Your discussion is long & boring. This whole thing roughly translates to "Blizzard, the game maker, comes up with a WALL OF TEXT CALLED EULA in order to be able to sue in the future, versus Glider, the bot maker, using a WALL OF TEXT CALLED FAQ/DISCLAIMER to defend against possible lawsuits".
From there, you can go to the old (3rd edition) Mage: The Ascension which had the most dynamic spell system that I've ever seen. Sadly, the new Mage: The Awakening is only a pale shadow of the old system, and is much more static like D&D. Ouch! That's sad to hear. I used to think Mage: the Ascension had the best spellcasing concept ever, it's a pity if they dumbed it down:(
Don't give fans a sub-par Guilty Gear and a Dead or Alive and leave it at that. Give folks a *solid* 2D fighter. Once again, a japanese company, Capcom, may grant your wish. Technically speaking, the street fighter series is owned by CAPCOM USA;)
That's why everybody either plays on the analog stick (like i do, i don't know about other fighting games but at least Virtua Fighter 5 supports that) or does a simple d-pad "mod" a.k.a. sanding the plastic ring that surrounds the d-pad, as seen for example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXG2aDn6ZYg;)
I humbly think that the Magna Carta does not fit your point of view, as it was imposed upon the governing rule. Same goes for the French Revolution constitution and the American Declaration of Independance.
The funny thing is some people figured it out from reading the game's reviews, some others have been scammed multiple times and still can't figure it out.
I second this - i was able to play Virtua Fighter 5 online throughout the holiday season. It *was* a bit flaky sometimes, had a couple of disconnects but nothing close to downtime.
...of course i'm aware that a) it's a one-on-one game, and also that b) this is slashdot, where nobody cares about Beat Em Ups.
9) God of War 2 (PS2) - epic in scale, utterly exhilerating to play, the perfect demonstration that you don't need a fancy gimmick controller to make a game's controls immersive. Probably the best looking game that will ever hit the PS2.
I stopped reading as soon as your silly bias against the Wii reared its head. I probably don't even really disagree with your list, but it's hard to take you seriously when the fanboyism is so blatantly obvious.
OK, this might be totally un-slashdotish but *my* best game of the year was Virtua Fighter 5 for the xbox. For the live support. I mean, seriously, being able to play a fightng game online, with little to no lag, that's a technical achievement. We're talking about inputs that take less than one frame here.
To redeem myself for mentioning Beat 'Em Ups in slashdot, i'd have to say my Runner Up is Vulture's Eye, the fork of Falcon's Eye isometric frontend to NetHack.
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Also relevant is the new "cocks" slashdot tag.
Excuse me, are you referring to the guardian as a scietific publication or am i missing something?
TFA suffers from survivor bias.
ACTA vs The Shell Traders
I for one welcome our new red banana overlords.
Your discussion is long & boring. This whole thing roughly translates to "Blizzard, the game maker, comes up with a WALL OF TEXT CALLED EULA in order to be able to sue in the future, versus Glider, the bot maker, using a WALL OF TEXT CALLED FAQ/DISCLAIMER to defend against possible lawsuits".
I for one welcome our new vodka overlords.
Lol, darts - who needs to dual class into a wizard when my halfling fighter once single-handedly killed a Pyrohydra with 5 darts in a single round?
The DM was so raged he "remembered" that the swamp's noxious fumes were volatile and had it explode on us, just so we could take damage.
Or visited by the Hounds of Tindalos maybe?
Ouch! That's sad to hear. I used to think Mage: the Ascension had the best spellcasing concept ever, it's a pity if they dumbed it down
That's why everybody either plays on the analog stick (like i do, i don't know about other fighting games but at least Virtua Fighter 5 supports that) or does a simple d-pad "mod" a.k.a. sanding the plastic ring that surrounds the d-pad, as seen for example here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXG2aDn6ZYg ;)
When i was 10 my father used to park me on the company's mainframe to play NetHack.
I lied in a succubus arms and time stood still.
Curse you society!
Delta? The party i was playing with actually was so munchkined-out they actually DESIGNED their own stuff.
I was playing this cyberware-free adept who kept dying, it was hilarious - thank god for that platinum Doc Wagon Contract.
I humbly think that the Magna Carta does not fit your point of view, as it was imposed upon the governing rule. Same goes for the French Revolution constitution and the American Declaration of Independance.
The funny thing is some people figured it out from reading the game's reviews, some others have been scammed multiple times and still can't figure it out.
I second this - i was able to play Virtua Fighter 5 online throughout the holiday season. It *was* a bit flaky sometimes, had a couple of disconnects but nothing close to downtime.
...of course i'm aware that a) it's a one-on-one game, and also that b) this is slashdot, where nobody cares about Beat Em Ups.
Even if it's posted anonymously, i find that comment very insightful.
Don't forget Mythos, by the developing team behind Diablo II and the artist behind Fate.
BloodNet, Beneath a Steel Sky, Rise of the Dragon, Syndicate ...those were the days, we really were spoiled with great cyberpunk games back then.
Now get off my lawn and let me listen to the Quarantine OST.
Colonization has been my favourite Sid Meier game too - thanks for the link i totally ignored the existence of an open source remake.
I wonder, if there was a fake DNF torrent, would people actually download it?
Ahem, i thought he was referring to the sixaxis?I stopped reading as soon as your silly bias against the Wii reared its head. I probably don't even really disagree with your list, but it's hard to take you seriously when the fanboyism is so blatantly obvious.
OK, this might be totally un-slashdotish but *my* best game of the year was Virtua Fighter 5 for the xbox. For the live support. I mean, seriously, being able to play a fightng game online, with little to no lag, that's a technical achievement. We're talking about inputs that take less than one frame here.
To redeem myself for mentioning Beat 'Em Ups in slashdot, i'd have to say my Runner Up is Vulture's Eye, the fork of Falcon's Eye isometric frontend to NetHack.
I can't believe nobody mentioned the w00t paradox!?!
http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/W00t
Also isn't this news a bit old:
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/05/28/2048245&tid=133
Shouldn't there be a w00t! tag or something to link the two articles?