Uh huh. But when's the last time you've seen an AO rated game in Wal Mart? Probably never, becasue they don't sell those. And this type of law is effectively re-rating certain violent games to AO.
A movie is a movie is a movie, doesn't matter if it's VHS, DVD or High-Def, you're not getting "more". Nor does it have a significant cost difference to the producer, they're all cut from the same masters, and up until a couple years ago, most people's TV sets could hardly show a difference between good VHS and DVD.
But, erm, typically, the master copy of a movie is a 35mm print. And last I checked, ye olde analog prints still have a higher resolution than HD. So, if the master is in good condition and it's transferred properly, then, yes, one can get more of the source onto HD than NTSC/PAL.
To see the difference, just goto one of those cinemas with the looping, digital ads before the feature, and compare the jaggies. We have a digi projector at the cinema I work for which throws 1024x768, and the pixels are rather large. 'Tis not quite 1080p, but it's a bit more than 720p. Just have a looksee at the closeup picture of Notepad on the screen here.
Digg.com is more like Fark.com, except it's not as good.
Now they just need to rip off the "it's not news..." logo, use what you just said, and the circle of life is complete. Maybe throw in a few Photoshop contests where all the O's are pics of shiny, translucent, one-button mice and such...
Oooooh. I thought they were like trying to figure out how often porn was searched for, and how much porn was indexed. Between all the vague and conflicting stories (some say 'child porn', others say kids looking at it), it's kind of confusing. Thanks for clearing that up. But, yea, in that case, it doesn't sound so bad. However, it still doesn't seem too productive since anyone who wants to spam search results could do so from a foreign server where COPPA wouldn't affect them anyway.
The whole reason the DOJ wants the records is to prove that filtering software isn't as effective as COPPA, no? So how exactly is any number of random queries or page indices going to prove this? Even if the random sample was all hardcore porn pages and search strings, there's no way of telling if it was a child who did the search (or viewed the page). And if they're not asking for IP addresses (which they claim they're not), there's no way to know if a search or page even originated in this country, right? So, in theory, the data the DOJ is after might contain the results of people looking at porn in other countries in which it isn't illegal.
So, basically, they want to prove that someone, somewhere, might be breaking a US law, possibly in a country where said law doesn't apply, as evidence to support said law. Brilliant. What's next? Since other countries allow boobs on TV, we should ban TVs here?
"Let's face it though, Zombies are slow, mindless creatures who are stopped by an injury to the head."
Hmmm, yes, and no. Starting with Day of the Dead, zombies started to learn/remember how to use weapons a little bit, and by Land of.. they were using rudimentary strategy. While they're still not exactly rocket scientists, they're still quite dangerous in packs, seeing as it only takes one bite and all. Besides, with a large enough group, even blind weiner dogs could be deadly.
Granted, this only works if you accept the Romero rules. But I'm not going to argue with the guy as he wrote the proverbial book on zombies.
Is it just me, or are MMO's like totally antithetical to the idea of a zombie apocalypse and stuff? Unless they're not designing this in line with George Romero's rules, how on earth are they going to create a plausible suspension of disbelief? Would be kind of hard to get the panicked feel of a ragtag group of survivors against an unstoppable army of the dead if there's a hundred noobs farming zombie rats around you or something. That is, unless players can become shambling brain munchers themselves. But that would hardly be fun for long....
Sorta like how Fredric Wertham's research "proved" comic books were evil to the Senate in the 50's? Or maybe something like the McCarthy hearings? Don't be silly, the government has obviously learned from its mistakes and would never go on such a witch hunt of a fishing expedition agai.... Or, umm, wait, who am I kidding.
But, yea, I wouldn't argue that violent games aren't bad for kids. However I will argue that research into any number of other things could be proven just as bad. Like, say, the institutionalized violence known as American high school football. But if one questioned the wholesomeness of that, and suggested it be researched, they'd be labeled a terr'ist or something.
That's not entirely true either, as Take2 is actually the publisher. While Rockstar NYC don't actually program anything, they are quite involved with the development proccess in most cases. With GTA, for instance, the team in NYC was responsible for writing the story/dialouge, recording said dialouge, doing the motion capture animations, etc.. As such, it's really kind of hard to place them on the devlopment-versus-publishing food chain. All in all, they have more of an executive producer-y type of role. Or something.
Oh, and DMA didn't become R*^, R* just bought the company (and their IP), and kept some of the staff. DMA proper actually became Real Time Worlds.;)
VC and SA essentially used the same engine as III, so in theory they don't count as numbers. Sorta like how GTA:London was between the original and GTA2. Chances are that R* will probably just keep using place names to avoid confusion though.
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Hahaha! All that needs is a new, convoluted meme map. On a blinking animated gif. :x
But there are no laws banning kids from seeing R or NC17 films! This has been tried in the past, and courts overturned the laws as unconstitutional.
Uh huh. But when's the last time you've seen an AO rated game in Wal Mart? Probably never, becasue they don't sell those. And this type of law is effectively re-rating certain violent games to AO.
A movie is a movie is a movie, doesn't matter if it's VHS, DVD or High-Def, you're not getting "more". Nor does it have a significant cost difference to the producer, they're all cut from the same masters, and up until a couple years ago, most people's TV sets could hardly show a difference between good VHS and DVD.
But, erm, typically, the master copy of a movie is a 35mm print. And last I checked, ye olde analog prints still have a higher resolution than HD. So, if the master is in good condition and it's transferred properly, then, yes, one can get more of the source onto HD than NTSC/PAL.
To see the difference, just goto one of those cinemas with the looping, digital ads before the feature, and compare the jaggies. We have a digi projector at the cinema I work for which throws 1024x768, and the pixels are rather large. 'Tis not quite 1080p, but it's a bit more than 720p. Just have a looksee at the closeup picture of Notepad on the screen here.
Digg.com is more like Fark.com, except it's not as good.
Now they just need to rip off the "it's not news..." logo, use what you just said, and the circle of life is complete. Maybe throw in a few Photoshop contests where all the O's are pics of shiny, translucent, one-button mice and such...
Oooooh. I thought they were like trying to figure out how often porn was searched for, and how much porn was indexed. Between all the vague and conflicting stories (some say 'child porn', others say kids looking at it), it's kind of confusing. Thanks for clearing that up. But, yea, in that case, it doesn't sound so bad. However, it still doesn't seem too productive since anyone who wants to spam search results could do so from a foreign server where COPPA wouldn't affect them anyway.
The whole reason the DOJ wants the records is to prove that filtering software isn't as effective as COPPA, no? So how exactly is any number of random queries or page indices going to prove this? Even if the random sample was all hardcore porn pages and search strings, there's no way of telling if it was a child who did the search (or viewed the page). And if they're not asking for IP addresses (which they claim they're not), there's no way to know if a search or page even originated in this country, right? So, in theory, the data the DOJ is after might contain the results of people looking at porn in other countries in which it isn't illegal.
So, basically, they want to prove that someone, somewhere, might be breaking a US law, possibly in a country where said law doesn't apply, as evidence to support said law. Brilliant. What's next? Since other countries allow boobs on TV, we should ban TVs here?
Hmmm, yes, and no. Starting with Day of the Dead, zombies started to learn/remember how to use weapons a little bit, and by Land of.. they were using rudimentary strategy. While they're still not exactly rocket scientists, they're still quite dangerous in packs, seeing as it only takes one bite and all. Besides, with a large enough group, even blind weiner dogs could be deadly.
Granted, this only works if you accept the Romero rules. But I'm not going to argue with the guy as he wrote the proverbial book on zombies.
/loves zombie movies
Is it just me, or are MMO's like totally antithetical to the idea of a zombie apocalypse and stuff? Unless they're not designing this in line with George Romero's rules, how on earth are they going to create a plausible suspension of disbelief? Would be kind of hard to get the panicked feel of a ragtag group of survivors against an unstoppable army of the dead if there's a hundred noobs farming zombie rats around you or something. That is, unless players can become shambling brain munchers themselves. But that would hardly be fun for long....
Sorta like how Fredric Wertham's research "proved" comic books were evil to the Senate in the 50's? Or maybe something like the McCarthy hearings? Don't be silly, the government has obviously learned from its mistakes and would never go on such a witch hunt of a fishing expedition agai.... Or, umm, wait, who am I kidding.
But, yea, I wouldn't argue that violent games aren't bad for kids. However I will argue that research into any number of other things could be proven just as bad. Like, say, the institutionalized violence known as American high school football. But if one questioned the wholesomeness of that, and suggested it be researched, they'd be labeled a terr'ist or something.
That's not entirely true either, as Take2 is actually the publisher. While Rockstar NYC don't actually program anything, they are quite involved with the development proccess in most cases. With GTA, for instance, the team in NYC was responsible for writing the story/dialouge, recording said dialouge, doing the motion capture animations, etc.. As such, it's really kind of hard to place them on the devlopment-versus-publishing food chain. All in all, they have more of an executive producer-y type of role. Or something.
Oh, and DMA didn't become R*^, R* just bought the company (and their IP), and kept some of the staff. DMA proper actually became Real Time Worlds. ;)
A GTA III mod, basically. ;)
Seriously though, I don't think portable versions count. If that was the case, they'd be at like GTA 12...
VC and SA essentially used the same engine as III, so in theory they don't count as numbers. Sorta like how GTA:London was between the original and GTA2. Chances are that R* will probably just keep using place names to avoid confusion though.