Comment Invest it instead! (Score 1) 450
Don't give it away, invest it! We need jobs not temporary handouts!
When DLC Goes Wrong 261
kube00 writes "Poorly done downloadable content is one of a gamer's worst nightmares right now. Where a publisher stands to make some money, gamers get screwed. Whether it's the overpriced extra maps/costumes DLC, on-the-disc-at-launch DLC, or DLC that is nothing more than a remake of other content, no game is safe from bad DLC. That includes Modern Warfare 2, Bioshock 2, Uncharted 2 and a host of many other popular games. Is there a chance to fix this system?"
Telstra Violating the GPL? 197
daria42 writes "It looks like Australia's largest telco, Telstra, hasn't exactly been paying attention to its responsibilities under the GNU GPL. Australian coder Angus Gratton has been investigating the company's branded T-Hub, T-Box and T-Touch products — all based on Linux, and all without any source code or GPL license attached. Naughty. However, it's not as though Telstra is the only one to blame — the goods are manufactured by Sagem, Netgem and Huawei respectively."
Telstra responded quickly to Gratton's claims, saying they would work with the vendors to straighten out the licensing situation and fix any compliance issues.
Comment I don't know about this ... (Score 2, Insightful) 124
Anybody else starting to be a little freaked out about how ubiquitous Google is becoming? I thought phones were cool, but this is starting to scare me. Especially considering the amount of data they collect on us.
Comment Re:90 turn (Score 3, Funny) 1140
Nope, facing the ceiling. But, I have a mirror installed up there so it all works out.
Comment 90 turn (Score 1) 1140
My second screen is tilted 90 degrees. It's great for coding.
Best Education Path To Learn Video Game Programming? 240
Proudrooster writes "Fellow Slashdotters, I have transitioned to teaching and my students have asked me what is the best path to take to work in the video game programming industry. Which would be of more benefit: pursing a Computer Science degree or taking an accelerated program like those at FullSail? I have a CS degree, and suspect that the CS degree would be of more benefit in the long run, but I would like anyone in the industry to share their wisdom and experience with my students trying to follow in your footsteps. If you could recommend some programs in your replies it would be appreciated."
A couple other questions that might help those students: what non-academic methods would you recommend to students looking for a career in the games industry? What projects and tools are good starting points for learning the ropes?
Comment Better Title ... (Score 1) 243
What to do with your iPhone now that you've got an Android.
Comment Episode 1 huh? (Score 1) 409
'Episode I: The Phantom Menace' will be released first.
Whatever.
Comment Again?! (Score 5, Funny) 185
Hellgate London (with Founders), Tabula Rasa and now APB ...
The next time I purchase an MMO I'll let you guys know ahead of time so you know that it will fail.
Comment Finally in agreement (Score 1) 473
RIAA President Says Copyright Law "Isn't Working"
Hey well look at that, we finally we agree on something. Although we probably disagree on the direction we should be taking to fix it.
Comment Re:Creative Cheating (Score 1) 227
I use to be a high-school student. You'd be amazed at how stupid some teachers truly are, and how empathetical, uninterested and downright robotic they sometimes act. If that is how they behaved with us, it's hard to imagine any meaningful life outside of school.
Also, because of the forced near slave relationship with our teachers (Do everything you are told, you must satisfy me and only my feelings matter. And the diametrically opposed student situation where you have no say in what happens in the classroom, your satisfaction is unimportant and how you feel about any subject matter is irrelevant now sit down and do your work.) predictably our only form of self-empowerment was trough passive aggressive acts.
Halo Reach Leaked To Filesharing Sites 160
Stoobalou writes "What appears to be the full version of Bungie's Halo Reach game has turned up on a number of file sharing sites. The hotly-anticipated multi-player shooter had been hosted on a private area of the Microsoft Live site in order for journalists to preview the release, but Microsoft has admitted that a security breach has meant that pirates have been able to bypass personal download codes given to writers. Disk images of the game are now appearing on a number of public torrent and P2P sites as well as on popular NZB aggregators and Usenet binaries newsgroups."
The game isn't due to be released until September 14th. Microsoft is said to be "aggressively pursuing" whoever grabbed the files without their permission.
Portal 2 Gets Release Date 110
AndrewGOO9 writes "After what has seemed like an eternity since Valve initially announced a sequel to their lauded puzzle title Portal, a release date has finally been attached to the game. Originally slated to be released before the end of the year in time for the holidays, Valve instead opted to delay the game, citing reasons such as, 'making games is hard' as well as continuing their tradition of releasing games when they're finished as opposed to rushing them out the door. Either way, mark your calendars for February 9th, 2011, and in the meantime, brush up on thinking with portals."
There's some new gameplay footage available, and Valve announced that Stephen Merchant will be lending his voice to the game.
Happy 17th Birthday, Debian! 225
An anonymous reader writes "Debian turns 17 today. Yes it has really come a long way from being Murdock's pet project back in 1993 to being the distribution on which the most popular Linux distribution, Ubuntu, is now based."
