Since Tribes I haven't been able to stomach multiplayer games online. My entire gaming life almost exclusively exists in single player mode. Just because EA cant be bothered funding decent AI and single player game player doesn't mean the rest of the world wont/cant.
If they persists in dumping out crap for the masses I'm sure the indie and open source gaming industry will harvest my money just as quickly.
My 2yr old LOVES his ipad.
And the rate of which I've seen him learn new skills with it then further refine those skills is amazing.
There are heaps of good free and pay for games and learning tools for them.
The thing is marketed wrong, it should be aimed at toddlers and preschoolers.
I bought from Dick Smiths in Perth CBD, the kid asked if I wanted to buy a cover or extended warrenty. I said no and he was fine with that.
Sounds like JB Hi-Fi being dishonest scum bags to me.
I'm in Australia with a Telstra BB, but can you install Google app ?
That will give you Google search.
http://www.google.com/mobile
You foul their props at 400m, they'll punch a hole in the side of your cargo vessel with an RPG at 400m easy as pie
What a shame.. I make a point of buying only Linux native games.
But they should understand this.. it wont stop me playing the game. If they would like to turn a profit from me, then Linux port it.
so what do you think they'll say when I say I do it deliberately ?
I don't mind sharing my wifi with complete strangers. I restrict it to make sure they can't cost me too much and everything I do on it is encrypted via VPN so - meh!
Seriously... it's completely useless for someone in Western Australia.
Google is a powerful tool that I've found manages to index Microsoft own support site better than Bing does.
From my perspective they've done little more than join a bunch of poor performing search engines together and given it a New Yorker sounding name.
Lipstick on a Pig.
***Would someone please enlighten me - what is the rationale behind making platform-exclusive games? Isn't it logical to think that they'd make more money did they release the game for multiple platforms? Or do they just expect that everyone has every console out there plus a PC?***
Yeah, Sony benefit solely from the game if it's popular.
Sony make money from the sale of the game, sale of the licence and sale of the consoles... if it's _really_ popular then it'll encourage the sale of more of their consoles thereby acting as a multiplier of their other games.
The developers get lower cost of coding benefits and they'll be paid a kickback from Sony for being exclusive.
The end users get no real benefit.
I'll let Simon say if for me:
www.simonhackett.com/submissions/inconvenient-truth-fttn-hackett.pdf
Also it's worth noting that FTTH will force Telstra to split up to compete with it.
eh?
It's 51% taxpayer funded, 49% private investment then wholly sold off after 5years of running (Like Telstra, for a fucking huge profit).
Huge bonus' to this plan.. (stolen from the good Simon Hackett shining knight of Aussie ISP's)
Best path: FTTH (not FTTN) (Fibre To The Home/Node)
Retain ADSL2+
Abandon flawed FTTN approach
same (high) speeds for everyone
Retain copper access regime
New infrastructure in parallel
Retain competitive tension
Retain innovation
Retain competitive pricing
No overbuild protection needed
No legal battles needed
more innovation, more choice
long term consumer benefit
So if you load the player using a MAC you get one voice... if you load it using anything else you get a completely different voice.
This is a rather interesting thing to do... I mean, what happens if the MAC users like the other voice?
Why would they do such a thing unless the MAC voice was "better" is some way?
Have such a direct effect on the laws across the world?
I very much doubt that him being convicted would have any effect my me being charged with the same thing here in Australia.
Someone needs to tell those yanks that U.S. != World
ha! am reading this book atm... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_the_Fire
Made me think for a moment
Work is the crab grass in the lawn of life. -- Schulz
