An interesting, introspective analysis of my conundrum.
Also, does anyone else think it is unfair that the Redguards are forced to use separate water fountains and bathrooms within the Tamrielic Empire? I wish Emperor Uriel Septim would have done something about this prior to his assaniation!
The problem extends as for North-East as Morrowind in Vvardenfell . . . I commonly see Redguards forced to the back of the silt strider!
I have experienced a glitch quest and it actually caused me to stop playing the game, since I had spent an hour on it, then realized the quest was broken because I had done somehting out of order (accidentally) and now I can no longer complete the quest. It distressed me to the point that the game just sort of stopped being fun . . . the same way that it can happen if you play for an hour wihtout saving on TESIII Morrowind and then die, only to have to REDO your hour of play . . . which then becomes more like work than play. It is unfortunate that this patch cannot fix these types of glitches.
Has anyone else tried to help the Fisherman in Weye by killing enough slaughterfish for him, but accidentally already killed one of the slaughterfish in the lake in the quest area before you took on the quest? That is what happened to me and now when I get to the slaughterfish I already killed in the quest order, a dead fish is there (because I killed it), but I can't move on to the next slaughterfish location! Anyone know how to fix this?
I found another patch that is causing issues with my Oblivion gaming experience. I installed the Topless Females patch, but now I can't play the game without my pants feeling excessively tight:-( Is it wrong to be attracted to a topless, female, Orc barbarian who is trying to kill me? Oh, and those Khajiit women *froths at the mouth*
Can someone explain to me how exactly the FCC has ANY authority here? I was under the impression that the FCCs power extends only to broadcasts . . . that is, it doesn't apply to cable television, movies aired in cinemas, and, of course, video games (unless of course those video games are broadcast somehow). How did something like this happen with the FCC being involved? I don't at all understand it . . .
WOW! (no pun inteded) . . . So this means we can look forward to a quadrupling of gaming-related deaths . . . awesome! And a quadrupling in the sizes of EverCrack Support Groups.
Nothing is wrong with it. In fact, I was just trying to get the first post:-p
Actually, though, I mean, I find it strange when the government gets so involved with third-party rating systems. I say just let them be a guide and have the parents be responsible and monitor what their kids by.
On a more personal level, though, I have never once had an experience in life that would lead me to believe that playing a violent video game or, for that matter, watching an R-rated movie at a young age is detrimental to development. Maybe I was just mature as a kid, but if I had played GTA as an 8-year-old, I highly, highly doubt it would have had a negative affect on my development.
Sometimes it seems to me to be just the opposite -- that the ESRB is a tool for politicians to censor games and make them out to be evil. Have there been any laws on the state or federal level enforced that regulate ESRB ratings, such as laws that say that you MUST be 17 to buy an M-rated game, or are those things all voluntary compliance?
That, of course, is true -- I wouldn't have read the article if it were written by Joe Schmoe. However, I think I might be happier that way, having not wasted my time reading a banal and utterly irritating and pointless article. I guess my whole point is that the article was just terrible and I don't see how it is deserving of anyone reading it . . . I mean, if you read the comments, I don't think I have seen one person applaud Dvorak for his remarkable, well written, humorous, and original article. All you see is everyone bitterly complaining about it, and, to me, it appears they do so with good reason.
On another ironic point, I think I have actually spent more time complaining about having read that terrible article than I did actually *reading* the article. Dvorak's effect continues even AFTER the article is read, apparently . . .
June 6th, 2006 - Today, in a landmark announcement that will send gamers everywhere into cheers of joy, Sony has announced that, in order to keep costs down on their new PS3 gaming console while still maintaining backwards compatibility, the company will now begin allowing consumers whose PS2s ceased to functioning due to cheaply made optical disc drives to trade in their utterly useless, junk PS2s for a full reimbursement of its original purchase price. Sony plans on using the broken PS2s for spare parts to use for backwards compatibilty in the new, outrageously expensive PS3 console.
Oh . . . how I wish . . .
My old PS2 lies in the basement in a pile of ruins . . . full of hatred at its creators from Sony who created it only to live such a wretched, miserable life, with only faded memories of its past glory rendering fights in Onimusha 2 to give it solice . . .
You'd think if they are including old hardware maybe the price would come down . . . unless, of course, they are adding this on in addition to everything else, in which case, if the speculation is true, we could see the price jump even higher for the privelege of backwards compatibility . . .
What I don't get is how the editor's found this even worthy to be put on the main page . . . I mean, for real, is it just because it was written by Dvorak? If Joe Schmoe from Internet Gossip Today had written this same article, does anyone honestly think it would make/.?
I feel robbed of my time after reading that article . . . I have heard bad things about Dvorak in the past, but thought I'd give one of his articles a chance since I had never experienced his idiocy first hand . . . but God . . . I want my 2 minutes back!
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Ever wish you could delete a post you made? I do right now :-/ Thanks for enlightening me, though :-)
An interesting, introspective analysis of my conundrum.
Also, does anyone else think it is unfair that the Redguards are forced to use separate water fountains and bathrooms within the Tamrielic Empire? I wish Emperor Uriel Septim would have done something about this prior to his assaniation!
The problem extends as for North-East as Morrowind in Vvardenfell . . . I commonly see Redguards forced to the back of the silt strider!
I have experienced a glitch quest and it actually caused me to stop playing the game, since I had spent an hour on it, then realized the quest was broken because I had done somehting out of order (accidentally) and now I can no longer complete the quest. It distressed me to the point that the game just sort of stopped being fun . . . the same way that it can happen if you play for an hour wihtout saving on TESIII Morrowind and then die, only to have to REDO your hour of play . . . which then becomes more like work than play. It is unfortunate that this patch cannot fix these types of glitches.
Has anyone else tried to help the Fisherman in Weye by killing enough slaughterfish for him, but accidentally already killed one of the slaughterfish in the lake in the quest area before you took on the quest? That is what happened to me and now when I get to the slaughterfish I already killed in the quest order, a dead fish is there (because I killed it), but I can't move on to the next slaughterfish location! Anyone know how to fix this?
I found another patch that is causing issues with my Oblivion gaming experience. I installed the Topless Females patch, but now I can't play the game without my pants feeling excessively tight :-( Is it wrong to be attracted to a topless, female, Orc barbarian who is trying to kill me? Oh, and those Khajiit women *froths at the mouth*
Can someone explain to me how exactly the FCC has ANY authority here? I was under the impression that the FCCs power extends only to broadcasts . . . that is, it doesn't apply to cable television, movies aired in cinemas, and, of course, video games (unless of course those video games are broadcast somehow). How did something like this happen with the FCC being involved? I don't at all understand it . . .
In other news: John Lennon states "The Beatles are more popular than God."
WOW! (no pun inteded) . . . So this means we can look forward to a quadrupling of gaming-related deaths . . . awesome! And a quadrupling in the sizes of EverCrack Support Groups.
Hopefully THIS conference won't accept papers generated by programs made to superficially appear real . . .
Nothing is wrong with it. In fact, I was just trying to get the first post :-p
Actually, though, I mean, I find it strange when the government gets so involved with third-party rating systems. I say just let them be a guide and have the parents be responsible and monitor what their kids by.
On a more personal level, though, I have never once had an experience in life that would lead me to believe that playing a violent video game or, for that matter, watching an R-rated movie at a young age is detrimental to development. Maybe I was just mature as a kid, but if I had played GTA as an 8-year-old, I highly, highly doubt it would have had a negative affect on my development.
That's all well and good, but the real question is . . . is she smart enough to know not to answer phone calls from my mother-in-law?
Sometimes it seems to me to be just the opposite -- that the ESRB is a tool for politicians to censor games and make them out to be evil. Have there been any laws on the state or federal level enforced that regulate ESRB ratings, such as laws that say that you MUST be 17 to buy an M-rated game, or are those things all voluntary compliance?
That, of course, is true -- I wouldn't have read the article if it were written by Joe Schmoe. However, I think I might be happier that way, having not wasted my time reading a banal and utterly irritating and pointless article. I guess my whole point is that the article was just terrible and I don't see how it is deserving of anyone reading it . . . I mean, if you read the comments, I don't think I have seen one person applaud Dvorak for his remarkable, well written, humorous, and original article. All you see is everyone bitterly complaining about it, and, to me, it appears they do so with good reason.
On another ironic point, I think I have actually spent more time complaining about having read that terrible article than I did actually *reading* the article. Dvorak's effect continues even AFTER the article is read, apparently . . .
June 6th, 2006 - Today, in a landmark announcement that will send gamers everywhere into cheers of joy, Sony has announced that, in order to keep costs down on their new PS3 gaming console while still maintaining backwards compatibility, the company will now begin allowing consumers whose PS2s ceased to functioning due to cheaply made optical disc drives to trade in their utterly useless, junk PS2s for a full reimbursement of its original purchase price. Sony plans on using the broken PS2s for spare parts to use for backwards compatibilty in the new, outrageously expensive PS3 console.
Oh . . . how I wish . . .
My old PS2 lies in the basement in a pile of ruins . . . full of hatred at its creators from Sony who created it only to live such a wretched, miserable life, with only faded memories of its past glory rendering fights in Onimusha 2 to give it solice . . .
You'd think if they are including old hardware maybe the price would come down . . . unless, of course, they are adding this on in addition to everything else, in which case, if the speculation is true, we could see the price jump even higher for the privelege of backwards compatibility . . .
What I don't get is how the editor's found this even worthy to be put on the main page . . . I mean, for real, is it just because it was written by Dvorak? If Joe Schmoe from Internet Gossip Today had written this same article, does anyone honestly think it would make /.?
I feel robbed of my time after reading that article . . . I have heard bad things about Dvorak in the past, but thought I'd give one of his articles a chance since I had never experienced his idiocy first hand . . . but God . . . I want my 2 minutes back!