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TalkBack / RE: Skies of Arcadia Legends Re-release in Japan
« on: March 05, 2004, 01:37:08 PM »
Only a fool would miss this game third time around. For those of you that don't have it, buy it. You certainly won't regret it.
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TalkBack / RE: Burnout 3 Swerves to Miss GameCube
« on: February 09, 2004, 03:23:30 PM »
The Criterion folks are _huge_ Nintendo and Gamecube fans.
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TalkBack / RE: Nintendo Reveals "Third Pillar"!
« on: January 25, 2004, 01:00:00 AM »
I did! How bad-ass would a handheld 3D system (without the socially crippling goggles) be? I'd buy one tommorow, along with every other gamer worth his salt. GBA2 3D? Let's hope so!
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General Gaming / RE: Gamecube OS like a windows os...
« on: January 24, 2004, 03:14:02 PM »
Umm, OK dude. Whatever you say (**backs away slowly**).
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TalkBack / RE:Third Parties Start Pledging DS Support
« on: January 24, 2004, 02:05:36 PM »Quote
Originally posted by: Rize
Konami has *always* been very generous with Castlevania. You can find Castlevania on pretty much every major system to date (and a lot of non major ones). Here's the list: MSX, NES, Commodore 64, Amiga, Arcade, Gameboy, SNES, TG16, X68000, PSX, Saturn, N64, GBA, PS2 and a cancelled Dreamcast game. The only notable systems missing from the list are the latest ones (GameCube and XBox). However, the DS being primarily a 2d system (count on it) I think we can expect a Castlevania game.
Unlike GBA/GCN connectivity which requires two systems and can be a real pain in the ass, I can really see a lot of developers being excited about working on this system. That would be good.
I can almost see another two castle game (like HoD) with one castle on one screen and one on the other. As for what gameplay purposes that would serve... I'll leave that up to IGA (but the possibilities are enormous (though some of my ideas are admittedly ridiculous and unplayable).
I think this will be a cool system.
You forgot the Mega Drive (aka Genesis) one.
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TalkBack / RE: Nintendo Reveals "Third Pillar"!
« on: January 21, 2004, 12:18:27 AM »
How did this make it out of R&D? I will hold my judgement until I have seen and played it but here is my major thought...
As humans we cannot control two different elements at one time. It is beyond our evolutionary capabilities. Maybe a couple of billion generations down the track but certainly not now. Therefore, the 2 screen idea has seriously limited potential. I hear "oh, for maps, inventory" etc. So? How hard is it to press a button to bring that up then resume to your game. Exactly the same as having two screens. Both methods involve a change of focus. Even driving a car, looking in the rear view mirror changes where your attention is directed and seriously limits your ability to look at the road ahead.
That is why this "idea" is stupid. It isn't innovative, it isn't incredibly clever, just incredibly flawed. "Hey, here's an idea, why don't we stick two screens on it!". Doh.
Nintendo, drop this one, lick your wounds before they incur and do something neat with Sharp's new 3D displays.
As humans we cannot control two different elements at one time. It is beyond our evolutionary capabilities. Maybe a couple of billion generations down the track but certainly not now. Therefore, the 2 screen idea has seriously limited potential. I hear "oh, for maps, inventory" etc. So? How hard is it to press a button to bring that up then resume to your game. Exactly the same as having two screens. Both methods involve a change of focus. Even driving a car, looking in the rear view mirror changes where your attention is directed and seriously limits your ability to look at the road ahead.
That is why this "idea" is stupid. It isn't innovative, it isn't incredibly clever, just incredibly flawed. "Hey, here's an idea, why don't we stick two screens on it!". Doh.
Nintendo, drop this one, lick your wounds before they incur and do something neat with Sharp's new 3D displays.
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Nintendo Gaming / RE: What are the extra ports on the bottom of the GCN?
« on: January 20, 2004, 02:05:29 AM »
Could it be similar to Microsoft's MSN watches which use FM transmissions to accept data, perhaps? Imagine paying a subscription and getting a NES game a day!
Or else a NESpod, like an iPod, with the NES Videogame Store. $2 a game.
I love feeding the mill!
Or else a NESpod, like an iPod, with the NES Videogame Store. $2 a game.
I love feeding the mill!
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Nintendo Gaming / New Unity Screenshots Revealed
« on: January 16, 2004, 04:16:56 PM »
Damn this game is shaping up to be seriously cool, I mean, you get to control a phoenix! I just hope Cube owners will buy it and prove the Gamecube is great for mature/arthouse developers to work on, it's a shame we haven't got any really neat music games. It's nice to see the developer, Jeff Minter call the Cube one of the better platforms he has worked on.
Expect it late '04/ early '05, apparently.
Screens here: http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=13754
Expect it late '04/ early '05, apparently.
Screens here: http://www.yakyak.org/viewtopic.php?t=13754
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General Chat / RE: Why you should drop Windows
« on: December 17, 2003, 01:29:01 AM »
Cheers Grey Ninja for starting this back up. 
"My next projects are finding some decent Radeon drivers, and figuring out how to start installing some more well-featured programs, such as XMMS, MPlayer, a Linux Bittorrent Client, a better File Manager (I hate Konqueror), or some Linux equivalent of Trillian."
There is a distribution of Bittorrent for Linux, I think it is at the official site - it is console based, although i'm sure you could find some nice frontends if you really wanted them. Trillian (if it is what I think it is!) there are several solutions namely GAIM and Kopete. If you running KDE, most likely want to go with Kopete as it is a KDE app. Konqueror, I believe you may be able to use a split view like Windows Explorer if that is what you want, it is quite customisable so play around with it. There is also XWinCommander which is a 95 Explorer clone, only problem being it's rather ugly (not QT or GTK, Motif I think). Personally I use GNOME and Nautilus, which are pretty good and getting better all the time, but MIME support is pretty dodgy at the moment.
If you're having trouble with MPlayer, try Xine, it's really good and I believe has full support for DVDs now, including menus, so you don't have to have Ogle as well. Also with the XMMS problem, you could always see if it happens with JuK (KDE jukebox) or with Rhythmbox (one of my favorite Linux apps!). Third mouse button? Don't have a clue. Poke around KDE Control Center for starters, then I guess use trusty Google.
Some other decent IDEs BTW are Eclipse and Anjuta, I just use Emacs myself. Personally I think programming is much nicer on Linux/UNIX than Windows, everything seems a little clearer, and better designed.
Resist the urge to delete the partition. TRUST ME, once you know it it is worth it and so much easier to get work done, especially once you've got the command line pretty much mastered. Also, now you've got 3D acceleration going - why not break out the old America's Army, or Enemy Territory
.
PaleZero: You can run Maya and Photoshop on Linux. Maya is native, but Photoshop needs Codeweavers' Crossover plug-in. Or better yet, you could use The GIMP, the 1.3 series of it is amazing, definately up there with Photoshop.
"My next projects are finding some decent Radeon drivers, and figuring out how to start installing some more well-featured programs, such as XMMS, MPlayer, a Linux Bittorrent Client, a better File Manager (I hate Konqueror), or some Linux equivalent of Trillian."
There is a distribution of Bittorrent for Linux, I think it is at the official site - it is console based, although i'm sure you could find some nice frontends if you really wanted them. Trillian (if it is what I think it is!) there are several solutions namely GAIM and Kopete. If you running KDE, most likely want to go with Kopete as it is a KDE app. Konqueror, I believe you may be able to use a split view like Windows Explorer if that is what you want, it is quite customisable so play around with it. There is also XWinCommander which is a 95 Explorer clone, only problem being it's rather ugly (not QT or GTK, Motif I think). Personally I use GNOME and Nautilus, which are pretty good and getting better all the time, but MIME support is pretty dodgy at the moment.
If you're having trouble with MPlayer, try Xine, it's really good and I believe has full support for DVDs now, including menus, so you don't have to have Ogle as well. Also with the XMMS problem, you could always see if it happens with JuK (KDE jukebox) or with Rhythmbox (one of my favorite Linux apps!). Third mouse button? Don't have a clue. Poke around KDE Control Center for starters, then I guess use trusty Google.
Some other decent IDEs BTW are Eclipse and Anjuta, I just use Emacs myself
. Personally I think programming is much nicer on Linux/UNIX than Windows, everything seems a little clearer, and better designed.Resist the urge to delete the partition. TRUST ME, once you know it it is worth it and so much easier to get work done, especially once you've got the command line pretty much mastered. Also, now you've got 3D acceleration going - why not break out the old America's Army, or Enemy Territory
.PaleZero: You can run Maya and Photoshop on Linux. Maya is native, but Photoshop needs Codeweavers' Crossover plug-in. Or better yet, you could use The GIMP, the 1.3 series of it is amazing, definately up there with Photoshop.
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General Chat / RE:Why you should drop Windows...
« on: December 12, 2003, 12:55:02 PM »Quote
Originally posted by: Grey Ninja
I am SICK of all this fighting. Akdaman, I am not going to bother fighting with you anymore.
Can we please get back on topic?
I am downloading Mandrake Linux 9.2 as we speak, and I just cleared 10GB of space on my hard drive and prepared an EXT2 partition for it. With any luck, I should be ready to install it later on tonight. I can't wait to start playing with it again. And this time I WONT forget my root password.
Nice
From what I hear 9.2 is pretty good, although you may have to download a few updates, as I hear the initial release was sort of buggy. If things don't work out too well with Mandrake, try Fedora (formerly Red Hat) or Knoppix/Gnoppix. If you've already got the partition, you may as well keep experimenting! One more thing: when installing Mandrake you may want to change that partition to ext3 or ReiserFS, ext2 is great, but ReiserFS and ext3 are newer and as a result have some advantages. Mandrake actually probably uses one of the two by default. Good luck!
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General Chat / RE:Why you should drop Windows...
« on: December 11, 2003, 06:17:54 PM »Quote
Originally posted by: akdaman1
I stand by my words , the first reason was silly and should be edited .
You may find it silly, but it does happen to be true. Microsoft makes a loss on the Xbox, so how do they pay for it? From their profitable ventures. What are their profitable ventures? Windows and Office. Plus editing it now would make half the following thread without context.
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General Chat / RE: Why you should drop IE
« on: December 11, 2003, 03:25:42 AM »
If you're having buggy troubles with Firebird, try straight Mozilla. Mozilla.org states since it is pre-1.0 software there may be more than the usual number of kinks and bugs. Personally at the moment at least, I still just find something about Mozilla nicer to work with.
Grey Ninja: What distro are you on? Just a curious george
Grey Ninja: What distro are you on? Just a curious george
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Nintendo Gaming / How would you Nintendo sell the N5?
« on: December 11, 2003, 03:11:14 AM »
What sort of style would you like to see Nintendo take on for the N5? Who do you think they could use in terms of designers, artists etc.
Here is my take...
Hardware Design: I mentioned this in another thread, but I believe Jonathon Ives from Apple would design a nice Nintendo. His works with Apple such as the G5 and iMac G4 are the sort of designs that make people desire them. They're revolutionary. The sort of designs people write articles about. The Gamecube is a gorgeous piece of work, no doubt (especially compared to the Xbox, but let's not even go there!) but it is rather kiddy with the purple. It would have been stunning if Nintendo released more kitch colours and even perhaps patterns. I must say I thought the hot pink one they had originally at E3 was exciting. The N5 should be cool. Consoles have changed barely at all in the past 25 years, smoother edges, brighter colours and that is about it. I want a console that on the outside at least makes it's competitors look like old hat, like yesterday's news and when I see it for the first time, redefines consoles for me just like the iMac G4 did for me and computers. Demanding for sure, but I can dream can't I?
Image Design/Artwork: Gamecube also has some nice logos with it and box design. But not exceptional and nothing that when you see it will make you marvel at it and want it. I would hire some decent designers. Get someone cool, someone like Designer's Republic. They made WipEout 2097 cool. It every other game look boring and unrefined. Don't let them touch the games, but logos etc. they could do a fantastic job. Nintendo's biggest problem is image - even most ten years olds think Nintendo is lame in my experience, wanting to emulate older siblings, the desire to grow up ecetra. I suspect once children are past the age they think Disney is cool, they're past the age they think Nintendo is cool and kids who think Disney is cool most likely find today's games to complicated due to their age. That is a massive over-generalisation but I think some of it holds true. With fantastic branding, Nintendo would sell alot more consoles and as a Nintendo fan, I figure that is a good thing. Other good designers who create cool things IMHO are Peter Saville and this guy, who I think is great.
TV Advertising: Greatest thing about the PS2 launch: getting David Lynch to direct a commercial for it. The world does not need more children running around pretending to be in FFT. Nintendo should have (they may have now) sacked their advertising agency long ago. Some of the most stupid ads ever came from Nintendo in the last few years. The FFT one being a prime example - they missed their target audience by two country miles. People like Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Jean Pierre Jeunet, Tim Burton, Ridley Scott (Apple again - 1984, legendary) are the sort of people I would like to see direct a Nintendo commercial.
So basically, if you were launching the N5 how would you sell it?
Here is my take...
Hardware Design: I mentioned this in another thread, but I believe Jonathon Ives from Apple would design a nice Nintendo. His works with Apple such as the G5 and iMac G4 are the sort of designs that make people desire them. They're revolutionary. The sort of designs people write articles about. The Gamecube is a gorgeous piece of work, no doubt (especially compared to the Xbox, but let's not even go there!) but it is rather kiddy with the purple. It would have been stunning if Nintendo released more kitch colours and even perhaps patterns. I must say I thought the hot pink one they had originally at E3 was exciting. The N5 should be cool. Consoles have changed barely at all in the past 25 years, smoother edges, brighter colours and that is about it. I want a console that on the outside at least makes it's competitors look like old hat, like yesterday's news and when I see it for the first time, redefines consoles for me just like the iMac G4 did for me and computers. Demanding for sure, but I can dream can't I?
Image Design/Artwork: Gamecube also has some nice logos with it and box design. But not exceptional and nothing that when you see it will make you marvel at it and want it. I would hire some decent designers. Get someone cool, someone like Designer's Republic. They made WipEout 2097 cool. It every other game look boring and unrefined. Don't let them touch the games, but logos etc. they could do a fantastic job. Nintendo's biggest problem is image - even most ten years olds think Nintendo is lame in my experience, wanting to emulate older siblings, the desire to grow up ecetra. I suspect once children are past the age they think Disney is cool, they're past the age they think Nintendo is cool and kids who think Disney is cool most likely find today's games to complicated due to their age. That is a massive over-generalisation but I think some of it holds true. With fantastic branding, Nintendo would sell alot more consoles and as a Nintendo fan, I figure that is a good thing.
Other good designers who create cool things IMHO are Peter Saville and this guy, who I think is great.TV Advertising: Greatest thing about the PS2 launch: getting David Lynch to direct a commercial for it. The world does not need more children running around pretending to be in FFT. Nintendo should have (they may have now) sacked their advertising agency long ago. Some of the most stupid ads ever came from Nintendo in the last few years. The FFT one being a prime example - they missed their target audience by two country miles. People like Spike Jonze, David Fincher, Jean Pierre Jeunet, Tim Burton, Ridley Scott (Apple again - 1984, legendary) are the sort of people I would like to see direct a Nintendo commercial.
So basically, if you were launching the N5 how would you sell it?
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General Chat / RE: Why you should drop Windows...
« on: December 11, 2003, 02:11:07 AM »
Custom. I made a list of components I thought were good and he bought them all and the store put it together and couriered it down. He hasn't had any problems since AFAIK, although I haven't seen him for awhile.
Anyway here's the great joke: the PC came, he tried to install Windows. Windows kept saying "No Hard Drive Found" or something along those lines. So he calls me up and says "Bloody Windows, telling me there isn't a hard drive!". So I told him to open the case to see if perhaps the IDE cable has been dislodged during shipping. He opens the case and I tell him to look for a little metal case, about half the size of a CD-ROM drive, under the CD-ROM drive. He says "I can't see anything! There is nothing there!". I tell him "Are you sure? Look carefully... maybe it's somewhere else?" "There's nothing bloody here!" sound quite fustrated at me, his new investment and the world in general. So I pondered for awhile and asked him "Are you sure you ordered the hard drive?". He declares he had and starts slagging off the owner of the store to me. Eventually I convince him to recheck his email reciept on his old PC. Turns out the dunce had never even ordered it!
Anyway here's the great joke: the PC came, he tried to install Windows. Windows kept saying "No Hard Drive Found" or something along those lines. So he calls me up and says "Bloody Windows, telling me there isn't a hard drive!". So I told him to open the case to see if perhaps the IDE cable has been dislodged during shipping. He opens the case and I tell him to look for a little metal case, about half the size of a CD-ROM drive, under the CD-ROM drive. He says "I can't see anything! There is nothing there!". I tell him "Are you sure? Look carefully... maybe it's somewhere else?" "There's nothing bloody here!" sound quite fustrated at me, his new investment and the world in general. So I pondered for awhile and asked him "Are you sure you ordered the hard drive?". He declares he had and starts slagging off the owner of the store to me. Eventually I convince him to recheck his email reciept on his old PC. Turns out the dunce had never even ordered it!
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General Gaming / RE: Karaoke Revolution
« on: December 11, 2003, 12:34:01 AM »
BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE!
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Nintendo Gaming / RE: "N5" design ideas
« on: December 11, 2003, 12:28:21 AM »
I think they should hire Jonathon Ives. G5, iMac G4 = amazing, sexy, beautiful. To describe his Apple work, there simply aren't enough superlatives in the world.
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Nintendo Gaming / RE: The Console Wars: Game On - Article in TIME Magazine
« on: December 11, 2003, 12:24:12 AM »
"Saying that it is unlikely Nintendo will have a good rebound this Christmas is ridiculous because they have already done it."
The article does say: "While those reductions have boosted marketshare and promise to move more units during crucial holiday weeks". I believe the author is talking about a rebound on a wider scale.
"Besides that, this article is little more than a rehash of the same Nintendo criticisms that come up in every other article."
Perhaps, but just because the criticisms are tired, does it mean they are no longer true?
"The day Nintendo conforms to Sony and Microsoft's production values are the day they lose my business. Nintendo makes good games and good consoles. The day they stop doing that, coincidentally, is also the day they lose my business."
As mine. They make superb consoles, with great architecture. As well as being the best developer in the world, period. They could reconsider the form in which they distribute their hardware though...
The article does say: "While those reductions have boosted marketshare and promise to move more units during crucial holiday weeks". I believe the author is talking about a rebound on a wider scale.
"Besides that, this article is little more than a rehash of the same Nintendo criticisms that come up in every other article."
Perhaps, but just because the criticisms are tired, does it mean they are no longer true?
"The day Nintendo conforms to Sony and Microsoft's production values are the day they lose my business. Nintendo makes good games and good consoles. The day they stop doing that, coincidentally, is also the day they lose my business."
As mine. They make superb consoles, with great architecture. As well as being the best developer in the world, period. They could reconsider the form in which they distribute their hardware though...
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General Chat / RE: Why you should drop Windows...
« on: December 11, 2003, 12:03:30 AM »
Last post for the night on this, I swear.
"the profit Microsoft makes off of Windows goes back into Windows"
Wrong. I can't find an URL right now (I think an old news.com story) but Microsoft could sell Windows for $50 and still make a profit. So for every $150 (?) box, they put well less than $50 into R&D and manufacturing, marketing etc. Although Longhorn is an unusally big investment for Microsoft, by then they'll only be up to where Apple is now.
"3) I would like to dispute this point. Unless you like to run twenty applications at once, the Windows systems maintain their stability under much activity. I haven't had any problems with 2000, and XP (based on the 2000 architecture) is similar. So for casual users, this point is wasted."
Agreed from my admittedly little experience with 2K/XP, things have got much more stable than 9X series. But that isn't saying much. I honestly don't know anyone who hasn't had problems even with XP. Microsoft could still do better in this respect.
"the profit Microsoft makes off of Windows goes back into Windows"
Wrong. I can't find an URL right now (I think an old news.com story) but Microsoft could sell Windows for $50 and still make a profit. So for every $150 (?) box, they put well less than $50 into R&D and manufacturing, marketing etc. Although Longhorn is an unusally big investment for Microsoft, by then they'll only be up to where Apple is now.
"3) I would like to dispute this point. Unless you like to run twenty applications at once, the Windows systems maintain their stability under much activity. I haven't had any problems with 2000, and XP (based on the 2000 architecture) is similar. So for casual users, this point is wasted."
Agreed from my admittedly little experience with 2K/XP, things have got much more stable than 9X series. But that isn't saying much. I honestly don't know anyone who hasn't had problems even with XP. Microsoft could still do better in this respect.
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General Chat / RE: Why you should drop Windows...
« on: December 10, 2003, 11:48:22 PM »
"This whole topic is stupid."
No-one forced you to post, in all fairness. The point of a discussion board is to provoke, well, discussion. Offering an alternative viewpoint, that's all. If you want to keep using whatever your PC manufacturer sticks on and you're happy with it, good for you.
EDIT: OcarinaBlue, KDE and GNOME, agree 100%. If you see the progress GNOME in particular has made in the past year and a half, it is truly mindblowing. I can't even begin to fathom where the two projects will be in 2005 at this rate. KDE 3.2 will be another huge step. They're not perfect, but they're definately getting there. Kernel 2.6 + KDE 3.2/GNOME 2.6 will make a powerful argument for the desktop in a couple of months. I think Firebird is brilliant - I see it as sort of a gateway (trojan horse, perhaps) for closed-platform users to be introduced to the idea of open source.
No-one forced you to post, in all fairness. The point of a discussion board is to provoke, well, discussion. Offering an alternative viewpoint, that's all. If you want to keep using whatever your PC manufacturer sticks on and you're happy with it, good for you.
EDIT: OcarinaBlue, KDE and GNOME, agree 100%. If you see the progress GNOME in particular has made in the past year and a half, it is truly mindblowing. I can't even begin to fathom where the two projects will be in 2005 at this rate. KDE 3.2 will be another huge step. They're not perfect, but they're definately getting there. Kernel 2.6 + KDE 3.2/GNOME 2.6 will make a powerful argument for the desktop in a couple of months. I think Firebird is brilliant - I see it as sort of a gateway (trojan horse, perhaps
) for closed-platform users to be introduced to the idea of open source.
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General Chat / RE: Why you should drop Windows...
« on: December 10, 2003, 11:44:17 PM »
Oh yeah, and with point no.1, I don't use Windows predominantly because it isn't very good, at least in my experience. My Windows-friendly friend recently bought a new PC and wanted me to set it up - it was hell. The DVD-Writer only read half the CDs he put in under Windows, it crashed, the Activation gave us total misery to the point he had to ring up Microsoft and verbally abuse the poor girl at the other end, to get it fixed. Installing new driver made it want us to activate again - then told us we couldn't because we already had.
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General Chat / RE: Why you should drop Windows...
« on: December 10, 2003, 11:37:51 PM »
Some interesting points raised so far.
Couple of additions and responses...
"The main reason there is a strong dislike for Microsoft though, is because they've used capitalism to form a pretty strong monopoly."
More than capitalism - some questionable business practices indeed. Netscape (huh? what's that! I can hear some say) was crushed after Microsoft bundled their competing browser, IE with Windows. Before that, in 1995 Netscape had over 80% of the browser market. If you used the WWW, you used Netscape. Then there is the Java fuss, the Windows Media and RealPlayer fuss etc...
"Messing around with the code doesn't interest me, getting a whole bunch of new junk to replace the programs I know well doesn't interest me either. Sorry."
Messing with code? This isn't 2000, things have changed. Leaps and bounds.
I agree with games - Linux is rubbish for games at the moment, especially since Loki went bust. However there is still Quake 3, Enemy Territory, America's Army, Unreal Tournament 2003, MOH:AA, Serious Sam among a few others. As well as WineX to play Windows games (including GTA:VC, Warcraft III etc.), and promises of Doom 3 and UT2004. No good if you're a PPC owner like me though.
In all seriousness though - if anything does rock the Microsoft boat, it WILL be open source. Keep in mind there is a fair chance you could be posting from a Linux PC in 5 or 10 years time. But it is a pretty big if.
Couple of additions and responses...
"The main reason there is a strong dislike for Microsoft though, is because they've used capitalism to form a pretty strong monopoly."
More than capitalism - some questionable business practices indeed. Netscape (huh? what's that! I can hear some say) was crushed after Microsoft bundled their competing browser, IE with Windows. Before that, in 1995 Netscape had over 80% of the browser market. If you used the WWW, you used Netscape. Then there is the Java fuss, the Windows Media and RealPlayer fuss etc...
"Messing around with the code doesn't interest me, getting a whole bunch of new junk to replace the programs I know well doesn't interest me either. Sorry."
Messing with code? This isn't 2000, things have changed. Leaps and bounds.
I agree with games - Linux is rubbish for games at the moment, especially since Loki went bust. However there is still Quake 3, Enemy Territory, America's Army, Unreal Tournament 2003, MOH:AA, Serious Sam among a few others. As well as WineX to play Windows games (including GTA:VC, Warcraft III etc.), and promises of Doom 3 and UT2004. No good if you're a PPC owner like me though.
In all seriousness though - if anything does rock the Microsoft boat, it WILL be open source. Keep in mind there is a fair chance you could be posting from a Linux PC in 5 or 10 years time. But it is a pretty big if.
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Nintendo Gaming / The Console Wars: Game On - Article in TIME Magazine
« on: December 10, 2003, 10:26:27 PM »
ARTICLE HERE.
I think the article is dead-on and fantastic. From what (little, admittedly) i've seen of Iwata, I don't think much. Although Yamauchi was the butt of many jokes around the internet, he clearly was a shrewd businessman, making Nintendo what it is (was?) today. Although he did perhaps fall away from the times in his last few years, with a few silly mistakes, he seems to have been a strong, great leader. Perhaps they should have looked outside the company for a successor. Nintendo does need to get with the times, and Iwata quote in the article about online makes me think he isn't seeing the big picture - you may not make money off online directly, but knowing it is an option will make more people buy your console, and in the long term I suspect it will pay off for Microsoft (and Sony to a lesser degree). I agree with the slant the author is pushing of Nintendo needing to get with the times, the lack of DVD playback on the Gamecube, the cartridges on the N64, the mini-DVDs (fantastic as they are result in the Gamecube missing some games, i'm sure) as well as the lack of built in networking in the Cube and optical audio output all IMHO, mis-steps. I hope Iwata learns the lesson from this time: people want extra functionality, people want the standard, and people don't like purple. Gamecube may not contain extra functionality because it is meant to play games, according to Nintendo. But it appears people want more than to play games - so they should a) Team up with consumer electronics companies (ala 3DO), b) Start delivering more-in-one, matching Sony and Microsoft or c) Get out of the hardware game.
Anyway, what do others think of the issues this article raised?
I think the article is dead-on and fantastic. From what (little, admittedly) i've seen of Iwata, I don't think much. Although Yamauchi was the butt of many jokes around the internet, he clearly was a shrewd businessman, making Nintendo what it is (was?) today. Although he did perhaps fall away from the times in his last few years, with a few silly mistakes, he seems to have been a strong, great leader. Perhaps they should have looked outside the company for a successor. Nintendo does need to get with the times, and Iwata quote in the article about online makes me think he isn't seeing the big picture - you may not make money off online directly, but knowing it is an option will make more people buy your console, and in the long term I suspect it will pay off for Microsoft (and Sony to a lesser degree). I agree with the slant the author is pushing of Nintendo needing to get with the times, the lack of DVD playback on the Gamecube, the cartridges on the N64, the mini-DVDs (fantastic as they are result in the Gamecube missing some games, i'm sure) as well as the lack of built in networking in the Cube and optical audio output all IMHO, mis-steps. I hope Iwata learns the lesson from this time: people want extra functionality, people want the standard, and people don't like purple. Gamecube may not contain extra functionality because it is meant to play games, according to Nintendo. But it appears people want more than to play games - so they should a) Team up with consumer electronics companies (ala 3DO), b) Start delivering more-in-one, matching Sony and Microsoft or c) Get out of the hardware game.
Anyway, what do others think of the issues this article raised?
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General Chat / Why you should drop Windows...
« on: December 10, 2003, 03:06:04 PM »
In the vein of "Why you should drop IE...", here is why you should drop Windows and move to Linux or a BSD (such as Apple Darwin, FreeBSD or NetBSD). Why stop at IE? I've been using Linux since 1999 and it has now become excellent for desktop users.
1) Use Windows, support the Xbox
It is common knowledge that the way Microsoft funds the Xbox is through the sales of Office and Windows alone. Out of their 7 (I think) divisions those are the two that are profitable. By contributing money to Microsoft, you're propping up the Gamecube's competition. Remember, loyal Nintendoites, the more money Microsoft has, the more money Nintendo uses to fight them. PlanetGamecube's servers even run on Windows! Sort of ironic, right?
2) Open standards
Windows is closed software, meaning Microsoft don't let anyone play with or use the underlying code. In contrast, open source software can be modified, and sold by anyone, in almost anyway.
3) Stability
Although the odd application may be unstable, the Linux kernel (and the BSD kernels) are very stable. Generally, even when an application crashes, it won't bring the whole system down. No more blue screens (just kernel panics
, joking).
4) FREE!
Most Linux (and as AFAIK all BSDs) are completely free to download, legally. Plus there are thousands of fantastic free applications. Including The GIMP (Photoshop replacement), OpenOffice.org (Office suite), Mozilla (Web browser), K3B (CD/DVD Burner, Nero replacement), Rhythmbox (iTunes replacement), Bluefish (superb web design app), Evolution (Outlook replacement) and many, many, many, more - practically all free.
5) Secure
Never get hit by nasty Windows virii again. Even if someone decides to write a bunch a Linux virii, the impact is minimised by the sheer amount of different distributions and that damage should only be restricted to the account you're running, not the whole system.
Anyway, there is some food for thought. Mull it over. You can try Linux wih out even touching your hard drive with a live cd such as Knoppix or Gnoppix. Good distributions for your hard drive if you are a beginner include Fedora Core (formerly Red Hat Linux), Mandrake and Ark Linux, as well as many others.
Some good websites include
http://www.distrowatch.com
http://www.pclinuxonline.com
http://www.gnome.org
http://www.knoppix.net
http://www.linux-mandrake.com
http://www.debian.org
http://www.arklinux.org
1) Use Windows, support the Xbox
It is common knowledge that the way Microsoft funds the Xbox is through the sales of Office and Windows alone. Out of their 7 (I think) divisions those are the two that are profitable. By contributing money to Microsoft, you're propping up the Gamecube's competition. Remember, loyal Nintendoites, the more money Microsoft has, the more money Nintendo uses to fight them. PlanetGamecube's servers even run on Windows! Sort of ironic, right?
2) Open standards
Windows is closed software, meaning Microsoft don't let anyone play with or use the underlying code. In contrast, open source software can be modified, and sold by anyone, in almost anyway.
3) Stability
Although the odd application may be unstable, the Linux kernel (and the BSD kernels) are very stable. Generally, even when an application crashes, it won't bring the whole system down. No more blue screens (just kernel panics
, joking).4) FREE!
Most Linux (and as AFAIK all BSDs) are completely free to download, legally. Plus there are thousands of fantastic free applications. Including The GIMP (Photoshop replacement), OpenOffice.org (Office suite), Mozilla (Web browser), K3B (CD/DVD Burner, Nero replacement), Rhythmbox (iTunes replacement), Bluefish (superb web design app), Evolution (Outlook replacement) and many, many, many, more - practically all free.
5) Secure
Never get hit by nasty Windows virii again. Even if someone decides to write a bunch a Linux virii, the impact is minimised by the sheer amount of different distributions and that damage should only be restricted to the account you're running, not the whole system.
Anyway, there is some food for thought. Mull it over. You can try Linux wih out even touching your hard drive with a live cd such as Knoppix or Gnoppix. Good distributions for your hard drive if you are a beginner include Fedora Core (formerly Red Hat Linux), Mandrake and Ark Linux, as well as many others.
Some good websites include
http://www.distrowatch.com
http://www.pclinuxonline.com
http://www.gnome.org
http://www.knoppix.net
http://www.linux-mandrake.com
http://www.debian.org
http://www.arklinux.org
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