated driver to add similar speed benefits.
What exactly is SeaMonkey?
Is it chicken or is it monkey?
Ever since I heard about some of the random issues caused by Starforce a few years back, I've always avoided any game title under it's protection. You can find a pretty good up-to-date list of known Starforce protected titles over here - http://www.glop.org/starforce/
Though I doubt it'd ever happen, if Cisco were to buy out Ninento, maybe the combined company could bring back the days of Nintendo cereal.
"Nintendo, it's a wireless access point now.
Nintendo, it's a IPv6 capable, DFC3 layer switch wow!"