At 4/19/10 08:52 PM, Archon68 wrote: But it probably makes up less than 15% of the gaming industry as a whole.

Actually, casual gamers and the like don't get the credit they deserve, and EASILY eclipse standard or 'hard core' gamers by a huge percentage.

Really, the largest volume of 'games' are still played on PCs and as far as just consoles are concerned, the Wii made up massive 43% of the total market share in '09... so almost half, in a market with 3 primary consoles.

And notice, both the Move and Natal will require light to work (PS3 will require a moderate amount of light and Natal will require at least ambient light) which is a huge downer for those of us that like playing games in the dark.

(And again, I have nothing nice to say about the horrific implementation of the PS3 eye.)

At 4/19/10 11:42 PM, Johnny wrote:

And notice, both the Move and Natal will require light to work (PS3 will require a moderate amount of light and Natal will require at least ambient light) which is a huge downer for those of us that like playing games in the dark.

For some reason, at this part, the whole time i was reading it i was thinking "Where's he going with this, people who don't have electricity for lights?" and that got into "How do they plug in the ps3 then...?"

What a twist at the end though hey?

What a twist at the end though hey?

HELL YEAH

At 4/20/10 09:57 AM, vvasim wrote: i jerk off everytime while readin these posts

nice interjection, newly refound, mature, wasim!!!

Nintendo is cool I guess. I hear a lot more people loving DS games than PSP games and I still love their classic titles. Maybe they switched to Wii instead of continuing using standardized controllers because they have been putting out games longer than the other companies? I have a feeling they thought they were creating one 'type' of gaming experience.

But really there were a few signs. Nintendo loves the fact that people can all play 'together'. N64 had FOUR players standard, built into the system. Playstation did not. They've always wanted to bring people to together locally, which is something I believe in as well.

Playing some games out there get realllyyy boring playing them online with fake people. I think it just appeals because it's convenient.

I dislike Nintendo for what they did with the Wii (opening the floodgates to low quality casual crap). The only time I would enjoy playing with the Wii is when I'm drunk and looking for something to do with friends, only then would I be able to enjoy a few of the huge arse catalog of party games the console seems to have. I'm looking for aspects in games that to my knowledge only a handful of Wii games seem to offer, such as immersion, emotion, proper storylines, lasting gameplay mechanics etc. The lack of proper titles and serious third party support is also appalling. I respect Nintendo for what they have done in the past, but I think the Wii is an absolute piece of crap for gamers like myself, it's okay for grandma's (which is the only tartgetgroup they make ads for nowadays) though.

At 4/20/10 09:57 AM, vvasim wrote: i jerk off everytime while readin these posts

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That's sick.

Wii got streaming Netflix recently.

Where's your "No Movies, Just Games" theory now?!

At 4/20/10 10:39 AM, Xeptic wrote: I dislike Nintendo for what they did with the Wii

Most of the things you listed are also reasons people love the wii. It's cheap, and the games are fun. I would also like to see nintendo bust out a real console again though.

At 4/20/10 12:29 PM, Coaly wrote:

At 4/20/10 10:39 AM, Xeptic wrote: I dislike Nintendo for what they did with the Wii

Most of the things you listed are also reasons people love the wii. It's cheap, and the games are fun. I would also like to see nintendo bust out a real console again though.

I know, they are hardly the most objective arguments :) I wonder what's going to happen in the next generation, I fear a WIi-H3D.

At 4/19/10 05:53 PM, Archon68 wrote: Time to take a dive into some raycasting.

3d already? :)

At 4/20/10 02:12 PM, Deadclever23 wrote: 3d already? :)

No, just some 2D light/shadow effects. Still hard to get right.

http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/
content/cultivated-play-farmville

Why hello there fine gentleman.

At 4/20/10 04:43 PM, Archon68 wrote: Why hello there fine gentleman.

Nice, you've come on quite a bit.

I remember doing something like this a while back, hmm seems so long ago.

Yours is reall nice and smooth to be honest. Are you using vectors or 'ray casting'?

At 4/20/10 05:48 PM, ImpendingRiot wrote:

At 4/20/10 04:10 PM, Coaly wrote: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/
content/cultivated-play-farmville

Did you change your signature from blue to green because it's 4/20? Tell me you did.

Your testicles taste like tomato. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMmmm lovely tomatoes. :)

That's smooth Archon.

Very nice.

Put some sliders in there for us to play with. :)

Child's play for someone of your talents.

At 4/20/10 05:51 PM, doctormario wrote: That's smooth Archon.

Very nice.

Put some sliders in there for us to play with. :)

Child's play for someone of your talents.

Your testicles taste like peaches. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY PEACHES. :D

At 4/20/10 05:51 PM, doctormario wrote: Put some sliders in there for us to play with. :)

Here you go. (Last preview until I work out the kinks and optimize the engine)

At 4/20/10 06:13 PM, Archon68 wrote:

At 4/20/10 05:51 PM, doctormario wrote: Put some sliders in there for us to play with. :)

Here you go. (Last preview until I work out the kinks and optimize the engine)

This is really nice. i like the gradient, it's nice on the eyes.

At 4/20/10 06:19 PM, Deadclever23 wrote:

At 4/20/10 06:13 PM, Archon68 wrote:

At 4/20/10 05:51 PM, doctormario wrote: Put some sliders in there for us to play with. :)

Here you go. (Last preview until I work out the kinks and optimize the engine)

This is really nice. i like the gradient, it's nice on the eyes.

Yea it flows well. My only recommendation would be to make it some sort of duotone or sepia. Black and white is getting boring

At 4/20/10 06:23 PM, Luis wrote: Yea it flows well. My only recommendation would be to make it some sort of duotone or sepia. Black and white is getting boring

you and your sepia......

At 4/20/10 04:10 PM, Coaly wrote: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/
content/cultivated-play-farmville

That was a very interesting read.

At 4/20/10 06:13 PM, Archon68 wrote: Here you go. (Last preview until I work out the kinks and optimize the engine)

Seems good for a game that uses sight lines.

At 4/20/10 07:05 PM, BoMToons wrote: That was a very interesting read.

Yea this kind of theory and analysis always sparks my interest, it's easy to think games are just silly games, but they mean a lot more than people realize and have a lot more to them in general.

At 4/20/10 07:57 PM, Coaly wrote: Yea this kind of theory and analysis always sparks my interest, it's easy to think games are just silly games, but they mean a lot more than people realize and have a lot more to them in general.

Which is why if ever anyone tells you Farmville is a waste of time then they are correct.

Fight
Who would win: Elmoor Pingu?

Your testicles taste like peaches. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY PEACHES. :D

Either you're psychic, or we spent the night together after Consumer Electronics show in Vegas.
:)

http://gizmodo.com/5520938/adobe-droppin g-iphone-app-development-technology-afte r-cs5

What a huge waste of engineering time, when actual bugs could be fixed

At 4/21/10 03:03 PM, mike wrote: http://gizmodo.com/5520938/adobe-droppin g-iphone-app-development-technology-afte r-cs5

What a huge waste of engineering time, when actual bugs could be fixed

Well look who decided to join the party.

Again and again and again and...

At 4/21/10 03:03 PM, mike wrote: http://gizmodo.com/5520938/adobe-droppin g-iphone-app-development-technology-afte r-cs5

What a huge waste of engineering time, when actual bugs could be fixed

I'm wondering why they started to build that in the first place. Have they ever done anything else that was platform specific? It seems like they should have known it was coming sooner or later....