Comment Site (Score 1) 60
looks like their site has also been well camouflaged.
Comment Re:Magic Carpet, if that counts as a FPS (Score 1) 518
Magic carpet 2 was TONS of fun, and one of the first truly 3d games. A remake would be great.
It was a fantastic, strange and immersive world, that felt a lot less violent than the majority of the shit we see today.
I do not understand why we have yearly remake of the worst games and the true gems remain forgotten in history.
Comment Re:*yawn*. Call me when we lose at Go. (Score 1) 178
Your comment is misleading. While Go rules are quite simple, mastering the game is not easier than mastering chess at all.
its absolutely not "just a large game"
Try to play good players at www.gokgs.com
Comment Slashdot (Score 4, Insightful) 295
back in time : Slashdot = News for nerds, stuff that matters.
now : Slashdot = Useless stuff, badly reported, just to get clicks.
Comment no (Score 1) 1213
"is Windows 7 the way forward?"
no !
Linux is.
Comment Yes, help creative commons, open source etc. (Score 2, Interesting) 184
If this is going live, i can foresee open source apps and creative commons goods surge in popularity.
Aren't they shooting themselves in the long term ?
Saboteur Launch Plagued By Problems With ATI Cards 230
An anonymous reader writes "So far, there are over 35 pages of people posting about why EA released Pandemic Studios' final game, Saboteur, to first the EU on December 4th and then, after knowing full well it did not work properly, to the Americas on December 8th. They have been promising to work on a patch that is apparently now in the QA stage of testing. It is not a small bug; rather, if you have an ATI video card and either Windows 7 or Windows Vista, the majority (90%) of users have the game crash after the title screen. Since the marketshare for ATI is nearly equal to that of Nvidia, and the ATI logo is adorning the front page of the Saboteur website, it seems like quite a large mistake to release the game in its current state."
Mozilla Thunderbird 3 Released 272
supersloshy writes Today Mozilla released Thunderbird 3.
Many new features are available, including Tabs and enhanced search features, a message archive for emails you don't want to delete but still want to keep, Firefox 3's improved Add-ons Manager, Personas support, and many other improvements. Download here."
Over 160 Tutorial Videos Created For Unreal Dev Kit 48
As a follow-up to Epic Games' release of a free version of the Unreal Engine last month, the company has now posted over 160 video tutorials which demonstrate the various uses of the Unreal Development Kit. Roughly 20 hours of footage were created by technical education company 3D Buzz, with topics ranging from user interface to game physics to cinematics.
Copyright and the Games Industry 94
A recent post at the Press Start To Drink blog examined the relationship the games industry has with copyright laws. More so than in some other creative industries, the reactions of game companies to derivative works are widely varied and often unpredictable, ranging anywhere from active support to situations like the Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes debacle. Quoting:
"... even within the gaming industry, there is a tension between IP holders and fan producers/poachers. Some companies, such as Epic and Square Enix, remain incredibly protective of their Intellectual Property, threatening those that use their creations, even for non-profit, cultural reasons, with legal suits. Other companies, like Valve, seem to, if not embrace, at least tolerate, and perhaps even tacitly encourage this kind of fan engagement with their work. Lessig suggests, 'The opportunity to create and transform becomes weakened in a world in which creation requires permission and creativity must check with a lawyer.' Indeed, the more developers and publishers that take up Valve's position, the more creativity and innovation will emerge out of video game fan communities, already known for their intense fandom and desire to add to, alter, and re-imagine their favorite gaming universes."
Modded Xbox Bans Prompt EFF Warning About Terms of Service 254
Last month we discussed news that Microsoft had banned hundreds of thousands of Xbox users for using modified consoles. The Electronic Frontier Foundation has now pointed to this round of bans as a prime example of the power given to providers of online services through 'Terms of Service' and other usage agreements.
"No matter how much we rely on them to get on with our everyday lives, access to online services — like email, social networking sites, and (wait for it) online gaming — can never be guaranteed. ... he who writes the TOS makes the rules, and when it comes to enforcing them, the service provider often behaves as though it is also the judge, jury and executioner. ... While the mass ban provides a useful illustration of their danger, these terms can be found in nearly all TOS agreements for all kinds of services. There have been virtually no legal challenges to these kinds of arbitrary termination clauses, but we imagine this will be a growth area for lawyers."
Comment Re:Holy shit. (Score 4, Insightful) 693
Being poor does not make you a criminal...
Especially if the state helps you so you do NOT have to steal or whatever just to live.
Comment Magic Carpet (Score 1) 1120
Magic Carpet was insanely fun. - one of the first 3d games. Could be redone with state of the art graph and internet play. Would be awesome.
I also miss something like Archon for 1 on 1.
Comment .90 mbps ? (Score 1) 198
"Avg.
You mean 0.9 mbps DL, and 0.283 mbps UL ?
Is it standard practice in English to drop the leading zero ? or is this a marketing trick to mislead readers ?
Comment Soy =/= green (Score 1) 389
Want to go greener ? in any case do NOT increase soy demand.
Please see "we feed the world" you will understand.
(Brazil has become a great soy producer to please US / EU demand. Where does it grow ? They remove the amazonian forest to plant soy, and as soy doesn't grow on their soil, they then have to add plenty of chemicals.)
So green...
