Comment Re:So WTF do the non-depressed do with the interne (Score 5, Insightful) 278
coping mechanism. When your brain is telling you you're all alone, you do everything you can to feel some sort of human connection.
Submission + - Guild Wars 2 - Open Beta Impressions (reviewpeak.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Guild Wars 2 is a good game, nothing extraordinary though. Over-hyped as usual but it will be a solid game once it launches. I will share my impressions on the Beta, instead of writing walls of text I will make it short and simple with Pros and Cons. Also keep in mind that I am not fanboy or hater, and I will ignore all bugs and performance issues because it's Beta after all.
PROS
Character creation is quite awesome, a lot of customization.
Good artstyle and visual effects.
World feels open and alive, zones/areas are huge.
Personalized storylines are interesting. (Played on Ranger and Necromancer)
Dynamic events are not static.
Player vs. Player is fun, takes a little practice before you can start kicking ass.
Some NPCs are voiced.
CONS
Graphics/textures are decent, nothing great. (Was running beta on maximum)
Character animations are horrible.
It's very easy to out-level your character's story.
Your choices and actions don't have a real effect on the world around you. (Yes, they lied)
Zerged events aren't that fun.
World vs. World is a mess without proper guild and strategys. (Right now whoever has the most numbers — wins, skill doesn't matter)
Crafting system is very simple, nothing special.
Decent looking UI, could be better.
On a side note, keep in mind that blind fanboys have overhyped GW2 to the point where they made it seem like it was a completly different game... I suggest that everyone should lower their expectations because this game brings nothing new to the MMO genre whatsoever, all systems that are in GW2 were done before in other games; WoW, War, AoC, Rift, etc. This is not just my opinion, it's a pure fact.
I will be buying this game once it comes out, the very first month it's a guaranteed fun, not sure about how it will last in the long run though.
PROS
Character creation is quite awesome, a lot of customization.
Good artstyle and visual effects.
World feels open and alive, zones/areas are huge.
Personalized storylines are interesting. (Played on Ranger and Necromancer)
Dynamic events are not static.
Player vs. Player is fun, takes a little practice before you can start kicking ass.
Some NPCs are voiced.
CONS
Graphics/textures are decent, nothing great. (Was running beta on maximum)
Character animations are horrible.
It's very easy to out-level your character's story.
Your choices and actions don't have a real effect on the world around you. (Yes, they lied)
Zerged events aren't that fun.
World vs. World is a mess without proper guild and strategys. (Right now whoever has the most numbers — wins, skill doesn't matter)
Crafting system is very simple, nothing special.
Decent looking UI, could be better.
On a side note, keep in mind that blind fanboys have overhyped GW2 to the point where they made it seem like it was a completly different game... I suggest that everyone should lower their expectations because this game brings nothing new to the MMO genre whatsoever, all systems that are in GW2 were done before in other games; WoW, War, AoC, Rift, etc. This is not just my opinion, it's a pure fact.
I will be buying this game once it comes out, the very first month it's a guaranteed fun, not sure about how it will last in the long run though.
Submission + - Japanese scientists create touchable holograms
bs0d3 writes: Until now, hologram technology has been "for the eyes only" but a Japanese research team has advanced one to incorporate a sense of touch. Ultrasonic waves are used in order to create pressure on the user hand when it touches a hologram. At this point only simple objects have been tried in testing, but the researchers are already planning for virtual switches at hospitals and in other areas where contamination is a worry.
Comment Re:the astronaut party and the space-cadet party (Score 1) 181
Regarding your Army analogy, see Eisenhower.
Comment Re:Step up that Expulsion (Score 1) 349
Demolition Man?
Comment Re:Privacy or Convenience? (Score 1) 128
If only I could hear you over all this noise.
Comment Re:What about the parents? (Score 1) 466
There's also no country called "Spain" or "Germany", those are just the names we gave to countries that have rightful names. So it's only fair that they can call us whatever they want in return.
Comment Re:What about the parents? (Score 1) 466
"That is a hard thing though, most people are too afraid." and rightly so, how many would stand in front of an armored column in defiance of totalitarianism. I recall there only being one man in the photos from Tienanmen Square
Comment Re:I will be doing one thing about it. (Score 1) 412
Tsar Bomba was also detonated at some distance above the earth's surface.
Comment Re:MS-DOS in ROM (Score 1) 469
One word: patents.
Comment Re:Careful... (Score 1) 140
"Do you know what they call alternative medicines that have been proved to work? Medicine."
Comment Re:Don Pettit (Score 1) 88
Because this is America, and we don't believe in personal responsibility here. It's your god given right to live in a house you can't afford.
Comment Re:Distributed Grid (Score 5, Insightful) 314
nimby
Comment Re:so (Score 2, Funny) 186
noob
Comment Re:China (Score 1) 198
if the victim of the rape, murder, or theft is a corporation and not an "actual" person, then yes. Your argument would then be congruent and I would support them paying for the services of the government.
