Wii will be about as fun as it is to say.
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Will the Wii Work?
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In other words; the novelty will wear off in record time, and instead you'll be embarassed. Sure, it wont bomb, $ony and M$ assured that by turning every one against themselves. But, when was the last time any of you played 'Dance Dance Revolution'?
Politic'ing and crystal balls aside, what we do know is that the Wii will feature much of the same cartoony style with very basic game play that makes Nintendo games so much 'fun'?
Personally, when I play a game:
'Fun' dosn't mean 'easy' or 'shallow'.
I expect effort to have been made towards the graffics, otherwise I might as well rip out the 2600 (not that building a game in assembly is exactly 'easy' but you get the point), or better yet; a pen and paper.
I expect a story line that goes boyond random adaptions on the 'generic farytale' theme.
I expect to be challanged not spoon fed. Party games are great in their place, and Wii will be a certain favourite with your drunken friends as they try to move some silly box into some silly hole. But, if I want to play a game that absorbs me and gets into my head, party games do not keep me comming back (Worms 4 aside).
What I need to know; is that am I all of a sudden the only person who expects advances in technology to be more than than just bolt-on gimmicks? What happened to wanting realism in a game? What happened to appreciating finely a detailed fantasy where we can lose ourselves. Has the hatred of M$ and $ony gotten so bad that gamers are forsaking depth for politics? Or am I the last RPG player on earth?
I should add that FPSs belong on Nintendo, basic, boring, point and click; Gag me with a spoon.
Also, on the topic of a quality mature game that was not simply gory. May I submit 'fahrenheit' as an example of a truly innovative game that didn't let its experimentation get in the way of quality story, beautiful presentation and trully intuitive and tactile gameplay.
Once we get over the stigma, its the only real solution. From controlling the population, to stopping deforrestation and all the damages these issues involve.
Just remember, don't eat the brain, or 50 years down the track your brain may very well look like cheese.
Ok, So we dont all get free consultations at St Vincents Private when we have a cold. But, next to other well-to-do countries we are worlds ahead.
I was going to mention Cuba, but the last time I dared to mention a communist country I was drowned by cold-war rhetoric.
You mention having your child in a public hospital, have you seen public hospitals in the US and London (as the two obvious comparisons)? Fair enough compared to what we are raised to expect, they are shabby, but compared to what most other countries offer, you'd have chosen a home birth.
As for public transport, you must live in Sydney. Come down to Melbourne, cheap regular and clean (not as reliable as it used to be, but thats what privatisation does for you).
I guess, I may have over stated my point, but there is no doubt that we have one of the best public support infrastructures in the world. Ask any of your American and UK friends; what they think of their public healthcare system.
Scary isn't it? Do some digging, and you'll see we do have one of, if not THE best public healthcare system in the world. From subsidizing drugs (not for much longer) to keep them affordable to all, to actually paying for everything (get hit on a road, and you have a free run till your working again... ambulance, surgery, rehab, loss of earnings the whole shebang, whether the accident was your fault or not. Thats none too shabby.. granted you can thank Labor for it, and the Libs would like nothing more than to have the same setup as the US. But, until then... our system is not to be scoffed at:)
Personally, it seems obvious that the only reason the wombat (J.W Howard) has made any noise at all is because he is a great politician. Now, don't get me wrong; I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. But credit where credit is due, he knows how to manipulate politics no other in the world. Right now, he has alot to keep quiet... so what better way to shift the publics attention away from his attrocious; foreign, immigration and workplace policies, than to blow such an inconsequential incident like this out of all proportion. He knows no laws were broken so he can't do anything other than call for an investigation, but that is enough noise for his purposes.
As for being in the stoneage, I ask everyone who is not living in a third world country, and even some who are: Is calling a 256k connection 'broadband', and claiming that it is more than enough, an indication that our govt's view on internet is well and truly stuck in the technological stoneage? I certainly think so.
Ok.. So if I'm reading correctly, the point of relational filesystems (future storage W(TF)E) is so that we can blindly drop a file into a pool of data, and trust its retriveal to a database? pfft.. no thanks.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but when I want to see every photo I have, listed by category I have no urge to type "show me all my photos please, Mr Computer... sir".. no, I type #cd ~/pictures & there they are in all their indexed glory: one index might be called/prOn, and another called/holidays, and yet another called/random within each of these will be/teenies,/fatties,/oldies,/dogs:/christmas,/fiji,/iran,/swaziland:/whatever/etc. Is it so hard to follow the path? Is it so hard to keep anything you might actually want to see in one place? Sure, if you use winblows your forced to put things in stupid places.. but that just means you should ignore winblows advice as much as possible, not implement a whole new layer of bullshit to deal with it.
Speaking of bullshit, after reading all these posts, I have a better understanding of what I didn't get about the concept and confirmation of some things I got. Such as: Ok good idea being able to search your files by tags (not exactly a new concept is it?) but, on the subject of mp3 tags... Am I the only one cold-sweating at the thought of having to tag every piece of media I own... by hand!?
Maybe someone can explain the advantage of tagging application files.. I thought a good app is supposed to know where to find its files, having installed them and all.
Maybe having a wall-less data-pool makes retriveal as low-key as possible, but c'mon... lose one piece of your DB and your fucked.
And yes money. It doesn't matter how smart you are, if you have enough money backing you you can develop anything.
What was being discussed was the quality of the schooling system as a whole, not 'how much money do the Unis' have'. Point is, if students from third-world countries can make as much of an impact in your universities as the locals, it doesn't speak very highly of your pre-tertiary system does it?
I guess you were never taught that Cuba is renowned for having one of the most progressive, and even 'best' in some opinions, national healthcare systems?
You assume that the universities l33t courses are full of locals, not by a long shot!
You assume that the new tech that comes out of the US is developed, in the majority, by the American-citizen grads. Not by a long shot!
You assume that the reason for this majority share in new tech is due solely to the fact that you have such able graduates. Not by a long shot!
To clarify... the US is the worlds financial hub, in otherwords.. you have big name companies investing billions of dollars into new tech.. money is the driving force here.. not the state of your childrens classrooms.
You have no reason to feel cheated if your wife demands that you stay true to the relationship, defend her person if someone attacks her and love her unconditionally; While, at the same time she is sleeping with every Tom, Dick and Harry that crosses her path, she tells your friends that you are a loser and never shows you any affection at all.
Lucky lady.. I guess you have a point though, she really is free in the truest sence of the word. Shame about your freedoms though.
Why not name anything that orbits a star a 'solarian satelite'?
Then go on to apply any number of arbitrary designations to them. such as the primary satelites we know of can be called 'larger/smaller than earth & local Sol Sats' Kuiper belt objects can be 'small & distant Sol Sats' Pluto can be a 'small & local Sol Sat' and comets can be 'small and transitory Sol Sats'.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh If If only I could mod +funny. That was beautiful.
Its already been done.
This is slashdot, and you don't know already?
LOL!!! Gold! mate.. good call.
I rushed through reading it, and understood it to be that the price was reduced, and simply gave the specific example of the Japanese price.
oh well.
Try again
http://www.theage.com.au/news/games/sony-slashes-p rice-of-ps3-games-console/2006/09/22/1158431887680 .html
www.theage.com.au/news/games/sony-slashes-p rice-of-ps3-games-console/2006/09/22/1158431887680 .html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/games/sony-slashes-p rice-of-ps3-games-console/2006/09/22/1158431887680 .html
I'm sure this will be posted soon, but till then, heres a link.
Politic'ing and crystal balls aside, what we do know is that the Wii will feature much of the same cartoony style with very basic game play that makes Nintendo games so much 'fun'?
Personally, when I play a game:
'Fun' dosn't mean 'easy' or 'shallow'.
I expect effort to have been made towards the graffics, otherwise I might as well rip out the 2600 (not that building a game in assembly is exactly 'easy' but you get the point), or better yet; a pen and paper.
I expect a story line that goes boyond random adaptions on the 'generic farytale' theme.
I expect to be challanged not spoon fed. Party games are great in their place, and Wii will be a certain favourite with your drunken friends as they try to move some silly box into some silly hole. But, if I want to play a game that absorbs me and gets into my head, party games do not keep me comming back (Worms 4 aside).
What I need to know; is that am I all of a sudden the only person who expects advances in technology to be more than than just bolt-on gimmicks? What happened to wanting realism in a game? What happened to appreciating finely a detailed fantasy where we can lose ourselves. Has the hatred of M$ and $ony gotten so bad that gamers are forsaking depth for politics? Or am I the last RPG player on earth?
I should add that FPSs belong on Nintendo, basic, boring, point and click; Gag me with a spoon.
Also, on the topic of a quality mature game that was not simply gory. May I submit 'fahrenheit' as an example of a truly innovative game that didn't let its experimentation get in the way of quality story, beautiful presentation and trully intuitive and tactile gameplay.
Once we get over the stigma, its the only real solution. From controlling the population, to stopping deforrestation and all the damages these issues involve.
Just remember, don't eat the brain, or 50 years down the track your brain may very well look like cheese.
I was going to mention Cuba, but the last time I dared to mention a communist country I was drowned by cold-war rhetoric.
You mention having your child in a public hospital, have you seen public hospitals in the US and London (as the two obvious comparisons)? Fair enough compared to what we are raised to expect, they are shabby, but compared to what most other countries offer, you'd have chosen a home birth.
As for public transport, you must live in Sydney. Come down to Melbourne, cheap regular and clean (not as reliable as it used to be, but thats what privatisation does for you).
I guess, I may have over stated my point, but there is no doubt that we have one of the best public support infrastructures in the world. Ask any of your American and UK friends; what they think of their public healthcare system.
Scary isn't it? Do some digging, and you'll see we do have one of, if not THE best public healthcare system in the world. From subsidizing drugs (not for much longer) to keep them affordable to all, to actually paying for everything (get hit on a road, and you have a free run till your working again... ambulance, surgery, rehab, loss of earnings the whole shebang, whether the accident was your fault or not. Thats none too shabby.. granted you can thank Labor for it, and the Libs would like nothing more than to have the same setup as the US. But, until then... our system is not to be scoffed at :)
Personally, it seems obvious that the only reason the wombat (J.W Howard) has made any noise at all is because he is a great politician. Now, don't get me wrong; I wouldn't piss on him if he was on fire. But credit where credit is due, he knows how to manipulate politics no other in the world. Right now, he has alot to keep quiet... so what better way to shift the publics attention away from his attrocious; foreign, immigration and workplace policies, than to blow such an inconsequential incident like this out of all proportion. He knows no laws were broken so he can't do anything other than call for an investigation, but that is enough noise for his purposes.
As for being in the stoneage, I ask everyone who is not living in a third world country, and even some who are: Is calling a 256k connection 'broadband', and claiming that it is more than enough, an indication that our govt's view on internet is well and truly stuck in the technological stoneage? I certainly think so.
Ok.. So if I'm reading correctly, the point of relational filesystems (future storage W(TF)E) is so that we can blindly drop a file into a pool of data, and trust its retriveal to a database? pfft.. no thanks.
Maybe I'm old fashioned, but when I want to see every photo I have, listed by category I have no urge to type "show me all my photos please, Mr Computer... sir".. no, I type #cd ~/pictures & there they are in all their indexed glory: one index might be called /prOn, and another called /holidays, and yet another called /random within each of these will be /teenies, /fatties, /oldies, /dogs: /christmas, /fiji, /iran, /swaziland: /whatever /etc. Is it so hard to follow the path? Is it so hard to keep anything you might actually want to see in one place? Sure, if you use winblows your forced to put things in stupid places.. but that just means you should ignore winblows advice as much as possible, not implement a whole new layer of bullshit to deal with it.
Speaking of bullshit, after reading all these posts, I have a better understanding of what I didn't get about the concept and confirmation of some things I got. Such as: Ok good idea being able to search your files by tags (not exactly a new concept is it?) but, on the subject of mp3 tags... Am I the only one cold-sweating at the thought of having to tag every piece of media I own... by hand!?
Maybe someone can explain the advantage of tagging application files.. I thought a good app is supposed to know where to find its files, having installed them and all.
Maybe having a wall-less data-pool makes retriveal as low-key as possible, but c'mon... lose one piece of your DB and your fucked.
yes/no?
What was being discussed was the quality of the schooling system as a whole, not 'how much money do the Unis' have'. Point is, if students from third-world countries can make as much of an impact in your universities as the locals, it doesn't speak very highly of your pre-tertiary system does it?
I guess you were never taught that Cuba is renowned for having one of the most progressive, and even 'best' in some opinions, national healthcare systems?
You assume that the universities l33t courses are full of locals, not by a long shot!
You assume that the new tech that comes out of the US is developed, in the majority, by the American-citizen grads. Not by a long shot!
You assume that the reason for this majority share in new tech is due solely to the fact that you have such able graduates. Not by a long shot!
To clarify... the US is the worlds financial hub, in otherwords.. you have big name companies investing billions of dollars into new tech.. money is the driving force here.. not the state of your childrens classrooms.
QED
You have no reason to feel cheated if your wife demands that you stay true to the relationship, defend her person if someone attacks her and love her unconditionally; While, at the same time she is sleeping with every Tom, Dick and Harry that crosses her path, she tells your friends that you are a loser and never shows you any affection at all.
Lucky lady.. I guess you have a point though, she really is free in the truest sence of the word. Shame about your freedoms though.
Then go on to apply any number of arbitrary designations to them. such as the primary satelites we know of can be called 'larger/smaller than earth & local Sol Sats' Kuiper belt objects can be 'small & distant Sol Sats' Pluto can be a 'small & local Sol Sat' and comets can be 'small and transitory Sol Sats'.