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Comment Re:At least this will prove zombies don't exist (Score 1) 296

by thyrial (#34499848) Attached to: George Lucas to Resurrect Dead Movie Stars?

The only catch I can see is how Lucas thinks buying rights to their movies gets him the rights to the actors, as usually that is controlled by an estate. But greed has no shame boys and girls, so don't be surprised to see Slim Pickens riding on a Predator drone for an air show advert or even Lucas recasting his old stars in horrible new movies. Just look at hoe he used makeup and another actor to bring Cushing back for the end of Episode III. .

Pointless trivia: That actor was the same guy who played Scorpius in Farscape(Wayne Pygram). http://farscape.wikia.com/wiki/Wayne_Pygram

Comment Re:Why remake just FPS titles? (Score 1) 518

by thyrial (#34303800) Attached to: FPS Games That Need a Remake

It seems like FPS are still alive and well, even if it isn't the same IP from the 90s. There are some genres from the 90s that completely died off.

What happened to the space flight simulators of the 90s? Lucasarts can't make a better X-Wing with modern technology nowadays? The last great space flight sim was Freelancer or HomeWorld and that was 10 years ago. That genre completely disappeared.

W.

X wing? nah Lucasarts are all about "teh consolezz" now , so it'd be a dumbed down shooter played by angry , sweary 12 year olds. Imagine being tebagged by a TIE fighter over and over and called a fagtard repeatedly by someone who'se voice hasnt broken yet. FPS remakes? Blood needs a proper dusting off again I think.

Comment Mods! (Score 1) 261

by thyrial (#34194518) Attached to: When DLC Goes Wrong
DLC! , like mods , only you have to pay for them! One of the things I hate about modern consoles is how they turned the idea of mods and add-dons or games with fun extra content (like the tons of unlockables you used to get in Namco fighting/racing games) into a way of squeezing more money out of gamers. I think a lot of the reason publishers are abandoning the PC is that PC gamers are used to getting this stuff for free (or making it for others and distributing it for free)and it's a lot harder to sell the idea of DLC to them. Still ,thank God Valve are still invested in PC games , at least for now(TF2 and LFD have gotten a shedload of free content since release)...

Comment Re:Near-dead video game industry? (Score 1) 164

by thyrial (#33943636) Attached to: Nintendo Entertainment System Turns 25
Spot on , For a good chunk of the 80's video gaming in the states WAS the NES basically. But for us Europeans in the console wars the Sega Master System was neck and neck if not ahead of the NES, given that it was cheaper , had slightly better looking games and in a lot of places you couldn't buy the damn NES anyway, The big N did feck all to promote the system here or bother with any kind of competitive pricing cos as well all know Nintendo hates Europe:) Oh and in Britain and Ireland anyway home computers hoovered up most of the games market :The C64 , the (overrated ;)!) ZX spectrum, the Amstrad CPC and the Atari 8 bits were probably more widespread than the consoles.

Comment Re:Economics (Score 1) 96

by thyrial (#33868032) Attached to: Irish ISP Wins Major Legal Victory Against Record Companies
Eircom did have a monopoly on residential broadband in most of the county for years though.They sat on their asses and are part of the reason that 1-7mb lines here are still the norm. Eircom are losing customers hand over fist here as the other ISPs offer decent packages , as they cant really compete on price. They still , to the best of my knowledge they "own" most of the fixed line infrastructure and get money back on any other providers ADSL packages. UPC(the guys in this article)( are a cable outfit though so don't have to pay them as far as I know.

Comment Re:I miss some of those old games (Score 1) 225

by thyrial (#33823656) Attached to: Game Prices — a Historical Perspective
It's kind of a half assed article , Games didnt start with the megadrive/Genesis (..hell, Sega games didn't even start with the Meg/Gen!),I'd love to see a price comparison that included Atari VCS games both before and after the market (in the US collapsed[cos the video games crash didnt really hit europe as badly]).Also disk/tape based games as well:the fact that there were other 8 bit platforms other than the NES seems to have escaped a lot of US journalists writing about the retro era.

Comment Re:Welcome to the year 2000 USA! (Score 1) 468

by thyrial (#33635912) Attached to: Texting On the Rise In the US

For me in the UK I would prob say this happened around the year 2000 if not before. So this prob means litres, kilograms, meters and ISO paper is just around the corner for the USA soon then :-)

That's about right, the US seems to be about 10 years behind Europe and Asia when it comes to mobile/cell phones. Hope you guys enjoy proper 3g video calls* in about 2015 (you'll use use it about twice and then go back to voice calls) {*I was amazed that facetime one the Jesusphone 4 was being sold as a new idea.I laughed even harder when I found out that it only runs over wifi!}

Comment Re:Open to all... (Score 1) 185

by thyrial (#32662666) Attached to: Google Voice Opens To All
Yeah pretty much , its a terribly misleading title, there's a difference between a US centric site , and a US only site , and that header is only correct if you exclude everyone outside the US. Fail article is fail I guess...
Wii

Should the Gov't Pay For Injured Man's Wii? 222

Posted by kdawson from the if-the-wii-fits dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Politicians in the Australian state of Victoria are currently locked in a debate about whether an injured man should be able to claim the cost of a Nintendo Wii for rehabilitation purposes under worker's compensation. The man's doctor apparently recommended he use the Wii Fit exercise device, but both insurance companies and the government itself have blocked the payment and have now ridiculed the idea as paying for video games. But with the Wii Fit increasingly being used for rehabilitation purposes internationally, does the man have a fair case?"
Image

Google Street View Shoots the Same Woman 43 Times 106

Posted by samzenpus from the get-your-face-out-there dept.
Geoffrey.landis writes "Terry Southgate discovered that his wife Wendy appears on the Google Street View of his neighborhood not once or twice but a whopping 43 times. From the article: 'It seems as if the Street View car simply followed the same route as Wendy and Trixie. However, Wendy was a little suspicious that the car was doing something on the "tricksie" side. Several of the Street View shots show Wendy looking with some concern towards the car that was, well, to put it politely, crawling along the curb. "I didn't know what it was doing. It was just driving round very, very slowly," Wendy told the Sun.' The next best thing to being a movie star — a Street View star!"
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How Nintendo's Mario Got His Name 103

Posted by samzenpus from the can't-wait-for-the-origin-movie dept.
harrymcc writes "In 1981, tiny Nintendo of America was getting ready to release Donkey Kong. When the company's landlord, Mario Segale, demanded back rent, Nintendo staffers named the game's barrel-jumping protagonist after him. Almost thirty years later, neither Nintendo — which continues to crank out Mario games — nor Segale — now a wealthy, secretive Washington State real estate developer — like to talk about how one of video games' iconic characters got his name and Italian heritage. Technologizer's Benj Edwards has researched the story for years and provides the most detailed account to date."
Hardware

Tokyo Students Design a New Robotic Muscle Suit 55

Posted by samzenpus from the we-can-make-it-better dept.
angry tapir writes "Students at Tokyo's University of Science have developed a new version of their muscle suit, a wearable robotic suit that assists the muscles when carrying out strenuous tasks. The original version of the suit, which has been in production for several years, provides assistance to the arms and back but the new version provides assistance to the back only. That means it is lighter and more compact than the original model."
Education

Computer Games and Traditional CS Courses 173

Posted by Soulskill from the terrible-terrible-games dept.
drroman22 writes "Schools are working to put real-world relevance into computer science education by integrating video game development into traditional CS courses. Quoting: 'Many CS educators recognized and took advantage of younger generations' familiarity and interests for computer video games and integrate related contents into their introductory programming courses. Because these are the first courses students encounter, they build excitement and enthusiasm for our discipline. ... Much of this work reported resounding successes with drastically increased enrollments and student successes. Based on these results, it is well recognized that integrating computer gaming into CS1 and CS2 (CS1/2) courses, the first programming courses students encounter, is a promising strategy for recruiting and retaining potential students." While a focus on games may help stir interest, it seems as though game development studios are as yet unimpressed by most game-related college courses. To those who have taken such courses or considered hiring those who have: what has your experience been?

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