Ranma-sensei - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Never played DS 1 or 2. Any opinions on them? (Score 1) 84

by Ranma-sensei on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @09:18AM (#32509292) Attached to: <em>Dungeon Siege III</em> Being Developed by Obsidian

Difficult, eh?

IMO, the only way to die in-game would be to set options to manual control (assuming you didn't already do that) and then go away for half an hour or so (while in the middle of a boss fight, mind you!).

Personally, I hated DS2, while I basically loved DS1 - at least in Co-op.

Comment Sources I ommitted... (Score 1) 1

by Ranma-sensei on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @02:12AM (#32506832) Attached to: Second German Game Awards a Farce, again

http://www.stern.de/digital/computer/deutscher-computerspielpreis-die-verspielte-chance-1562914.html (English translation)

http://www.chip.de/news/Deutscher-Computerspiel-Preis-Gewaltfrei-kindisch_42694689.html (English translation)

http://geisteswelt.blogsome.com/2010/05/01/deutscher-computerspiel-preis-fur-politisch-korrekte-schwuchtel-games/ (English translation)

Sorry, it's early in the morning and I just got to my desk. -.-

Submission + - Second German Game Awards a Farce, again (deutschercomputerspielpreis.de) 1

Submitted by

Ranma-sensei

on Wednesday June 09, 2010 @01:52AM

Ranma-sensei writes: "I know it's a little late to report this, but the following issue has been covered too little in the press (and not at all at Slashdot).

On April 29th, the second German Game Awards have been bestowed to games with innovative, cultural and educational value. The problem is, it' more or less a big joke (English translation). First and foremost there has to be noted that Anno 1404 and Dawn of Discovery are one and the same game. And second, and this is why Anno won in two categories: no nominated game that featured violence in more than the most abstract form really stood a chance.

And yet, even though the assembled press laughed at them, politicians nationwide proclaim this award an essential step towards acceptance of games as cultural heritage. Oh, come on, how is this gonna help us?"

Comment My methods: (Score 1) 308

by Ranma-sensei on Thursday May 27, 2010 @09:50AM (#32361384) Attached to: Video Gamers Have Power Over Their Dreams

-) I have to go, but afterwards I don't feel relieved.
-) I am somewhere high above ground and I don't care (I am deathly afraid of heights, in RL)
-) I am Ranma Saotome
-) I am the Scourge of the post-apocalyptic wastes
-) continue with any video game cliché you like

The high-above-ground-stuff usually preludes some fun boss fights, I tell ya.

Comment Err... (Score 1) 482

by Ranma-sensei on Thursday May 27, 2010 @08:49AM (#32360708) Attached to: FSF Asks Apple To Comply With the GPL For Clone of <em>GNU Go</em>

And who was it again to have said Microsoft was evil and Apple good?

Comment It can't get much worse... (Score 1) 525

by Ranma-sensei on Thursday May 27, 2010 @02:00AM (#32358396) Attached to: Sudden Demand For Logicians On Wall Street

At least for us low-lives; my hypothecary credit depends on a fixated repayments carrier, and my interest is down and (almost) out.

Now I just wish the credit would go away and leave me alone. :P

Comment Yes, we could (Score 1) 161

by Ranma-sensei on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @07:53AM (#32263194) Attached to: Europeans Bury "Digital DNA" Inside a Mountain

Vaporize Planet Earth.

There, problem solved.

Comment It all comes down to preference (Score 1) 646

by Ranma-sensei on Wednesday May 19, 2010 @06:02AM (#32262662) Attached to: Firefox Is Lagging Behind, Its Co-Founder Says

I mean, I liked Opera from the very beginning, but I never even got close to liking Firefox (which I'm forced to use at work); which is interesting, because I liked the Netscape Navigator (not much, but I did).

Yet, my best friend just loves FF, while he finds Opera too restrictive (don't ask).

One of my co-workers OTOH prefers IE, although she permanently manages to infect her laptop (yeah, I know: O.o).

So, as far as preference goes, there's all kinds of flavors to choose from, so why all this bickering?

Comment Funny... (Score 1) 310

by Ranma-sensei on Friday May 07, 2010 @04:06AM (#32123522) Attached to: Wii 2 Delay Is Hurting Nintendo

The reason for this is clear: the software being created is just not interesting enough or compelling enough to drive Wii owners to buy more than two [games] per year, [...]

Counting only the real games I possess for the Wii, I'd say it exists for more than 12 years...

[...] and most of those purchases are first party software.

Interesting... What Nintendo Wii is he talking about?

Comment Re:Location Location Location (Score 1) 161

by Ranma-sensei on Thursday May 06, 2010 @04:00AM (#32108912) Attached to: Austria Converts Phone Booths To EV Chargers

This could work, so long as they surround the car parks with a high kangaroo fence...

Veeery funny. We Austrians have t-shirts explaining the difference because we're sick of talking ourselves black in the face.

Comment Re:Blackberry? (Score 1) 253

by Ranma-sensei on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @09:09AM (#32083840) Attached to: BlackBerry Predicted a Century Ago By Nikola Tesla

I'll tell you once I find out. You could even go as far as claim he predicted the internet, for that matter.

Anyway; product placement aside, it really isn't that surprising he predicted wireless communication. I mean, look at his areas of scientific interest and research.

What I'm still waiting for is generation of energy from thin air, preferably cheaply available to anyone.

Comment Re:What bugs me... (Score 1) 472

by Ranma-sensei on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @08:48AM (#32083670) Attached to: IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low

At least now two alternative engines are starting to get recognition around the world, and newer one of those two seems to strive more for standards compliance (they wouldn't make this post otherwise). There was a time when a lot of sites appeared to be made primarilly with "IE + FF" in mind...which didn't really change that much in the grand scheme of things.

Thanks. Quite interesting, though it only seems to test JavaScript compliance, as far as I understand it.

But now perhaps sites will, to a greater degree, simply target standards... (just look at the link above to see why that's great news for you)

No news to me, but thanks again.

BTW, regarding safety of Opera - considering that it's big in post Soviet Block areas (typically #2 browser; in places #1, ahead of IE already)...maybe they just don't want to eat their turd? ;)

I frankly can't figure out an answer to that.

Comment Re:What bugs me... (Score 1) 472

by Ranma-sensei on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @08:37AM (#32083594) Attached to: IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low

It all sounded different in my head. Let me clarify:
What I meant to say, was that most people dropping off the IE share start using FF or Chrome.

Comment Re:What bugs me... (Score 1) 472

by Ranma-sensei on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @08:33AM (#32083572) Attached to: IE Market Share Falls To Historic Low

Well, they might not be too savvy on technology, but sadly, they managed to disallow them.

Submission + - File-sharers buy lots of stuff (arstechnica.com) 2

Submitted by the_arrow on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @07:59AM

the_arrow writes: It seems that a new Dutch study once again confirms what many here on Slashdot have been saying for a long time: File sharing is good for the industry! Here is a link to the actual study (PDF).

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