How will Microsoft ever compete against these features!
I think the more interesting point is... this is one 'heavy hitting' franchise that 'if' it stays PS3 exclusive (no 360 port), will be good for selling PS3 systems. I'm sure there are plenty of fans who will pick up a PS3 just to play GOW3... and by that time, there will likely be a few more games out to convince those still sitting on the ledge.
I'm planning on Picking up GOW2. I would love to play GOW3, but I doubt I'll own an PS3 for another 3-4 years. Heck, I only picked up a PS2 back in November. =) Sure is nice having a full library of cheap(used) games I can pick up and play and enjoy without the new premium price.
I'm picking up a 2GB pro duo for my PSP so I can put some TV series on it to take to the Gym (Hey I found a use for my PSP again!), if there's a GOW2, I'll prob. pick that up as well.
Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990), [...] Warcraft series (beginning 1994)
Odd, why only pick Super Mario Bros. 3 and not the entire Super Mario Bros. series like they did with Warcraft? From the article...
Mr. Grant, the editor of the popular Web site joystiq.com, who selected Super Mario Bros. 3, said the game was important for its nonlinear play, a mainstay of contemporary games, and new features like the ability to move both backward and forward.
Super Mario Bros. 3 added some interesting new elements to the side scroller, but I would argue that it didn't define the side scrolling genre. I think Super Mario Bros. 3 improved upon the genre defining Super Mario Bros. game, even if I enjoy Super Mario Bros 3 more. Could 'nonlinear' games be found before Super Mario Bros. 3? What about any RPG game like Dragon Warrior? It would have been better to just include the entire Mario series for their significance on the video game world. I think Mario 64 is far more revolutionary than Mario 3, but the entire franchises importance shouldn't be underestimated.
It kills me that houses in the US are built in random directions (unless there is a nice view) instead of oriented around the Sun.
Forgive me, but please explain how the U.S. houses are randomly built (in direction)? Do you mean that not all houses 'face' the east, that some face the west because they're on the other side of the road? I would have though that house directions where anything but random, given they all face toward the direction of the road and pretty much all roads run N/S or E/W.
It's only been recently that sub-divisions have been trying to make randomly curvy roads to give a more authentic and 'natural' feel (see European streets) as oppose to the grid based design seen around most of the U.S.
So, I'm just curious. What do you mean by 'random' in this case?
1) what time you come and go to work and how long you stay there
True enough, the only problem is, not all of us set the time we can start/end work at. Thus, we cannot just show up at work 1-2 hours early, and leave 1-2 hours early. Often it's from X time to Y time. So, for a large number of people, this is a good thing. =) Though, this does give weight to the fact that DST is more for commercial reasons than anything else, as you've already pointed out that days just get shortly naturally as the season changes (depending on your Lat./Long.)
As for the "Saves Energy" theory. Does is save energy? Yes/No. The energy it does save is probably relatively nothing and decreasing, due to the fact that the only 'energy' source it would mostly save from are lights and there's already a huge push to use energy efficent lights. So, there still 'some' savings but it's less and might not cover the extra energy that people might use since they have more light to do things.
From a developer to another: On the same machine? If so, by virtualization, or how?
Actually, there's this sweet program out there called Mulitple-IE. To use it, install IE7, then install Multiple-IE. Multiple IE installed IE3 through IE6. How? Well, the website explains it. They add IE numbers to the title bar, which, for whatever reason (I think it has to do with the registry keys) keep the programs separate. However, the Multiple IE version do not have full capabilities, though I've not run into any problems yet, but I simply use them for CSS design checks, not for Active X plug-ins or the like.
I believe GameInformer magazine's preview said that LucasArts where planning a Wii version but it would not be the "lightsaber" game people want.
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Do you seriously want to play the same games you played since the SNES over and over -- never getting something really different and new?
With all due respect, I picked up a DS < 2 weeks ago and I'm currently addicted to Final Fantasy III. My fiancee and I have logged more hours on the Wii playing Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda, Columns, Donkey Kong Country, and Zelda:Links Awakening than we have playing Wii Sports, Zelda:Twilight Princess, Red Steel, Dragon Ball Z, Rayman, and Marvel Alliance.
So, do we really want to play those games? Yes, yes we do. And I've been emulating games on my PC since 2000 (since I could play some of my arcade favorites that never translated to consoles very well or at all). I STILL buy VC games when I can get (or have) them on the PC for free. Playing these games on the PC just isn't as fun, or I'd rather be playing WoW than Mario on my PC. The Wii is for family, party, and retro gaming for me mostly and it's priced right for it.
Does that mean I don't want to see good new games? Of course not. I'm still looking to play Trauma Center, Excite Truck, and Elebites. I look forward to Mario Party 8 as it's a simple game I can play with my family. I look forward to Metroid as well. Other than that, I'm just biding my time for some real killer 3rd party titles that will probably start popping up in a year or 2, since the Wii is getting super market penetration and developers won't ignore that, despite being 'two gamecubes taped together'.
Of course, it seems that Chris Hecker's idea of 'art' is the latest photo-realistic graphics. Less he forget, that Nintendo had some very good 'artistic' attempts at games. Heck, they had a game called "Mario Paint" where you could be your own artist. *chuckle* but seriously, the Wind Walker was one of Nintendos attempts at focusing on artistic design into a game and it was criticized by so many who think along the same lines that 'art' = 'photo-realistic'. I guess not to many people visit the art museums. Lets just say, there's a lot of interpretive paintings hanging on the walls, not just photographs.
All Wii users seem to want is more Wii sports and mini games, and he's actually standing up and saying that's not good enough for Spore.
Allow me to point out your earlier comment...
Remember the name is 'Game *Developer Conference'.
First, why would Mr. Hecker care what other people are releasing on the system in relation to how it would effect the release of Spore? It's arguing that "Hey, someone made a crappy game on the Wii so my game is now incapable of being played on the Wii". Which, of course, isn't logical. And why would Mr. Hecker care what 'all Wii users want' when he's suppose to be addressing game *Developers and convincing them to design 'outside the box'?
Mr. Hecker is simply bitter. He's crying about customers buying habits and he's blaming it on Nintendo and developers. Why? Probably because he's mad that Nintendo decided to not go down the 'more power is better' route and that the consumers liked this and responded with their dollars. Probably because they cannot have Spore do what they want it to do on the Wii and the Wii is the hottest system at the moment. This means that Spore will either have to 'slimmed down' to fit on the Wii structure to tap that huge and increasing market or they don't release it on the Wii and lose all those potential sales.
Guess what? Developers make games for a system. Companies don't make a system for a developer. If your game idea won't fit on the most popular system then you're out of luck. If you're game is so good, make it as you want it, on the system that can support it, and it will sell that system (think GoldenEye). When all else fails... there's always the PC. =)
Dupe or not, the sad thing is there are lots of students clueless enough to think that they need MS Office when 99% of them can do all they need with OpenOffice.org.
Yes and part of this reason might be the fact that companies (like my own) are putting a temporary ban on Vista, Office 2007 and IE7 upgrade. IE7 being more technical than cost efficient since some of our applications won't run on IE7 (I don't know which, I have IE7 installed along with IE6 and less for web development purposes and I have no problems yet).
There's also an information week piece that my company is using to value it's decisions on. It talks about how the U.S. Department of Transportation are putting a temporary ban on Vista and Office 2007 since they have usability issues and show no real productivity use for the cost, or as they say, there's no ROI. I did submit this as a story, but I think the story submit is a bit flooded or I used the wrong one since my last two stories are still pending, from several weeks ago. =P
The point is to knock it off course. A small change in velocity early in it's travels can lead to a larger one in position over time, especially lacking friction.
Yes, so we can send it at on a collision course with a different planet and make them worry about it. =P This sounds like something from Futurama...
If I punch a punching bag, the bag moves but I don't. That is because my fist has the energy which transfers to the bag. I don't go flying backwards as the article suggests.
As the previous response states, 1) friction. But there's another point to this that still goes against the articles point. Mass.
Should a sufficiently large(mass) object hit another object of lesser mass, the smaller object will be 'thrown backwards' (relative to it's position) without throwing the larger object backwards(relative to it's position)... assuming flying through the air. Depending on the mass differences, velocity, and friction involved, one object CAN throw another forward, without having to be thrown backwards.
Think of a bolder thrown at you as you jump into the air. Will that bolder go flying backwards or will it just keep on trucking through you? Granted, Jackie Chan isn't normally 100x the mass of the other fighters, but his movies also don't violate physics as much as scenes from Crouching Tiger or Matrix are, but those aren't suppose to be 'realistic' films, they're fantasy films and in Fantasy or Sci-fi, everything is possible!
If I punch a punching bag, the bag moves but I don't. That is because my fist has the energy which transfers to the bag. I don't go flying backwards as the article suggests.
Friction, dude. Try the experiment again on roller skates.
Why do I feel like saying... "Kids, don't try this at home."
Sure we can. I saw a documentary not long ago that showed how we could fly onto the comment and drill a nuclear weapon into the core and explode it. All we need is to make sure Ben Afflack's schedule is empty.
Reviews let me know if a game totally sucks. Then I avoid it.
Reviews are somewhat biased and participially obfuscated. When's the last time a game got a 0, 1, or 2? I've played games that might have gotten a 6 or 7 that I think deserved a 2 or 3.
However, I do use one metric for game purchasing. If there are no games I'm excited to buy, I check some game review sites, like IGN, and do a simple search for 9/10 or better. I find that a pretty safe bet to enjoy a particular game. Games that score an 8+ are considered, but usually have to have something I'm looking for, such as a specific genre (RPG, puzzle, action, etc) or Franchise(Metroid, Mario, Halo, Xmen, GTA, etc) that I like.
This is particularly relvent when I pick up a new system. For example, I just bought a DS and about 6 months ago, I picked up a PS2. With the DS, I picked up the high scoring games such as Mario Cart, Brain Age/Academy, Meteoes, and Final Fantasy. They wheren't all 9's but some where high scorers that I wanted to play. With the PS2, I found God of War, Kingdom Hearts, Shadows of the Colossus, etc. Though, most of these where used, so it wasn't very expensive. But with that said, I use game scores as one metric. If I'm going to purchase a game, it's got to be well worth it. I won't bother spending $50-60 on crap anymore, just because it's got a 'gimmick' or name brand that is suppose to sell a game (think Superman 64 and most late NES era games). Likewise, I was disappointed with several early PSP games. I'll rent them instead, and if they're good, I'll buy them.
Yeah, as everyone knows, Mining brings you Masonry and Bronze Working, which in turn gets you Metal Casting, Iron Working, Compass and Machinery. There's nothing about 'Life' in there at all.
Translated for my/. brethren...
Yeah, as everyone knows, Mining brings you Engineering and Blacksmithing , which in turn gets you Gnomish Engineering, Goblin Engineering, Armorsmith, and Weaponsmith, which in turn gets you Swordsmith, Axesmith, and Hammersmith. And to a lesser extent is used in Leatherworking and Jewelcrafting. There's nothing about 'Life' in there at all.
Ack, this is an example of NOT having a life. My mistake. Now, excuse me, I have to go farm some more Fel Iron.;)
I agree. Real-time strategy games are more possible on both the DS and Wii due to their controller's being able to so easily emulate the functions of a mouse. The lack of a mouse-like device I think is something that really holds back consoles from the RTS genre.
Absolutely. I've been saying that to my friends as part of my Wii critique since I got it. I just got a DS and I can see tons of potential with that as well.
That is the best ad ever. I love that Ad. I love all those ads. I don't even own a Mac and I love those ads.
I agree and I also do not own a mac, though as soon as I have $1-2k to drop, I will get one (either a mac mini + monitor or Powerbook). Of course, I get teased by my own father on one of the Mac ads. I asked for a few programming / tech. books for x-mas. It reminded him of the Mac add where PC got the C++ GUI book. hehe
A third option is always someone believing the single parts of the company are worth more than the stock and breaking it up and selling them separately will be profitable...
Isn't that Richard Gere's character's job in Pretty Woman?
I guarantee you that all over the world people are laughing their asses off about this. And, frankly, I can see their point.
Me too! Who wants to go to Canada? I kid, I kid.
In all seriousness though, what does this prove? Nothing but keeping tourist $ out of Canada from likely legitimate people. Of course, there's an old saying that goes: "Two wrongs, don't make a right."
Canadians are enraged about "extraordinary rendition" of Canadians... and they're sick of being treated like children by the Bush administration.
Canadians sound selfish. They act like they're the only ones this has happened too. It's not like the current "fight terrorism" policies are aimed at Canada specifically. The policies are targeting people, not countries.
That is not true. The Green Card is exceptionally hard to acquire even for UK citizens...
His joke wasn't about it being easy to 'legally' live in the us as a foreign national. The irony is that it's easier to live in the U.S. illegally than trying to do it legally. Something I joke about with my foreign fiancee, that if we have too, we'll just honeymoon in Mexico and I'll sneak her back in. =P
But I'm not convinced that they offer any productivity benefits. As a manager, I don't want to be dropping $50 per employee on this, only to have it decrease their productivity.
Well, if it's anything like me, it WILL decrease productivity. Now, excuse me, I must get back to work.
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I think the more interesting point is... this is one 'heavy hitting' franchise that 'if' it stays PS3 exclusive (no 360 port), will be good for selling PS3 systems. I'm sure there are plenty of fans who will pick up a PS3 just to play GOW3... and by that time, there will likely be a few more games out to convince those still sitting on the ledge.
I'm planning on Picking up GOW2. I would love to play GOW3, but I doubt I'll own an PS3 for another 3-4 years. Heck, I only picked up a PS2 back in November. =) Sure is nice having a full library of cheap(used) games I can pick up and play and enjoy without the new premium price.
I'm picking up a 2GB pro duo for my PSP so I can put some TV series on it to take to the Gym (Hey I found a use for my PSP again!), if there's a GOW2, I'll prob. pick that up as well.
Cheers,
Fozzy
Odd, why only pick Super Mario Bros. 3 and not the entire Super Mario Bros. series like they did with Warcraft? From the article...
Super Mario Bros. 3 added some interesting new elements to the side scroller, but I would argue that it didn't define the side scrolling genre. I think Super Mario Bros. 3 improved upon the genre defining Super Mario Bros. game, even if I enjoy Super Mario Bros 3 more. Could 'nonlinear' games be found before Super Mario Bros. 3? What about any RPG game like Dragon Warrior? It would have been better to just include the entire Mario series for their significance on the video game world. I think Mario 64 is far more revolutionary than Mario 3, but the entire franchises importance shouldn't be underestimated.
Cheers,
Fozzy
Forgive me, but please explain how the U.S. houses are randomly built (in direction)? Do you mean that not all houses 'face' the east, that some face the west because they're on the other side of the road? I would have though that house directions where anything but random, given they all face toward the direction of the road and pretty much all roads run N/S or E/W.
It's only been recently that sub-divisions have been trying to make randomly curvy roads to give a more authentic and 'natural' feel (see European streets) as oppose to the grid based design seen around most of the U.S.
So, I'm just curious. What do you mean by 'random' in this case?
True enough, the only problem is, not all of us set the time we can start/end work at. Thus, we cannot just show up at work 1-2 hours early, and leave 1-2 hours early. Often it's from X time to Y time. So, for a large number of people, this is a good thing. =) Though, this does give weight to the fact that DST is more for commercial reasons than anything else, as you've already pointed out that days just get shortly naturally as the season changes (depending on your Lat./Long.)
As for the "Saves Energy" theory. Does is save energy? Yes/No. The energy it does save is probably relatively nothing and decreasing, due to the fact that the only 'energy' source it would mostly save from are lights and there's already a huge push to use energy efficent lights. So, there still 'some' savings but it's less and might not cover the extra energy that people might use since they have more light to do things.
Cheers,
Fozzy
Hmmm... I'll take out stock in TV and Window companies before this comes out. There might be a 'surge' in new TV purchases or repairs. =P
Cheers,
Fozzy
Actually, there's this sweet program out there called Mulitple-IE. To use it, install IE7, then install Multiple-IE. Multiple IE installed IE3 through IE6. How? Well, the website explains it. They add IE numbers to the title bar, which, for whatever reason (I think it has to do with the registry keys) keep the programs separate. However, the Multiple IE version do not have full capabilities, though I've not run into any problems yet, but I simply use them for CSS design checks, not for Active X plug-ins or the like.
(note, this is for Windows machines)
Cheers,
Fozzy
I believe GameInformer magazine's preview said that LucasArts where planning a Wii version but it would not be the "lightsaber" game people want.
With all due respect, I picked up a DS < 2 weeks ago and I'm currently addicted to Final Fantasy III. My fiancee and I have logged more hours on the Wii playing Super Mario Bros., Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda, Columns, Donkey Kong Country, and Zelda:Links Awakening than we have playing Wii Sports, Zelda:Twilight Princess, Red Steel, Dragon Ball Z, Rayman, and Marvel Alliance.
So, do we really want to play those games? Yes, yes we do. And I've been emulating games on my PC since 2000 (since I could play some of my arcade favorites that never translated to consoles very well or at all). I STILL buy VC games when I can get (or have) them on the PC for free. Playing these games on the PC just isn't as fun, or I'd rather be playing WoW than Mario on my PC. The Wii is for family, party, and retro gaming for me mostly and it's priced right for it.
Does that mean I don't want to see good new games? Of course not. I'm still looking to play Trauma Center, Excite Truck, and Elebites. I look forward to Mario Party 8 as it's a simple game I can play with my family. I look forward to Metroid as well. Other than that, I'm just biding my time for some real killer 3rd party titles that will probably start popping up in a year or 2, since the Wii is getting super market penetration and developers won't ignore that, despite being 'two gamecubes taped together'.
Of course, it seems that Chris Hecker's idea of 'art' is the latest photo-realistic graphics. Less he forget, that Nintendo had some very good 'artistic' attempts at games. Heck, they had a game called "Mario Paint" where you could be your own artist. *chuckle* but seriously, the Wind Walker was one of Nintendos attempts at focusing on artistic design into a game and it was criticized by so many who think along the same lines that 'art' = 'photo-realistic'. I guess not to many people visit the art museums. Lets just say, there's a lot of interpretive paintings hanging on the walls, not just photographs.
Allow me to point out your earlier comment...
First, why would Mr. Hecker care what other people are releasing on the system in relation to how it would effect the release of Spore? It's arguing that "Hey, someone made a crappy game on the Wii so my game is now incapable of being played on the Wii". Which, of course, isn't logical. And why would Mr. Hecker care what 'all Wii users want' when he's suppose to be addressing game *Developers and convincing them to design 'outside the box'?
Mr. Hecker is simply bitter. He's crying about customers buying habits and he's blaming it on Nintendo and developers. Why? Probably because he's mad that Nintendo decided to not go down the 'more power is better' route and that the consumers liked this and responded with their dollars. Probably because they cannot have Spore do what they want it to do on the Wii and the Wii is the hottest system at the moment. This means that Spore will either have to 'slimmed down' to fit on the Wii structure to tap that huge and increasing market or they don't release it on the Wii and lose all those potential sales.
Guess what? Developers make games for a system. Companies don't make a system for a developer. If your game idea won't fit on the most popular system then you're out of luck. If you're game is so good, make it as you want it, on the system that can support it, and it will sell that system (think GoldenEye). When all else fails... there's always the PC. =)
Cheers,
Fozzy
Yes and part of this reason might be the fact that companies (like my own) are putting a temporary ban on Vista, Office 2007 and IE7 upgrade. IE7 being more technical than cost efficient since some of our applications won't run on IE7 (I don't know which, I have IE7 installed along with IE6 and less for web development purposes and I have no problems yet).
There's also an information week piece that my company is using to value it's decisions on. It talks about how the U.S. Department of Transportation are putting a temporary ban on Vista and Office 2007 since they have usability issues and show no real productivity use for the cost, or as they say, there's no ROI. I did submit this as a story, but I think the story submit is a bit flooded or I used the wrong one since my last two stories are still pending, from several weeks ago. =P
Cheers,
Fozzy
Thank you! I laughed!
Cheers,
Fozzy
That's what I was thinking as well
Yes, so we can send it at on a collision course with a different planet and make them worry about it. =P This sounds like something from Futurama...
As the previous response states, 1) friction. But there's another point to this that still goes against the articles point. Mass.
Should a sufficiently large(mass) object hit another object of lesser mass, the smaller object will be 'thrown backwards' (relative to it's position) without throwing the larger object backwards(relative to it's position)... assuming flying through the air. Depending on the mass differences, velocity, and friction involved, one object CAN throw another forward, without having to be thrown backwards.
Think of a bolder thrown at you as you jump into the air. Will that bolder go flying backwards or will it just keep on trucking through you? Granted, Jackie Chan isn't normally 100x the mass of the other fighters, but his movies also don't violate physics as much as scenes from Crouching Tiger or Matrix are, but those aren't suppose to be 'realistic' films, they're fantasy films and in Fantasy or Sci-fi, everything is possible!
Cheers,
Fozzy
Why do I feel like saying... "Kids, don't try this at home."
Cheers,
Fozzy
Sure we can. I saw a documentary not long ago that showed how we could fly onto the comment and drill a nuclear weapon into the core and explode it. All we need is to make sure Ben Afflack's schedule is empty.
Reviews are somewhat biased and participially obfuscated. When's the last time a game got a 0, 1, or 2? I've played games that might have gotten a 6 or 7 that I think deserved a 2 or 3.
However, I do use one metric for game purchasing. If there are no games I'm excited to buy, I check some game review sites, like IGN, and do a simple search for 9/10 or better. I find that a pretty safe bet to enjoy a particular game. Games that score an 8+ are considered, but usually have to have something I'm looking for, such as a specific genre (RPG, puzzle, action, etc) or Franchise(Metroid, Mario, Halo, Xmen, GTA, etc) that I like.
This is particularly relvent when I pick up a new system. For example, I just bought a DS and about 6 months ago, I picked up a PS2. With the DS, I picked up the high scoring games such as Mario Cart, Brain Age/Academy, Meteoes, and Final Fantasy. They wheren't all 9's but some where high scorers that I wanted to play. With the PS2, I found God of War, Kingdom Hearts, Shadows of the Colossus, etc. Though, most of these where used, so it wasn't very expensive. But with that said, I use game scores as one metric. If I'm going to purchase a game, it's got to be well worth it. I won't bother spending $50-60 on crap anymore, just because it's got a 'gimmick' or name brand that is suppose to sell a game (think Superman 64 and most late NES era games). Likewise, I was disappointed with several early PSP games. I'll rent them instead, and if they're good, I'll buy them.
Cheers,
Fozzy
Translated for my /. brethren...
Ack, this is an example of NOT having a life. My mistake. Now, excuse me, I have to go farm some more Fel Iron. ;)
Cheers,
Fozzy
Absolutely. I've been saying that to my friends as part of my Wii critique since I got it. I just got a DS and I can see tons of potential with that as well.
Cheer,
Fozzy
Hmm... I wanted to agree with this, but then I thought...
Then I'm stuck. But there's Probably more out there. Of course, this is in comparison to the 2nd vs 3rd, not 1st vs 2nd or 1st vs 3rd.
Lets see, then I think about...
And I cannot really see this for all areas. I guess my 'golden' rule would apply: "There's always an exception to a rule; even this one."
Cheers,
Fozzy
I agree and I also do not own a mac, though as soon as I have $1-2k to drop, I will get one (either a mac mini + monitor or Powerbook). Of course, I get teased by my own father on one of the Mac ads. I asked for a few programming / tech. books for x-mas. It reminded him of the Mac add where PC got the C++ GUI book. hehe
Cheers,
Fozzy
This reminds me of the new Mac add. It's pretty funny (like most of them).
"Mac is talking to you, would you like to receive? Cancel or Allow?"
Isn't that Richard Gere's character's job in Pretty Woman?
Me too! Who wants to go to Canada? I kid, I kid.
In all seriousness though, what does this prove? Nothing but keeping tourist $ out of Canada from likely legitimate people. Of course, there's an old saying that goes: "Two wrongs, don't make a right."
Canadians sound selfish. They act like they're the only ones this has happened too. It's not like the current "fight terrorism" policies are aimed at Canada specifically. The policies are targeting people, not countries.
Cheers,
Fozzy
His joke wasn't about it being easy to 'legally' live in the us as a foreign national. The irony is that it's easier to live in the U.S. illegally than trying to do it legally. Something I joke about with my foreign fiancee, that if we have too, we'll just honeymoon in Mexico and I'll sneak her back in. =P
Cheers,
Fozzy
Well, if it's anything like me, it WILL decrease productivity. Now, excuse me, I must get back to work.
Cheers,
Fozzy