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| 2008/2/11-14 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:49123 Activity:moderate |
2/11 What's the best way to sell used video games. Most fairly recent.
I'm never going to play these again and they are worth quite a bit.
GameStop is a ripoff. Ebay is a pain in the ass. Craigslist is
totally hit and miss. There has to be an easy way to unload these
suckers.
\_ You can have ease or a good price. Pick one.
\_ I'm willing to sacrifice some price for ease. I just was
wondering if there is a good middle ground I'm missing.
\_ List them here on soda. You might get lucky.
\_ A good idea. Looking at the few replies below, there
may be a small but concentrated/local market here.
\_ agreed. There are sites like http://cheapassgamer.com where people
trade games, but that's not really all that different from
ebay or CL. If I really didn't want to sell each game for
less than a buck, I'd try CL first. If you buy a lot of
games, some say the pay-for club thing at gamestop/ebgames
actually helps. You can also try to wait for specials where
they give you more trade-in value if you use it towards a
preorder. I originally meant to do CL, but eventually gave
up on the idea that I'd follow through with it and went the
ebgames route.
\_ Some other games stores will buy them. There is a good one
near me (LA area) called Enteract. There might be one in your
area. Otherwise, realize that GameStop is paying you less
because they are less of a PITA than the alternatives and just
deal with them.
\_ I recently used http://half.com. Sold my Assasin's Creed for PS3 for
$35 there. I called GameStop before that and they said they
would have only given me $18 for it.
\_ I've sold most of my games using Amazon. It is fairly easy and
you should be able to get a decent price, esp. for new games.
\_ I'll pay $15 for Dead Rising. -jrleek
\_ Speaking of, does anyone wanna buy Forza 2 for the Xbox360? I'd
be willing to trade as well. -jrleek
\_ That's a pack in title right now, so there are tons of copies
floating around. Anyone want to buy Mass Effect? -aspo
\_ Crud. They still seem to be asking $40 for it at GameStop.
Maybe I can trade it for a copy of Dead Rising there. -jrleek
\_ You're a MARRIED MORMON with a full time job, why
are you playing computer games?
\_ 'Cos they're fun? Oh, wait, you were kidding.
\_ I know this is a troll, but I don't even get it. What
are you talking about? -jrleek
\_ TV + video games = evil liberal influences. Just
look at all the drugs and violence and crazy
celebrities like Britney Spears. I thought
Mormons are against evil liberal influences.
\_ Doesn't procreating and having awesome through
me thou will live in The Most Glorious of Glories
with me for all eternity Mormon sex take up all of
your time? How do you have time for video games?
\_ Sorry, I don't think my wife would like me buying a game that
features virtual orgasmic rape. |
| 2008/1/30-2/2 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/SW/Security] UID:49034 Activity:moderate |
1/30 One of my friend in china is asking me to sign up a world of
warcarft account for him. I am not too familiar with this
game, I am going to buy the game from Amazon, and use the
CD-key to sign up an account. Do I need to tie my credit card
with the account? Since the online game is fee based, I'd
imagine I need a credit to get this to work, if so, then I'll
tell him I can't do it. If I don't need a credit card, then I
will do it. Does anyone on the motd play this game? Can you
enlighten me? Thanks!
\_ Friends don't let friends play the World of Warcraft.
Mothers Against World of Warcraft.
\_ Is this guy a "friend" or an actual friend?
\_ Tell him you can't and let him figure out if you're wrong.
\_ Sometimes these games allow you to buy a monthly usage card online
but I don't know if warcraft requires a cc for signup or has the
monthly thing. I don't understand why your friend can't just sign
themself up?
\_ He claims that he's in China and he can't sign up. How
do I prove he's wrong?
\_ 1.5 Chinese World of Warcrack players?
\_ Go to China and sign up.
\_ Remote-Desktop into your friend's machine in China,
and sign up.
\_ He can't sign up for US servers, only on Chinese WoW servers.
There's millions more WoW players in asia than there are in
the US, but they are all on asian WoW servers.
\_ It's true. If you are a good friend, don't help him to play
WoW in any way.
\_ he probably wants you tot get a US version of the game so that
he can get access to US servers. The Chinese version will send him
to chinese servers. His play experience will likely suck due to
more lag, but whatever. If he plans to go into gold farming there
might be more market for his 'product' than if he were on a
china server -- however that's against the game's ToS. Anyway, you
can buy the boxed game and send it over.
If you try to install and sign in, it will either ask for gamecard
or credit card info to get the WoW account started. I'd recommend
not taking that step. -ERic
\_ He might also be trying to make a conduit account. I don't play
Wow, but my understanding it that the Chinese Gold farmers nead
dealers (conduits) on the US side to deliver their wares.
\_ they have plenty of hacked accounts to do this with.
\_ I can think of a host of reasons why a chinese person might want
an account on US servers -- most of them involving some from of
ToS violation -- but there are a few legitimate ones. Maybe he
wants to play with US friends/aquaintances. I'm willing to give
them the benefit of doubt. However, whatever you do don't log
into the US game (sign up the account) with your own user
information and/or cerdit card if you plan on handing the account
over. This makes YOU the 'customer of record' -- the owner of
the account, responsible for whatever mischief your Chinese
"friend" wants to commit with it. -ERic
\_ that's like trying to legitimize one's use of bittoreent
because one uses it to download Linux ISO's, when the reality
is most of one's use is really restricted-copyright mp3's and
videos. Most likely the intended use of this cross-region WoW
account is illegitimate. Gold Farming, selling gold taken
from hacked WoW accounts, etc...
\_ Very helpful replies. Thanks everyone! I am going to just say no. ;) |
| 2008/1/20-23 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Reference/Military] UID:48976 Activity:nil |
1/18 War on Terror: The Board Game
http://www.cocktail.uk.com/shop/products/product.asp?ID=4288 |
| 2007/12/31-2008/1/7 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:48877 Activity:nil |
12/31 I have a PSP UMD game (Wipeout) that won't load anymore. The UMD
looks pretty clean, although the case is fairly beat up. Any idea
what could be wrong? The PSP plays other games. |
| 2007/12/10-14 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:48778 Activity:moderate |
12/10 Fun games to play if you're bored:
http://www.pbs.org/saf/1102/features/name_game.htm
http://www.minijuegos.com/juegos/html/index.php?id=5974
Make sure to tell us what level you get to.
\_ Level 10... I don't know shit about Africa.
I would replay it but I don't want to go through the first 9
levels again.
\- i think to make the quiz "better" they should 1. make the map
bigger 2. maybe get rid of country shadings 3. not tell you
what country things are in. e.g. if they say "city of york"
obviously the only famous one is york->yorkshire. i suppose there
are some more fundamental problem as well, but those can be fixed
via the scoring system [like you error is going to be a lot higher
via the scoring system [like your error is going to be a lot higher
on a pacific island than something in england, or central
america]
\_ Level 11. Twice. -ausman
\- I think to make the map quiz "better" they need to make the
map larger, and maybe get rid of country shadings.
\_ you know why people ignore whatever shit you have to say?
it's all talk. "\- i think it's better if it is that way
or this way." Well, wake up. No one cares what you have
to say. you fix it, or you don't ... the problem persists.
opinions and criticisms are dime a dozen. do something
about it or shut the fuck up.
\- yes, "it's all talk". what were you under the impression
the motd was?
\_ Level 11, both times I played. -ausman
\_ Level 11: 440,086 points. Bloody South Pacific Islands. --erikred
\_ L11 also, around 480k. hard to play with track pad ...
I accidentally put Vancouver in SF and Jerusalem in the South
Atlantic. The gave me a lot of Mexican resorts.
\_ Uhm, wait, Vancouver isn't in SF? Damn....
\_ game flash countries country iq |
| 2007/11/4-8 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:48532 Activity:low |
11/4 I read of a game once where a a group of people either give each
other smiles or frowns. If you get a circle of smiles, everyone
gets a good amount of points. If everyone frown, everyone gets few
points. If everyone smiles but one guy, who frowns, frown guy
gets a butt-load of points, but everyone else gets 0. Sort of a
"prisoner's deliema" game. Does anyone know where I can find a writeup
of this game? Something more specific? Thanks
Addendum: I just want a description of the standard rules.
\- uh this is a little too braod/vague. this has been under discussion
since at least jjrousseau and the stag hunt. the "standard" modern
non-technical work is RAXELROD: Evolution of Cooperation. again
it depends whether your interesting is (mathmetical) game theory,
behaviorial game theory (read: psychology), applications to
social science etc. you might search around for "repeated" or
"iterated prisoner's dilemma".
\_ Ok, thanks, I really just want a standard set of group rules.
\- it's not so much "the rules" but the payoffs ... that's
what you use to calculate the equillibria/um, normative
strategies ... then you can analyize the empirical w.r.t.
to the normative. btw, IPD isnt that exciting, but i suppose
it is "the standard" starting point. something like the
ultimatium game is more interesting, IMHO.
\_ Ok thanks. Actually, I'm not studying it for academic
interest. I was using it to play with my Sunday School
class of 5, 11 year old boys. It seemed more interesting
than hangman.
\- you should enter an IPD tournament with the WWJebusD
strategy.
\_ I give you a..... SMILEY! |
| 2007/11/1-6 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Industry/Startup] UID:48515 Activity:high |
11/1 Intelligient writeup of Google's OpenSocial platform by Marc
Andreesen: http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/10/open-social-a-n.html
I got a chance to start working with OpenSocial before the public
release as part of my job at Slide, and it's been a pleasure to work
with. If you're looking for an interesting new platform to hack on,
I'd suggest giving OpenSocial a look. Incidentally, Slide is hiring.
Shoot me an email if you're interested in working for Slide. -dans
\_ You are advertising well: "come work with that motd idiot."
\_ Clearly, since you think I'm an idiot, you don't want to work
with me. Since you lack the courage or the common courtesy to
stand behind your opinion by signing your name I don't want to
work with you. Aww, the feeling is mutual. It's like we're
bonding! -dans
\_ I think you're an idiot, I don't want to work with you,
and I'll sign my name. -tom
\_ No offense tom but I'd rather work with dans. At least
there's a chance of getting IPO and getting laid.
\_ Don't all those hot UCB co-eds want to get laid?
\_ not to old grumpy sysadms.
\_ "hot UCB co-eds" is an oxymoron
\_ Come to Carnegie Mellon, where you won't find anyth\
ing if you don't speak Korean. -jeffwong
\_ Come to Carnegie Mellon, where you won't find
anything if you don't speak Korean. -jeffwong
\_ Exactly, there are no hot blondes.
\_ http://www.genmay.com/showthread.php?t=733919
\_ I forgot about our pole vaulter, but I'll
admit some exceptions. That girl who posed
for Playboy was hot. A dozen hot girls
among 13K ugrad coeds doesn't cut it, though.
\_ Karen was and is hot. -dans
\_ HAve you snuck her into a bar yet?
\_ I'm pretty sure she's of age, and,
even if she wasn't, I don't see how
it would be my place to do that.
-dans
\_ Seriously, we should call a truce and have a beer one of
these days and see if we still think of each other so
poorly. -dans
\_ You don't come across better in person, imo. -- ilyas
\_ For once I agree with ilyas.
\_ Ouch!
\_ Ditto. -dans
\_ You come across worse in person.
\_ My friends disagree. -dans
\_ That's selection bias. -- ilyas
\_ P.S. The "motd idiot" is one of the principal authors of an
application that, according to current public estimates,
has over 12.5M users. The M is for millions, not the roman
\_ Update: 12.75M
numeral M. -dans
\_ I thought it was 12.5 Male users, which would be about
right.
\_ Everyone is hiring.
\_ Not everyone has anywhere near the reach of Slide:
http://www.quantcast.com/top-sites-1
I should further note, that just counting web site visitors
lowballs our numbers spectacularly.
-dans
\_ you: http://www.quantcast.com/slide.com/traffic
competitor: http://www.quantcast.com/rockyou.com/traffic
They have more page views, and more views per visit which
means they're "stickier" than slide. Mmmmm, fun with
\_ Actually we went to great pains to make
http://Slide.com *less* sticky. If you actually
understood what we do, then you'd
understand why that's a smart move. -dans
\_ I've never heard of a business model
where users going away is a good thing.
Seriously, best of luck to you and your
company. Done here.
\_ Slide makes embeddable content.
Create -> Embed -> Repeat. Note that
our embeddable content feeds people
back to the site. You're right, you
are done here since you clearly don't
understand what you're talking about.
-dans
statistics!
\_ You should re-read the data. Actually we have more page
views globally, double the uniques in the US and over
20M more uniques globally then they do. We have also
managed to soundly trounce them on every platform where we
have competed. You're right, statistics are fun! -dans
\_ we are SO impressed that you work for the 400,000th
Friendster clone, and that you think you're beating
the 399,999th Friendster clone. Woo. -tom
\_ Slide is not a social network. And hey, we're only
bigger than Digg. And Craigstlist. And http://cnn.com.
bigger than Digg. And Craigslist. And http://cnn.com.
But, yeah, you're right. It's probably just a
gimmick. -dans
gimmick. Update: we dipped below Craigslist again.
Bummer. -dans
\_ You had me going for a while until you said you
were bigger than Craigslist. I believe you are
now talking out of your ass.
\_ Believe what you like; the numbers don't lie.
-dans
\_ Bigger is a funny word. In what way are you
bigger than Craigslist, for example? They have
been making oodles of raw cash for years with a
tiny staff and nearly no hardware. They have a
proven business model. What's yours?
\_ Apply to work here, and, if we're interested,
we'll bring you in to sign an NDA and you can
find out. I mean, hey, we were only founded
by the former CTO of PayPal, and he clearly
\_ PayPal sucks
has no idea what he's doing. -dans
\_ PayPal is a very political company and
most of the original engineers became
disgruntled and started their own company
... it's called YouTube. Read some of
their employee's blogs on their former
employee, PayPal. In short it's
hardly impressive and mostly crap.
\_ URL? I would like to read these blogs.
\_ Yeah, YouTube is a PayPal cabal company.
It was funded by the Founder's Fund,
which is run by Peter Thiel, the founder
and former CEO of PayPal who recruited
Max to be the CTO of PayPal. Slide is
funded in part by the Founder's Fund.
Ditto for Yelp, and a bunch of other
PayPal cabal companies. You may not
find the engineering challenges that
PayPal solved to be impressive, but then
I suspect you don't really understand
what PayPal is at it's core. Yes,
PayPal does payment processing, but
that's not the interesting or
challenging part of the business.
Fundamentally, PayPal is a
risk-management company, and there are
some pretty cool problems to be solved
there. Also, I find it amusing that you
write off a company that had a 1.5B
liquidity event as crap. -dans
\_ I think Youtube guy is engaged to
the daughter of the Netscape/SGI
guy
\_ Their business model is to sell advertising
through their widgets which users of friendster
clones add to their profiles. I find the
thing plausible but questionable given
that they don't really own the space they are
playing in and the widgets are dispensable/
interchangeable. How valuable is having an
ad on that stuff and how do you measure it?
How much would users or the host sites put
up with? I'm not in that industry so, shrug.
\_ Oh, that's our business model. Thanks for
enlightening me. -dans
\_ Oh. So that's our business model. Thanks
for enlightening me. -dans
\_ You could have just looked at:
http://www.slide.com/advertise
But hey, glad I could help.
\_ It's cute how you see that and assume
to have complete knowledge of our
business model. -dans
\_ I don't understand why you have a
secret business model. Is it the
slave trade? Drugs? Small arms?
\_ So I used to believe that
running everything out in the
open was the smartest way to run
a company. Working at Slide has
made me reconsider that.
Sometimes there's value to be
had in playing things more close
to the vest. -dans
\_ So the advertising program is
just a sham? I don't assume to
have complete knowledge of it.
I don't really understand how
youtube or imageshack make $$$.
I run adblock so maybe I miss
things sometimes. Anyway, the
advertising is obviously part of
the model at least. Aren't all
these companies based on ads?
Isn't that why you care about
page views? I can't see anyone
paying to use these widgets.
Really though I was trolling
you for information.
\_ Of course the advertising is
part of it. -dans
\_ Here's the fun part you missed out on because you think
these numbers are either accurate or mean something:
this is just a statistics game. The numbers don't
mean anything. Here's something that does for those
looking to get some startup money: your company has
over 120 people on staff these days, right? Your
competitor has about 20, right? When/if each company
sells, someone hired at your company now will have a
much smaller option package than your competitor.
They can sell for half as much as yours (unlikely) and
still make individual employees more money in the
transaction. Like I said, fun with statistics, which
btw yours are wrong. You: global views: 542,034,086
Them: 635,964,222. And as I said, your stickiness is
way lower. Uniques are just people who signed up and
went away. But I guess you have to find something to
hang your hat on.
this is just a statistics game. The numbers don't mean
anything. Here's something that does for those looking
to get some startup money: your company has over 120
people on staff these days, right? Your competitor has
\_ That's an interesting number. You can look on our
website to see if we've publicized the actual
number. I can't disclose it under the terms of my
NDA. -dans
\_ Uhm whatever.
\_ Um, yeah. Stop making shit up. -dans
about 20, right? When/if each company sells, someone
hired at your company now will have a much smaller
option package than your competitor. They can sell for
\_ Funny I explained precisely this to my last friend I
recruited. Our grants are still big enough to be
worthwhile. Also, you have a bunch of facts wrong
regarding both Slide and our closest competitor.
-dans
\_ Ok, correct me. What are the facts? And if
yours are 'worthwhile' your smaller competitor's
should be 'more than merely worthwhile', yes?
\_ If you apply, you can sign an NDA and all
shall be revealed. -dans
only half as much as yours (unlikely) and still make
individual employees more money in the transaction.
Like I said, fun with statistics, which btw yours are
wrong. You: global views: 542,034,086 Them:
635,964,222. And as I said, your stickiness is way
lower. Uniques are just people who signed up and went
away. But I guess you have to find something to hang
your hat on.
\_ Actually those are the public numbers. I could also
point you to Alexa numbers which are, compared to
Quantcast, crap. Unfortunately, I can't point to
our internal numbers, as they are way more accurate,
alas, that's privileged information. -dans
\_ Ok, again, you're missing the core concept here.
I'll try again. Slowly. These numbers don't
mean anything. You could have 10x or 1000000x
those numbers. It would mean nothing. I'm
curious: were you working during the last dotcom
round in the 90s to 2001 or so? We believed all
sorts of crazy shit then, too.
\_ No, I think you're the one misssing the point,
which is that when enough people use a
company's products every day, you have to
acknowledge that maybe there's more to it than
just hype. For the record, I came out here in
'97. I dropped out of Berkeley in '99 to
start a company, and closed a $500K angel
round literally months before the bubble
burst. That company cratered, but it was a
valuable learning experience. -dans
\_ people used http://pets.com and webvan, too.
\_ How many people used them? I seriously
doubt either one ever got anywhere near
our size. Also, we don't have the
overhead of shipping 50 pound bags of
dog food or running a shipping fleet.
-dans |
| 2007/10/20-24 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:48399 Activity:nil |
10/20 Will Cal pooch the Big Game for the choke trifecta?
\_ Poodles vs. Labs. Who is smartest?!
\_ Border collies. |
| 2007/10/7 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:48256 Activity:nil |
10/7 Odds on Cal pooching it and losing to both USC and at the Big Game? |
| 2007/9/21-24 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:48144 Activity:nil |
9/20 anyone get that Xbox game yet where you shoot your way through
first scene in the John Woo movie Hardboiled ? |
| 2007/9/19-22 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:48120 Activity:nil |
9/19 http://www.fantasyflightgames.com is remaking Eon's Cosmic Encounters \_ Where was this announced? \_ I'm on an email list where they announced it. If you want I can repost the email here but it pretty much is what I said plus marketing fluff. -op \_ Hopefully it is better than Hasbro's dismal showing. |
| 2007/9/16-22 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:48082 Activity:nil |
9/15 I just got an old PS/2 (SCPH-30001R), and it works, except that it
seems to take about 20 seconds for it to even start spinning the disk,
let alone load the thing. Is this normal? Shouldn't it load the
game right off? -never owned a PS/2 before
\_ More than likely you have a dirty lens on your laser. If you open
up the case you can then open up the disk tray (lots of tutorials
online, but you don't really need them). Then you can wipe off
the lens with a Q-tip and alcohol. The extra 20 seconds is from
the laser focusing. -scottyg
\_ Ah, thanks. So it is supposed to start right up? Cool. It's
supposed to go right from the floating cubes screen to the game
loading screen, right? I actually think I need to adjust the
laser I already cleaned it.
\_ I have a first generation PS/2 and mine never did that.
It goes from the cubes to spining dots screen and
sits there for 10-20 seconds before the game starts.
\_ Oh, really? Hanging out for 20 seconds at the spinning
dots is normal? Huh, I guess as long as it works I'll
quit worring about it.
\_ laser adjustment is primarily necessary for the first few
models that had early laser failures where it had trouble
reading blue PS2 discs and/or dvd movies. If it's spinning
up and down and up and down, that's probably the cause. If
it just spins up slower, it may be the drive motor.
\_ Addendum: I timed it tonight, it takes 65s to spin the disk, then
10s to start loading. -op
\_ That is waay too long. I hope you didn't pay for it and got
it from someone tossing theirs. I've noticed that many
online game accessory stores carry replacement parts for most
consoles. Maybe you can find a drive for cheap? If you have
the patience, I guess you can play until it finally dies. I
can see if I still have the old PS2 that had the laser death
if you want to try a bit of surgery, though I think I tossed it
during my last move.
\_ I paid $5. I guess I'll just play it till it dies. |
| 2007/8/23-27 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:47725 Activity:nil |
8/23 Typoon 2001, and awesome free remake of the Atari Jaguar hit Tempest
2000. Currently Windows only. Try it out , it's a really great game.
http://typhoon.kuto.de/download.html |
| 2007/8/20-21 [Transportation/Car, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:47674 Activity:nil |
8/20 http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1771556 |
| 2007/7/29-8/2 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:47461 Activity:nil |
7/28 LucasArts is releasing a Lego Indiana Jones game:
http://urltea.com/1370 (techeblog.com) |
| 2007/7/25-26 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:47417 Activity:nil |
7/24 http://www.wickedpissahgames.com/games/gravitypods/GravityPods.html Pretty fun flash game! What level did you get up to? \_ i got to level 14 then clicked on an ad URL. I lose. \_ i thought you win big when you punch the monkey? ;-) |
| 11/23 |
| 2007/7/19-21 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:47342 Activity:nil |
7/19 Wow. Checkers has been solved.
http://games.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/19/1952211
\_ International checkers (which is a much better game) has a 10x10
board and rules that much culling much harder. |
| 2007/7/19-21 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/SW/OS/OsX] UID:47336 Activity:kinda low |
7/19 For NetTrek fans - MacTrek, a Native NetTrek implementation for
OS X (its a UB as well):
http://mactrek.sourceforge.net/About%20MacTrek.html
\_ Wow. It's been a long time since I played (like over a decade).
Does anyone here know the origin of the term "ogging" to be a
massive suicide assault?
\_ Yes. Terence Chang (Exxon Valdez) started playing here at
Berkeley, and then went to grad school at CMU and started
a server there. The CMU guys are all weenies, so he played
much more aggressively than they did, and there was one
particular game where the server was full, and Terence joined
as an Orion in one of the extra slots (Og) and started
dooshing people with armies. One of the weenies, I forget
which one (probably Rick) started messaging that Og kept
coming after him, he was being Oggggggged.
"Doosh" was a Berkeley term, coined by annoyed CS60C students
to describe the noises made by Buen (Freeman) while he played
netrek. -tom
\_ Were you actually there for that game tom? As much as I
disagree with your politics, hearing nettrek games in the Web
or Evans 2nd floor are some of my fondest memories of 1991-2.
-emarkp
\_ I certainly heard Buen going "doosh doosh" a lot. The
term kind of got coined in the GRIPES file, which was
a world-writable file in the c60c directory that
students could write stuff in. After a bunch of
complaints, games were "banned" with a couple weeks to
go in the semester.
After the semester, a bunch of us (me, kube, oj spring
to mind) had a game where we started up DOOSH DOOSH
characters, and dooshed everyone in site, which is what
brought the term into the lexicon. -tom
\_ Awesome. I don't know if anything will match the
fun/frustration of playing nettrek on diskless Suns.
-emarkp
\_ Trying to write papers on those self-same machines
while roy and others were constantly renicing,
xroaching, or meltdowning your machine probably comes
close in the frustration category. --erikred
\_ It used to take 45 minutes to compile out big ass
\_ It used to take 45 minutes to compile our big ass
app on a single Sun machine. Then we changed the
compile process to distribute the compiles across
both the web and the E260 machines, and it compiled
in 5 minutes. The best part was watching the netrek
players start cursing and yelling "LAGGGG!!!" when
2 or 3 of our compile processes hit their machines.
\_ in the age of xtrek/RIP routing, the real lag was
caused by "out of band" bttacks like routing the
packets through MIT.
\_ My memories are a little bit fuzzy but I was a CS60C
grader at that point and I vaguely remember a message,
it could have been from the gripes file or an e-mail,
complaining about a "dorky guy with a ponytail
constantly yelling out 'doosh doosh' in the computer
lab" -eric
\_ Exactly. -tom
\_ http://www.netrek.org/about/akira-history-of-ogg.php |
| 2007/7/9-13 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:47238 Activity:nil |
7/9 Using multiplayer Alternate Reality Games on the Internet to find
solutions to complex world problems
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2007/07/10/alternative_reality_games
\_ WE NEED MORE GOLD! |
| 2007/7/6-7 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Computer] UID:47197 Activity:nil |
7/6 Marta Domachowska: bustier than other Eastern Europe tennis players
http://www.mfwweb.com/tennis/IW05/#Marta_Domachowska
http://www.icelebz.com/celebs/marta_domachowska/photo13.html |
| 2007/6/29-7/1 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:47118 Activity:nil |
6/29 worksafe
http://www.playcornhole.org/president.shtml
\_ I'm not going to a site called "play corn hole", no matter what you
label it.
\_ WORKSAFE! I SWEAR!
\_ http://www.playcornhole.org/whatis.shtml
"Cornhole or Corn Toss is similar to horseshoes except you use
wooden boxes called cornhole platforms and corn bags instead of
horseshoes and metal stakes. Contestants take turns pitching
their corn bags at the cornhole platform until a contestant
reaches the score of 21 points. A corn bag in the hole scores 3
points, while one on the platform scores 1 point." |
| 2007/6/27-28 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:47085 Activity:nil |
6/26 Cool little web game I found: http://www.astroempires.com Let me know if you join, I started guild "SYM" which should appeal to csua'ers... -John |
| 2007/6/16-20 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:46984 Activity:high |
6/16 article on chinese (gold) farmers --psb
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/magazine/17lootfarmers-t.html
\_ I never really understood why people pay real cash for loot in
these games. They don't take that long to hit the level cap and
long before you're there you should have more cash than you know
what to do with. And really, isn't getting loot and leveling the
whole point of these games?
\_ Becuase some loot is mind numbingly boring to get, and the only
'challenge' is putting in the time to acquire it. Take the
worst case -- epic flying mount, which once you have the level,
the only requirement is 5000g. You can 'farm' -- repeatedly
killing stuff for gold, netting, say 50g an hour -- thats a
100 hour investment. Or you can just go buy the gold for real
cash from one of these operations. But many of the 'best
stuff' is not buyable, you have to 'earn it' yourself in big
raids. But much of the raid design requiers you to get potions
and enchants to prepare for the raid, and THIS is stuff you can
buy from others (including farming operations). There are many
who would prefer to raid rather than farm for materials to
support their raiding. The guild Nihilum, who were the first to
complete some end-game boss raids, admitted to doing this, at
one point.
\_ Ok, I can see how that goes. But it seems to me that rather
than pay someone to do the 'boring' parts of the game it
would be better to play a different game. If all games have
parts that are (semi)mandatory but boring then maybe it would
be better if everyone just stopped playing these sorts of
games until developers respond.
\_ OK, you get on that WoW boycott and let us know how it
works for you.
\_ I bought my copy a month after it started. I played for
about 5 nights and just stopped. It was totally boring
and I didn't even get to the point of grinding anything.
\_ 5 days isn't far enough into the game to see any
of this.
\_ 5 days into the game was more than enough to see
that it was a boring waste of time and effort. As
I said I didn't get the "opportunity" to grind
the game because it sucked too much to bother to
get that far.
\_ I don't know about pp, but my Wow boycott has been great
for me. I save money, have more time, AND don't have to
grind. I recommend it.
\_ Me too. I play other games still, so I'm not saving
that much time, but I get a much greater variety of
experiences. I can play Angband if I want to grind.
The social aspect of WoW isn't very interesting
and requires large chunks of time to maintain.
An MMO with more focus on player-driven world
economy and power would be more interesting for me.
Still hard to avoid the time sink effect in a
realtime game world.
\_ EVE onlnie has much of this. The problem is it
is hard to find direction in their world. There
is no clear path of quests and levelling to follow
and puts of a lot of people. the "now, what do I
do ??" effect.
\_ Sounds like you are not tall enough for EVE.
\_ I have read about EVE and yeah it's the one
that seems closest however it is still based
on grinding for resources at heart. At least
your group can struggle for the most lucrative
places and stuff. Still too much work stuff.
In a single player game you can play someone
who is really special, as opposed to superhero
class 14881 instance 74941781, wait in line
to kill evil overlord #4281 for the 654819th
time.
\_ "The Grind" is a design feature of MMOs. People enjoy
MMOs for the same reason they enjoy exercise -- there is
an endorphin release involved with delayed gratification.
People who bypass 'the grind' perhaps crave adrenaline
release instead. http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/exercise.png
-- ilyas
\_ The Grind is an example of poor story design. A better
idea would be more single-player quests. Hard to tell if
this is a limitation of the system or the designers.
\_ 'The grind' has nothing to do with 'the story.'
Look at angband -- it's all grind, no story, and
people play it. 'The story' caters to people who view
video games like a book, 'the grind' caters to
people play it. 'The story' caters to people who
view video games like a book, 'the grind' caters to
people who view video games like exercise. The grind
isn't really a flawed concept -- it fulfills a
need in certain sorts of players. Are 'one-armed
bandits' in Vegas flawed? You need to get away from
this "I don't like it -> it must be bad design" thing.
Actually angband reminded me of another
this "I don't like it -> it must be bad design"
thing. Actually angband reminded me of another
psychologically powerful feature of 'the grind' --
it relies on uncertain rewards, and so results in
gambling behavior where you gamble with your time
instead of your money. Delayed gratification coupled
with uncertain rewards is powerfully addictive stuff.
-- ilyas
\_ If I understand you correctly, you're saying that
the Grind is like Minesweeper. That's cool, but
minesweeper is an opt-in activity, not one you
have to play N times before you're allowed to
play Freecell. If the Grind were option, if you
could level w/o Grinding, I'd buy your argument.
Since you generally cannot, I suggest to you that
the Grind is used in place of good story dev.
\_ There is no freecell, though. The grind never
stops, you never get past it to get at some
other phase of the game. If you don't like
the grind you shouldn't play games with grind
in it. Perhaps what confuses you is that
leveling has two purposes in games -- it's
a tool to pace content consumption, and it's
(one of the) tools for grinding. Sounds like
you are interested in content consumption,
and that's fine -- there are plenty of games
built on that. But that doesn't imply there
is something wrong with the grind as a gameplay
feature. A pure 'content consumption' game
would be something like Myst. A pure 'grind'
game would be something like angband (or diablo
its derivative). Both are fine games, they
just appeal to very different players. -- ilyas
\_ Well, those grind games do have some sort of
content: new monsters, areas, and abilities.
So the gameplay does change a bit over time.
This stuff is fairly minor of course, but
it keeps the grind feeling fresh over time.
Diablo also has a few high quality movies
to reward you. In the long run it is simple
gambling for random items as you say.
\_ The new monsters are just like the old
monsters with more hit points and they
hit back harder. The new areas is just
a bigger place to walk through, killing
more play time. New abilities can change
game play but not if it is just "spell
damage++". I played several MMOs for
years and just don't see the point
anymore.
\_ I don't see the point either, although
I did enjoy Diablo where you could
beat it in reasonable time. I was just
pointing out that the different quests
and such is content and takes writers
and artists and such. I wasn't
commenting on the value of it.
\_ Most of this thread can be summed
up by an exchange that occurred
between me and a friend who really
wanted me to get into Diablo:
Me: "Liked D, but thought it repetitive."
Him: (Ironically) "Ya think?"
\_ The 'grind' in general is a means of keeping players *in*
the game, in that they have limited developer time to design
the 'end game stuff' and once players have it, then what?
in a few days they get bored and quit. These games are
subscription based, keeping them in the same game is how
the publisher gets money. Unlike a pay to buy the game model
where you want the players to burn through the game and get
a new one. I don't really agree with the model here, but
its what they do.
\_ I suspect there will come a point where either someone
designs a game that isn't like that and kills the entire
current crop or enough people just give up on the MMORPG
thing that the genre slowly fades away. I hope for the
former.
\_ I am taking bets that neither the former nor the
latter will ever happen. -- ilyas |
| 2007/5/13-16 [Consumer/TV, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:46614 Activity:nil |
5/13 Has anyone tried using a 1080p TV as a monitor (games? presentatino?)
How's the quality?
\_ I'm using a 24" 1080p monitor works great. |
| 2007/5/3-5 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Politics/Domestic/911] UID:46517 Activity:nil |
5/2 Make and FPS map of your HS go to jail as a terrorist:
http://urltea.com/hbk (fortbendnow.com) |
| 2007/5/2-4 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:46505 Activity:moderate |
5/1 I have roughly $500 to spend on a "toy". The finalists are PS3,TiVo,
Sirius or an High Def TV. I am concerned though; that the technology
is still too new and the prices may drop further. Which one of these
is the safest bet to be a good deal? Thanks
\_ Wii
\_ second the Wii, get 2 controllers and 2 nunchucks and box it out
\_ $500 isn't enough for an HDTV. PS3 will drop in price. Tivo is
only good if you have analog cable (the HD Tivo is more than
$500).
\_ PS3 will drop about 100 dollars in a year, good games for it
won't really exist for about 3-6 months. Is that worth it to you?
High def needs $1000 at least. The other two seem stupid to me
but then again I'm not big on radio and I get my tv online.
\_ PS3 is $600 not $500. And anyway there don't seem to be any great
games yet (or maybe one). New Xbox 360 Elite is $480 though and
has more games. I guess you should first look into an HDTV so that
you can get the benefit from the other things. I don't recommend the
Wii because there are few good games. It's fun for a while though.
The Nintendo DS is fun. A 360 with Guitar Hero 2 etc would be a
better "investment". Another fun toy to consider: a Glock 19 (~$550)
\_ is there any small (19" HDTV) for less than $500?
\_ at that size, it would be much more economical to just put in a
HDTV tuner in your computer.
\_ Dell sells widescreen monitors for $400. |
| 2007/4/25-27 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA] UID:46444 Activity:low |
4/24 Is it cool that Politburo is spending $600 on XBox 360, even if it is
ASUC money? How about hardware that doesn't crash instead.
\_ Video games are a huge recruiting resource. While I agree it'd be
nice if soda wasn't probabilistic, having an xbox 360 in the office
probably brings in more new members than anything to do with soda.
\_ Do XBox 360s crash? They may be doing just what you suggest.
\_ Seriously. Regardless of changes in youth culture, you can't put
"played video games" on yer resume. I always thought there was an
educational mission implicit in the CSUA's activities.
\_ Nor can you put "ate food at bbq". Clubs are clubs. Social
events are part of the club. A video game system in the
office is a social thing. Previous generations had a snes
and a ps2, this is about the same.
\_ I have always viewed the CSUA primarily as a social
organization; the goal should be to build community.
Game-playing can be part of that, and game-playing has
certainly been a large part of the history of the CSUA,
dating back to netrek/nethack/griljor, not to mention
the Risk tournament. I do think that the organizaton
needs to accomplish more than it currently is to earn
the credibility to spend a bunch of money on a game
system. If the CSUA is viewed as "that office where
geeks just sit around playing Xbox," and the basic
business of the organization isn't being taken care of,
it could lead to serious problems with the CS department
and with the ASUC. -tom
\_ Well said. |
| 2007/4/18-20 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Reference/Military, Politics/Foreign/Asia/Korea] UID:46364 Activity:moderate |
4/18 I can't hit shit with my dominant hand with a .22
How the hell did Korean Shooter manage to shoot 50 people?
Did Chow Yun Fat train him?
\_ Some people are naturals...I personally took a pistol course
offered through my martial arts class taught by the same people who
train FBI agents. AT the end we were tested, I got an expert level
marksmanship (highest). I hit the target every single time (50
rounds)...only two rounds were not within the first circle of the
target. This was all while moving, at varying distances. Note, I've
never owned a gun before or since. I do have better than 20-20
eyesight. -scottyg
\_ the sheeple just sat there waiting for their turn
\- he did a lot of "hand exercises"
\_ lots of CS. many victims were shot 3+ times, some in the head,
which is what you do in CS -- shoot for the body while they jump
around, and then for the head when they slow down.
besides, most dead people were found in two classrooms, with him
blocking the only exit (no backdoor).
he shot a girl in the mouth.
\_ What does CS stand for?
\_ Counter-Strike
\_ Unless he was playing CS on a Wii or with a Light Gun, I don't
see how this translates. Your mouse is not a pistol.
\_ ob CS + hands-on practice + some dexterity
a friend who is a trained shooter pulls single shots
between multi-second pauses playing a stand-up arcade game.
I agree just CS is not sufficient.
\_ Glock 19 comes with 3 15round mags. From the picture of the
hollow points, and the statement of the gun store, he bought
Remington HPs - the cheapest HP - because they come in qty 50
Most HPs are sold in qty 20. |
| 2007/3/30-4/3 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:46152 Activity:nil |
3/30 Batman Lego Game:
http://www.majorspoilers.com/archives/1189.htm
\_ If it's as fun as Lego Star Wars, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
\_ Totally, Lego Star Wars (I and II) were excellent games.
You know what would be really k3wl - Lego Monkey Island. |
| 2007/2/25-3/1 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45818 Activity:nil |
2/25 Call of Duty 3 on Wii-- worst game for Wii, evar. The controls
are unlike the other Wiis, where aiming and focus is slow,
imprecise, and unintuitive. The jeep driving part is totally
unplayable where you have very little control over the vehicle
because the Wii tilt sensor has a 500ms delay. I loved CoD2 and
CoD1, but CoD3 is worst game of them all. Don't waste your
money on it. |
| 2007/2/23-27 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Politics] UID:45800 Activity:nil |
2/23 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr23tpWX8lM Lock Bumping. 90% of the locks can be opened easily with this technique. \_ O Motd, benificent, what locks are recommended to avoid this? \_ The video mentions Medeco and Primus \_ If you listen carefully, it also mentions Schlage. -dans |
| 2007/2/13 [Recreation/Sports, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45725 Activity:nil |
2/13 the few times I offer blow-jobs and he, swear to goddess,
says "after the save point," and, really, all he has to do is
pause the fucking game. that's when I stomp off in a huff
because no sane man should turn down a blow-job |
| 2007/2/5-7 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45656 Activity:nil |
2/5 I told you the PS3 was too expensive and they'd have to cut prices.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/16589429.htm?source=rss&channel=siliconvalley_technology
My follow-up prediction was that Sony could price themselves entirely
out of the game console market pulling off a major crash'n'burn with
the PS3 debacle. You heard it here first.
\_ No no no. *I* predicted on motd that the PS3 would be a
complete debacle before *you* did. Shut up.
\_ Let me guess, you also shorted google.
\_ No, I'd never short a company that won't reveal what they do or
how they do it. I don't believe in magic or secret IT rituals. |
| 2007/1/16-24 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45548 Activity:nil |
1/15 Dear motd prediction guy, your prediction is WAAAAAAAAAAY off.
http://csua.com/?entry=45214
I have personally been monitoring the prices, and it appears that
in reality PS3 supply has matched up with demand quite well. BestBuy
and eBay supplies are plenty, as bids from 12/25-now have been
in the $600-$700 range.
Wii on the other hand took everyone by surprise. Bids have cooled
from $480 range before Christmas to about $350 lately on eBay.
Moral of the story: It's not about pixel and superior graphics. It
is all about fun and playability. PS3 has 10X better graphics, but
who cares? Wii is 100X more fun.
\_ Personally, I was really looking forward to the Wii, but I didn't
expect it to be impossible to get. It's popularity has certainly
caught me by surprise. Of course, it it boat-loads of fun. I'm
curious how the PS3 will do when some decent games appear. So far
the graphics are no better than the 360, and the games suck.
\_ Slightly better graphics + same playability <<<
Same graphics + superior playability.
Sorry, but Sony really fucked up this time.
\_ Wait, who do you say has the slightly better graphics?
Wii graphics are clearly worse. Also, I thought Wii Sports
was fun for a while but lately I just keep crossing it
on the serve return and the other guy has no chance to get
to the ball (because you have no control of the character).
And at this point the only other games I'm interested in
are Zelda (also for GC) and... yeah.
\_ I have a Wii and it is 480p. How about XBox and PS3? Do both of
them support 720p and 1080p? |
| 2007/1/15-24 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45547 Activity:nil |
1/15 Nintendo geeks, this is for you:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gPutYwiiE0o |
| 2006/12/26-30 [Reference/Celebration, Recreation/Computer/Games, Consumer/Audio] UID:45497 Activity:nil |
12/26 What did you guys get for Christmas? Anyone got a new car or Wii?
\_ Eight new cell phones for my extended family.
\_ Some pants from Banana Republic, an iPod, a nice tie, a nice
bottle of scotch. |
| 2006/12/26-30 [Computer/HW/Laptop, Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/HW/Display] UID:45494 Activity:nil |
12/26 I just got a Wii and it looks bad on my 10 year old 20" tube.
What is the resolution of RCA connectors? If I get a new plasma
or LCD will it look better?
\_ component cable will make it better |
| 2006/12/12-14 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45438 Activity:nil |
12/11 Anyone reccomend a way that a desktop and a ps2 can share
a flat screenn monitor that has only a vga connector? I would
like to be able to not to use my TV to play ps2 games and I don't
have the $$ yet to upgrade to a ps3.
\_ There are a great many products like this: http://csua.org/u/hor
around. My sister has one she bought at Liksang, and she
seems happy with it. Of course, Liksang is now out of business
so I can't point you directly to that. |
| 2006/11/22-28 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45360 Activity:moderate |
11/22 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2964751562925463883 Video of PS3 vs. Nintendo Wii (kind of like I'm a PC, I'm a Mac) PS: Lots of bikini but no nudity. May o/r may not be work safe. And BTW it's better without sound. \_ this is work-safe only in O'Reilly's production studio |
| 2006/11/17-27 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45350 Activity:nil |
11/17 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15757524 Nintendo Wii preferred by previewers over PS3. Wheeeee! |
| 2006/11/16-27 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Media] UID:45343 Activity:nil |
11/16 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-274981837129821058&pr=goog-sl&hl=en Coca-cola + mentos = explosion. Fun video. |
| 2006/11/11-12 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:45330 Activity:high |
11/11 Why is Cal trying to lose the game? Red zone, three downs, can't
TD, why does it feel like the '90s again.
\_ This game left a bad taste in my mouth. Cal didn't play well,
but the Hughes interception overturned and Hawkins' ability to
turn 2 TDs into FGs really hurt. Cal should have won this game,
despite Longshore playing like dookie. So if Cal beats USC
and Stanford, we can still go to the Rose Bowl, right? Same as
\_ we? you're on the team? cool!
it was before this game happened. BTW, I thought Cal should
have gone for it on 4th and goal. What good does the FG do
unless you're worried AZ is going to kick one, too? Cal needed
the TD. Stupid Hawkins.
\_ We needed two scores to win. If Jackson's foot lands one inch
\_ You're on the team, too? That's awesome. I had no idea so
many soda geeks played football for Cal on the side. Way to
go sodans!
\_ you're a moron. -tom
\_ *laugh* one day 'we' hope to be smart like you.
differently, we would have won the game because we kicked a
field goal on the previous posession. -tom
\_ Yes, but even without it Cal would have tied. The way
it worked out Cal lost. Counting on a miracle drive to
win is risky. I'd have rather gone for the TD. It's
a lot easier to gain 3 yards than 88 yards.
\_ We had just lost yardage on two consecutive plays,
then almost had a pass picked off. Our chance of
converting on fourth down was likely less than 50%,
and there was plenty of time left on the clock (over
7 minutes). And in fact, we did get the ball back and
we did have a really good chance to score. It didn't
work out. Sometimes that happens. -tom
work out. Sometimes that happens. -tom, bear apologist
\_ Probably, but what are the chances of converting on
an 88 yard drive when we hadn't gone on a drive all
game? If AZ had made one more first down Cal
wouldn't have even gotten the ball back. |
| 2006/11/11-12 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45324 Activity:kinda low |
11/11 What's a better game, GTA Vice City or GTA III?
\_ If I ever get past that damn RC airplane task Vice City might be
better.
\_ this mission is much more fun once you connect a gamepad to
your PC. I recommend the Logitech wireless rumble one.
\_ IMO, though each of VC and SA have been technically better than "3",
they've been less fun as the areas have gotten bigger and you feel
that getting to know every nook and cranny of "the town" would take
you for-frickin-ever. In 3, you could do so, and it was fun. |
| 2006/11/9-10 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45290 Activity:low |
11/9 French Minister thinks that video game makers should get tax
breaks b/c they are artists just like film makers:
http://mobile.iht.com/articles/2006/11/05/business/games06.xhtml
\_ I think there's very little artistic difference between video game
design production and movie production these days. Good luck
getting US lawmakers to recognize that.
\_ My vote would be fore revoking the tax break on movie makers.
\_ Art-- you do something, but you don't make much money out of
it and in fact you may die of hunger doing so.
Game-- you work 70-80 hours a week on a crunchline set by
your asshole PM and all the young kids worked hard for
it and when the game finally publishes the game gets
bad reviews and 50% of the team members quit in 1.5 yrs
because they're fed-up and overworked and underpaid
and pissed off and swear to never work at a fucking game
company again. However SOMEONE is profitting from your
hard labor so it's most likely not considered "art"
\_ Hello, the comparison here was film vs. game, not the esoteric
concept of capital-a Art vs. Game.
\_ My vote would be for revoking the tax break on movie makers.
\_ exactly -pp |
| 2006/11/8-10 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45264 Activity:kinda low |
11/8 What stops this from happening? JoeL decides he wants more than his
seniority and chair position. He wants to be majority leader and have
final say about what goes into every senate bill or he'll caucus with
the R and switch control back.
\- because then some marginal R might switch to D in return for other
privilages. when yoyu have this knife edge balance, this is a
real problem. it is a problem in parliamentar systems, it was
privilages. when you have this knife edge balance, this is a
real problem. it is a problem in parliamentary systems, it was
a problem when JEEM JEFFORDS switched ... it's also a generic
economic problem [look for "hold out problem"].
economic problem [look for "hold out problem"]. insitutions
deal with or mitigate them in various way ... usually by
evolving norms or agreeing to bylaws and such.
\_ What marginal r? Joe isn't a D. He can do what he wants and
go where he'll get the best deal. That's how politics works.
There are no bylaws or agreements in place to stop this.
[hey thanks whoever over wrote this, please dont]
\_ i hate JoeL mostly because he torpedoed the GAAP and other
financial reforms right after Enron. sigh...
\_ He was also one of the leaders of "OMG violent video games! Won't
someone please THINK OF THE CHILDREN!"
\_ I lost respect for Hillary over that, too. Not just because
it's knee-jerk and reactionary, but because it shows they
aren't in touch with modern America... who plays video games..
aren't in touch with modern America... who play video games..
as ADULTS.
\_ Not too many people over 30 are playing games as
adults. I know a few, but they are freaks. This is
definitely not the norm for 'modern America'.
\_ Average gamer age is over 30 last I heard.
\_ I read something a while ago that "average gamer
age" is skewed by all the Madden/whatever sports
game players, who don't consider themselves
"gamers". I mean, it's just sports, right? -John
\_ What defines a 'gamer'? If I play Playstation
5x per year does that make me a 'gamer'?
\_ Playing video games.
\_ Yes, but how often? If I play once per
year am I a gamer? That's about how much
I play. I don't consider myself a gamer
based on that.
\_ No, no - you're a gamer you freakin'
cheese-eating, non-wife-screwing, slacker,
kids-ignoring, Everquest-playing zombie!
MOTD told you so!
\_ a) how'd you pick "over 30".. why not "over 18"?
b) there's this (very, very wrong) mentality that only
kids play video games. it's like saying "let's put
restrictions on the (book) publishing industry because
restrictions on the (book) publishing industry b/c
lots of kids read books"
\_ It's not that adult should not play games, it's
that adults generally don't have the time.
Those who make the time are generally
shirking responsibilities. All of the wives
of gamers I know are none too happy about it,
except for the couple of wives who play, too.
Is it worth getting a divorce over? Do you
want to miss playing with your kids because
your Everquest pals are going on a quest?
Whenever I play games I feel like I am
wasting my time. Sure, I waste time in Vegas
once per year, too - and that's about how
often I play video games.
often I play video games. I feel the same way
about, say, people who watch too much TV. If
you are spending more than a couple hours per
week playing games/watching TV/whatever then
you are not a very productive adult. There
does come a time to 'grow up'. Go fuck your
wife for that hour and forget the game.
Believe it or not, some people have issues
with that.
\_ I know plenty of married gamers whose spouses
don't game but don't have a problem with it.
It's a question of how much you do it. Being
a gamer doesn't mean you are a terminal case
who makes games your first priority.
\_ You're all missing the point. The point is
that "gamers" are not a voting block. Whether
they're 19, 30 or 50, they'll vote based on
taxes, war, religion, social policy or whatever
just like everyone else--whereas the moms of
underage gamers can easily be swayed by stupid
fear campaigns. So you can win votes from
soccer moms who are known to vote in large
numbers and to be willing to vote for either
party by demonizing video games, but in spite
of all their bitching on slashdot or motd,
the "gamer vote" doesn't matter. How old the
gamers are is completely beside the point. |
| 2006/11/7-8 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45214 Activity:nil |
11/7 Next-gen console predictions anyone? I'll start:
PS3s sells out instantly, eBay for around $8-900, remain out of stock
through christmas then just as supply is kicking in, they run out
of people willing to spend $600 on a console. Wii will sell out
initially, but resupply will just barely keep up with demand.
\_ You do realize that there are almost exactly as many ps3s
available as there were xbox 360s last year. I'm amused how
the 360 gotgood press about what a successful launch they
had while the ps3 is getting dumped on. --buying a wii
\_ I don't recall the 360 launch being called successful...
\_ According to this, 360 had 1mil consoles at launch i nthe US.
That's more than twice the number of PS3s.
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/xbox-360/official-360-launch-numbers-136058.php
\_ How about ps sells out upon release and are 2,000 on ebay the
moment sellers get the machines (in fact thats what they are
already). Since Wii is sooo much cheaper it will probably sell
many more units. $600 is just too much.
\_ That's basically what he said. The PS3 is having huge
manufacturing issues, and there will only be at most 500,000
available at launch, worldwide. The Wii is easy to
manufacture, so Nintendo is planning to have over 1 million
just in North America.
\_ I'll buy one for $8
\_ My take: first batch sells out but sane people aren't willing to
spend 8 gajillion dollars on a console when the competition costs
1/2 to 1/3rd as much and the second batch sits on shelves for a
month followed by drastically reduced prices leading to sony
rethinking their entire home entertainment strategy and possibly
leaving the console market.
\_ My take: you are wrong |
| 2006/11/1-2 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45080 Activity:nil |
11/1 Any Nintendo DS owners out there? Any must own games for it?
\_ the doctor game and the lawyer game
\_ I got one but I haven't played it in a long time. I thought
the New Super Mario game was pretty good, and the Castlevania
one. I was playing Brain Age for a while; it includes sudoku
puzzles. I haven't kept up with it. Advance Wars and Mario
Kart are pretty good.
\_ I really like Kirby's Canvas Curse, but YMMV.
\_ Bomberman! you need one cart for 8 players! it rules!
also Mario is good, which has a mini-game multiplayer and
sort of a duel multiplayer. Mario Kart is good too. -brain |
| 2006/10/31-11/2 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:45059 Activity:nil |
10/31 Pretty interesting article in the New Yorker about the guy
who invented SimCity and The Sims:
http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/articles/061106fa_fact - danh
\_ That was interesting. Thanks for the link!
\_ I have this lurking suspicion that Spore will bomb. (Well, sell
moderately well, but barely make back it's development costs.) |
| 2006/10/24-26 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:44942 Activity:nil |
10/24 oski crowd surfing from the game:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=iChgCGa0ikg |
| 2006/10/23-24 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:44928 Activity:nil |
10/23 Game review: http://seanbaby.com/nes/egm10.htm |
| 2006/10/22-24 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44909 Activity:low |
10/22 GT HD for PS3 looks crazy:
http://tinyurl.com/vavtr (techeblog.com)
\_ Gosh I wish I could enjoy new toys like PS3 but I need to
pay my mortgage, property tax, and countless trips to Home Depot
\_ Looks like any racing game pretty much? No new actual features?
\_ I haven't seen a racing game that look as good as GT HD.
\_ The Xbox 360 ones look pretty similar to me. It's hard
to tell from a lowres youtube. But still no damage
modeling for example? Next gen should be about more than
graphics. |
| 2006/10/20-21 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:44893 Activity:nil |
10/20 I have a free extra ticket to the cal game tomorrow in the young
alum section...email sking@zonelabs.com if you want it
--sky |
| 2006/10/16-19 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44841 Activity:nil |
10/16 New PS2 game Bully lets players gain health by kissing boysrnie
http://www.gamebrink.com/playstation-2/1833-Bully-reviews.html
\_ if i had 1 hp.. i might consider it.. but i'd be dead for sure |
| 2006/10/8-10 [Politics/Foreign/Asia/Korea, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44724 Activity:nil |
10/8 Basically, you all wish you were South Korean:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/arts/08schi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
"Frantic, piercing, the shrieks echoed down the corridors from one
corner of the vast underground complex. There hundreds of young people,
mostly women and girls, waved signs and sang slogans as they swirled
in the glare of klieg lights. It was the kind of fan frenzy that
anywhere else would be reserved for rockers or movie legends... In fact
the objects of the throng's adoration were a dozen of the nation's
most famous athletes... These were professional video gamers, idolized
for their mastery of the science-fiction strategy game StarCraft."
\_ In Korea, there are several television channels devoted solely to
televising matches between video gamers on games like StarCraft.
I guess that sure beats having several television channels devoted
to home shopping of crappy, useless household items, as we do here
in America. |
| 2006/10/5-7 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44700 Activity:nil |
10/5 http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-6449_7-6647505-1.html?tag=nl.e501 Don't get overhyped on PS3 and Wii. CNET reporter says that in his informal poll, 3 out of 6 people he knew who got an early Xbox 360 had their hardware eventually fail. The warranty is only 90 days, although after enough bad press MS is paying for all repairs for machines built before 2006. \_ People trying v.1 are brave and stupid. Like the people who tried Win95 v1, Win98 v1, and MacBook Pro v1. \_ Or Microsoft bloodstream beta, once medical nanobots become reality. \_ So don't buy a ps3 or a wii cause microsoft fucked up big time? Isn't that a bit backwards? \_ it all depends on what 'overhyped' means |
| 2006/10/4-6 [Recreation/Sports, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44665 Activity:nil |
10/4 http://ESPN.com, you're killing me here. How hard can it be to display a page with the results of the most recent playoff games by division along with a running tally of who's ahead of whom? The World Cup website was able to keep track of a hell of lot more teams playing a hell of a lot more games. Why is it so hard for the MLB and ESPN to display the results from the playoffs for 8 bloody teams? \_ Answering myself: not hard at all. Yahoo to the rescue: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/playoffs Fie on you, ESPN. |
| 2006/9/26-27 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:44544 Activity:nil 88%like:44536 |
9/26 Double Agent Trailer:
http://tinyurl.com/ef3no (gametrailers.com)
\_ Wait, am I supposed to want to play this now? 'Cos I mostly just
feel icky and powerless.
\_ The game is supposed to be less linear, allowing you to choose
what to do and different consequences result.
\_ I cannot recall the last time that a video game presented me w/
a moral dilemma of this nature. Any video game that forces one
confront this type of problem seems interesting to me. |
| 2006/9/26 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:44536 Activity:low 88%like:44544 |
9/26 Double Agent Trailer:
http://trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_splintercell_da_trailer4.mp4
\_ Wait, am I supposed to want to play this now? 'Cos I mostly just
feel icky and powerless.
\_ The game is supposed to be less linear, allowing you to choose
what to do and different consequences result.
\_ I cannot recall the last time that a video game presented me w/
a moral dilemma of this nature. Any video game that forces one
confront this type of problem seems interesting to me. |
| 2006/9/23-26 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44510 Activity:nil 76%like:44509 |
9/23 PS3 Gran Turismo HD Concept Trailer:
http://trailers.gametrailers.com/gt_vault/t_granturismohd_concept.mp4
\_ above link not working. IGN published these last night -shac
\_ It's saved on the archiver: http://csua.com/?entry=44509
http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/713/713809/vids_1.html
\_ fixed. |
| 2006/9/23 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44509 Activity:moderate 76%like:44510 |
9/23 PS3 Gran Turismo HD Concept Trailer:
http://tinyurl.com/ezmyw (techeblog.com)
\_ above link not working. IGN published these last night -shac
http://media.ps3.ign.com/media/713/713809/vids_1.html |
| 2006/9/15-19 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44402 Activity:nil |
9/15 Anyone know any good N64 games?
\_ Yeah, there was this one I met in college. Man, it was hot.
\_ Golden Eye. My other favorites include Mario Cart and Cruising
USA. |
| 2006/9/14-16 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44373 Activity:nil |
9/13 IslamoGaming:
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3153332&did=1 |
| 2006/9/12-15 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44357 Activity:kinda low |
9/12 http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/920464.asp for all u p0s3ur5, Space Rangers 2 is the best top-down space game (equipment upgrades, trading, missions) i've played. plus, you can play 1 hour or 12 hour sessions, save, and come back later. i got the full version via direct2drive, but I think there's a demo too. \_ Of course, the demo is only 1.2 GB to download. \_ Er.... I bought SR2 a few months ago. I'm still on my first game. It has a lot of potential but there was no there there. Some of the mini games are cool, some are a PITA. The RTS mini game got so fast and brutal and the UI was so primitive it became unplayable even though RTS is my favorite genre. The pizza making contest was amusing. Space combat is irritating because the targets keep docking at local planets in mid combat. Some of the alien-alien humor and backstory made me laugh, approaching the humor in some other classics like Star Control 2. At the start of the game I suggest getting a trading type ship (forget weapons, you can't kill anything anyway), and get a long range engine and big fuel tank. There is a *lot* of hopping from star to star and going A->B is much better than having to stop in C, D, and E on the way to refuel. \_ I don't play the RTS, and I make sure to let targets fly far away from any dock before I open up. I stopped doing assassinatn missions anyway since killing pirate hulls piss off all Peleng planets. i also agree that long-jump engines are the #1 priority along with trading drugs/luxuries (primarily peleng) in the early game. Mid-game, courier with high courier bonus makes money faster. SC2 is a classic, but I really enjoy SR2 ... better than Diablo w/o the sore-fingers and potion-chugging. faster. SC2 is a classic, but I really enjoy SR2 ... \_ What are some good osX games? Are there any free ones? \_ When Steve says you're ready for good osX games you'll get good osX games and not a minute sooner. |
| 2006/8/21-24 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:44083 Activity:nil |
8/21 Iain Banks next book is late b/c he played too much Civ:
http://forums.idlethumbs.net/showthread.php?p=64916
\_ I loved his references to Civ in Complicity. Mind you, he wanted
Civ Advances like Pharmaceuticals and City Improvements like
Addictive Substances to keep his cities in line....
\_ I thought the newer Civ allowed for custom user mods?
\_ Of course, and so did Civ2, but Banks is not a modder.
\_ Well there's that. I haven't tried but I thought it was
supposed to be *really* easy to do. shrug.
\_ Oh, you're absolutely right, it's easy to do, but I'm
here to tell you, modding is even more of a time-sink
than the actual game itself. |
| 2006/7/28-30 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:43825 Activity:nil |
7/27 http://www.espgame.org (game) |
| 2006/7/18-20 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:43711 Activity:nil |
7/16 DEAR SELF R1GHTEOUZ GURMAN JOHN. I CHALENGE U A GAME! I WIL
LEARN ENOUGH ENGL1SH + GRADU8 FROM AMURICAZ 2P PUBLIC
\_ "2 GRADU8"
\_ "2 BE GRADU8D"
UNIVURSITY. U + U WIL LEARN ENOUGH EAST AS1AN LANGUAGE 2
\_ SUPURFLUOUZ "U"
GRADU8 FROM ANY SUB-T1UR UN1VURSITY. MAY THE BEST MAN WIN.
\_ Congrats on yo' accomplishment. Rastus's point dat ya'
should sharpen yo' English skills 'cuz it'll enhance
yo' success in de real wo'ld is valid, dough. Face it,
plum as in de motd, de real wo'ld is full uh assholes
who'll judge ya' on yo' language skills. --PeterM
\_ I assume that both of the above posts were generated using
scripts. Someone should write a script that converts
real English to chicom troll English.
\_ It's actually cheaper to just outsource this to a real
chicom troller.
\_ Didn't the Chinese govt. just hire something like 500
of these? -John
\_ Dat's 'esactly whut it is. Sheeit. Dere is some whole
bunch uh dese in /usr/games --(michener | /usr/games/jive) |
| 2006/7/14-18 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:43674 Activity:nil |
7/14 Valve announces they're finally going to release Team Fortress 2
http://www.steampowered.com/index.php?area=news&id=691 |
| 2006/7/11-18 [Recreation/Sports, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:43635 Activity:nil |
7/11 This is so cool: Falling Sand game
http://fallingsandgame.com -John
\_ That kind of rocks! Thanks for posting, John. -mice
\_ About 5 years behind the times there, John.
\_ Get a life, loser.
\_ And still beautiful. How many things on the web can boast that?
\_ I'll take that as a compliment. -John |
| 2006/7/10-11 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:43608 Activity:kinda low |
7/10 I am delighted Zinedine Zidane has miraculously won the
BALL OF GOLD for the 2006 WC. ObIamNotMakingThisUp.
[I think they do the gold ball tally before the match is over, so
may have been decided before The Incident. Not sure why, since I
didnt think they announced it immediately and there doesnt seem
any reason not to wait 1-2 hrs. But I am still glad they didnt
change the decision.] BTW, the ZZ header after the pass from Sagnol
then blocked by Buffon was pretty awesome. --psb
\_ You are wrong about the timing of the close of the vote tallying.
Please leave the sports discussions to the experts.
Thank you. --richard
\_ I liked it. You are stupid. Keira Knightley is still flat.
\_ I just read that the voting closed at midnight last night instead
of at halftime, like they used to. ZZ's header was good, but the
save was even better. My favorite goal was the German double-header.
\- the block was fast and ultimately what mattered but i think
the header was more impressive eventhough ultimately moot becase
you might say it involved more "spatial degrees of freedom".
\_ http://www.headnut-zizou.de.vu
http://tonaz.altervista.org/zidane.html -John
\- BTW, here is a crappy video of another famous [and this time
successful] ZZ 3 deg of freedom header goals:
successful] ZZ 3 deg of freedom goals:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tD-h_BDmQ6w
if you have a better link, that would be great!
\- Here is a decent ZZ highlight video with some good
"3 degrees of freedom" shots:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYUtKKbBTkw
For those of you who dont follow futbol, this GK save by
an associate of PABLO ESCOBAR is also pretty amazing:
http://fcsc8041.home.comcast.net/ReneHiguita.mpeg
(but also a "what the fuck are you thinking" move ... it was
in a friendly game tho ... he probably only attempted it because
he know Escobar would not have him killed)
in a friendly game tho ... he probably only attempted it
because he knew PESCOBAR would not have him killed, unlike
AESCOBAR) |
| 2006/6/28-29 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:43516 Activity:nil |
6/28 50 worst game names ever
http://www.gamerevolution.com/feature/worst_names -John |
| 2006/6/23-28 [Recreation/Sports, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:43484 Activity:nil |
6/23 So the US is out, but at least they scored one goal. Did ppl find
the first 60 minutes of the Japan/Brazil game dull or interesting?
I'm not a soccer otaku or anything, but I thought it was really
entertaining until the 3rd Brazilian goal.
What are the "games to watch" this weekend?
\_ Both the Saturday games should be good.
\- go to el farolito in the mission for the ARG-MEX game ...
ask for wheat beer and keep asking people if they remember
when USA beat MEX.
\_ The first goal by Japan was surprising and interesting, but then
the game devolved into Brazil beating Japan down, and that's just
not entertaining no matter who you are.
\_ Unless you're Brazil or a Brazil fan! 4-1 baby! |
| 2006/6/21-26 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:43448 Activity:nil |
6/20 Please to be speaking up now if you do not want me to post the World
Cup results for Iran-Angola and Mexico-Portugal. Thank you.
\_ Can we institute a 24 hour moratorium on discussion of the games?
Feel free to talk about the England game or something. Weekend games
are excepted.
Feel free to talk about the England game or something.
Weekends excepted.
\_ Okay, no problem.
\_ I won't mention the team names, but when two teams play to
a scoreless draw and the articles about the game say things
like how "fast and furious" the play was and how it was a
classic I realize that even though I like (and played)
soccer, the game kind of sucks. How does the rest of the
world get so into a game where a scoreless draw is not only
a possibility, but seen as a good sign of two team's abilities?
\_ What article said that? Neither team particularly cared to
win that match since it didn't matter.
\_ Yes, meaningless games are what makes the World Cup
so great!
\_ If two really good teams work really hard at scoring and
yet simultaneously prevent each other from scoring, how is
that not incredibly exciting? Frankly, I find this much more
exciting than the NBA, where the game comes down to who
messed up and didn't make the matching goal; it's almost as
bad as bowling.
\_ I can appreciate good defense. A no hitter in baseball
is exciting. What is not exciting is that it's a
scoreless *tie*. Please play until someone scores. Hockey
can get away with ties, because 1) at least they have
the concept of overtime, 2) the ties are rarely
scoreless, and 3) even if they are there are usually
more shots on goal that the goalkeeper actually has
to save. In soccer, one team scores a goal and then
plays defense the rest of the game. That's a
disservice to the phenomenal athletes.
\_ This is the first round. Each teams plays three matches
and scores match points based on how they do; the
teams with the most match points in their groups move
the second round. From the second round forward, the
rules change:
"If, after 90 minutes, a match ends in a draw, extra
time of twice 15 minutes will be played. If the score
is level after extra time, penalty kicks will be
taken to determine the winner (cf. Art. 17, par. 2,
and 3 of these Regulations)."
Now, if you want to argue over the fairness (or sanity)
of ending a match through PKs, brother, you're preaching
to the choir. If you really want to know why people
riot after WC matches, look no farther.
\_ I think they should decide it based on corner kick
differential over the course of the match.
\_ The first round is odd in the respect that it
actaully encourages scoreless ties. In the
tiebrakeing process, a scoreless tie is worth more
that a scoring tie.
\_ How so? |
| 2006/6/15-16 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/HW/Display] UID:43409 Activity:nil |
6/15 A little old, but I'm sure you all want to know about ATI's new
video card optimized for ASCII gaming.
http://bbspot.com/News/2003/02/ati_ascii.html
\_ I know it was satire, but you could do that with pixel shaders. |
| 2006/6/2-4 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:43263 Activity:nil |
6/2 Hmm.. I need a good cheap pickup puzzle game for the Gameboy/
Gameboy Advance. Anyone got any recommendations?
\_ Pokemon puzzle challenge (previously known as Tetris Attack)
Awesome game.
\_ Thanks, I bought the game yesterday. It's a great game, and
perfect for what I wanted it for. Thanks. -op
\_ Trying to stimulate your brain? Or is this for your kid?
\_ "pickup puzzle"? what's that?
\_ I just mean a puzzle game I can pickup and play without
having to invest a lot of time. I realized last night that
all my games are very involved. You invest a lot of time
and have to get to save points and such. Makes it difficult
to use when you're just waiting on something. |
| 2006/5/30-31 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Reference/History/WW2] UID:43224 Activity:nil |
5/30 Super Mario -- Communist Propaganda?
http://www.allempires.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=12015 -John
\_ Funniest shit I've ever seen on motd. Thanks so much John. |
| 2006/5/26-31 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:43201 Activity:nil |
5/26 Anyone have a link to the Meat Loaf / McPhee duet?
\_ there is probably one on http://youtube.com by now. |
| 2006/5/8-10 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42987 Activity:nil |
5/8 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060508/ap_on_hi_te/video_games_ap_poll 4/10 Americans play video games. |
| 2006/5/2-4 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42886 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
5/1 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2139555376132383479&pl=true Super Mario Bro on stage |
| 2006/4/27-29 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42851 Activity:nil |
4/27 Nintendo announces offical name for Revolution. "Wii"
http://www.rewiredmind.com/news/revolutiongetsanewname
Cue the piss jokes.
\_ http://70.86.201.113/imageserv2/temporary/PBF009BCWeeaboo.jpg
\_ That's...uhm...bizarre.
\_ http://cheston.com/pbf/archive.html |
| 2006/4/26-27 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Health/Women] UID:42829 Activity:nil |
4/25 http://nerdnirvana.org/g4m3s/borderpatrol.htm Border Patrol Flash Game. Kill immigrants, drug smugglers, and pregnant Mexican women. \_ It must be so nice to live in such an intellectually truncated world. \_ I'm glad you can sit there in your nice Aeron chair, drinking lattes, without a care for your security, and believing that law enforcement of all kinds are just modern day Nazis. \_ I'm glad you can sit around in your Aeron chair, and live in fear that the terrorists really want your php coding ass while you don't have the balls for supporting nuking them first. \_ Your counter-flame has been classified as: weak. Keep trying, grasshopper. \_ I've always said nuke first and ask questions later. I was saddened the day Bush, Sr. stopped W88 production. |
| 2006/4/3-4 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Politics/Domestic/Crime] UID:42640 Activity:nil |
4/3 Michigan Video Game Law ruled unconstitutional:
http://gamepolitics.livejournal.com/249146.html |
| 2006/4/2-4 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42621 Activity:nil |
4/2 Does anyone else remember this old ASCII DOS game, ZZT? It turns
out there's a whole cult built out of making new games with it's
internal programming language ZZT-OOP. Weird stuff
link:zzt.belsambar.net |
| 2006/3/29-30 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42510 Activity:low |
3/29 Poll: Most homoerotic arcade game (playble on MAME)
PitFighter:
Knuckle Bash: .
I'm Sorry:
Street Fighter I: .
FINAL FIGHT: .
\_ Maybe some of the wrestling games? A lot of them are
really terrible though. |
| 2006/3/27-29 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42467 Activity:nil |
3/27 I've learned of two good arcade games to play on MAME through the
motd, "Gain Ground" and "Strike Force." What other slightly obscure
arcade games do motders like?
GunForce - Awesome Contra Style shooter (GunForce 2 is good two, it's
a different style of shooter.)
\_ MERCS, Ghouls N' Ghosts, Black Tiger, Magician Lord,
Peter Packrat, NARC, Crystal Castles, Indiana Jones
and the Temple Of Doom, Rampage, Sidearms, R-Type,
Strider, Ninja Gaiden, Alien Syndrome, Altered Beast,
Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters,
In The Hunt
In The Hunt, Karnov
I would play Forgotten Realms if there was an easy way to
duplicate the 32 way (I think?) directional joystick.
\_ 1943
\_ Cabal, Hammerin' Harry
\_ If you enjoy totally studly homoerotic games about wrestlers
battling Jean-Claude Van-Damme vs giant BDSM leather daddies
wearing gimp masks and knife wielding Frenchmen,
Pit Fighter is your game!
\_ ...and "Hammerin' Harry" isn't homoerotic?
\_ You need to play Pit Fighter. It's totally insane.
Buff dudes in their underwear beating the shit out
of each other. Sometimes you get a "brutality bonus".
Maybe I can find a screen shot of "TOTALLY STUDLY."
\_ http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9034
\_ "Orientation: Horizontal"
\_ http://www.consolevision.com/members/covers/gen/pitfighter.jpg
\_ Doesn't hold a candle to Knuckle Bash
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=K&game_id=8338
\_ Zombies Ate My Neighbors
\_ Two Tigers (This game is weirdly addictive) |
| 2006/3/23-25 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42402 Activity:high |
3/23 Any one reccomend a mod chip installer for the ps2?
\_ Well, if all you want to do is play your completely legitimate
single backup copy of a game or imports, you will most likely
be better served by a bootdisc. While there are a couple odd
exceptions that don't work with it, they are a minute minority.
The office currently is using Swap Magic 3.6 to great effect.
There are physical mods for your case (for both the regular and
slim line) that make swapping the disc really easy. All in all,
considering the probability of borking your ps2 terribly or
paying through the nose for a modchip and someone to install it,
the bootdisc is the better deal.
\_ If you have the old school ps2, you can backup your games to an
IDE hard drive w/ the network adaptor, and play them using a
memory card + PS1 game with buffer overflow trick --
google for PS2 Independence exploit -- it's quite nice:
no swapping, reduced loading times, etc...
You will probably need to swap once, or know someone who can write
arbitrary data to a memcard to get you started though.
\_ I should have been more specific Iwant to modify
a ps2 to play Japanese games. I know, for example, the ps1
required a single mod chip that I got installed at a local
shop that is no longer in business.
\_ Apparently hdloader (the program you boot with the
exploit trick) ignores region checks so it will
allow you to play most .jp games, no mods needed
BTW, a similar trick supposedly exists for XBOX, too.
\_ all of the hardware you have to buy online ? |
| 2006/3/21-23 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42367 Activity:nil |
3/21 I'm trying to remember the name of an arcade game they used to
have in the UC arcade, I was hoping someone else might
recognize/remember it. It looked a little bit like defender,
but had much more updated graphics - you could choose which
planets to fly to (the planets varied significantly), where
you had to save colonists from aliens, and collect weapons?
(You had these marines that would hang from your ship, and
drop down to pick up stuff). Thanks!
\_ Strike Force ? -oj
http://www.arcadeathome.com/shots3.php?strkforc
\_ That was it! Going to try it with the emulator shortly,
thanks! -mds
\_ I like the ad on that site:
http://www.arcadeathome.com/images/ads/XG_MAPU4_v2.gif
"Play Over 4,000 Classic Arcade Games for FREE... Only $99.95
+ S&H"
"Play Over 4,000 Classic Arcade Games for FREE... Only $99.95+S&H"
Ah, "Free". Meaningless in advertising, meaningless in modern
politics. |
| 2006/3/13-14 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42220 Activity:kinda low |
3/13 Anyone have an idea where I could find high quality sounds of a
tank being hit by an AT round and blowing up? -John
\_ extract from a movie/DVD/game?
\_ Many movies/games might just use a generic explosion sound.
\_ not free: http://www.leonardosoft.com
\_ My roommate Mike is a sound artist/engineer. I'll ask him and let
you know. He can almost definitely point you to a great non-free
source, and may know of a good free one. -dans
\_ That'd be awesome. I'm helping a friend look around for
various war-sounds; he's putting together sound packs for a free
game mod (Forgotten Hope, pretty awesome.) I dunno if these
types of companies ever donate anything? -John
\_ What game, John? --erikred
\_ Ah, BF1942, gotcha. --erikred
\_ Forgotten Hope actually--nice historical accuracy mod
that's done nutso things with the EA engine. -John
\_ To my knowledge, they rarely make donations, but, in recent
years they moved from a model of buy this sound library with
hundreds of sounds for thousands of dollars, to a model where
you can buy just one sound for, say, five bucks. -dans |
| 2006/3/12-14 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:42201 Activity:nil |
3/12 http://www.streetwars.net/la2006.php#playarea http://csua.org/u/f84 (latimes.com) Geeks grow up. ~ 200 L.A. residents in game of "Assassin / Killer". Obtain a card with your target's work and home locations, and photo, and attempt to soak them with water (water gun, balloon, hose, etc.), after which you take over their target. Not too good if you have a SO / kids, since it appears that your home is a valid place where you can be "killed". |
| 2006/2/26-28 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:42012 Activity:nil |
2/26 Worst Game Controllers of All Time:
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/690/690449p1.html
\_ The Atari 5200 controller is the #1 worst controller in my
book. The Xbox and Jaguar controllers don't even come close.
Actually, I kinda like the Jag controller, but it should've had
6 buttons. The Intellivision controller isn't that bad either,
bit of a hand cramper though. -jrleek
\_ In "best controllers of all time" land, I liked the SNES controller.
\_ Gotta agree with the xbox's controller being beyond bad. |
| 2006/2/17-19 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:41906 Activity:nil |
2/17 Is there a game review site this isn't basically a direct extension of
the industry (a la gamespot and IGN) and aimed at an audience other
than mouthbreathers?
\_ is OLD MAN MURRAY still around?
\_ wow. last update was in jan 2002. i totally forgot about that
site after i graduated from college. |
| 2006/2/16-17 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:41890 Activity:low |
2/16 A game I am developing is a finalist in the Independent Games
Festival (http://igf.com and I am looking for 1-2 people to
come to the Game Developers Conference in mid-March to help
demo the game. The game is very interesting and cool, and you
get a free pass to the conference in return. Good opportunity
for a student. Email jon@number-none.com.
\_ jon, you such a handsome asian man! do you have a boyfriend?
\_ Hmmm ... do you know who you are talking to?
\_ I thought I was talking to jon kurada?
\- this is not the jon you're looking for. keep walking.
\_ I have many dopplegangers, Jon Blow is not one of them.
--Jon (@csua) |
| 2006/2/16-17 [Politics, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:41883 Activity:nil |
2/15 You sunk my Imperial Star Destroyer!
http://www.hammacher.com/publish/66141.asp?promo=homepage# |
| 2006/2/15-16 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Troll] UID:41876 Activity:nil |
2/15 Seeing that the "What are your favorite old school computer games?"
troll yields a lot more responses than the "What did you give/get
for Valentine's Day?" troll really tells you a lot about sodans. |
| 2006/2/14-15 [Computer/SW/Security, Computer/SW/Languages/Misc, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:41841 Activity:moderate |
2/14 Related to the gaming thread below. What made you/inspired you to
take CS? Computer gaming as a kid?
\_ Hott CS women. I was obviously misled.
\_ Isn't karen hot?
\_ Note that the comment is plural.
\_ If you're CS, yes.
\_ I liked computers and liked the idea of controlling them. I guess
I got started with LOGO and a toy robot that could be given simple
programs like "go forward, turn left, go forward, flash lights" etc.
\_ When I was 7 years old I used a Heathkit computer that my uncle had
bought. Just seeing some of the retarded games on it got me
interested.
\_ Anthro 193 survey form filled out by 200+ undergrads: all but a
trivial number said "money" or "parents made me for money".
\_ must have been during the boom years. I liked CS because it
was interesting.
\_ Early 90s. Definitely pre-boom. It was a recession.
\_ Writing really simple games in basic/pascal.
\_ Writing really simple but cool graphics code on an old Atari.
Pixels and sprites 4 life!
\_ Writing machine code on Apple II with no assembler to read some
hardware switches, and interfacing it with BASIC, was fun.
\_ Fuckin' a.
\_ Reminds me of when I wrote machine code to access the sectors of
a disk directly so I could read the Ultima IV map off the disks.
Then I remapped the character set of my dot-matrix printer to
match the game. The map was 256x256 squares. Ah, those were the
days of hand-assembled 6502.
\_ Just goes to show that practical application is a powerful
motivator; I learned ResEdit just so's I screw around with
hex code in Prince of Persia.
\_ We made our own maps on Ultima IV & III once we learned what
all the codes stood for.
\_ My mom was a ai researcher. |
| 2006/2/14-15 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:41836 Activity:nil |
2/14 http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Peaks/6320/ard/misc/whatever.htm "Yes, Colleen and Candy, Colleen being the Atari 800 and Candy the 400 were 2 well endowed female employees. In fact almost all the original hardware projects were named after well endowed Atari female employees. The Atari 2600 was Stella, the Atari 3600 (never came out, a horrible 10-bit processor design) was Sylvia and the Atari 5200 was PAM, ..." How many original hardware projects did Atari have? Damn, it must have been a very pleasant place to work! I was born too late, too bad. \_ The background art in the Atari games Xenophobe and Rampage feature very busty females. \_ what video game art doesn't feature busty females?? \_ Try the Castro district in SF. \_ HAHAHAH! FAG JOKES ARE FUNNY! \_ Actually, I've noticed that a lot of the video game art featuring MEN often feature ludicriously oversized codpieces ... Either that's where sci fi soldiers store a second change of clothes or ... \_ Sci-fi soldiers are evolutionally superior to-- well--you. \_ Those are actually female soldiers on steroid wearing Maxi pads. \_ More importantly, no apparent shortage of busty females working there. |
| 2006/2/13-20 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:41824 Activity:moderate |
2/13 What are your favorite old school computer games?
\_ Recently rediscovered Pathways into Darkness http://pid.bungie.org
\_ The skill levels for weapons was a cool innovation for a fps.
\_ BEYOND CASTLE WOLFENSTEIN
\_ Jumpman Jr.
\_ The Pawn (C64 - 1985?), Conan (various 1986?)
\_ The Prawn (C64 - 1985?), Conan (various 1986?)
Impossible Mission (C64 - 1986?)
Stay a while. Stay forever!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pool Of Radiance.
\_ Conan and Bruce Lee! Also, Black Magic for the Apple ][.
\_ Leisure Suite Larry 1-3 (1986?), King's Quest 1-6 (1983-9?),
Police Quest (lame lame lame), Manhunter (Bad bad bad),
Space Quest 1-4. Faces/Facetris (1990?), Starcon (1991?),
Montezuma's Revenge (1985?), EA's One-on-One (Larry vs Erving
in the early 80s), Music Construction Set (ok it's not a game
but it was like, WOW in the early 80s), Lemmings (1990s?),
Ancient Art of War (loved archers), Ancient Art of War at Sea,
Up-and-Down (1983?), Sopwith (cute little game).
\_ Ultimate Wizard for C64 (1989 or so?)
Burger Hut Of Apshai (see above)
Jumpman Jr. (see above)
Hardhat Mack (see above)
Gemstone Warrior (apple IIe 1986 I think)
Miner 2049'er (really really old Atari 800 game)
Odyssey (apple IIe, near the epoch)
\_ Is Odyssey the game where you explored an island building
an army? I eventually bought some ships but had no clue
what to do after that.
\_ CAN YOU GUYS PLEASE PUT THE YEAR (2006) BY THE NAME OF THE GAME?
\_ Geez look 'em up yourself if you care so much. Almost all
of these are from the mid 80's. I doubt most people here
really remember exactly what year a game came out.
\_ Apple ][: Lemonade, Taipan, Lode Runner, Archon, Adv. Const. Set
Macintosh: Shufflepuck Cafe, Robosport. On this topic, anyone know
how to run b/w or 16 color games on OS X?
\_ try vMac or Basilisk II:
http://www.vmac.org
http://basilisk.cebix.net
\_ i am surprised that no one mentioned:
"Captain Goodnight"
\_ having to walk underneath the grenade arc of lots of robots
and then restarting from the beginning of the level was not fun
"Rescue Raiders"
\_ http://www.the-underdogs.net
\_ Lode Runner. I played on Apple II plus.
\_ I 2nd that
\_ heh, yeah -- that was pretty fun. (c64, baby) -mice
\_ Yah, that was pretty fun. (c64, baby) -mice
\_ how many levels did you finish?
\_ I made like over 100+ levels and I remember getting to at
least level 64 -- !ppp
\_ Less than 10. I didn't play that much computer game, but
Lode Runner is one of my favorites when I did play.
\_ This was one of the best games on my Mac. I also remember
the PowerPC version that was in color w/ nice backgrounds.
Truly classic game.
\_ Ultima III -- ended up editing the disk and removing the snake
because I couldn't find the right dungeon to get the final mark.
Of course right after I defeated Exodus I found the dungeon.
Commodore 64.
Also MULE on the commodore and Atari
\_ Wizardry
\_ anyone remember Archon?
\_ Heh, yeah -- Archon rocked. The sequel wasn't nearly as
fun. -mice
\_ Got a little boring playing the computer after I figured out how
to defeat it 100% of the time in 5 moves (I think it was:
Manticore to top disk thing, Manticore to bottom, sword guy to
Center, Teleport shapeshifter on top of character next to wizard/
sorceress, defeat wizard/sorceress)
\_ Dude, at that point you had to start making personal
challenges. When I won the game with only one soldier guy
was when I knew the game was getting old.
\_ I once defeated the sorceress with a knight in
"Archon Ultra" (a new PC version that came out a while ago)
My friend who was playing against me stormed off pissed
and we never played that game again.
\_ Sword of Aragon
\_ Lady Tut on Apple II Plus.
\_ Lady Tut on Apple II Plus. I especially like that the notes in its
theme song somehow don't sound like square waves when it's played on
the Apple speaker. How did they do that?
\_ Fort Apocolypse on the Atari 800
\_ Temple of Apshai and the sequels
\_ Paratrooper, robotron, spacewar (last was freeware on X).
\_ Mail Order Monsters, Bard's Tale I-III, can't forget Might and
Magic I where nothing really made any sense. -mice
\_ Does netrek count? -tom
\_ Does netrek count? (1986) -tom
\_ yes, but why didn't they have PC or Mac clients?
\_ At the time, there were very few PCs or Macs on the Internet,
and the network stacks weren't up to the task. The first
viable Windows client appeared in the early 90s. -tom
\_ CGA SpaceWar
\_ Bilestoad.
\_ King's Quest
\_ I completed this.
\_ Summer/Winter/California Games from Epyx
\_ Ancient Art of War
\_ Ancient Art of War (1984)
\_ you too? Did you create your own scenarios?
What formation did you typically use? Hit and run with
archers?
\_ Hit and run with archers was the "money play". Archers
in a line at the back...
\_ I don't recall creating my own scenarios. yes, hit
and run with archers wins the game.
\_ Can someone put together a chronology of when the above games
first appeared?
\_ That's hard. Many games have different versions (arcade, Atari
console, C64, Apple II, ...) that appeared in different times.
\_ I'm guessing you are a recent grad or an undergrad?
\_ Wasteland
\_ Oh, man -- that brings back memories. I think wasteland is still
in my top 10 favorites. -mice
\_ I so want to replay wasteland to remember all the plot points.
But I so can't get over the interface these days. -sax
\_ I only played Wasteland after I'd already played Fallout. After
getting into the old-game mentality it was good, but I enjoyed
the Fallouts more.
\_ No infocom games on this list??
\_ With the exception of H2G2, infocom was more endured than
enjoyed.
\_ NFL Challenge, Scorched Earth
\_ NFL Challenge was good, but there was a play on defense that
worked well.
\_ Sopwith / Red Baron, and you can still get it for free!
\_ Sopwith (1984)/ Red Baron, and you can still get it for free!
\_ Railroad tycoon, colonization, civilization, anything by Sid Meirs
\_ asteroids
\_ Nethack
\_ Lemmings
\_ on the Amiga -- that was great. I liked Qix a and
Boulderdash a lot too (C64).
\_ Dark Castle! And Battletech, for the Infocom guy. -John
\_ AutoDuel
\_ AutoDuel. Secret of Monkey Island. Montezuma's Revenge.
Donkey Kong. Choplifter. Bomberman.
Donkey Kong. Choplifter. Bomberman. bz.
Donkey Kong. Choplifter. Bomberman. bz. Chuck Yeager's Air
Combat.
\_ AutoDuel was cool, but the laser deaths were l4m3.
\_ M.U.L.E. Really though, I think I spent more time playing coin-op
games. I think I pissed away more lunch money on Xevious than
anything else. Also, I spent a lot of time typing in code from
various magazines and books, like CIA Agent. -gabriel
\_ Aztec, Taipan, Chivalry (written in PASCAL!)
\_ Empire on the Vaxen.
\_ Empire on the Vax. (Ordered by time: hunt, empire, dtrek, nettrek)
\_ Empire
\_ Simcity
\_ Neuromancer and Nine Princes in Amber
\_ Does anyone here remember a series of text-based games for the
TRS-80, including Archipelago and some Dracula-like game? I'd
love to reconnect with those.
\_ Dungeons of Daggorath on the TRS-80 CoCo.
\_ Found them! Located in the trs.zip file here:
http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXtrs80.html
\_ Double Dragon, Yie-Ar Kung Fu, Street Fighter 2, Burgertime,
Super Dodge Ball, Bards Tale(s), Ultima (3-6)
\_ *sigh* I miss the days when ECA made good games. -mice
\_ burgertime, nethack, lode runner, phantasie iii, lemmings
\_ Lemonade Stand. Now available for MacOS X:
http://www.codenautics.com/lemonade |
| 2006/2/12-15 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/SW/OS/Linux, Recreation/Sports] UID:41806 Activity:nil |
2/12 So, does anyone else here play SDL sopwith? That game is awesome,
and I've always wanted to try the network mode. (For, like 15
years) -jrleek
\_ I want to play BZFLAG.
\_ Maybe we should set up a CSUA BZFLAG server...
\_ If you want. I don't think it's worth it. There are
lots and lots of public BZFLAG servers out there.
apt-get install bzflag
if you're a debian nerd. |
| 2006/2/7-9 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:41741 Activity:nil |
2/7 Does anyone know from first-hand experience whether a PS1
Gameshark (or Gameshark lite) works on PS2 for PS1 games?
I tried to google for it but couldn't find any conclusive
answers--everyone seems to be saying different things.
Thanks. |
| 2006/1/7-9 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:41282 Activity:nil |
1/6 Very cool Open Source Turn-Based Strategy game. Supports online multiplayer.
http://www.wesnoth.org
\_ VERY cool, thanks for the link! Blew Saturday playing it... |
| 2006/1/5-9 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports, Recreation/Media] UID:41253 Activity:nil |
1/5 I just found out about the underground flash phenomenon. Here's
a few of my favs, skewed to video game heads:
SFII vs MK3: http://tinyurl.com/7wb2f
Scorpion Addicted to Mortal Kombat: http://tinyurl.com/c9qd4
Star Wars Gangsta Rap: http://tinyurl.com/8ogyy
\_ welcome to the 21st century |
| 2005/12/31-2006/1/4 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:41185 Activity:nil |
12/30 Oh man, a new Gamepark, and it looks AWESOME.
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-d1-70-uq6.html
http://www.gpx2.com
\_ Doesn't look too different from a Tapwave Zodiac. I have a
Zodiac, and I have to say, the thumb joystick thing kind of
sucks for NES/SNES games. I'd prefer a normal directional pad.
\_ I've never seen the Zodiac before. Interesting. Looks like
you can get it new for about $200 now that the company has
abandoned it. I can see how the analog could suck for
emulation though. |
| 2005/12/13-15 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Interesting] UID:41008 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
12/13 http://www.samorost2.net \_ keywords: fun flash game samorost samrost samrost2 |
| 2005/12/9-11 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Dating, Recreation/Humor] UID:40934 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
12/9 New game teaches female sexual gratification:
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/08/videogame_teaches_fe.html -John |
| 2005/12/5-7 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Humor] UID:40858 Activity:low Cat_by:auto |
12/5 The Japanese game to end all Japanese games.
http://tinyurl.com/9mo2s
http://gpsc.hp.infoseek.co.jp/gspirits_r1_web.wmv
\_ Ew. I want the purity of my eyes back, please.
\_ video game showing panty. Definitely NOT work safe.
\_ That is awesome.
\_ How does one capture output from a game to a .wmv file? Thanks.
\_ TV capture card. |
| 2005/12/2-5 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:40818 Activity:nil |
12/2 Does anyone remember the 80s sega system 24 arcade
game Gain Ground? I am not talking about the sega genesis version.
Is there an unencrypted ROM for it floating around? Does
it work with MAME? - danh
\_ A quick google says it works with MAME (as of 0.96). If sure
you can figure out how to get a MAME rom. |
| 2005/11/25-28 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Humor] UID:40734 Activity:moderate Cat_by:auto |
11/25 Girlfriends Against Video Games:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1514150/20051118/inadjlasddex.jhtml
\_ A girlfriend is not a substitute for a playstation!
\_ for some dead or alive beach volleyball in hd could be
\_ What it hooks up to a fleshlight now?
\_ and Boyfriends Against Girlfriends Against Video Games! |
| 2005/11/21-23 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:40680 Activity:nil |
11/21 Basically the only reason I care about the Xbox360 at all: it's
music visualizer was written by Jeff Minter. Awesome.
http://csua.org/u/e1w
http://llamasoft.co.uk |
| 2005/11/21 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:40674 Activity:high |
11/21 No talk about the Big Game?
\_ Ummm... look below? |
| 2005/11/19-23 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:40657 Activity:low |
11/19 Steve Levy >> Joe Ayoob
Its funny how Tedford put him in for like two plays at the very end of
the game (when we were up by 24 points with like 30 seconds to go).
-mrauser
\_ Levy really didn't throw very well, and the offense didn't
move very well until the game was in hand. I'll give him
kudos for winning his first collegiate start, but I haven't
seen anything to indicate he's better than Ayoob. (Ayoob has
six wins). -tom
\_ Levy just doesn't have the brain freeze that Ayoob does.
Ayoob kills the team with mistakes.
\_ Levy fumbled deep in our own end with the score 6-3.
He also threw an interception when we were in field goal
range when the score was 13-3. -tom
\_ And yet still made far fewer mistakes than Ayoob has
been making.
\_ His mistakes didn't happen to cost us, playing against
a weak team. Ayoob had five victories in a row over
weak teams. I don't think Ayoob is great, but Levy
is not a real QB, and if we go into a bowl game with
him at QB, any decent defense will put a spy on him
and he will be in trouble. -tom
\_ You are right that Levy is not a 'real QB'. I
think he sucks. Yet, I'd still rather have him
out there over Ayoob. Only one turnover in the
entire game. Levy tries to do less than Ayoob
and that helps the team more.
\_ Ayoob has had one or fewer turnovers five times
this year. -tom
\_ And 7 INTs in 2 games, which sent him to
the bench.
\_ He threw four INTs in the USC game. One
was when he and the receiver didn't
agree on the route (if Jackson had turned
the route up, it would not have been
intercepted). One hit the receiver in
both hands, but went through his hands.
One was a desperation play at the end
of the half, and the other was on fourth
down. It's not clear that *any* of them
constituted a mistake on Ayoob's part. -tom
\_ You've got to be kidding me. Let me
guess: Ayoob is your cousin or something.
\_ let me guess; you don't understand
the difference between a decision
and a result. -tom
\_ Ayoob's decision-making is terrible.
\_ It's at least as good as Levy's.
-tom
\_ Based on what?
\_ Based on knowing a lot
about football, having
season tickets, and
watching the two of
them all year. -tom
\_ If you're defending
Ayoob then I have
to question your
credentials as
someone who 'knows a
lot about football'.
His play is
inexcusably terrible.
\_ His play has not
been good, but he
won six games.
Levy against
Stanford never
went past his
first read, and
had serious happy
feet in the second
half. 8 of his
10 completions
were dumpoffs or
short outs, and
he telegraphed
every pass. Even
the TD pass to
Jackson was badly
underthrown,
although I wouldn't
exactly call that
a mistake since
it was a good
matchup for us
in one on one
coverage. -tom
\_ What about the fumble in the USC game?
And don't even get me started on the
OSU game. He should have been pulled
after that fiasco. |
| 2005/11/18-21 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Health, Politics] UID:40648 Activity:nil |
11/18 To whoever posted http://urbandead.com here, you rule. -John \_ Agreed. What's your handle and where are you? I wanna come kill you. \_ The game sucks! I became a zombie already. \_ Who else plays this? Is there a limit to how much you can carry? Is there any point keeping low value (0 value?) things like multiple wirecutters? |
| 2005/11/17-19 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:40629 Activity:nil |
11/17 Is there any on-line store that sells Big Game apparel which support
Cal? I only found a Big Game 'Ticket' tee which doesn't suppport
either side. |
| 2005/11/12-13 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:40556 Activity:high |
11/11 So, what's the spread on the USC vs. Cal game today, and how much will
we satisfy it by?
\_ Spread was 19 and USC will cover easily.
\_ yay! |
| 2005/11/7-8 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Academia/StanfUrd] UID:40467 Activity:nil |
11/6 So, how bad are we going to get pummeled by SC?
Their first two games this season were 63-17 and 70-17.
\_ If you look at scores vs. similar opponents, probably about
42-21 or so. But college football has enough luck in it,
that if our QB gets his shit together on those long throws
and actually hits people instead of overthrowing them and
we get a few lucky breaks, like the turnovers early that
USC gave Arizona and Oregon, we could actually beat them.
Notice how USC always scores a ton of points at the end?
That is because of superiour conditioning. They won't
do that to us, we are the same kind of team.
"That's why they play the games."
\_ Can we at least not lose as badly as the 'furd?
That was 51-21, 30 points ... not too hard, right?
\_ God I hope so. At least have it be respectable for 3 qtrs. |
| 2005/11/5-8 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:40452 Activity:nil |
11/4 Funny game titles:
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=3327 -John |
| 2005/11/4-8 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Sports] UID:40444 Activity:nil |
11/4 F.E.A.R. review: boring, repetitve set design (on par with Halo's
"Library" level) throughout the whole game. Paper-thin story which is
easily guessed in the first few minutes of the game. Doom3 with lights
on at best (but with less variation in the baddies). Avoid it.
\_ I completed it and have fond memories. It's true the cubicle levels
are ultra-dull.
\_ I haven't tried the full-version, but deathmatch is pretty fun,
and free. |
| 2005/10/23-24 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/Rants] UID:40235 Activity:moderate |
10/23 I was reading a Chinese newspaper, and according to an article in
it, they now have 8000 people in rural villages in China working
to make virtual gold for World of Warcraft. The job for these
villagers in China is to play the game and do simple repetitive
tasks to earn gold. The virtual gold is then sold to US players.
The money they make doing this is better than what they get from
farming. The article also says that these people are causing
severe inflation in the WofW world, since what they do is like
printing money. Because of the inflation, they are making less
than before but it is still very profitable. It also quoted an
estimate that says China will make 100 million US dollars from this.
One guy doing this business says he makes US$10000 per month.
\_ Could you please post the url, or was this a physical paper?
\_ this is from the "weekly magazine" that comes with today's
(Sunday) copy of World Daily, a US newspaper owned by one
of 2 major newspapers of Taiwan.
(Sunday) copy of World Daily (US subsidiary of one of
2 major newspapers of Taiwan) which I get for free when
I buy $20 worth of groceries.
2 major newspapers of Taiwan).
\_ The Economist had some mention of this, but nothing on this scale.
\_ OMG WTF when did the world turn into a Neil Stephenson novel?!?!1!!
D0000D!!!!11!!
\_ Either PC Gamer or Computer Gaming World had an article about this
it's big business in asia, boiler rooms full of people running
scripts over and over again and selling the stuff. My question
always is: who are all these clowns spending real $$$ for this
stuff?
\_ You can spend 6 hours of time on tedious gold gathering
\_ You can spend 12 hours of time on tedious gold gathering
activities, or you can spend 2 bucks for the gold, and
head on off to exciting adventures with your buddies.
\_ what I dont understand is most of the stuff truly worth getting
in world of warcraft you can't buy from other players and have
to go and get yourself. There's not a lot of worthwhile stuff
that is buyable with gold alone. So who are these farmers'
customers and what the heck are they buying? -Avid WoW player
\_ I only played for a month and got bored and cancelled. If the
good stuff can't be bought with gold, then why is the person
above talking about spending 6 hours gathering it? What use
does it have? I never got above level 20 so I have no idea
about the high level game but I never found myself starving for
cash. I used the junk that dropped, sometimes nabbed something
cheap at the auction house, bought some trivial supplies a few
times, but never felt that "in only I had another 100,000 gold
I'd be set, I should farm it for 6 hours or spend real money
buying it". I just played the game, such as it was.
\_ I don't play, but don't you have to buy your "mount" with
gold? And maybe skills and stuff?
\_ the 'mount' and 'epic mount' are really the only major
thing you can get with gold alone. The basic mount is
100g, and usually you have enough gold for that accumulated
by the time you are high enough level to use it. The 'epic'
mount, at 1000g, certainly would take extensive farming. but
it is a one-time purchase, and not that great anyway.
I still dont see a $100M market out of gold just for mounts.
And skills aren't that significant an expense either, and
also, one-time purchase per character.
\_ I read a short story where rival "farming" gangs hired players
to knock off the others' farmers plus the added twist where some
person was trying to unionize them. Cute bit of fluff.
\_ I ran across an article that describes how these "sweatshop"
workers manage to smuggle some of the gold from their bosses
to make profit on the side. |
| 2005/10/19-21 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:40181 Activity:moderate |
10/19 At what age did you start losing interest in console or PC games?
\_ Not yet (26).
\_ Try 69 years:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20051019/bs_bw/id20051018173699
\_ Woah! Your sneaky, back-handed method of polling motd ages has
succeeded where all other attempts have failed. Clever.
\_ Not yet (26). I play a lot less than I used to, though. Like
the poster below, I enjoy simple, old games (but for my generation,
that means the original Super Mario and Mega Man).
\_ ~22 (now 35), and that's because the games became too complex. You
have to remember the 10 buttons on the joystick and how to make
20 moves and choose among 30 weapons. I'd rather play something
simple like the original Space Invaders and Pac Man.
\_ How about Serious Sam co-op?
\_ Or Katamari Damacy? No buttons at all.
\_ Never heard of it. Forgive my ignorance.
\_ Frantic FPS. Sort of like Doom on caffeine & speed.
\_ Not yet (31). Speaking of which, F.E.A.R. was released today:
http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3144858&did=1
"this game is basically gun-porn and you'll experience multiple
gun-gasms playing it ..."
\_ I am still interested but haven't played in 3 years because
\_ I am still interested but haven't played for 3 years because
(1) don't have time, (2) getting lazy with going through the
learning curve for the typical real time strategy games I
like to play. Last game played was AOE, and I can do some
serious arse kicking. (33)
\_ Still going @ 34 ... But my playing is very sporadic now I
go for months without playing anything at all.
\_ About the same, but only 30. Every now and then I check the
video game news and see that some game that I know something
about came out, buy it, play for a while, and then I let the
old ps2 collect dust for a few more months. The less I play,
the less games I pay attention to, the less that happens.
It's not so much that I don't enjoy playing games, it's just
that it takes a lot of time not only to play, but also to keep
up with all the news and happenings. If you don't keep up
you just don't buy all that much.
\_ My game playing peaked at around age 24 or so after an
earlier peak @ Berkeley
\_ My desire to play video games has been pretty steadily
decreasing since I was 20 or so. I like them, but I usually
have more important/funner things to do. I pretty much stick
with pre-PSX stuff these days.
\_ I was a great fan of Civ III type turn based strategy games
until I was about 32, then gradually lost interest in them.
Have not played any in about five years now.
like to play. (33).
\_ 32, still play a lot of WWII FPS (mainly Forgotten Hope) online.
Rarely interested in single-player; only when the plotline and
gameplay is outstanding. -John
\_ late-30's and still play tons of PC games. Mostly MMO now a days
and a few console games.
\_ 30, and still going. Mostly BF2. And I just picked up the latest
SSX, and also F.E.A.R. But I don't buy nearly as many games as
I used to.
\_ If you like BF2, check out the mod I mentioned (it's for BF42,
but they're porting it.) A lot fewer hosers, and they try to
add a lot of historical realism. -John
\_ http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php?date=2005-10-03&res=l
\_ Ha. It's an accuracy mod, not a simulation--they put in
a pink Panther and the n00b stick... -John
\_ Not yet (30). I still play games on my Mac. I was never into
console games.
\_ Right around when I started getting laid. |
| 2005/9/27-28 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39890 Activity:kinda low |
9/27 CSUA minutes:
"Getting new games: $120 dollars for as many games as possible;
passed 5:0 Who gets new games: Edilac will get new games, bring
in front of politburo, see people want what games."
A few questions. How much money does politburo have, and why
should donations be made to them so they can enjoy while all
I had played was stinkin' netrek?
\_ Didn't you play Risk?
\_ get Titans?
\_ Titan is an enormously long game for people who aren't
experienced with it. Better games for the CSUA office are
simple things that can be played by a few people sitting around.
Carcassone, Bohnanza. -tom
\_ Not to mention that a Titan set costs more than 120 these
days. Damn me for letting mine get water damaged. -aspo
\_ http://colossus.sourceforge.net
"Colossus is a Java clone of Avalon Hill's Titan(tm)
boardgame." I've actually tried a previous version
of it. Works well. Reminds me just how long a Titan
game takes and how I totally forgot how to play. -bz
\_ CSUA was founded on Titans.. *gasp*
\_ Netrek.. the card game..
\_ the _collectable_ card game..
\_ get the "Mojo Riser butt" (torping) special edition
\_ We decided to allocate more money for games because it was said
that a PS2 in the office was a large draw to attract people.
Anything for more members. -mrauser |
| 2005/9/19-21 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39748 Activity:nil |
9/18 http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/index.html Same idea as that sphere game a while back where you select from 10 items and try to do so in the right order so that everything grows to its fullest. -bz |
| 2005/9/16-17 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39707 Activity:kinda low |
9/15 Nintendo revels their new controller, and it really is different.
REALLY different.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143782
\_ It looks all good until you get to the "plugging shit in and having
it dangle" stuff
\_ I see carpal tunnel all over this thing. You can only squeeze
your hand so many times to press a button. At least with two
hands you get some leverage off of each hand. |
| 2005/8/31 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39378 Activity:nil |
8/31 Let's play a game on motd. Post the h077es+ azn you can find on
Friendster. Hottest defined as attractive women who are over 22+:
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=2693650
http://www.friendster.com/user.php?uid=1978073
\_ Tiffany is lesbian?
\_ neither of those are 25+
\_ Is it possible to be "over 22+"? |
| 2005/8/25-26 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39280 Activity:nil |
8/25 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050825/ap_on_hi_te/skorea_computer_game_addiction Play games too long, you'll die. \_ Maybe it's a hoax. http://csua.org/u/d5p In other news, China has a new regulation for limiting people's playtime in MMOs: http://www.interfax.cn/showfeature.asp?aid=4913 But maybe it's just to prevent Chinese from playing in foreign servers and becoming impure. \_ Koreans are weak.. played more than 5 days straight and lived.. House Of Doom.. \_ Breathe too long, you'll die too, 100% guaranteed. |
| 2005/8/24-25 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39238 Activity:low |
8/24 New pool player looking to buy a "decent" cue in the south bay. Those
at Copeland sell for about $10 to $40. Have no idea if they are
"decent". Recommendations of places to buy a "decent" cue would be
greatly appreciated. Best if they have some knowledgable staffs to
help me select the right one.
\_ dont buy that crap from those sporting goods stores..
search web for viking, meucci, etc..
\_ This is good advice. Go to a specialty pool/billiards store,
not a general sporting goods store. Going to copeland's for a
pool cue is like going to McDonald's for fine french
cuisine. -mice
\_ I suppose it depends on your definition of 'decent' and what your
budget is. I spent $250 on an 18 Oz. meucci (a very light cue)
about 4 or 5 years ago. I'm still using it, and it's a fun cue
to play with -- the weight and balance are excellent, and it
doesn't look like a cheap POS. Of course, I've had my ass handed
to me by people playing with whatever is at the pool hall, so
ultimately the equipment isn't likely to affect your game unless
you're really good or it's *really* bad. Check out:
http://www.hawleys.com/main.htm
They have a great selection and their staff is really helpful
and responsive. Shoot me an email if you ever want to go shoot
a table or two, or just want to chat more at length. -mice
\_ it is not going to make any difference what so ever. Don't
waste your money unless you get a discounted rate. |
| 2005/8/23 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39229 Activity:low |
8/23 ilya, what do you think of Arimaa?
http://arimaa.com/arimaa
\_ Well, if you want an example of a game where computers do poorly,
there is no need to invent a new one -- Wei Chi will do. But
thanks for the link -- looks interesting. My intuition about this
game, without looking into it carefully, is that one of the
superstrategies is dominant (it is very difficult to balance the
rules in such a way that you can have completely different looking
games, and have them all be reasonable strategies). -- ilyas |
| 2005/8/17-22 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39145 Activity:nil |
8/17 Anyone played the multiplayer online games in China (or Korea)
offered by companies like Shanda and Netease before? What
are they like and how do they compare with US offerings? |
| 2005/8/12-15 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:39105 Activity:nil |
8/12 Anyone have a download of the video of the baseball players smacking
into each other.
\_ which baseball players?
\_ http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/story/8730257
\_ http://csua.org/u/d1j (Mets site; not for the faint of heart) |
| 2005/8/4-6 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38986 Activity:nil |
8/2 Atari Flashbacks: <DEAD>www.atarimuseum.com/fb2hacks<DEAD> |
| 2005/7/31-8/3 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38895 Activity:nil |
7/30 Sorry to interrupt... Have anyone played Eve Online? I looked at
a bunch of fuzzy game play videos and read the FAQ, etc. What's
game play really like? Thanks.
\_ EVE is a good game. Email me for a detailed response. -- ilyas
\_ I too play this game, email me if you want more info --ERic(mehlhaff) |
| 2005/7/28-29 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:38865 Activity:nil |
7/28 So remember the guy on motd the other day that claimed that
Microsoft's new anti-piracy measure would kill piracy once and for
all? Hacked within 24 hours:
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/07/28/microsoft_genuine_ad.html
Now come back so that we can mock you.
\_ I wonder how long before they patch the website up. Anyway,
MS has the ability to do some real anti-piracy crap if they
really wanted to, like they kind of do on XBOX live. However,
I'm pretty sure someone out there will just start an alternate
semi-legal "windows update" site that bypasses all this crap
(like there are alternatives to XBOX live nowadays that doesn't
do all that hardware and bios CRC checking).
\_ I agree that this is a hack you need to do everytime you go to the
Windows Update site (it's not as convenient as having a keygen'd
product ID that just works), and it's likely it's not too hard for
MS to fix by updating their HTML scripts. |
| 2005/7/28-29 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38857 Activity:kinda low |
7/28 Re violence/sex in games - Does anyone think that you need
lots of graphic violence/sex in order to make a good game
(esp. for younger kids)?
\_ Obviously not. Some of the best games ever have no sex and only
the most abstract type of violence. I guess you could say that
loadrunner is violent since the bad guys get buried alive.
\_ Is that the Load Runner back in the Apple ][ days?
\_ That's the only one I ever played. Is there an updated
version?
\_ It's "lode runner" not "load runner" -- google "lode
runner" + I'm feeling lucky
\_ I agree with the above poster. Videogames do not neext be
explicitly violent. To be frank, GTA is one of the most vile
games I've ever played. It's also a lot of fun.
\_ There was the whole Myst trilogy. Also one of the best selling
games of all time is the Civ. group. The latter has abstract
violence only.
\_ We just finished the 5th Myst installment. Due on shelves
in late September I believe. -bz
\_ 5th Myst game? I didn't even know that Myst 4 was released.
Is Cyan actually behind the 5th game? I thought Myst 3 was
made by some other company (Ubisoft?) under license. -dans
\_ Ubisoft is a publisher, I thought. -geordan
\_ Yes, Ubi is our publisher. We took a break from
the official series to do Uru, so Myst 3 and 4
(4 came out last year) were done by other companies.
Myst 5 is all us. It's the last one. Our next
project has nothing to do with Myst. -bz
\- Sims. Sims 2. Sim City. They should also have games that
promote better driving, less middle fingering, and less
crashes. It seems like games today do the opposite.
\_ It's true that the vast majority of games involve violence. If you
have a game where you directly control a character, usually you
make the character do something violent. There are exceptions, like
sports and driving games (but driving games usually become more fun
when weapons are added). There are also adventure games like
Monkey Island, Myst, The Longest Journey etc, but those don't really
involve direct action; more just clicking on screen hotpoints.
I guess Tomb Raider isn't primarily that violent. But the sexy
character helps.
Other examples: Katamari Damacy, Dance Dance Revolution
\_ Games like railroad tycoon, civilization, transport tycoon, SimCity,
don't have any violence except in the most abstract of terms ...
Games don't need to have violence or sex but if they are highly
interactive they often need it to be more compelling, since there
usually isn't that much thinking involved in playing them ...
\_ Civilization isn't violent? C'mon, you can NUKE cities in that
game, what could possibly be more violent? |
| 2005/7/27-28 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38850 Activity:nil |
7/27 Blind (optic-nerve not connected) 17-year-old kicks your ass in Soul
Caliber 2 - http://tinyurl.com/bzsva (AP) cf. Woozie in GTA3: SA
"I freak people out by playing facing backwards [away from screen]." |
| 2005/7/27-29 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38847 Activity:low |
7/27 http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/fun.games/07/27/game.lawsuit.ap/index.html What a dumb bitch. \_ She's a bitch regardless, but only dumb if she can't win. \_ I remember back when Tipper Gore and the PMRC were pulling all their idiotic shenanigans over explicit song lyrics. Remember when Dee Snyder and Frank Zappa came in and made them all look stupid? Where are the heroic game designer equivalents of those musicians? Who will reveal Hillary Clinton and Orrin Hatch to be the grandstanding tools that they are? \_ I haven't seen anything by Hatch, what did he say? \_ Sigh. Google Orrin Hatch video games. Like the War On Drugs, the War On Indecent Anything is a bipartisan fallacy. All politicians love to grandstand. \_ Well I like how the article never mentions the obvious, uh what's the right phrase here? anyway that the game was already rated "Mature (17+)" and these idiots are buying it for kids. And they are so concerned about essentially harmless sex scenes that a kid cannot see without specifically looking for how to access it and then using a 3rd party patch/tool, whereas with far less effort he can type "lolitas" into google, or whatever, and furthermore they couldn't care less about the game's extreme violence. Fuck 'em. \_ Sen. Danforth: "There is nothing on the face of the album which would notify you if the record has pornographic material or material glorifying violence?" Tipper Gore: "No, there is nothing that would suggest that to me." Frank Zappa: "I would say that a buzz saw blade between the guy's legs on the album cover is good indication that it's not for little Johnny." -- The Senate Commerce Committee hearing on rock lyrics, from The Village Voice, 6 Oct 1985 \_ Have you at least played through 50% of the game? Don't tell me, "I haven't but I know what's going on Hillary's a dumb bitch!!1!" or "I only saw it at a friend's house". \_ No, Hillary is a very smart and venal bitch. -- ilyas \_ as opposed to dubya being ... \_ I am sorry what does this entire thread have to do with Bush? -- ilyas \_ fyi hot coffee video for proper background http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2673401 \_ by presenting one fact without another highly related fact, there is the perception of misleading information. For example, the statement, "The CIA's judgment is that there are no WMDs in Iraq" is true. However, you need to specify also, "But at the time Dubya made the decision, the CIA's judgement was there were WMDs in Iraq". Withou the 2nd sentence, there is the perception of misleading information ... an incomplete picture not including critical elements. It's what lawyers do everyday anyway. \_ But that's not what pp said. He brought up Bush because I said a Bad Thing about Hillary. -- ilyas \_ That's 'cause we all know you're a BUSH LOVER, ilya. \_ Yes, I am apparently an administration apologist. -- ilyas \_ Yes. Motd says you are. Now go stand in the corner and hang your head in shame. -motd \_ Actually yes, I have. What is your point? I was actually referring to the old woman plaintiff but as for Hillary I'm gonna go with ilyas' assessment. GTA is definitely a "mature" game but it has nothing on a lot of R rated movies. For example the movie "Colors". \_ being able to control my rate of screwing and vary my sexual positions among 5 different virtual girlfriends while viewing it with sound effects in an MA+-rated product from arguably the most popular software publisher (Rockstar) using an easily downloadable and well-known activation mod is revolutionary (not to mention the simulated oral sex)! \_ You should sue women for having hidden sexual body parts. \_ fyi hot coffee video for proper background http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2673401 |
| 2005/7/18-19 [Recreation/Interesting, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38685 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
7/18 Cute little flash game: http://questfortherest.com \_ I wish this game puts in lives and deaths. I want to see players die with a lot of blood, and maybe decapitation, like Happy Tree Friends. \_ How do i play this game?? |
| 2005/7/18-19 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38671 Activity:nil |
7/18 Does anyone have good or bad experiences with networked media
centers? If so, which do you have?
\_ Does a hacked XBox count? If so, I've had one for about 18
months and it works great as a MP3/AVI/DVD player. A recent
version of the hacked firmware lets you upconvert AVIs and
unencrypted DVDs to 720p and 1080i. The upconverting isn't
as good as my Oppo DVD player but its not bad.
\_ Where did you get the hacked XBox? Did you hack it yourself?
\_ Hacked it myself. The new mod chips take all of 15 mins
to install and even come w/ a switch to turn them off
in case you need to use your XBox for XBox Live.
\_ How hard are they to install?
\_ Mod chips are dead easy to install. You just
click them into place, turn on the XBox and
wait for the little red led on the mod chip
to turn on indicating you did it right. Most
of the 15 mins need to mod your XBox involves
unscrewing the case and hd. |
| 2005/7/17-19 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Recreation/Interesting] UID:38670 Activity:nil Cat_by:auto |
7/16 Beautiful little flash game
http://nlp.fi.muni.cz/~xsvobod4/amanita/samorost/intro.html
\_ http://www.samorost2.net/samorost1
\_ How do i play this game??
\_ Figure it out.
\_ as the above poster said, figuring out how to play the game is
part of the game.
\_ keywords: fun flash game samorost samorost2 samrost samrost2 |
| 2005/7/13-14 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38589 Activity:low |
7/12 Any MUD afficianados around here? My buddy is teaching a class
to kids in "interactive fiction" and wants a MUD or mud like app that
- Easy and fun to learn. Presumably it is fun when you get a lot of
results for little effort.
- Can be played on the net via a java applet, so parents can play it
without installing anything
- Illustrations with the text -- some of the text adventure systems
allow you to include sound or
text, and that would be a fun thing to add to the story telling
aspect. I.e. here's a picture, write an adventure related to it.
Advise?
\_ Why do you want to ruin their lives? -phuqyu
\_ Why do you want to ruin their lives?
\_ Weren't aaron / danh pretty active with arctic? I also recall
sowings mucking with Genocide a lot a while ago. You have been
eaten by a grue. -John
\_ I played mume and sojourn once upon a day. Armageddon is
probably the best roleplaying mud on the net. You know, now that
I think of it, I am not sure there ARE muds for kids. Some
infocom games might be appropriate, but they are not multiplayer.
-- ilyas
I think of it, I am not sure there ARE muds for kids. -- ilyas
\_ You could port griljor to Java. Now _that_ would rock. -John
\_ Check out http://www.skotos.net It was a mud company when I worked
there, though it's branched out a bit in recent years. I'd
particularly recommend checking out the articles section:
http://www.skotos.net/articles
Skotos' games are fairly complex and aimed at older audiences so
they may not be the best thing for a class oriented towards kids,
but the articles have a lot of useful thought on game design in
general, and muds in particular. The articles might be useful food
for thought for an educator crafting a curriculum. I'd also
suggest taking a look at the single player interactive fiction
development tools. On the easy and fun to learn front, you might
consider rolling your own system in scheme or logo modelled after
the 61A interactive fiction project. -dans
\_ Oh yeah, now that I think of it, there was a lot of work done on
Crossfire (which, although not strictly a MUD, still incorporates
a lot of the elements of one.) For some names, take a look in
/csua/share/include/crossfire* -John
\_ I played mume and sojourn once upon a day. -- ilyas
\_ there is no /csua/share/include
\_ /csua/share/aliases.include. Sgt. Bobby Shaftoe says:
"Display some fucking adaptability". And man locate, you
Cal student, you. -John |
| 2005/7/5-6 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38425 Activity:nil |
7/5 Dang it. If you had asked me this morning, I would've said there
was nothing that could possibly make me want an XBox 360.
http://csua.org/u/cm4
\_ You should get yourself a Clavilux! |
| 2005/6/27-28 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Politics/Foreign] UID:38317 Activity:low |
6/27 Has anyone been lucky enough to get to play a preview/beta version
of Battlefield 2? What are your thoughts? Is it better than
Battlefield Vietnam or 1942? "In Battlefield 2, players will choose
to fight for one of three military superpowers: the United States,
the Chinese, or the newly formed Middle East Coalition."
\_ May I humbly suggest you try out Forgotten Hope? I am really
looking forward to their BF:2-based version. It's the best mod
I've seen yet. -John
\_ I tried it without ever seeing BV or 1942. Way too complicated.
Way too much loading time. I uninstalled the demo pretty quick.
\_ Try the demo. Much better than BF:V. Memory hog though.
--paulwang
\_ Its the best thing since sliced bread, and more addictive.
Way better than previous Battlefields, with the new dimension of
squads, so there is a big push for teamwork now. Loading time
only happens when loading the level. This game is a resource hog
though, even more than HL2. Downsides: Snipers got nerfed big
time, and often require 2-3 shots to take someone down. Reloading
time seems a lot longer too. If you are at all interested, get
the demo. -rollee
\_ Is that 2-3 head shots, or just anywhere shots? I think
recently snipers have been way too powerful in many games.
My favorite example is AvP2, where the tougher aliens could
take 5 anti-tank rockets to the head, but one sniper bullet
kills them.
\_ According to the forums, headshots are not instant kills. |
| 2005/6/20-22 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:38211 Activity:kinda low |
6/20 If there are any X-COM: UFO defense fans in the audience, check out
laser squad: nemesis. Very fun squad-level turn-based strategy game,
in the spirit of X-COM, Combat Mission, Jagged Alliance, etc. -- ilyas
\_ I would love a game where you can lead a platoon and order them to
do things (split, outflank, regroup) AND participate in the war
in 3D. For example, in Battlefield 2 you're a soldier and you have
no way of ordering men, and in Rise of Nations you're the commander
and have no way of participating it in the first person. They should
have something that combines both.
\_ Savage does exactly this. One person plays commander and gets
an RTS view, everyone else plays it like an FPS. Tribes also
did this.
\_ Half-Life Natural Selection also does it. No vehicles
though.
\_ Brother in Arms?
\_ Have you played Homeworld? It's not person-based, and you
can't really take a 1st-person view, but I think being able
to order squadrons around in formations is really neat. -John
\_ Mothership.
\_ I looked at it a few years ago and it was much more frustrating
than any of the games you mentioned. It wasn't nearly as clean,
mostly because everything happened at the same time and being able
to tell how long it would take to do an action was really hard.
\_ It uses combat mission's 'VCR tape' metaphor for combat,
which I personally like, but I can see why people would hate it.
It IS harder to get good results in this metaphor, but it's more
realistic than units taking turns, imo. -- ilyas
\_ I don't care about realism. I care about fun. But I could
live with it if it gave you a way to actually tell what the
fuck you expect to happen during a turn. As it is I don't
know how many pixels I expect someone to run, or how long
a gun takes to shoot so I can wait until after I think
a few shots have gone off to have someone dash for the door.
\_ Gamespy just gave Battlefield 2 five out of five stars!
Yes I know it's multiplayer FPS and not turn-based stgy.
\_ You better have a kick-ass machine, the minimum
system requirements are ridiculous, my machine
cannot play it!
\_ There is this old jungle saying about how 'no plan
survives contact with the enemy.' Having to plant for
survives contact with the enemy.' Having to plan for
possible contingencies based on limited information about
enemy position, movement, and intent, and having to deal
with the fact that you soldiers are perfect drones obeying
your every order exactly is something I find kind of neat.
YMMV, as I said. -- ilyas
with the fact that your soldiers are not perfect drones
obeying your every order exactly is something I find kind
of neat. YMMV, as I said. -- ilyas
\_ It's not the planning I mind it's the fact that "I want
this person to start running this way as soon as X is
dead" is not possible. So instead I have to guess and
hope I'm right. Especially considering I have to guess
even how long it will take to shoot n times which I
think should be enough time to kill X. There needs to
be a better way to give the dudes orders because as it
is right now it is just frustrating. And I'm fine with
them not obeying orders all the time, morale issues are
kind of fun in a game, but dealing with poor ui is not
morale, it's fighting with the game engine to get it to
do what you want.
\_ Yeah, that's true. Having a 'programming language',
or, more accurately, a contingency planning language
(a big AI area) would be nice. A nice bonus here is
that it would be possible to write good AI for these
games then, or at the very least bring modern
techniques to bear. -- ilyas
\_ I've heard nice things about Full Spectrum Warrior. I've
wanted to try it. Any motd opinions? |
| 2005/6/1 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:37918 Activity:nil |
6/1 I seek a characteriszation of the many video game review/news/media
sites by characterization of their typical reviewers and readership.
I'll start with IGN, since I've noticed that seems to be the the
site most solely devoted to teenage boys with a need for cheesecake.
IGN: desperate boys. mainly favor FPS games with lots of
constant carnage. separate section devoted to babe photos.
GameSpot: a slightly diversified crowd. too nice to games that
should be dismissed out of hand like movie-based games.
some women on staff. heavy product placement.
Gamespy:
Gamefaqs:
http://Gamer.com:
Please add more you might know. |
| 2005/6/1-3 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:37912 Activity:nil |
6/1 I can't wait till Age of Empires III comes out. Everything else
out there sucks in terms of GUI and playability. Sucky games
including Rome:Total War, Rise of Nations, and especially
Empire Earth II (this game has not improved much since the
first version, SHAME). Emsemble has a great track record, I
hope they don't ruin AoE3.
\_ Associates of mine (albeit ones who loved R:TW) say that Cossacks
is the mutt's nuts. -John
\_ I've played Cossacks. It looks nice. It plays nice.
It's just not that much fun. I blame it on the fact
it's written by Bulgarians. - danh
\_ In Soviet Bulgaria, Cossacks play YOU! -John
\_ Hey they wrote game called Cossacks, not Bulgarians
(A game in which armies of shadowy characters stab
each other with poison umbrellas). I have no point
here, I just like saying "rupleforeskin" -pvg
(resident Bulgarain) |
| 2005/5/26-31 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/HW/CPU] UID:37840 Activity:nil |
5/26 http://www.pcgameworld.com/top50.php Are you bored? Want to download cool game demos? Here are top 50 games to try. Make sure you have a nice PC (Athlon 64, +1G RAM, vid card). \_ Umm, are you saying if it's not a P4, it's not a "nice PC?" I take you on any day with my three Athlon 64 machines on games. \_ It's just a rough guideline, chill. |
| 2005/5/25-26 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Computer/HW/IO] UID:37842 Activity:nil |
5/25 Does anyone have a PS2 -> DIN AT Keyboard adapter?
Like this? link:csua.org/u/c6z
Or perhaps even a DIN keyboard they don't use anymore? I want
to buy it. Or have it bequeathed to me please. --maxmcc
\_ you can get that at Fry's for $4.99
\_ I'll let you know when the cops find my stolen truck.
Until then, please see above! --maxmcc |
| 2005/5/20 [Recreation/Sports, Recreation/Computer/Games, Industry/Jobs] UID:37784 Activity:high |
5/20 For the person who was asking how to best answer the question,
"What's your weekness?" during the interview. IMHO, the best
way to answer that is to talk about how you'd like to be more
proficient in an area that you are _not_ interviewing for.
For example, if you are interviewing for a backend position,
then talk about how you are not as strong in front end design
but would love to get more exposure to it. Or for non-managedment
engineering positions in general, it is also okay to say you are
not comfortable enough speak in front of hundredes or thousdands
of people but you would like to take some public speech classes
if the company can sponsor it (it is important to quatify the
number of audience; you want to point out you are totally comfortable
doing a technical presentation/review for your peers).
This answer usually leads to discussion about company's education
benefits, which is what you want to find out anyway.
\_ The best answer is "I don't have any weaknesses"
\_ I'd rather someone blew off the question than respond this way
\_ No, that's the worst answer.a
\_ I dunno -- the last thread about this had some pretty messed
answers....
\_ It's not the worst answer if it is true. If you're good at
your job and you have good people skills to boot plus tons
of experience in the relevant positions then why would you
have any weaknesses? I mean, seriously, what the hell are you
supposed to say? I don't have a good backhand in tennis?
I don't play golf? I mean, seriously, wtf ARE you supposed to
say if you have 10+ years of experience in the field, worked
on various projects as follower or leader, have had a pretty
good track record on those projects, given lectures on the
field, published papers, etc. etc.. If you are the best
candidate for the job, why SHOULD you have any weaknesses?
\_ If you think you're perfect, that's a weekness.
\_ Perhaps if you think you are NOT perfect for the job,
now that's a weakness. If you don't think you're perfect
for the job, then why are you applying? Also, who said
anything about thinking that you yourself are perfect?
Not having a weakness != perfection.
\_ Okay, I'll emend that. If you don't think you have
weaknesses, you're lying to yourself and others.
\_ So in other words, you don't believe that people
can be good at what they do. That's an interesting
attitude.
\_ No. I believe that people who are never
introspective are dangerous. I believe that
people who don't find they have things to
better in themselves are stunted and boring.
\_ Being introspective is one thing, being
weak at something is another. Don't mix
the two. You're confusing self assessment
with being weak. Self assessment leads to
improvement, even in things you are strong
at. It's akin to saying that Tiger Woods
has a "weak" short game. His weak short
game still blows 99% of the population
out of the water. He can improve on it,
(heck, he can improve on all aspects of
his game), but I wouldn't call it a
weakness, especially if you're applying
for a job. Seriously, this is one of those
dumb corporate interview questions that
should be banned. It's a dumb question and
leads to no real answers.
\_ Sounds like you're reading too much into
the question. This is exactly what they're
asking about. Things you'd like to be
better at. Maybe it's bad terminology,
but you're being really obtuse.
\_ If you asked Tiger Woods his biggest
weakness and he said "My short game"
it would make plenty of sense. How his
short game compares to mine is not the
question.
\_ my biggest weakness is not being able to find more time to <stick
in something irrelevant to work>. For example, I'm unable to find
more time to read fine American literatures, take French/cooking,
class, and do things that'll make me a better rounded person.
Heck they don't give a shit how well-rounded you are, so why not.
\_ The purpose of this question is to bait you into revealing a real
show stopper flaw, or see if you dodge the question or throw up a smoke
screen answer. As long as you answer it honestly and don't throw out
a juicy flaw like stealing other people's lunchs from the company
refrigerator, you are probably fine. -ax
\_isn't hacking code and eating Doritos making you more well-rounded
\_ Only in the chiapet sense. |
| 2005/5/12-13 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:37649 Activity:nil |
5/12 For some reason, I find this line amusing:
Mr Gates says the new Xbox will show that Microsoft "is hardcore
about gaming"
\_ What kind of hardcore can be made by someone who's micro and soft? |
| 2005/5/7-11 [Recreation/Sports, Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:37569 Activity:nil |
5/6 Awhile back I asked if anybody knew a place where one could rent
game consoles. Nobody responded with a useful answer. So, if
anybody else care, Silver Screen on Grand rents PS2s, XBoxes and game
cubes. |
| 2005/5/4 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:37511 Activity:nil |
5/3 Does anyone here own Midway Arcade Treasures 2 for the PS2? Do
you know how to select Ralph in Rampage World Tour? If I use
Controller 1 I get George, if I use Controller 2 I get Lizzie, how
can I choose Ralph?
\_ Character selection in Rampage
To play as the following characters, start the Rampage game
with controller one. At the start screen for Rampage press
Start on any of the other controllers. You can disconnect the
first controller if you only have one and plug it into another
port.
George the Gorilla: Controller one
Lizzie the Lizard: Controller two
Ralph the Wolf: Controller three
\_ So you need a four-player tap to use Ralph? What a retarded
system. -!op
\_ That's what I was afraid of, agree with the above poster,
that's stupid of Midway. He was my fav, and I don't want to
buy a multi-tap just to play as him :(
\_ Heh, you posted on rec.games.video.classic as well.
\_ dun dun Dun Dun DUN DUN DUN DUN DA DA DA DADADAH! dahdahdun |
| 2005/4/27-28 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:37378 Activity:moderate |
4/26 X-Com UFO Defense is an awesome game.
\_ is this 4/26/94?
\_ nope, it's 4/27/10191
\_ Seconded. I reinstalled it on my laptop (there is a nice
launcher to make it work under XP as well as a multiplayer
add-on) to play on planes and places w/out wifi. Let me know
if you want pointers to the XP patch/multiplayer stuff. Also, if
you're into old timewaster games, remember Worms? -John
\_ Ooh, please! Last time I tried installing it there were wierd
ploblems from timing loops being out of whack on modern hardware
problems from timing loops being out of whack on modern hardware
which made it unplayable. -dgies, !op
\_ Worms 2 works okay on most new windows boxes.
\_ Yup, and worms 2 is the best incarnation of the game,
especially in the area of interface design.
\_ I was talking about X-Com -dgies
\_ You can always try using moslo
\_ I run it under dosbox, and it seems to work pretty
well. When I just ran it under XP it was funky.
-op
\_ Yes, pointers please!
\_ http://ufo2000.sourceforge.net for multiplayer.
http://f0dder.schwump.net for the bugfixed version.
Worms is technically still sold by Plan19 so you're going
to have to find that yourself. If you still have problems
with x-com, drop me a mail at john@zog.net -John
\_ you shouldn't put email addresses as email harvestors are
collecting emails to sell to spammers
\_ <generic-sounding first name>@three letter http://domain.net?
We get about 3500-4000 spams to this email address per
day and stop almost all of them. Am I worried? -John |
| 2005/4/11-13 [Recreation/Computer/Games] UID:37146 Activity:nil |
4/11 Korean minister says he supports army gaming corps:
http://tinyurl.com/6o45o
\_ To understand why this actually sort of makes sense, you have
to know the place Starcraft holds in Korea. It is a very
popular sport. At least 2 channels show tournoments almost all
day long. The players hold the same position for people as
popular sports figures. It is a big deal. -jrleek |
| 2005/3/22-23 [Recreation/Computer/Games, Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:36809 Activity:low |
3/22 Hello fellow l0s3r5, I mean g4m3rz. If you want a brain-dead RTS
with lots of spiffy graphics and a wacko plot but for some reason
you'll enjoy, try Act of War: Direct Action. Still $38 at Fry's.
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/actofwardirectaction/review.html
\_ I would have gotten this except the French developers kept
playing scenarios of nuking the white house.
\_ sounds like a selling point!
\_ What's wrong with that? I hate French people, but I hate
the current administration even more.
\_ Do you honestly hate French people? Or just go along with
that because it's cool. Now personally, I can find a lot of
things to complain about if I wanted about Frenchies but I
can do that about any group of people.
\_ I wish that America would exterminate the French gene
from the human race.
\_ That sounds like something Hitler would say!
\_ Why do you care either way? It's a game. -John
\_ If they were "just games" I don't think the Army would be
advertising so heavily on video game sites, and producing
their own video game. |
| 11/23 |