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Hey cool, anime eye contact lenses!
When did stupid things stop being cool? Have we moved past the stage in the development of society where doing things just because they're ridiculous was groovy? The first thing I thought when I saw these was "badass! Think how silly cons will be now!" But there seems to be more of an undercurrent of RAGE here.
Heroes!
author=Demicrusaius link=topic=2007.msg33044#msg33044 date=1222054956How is that a plot hole?
I'll agree there are some plot holes. Like how Hero communicated to Ando 300 years ago through scrolls in the sword? Weak.
Heroes!
Who cares about plot holes? I'm happy if I get to see Hiro and Ando running around getting into shenanigans and stopping everyone else from being douches and Mr. Bennet kicking the ass of everything with super powers like he's the goddamned Batman in horn-rimmed glasses.
Also: Electric Veronica Mars.
Also: Electric Veronica Mars.
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I didn't read their in-depth reviews of any of them, but of each of those games I've played, I totally get why they would be on the list. Secret of Evermore failed in a lot of ways, but it did some really interesting things and tried a lot of stuff out that probably would've been better if it wasn't (supposedly) the reason we didn't get Seiken Densetsu III. Breath of Fire V was an unforgiving game and a huge departure from the rest of the series, but was a masterpiece of design and clever thinking....I loved BoFV, but I definitely see where a lot of people wouldn't. Chrono Trigger probably isn't as good a game as our nostalgia makes us think it is, but it's just so damn solid that it's hard to look at it as anything other than a total triumph. Katamari, Cave Story, Shadow of the Colossus and Super Mario 3 are all really obvious inclusions and I don't even need to bother commenting on them.
The only issue I have is that I don't understand how Portal isn't on the list. It used a clever and well-implemented game mechanic that I can't remember ever seeing before to make a fun experience backed up with the best writing I've ever seen in a game. It's not the best game ever made, but it definitely belongs on any list like this.
The only issue I have is that I don't understand how Portal isn't on the list. It used a clever and well-implemented game mechanic that I can't remember ever seeing before to make a fun experience backed up with the best writing I've ever seen in a game. It's not the best game ever made, but it definitely belongs on any list like this.
Windows 7
I think you're underestimating the worth of a server/thin client setup for households. Let's say you've got four family members, who in the traditional model would have two to four computers (we'll say three just for simplicity's sake). Probably they'll have two decent computers (Dells or something) and one custom-built computer the gamer in the family built....so about $800 a piece for the Dells and $1400 for the gamer. Altogether that family has spent $3000 on computers, and one of them doesn't even have one.
So instead imagine they spent $2800 on a bangin' server, and $200 on four thin client laptops--barely any RAM on them at all, no harddrives (they run on an embedded OS), good network cards, but the video and audio cards are crap--all they have to do is put out information that's already been rendered, so they don't have to be fancy. $50 for a notebook seems cheap, but they've already got laptops that can actually do their own work for $200....a laptop with less power than the average cell phone ought to be even cheaper.
A $2800 computer should be able to serve up pretty much the same quality of gaming that a middle-of-the-line fat client could while also letting the family play Solitaire, surf MySpace, or write a letter in Word. It might get choked up if you have multiple gamers in the family, but one also assumes they would need better computers in any case, and the money that would've been spent on the fat client can be spent to upgrade the server.
So what I'm getting at is that I don't see where Midori's thin client/server model is such a raw deal for gamers.
So instead imagine they spent $2800 on a bangin' server, and $200 on four thin client laptops--barely any RAM on them at all, no harddrives (they run on an embedded OS), good network cards, but the video and audio cards are crap--all they have to do is put out information that's already been rendered, so they don't have to be fancy. $50 for a notebook seems cheap, but they've already got laptops that can actually do their own work for $200....a laptop with less power than the average cell phone ought to be even cheaper.
A $2800 computer should be able to serve up pretty much the same quality of gaming that a middle-of-the-line fat client could while also letting the family play Solitaire, surf MySpace, or write a letter in Word. It might get choked up if you have multiple gamers in the family, but one also assumes they would need better computers in any case, and the money that would've been spent on the fat client can be spent to upgrade the server.
So what I'm getting at is that I don't see where Midori's thin client/server model is such a raw deal for gamers.
Windows 7
The security messages can be turned off. I don't turn them off, personally--I didn't use Ubuntu for long, but it taught me about the importance of strict permissions on the administrator account, and I don't consider clicking a button to be any more of a problem than typing "sudo make me a sandwich." I've actually been running without any spyware or virus solution (Yes! on a Windows machine!) for the last couple of months and had no problems so far. Between Google Chrome and the UAC, it's tough for anything to get through, as long as I'm only running programs from places I trust.
Windows 7
author=GreatRedSpirit link=topic=1975.msg32410#msg32410 date=1221703667No, the new one uses the same drivers as Vista, it sounds like. Like I said, it's just Windows 98, ten years later.
So by the time they fix Vista, they release another OS. It'll probably be just as bad as when Vista came out, hell probably worse since people are still using XP.
Also why are they making a 32-bit version? I'd assume hardware will need new drivers for the new OS and there isn't much point in sticking with 32-bit OSes.
Windows 7
I switched to Vista recently because I lost my XP disc and couldn't get my tablet to work in Ubuntu. It's nowhere near as bad as I was afraid it would be, especially after tricking it out with power user tricks.
That said, Windows 2009 doesn't sound like it's going to be a game changer. Basically just the Windows 98 to Vista's Windows 95. I'm looking forward to Midori, but who knows when they'll come out with that. I like the sound of a complete rebuild of Windows from the ground up. But by then, Ubuntu might be a better option, so who knows?
That said, Windows 2009 doesn't sound like it's going to be a game changer. Basically just the Windows 98 to Vista's Windows 95. I'm looking forward to Midori, but who knows when they'll come out with that. I like the sound of a complete rebuild of Windows from the ground up. But by then, Ubuntu might be a better option, so who knows?
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