It might be okay in games where artificial intelligence isn't attempted at all. Multiplayer games with no bots or enemies, or parlour games. For any game that should make use of artificial intelligence though its not good, and those are the games people want. People want first person shooters with AI so real you think its a human, or real time strategy games where the computer controlled opponents have more than a couple set build structures and attack patterns. The use of the cell processor in a mainstream gaming device is a bit of a kick in the ass for all of that. That means any games which get developed for the PS3 then ported to say the PC likely won't be improved and the AI will be old and tired. In the article they mention that the Xbox 360 was planning to use the cell processor (I never actually heard if that happened or not) but if 2 mainstream units are using it, it only compounds the problem created for gamers by this processor.
It also furthers the argument that consoles are "dumbing down" games. Publishers aren't known for their willingness to toss money at a PC port to really make it shine. That is unlikely to change. Many games are seemingly made for multiple environments and that means the lowest common denominator will get served to all. A brilliant game designer is going to take advantage of the new multi-core environment of the PC (as it becomes more prevalent) and create a ridiculously amazing game. Problem with that? Big business. Many publishers will not want to throw away the investment they've made in the console market. If you suddenly had games on the PC absolutely blowing away the latest console games doing something that consoles couldn't even do, you've got a problem. Since we know EA intentionally gimped NHL 2k7 on the PC vs the 360 version, we know they wouldn't have a problem keeping their PC games gimped for Microsoft (I suspect there are some back door deals going on there that arranged that).
Sounds like fud, but we already have precedent for publishers behaving that way. The cell processor might be interesting for strictly business applications but it has no place in a gaming environment.
I can remember this being talked about months ago, people were getting these letters and they were running WoW under wine. Slashdot at 11, we put a man on the moon.
Stories like this I think are what perpetuates the divide between genders, race, religion, etc Continually reminding people of their differences, whether in a negative or supposedly positive manner, is what keeps people focused on being different. Just let people be. This isn't rocket science.
If companies are worried the game they're making isn't appealing to females, take a look at it. You don't need to make a public spectacle out of it. Take a look at what kind of games DO appeal to the masses. The Sims and World of Warcraft seem to be the two games with the biggest draw. We don't need another mmorpg and the Sims pretty much has its legions of loyal fans that don't play anything else outside of arcade/parlour type games.
Whats this mean? You're out of luck. Just make the game you want to make and move on. Try to keep the thong platemail to a minimum.
Even with that they're getting raped. That only makes it $88 which means its still $11 more there for the Wii, and $31 more for the xbox360 game than here.
Most, but not all. As I said, it brings it closer. Its not quite the same, but that total cost is really getting up there. The big huge price difference you initially see is gone. With game titles being the same price, the attractiveness of the cheap Wii suddenly fades away.
Thats not to say that is all it had going for it, but if some people were drawn in by the price (which I actually was) Its not the huge deal it seemed like, depending on what you wanted to do with it.
Which they might do, if they take a look at $70CDN for a set of controllers. Most previews I've seen seem to involve some kind of wii-mote and nun chuck combo. Like say some of the included sports games.
Its not much of a deal if to even have the second player (which is what this is all about right?) if it starts costing you 70 bucks a head. Comparatively you can get an xbox 360 controller for $30-$40.
Looking at it like a party gaming system for 4 players, the price difference starts to shrink.
I'm not being pissy, I just constantly see questions like this and the inevitable answers. Considering some of the tags already in use, that certainly wouldn't be out of place.
I don't use gmail. I have a gmail account though. I logged in, after having not visited it for about ohhh... near a year. Full of spam. I never once used it, didn't give it to anyone, put it on a form, etc So I can't possibly see how you could actually use it and have have less spam.
Off-topic? I think that is an honest question anytime EA gets a hold of a franchise and tries to do something with it. One success in a dozen tries doesn't warrant any optimism.
"A number of Web sites" zero is a number, so is 8 billion
Sounds like another web-fad the media will be all over for a couple days and we'll never hear about again, described in their usual vague, trying to make it sound explosive and epidemic, manner.
Depending on what you do it can be an apt description. A job which encompasses a wide skill set used on a variety of tasks is sometimes best served by that kind of title. What is a problem is that in Canada (maybe elsewhere) there is a society that controls the titles of Engineer and Engineering Technologist, which means any school which wants to create a program where someone could call themselves that (with an appropriate prefix attached depending on what they're doing) has to follow their rules for program design. That can lead to some classes being chosen which have a tenuous at best connection to the actual intent of what you're supposed to be learning. I was part of a focus group at my college which was debating new names and descriptions for some programs because of this issue.
It runs fine on my Dell m1710 with a 512MB Geforce 7900GTX at 1920x1200 with everything full including bloom, both indoors, outdoors and during large battles.
Altair or vax...geeze.. who uses brand names? I soldered this thing from hand. After I mined the metal and built the chips from scratch in my bathtub. I'm using a home brew operating system which is written in a language I learned from a hobo who mysteriously froze to death the day after he taught it to me.
The Canadian Coalition for Fair Digital Access sounds like a positive group. In reality they are a group of retailers attempting to abolish the media levy in Canada to make the environment more friendly to suing file sharers and otherwise pushing online music sales through turning their customers into instant criminals. They claim they want to protect Canadians from an "unfair" tax, when in reality they want to abolish the small media tax we pay to impose a bigger cost and restriction on those who use MP3s. While not claiming to be experts, its the same thing. A group of individuals claiming to be on the side of freedom and the consumer who have their own ulterior motives.
Lets say a jealous tech savvy ex gets a hold of one, and you happen to not be tech savvy (of course none of us). They set it up to always broadcast your location so they can follow you around and check up on you.
Its like some companies make products just itching to be the subject of some whacked out news story.
Slashdot Mirror
It might be okay in games where artificial intelligence isn't attempted at all. Multiplayer games with no bots or enemies, or parlour games. For any game that should make use of artificial intelligence though its not good, and those are the games people want. People want first person shooters with AI so real you think its a human, or real time strategy games where the computer controlled opponents have more than a couple set build structures and attack patterns. The use of the cell processor in a mainstream gaming device is a bit of a kick in the ass for all of that. That means any games which get developed for the PS3 then ported to say the PC likely won't be improved and the AI will be old and tired. In the article they mention that the Xbox 360 was planning to use the cell processor (I never actually heard if that happened or not) but if 2 mainstream units are using it, it only compounds the problem created for gamers by this processor.
It also furthers the argument that consoles are "dumbing down" games. Publishers aren't known for their willingness to toss money at a PC port to really make it shine. That is unlikely to change. Many games are seemingly made for multiple environments and that means the lowest common denominator will get served to all. A brilliant game designer is going to take advantage of the new multi-core environment of the PC (as it becomes more prevalent) and create a ridiculously amazing game. Problem with that? Big business. Many publishers will not want to throw away the investment they've made in the console market. If you suddenly had games on the PC absolutely blowing away the latest console games doing something that consoles couldn't even do, you've got a problem. Since we know EA intentionally gimped NHL 2k7 on the PC vs the 360 version, we know they wouldn't have a problem keeping their PC games gimped for Microsoft (I suspect there are some back door deals going on there that arranged that).
Sounds like fud, but we already have precedent for publishers behaving that way. The cell processor might be interesting for strictly business applications but it has no place in a gaming environment.
Why do people like the cell processor? Its only here to make games shiny, but crappy:/ burn_the_house_.html
http://crystaltips.typepad.com/wonderland/2005/03
I can remember this being talked about months ago, people were getting these letters and they were running WoW under wine.
Slashdot at 11, we put a man on the moon.
Stories like this I think are what perpetuates the divide between genders, race, religion, etc
Continually reminding people of their differences, whether in a negative or supposedly positive manner, is what keeps people focused on being different. Just let people be. This isn't rocket science.
If companies are worried the game they're making isn't appealing to females, take a look at it. You don't need to make a public spectacle out of it. Take a look at what kind of games DO appeal to the masses. The Sims and World of Warcraft seem to be the two games with the biggest draw. We don't need another mmorpg and the Sims pretty much has its legions of loyal fans that don't play anything else outside of arcade/parlour type games.
Whats this mean? You're out of luck. Just make the game you want to make and move on. Try to keep the thong platemail to a minimum.
Even with that they're getting raped.
That only makes it $88 which means its still $11 more there for the Wii, and $31 more for the xbox360 game than here.
That wasn't funny the first time around. G4 just needs to drop dead and let TechTV rise again from the ashes.
$70CAD = $80.60AUD you need to have a chat with someone because you're getting raped.
Most, but not all.
As I said, it brings it closer. Its not quite the same, but that total cost is really getting up there. The big huge price difference you initially see is gone. With game titles being the same price, the attractiveness of the cheap Wii suddenly fades away.
Thats not to say that is all it had going for it, but if some people were drawn in by the price (which I actually was) Its not the huge deal it seemed like, depending on what you wanted to do with it.
Which they might do, if they take a look at $70CDN for a set of controllers. Most previews I've seen seem to involve some kind of wii-mote and nun chuck combo. Like say some of the included sports games.
Its not much of a deal if to even have the second player (which is what this is all about right?) if it starts costing you 70 bucks a head. Comparatively you can get an xbox 360 controller for $30-$40.
Looking at it like a party gaming system for 4 players, the price difference starts to shrink.
I'm not being pissy, I just constantly see questions like this and the inevitable answers. Considering some of the tags already in use, that certainly wouldn't be out of place.
oh and btw if slashdot is going to keep approving questions like this, I nominate a new tag "geekpissingcontest"
8 million unique items, I hadn't even made it out of the master boot record.
*adds a couple more pens to his pocket protector*
I cleaned it with dental floss and belly button lint.
I don't use gmail. I have a gmail account though. I logged in, after having not visited it for about ohhh... near a year. Full of spam. I never once used it, didn't give it to anyone, put it on a form, etc So I can't possibly see how you could actually use it and have have less spam.
Off-topic? I think that is an honest question anytime EA gets a hold of a franchise and tries to do something with it. One success in a dozen tries doesn't warrant any optimism.
"growing network"
from 2 to 3 is growth
"A number of Web sites"
zero is a number, so is 8 billion
Sounds like another web-fad the media will be all over for a couple days and we'll never hear about again, described in their usual vague, trying to make it sound explosive and epidemic, manner.
Depending on what you do it can be an apt description. A job which encompasses a wide skill set used on a variety of tasks is sometimes best served by that kind of title.
What is a problem is that in Canada (maybe elsewhere) there is a society that controls the titles of Engineer and Engineering Technologist, which means any school which wants to create a program where someone could call themselves that (with an appropriate prefix attached depending on what they're doing) has to follow their rules for program design. That can lead to some classes being chosen which have a tenuous at best connection to the actual intent of what you're supposed to be learning. I was part of a focus group at my college which was debating new names and descriptions for some programs because of this issue.
It runs fine on my Dell m1710 with a 512MB Geforce 7900GTX at 1920x1200 with everything full including bloom, both indoors, outdoors and during large battles.
Does it come with a tube of KY jelly?
Of course its missing. Slashdot cannot reach the Fox News network level of FUD by providing accurate summaries.
I'm glad this was tagged FUD, because the FUD is in the title. I think we should have tagging for articles and tagging for the titles as well.
So when does the rest of the world invade America to spread democracy?
Monday, they're planning on rolling out the 9800 next Thursday.
Altair or vax...geeze.. who uses brand names? I soldered this thing from hand. After I mined the metal and built the chips from scratch in my bathtub. I'm using a home brew operating system which is written in a language I learned from a hobo who mysteriously froze to death the day after he taught it to me.
The Canadian Coalition for Fair Digital Access sounds like a positive group. In reality they are a group of retailers attempting to abolish the media levy in Canada to make the environment more friendly to suing file sharers and otherwise pushing online music sales through turning their customers into instant criminals.
w ww.ccfda.ca/subsections/eng_whoweare.html+site:www .ccfda.ca+Canadian+Coalition+for+Fair+Digital+Acce ss%22&hl=en&gl=ca&ct=clnk&cd=2
+ site:www.ccfda.ca+Canadian+Coalition+for+Fair+Digi tal+Access%22
They claim they want to protect Canadians from an "unfair" tax, when in reality they want to abolish the small media tax we pay to impose a bigger cost and restriction on those who use MP3s. While not claiming to be experts, its the same thing. A group of individuals claiming to be on the side of freedom and the consumer who have their own ulterior motives.
Website is currently down, so here are some cached links:
"Who we are"
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:2mAYYuIzwqsJ:
Google search with cache links to most of the site: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=
One man's open letter response to their position:
http://www.digital-copyright.ca/discuss/1645
Lets say a jealous tech savvy ex gets a hold of one, and you happen to not be tech savvy (of course none of us). They set it up to always broadcast your location so they can follow you around and check up on you.
Its like some companies make products just itching to be the subject of some whacked out news story.