Good grief! How in the world does this guy maintain any kind of professional credibility?!? What kind of backwards state government would even give JT an audience?
I think you'll see a large change in the views of games as the youth that grew up playing games age and see gaming for what it really is. Remember, a lot of current politicians grew up in the 60's and 70's without gaming. It's much easier to regulate something you don't understand than try to understand it.
This same logic also applies to parent buying inappropriate games for their children. They don't understand the ratings and buy it blindly since games and tv work as an easier babysitter. This is somewhat why I support some legislation that requires more work on the part of the buyer. If Mom buys the game instead of her 12 year-old, she has to at least look at the game before buying it. Even if it is only in line while checking out.
I think I want to drive to Louisiana and kick this guy in the nuts.
He lives in Florida so I suppose he's defeated you.
It's a pretty short bill (the bill) but this phrase takes the cake.
(3) The game, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
Who makes the diecsion on whether or not games fall into this category or not? Thompson? I think it's fair to say that no game (that people would seriously play) falls into this category based on how I read it. But then again, I don't play games for those reasons and likely, neither does anyone else.
Honestly though, I don't have a problem with either of the first two parts. Selling games to minors that don't fit into the ESRB ages should be a crime. But the fine should be enough and might be a little high on the top. And/or a year in prison is silly even with the fact it could also include hard labor.
Sweet Jesus. This would have been an awesome feature. This is really what I wanted to do in the Thief series most of all. There could have been so many options.
I can just imagine a huge city built like NYC with the gameplay of TES. Have some plot that you start to uncover as you play through the game. Build connections and fences. Can I get a paper towel?
I completely agree. Adding all this half-assed shit onto my phone, that I don't ever use is just a waste. Why the hell do we need to have everything in one box? Especially when it ends up making everything suck.
I wouldn't mind if my phone could play music. A dual use phone/mp3 player would be great. But it had better be a solid feature and I can put a decent amount of my own music on there while not costing me massive battery life. I suppose the same could be said of a camera. Doesn't need 10 megapixels but awful picture quality is just as silly.
So long as my phone can seriously replace other devices while still performing as a phone, I don't think there's a problem. But I think everyone agrees that more features at reduced overall quality of the features definitely sucks.
You seem to forget that at the time nearly everybody thought that dropping any kind of bomb on Japan (or Germany) was a great idea.
It was a great idea at the time only because a land invasion of Japan would have yielded significantly more casualties than dropping the bombs would have. Any leader would have to weigh those consequences and make a decision. Honestly, would any military leader be willing to send wave after wave of soldiers at a fortified enemy that wouldn't surrender? Oh right, that happened at Fredericksburg. History showed us what happened.
Look, we can still built fewer, new bombs and dismantle aging weapons as mentioned previously. Honestly, no one needs more than 100, likely less than 20 bombs. With these fewer weapons, we could simply store them on submarines and move them around instead of leaving stationary land facilities. Sadly in the current state of affairs, having nuclear weapons as a deterrent seems required for the US to take them seriously.
Agreed. Considering consumers are paying $50 for a game these days (ignoring episodic content), I think we are entitled to not have to see intrusive advertisements. There shouldn't be a reason to implement them.
However, playing games like Rainbow 6 wouldn't be bad if there were subtle ads in the environment. Pepsi or Coke machines modeled in an FPS environment is ok. Or a billboard advertising something in a level. A video that plays everytime I want to play my game isn't. Neon flashing lights are not acceptable. If they are implemented, I would hope that reason is used but it probably won't.
Will today's games last that long, or will it be that much harder to enjoy them years from now because of the extra difficulty of creating a emu for them.
They probably will but they'll need a prescription.
Why can't be said "Look, there was this or that attack, and because we did efficient wiretapping it was avoided"? Maybe because there was NOT A SINGLE incident like this?
The only reason I can see them not saying how they prevented attack X is that they don't want to disclose method Y and lose the ability to use it in the future.
But I certainly agree that it would be nice to see a statistic on how effective some of these methods are. Or a spread of the sorts of threats they have countered. Is it worth sacrificing our privacy to prevent 1 in 100 mil callers from blowing themselves up somewhere? What about 1 in 100k? Suppose it was a bio or nuclear threat. I wonder if a tradeoff study could be performed.
Why have it as a versus? Why not make it a joint project instead?
Hell, I saw Earth, Wind, and Fire and Chicago in concert on HD during the rain delay of Giants/Mets. I think it was a great deal, all things considered. It could be just as equally a good thing as this was.
I think you need to do it in the order Fox showed the Firefly episodes so that they understand: ".xoF gnihtyreve gniniur rof sknahT"
Shouldn't "ks for ruining everythi Th" be more accurately reflect the order it was played? Remember, they didn't show the last three episodes and the first two out of order.
An interesting choice. I would think Ron Moore would do a solid job as well.
Within the past month, I think I have gotten three or four of my neighbors hooked on BSG. Granted, my next project is Firefly, not that there's much. Thanks for ruining everything Fox.
I get if you've been playing games for the last 20 years through every generations, you might feel the need for Nintendo's Wii controller. I really respect what they are trying to accomplish and I'll probably have fun playing with it at a friend's house. Me personnally, I'll probably have fun discovering genres that are new to me. Even with my "primitive controller" (which, btw, feels like the nicest controller I've ever held in my hand. Give me an Xbox controller over a dual shock any day.)
That's debateable. I don't feel the need to have the Wii controller. I'm just tired of playing games the same way I have always been. Perhaps it might be subconscious at this point but to me, it's a fresh and inventive experience that no one else is offering. Along with the other offerings (especially price point), I think I would be damn fool not to get anything else. Other people can make their own decisions but I've made mine.
Most of the stuff I played on my Xbox and now the 360 are maybe not ground breaking to others, but they are to me. Sure I could experience new ways of controlling the game, but I'm already experiencing so much new with the 360.
Bulls eye. That's really what it's all about and I think that is what too many people aren't getting. My experiences are going to be different from yours and everyone elses. Who am I to judge.
The DRM warning, on the other hand, will most likely cut sales, ergo it is not in the label's interest.
This is why we have regulation. Not that it always works the way it should in the US (*cough* Medicare drug plans *cough*). Fucking lobbyists and their damned deep pockets.
privacy concerns? Assuming the signal was strong enough and the RFID was embedded in the product (so I can't remove it), couldn't someone drive by my house and see what sorts of things I buy? Or use them to track me with tags embedded in clothing or a watch?
I understand how they work but only know a little about RFID's integration into inventory management and the like. Are they deactivated when you check out? If not, how long would they last?
That was interesting or insightful. Though I'm currently playing Morrowind, I'm picking up NWN: Diamond (has all three expansions) and Gothic 2 soon.
Honestly, 6 hours (even with multiplayer) really isn't all that much. I don't have the time to invest to make multiplayer worthwhile. This includes memorizing levels and item locations, spawn points, etc. Should have been closer to 10.
My experience was identical to this and I had almost a year's worth of credit. In fact, I was better prepared than most of the kids at the out-of-state college I went to. They also likely had public education but you can't just say all public education is bad.
I can't say the same of the private school students near my house. Through various friends, I learned about drug habits and other misconducts they performed. Hmmm.... I would really want my kids exposed to that...
Hell, if that is true, you can't play your games at a friend's house without bringing your console. Assuming that the story is true, there will be significant backlash with consumers. But let's not get ahead of ourselves and shoot first. Why not wait until the console releases and see what happens? Then we can fire away if need be.
It depends. If a website I regularly visit begins to run generally distracting ads, I will likely remove them with NAE or simply find another site to visit. I imagine most popular sites generally run tasteful ads to not upset their fanbase or because they have more leeway with the companies and ads they can select versus the fledgling site just out of the gates.
Honestly, I nuke ads the most from slashdot links just so I can read the articles in peace. I don't think I regularly visit those sites anyway.
However, you bring up a good point. But I prefer to donate to the website directly. Some sites have paypal links so I can do such. It's not as distracting and the site still benefits. Granted, not everyone will donate so I imagine it would be interesting to see what percentage do.
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Good grief! How in the world does this guy maintain any kind of professional credibility?!? What kind of backwards state government would even give JT an audience?
I think you'll see a large change in the views of games as the youth that grew up playing games age and see gaming for what it really is. Remember, a lot of current politicians grew up in the 60's and 70's without gaming. It's much easier to regulate something you don't understand than try to understand it.
This same logic also applies to parent buying inappropriate games for their children. They don't understand the ratings and buy it blindly since games and tv work as an easier babysitter. This is somewhat why I support some legislation that requires more work on the part of the buyer. If Mom buys the game instead of her 12 year-old, she has to at least look at the game before buying it. Even if it is only in line while checking out.
I think I want to drive to Louisiana and kick this guy in the nuts.
He lives in Florida so I suppose he's defeated you.
It's a pretty short bill (the bill) but this phrase takes the cake.
(3) The game, taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value for minors.
Who makes the diecsion on whether or not games fall into this category or not? Thompson? I think it's fair to say that no game (that people would seriously play) falls into this category based on how I read it. But then again, I don't play games for those reasons and likely, neither does anyone else.
Honestly though, I don't have a problem with either of the first two parts. Selling games to minors that don't fit into the ESRB ages should be a crime. But the fine should be enough and might be a little high on the top. And/or a year in prison is silly even with the fact it could also include hard labor.
Unless we find some way of keeping him in a jar first.
A day late but... If we freeze him for around 1,000 years...
Sorry to double post but I couldn't help myself. After posting, the ad at the top was for "Banish your belly."
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Trying to tell us something
3D Realms declared today that "Duke Nuken Forever"
Did 3D Realms change the name so people wouldn't realize it released? How kind of them to let us keep making our jokes.
Sweet Jesus. This would have been an awesome feature. This is really what I wanted to do in the Thief series most of all. There could have been so many options.
I can just imagine a huge city built like NYC with the gameplay of TES. Have some plot that you start to uncover as you play through the game. Build connections and fences. Can I get a paper towel?
I completely agree. Adding all this half-assed shit onto my phone, that I don't ever use is just a waste. Why the hell do we need to have everything in one box? Especially when it ends up making everything suck.
I wouldn't mind if my phone could play music. A dual use phone/mp3 player would be great. But it had better be a solid feature and I can put a decent amount of my own music on there while not costing me massive battery life. I suppose the same could be said of a camera. Doesn't need 10 megapixels but awful picture quality is just as silly.
So long as my phone can seriously replace other devices while still performing as a phone, I don't think there's a problem. But I think everyone agrees that more features at reduced overall quality of the features definitely sucks.
You seem to forget that at the time nearly everybody thought that dropping any kind of bomb on Japan (or Germany) was a great idea.
It was a great idea at the time only because a land invasion of Japan would have yielded significantly more casualties than dropping the bombs would have. Any leader would have to weigh those consequences and make a decision. Honestly, would any military leader be willing to send wave after wave of soldiers at a fortified enemy that wouldn't surrender? Oh right, that happened at Fredericksburg. History showed us what happened.
Look, we can still built fewer, new bombs and dismantle aging weapons as mentioned previously. Honestly, no one needs more than 100, likely less than 20 bombs. With these fewer weapons, we could simply store them on submarines and move them around instead of leaving stationary land facilities. Sadly in the current state of affairs, having nuclear weapons as a deterrent seems required for the US to take them seriously.
I believe the accurate number is 72. But I might have misread your statement.
/duck
But let's be honest, how many slashdotters would know what to do with 27/72, let alone 1 virgin?
Agreed. Considering consumers are paying $50 for a game these days (ignoring episodic content), I think we are entitled to not have to see intrusive advertisements. There shouldn't be a reason to implement them.
However, playing games like Rainbow 6 wouldn't be bad if there were subtle ads in the environment. Pepsi or Coke machines modeled in an FPS environment is ok. Or a billboard advertising something in a level. A video that plays everytime I want to play my game isn't. Neon flashing lights are not acceptable. If they are implemented, I would hope that reason is used but it probably won't.
Will today's games last that long, or will it be that much harder to enjoy them years from now because of the extra difficulty of creating a emu for them.
They probably will but they'll need a prescription.
Why can't be said "Look, there was this or that attack, and because we did efficient wiretapping it was avoided"? Maybe because there was NOT A SINGLE incident like this?
The only reason I can see them not saying how they prevented attack X is that they don't want to disclose method Y and lose the ability to use it in the future.
But I certainly agree that it would be nice to see a statistic on how effective some of these methods are. Or a spread of the sorts of threats they have countered. Is it worth sacrificing our privacy to prevent 1 in 100 mil callers from blowing themselves up somewhere? What about 1 in 100k? Suppose it was a bio or nuclear threat. I wonder if a tradeoff study could be performed.
Why have it as a versus? Why not make it a joint project instead?
Hell, I saw Earth, Wind, and Fire and Chicago in concert on HD during the rain delay of Giants/Mets. I think it was a great deal, all things considered. It could be just as equally a good thing as this was.
I think you need to do it in the order Fox showed the Firefly episodes so that they understand: ".xoF gnihtyreve gniniur rof sknahT"
Shouldn't "ks for ruining everythi Th" be more accurately reflect the order it was played? Remember, they didn't show the last three episodes and the first two out of order.
An interesting choice. I would think Ron Moore would do a solid job as well.
Within the past month, I think I have gotten three or four of my neighbors hooked on BSG. Granted, my next project is Firefly, not that there's much. Thanks for ruining everything Fox.
I get if you've been playing games for the last 20 years through every generations, you might feel the need for Nintendo's Wii controller. I really respect what they are trying to accomplish and I'll probably have fun playing with it at a friend's house. Me personnally, I'll probably have fun discovering genres that are new to me. Even with my "primitive controller" (which, btw, feels like the nicest controller I've ever held in my hand. Give me an Xbox controller over a dual shock any day.)
That's debateable. I don't feel the need to have the Wii controller. I'm just tired of playing games the same way I have always been. Perhaps it might be subconscious at this point but to me, it's a fresh and inventive experience that no one else is offering. Along with the other offerings (especially price point), I think I would be damn fool not to get anything else. Other people can make their own decisions but I've made mine.
Most of the stuff I played on my Xbox and now the 360 are maybe not ground breaking to others, but they are to me. Sure I could experience new ways of controlling the game, but I'm already experiencing so much new with the 360.
Bulls eye. That's really what it's all about and I think that is what too many people aren't getting. My experiences are going to be different from yours and everyone elses. Who am I to judge.
The DRM warning, on the other hand, will most likely cut sales, ergo it is not in the label's interest.
This is why we have regulation. Not that it always works the way it should in the US (*cough* Medicare drug plans *cough*). Fucking lobbyists and their damned deep pockets.
I got the idea that my next Visa card was going to spy on me and I'd have to switch to American Express. But good thing I read your link.
privacy concerns? Assuming the signal was strong enough and the RFID was embedded in the product (so I can't remove it), couldn't someone drive by my house and see what sorts of things I buy? Or use them to track me with tags embedded in clothing or a watch?
I understand how they work but only know a little about RFID's integration into inventory management and the like. Are they deactivated when you check out? If not, how long would they last?
I hope this thing sells for $8.99. or perhaps $9.99
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Also known as $17. http://www.ebgames.com/product.asp?product_id=646
That was interesting or insightful. Though I'm currently playing Morrowind, I'm picking up NWN: Diamond (has all three expansions) and Gothic 2 soon.
Honestly, 6 hours (even with multiplayer) really isn't all that much. I don't have the time to invest to make multiplayer worthwhile. This includes memorizing levels and item locations, spawn points, etc. Should have been closer to 10.
My experience was identical to this and I had almost a year's worth of credit. In fact, I was better prepared than most of the kids at the out-of-state college I went to. They also likely had public education but you can't just say all public education is bad.
I can't say the same of the private school students near my house. Through various friends, I learned about drug habits and other misconducts they performed. Hmmm.... I would really want my kids exposed to that...
Now we have two versus his one. We win.
Hell, if that is true, you can't play your games at a friend's house without bringing your console. Assuming that the story is true, there will be significant backlash with consumers. But let's not get ahead of ourselves and shoot first. Why not wait until the console releases and see what happens? Then we can fire away if need be.
but you can't love your battle bot.
It depends. If a website I regularly visit begins to run generally distracting ads, I will likely remove them with NAE or simply find another site to visit. I imagine most popular sites generally run tasteful ads to not upset their fanbase or because they have more leeway with the companies and ads they can select versus the fledgling site just out of the gates.
Honestly, I nuke ads the most from slashdot links just so I can read the articles in peace. I don't think I regularly visit those sites anyway.
However, you bring up a good point. But I prefer to donate to the website directly. Some sites have paypal links so I can do such. It's not as distracting and the site still benefits. Granted, not everyone will donate so I imagine it would be interesting to see what percentage do.