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Sun - Amaterasu (Okami, multiple systems) - Obvious choice, since she is the sun god in this game.
Notion seconded; also has various other connotations as well as just Okami, so I'd say its a fairly good one.
Out of curiosity, any particular theme your going for here? I know Thylacine just suggested Diddy Kong, but next to Amaterasu, it might look a little out of place, depending on your current choices.
I'd personally be looking through some of the Kingdom Hearts characters, because you'll more than likely find more than a few there for your RPGs. Personally, I'd suggest Namine for Ace, but I won't be surprised if someone disagrees with me there. Also, the FFVII world has plenty of good characters, spanning a wide range.
Pentacles - Knight: amusingly, I thought of Mewt from FFTA (I know I haven't deviated from any square games yet, but meh). Not exactly what was described (he was actually more a mage type in the game), but better than my first idea for it (Javier from Advance Wars Dual Strike).
That's it for now, but my brain's pretty fried atm, but nonetheless, I'd be curious to see how these turn out
EDIT: Similarly to Diddy kong, perhaps Sonic?
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except after you dl 3 songs your memory is filled
That's why you use an SD card to expand it. Heaven forbid that's what the slot was for.
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I just see it as logical progression.
Think about it, all you need to do is buy a little add on thing. While with electric razors and toothbrushes, and heck; cellphones, you have to get a NEW one with every upgrade.
The "next gen" has only just begun and so Nintendo can use this time to try out new things and have a good deal of reasearch done before the making of the Wii 2, which essentially only needs a storage- and graphics boost right?
The Wii is not perfect, but it's a solid product as it is, and it works for the most part.
And this is the beauty of Nintendo; they're always experimenting. Anyone remember when they said the DS was just a test run to see what they would do with the next game boy? The wii and ds are both a testament to Nintendo's ingenuity. They have undoubtably made mistakes (one could argue that the Gamecube was one of them, but I'd be reluctant to agree there), but they've endeavored to fix them in most case.
I know people are giving this whole upgrade thing a hard time, but its like some people are saying; THERE WAS NOTHING MASSIVELY WRONG WITH IT. You aim it at the screen, it moves. That's good enough for me. I'm not downplaying this new device either; it seems to have a lot of potential. Just because this new device is meant to be better, doesn't mean the old one now sucks.
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So FINALLY Nintendo confirms the deep rooted fear that the remote is *gasp*, not responsive at all and only a select few Nintendo games were able to use it very well. I'm honestly a bit disappointed with the news in a way. Because the wiimote should have been like that from the start. It's like they're making ground. Oh, and not to mention that I should spend more money because Nintendo made a boo boo and the controller needs fixing.
Its better than M$ and the Red Lights of Death: "its a strange coincidence that all our units seem to be failing one year after their first use"
*thousands of complaints (and far too much time) later*
"hmmm...I think there's something wrong here."
(I am aware of the rather large difference between "a slight controller issue and upgrade" and "the whole damned console melting down inside")
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Thank you for reading' date=' Leet.[/quote']
Your welcome, oh great wise ass.
Doesn't change the fact that it seems to be in a bad spot
Even so, I'm curious to see how the devs use this; I know that Nintendo has a few more games to add to the "wii" collection (the ones like wiiplay and wiisports etc), so it wouldn't surprise me if they brought out one utilizing this technology. Same for wiiware (which I'm glad to say has actually been out in Australia for a while now
); there's bound to be at least one game out there that's going to use it. Or so I hope. -
Sorry if I seem a little cynical, but I'm not sure if I see any real benefit to this. From what they're saying, its basically something that makes the wiimote more accurate. Surely there's more to it than that; from what they're saying, its a big deal, but "1:1" doesn't really seem to be that big of a deal. Anyone mind explaining what the benefits of this are?
Its a shame that the version in the picture hasn't got a nanchuk port, but I'll bet anything that they'll have support somewhere down the track; if its even half as good as everyone seems to be making it out to be, they'd be crazy not to.
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Certainly a much wider smile on my face if it were true. Oh well, baby steps!
I reckon give him 10 minutes and a camera, and he will probably make someone want to. The blatant stupidity of the guy makes me wonder how he got a law degree.
I could have sworn it was meant to be hard to get a law degree. Then how could someone as idiotic as him get one?
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I know there was a thread that was somewhat similar in nature, about how hard it is to break into the industry. The general notion there was that its often easier (or more feasible) to get a job in media if, rather than specialising in one area, having skills in everything. Much like an in law of mine; he works for pixar, doing animations and such, while he has majors in all the main media types (images, sound and video). Even though most of the work he does is animations, the fact that he's got all these other qualifications sometimes helps. Although, there can be times when you won't get hired because you are overqualified; a sad reality.
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I guess when you think about it, trying to argue the status of games as an artform is the same as arguing that anything is an artform; it will all come down to opinion. I think there are some games which could pass as art, and some that, although sometimes graphically impressive, are not actually art.
It all comes down to your own perceptions of art, which is possibly where this misconception of "art" as being something "classy" comes from. However, the fact that it is such a personal thing (as far as one's opinions go, and one's own perceptions) is what makes it an interesting question.
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Are you kidding me? Pong is the epitome of games as art due to its simplicity and the way it moved an entire generation of new gamers. I've seen game museums feature Pong pretty prominently. In classical art museums no less.
Epitome of games as an art? I think you need to differentiate an innovative gameplay concept, and an artform. If you're looking at Pong as an example of art in a more simplistic form, yeah, maybe. But I think its a bit far to say its the epitome of the idea.
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I think its safe to say that games are an artform, and its becoming more accepted. Its an incredibly flexible one, which can combined all the main media types; images, video, sound, music and text; all into one package.
Also remember that no artform is without controversy; and games definitely fall into that category. While the controversy is often (arguably even mostly) misleading (*cough*Jack Thompson), it would have been no different from when, say, the first artistic nudes (NOT PORN, ART!!!) came out. People back then would often have been horrified, and many artists killed for heresy and such. These days, those works of art are now often highly regarded as great works of art.
Even though the example of the artistic nude is kind of extreme, games have had controversies, especially with regards to violence. But there are many games which, I believe, are beneficial to a person, both as a form of leisure and art. Games have the ability to challenge the audience in ways that music, video, poetry and every other expression of humanity cannot do alone. Sure, it can also do a lot of harm, and be incredibly degrading, but generally only in extreme cases. In the hands of a skilled person/s, the responses that a game can generate are worthy of making it an art form.
One other question we should ask; if games are an artform, then will we appreciate them like we do other works of art? Will there be a copy of Final Fantasy 7 hanging up next to the Mona Lisa? Or maybe Portal?
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To me, it seems to mean that the site is charging users for the service of providing a download link/access to their server, but not for the ownership or licensing of the contents they are providing. As such, it's not really violating a copyright law, but more of exploiting what can be defined as digital distribution services. According to that statement posted, they're charging users for the bandwidth and not the music. While it seems like bad business ethics, it's not a violation of copyright law.
It's as if instead of DJP covering the cost of the servers and bandwidth for OCR from ads and sponsors, he began charging the users directly to cover these costs. Technically, he isn't violating the copyright law, since he would presumably not be making profit from it nor preventing the copyright holders from earning funds. However, I can't see how this Russian site couldn't be making money from this kind of service.
In addition, OCR has an anti-third-party-distribution policy in place on the site, which means that while this Russian site isn't necessarily violating copyright law, they are violating OCR's policies about redistribution. Whether or not that constitutes legal action, I don't know.
Still, there's basic intellectual rights in this regard; regardless of whether or not you made/make profit off it, if they are selling YOUR works without YOUR permission, then you have the right to take action.
Sadly, this is not so easy in reality; and like was said before, its Russia; they're not even allowed in the WTO. That doesn't sound too good for us
Here's hoping the site dies a natural (or preferably a decidedly UN-natural) death. Quite possibly in the form of a random DoS attack...*whistles innocently*
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uh, we all know that vista was a flop, but xp was possibly the greatest os ever designed - longevity, scalability, etc. beyond that, you've got ME (which was really just a service pack) which sucked, then 2000 which was pretty good, then 98 and 95, both of which were pretty good. 98 was awesome, actually, i still run it on two machines. oh, and don't forget server edition 2008 and 2003, both of which are excellent.
again, read above. they 'screwed up' one major release and one minor release in ten releases (if you count service packs as releases, which ME basically was for 2000). i'd call that pretty good.
argh, i'm defending microsoft now. shoot me.
Fair point, although remember that XP was good IF IT WORKED. Never happened for me; like you said, their packages were usually good, and I agree XP was a pretty solid OS. A heap of people regard 98 as being the best OS that they ever released, even to this day.
I'm hoping that by building it from the ground up, they can bring out an OS as respected as 98; one that just worked. Let's hope that they can learn from their past mistakes (*cough* ME and Vista), and pull themselves together.
What has me most worried is they already have a release date. And its comparitively close. In their shoes, I'd be reluctant to release it so soon.
That said, I disagree about the exact quality of XP; some of the features in it clearly lacked any semblance to thought. It was good until it broke. Then you were pretty much fscked. Although I agree that 98 and XP were generally pretty good. Just not a fan of the others...especially ME...*shudders*
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*Hands Kevin a sense of humor*
There, that's better. Maybe you can deal with life a little easier!
There's a few people on these forums who could do with that. I've seen a few cases of people getting w33py about that same thing
*back on topic
*Its price is indeed very bad, but remember that the ps3 was considered one of the crucial factors in Blu-ray's victory over HD-DVD. In Australia, PS3s were actually bundled with many TVs as a blu-ray player/media player. Probably the same as many other countries, but it was initially the cheapest bluray drive. Even so, Sony's claims about the PS3 (can't remember the guys name, but everything he said was pure gold) wouldn't have helped much.
I still laugh at the one where he offered a reward for every PS3 still on the shelf at release. That was destined to backfire
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http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/24/2358210
it's official, windows 7 will ship in one year and seven months.
*laughs* yes, because everyone knows how reliable Microsoft is with release dates and stuff. When they do release it on time...well, we only need to look at the 360 and its Red Lights of Doom (or the ring of fire, as my friend calls it
) to show what happens when M$ rushes things. Yes, I am aware of the difference between shipping an entire hardware and software package, and just an OS, but I still don't have much faith in them regardless.It sucks for Vista users though; I saw them dropping Vista after discovering how terrible it was, but I really don't see them having any more luck with this "windows 7" than they have with their past attempts.
This is probably their one and only chance for a good long time to prove to the world that they can actually make a half decent OS without screwing it up.
We can only hope.
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Okay, now it says that I'm being rejected by the tracker. Any idea why?
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It'll suck when the Spy achieves come out; I swear I won't play TF2 for the next two months when that happens. Spys are alright in smaller numbers, but when there's a team of them...that's just bad. *shakes head*
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Duke Nukem Forever? Quite possibly the most fitting name for such a game; its taking forever to come out.
Hell, it got its own award for being vaporware. Multiple times (if you don't know what I'm on about, wiki it).
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Hahahaha, I remember this: not a bad one, I must say. Some elements need a heap of work tho *looks at the water movement* I swear, don't go in the water, that's annoying </whinge>
The quake engines brought about a heap of awesome games/mods. My favourite was always Tremulous then UT, because trem was a bit more complex. Shame I never learnt how to play aliens properly though
But UT is a good one because there isn't much of a learning curve, and it runs on nearly anything. Hell, I setup a 52 man LAN at school. That was a funny game, I won 146 kills 43 deaths
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Like many have said, not as much thanks to school/work/life etc
However, its getting a crapload more use than my PS2 has of late. Hell, the wii is the only console currently in use
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Here's one I bet nobody's thought of yet:
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How is this not a favorites thread.
It containeth not the word "favourite" in the title, therefore it cannot possibly be such a thread!!! Thou liest!!! /sarcasm
And yet it already has 4 pages. I wouldn't think that was so sad it if it was the oppoiste type of quotes being used. But hey, at least its better than the live journal type threads that were getting spammed not so long ago.
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I think that there's a definite difference in the consoles to warrant some solid grounding in the statement, but it isn't strictly true.
A popular gaming magazine over here in oz summarised this idea thus:
If we think of the consoles as being like horses, then we can think of the the 360 as a horse which is a little older, so the owners gave it steroids. Then the ps3 guys declared that they had their own superdrug. Meanwhile, the wii was revealed to be not a horse, but a freaking pegasus with godlike wings.
Seeing this, the 360 gave their horse more steroids and said they were elite, while the PS3 tried sticking wings onto their horse before releasing it.
While a little biased, the idea that the wii, most certainly, is massively different to the others is true, but I think that its folly to imply that the wii is in every way superior. After all, its the only one to not support HD, but it has gameplay focuses. etc
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I know; I've been using chipamp for ages, but my old xp died, and vista hates HATES chipamp. I have no idea why. The main reason I asked is that I've been looking through the games and there's a few hundred/thousand of the damn things. I thought someone might have recommendations as to some good ones; and I was right: many thanks for your input; my media player is very happy now
is it too late?
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If you have the will to stick with it, and not be discouraged easily, then go for it. But remember, it will take time to actually learn; anyone who has gotten any level of skill can tell you that.
Remember, if you choose to do it, do it because you are in for the long haul, not on a whim.