Please pardon my excessive optimism for a moment, but I think there's a pretty good chance that for every troll that wants to be the biggest, most annoying criminal in the game, that there would be a player who wants to be the famous hero who brings him down. There are a lot of gamers that don't want to be the rampaging criminal, and want to be the good guy instead. Personally, whenever I'm given the choice between good and evil in a video game, I always take the good path. I think being evil is usually the cheap way out of situations. I don't find it very fun. I'm sure there are many others out there like me.
Obviously not speaking for the majority of horrendous drivers on the roads today, but as an excellent and safe driver, I don't trust anyone or anything other than myself driving my car. No matter how fast a computer works, it has nothing on a human brain in a life-or-death situation. Our brains are much more capable of taking in way more information into consideration than a computer. As a programmer, I just don't trust computers enough to make life-or-death decisions for me. Unintended side-effects, buggy code.. what happens if the computer is damaged in the accident or pre-accident situation, but the car isn't done moving yet? Am I supposed to now rely on damaged equipment to save my life? Seems a little shady to me.
Oh I know all about the potential for story in the Warcraft universe. You nailed the problem; it's an MMORPG. If you ask me, they already came up with something better than grinding. Warcraft I through III were brilliant, fun games. I suspect the problem now is simply a matter of greed. Quality, one-purchase games such as Warcraft III are - while highly successful - not the money-making machines that the ex-EQ developers and managers want, so they don't make them anymore. It's even more depressing that so many people play these games. As consumers, it's really our fault.
It was really just a bunch of ice. Didn't really hold a flame to the videos embedded in Warcraft III. Maybe it has something to do with them just rehashing "the grind"? I mean, besides Arthas, what does the expansion really have going for it, story-wise? There's nothing else to really show off in a trailer. Yes, this comment is littered with personal opinion. I just never understood games that had no story to them.
In an attempt to foil Microsoft's plans for internet advertising domination, Google has upped the bidding to eleventy billion dollars, a number which does not even exist. Yet.
Problem is, how are they supposed to tell the difference between a console modified to enable cheating, and a console modified to add harmless functionality? It's not like the indie mod-chip manufacturers are including a little code in their chip that says "Hi Microsoft! I assure you I'm not enabled for cheating. Please let me play with you guys..:("
Please. Stop. Arguing. Seriously. Come back when you've either got irrefutable proof to shut up all the naysayers, or you have a cure-all solution. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's sick of hearing the scientific community continually bicker amongst themselves.
This is exactly why you're not supposed to choose a hobby as a career. Careers are meant to be something you're good at, and can stand doing, but not something you want to do for fun. What happens when you do something you enjoy over and over again? You stop enjoying it. You need to learn to separate your hobbies from your skills. Well, I guess it's a bit too late for that.
..in action, and I've got to say, I have no idea what technologies they're using, but the thing is horrendously slow. It's ugly, cluttered with unnecessary buttons, and needlessly flashy. IMHO, quite the opposite of GMail, which has been doing a fantastic job thus far.
With markers (jargon for paintball guns), you get what you pay for. But even the cheap markers will last you a while if you take care of them. Aside from some cleaning and maintainence accessories, the only costs you really have to worry about are paint and CO2. CO2 is super cheap, and the paint ranges in price. More expensive paint will shoot straighter, has less of a chance of exploding in your gun, and more of a chance of exploding when it hits a target.
Depending on where you play, you can usually get really good deals on paint and CO2 refills for your tank. For instance, some places charge a flat rate, like $50, and you get unlimited CO2 and paint for the day.
Enter some paintball tourneys. You like playing an FPS? Paintball is the ultimate FPS thrill. They pay out lots of money and you can actually use it for REAL equipment that you keep from game to game. Not to mention actual, physical exercise. Good times.:)
"It turned out that he thought Free Software was software they don't charge for."
That's what the rest of the world thinks when they hear "free". Just because the OS community has a different meaning for it, doesn't mean the word's definition has been permanently changed. "Buy one get one free" doesn't mean the second one is promised to be hand-crafted by the community.
Personally, I own both a 360 and a Wii, and while I've had tremendous fun with my Wii - especially over the holidays - I've recently found myself playing my 360 again. The lack of integrated multiplayer as well as the poor selection for Wii titles is making me start to regret my purchase, which is the last thing I want to do. Really, I've enjoy the Wii a lot so far, and I'm excited to see what developers will do to utilize this unique system, but if they don't start coming out with titles that aren't lousy ports from the other systems, I may find myself selling the poor thing. I could probably get double what I paid for it, too.
What if the same web-based-application architecture was applied to a corporation's intranet? This way you could host all your employees' applications in one location, as well as handle backup operations more easily.
I feel as though these "web" based applications have more than just Internet usage.
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Please pardon my excessive optimism for a moment, but I think there's a pretty good chance that for every troll that wants to be the biggest, most annoying criminal in the game, that there would be a player who wants to be the famous hero who brings him down. There are a lot of gamers that don't want to be the rampaging criminal, and want to be the good guy instead. Personally, whenever I'm given the choice between good and evil in a video game, I always take the good path. I think being evil is usually the cheap way out of situations. I don't find it very fun. I'm sure there are many others out there like me.
No one up here ever says "double double double", they just ask for an extra cup. Actually, most of the time you don't even have to ask.
Obviously not speaking for the majority of horrendous drivers on the roads today, but as an excellent and safe driver, I don't trust anyone or anything other than myself driving my car. No matter how fast a computer works, it has nothing on a human brain in a life-or-death situation. Our brains are much more capable of taking in way more information into consideration than a computer. As a programmer, I just don't trust computers enough to make life-or-death decisions for me. Unintended side-effects, buggy code.. what happens if the computer is damaged in the accident or pre-accident situation, but the car isn't done moving yet? Am I supposed to now rely on damaged equipment to save my life? Seems a little shady to me.
If you didn't RTFA, how do you know their results only evidenced correlation then?
Oh I know all about the potential for story in the Warcraft universe. You nailed the problem; it's an MMORPG. If you ask me, they already came up with something better than grinding. Warcraft I through III were brilliant, fun games. I suspect the problem now is simply a matter of greed. Quality, one-purchase games such as Warcraft III are - while highly successful - not the money-making machines that the ex-EQ developers and managers want, so they don't make them anymore. It's even more depressing that so many people play these games. As consumers, it's really our fault.
It was really just a bunch of ice. Didn't really hold a flame to the videos embedded in Warcraft III. Maybe it has something to do with them just rehashing "the grind"? I mean, besides Arthas, what does the expansion really have going for it, story-wise? There's nothing else to really show off in a trailer. Yes, this comment is littered with personal opinion. I just never understood games that had no story to them.
It's called hyperbole.
Please report to grade 9 english class.
Recently? How recent? Doesn't it take like, 100 years for radio signals to go that far?
In an attempt to foil Microsoft's plans for internet advertising domination, Google has upped the bidding to eleventy billion dollars, a number which does not even exist. Yet.
Problem is, how are they supposed to tell the difference between a console modified to enable cheating, and a console modified to add harmless functionality? It's not like the indie mod-chip manufacturers are including a little code in their chip that says "Hi Microsoft! I assure you I'm not enabled for cheating. Please let me play with you guys.. :("
Please. Stop. Arguing. Seriously. Come back when you've either got irrefutable proof to shut up all the naysayers, or you have a cure-all solution. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's sick of hearing the scientific community continually bicker amongst themselves.
This is exactly why you're not supposed to choose a hobby as a career. Careers are meant to be something you're good at, and can stand doing, but not something you want to do for fun. What happens when you do something you enjoy over and over again? You stop enjoying it. You need to learn to separate your hobbies from your skills. Well, I guess it's a bit too late for that.
Will Wright is dead. They're just delaying the game because they don't want to upset anyone. It's like Weekend At Bernie's, but not funny anymore.
..I guess that makes it more like Weekend At Bernie's 2.
..in action, and I've got to say, I have no idea what technologies they're using, but the thing is horrendously slow. It's ugly, cluttered with unnecessary buttons, and needlessly flashy. IMHO, quite the opposite of GMail, which has been doing a fantastic job thus far.
With markers (jargon for paintball guns), you get what you pay for. But even the cheap markers will last you a while if you take care of them. Aside from some cleaning and maintainence accessories, the only costs you really have to worry about are paint and CO2. CO2 is super cheap, and the paint ranges in price. More expensive paint will shoot straighter, has less of a chance of exploding in your gun, and more of a chance of exploding when it hits a target.
Depending on where you play, you can usually get really good deals on paint and CO2 refills for your tank. For instance, some places charge a flat rate, like $50, and you get unlimited CO2 and paint for the day.
Enter some paintball tourneys. You like playing an FPS? Paintball is the ultimate FPS thrill. They pay out lots of money and you can actually use it for REAL equipment that you keep from game to game. Not to mention actual, physical exercise. Good times. :)
"Out of curiosity, what do think when america is described as "land of the free"? :P"
I don't think; I laugh.
"It turned out that he thought Free Software was software they don't charge for."
That's what the rest of the world thinks when they hear "free". Just because the OS community has a different meaning for it, doesn't mean the word's definition has been permanently changed. "Buy one get one free" doesn't mean the second one is promised to be hand-crafted by the community.
Personally, I own both a 360 and a Wii, and while I've had tremendous fun with my Wii - especially over the holidays - I've recently found myself playing my 360 again. The lack of integrated multiplayer as well as the poor selection for Wii titles is making me start to regret my purchase, which is the last thing I want to do. Really, I've enjoy the Wii a lot so far, and I'm excited to see what developers will do to utilize this unique system, but if they don't start coming out with titles that aren't lousy ports from the other systems, I may find myself selling the poor thing. I could probably get double what I paid for it, too.
Tobold's "weighed-in, full-on review" links to some stupid VT video. Is this intentional?
Now all they need are big OLED displays that show a constant stream of pro-government propaganda..
It's a joke, laugh.
At least we all saved a bunch of money on our energy bills!
Oh wait...
What if the same web-based-application architecture was applied to a corporation's intranet? This way you could host all your employees' applications in one location, as well as handle backup operations more easily.
I feel as though these "web" based applications have more than just Internet usage.
I could swear the big fuss about this was three years ago. I think you guys are a little behind.