I hate to tell you this, but that hasn't changed at all. Look at a messageboard like the one at www.gamefaqs.com and see all the 'console wars' that go on every day.
It's all stupid, anyway... XBox is obviously the best one.:)
Yes, but your explaination doesn't account for Enter the Matrix, since Enter the Matrix was all 'figured out' at the same time that Matrix: Reloaded was being planned out. They even used the same actors, sets and special effects team to do the cinematics in the game that they did in the movie. Enter the Matrix, in fact, did pretty much everything you're suggestion they should do:
1) It was faithful to the source material, being written by the same writers, acted by the same actors, etc. 2) It had the additional length required to make a successful game, and little of that is what I would consider 'filler.' 3) It played with the Matrix universe without the rick of 'stepping on the toes' of the sequels... since the sequels had already been planned out at the same time the game was made.
What Enter the Matrix is missing is something harder to grasp at.
All that said, your explaination is correct in a lot of cases.
This is Slashdot. Just be glad they aren't bringing up Microsoft BOB.
And on that subject, why is there all the joking about Microsoft BOB? It really was not that bad an idea at all, it was just too hefty to run on the hardware at the time.
What's really scary is that the local government isn't doing crap about making the city more earthquake safe.
Look at the Alaskan Way Viaduct, for example. An almost identical freeway in California collapsed in the 1989 earthquake. There's been a lot of lip-service about making the viaduct safe, but the only changes I've seen is the installation of a few metal braces on a couple of the supports. That's not good enough!
That viaduct needs to be torn down. If there's any weak point in Seattle's earthquake strategy, that's it.
Not that anyone on Slashdot cares, but the proper way of using "spam" to refer to unwanted email is to use normal capitalization, i.e. "spam" or "Spam" and *not* all-caps, as the SPAM meat product's trademark is all-caps.
The SPAM and the Internet FAQ is located here: http://spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm
There are tons of good innovative games out there, the problem is that nobody buys them. (Sometimes.)
For instance, look at a title like Beyond Good and Evil. This is one of the most compelling games I've seen in a long time and, only a few months after it's initial release, it's $20 in the bargain bin because nobody bought it. Or how about Syberia, an excellent adventure game recently released for XBox and PC? Crimson Skies for XBox? That's pretty innovative. Or Prince of Persia, which is a rehash of an older game, but done so well that you just can't hate it. Or even James Bond 007: Everything Or Nothing, the best 'playing a movie' game I've seen in a long while.
Did you, Mr. All Games Suck buy a copy of Beyond Good and Evil? If not, then you're part of the problem and not part of the solution! If you don't seek out the innovative and fun games, then you're contributing to the 'just make a sequel' attitude that the games industry currently has.
In short, all games do not suck. People who say all games suck suck.
Actually, the vast majority of televisions sold now have ports in the front under a little flip-down panel specifically for plugging in game systems. I know for my 27" HDTV, I can just plug it in the front and not have to move my entire entertainment center to get at it.
You must have an older TV, in which case you're kind of out of luck... maybe someone makes an extension cable for that you could just wrap around and lay on the floor for easy plugging.
There's hundreds of thousands of computers running pre-X versions of MacOS (on which Internet Explorer is by far the best version), and there are thousands of them running OS X that have Internet Explorer set to the default browser. You're cutting off those browsers for no good reason whatsoever and the *worst* part is that you could probably just detecting them by looking for "PPC" in the user-agent string. (I think IE, Safari and other Macintosh browsers all send "PPC" in the string as opposed to "x86." I'm not a web designer; I may be mistaken.) Your script is broken, and it's pissing off a lot of people.
"Tough shit -- use Safari?"
My gut reaction to this is 'fuck off.' You've just convinced me, a potential customer, to never visit your site. Tough shit to you, huh?
That's true, but think about video games that are based on movie IP (intellectual property) but not actually attached to a specific movie. My two examples here are:
007: Everything or Nothing, an original Bond game using pretty much the entire cast of the recent movies which is quite good.
Tron 2.0: A sequel to the movie Tron in video game format, and also quite good. I believe this is coming out on XBox soon if you missed it on PC.
And the Macintosh version of IE which supports CSS correctly and is a pretty damned good browser in its own right? Why would you force Macintosh users to switch browsers when the one they're using has no rendering errors and no security holes?
Microsoft does make good browsers, just not on Windows. This code just makes you into an asshole to Mac users.
"Existence of the Secure Architectures with OpenBSD text was first made public on the OpenBSD Journal in early April 2004. The OpenBSD Journal, also known as deadly.org and now undeadly.org, recently changed hands from James Phillips to Daniel Hartmeier amid several more or less obscure references to Pogues lyrics."
What the hell? Two sentences and I'm already completely lost.
Then again, it's also pretty obvious that many drivers do not drive/look beyond the hood of their car and probably don't even know they will be stopping at a red light in 20 yards. After all, how many times have you seen people all lined up behind a car making a left turn when there is plenty of room on the right side of the car to go around????
Uh, well, in many states this is the LAW so that might be a good reason.
I can't speak for where you're from, but in my state it's illegal to drive through roadside parking (your "plenty of space to go around") to pass a person making a left turn. If that's not enough, it's also illegal to pass a car on the right, which is exactly what you're doing. This isn't just a random law, it's there for safety reasons. Driving half-blind through multiple parking spots is *not* safe driving.
Now, this is perfectly fine if the road has two driving lanes. If the right-hand lane is free, move into it and pass the left-turner. But on most roads, doing so is illegal.
As far as I'm concerned, anything posted about Microsoft's X-Box is off-topic. No need to apologize.
Uh... huh? What the hell are you talking about? The entire article above is about the XBox and various things Microsoft is going to do with the system in the next year... that's why people are posting about it. Do you understand what the word "topic" means?
Hey Moderators, I know you're all lining up to give Nintendo a big E3 blowjob, but off-topic is off-topic... the grandparent even DECLARED it off-topic. Get a clue and moderate correctly.
Man, I bought Defender for my XBox at Fred Meyer the other day for $10 - 20% off. It's one of the BEST GAMES I've seen on the system! I have no idea why it's relegated to the discount aisle, the poor thing... if they got the word out, this game would sell at $40.
But oh well... anyway, XBox has tons of good games, the problem is that Slashdot has a problem distinguishing between: 1) We hate Microsoft because they have a monopoly in computer OSes and 2) We hate Microsoft unconditionally no matter how many good products they release or how much they give to charity.
The XBox is, no doubt about it, a good product. Period. So is Microsoft's peripherals, keyboards, mouses, etc. The fact that Microsoft has a monopoly on desktop OSes doesn't change the fact that they *also* make a lot of very good, very cool products. Slashdot moderators just don't know how to tell the difference.
How did hell did you not know about it? Not only has it been discussed every time the "Windows doesn't have SU! Whine!" comes up on Slashdot, but, in Windows XP, it's not even a hidden feature... it shows right up in the contextual menu if you right-click an executable or a shortcut to an executable!
Criminy, I don't get how anyone who uses the computer could possibly NOT know about it.
I upgraded from a GeForce 3. Not a Ti, just a plain ol' GF3. I was expecting some boosted framerates in UT2k3 and U2XMP, since I had originally bought the GF3 to boost performance in the original UT. Instead, I got similar or lower framerates with the only benefit being that those rates were at a higher resolution. So I can play a stuttery, 20 FPS game at 1024x768 on a GF3, or I can play a stuttery, 25 FPS game at 1280x1024 on my shiny, new Radeon 9600XT. Yay.
Man, I don't know the rest of the specs of your gaming machine, but if you're getting 25 FPS out of a ATI Radeon 9600xt and you have a decent CPU (2 ghz or greater) then you have some REALLY bad misconfiguration on your computer. Playing Unreal 2004 (same engine as 2003) at 1280x1024 I get a low FPS of about 40 and a high of about 70 from my Radeon 9600xt, AthlonXP 2100+ and DDR 2100 512 MB RAM.
What's your CPU speed? Do you only have a little RAM? You're having some problem not related to the video card, I can guarantee.
Oh, and FYI, there's no need to uninstall ATI drivers before installing the new version. You can do the exact same thing you've been doing with your NVidia drivers and have no problems at all. I don't know if ATI's "official recommendation" is to uninstall first, but it's not necessary.
Read one of the above complaints that mentions not liking "menus in the windows". I hate to break it to you, but that's not a GIMP paradigm--that's a is-not-a-macintosh paradigm.
The complaint in the article is that the GIMP has menus both in the main window (where the image is) and *different* menus in the toolbar windows. Toolbars shouldn't have menus; that's bad design in any OS.
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I hate to tell you this, but that hasn't changed at all. Look at a messageboard like the one at www.gamefaqs.com and see all the 'console wars' that go on every day.
:)
It's all stupid, anyway... XBox is obviously the best one.
... or you could just scan the CD's barcode in the listening kiosk 5 feet away and listen to any track on it with headphones. That seems a bit easier.
Yes, but your explaination doesn't account for Enter the Matrix, since Enter the Matrix was all 'figured out' at the same time that Matrix: Reloaded was being planned out. They even used the same actors, sets and special effects team to do the cinematics in the game that they did in the movie. Enter the Matrix, in fact, did pretty much everything you're suggestion they should do:
1) It was faithful to the source material, being written by the same writers, acted by the same actors, etc.
2) It had the additional length required to make a successful game, and little of that is what I would consider 'filler.'
3) It played with the Matrix universe without the rick of 'stepping on the toes' of the sequels... since the sequels had already been planned out at the same time the game was made.
What Enter the Matrix is missing is something harder to grasp at.
All that said, your explaination is correct in a lot of cases.
This is Slashdot. Just be glad they aren't bringing up Microsoft BOB.
And on that subject, why is there all the joking about Microsoft BOB? It really was not that bad an idea at all, it was just too hefty to run on the hardware at the time.
Sorry, that name is already taken up by another piece of crap software: Lotus' email server.
What's really scary is that the local government isn't doing crap about making the city more earthquake safe.
Look at the Alaskan Way Viaduct, for example. An almost identical freeway in California collapsed in the 1989 earthquake. There's been a lot of lip-service about making the viaduct safe, but the only changes I've seen is the installation of a few metal braces on a couple of the supports. That's not good enough!
That viaduct needs to be torn down. If there's any weak point in Seattle's earthquake strategy, that's it.
Not that anyone on Slashdot cares, but the proper way of using "spam" to refer to unwanted email is to use normal capitalization, i.e. "spam" or "Spam" and *not* all-caps, as the SPAM meat product's trademark is all-caps.
The SPAM and the Internet FAQ is located here:
http://spam.com/ci/ci_in.htm
Whine whine.
There are tons of good innovative games out there, the problem is that nobody buys them. (Sometimes.)
For instance, look at a title like Beyond Good and Evil. This is one of the most compelling games I've seen in a long time and, only a few months after it's initial release, it's $20 in the bargain bin because nobody bought it. Or how about Syberia, an excellent adventure game recently released for XBox and PC? Crimson Skies for XBox? That's pretty innovative. Or Prince of Persia, which is a rehash of an older game, but done so well that you just can't hate it. Or even James Bond 007: Everything Or Nothing, the best 'playing a movie' game I've seen in a long while.
Did you, Mr. All Games Suck buy a copy of Beyond Good and Evil? If not, then you're part of the problem and not part of the solution! If you don't seek out the innovative and fun games, then you're contributing to the 'just make a sequel' attitude that the games industry currently has.
In short, all games do not suck. People who say all games suck suck.
IE for MacOS does properly support alpha-blended PNGs. So... uh... good research there.
Actually, the vast majority of televisions sold now have ports in the front under a little flip-down panel specifically for plugging in game systems. I know for my 27" HDTV, I can just plug it in the front and not have to move my entire entertainment center to get at it.
You must have an older TV, in which case you're kind of out of luck... maybe someone makes an extension cable for that you could just wrap around and lay on the floor for easy plugging.
Uh, no, you're missing the point.
There's hundreds of thousands of computers running pre-X versions of MacOS (on which Internet Explorer is by far the best version), and there are thousands of them running OS X that have Internet Explorer set to the default browser. You're cutting off those browsers for no good reason whatsoever and the *worst* part is that you could probably just detecting them by looking for "PPC" in the user-agent string. (I think IE, Safari and other Macintosh browsers all send "PPC" in the string as opposed to "x86." I'm not a web designer; I may be mistaken.) Your script is broken, and it's pissing off a lot of people.
"Tough shit -- use Safari?"
My gut reaction to this is 'fuck off.' You've just convinced me, a potential customer, to never visit your site. Tough shit to you, huh?
That's true, but think about video games that are based on movie IP (intellectual property) but not actually attached to a specific movie. My two examples here are:
007: Everything or Nothing, an original Bond game using pretty much the entire cast of the recent movies which is quite good.
Tron 2.0: A sequel to the movie Tron in video game format, and also quite good. I believe this is coming out on XBox soon if you missed it on PC.
This is besides the point that the new Bond game is actually really good in its own right. Try it, seriously.
And the Macintosh version of IE which supports CSS correctly and is a pretty damned good browser in its own right? Why would you force Macintosh users to switch browsers when the one they're using has no rendering errors and no security holes?
Microsoft does make good browsers, just not on Windows. This code just makes you into an asshole to Mac users.
"Existence of the Secure Architectures with OpenBSD text was first made public on the OpenBSD Journal in early April 2004. The OpenBSD Journal, also known as deadly.org and now undeadly.org, recently changed hands from James Phillips to Daniel Hartmeier amid several more or less obscure references to Pogues lyrics."
What the hell? Two sentences and I'm already completely lost.
Then again, it's also pretty obvious that many drivers do not drive/look beyond the hood of their car and probably don't even know they will be stopping at a red light in 20 yards. After all, how many times have you seen people all lined up behind a car making a left turn when there is plenty of room on the right side of the car to go around????
Uh, well, in many states this is the LAW so that might be a good reason.
I can't speak for where you're from, but in my state it's illegal to drive through roadside parking (your "plenty of space to go around") to pass a person making a left turn. If that's not enough, it's also illegal to pass a car on the right, which is exactly what you're doing. This isn't just a random law, it's there for safety reasons. Driving half-blind through multiple parking spots is *not* safe driving.
Now, this is perfectly fine if the road has two driving lanes. If the right-hand lane is free, move into it and pass the left-turner. But on most roads, doing so is illegal.
If you don't want to play them, then don't. Big whoop.
But I see it as added value to the $50 a year I pay for Live, and I'm glad as hell they're there anyway.
It couldn't be any worse than the loser games DishNetwork shoves on their recievers.
As far as I'm concerned, anything posted about Microsoft's X-Box is off-topic. No need to apologize.
Uh... huh? What the hell are you talking about? The entire article above is about the XBox and various things Microsoft is going to do with the system in the next year... that's why people are posting about it. Do you understand what the word "topic" means?
Hey Moderators, I know you're all lining up to give Nintendo a big E3 blowjob, but off-topic is off-topic... the grandparent even DECLARED it off-topic. Get a clue and moderate correctly.
Man, I bought Defender for my XBox at Fred Meyer the other day for $10 - 20% off. It's one of the BEST GAMES I've seen on the system! I have no idea why it's relegated to the discount aisle, the poor thing... if they got the word out, this game would sell at $40.
But oh well... anyway, XBox has tons of good games, the problem is that Slashdot has a problem distinguishing between:
1) We hate Microsoft because they have a monopoly in computer OSes
and
2) We hate Microsoft unconditionally no matter how many good products they release or how much they give to charity.
The XBox is, no doubt about it, a good product. Period. So is Microsoft's peripherals, keyboards, mouses, etc. The fact that Microsoft has a monopoly on desktop OSes doesn't change the fact that they *also* make a lot of very good, very cool products. Slashdot moderators just don't know how to tell the difference.
How did hell did you not know about it? Not only has it been discussed every time the "Windows doesn't have SU! Whine!" comes up on Slashdot, but, in Windows XP, it's not even a hidden feature... it shows right up in the contextual menu if you right-click an executable or a shortcut to an executable!
Criminy, I don't get how anyone who uses the computer could possibly NOT know about it.
I upgraded from a GeForce 3. Not a Ti, just a plain ol' GF3. I was expecting some boosted framerates in UT2k3 and U2XMP, since I had originally bought the GF3 to boost performance in the original UT. Instead, I got similar or lower framerates with the only benefit being that those rates were at a higher resolution. So I can play a stuttery, 20 FPS game at 1024x768 on a GF3, or I can play a stuttery, 25 FPS game at 1280x1024 on my shiny, new Radeon 9600XT. Yay.
Man, I don't know the rest of the specs of your gaming machine, but if you're getting 25 FPS out of a ATI Radeon 9600xt and you have a decent CPU (2 ghz or greater) then you have some REALLY bad misconfiguration on your computer. Playing Unreal 2004 (same engine as 2003) at 1280x1024 I get a low FPS of about 40 and a high of about 70 from my Radeon 9600xt, AthlonXP 2100+ and DDR 2100 512 MB RAM.
What's your CPU speed? Do you only have a little RAM? You're having some problem not related to the video card, I can guarantee.
Oh, and FYI, there's no need to uninstall ATI drivers before installing the new version. You can do the exact same thing you've been doing with your NVidia drivers and have no problems at all. I don't know if ATI's "official recommendation" is to uninstall first, but it's not necessary.
Yes, that isn't funny at all. Great observation.
Wait wait wait... you... you *liked* it?
Holy crap, that has to be some kind of record. Let me get my camera... a person who liked 'Game Over!'
Read one of the above complaints that mentions not liking "menus in the windows". I hate to break it to you, but that's not a GIMP paradigm--that's a is-not-a-macintosh paradigm.
The complaint in the article is that the GIMP has menus both in the main window (where the image is) and *different* menus in the toolbar windows. Toolbars shouldn't have menus; that's bad design in any OS.
I'd love to play Ico, but I'm sure as hell not running out to buy a Playstation 2 at $180 for a single game when I already have an XBox and Gamecube.
;)
If it's really all that great, they should port it, damnit.