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Whoa! The FBI are really in need of a competent graphics designer.
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Well, if nothing else, it will result in some interesting legal battles over willful blindness.
What exactly are you looking for? If you're looking for books on game design, I can't recommend any. All of the game/software design books that I've read are oriented towards team management, which isn't relevant for sole developers. (And most "business" literature is trash anyways.) If you're looking for books on game architecture, there are a number of good ones, but the best are all genre- or domain-specific (i.e. books on shooters, real-time-strategy, etc. or book
[quote who="adamsolo" reply="7" id="3112671"]So, behind all the excuses and long-shot statistics arguments I think Brad wants to make MoO4 (badly) but I think he's afraid to (he or his mates at Stardock). "It can't be done Brad, there is a legion of MoO starving fans out there that will kill you for breakfast just for the pleasure of it. They will always says MoO2 was the best no matter what". Wrong. It's hard to do a competent sequel, yes, but I thin
[quote who="shadowtongue" reply="1" id="3112470"]On the other hand a new MoO would be unlikely to be better than the slew of good space 4x seen since MoO3 died out. SotS, Sins, GalCiv2 even...[/quote] Heretic. MOO2 still is [i]still[/i] the best space 4x.
[quote who="seanw3" reply="259" id="3111481"]But as far as the game goes, it would be nice if robosexualuality was an option too. I am a proud robosexual, but we are even more oppressed and obscured as there are very few available robots in this time-space. Fortunately the Bible has yet to comment on robots. (Not Kidding)[/quote] Well, Bioware went there in Mass Effect 3, so it's possible. And in terms of other minority sexualities, kissing your sibling is very Star Wars
[quote who="seanw3" reply="1" id="3111362"]I think the Sith have a valid point about the Old Republic being too large and corrupt to govern and protect its own people. Darth Palpatine's plan would never have worked if the Republic was in the least bit capable of protecting Naboo. I wonder how long after the war did the New Republic fall back into the same routine?[/quote] ~12 years. About how long it took for the New Republic to transition from aristocracy into a democracy. <
[quote who="Burress" reply="85" id="3089285"]Not too hard pressed, because that was what was argued by several in this very thread. Black and white, no gray.[/quote] It's possible to hold the position that 'copyright infringement is always theft' and 'copyright infringement is always immoral' and still acknowledge that there compelling arguments for both sides. I suspect that many of the people that you believe to have black and white views would backtrack or
I wish it were better at enforcing the cultural norms related to grammar. :(
[quote who="mqpiffle" reply="67" id="3089042"]Apparently to US public school system and organized religion really are good at brainwashing.[/quote] Sure, these institutions deserve some criticism, but what've they got to do with any of this?
[quote who="Burress" reply="62" id="3088981"]There will be cases were copyright infringement was a good thing.[/quote] I think you would be hard pressed to find anyone -- outside of industry trade groups -- who believes that copyright laws always result in desirable outcomes. Similarly, almost no one believes that creative media has no benefits. The problem is that these debates (1) involve different kinds of goods, which are not easily compared, and (2) the extent to which infringeme
[quote who="psychoak" reply="46" id="3088601"]I can't see myself getting all choked up over what 99% of the world population can immediately recognize as juvenile, half-witted morons, but it's hardly a judgement call. She'd just be far better served by laughing it off as opposed to running for cover.[/quote] Maybe you wouldn't. And maybe she would be. But not everyone can 'laugh it off'.
[quote who="Kantok" reply="31" id="3088293"]People create for their love of creating, but they stick with it because they can make a career out of it.[/quote] That's true for some creators, not true for others. But even if it were universally true, it still wouldn't answer the underlying question, namely, whether creators should be compensated for their works only to the extent to which that compensation encourages them to create or whether they deserve more. [quote wh
[quote who="Emperor_Nero" reply="6" id="3088125"]We own the rights to play the game, and they own the rights to the intellectual property and if they take away our rights to play the game as they see fit [/quote] Users don't own the right to play the game. The rightsholder licenses the right to play the game to users. This license is subject to certain conditions determined by the rightsholder.
In fairness, I can solve complex optimization problems involving millions of operations just by glancing at the screen. The computer can't do that.
Pepco is my energy provider. Awful company.
Are we supposed to rate the beta as a beta? Or as a game? I think the beta is promising, but I'm not sure what that means on the excellent/good/etc. scale.
[quote who="GW Swicord" reply="16" id="3080685"]The man's steady drift to the right since his election hasn't exactly surprised me, but I must abashedly admit that I'm very surprised at his immediate and strong conversion to the imperial presidency tradition. If he sets this new precedent for expansive use of executive agreements, he'll have opened up a whole new realm of potential abuse of power by presidents of all parties.[/quote] Well, if nothing else, at least it&
Star Wars is one of the few fictional universes that has multiple generations of fans, each of which was introduced to the universe through a different set of interpretations. My theory is that the backlash over the animated series (and other relatively recent additions to the universe) results from one generation of fans dissatisfaction over what they view as their universe being rewritten for a newer generation. As a Star Wars fan, I'm not exactly immune to this. I've bristled over
I would be careful avoid conflating two separate issues in the proposed legislation. Many copyright industry groups are unhappy with the legislation since they believe that it doesn't grant law enforcement agencies enough authority to respond to cases of [i]copyright infringement[/i]. The 'kill-switch', by contrast, grants the President authority to limit access to the internet during a [i]national security crisis[/i]. [quote who="StevenAus" reply="5" id="30
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[quote who="Jafo" reply="20" id="3071771"] ALL of Starwars is simple product-placement opportunities for Lucas's Toy industry. There IS NO STORY or actual value in any of the series. It's the junk-bin of S/F.[/quote] Hey now! What are your favorite fictions, so I can make fun of those? [e digicons];P[/e]
[quote who="Climber" reply="25" id="3043889"]My Reply #14 is quite constructive... but no one has comment. It means... it is good? It is bad? or no body cares?Curious![/quote] Don't take it personally. Everyone's too busy stuffing themselves full of food during the one month of the year it's socially acceptable to gain fifteen pounds. [e digicons]:drool:[/e]
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="17" id="3042345"]Can I assume you haven't read any of the novels? Revenge of the Sith, the novel, is about as canon as you can get right? The movies certainly give the Jedi perspective which is, like everything "from a certain point of view."[/quote] Actually quite the opposite. There was a time in my life when I'd read [i]every single[/i] novel then published, although ultimately I was no match for the power of LucasFilm licensing.
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="11" id="3042210"]I take my lore from Wookipedia as well as the various novels. Plus, when I was writing Destiny's Embers, my editors were the same editors of the Star Wars EU books and I got to hear a lot of lore from them. But basically, the Sith are certainly evil from the Jedi point of view. The Sith believe that civilizations grow and improve by competition and conflict. They are similar to "The shadows" in the Babylon 5 universe.<br
[quote who="DsRaider" reply="6" id="3042179"] George Lucas is pushing to appeal to a younger generation for replacement Starwars fans and that involves making the content very black & white. Anyone who has seen phantom menace knows what I'm talking about.[/quote] I don't think it has anything to do with searching for replacement fans. George Lucas has always portrayed the events of the movies and surrounding fiction as a struggle between unambiguous forces of good and