Thats why most games don't embrace it- because most gamers (not all, but most) don't want it.
You have an interesting definition of the word "most." The Sims is the top-selling PC game in history and The Sims 2 and it's expansion packs held 5 of the top 10 slots for best selling PC game of 2006, two years after it's release (of coarse it was # 1 when released), despite starting sales in September of 2004).
You certainly have a personal preference against sandboxes, and I guess a confusion as to how they work, but statistically speaking, your preference comes up a bit shy of "most."
I'm sure you could argue that the people playing The Sims don't qualify as "gamers" in the traditional sense. The Sims sales numbers are a reflection of "non-gamers" (or "causual gamers"?) buying video games (much like Myst back in the day). But does that really matter?
I think it does, actually. Sure, a non-gamer's money still spends the same way as a gamer's does, but "gamers" buy more games and spend more money on games than "non-gamers". I guess that's why the industry more often gives them what they want rather than trying to pull non-gamers into gaming.
If scientists were to produce research that shows that man does NOT influence the global climate, then government grant money would dry up for this area, right?
I'm not sure you can make that assumption. While it's possible that someone might say, "Well, that settles that. On to the next thing," I think it would be more likely that truly independent research showing that we aren't affecting global warming would fuel a true debate among the scientific community, increasing money spent in the area.
Under what conditions can scientists study global warming (or anything else) in an unbiased atmosphere?
But the movie sucking (albeit prettily and with good acting) or not is entirely up to the writing.
I think you're severely underestimating the director's ability to ruin a movie. Granted, starting with a crappy script from a crappy writer can ruin any chance a movie might have not to suck, but handing a decent script and a decent cast over to a bad director will doom a movie just as quickly. Uwe Boll and Michael Bay come to mind.
Why can't the definition of a planet include the plane of the ecliptic? We'd have 8 planets, and then a mess of KBOs.
The definition needs to apply to all star and planetary systems, not just our own solar system. Using the plane of orbit wouldn't be appropriate in every system.
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What a bunch of rubes! http://www.revisionism.nl/Moon/The-Mad-Revisionist.htm
A DDR game hosted by Gene Simmons? I'll pass.
A Bass Guitar Hero game hosted by Gene Simmons? I'll be first in line.
I'm sure you could argue that the people playing The Sims don't qualify as "gamers" in the traditional sense. The Sims sales numbers are a reflection of "non-gamers" (or "causual gamers"?) buying video games (much like Myst back in the day). But does that really matter?
I think it does, actually. Sure, a non-gamer's money still spends the same way as a gamer's does, but "gamers" buy more games and spend more money on games than "non-gamers". I guess that's why the industry more often gives them what they want rather than trying to pull non-gamers into gaming.
I'm not sure you can make that assumption. While it's possible that someone might say, "Well, that settles that. On to the next thing," I think it would be more likely that truly independent research showing that we aren't affecting global warming would fuel a true debate among the scientific community, increasing money spent in the area.
Under what conditions can scientists study global warming (or anything else) in an unbiased atmosphere?
but relatively small tropical areas to grow sugar.
A decade or two of Global Warming should cure that.
Thanks for the Spoiler Alert!!! Now I might as well not even read Beowulf! Oh, well, The 13th Warrior is on tonight. I love that movie!
You need only request ID from people who look under 30.
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You can see it in section 3 of the text of the bill http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00547&sh=t:
I think you're severely underestimating the director's ability to ruin a movie. Granted, starting with a crappy script from a crappy writer can ruin any chance a movie might have not to suck, but handing a decent script and a decent cast over to a bad director will doom a movie just as quickly. Uwe Boll and Michael Bay come to mind.
So then I'm not the only one who thinks that Sony kills their developers after they've outlived their usefulness.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Zone
The definition needs to apply to all star and planetary systems, not just our own solar system. Using the plane of orbit wouldn't be appropriate in every system.
http://www.floridabar.org/names.nsf/All/07D0790038 98F95585256A830051348B?OpenDocument
Oh, look! They even provide his email address. I wonder if it's valid.