 |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Warp wrote:
> The same cannot be said of 3D games, where less than 10 years is enough
> to make once-beautiful graphics look ugly.
Perhaps it's because it looks bad compared to reality? Are there 3D games
that aren't attempting to model reality? What was that vector-graphic one in
arcade games that looked like a tunnel and you ran around the outside edge
dropping things on those coming up?
I imagine if a 3D game were abstract enough, it wouldn't look dated after a
while. Imagine something like Jumpman or Donkey Kong done in 3D. :-)
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Ouch ouch ouch!"
"What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
"No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Surprised he never got a big box of condoms. :-P
>
> LOL!
>
> I can just see it.
> <Desmond_Llewelyn>
> "And here, double-oh-seven, is a secret compartment with fifty gold
> sovereigns, three rubbers, and a canister of exploding aftershave..."
> </Desmond_Llewelyn>
Ha! No point, surely, most of his ladies were goners by the end of the
movie.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
> Sounds like... a very tedious way to spend 4 years. I mean, man, just
> repeating the same 20 seconds of game over and over and over until you
> manage to sneak past everybody successfully? That doesn't sound like my
> idea of fun. :-P
You kids and your video games these days. Tedium? Tetris is all I'll ever
need. I never thought boxes, space shuttles, and Bach could stay so fresh
after twenty years, but here we are.
- Ricky
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
On 2/6/2009 9:10 AM, Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> In general, my problem isn't aiming. It's that I cloak, sneak up to
> within 4 feet of an enemy, position the scope exactly in the middle of
> his chest, pull the trigger, and it takes about a quarter of an hour of
> shooting him before he dies. (WTF?)
Never shoot the middle of the chest. I haven't played Crysis myself,
but I'm assuming that they have body armour.
Aim for the head :)
--
...Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> And similarly, Germany, for example, does have restrictions on some of
> those games being distributed in Germany, particularly if they depcit
> Nazi symbols.
I find it rather ironic that by banning nazi symbols from a piece of
art based on historical events, they are actually censoring history,
which is something nazis themselves did a lot.
I can't help but to get the feeling that by banning everything related
to nazis, they are pretending that WW2 never happened. Then, at the same
time, they outlaw holocaust denial.
Talk about contradictory behavior.
--
- Warp
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Am Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:31:44 -0500 schrieb Warp:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> And similarly, Germany, for example, does have restrictions on some of
>> those games being distributed in Germany, particularly if they depcit
>> Nazi symbols.
>
> I find it rather ironic that by banning nazi symbols from a piece of
> art based on historical events, they are actually censoring history,
> which is something nazis themselves did a lot.
>
> I can't help but to get the feeling that by banning everything related
> to nazis, they are pretending that WW2 never happened.
Oh come on - the display of symbols of unconstitutional organizations
(like the swastika - note that the law doesn't mention the swastika
explicitly) for educational purposes is not forbidden. It would be pretty
ridicolous to pretend WW2 never happened - and it is taught quite
detailed in school - and images of that time with the real Nazis and
swastikas are in the history books.
Then, at the same
> time, they outlaw holocaust denial.
>
> Talk about contradictory behavior.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Unfortunately, a tank is impossible to manouver, and fires one shot per
> hour. I've just spent 20 minutes screaming "SHOOT!!" at the screen. :-/
It's extremely frustrating when you repeatedly press the fire button,
over and over and over and over again, and the tank doesn't fire.
OTOH, I'm now trying to fly an aircraft. This is absurdly hard. I still
can't figure out how the controls actually work. But most importantly,
I'm trying to shoot down enemy craft that have infinite manouverability,
Still, at least it's not *quite* as disorienting as floating around in
zero gravity... Man, that was crazy! o_O Some serious graphics happening
in that mountain. (And my computer seemed to struggle with it.)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
news:498d9b50@news.povray.org...
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> I can't help but to get the feeling that by banning everything related
> to nazis, they are pretending that WW2 never happened.
Germany doesn't ban "everything related to nazis", far from it. The ban on
nazi symbols doesn't affect works created for educational or artistic
purposes and mostly concerns situations that glamourize (or trivialise)
those symbols. There was one game banned, Castle Wolfenstein, because 1) it
featured swastikas as cute design elements (the levels were swastika-shaped)
and 2) it used the nazi anthem as the game music.
Actually, Germany has been producing an incredible amount of quality,
insightful work regarding WW2, from documentaries to fictions. They don't
exactly shy away from the topic. One wishes that other countries would do
the same for their own skeletons-in-the-closet...
Just for the fun of it, a 3D animation by German cartoonist Walter Moers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KufHGYKqH9E (English version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Jg1Jjzwoo (German version, with karaoke
subtitles)
G.
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Gilles Tran wrote:
> Just for the fun of it, a 3D animation by German cartoonist Walter Moers
(Love the coffee mug with "A" on it.)
So did they ban this one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfkDxF2kn1I
--
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
"Ouch ouch ouch!"
"What's wrong? Noodles too hot?"
"No, I have Chopstick Tunnel Syndrome."
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
Ah yes, the ever popular "now you must fight an enemy the size of a
small city even though you now have no ammo left at all". Gotta love
that. :-/
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
Post a reply to this message
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
| |
