Comment Re:One of the first, but still the best... (Score 1) 287
I'm pretty sure you can as long as you have the original DOOM.WAD file, I don't think the shareware version worked with the mods though
WiiWare Week Round Up 64
Mark Graham writes "All this week, UK games development site Develop has been running a series of articles under its 'WiiWare Week' banner, analyzing developer's affections for, and the potential success of Nintendo's upcoming WiiWare digital distribution platform. Most revealing is the claim that Nintendo has been secretly 'waging war' on the likes of Sony and Microsoft by capitalizing on frustrations over cuts to the Xbox Live Arcade royalty rate (down from 70% to 35% for any game making under $4m in revenue) and talking up the service's access to a wide audience to win over development support. It features commentary from both established developers (such as David Braben, creator of Elite, and Scott Orr, creator of Madden) — and indie teams (developers of new WiiWare games Pop and Gravitronix) making launch games for the service."
Submission + - Stardock shares its thoughts about piracy 1
Jamie Bosmans writes: "Recently we have been seeing a lot of developers tell us that piracy is ruining the PC gaming industry.
According to the developers they have no choice but to convert to the world of consoles if they want to survive.
Stardock has a different view on this issue though. They claim that PC game developers should be looking for big markets instead of "The cool factor".
Read the article here."
According to the developers they have no choice but to convert to the world of consoles if they want to survive.
Stardock has a different view on this issue though. They claim that PC game developers should be looking for big markets instead of "The cool factor".
Read the article here."
Submission + - Linden Lab CEO Rosedale steps down
An anonymous reader writes: Philip Rosedale, creator of Second Life, is ready to focus on the fun part of creating a company — to sit down in the seat of the chairman and provide "vision, strategy and design" ideas to grow the world the he brought online back in 2003. He said that he has begun looking for a chief executive officer to replace him, someone who will be able to scale the company to "thousands of people and tens of millions of users of Second Life." No word on who will become CEO yet.
Submission + - Save the Date for the NASA MMO RFP Briefing (nasa.gov)
NASA MMO Team writes: Save the Date for the NASA MMO RFP Briefing
April 21, 2008
NASA Massively Multiplayer Online Educational Game RFP Briefing:
The NASA Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) Educational Game RFP Briefing is scheduled on April 21 to provide interested development partners an opportunity to learn directly from NASA officials regarding the vision, goals, and expectations for the development of this MMO Educational Game. Participants will also have the opportunity to register for a one-on-one session with NASA officials during the briefing session to discuss specific questions that they have in regard to the upcoming NASA MMO Educational Game Request for Proposal (RFP). The Briefing will be held at the BWI Airport Marriott, http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/bwiap-bwi-airport-marriott/. Additional information on the Briefing can be found at the NASA MMO home page, http://ipp.gsfc.nasa.gov/MMO/
SPACE IS LIMITED. REGISTER TODAY.
Submission + - Turbine will expand LotRO with Mines of Moria (lotro.com)
mhauer writes: Turbine unveiled today at Connect 08 ( http://www.lotro.com/article/514 ) the first retail expansion to LotRO, THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINE(TM): Mines of Moria(TM). The expansion will raise the level cap from 50 to 60, introduce Legendary items, add two new player classes and bring the new areas of Eregion, Moria and Lorien.
Submission + - 10 augmented reality demos to revolutionize games (gamesalfresco.com)
comogard writes: "Augmented Reality (AR) has the potential to do something parents can't: free gamers from their couches and usher them into the real world, to play.
I am passionately sharing my findings about augmented reality in a new blog: games alfresco — in pursuit of the ultimate augmented reality game.
My latest post is the irresistible: "Top 10 augmented reality demos that will revolutionize video games". It's a result of sifting through thousands of demos. I think it's pretty cool. It's also reflecting my vision of the future of augmented reality games."
Submission + - Beijing olympics website pirates flash games (arstechnica.com)
RemyBR writes: "Stolen video games are nothing new in China, but it reaches a disturbing new level when the official website of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games does it. Several of the flash games located on the website seem to have been lifted and modified from already existing games. As Ars Techinca reports, developer Cadin Batrack has noticed that the game resembled a modified version of his own game, Snow Day, as if someone had downloaded the SWF file and modified it. That game has been taken down, but more remain."
EA Launches 'Hostile' Bid for GTA Publisher 171
Games news sites are reporting that EA has issued a new offering to Take-Two's shareholders in an attempt to purchase the company outright. Last month EA offered some $2 billion to Take-Two in an effort to accomplish the same goal. Take-Two declined, and EA took their offer public. Now, Electronic Arts is offering the price of some $26 per share to Take-Two's holders, a generous valuation. "Within ten business days Take-Two is required by law to publish, send or give to shareholders (and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission), a statement as to whether it recommends acceptance or rejection of the latest offer ... Since EA launched its February bid Take-Two said that other parties had approached it regarding a merger, but that it hadn't entered into negotiations with other companies about a deal."
Gibson Accuses Guitar Hero of Patent Violation 192
robipilot writes "Video game publisher Activision Inc. has asked a federal court to declare that its popular "Guitar Hero" game does not violate a patent held by real-guitar maker Gibson Guitar Corp. Gibson's 1999 patent covers a virtual-reality device that included a headset with speakers that simulated participating in a concert, according to a complaint filed on Tuesday by Santa Monica, Calif.-based Activision in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles."
Carmack Speaks On Ray Tracing, Future id Engines 256
Vigile writes "As a matter of principle, when legendary game programmer John Carmack speaks, the entire industry listens. In a recent interview he comments on a multitude of topics starting with information about Intel, their ray tracing research and upcoming Larrabee GPU. Carmack seems to think that Intel's direction using traditional ray tracing methods is not going to work and instead theorizes that using ray casting to traverse a new data structure he is developing is the best course of action. The 'sparse voxel octree' that Carmack discusses would allow for 'unique geometry down to the equivalent of the texel across everything.' He goes on to discuss other topics like the hardware necessary to efficiently process his new data structure, translation to consoles, multi-GPU PC gaming and even the world of hardware physics."
Unreal Creator Proclaims PCs are Not For Gaming 705
An anonymous reader writes "TG Daily is running an interesting interview with EPIC founder and Unreal creator Tim Sweeney. Sweeney is anyway very clear about his views on the gaming industry, but it is surprising how sharply he criticizes the PC industry for transforming the PC into a useless gaming machine. He's especially unhappy with Intel, which he says has integrated graphics chipsets that 'just don't work'."
Donkey Kong and Me 123
MBCook sends us to the blog of one Landon Dyer, who posted an entry the other day entitled Donkey Kong and Me. It describes how he was offered at job at Atari after writing a Centipede clone and ended up programming Donkey Kong for the Atari 800. It's full of detail that will be fascinating to anyone who ever programmed assembly language that had to fit into 16K, as well as portents of what was to come at Atari. "My first officemate didn't know how to set up his computer. He didn't know anything, it appeared. He'd been hired to work on Dig Dug, and he was completely at sea. I had to teach him a lot, including how to program in assembly, how the Atari hardware worked, how to download stuff, how to debug. It was pretty bad."
Journal Journal: Main stories with personal comments/questions = BAD 1
I've been noticing more and more that a lot of the posts stories lately have either stunk of personal bias or the preview ends with a personal question from the submitter. Do we really need this?
I read Slashdot for the articles, the news stories and the peeks at future technology. NOT for some punk trying to be witty to hundreds of thousands of geeks. I read the feedback for that.
Journal Journal: Software "Sharing" 1
Very often on Slashdot you see P2P stories and people arguing over the legitimacy of "sharing" software and music.
One of the biggest arguments is that it is a 'copy' of the original and it can not technically be called theft.
One of the biggest arguments is that it is a 'copy' of the original and it can not technically be called theft.
Theft: The wrongful taking of the property of another. It is a broad term and includes larceny, pilfering, hold-up, robbery and pick-pocketing.
