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Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
Rabbit, even if I weren't taking a drink in honor of you saying "BioShock," you immediately followed it with the word "disintermediation," which is worth a whole glass. You didn't even hesitate before busting that one out. Bravo, sir.
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Yeah it's a tough call. It is said that the 10th place game in the holiday rush still does better than the best one in the summer. But you need realistic expectations, ME was not as good as most of the games that came out in Q4. If it was put there to grab extra income, so be it, but it shouldn't have been expected to top the charts.
Yeah the strength of the top does prove half his statement, but how different is it from 2007 and Halo 3. The top was strong last year too, doesn't mean it's causing the middle to suffer.
Yeah I don't think the Wii is going to fail or anything, but it'll definitely lose momentum. It's success is based off the mass market and their desire for a new toy. It's not expensive compared to other consoles, but I don't think it's market is the same. It's riding a huge bubble right now of hype and as people that don't care about games start counting their pennies they may be less likely to go buy a new console.
My prediction is that Wii Play falls off the NPDs by the end of this year.
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I'm looking forward to this smackdown. It will be delicious.
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It was mentioned in the economic discussion that EA went from making a boatload of money to making a little bit less of a boatload of money. They are actually in a much rougher spot. EA is going to end up in the red for the second straight year. They lost the lead in market share to Activision, and their stock this year is performing much worse than any of the major indexes (down almost 70%!).
Beyond the human suffering due to the layoffs, I think it is too bad because it is going to leave the impression that Activision had a better strategy in cranking up the sequel factory while EA which made some great strides towards creativity and invested in original IP but floundered commercially.
p.s. love the podcast. this is my first post; I'm another 1up refugee washing ashore.
As a newbie, you'll soon learn that the Powers That Be expect much more salad tossing than this if you expect them to settle their gaze upon your mortal words...
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Radio talk shows will also spread out the speakers in the stereo image, so each speaker is panned a little bit left or right and the host is centred. This makes it much easier to identify who is talking. You guys should do this.
So when you say that someone's got game.... how does that work?
Seriously though, game is both an adjective and noun. Clearly if you 'game the system' it's an adjective.
Otherwise i'm guessing that you'd say we couldn't use the sentence: "It was a dress for the boys." It may be redundant in close conversation between two people but it's no less 'right' than leaving it out.
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This sentence is both worryingly scary and erotic at the same time....
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Geez, you guys gotta stop massaging your overdeveloped 'grammary' glands.
I believe we use game as an adjective any time we say something like:
It's game time!
Anyone wanna play L4D Expert. Hell yeah, I'm game for that.
Hunters use it all the time in describing their catch.
I thought that deer was gamey.
It can be used as a verb.
That guy is such an achievement whore. He really knows how to game the system.
Verb. Thank you for playing.
Back to the question.
Consider: "Game design."
Adjective constructed as an open-form compound word (Noun adjunct). "Game" modifies "design." This is no different than "car" modifying "door" to make "car door."
All that said, while Fenix' comment sounds like grammar, it's really just construction choice. Certainly in the context of an article about "Gears of War" you could say "It was a game for the masses." However, in an article about violence in pop-culture, you could (and perhaps should say) things like "While Tarantino's film, "Reservoir Dogs," can me seen as niche, there's little doubt that "Gears of War" was a game for the masses."
Even then, "game" in this case is a noun, and "for the masses" is a prepositional phrase that compliments the noun. "It was a game" is perfectly nice little simple sentence.
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Sure, totally different meaning though.
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Yeah, you're right. I had a whole load of different stuff in there and i edited some out and forgot to correct that part. My point stands though - 'game' is not just a noun.
Thanks for being blunt.
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I love how everyone does my work for me. Makes me feel better about being busy with real work this week.
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Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
But don't gamefaqs.com and youtube.com serve the same purpose for puzzle games as "easy mode" serves for other games? Why does the designer have to if these resources are already available?
I agree with you on your other points, though.
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I wish you guys would stop encouraging him.
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I bought SOASE Retail. I guess that makes me #2 in the world (after Rob).
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You don't see the difference or benefit to in-game options vs. surfing the internet? There are millions of people who don't know what Gamefaqs is and wouldn't even know where to look on Youtube.
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Indeed, there's a huge difference between reading step-by-step instructions in a walkthrough and getting a small hint in game. Things like Uncharted's L2 hint system, which just directs your view in the general direction of the solution, could make a big difference for less-experienced gamers.
Or the Y button in gears of war?
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It's bad enough I have to use Microsoft software at work, I refuse to let it intrude into my entertainment as well
Sure - I just don't think these are the same millions of people who are playing hardcore puzzle games. I guess I've gotten to the point where surfing the internet has become integral as a tool to assist in my gaming experience.
I guess I don't see it that way - one way or another, I wasn't able to solve the puzzle on my own. I don't get any more satisfaction from solving it with a hint vs. a full solution - if we're talking about one specific puzzle. I guess that's just me, though.
The point of all of which to say - yes, it might be better to have hints or whatever in-game, or it might just lead to laziness and people getting help without giving the puzzles enough thought, defeating the purpose of the game. The bottom line is that there are resources available if you really need them, they're pretty accessible and can be puzzle specific, and I don't think it's a bad thing that they are removed from the game to remove the temptation to use them before you really need to.
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I do pan Rabbit's voice and my voice. I leave both Certis and Elysium centered. Maybe I can pan the two of us a bit more.
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Please, just don't go too far, for us headphone listening folk who get annoyed at single ear input when it lasts a bit long. I'm guessing that's what you are trying to avoid though. I don't really even notice any stereo differences.
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Yeah, and some of us don't hear the same out of both ears, either.
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Words... are a big deal.
Jill Lapore wrote:Editing is one of the great inventions of civilization.
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