That's a pretty narrow way of looking at it. There are more user types than just hardcore coders who would most likely migrate to linux anyway. You're -probably- simply not MS target.
Also, I fail to see how ME and 95 was better than anything else.
... Why do people take the worst examples instead of remembering that, despite your senseless hate, MS made Windows XP, Seven, the Office suite, and other stuff that's actually good?
... ohhh, i forgot, this is the internet. LOLOL. *rolls eyes*
Tumblr is pretty good, unfortunately, it has turned into the Myspace of Microblogging. Bloated, the servers die whenever you need them, and full of 13-18 people who think they are doing something important publishing continuous spam of pictures of them eating an awesome plate of pasta, with their cat, and that kind of really interesting things. That said, I still have a little faith on it, if I can find more people who I could actually relate though.
That, and the enormous ammount of porno is annoying. I'm thinking about moving on to Posterous, and keeping Twitter for random updates - plus, the power for on-the-move information is amazing. Facebook is totally ignored, but given that I've heard people saying things like "I won't date-hire anyone who doesn't has a facebook", well, I keep it there.
Facebook, unfortunately, until google takes over (We can only hope. XD), is not replaceable. Unreplaceable? How do you write that?
Indeed. I was looking over my Warcraft II manual, and it was beyond awesome. Of course, this is all so they can keep churning out chaff games and pissing off customers. God I hate them.
Console gamers look exactly the same from this side of the argument. The seem to have the need to expose the consoles as the finest gaming platforms.
The problem lies in the control scheme, and the argument is that it is inferior. It's slower, less accurate, and forces the game to use some sort of autoaiming, which is generally a worse way to play. I'm a PC player at heart, and the two games I enjoy the most are, for the most part, generally better in the PC than in consoles, because they were thought out for PC, and the control scheme is better. I haven't tried RTS, but FPS with a control pad doesn't really work the same as a keyboard+mouse.
I'm never afraid to say that that combo, regardless of what's fun for anyone, is the way to play FPS so far. Anything else is inferior.
There *might* be a way to make them work without dumbing them down - this meaning no autoaiming, for example - but so far they haven't succeded at all, and living in a decidedly mediocre era for videogames, i doubt they will in a long time.
Platforms, sports, adventure games, those are all games I will sit down and have some fun with a consoles. But if it was designed with a mouse in mind, it's better off with a mouse.
But well, you remind me that games are to have fun and lose girlfriends after all, so if it works for you, don't let a random stranger on the internet change your mind. You can try if you want *and i'm sure you've tried it*, but as you say, well, have fun.
*shrug* call them whatever you want, I guess. There's shooting, it's from a first person perspective, and it's fun. But I wouldn't want that to stop you from trying to shit all over someone else's enjoyment with your pointless sass and trash talk.
Which is exactly what you're throwing up on the keyboard?
Console is good for platforms, sports, driving, adventure.
PC is good for strategy, MMORPG, and FPS.
Plain and simple.
If you're feel so insulted by pointing that out, well, I think you would do well to the world hiding under that fucking rock.
Well, he's damn right. If you can't handle that,well, hide under a rock. FPS games will never be console games unless some sort of revolutionary control pad appears.
Ebert will never consider videogames as art because he simply does not play videogames. It's not really on his hands to even think about considering them art. If he even tried, his opion would be as invalid as this one. I think he simply should stop talking about videogames thinking people will believe that he has the slightest idea about them.
I really enjoy his reviews, but this is out of his reach.
These "game jams" aren't innovative, but given that someone of the fame and influence of Sid Meier attending one is certainly something out of the ordinary. That said, one of the really good things about Meier is the attention to detail. How much detail can you cram in 48 hours?
Wew, i typed something pretty long, but i didn't published it.
A summary: prices in BsF (BsF 7 = $1)
Gasoline:.2 per liter.
Bread: 1.5
1 room apartment: 200K
3 room house: 500K
Phone contract: highly variable, around 50
Dinner: Nice place: 200, BK: 110, really nice around 600.
And yes, we do produce chocolate. And Fuel is subsided by the government.
The problem with your logic (not that it is wrong at all, i was just randomly poiting out two items), espcially regarding gasoline, is that the prices are wrong. A liter of gasoline is around.2 BsF (off guess). With a dollar at 7 BsF, you can't really put that comparison, since fuel is subsided by the government.
(Whether it's good for the oil industry is a different thing)
Other prices I can't really compare since I'm not up to date with prices in USA *prices in BsF, 7 BsF = $1)
Cost of a 1 bedroom apartment is around 200K
Cost of a 2-3 bedroom house is around 500K
1 loaf of bread 1.5
Average mobile phone contract is highly variable, but generally, 50
Typical eat out for two persons in a rather nice place is around 200. Burguer King, on a whopper bar, was around 110, for a comparison. (Of course, here, people consider BK a nice place to eat, so go figure)
I'm fairly new to twitter, but to be fair and honest, that's about the only thing that's interesting about twitter: How much can you say in 140 characters?
Not necesarily. A chocolate bar here in Venezuela can cost 3 BsF, which is around 50c. (Of course, there is this whole deal with the exchange control, but that's another thing altogether). And packs of cigarrete cost15 BsF, which is slightly more than two dollars.
66c an hour is around 5 BsF: more or less minimum wage in Venezuela. That could mean that the whole enchilada isn't really all that alarming. Not good, but hardly different than most other companies.
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Exactly. I've said it before, you geeks aren't Microsoft money.
Everyone making stuff that's remotely related to entertainment.
That's a pretty narrow way of looking at it. There are more user types than just hardcore coders who would most likely migrate to linux anyway. You're -probably- simply not MS target.
Also, I fail to see how ME and 95 was better than anything else.
Probably? Isn't Google Docs google's version of Office?
... Why do people take the worst examples instead of remembering that, despite your senseless hate, MS made Windows XP, Seven, the Office suite, and other stuff that's actually good?
... ohhh, i forgot, this is the internet. LOLOL. *rolls eyes*
Tumblr is pretty good, unfortunately, it has turned into the Myspace of Microblogging. Bloated, the servers die whenever you need them, and full of 13-18 people who think they are doing something important publishing continuous spam of pictures of them eating an awesome plate of pasta, with their cat, and that kind of really interesting things. That said, I still have a little faith on it, if I can find more people who I could actually relate though.
That, and the enormous ammount of porno is annoying. I'm thinking about moving on to Posterous, and keeping Twitter for random updates - plus, the power for on-the-move information is amazing. Facebook is totally ignored, but given that I've heard people saying things like "I won't date-hire anyone who doesn't has a facebook", well, I keep it there.
Facebook, unfortunately, until google takes over (We can only hope. XD), is not replaceable. Unreplaceable? How do you write that?
It isn't like they are forcing you to be online when you play them anyway.
Indeed. I was looking over my Warcraft II manual, and it was beyond awesome. Of course, this is all so they can keep churning out chaff games and pissing off customers. God I hate them.
Sarcasm meter screaming out, but i'm sure they will publicly divert that money to R&D, and other important departments.
Like the "Boss wants a new ferrari" department, and the always popular "How to DRM your way into making games unplayable".
Awesome!
Well we are talking about *engines*.
Aight, much better this way.
Console gamers look exactly the same from this side of the argument. The seem to have the need to expose the consoles as the finest gaming platforms.
The problem lies in the control scheme, and the argument is that it is inferior. It's slower, less accurate, and forces the game to use some sort of autoaiming, which is generally a worse way to play. I'm a PC player at heart, and the two games I enjoy the most are, for the most part, generally better in the PC than in consoles, because they were thought out for PC, and the control scheme is better. I haven't tried RTS, but FPS with a control pad doesn't really work the same as a keyboard+mouse.
I'm never afraid to say that that combo, regardless of what's fun for anyone, is the way to play FPS so far. Anything else is inferior. There *might* be a way to make them work without dumbing them down - this meaning no autoaiming, for example - but so far they haven't succeded at all, and living in a decidedly mediocre era for videogames, i doubt they will in a long time.
Platforms, sports, adventure games, those are all games I will sit down and have some fun with a consoles. But if it was designed with a mouse in mind, it's better off with a mouse.
But well, you remind me that games are to have fun and lose girlfriends after all, so if it works for you, don't let a random stranger on the internet change your mind. You can try if you want *and i'm sure you've tried it*, but as you say, well, have fun.
Wow, stay at the topic at hand, no need to start getting offensive.
... what?
*shrug* call them whatever you want, I guess. There's shooting, it's from a first person perspective, and it's fun. But I wouldn't want that to stop you from trying to shit all over someone else's enjoyment with your pointless sass and trash talk.
Which is exactly what you're throwing up on the keyboard?
Console is good for platforms, sports, driving, adventure.
PC is good for strategy, MMORPG, and FPS.
Plain and simple.
If you're feel so insulted by pointing that out, well, I think you would do well to the world hiding under that fucking rock.
Well, he's damn right. If you can't handle that ,well, hide under a rock. FPS games will never be console games unless some sort of revolutionary control pad appears.
Ebert will never consider videogames as art because he simply does not play videogames. It's not really on his hands to even think about considering them art. If he even tried, his opion would be as invalid as this one. I think he simply should stop talking about videogames thinking people will believe that he has the slightest idea about them.
I really enjoy his reviews, but this is out of his reach.
Wouldn't that be a suicidal move by the government? You can't expect to keep that under the table these days.
These "game jams" aren't innovative, but given that someone of the fame and influence of Sid Meier attending one is certainly something out of the ordinary. That said, one of the really good things about Meier is the attention to detail. How much detail can you cram in 48 hours?
Wew, i typed something pretty long, but i didn't published it. A summary: prices in BsF (BsF 7 = $1) Gasoline: .2 per liter.
Bread: 1.5
1 room apartment: 200K
3 room house: 500K
Phone contract: highly variable, around 50
Dinner: Nice place: 200, BK: 110, really nice around 600.
And yes, we do produce chocolate. And Fuel is subsided by the government.
The problem with your logic (not that it is wrong at all, i was just randomly poiting out two items), espcially regarding gasoline, is that the prices are wrong. A liter of gasoline is around .2 BsF (off guess). With a dollar at 7 BsF, you can't really put that comparison, since fuel is subsided by the government.
(Whether it's good for the oil industry is a different thing)
Other prices I can't really compare since I'm not up to date with prices in USA *prices in BsF, 7 BsF = $1) Cost of a 1 bedroom apartment is around 200K Cost of a 2-3 bedroom house is around 500K 1 loaf of bread 1.5 Average mobile phone contract is highly variable, but generally, 50 Typical eat out for two persons in a rather nice place is around 200. Burguer King, on a whopper bar, was around 110, for a comparison. (Of course, here, people consider BK a nice place to eat, so go figure)
I'm fairly new to twitter, but to be fair and honest, that's about the only thing that's interesting about twitter: How much can you say in 140 characters?
You must have some sort of weird anatomy. I find that their keyboards and mice are top of the line. (Dunno about wireless, i don't like them)
I'm particulary impressed by their keyboards. They are extremely comfortable and silent.
Is awesome how the two replies insulting Higaran are posted by AC. Way to go!
Not necesarily. A chocolate bar here in Venezuela can cost 3 BsF, which is around 50c. (Of course, there is this whole deal with the exchange control, but that's another thing altogether). And packs of cigarrete cost15 BsF, which is slightly more than two dollars. 66c an hour is around 5 BsF: more or less minimum wage in Venezuela. That could mean that the whole enchilada isn't really all that alarming. Not good, but hardly different than most other companies.
A waste of money and time would be to hire people to read every goddamn tweet in order to find out the relevant ones.