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Gamespy for sale
October 23rd 2003, 23:36 CEST by Quicken Rumours are that Gamespy is on the market and there is no shortage of interested buyers. Of course it's hardly substantiated since it seems NY Post is the only place running the story. But I can see there'd be plenty of interest and probably no better time to sell. I wouldn't even be surprised if the "unnamed major portal" was Yahoo. Would new owners bring a whole new world of grief to us or is GSI corporate enough already that no one would notice the difference. Let the Gamespy bashing begin! |
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#89 TrodKnee Looks cool, but no indication of whether it allows key toggling. I have tried keystroke macros ( like I used to make macros in Asherons Call ) but inevitably the stored commands lag and interfere when I try to shut it off. None of this headache (and tendon-ache) would exist if developers would just add a simple 'Toggle Run On / Off' feature... People hate the game, but Morrowind had that. We are OK in a misguided, sadist way.
We are OK in a disabled veteran's way. We are OK. |
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I mean the dudes right when the game starts. |
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I never got far enough into Morrowind to hate it. I could never figure out a decent character template, and I constantly got killed by critters that were way out of my league. "I keep trying to read your posts, but all the letters keep morphing into "HULAHGUALGHUAALHAGH". Perhaps I can file this as a bug." --Bailey
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Oh, in the pond scene? Those are Old Camp. They're jerks from the upper level. Scorn is a virtue.
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When the game starts, the only guy there is Deigo. I'm prepared to challenge your assertion that the FMV cutscene is part of the game. Let's not go there. "You do not truly know someone until you fight them."
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The thing with Gothic is that it doesn't provide much direction when the game starts. I had no idea I was supposed to check out each camp and decide where I want to pledge fealty to. To the newb it seems that the old camp is the way to go. |
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Oh, in the pond scene? Those are Old Camp. They're jerks from the upper level. I could have sworn they were new camp. When the game starts, the only guy there is Deigo. I'm prepared to challenge your assertion that the FMV cutscene is part of the game. Let's not go there. The spinning logo when it starts up is part of the game. |
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G-man StickyKeys is useful... "Windows has detected that you were using your keyboard and the program you were running has now been crashed for you. If you would like to disable this feature then use the vague and ambiguous options below" dROU Frank Exchange Of Views (Psychopath Class)
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The thing is Cheesy, the Old Camp has residents who are representatives of, and carry missions tied to, each of the other camps. So you'll meet a Baal or whatever from the Swamp Camp, and a merchant from the New Camp, and they'll want you to follow them and check out their camps. It's also a great way to level up, because they do the fighting, clear the paths between camps, and you get the experience. But the guy who punched you is an Old Camp higher up guard. If you talk to Diego, he'll tell you his name and that he's a badass. Scorn is a virtue.
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hEy ChaRlEs i will vote yes to ur topic if u votes yes to mine.. DO WE GOTS DEAL?? /me high-fives <insert recently deceased celebrity here>
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Do you have to save the world in Gothic, or can you just open an L.L. Bean and start raking in the dough? "All I've ever wanted to be is a monkey of moderate intelligence that wears a suit. That's why I'm transferring to business school!"
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I love The Joe Schmo Show, it's way funny. In the end, the joke may be on us, perhaps Matt has been an actor the whole time too?! Now wouldn't that be a mind-fart (tm) GSREALMS3D Inc, (c) 2003 - Infinity " Hulka - I love Videomaker. And you're one ugly mutherfucker. " - Yotsuya
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Every time I see your icon, it confuses me for a moment. You look like a butch female cop at a first glance. PANZERFAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUST
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Shhh... you'll give away my moonlighting job! " Hulka - I love Videomaker. And you're one ugly mutherfucker. " - Yotsuya
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Test. !
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#115 Fugazi(werking) Test. FAIL. JUSTIN BAILEY
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I couldn't care less about the idiotic twists in reality shows. Ooh, Joe Millionaire was pretending to be a millionaire when he thought he wasn't, but now he really is. Consider yourself entertained! |
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#106 CheesyPoof The thing with Gothic is that it doesn't provide much direction when the game starts. I had no idea I was supposed to check out each camp and decide where I want to pledge fealty to. Diego: "There are three camps in the colony, and you'll have to choose one of them." His initial dialogue emphasizes those bold words when spoken, but the text doesn't, so if you were just blowing past it all, maybe you missed that part. Please do tell us what kind of direction you think would have been more approrpiate? #107 CheesyPoof The spinning logo when it starts up is part of the game. I asked you nicely not to go there. #111 Matthew Gallant Do you have to save the world in Gothic, or can you just open an L.L. Bean and start raking in the dough? Technically, the latter. Through careful management, one can barter for every single piece of ore that every NPC merchant carries (not to mention, rob/pickpocket every NPC, period, as well as open all the chests), take it all to the swamp camp, buy all the weed, then take it back to the new camp and sell it all to the new camp chumps at a profit. And you could repeat this several times, as inventories are frequently refreshed throughout the course of the game. It'd be boring and tedious as hell, but, you asked. "You do not truly know someone until you fight them."
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In a world of near-unlimited possibilities, jafd chooses to explore the ugliest options available. Scorn is a virtue.
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Please do tell us what kind of direction you think would have been more approrpiate? A note in my journal would have been thoughtful. |
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To add on to my above post, yes, I can be that thick. |
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When you talk to each of the three initial contacts for each camp, it does, in fact, place entries in your journal, with cryptic titles like "Joining the New Camp" and "Joining the Swamp Camp." I'm going to take one on the chin here, and state that I don't need to be explaining this to you. "You do not truly know someone until you fight them."
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Yes you can! You're empowered! Scorn is a virtue.
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I should just stick to pong. |
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How ironic, I'm eating Cheesy Poofs, and you're a robot. Nuttles "..and Trolly McTroll is the best name EVER. I laugh every time I see it." - ZEP
" If i ever have a daughter, I'm going to name her Trolly. - The_Joker "Great, we are being trolled by Paul Schaffer. - LPMiller "heh." - Squeaky |
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Cheesy's posts are a lot more entertaining when you apply the Bender voice. Respawn Games
Open your mind, let the beatings begin. |
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So this function wouldn't work to do what he wants? For most games (particularly commercial Actiony games), no it wouldn't work. These programs work by sending Windows messages like WM_KEYDOWN that the target programs will then process in their Windows MsgProc loop. The problem with that is most games sample input by reading the state of the keyboard directly using DirectInput as a direct link to the keyboard hardware. This happens at a lower level than Windows messages so the game never sees the phantom input that these programs send. YMMV depending on game but the vast majority use DInput or GetAsyncKeyState() and ignore standard Windows messages. "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."
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Hack the keyboard driver! |
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Hack the Planet! !
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Beating you both, throwing you inside a locker! Scorn is a virtue.
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taking the locker, giveing it to Davis Jones JUSTIN BAILEY
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me spell good JUSTIN BAILEY
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Davy Jones has a big locker. Not sure about the rest of the Monkees. Do not go gently into that good night.
Old age should burn and rage at the close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. |
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Trapped in a locker with a low rent punk punk band awaiting the decree of an aging monkee. How times have changed... |
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PA has an article up about the aptly named Phantom console. Apart from the usual stuff implying that the whole thing is an investment scam, there's a note at the bottome about their trademarked slogan "By gamers, for gamers." Wasn't that Interplay's slogan? |
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"NVidia's NV36 graphics card." All the controllers and peripherals were made by Logitech, cord connected at first but wireless if you upgrade. He also said that currently the box was running on a standard ATX motherboard, which explained the console's size. So how is the phantom different from a PC? JUSTIN BAILEY
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Epoxy Encapsulation of Critical ROMs. I love their high-tech anti-piracy protection. JUSTIN BAILEY
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So how is the phantom different from a PC? It's crippled in various ways. No CD or floppy drives, non-upgradeable, can't play regular PC games. |
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Also, it does not exist. AND DON'T ADD A SMILEY AFTER EVERY GODDAMN THING YOU SAY!
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Infinium's slogan is "BUILT BY GAMERS FOR GAMERS". Interplay's is "BY GAMERS. FOR GAMERS". Both are officially "live" USPTO marks (Interplay's TM hasn't lapsed) . Infinium's is a servicemark as opposed to a trademark, but considering how related the fields are (both dealing with videogames), I'm pretty surprised that Infinium's registration wasn't denied. Might be an interesting lawsuit in the near future... "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."
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Phantom == XBox in another guise Specwise anyway, apart from you can actually buy an Xbox and there are dedicated games for it..... Do not go gently into that good night.
Old age should burn and rage at the close of day. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. |
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Yeah, everything I've ever seen screams scam. If this thing actually sees the light of day, I'll be very surprised. I'm actually surprised he's going this route and taking it this far, since it's garnering a lot of public scrutiny. Maybe if they release a POS and it dies a public death in the marketplace, the investors can't sue him. |
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So how is the phantom different from a PC? The real question, given their marketing angle, is how could it possibly be worth $120 more than an XBOX or be worth the same per-month fee Microsoft charges for the highest price XBOX live pricing scheme. Stupid, stupid, stupid. You can see the crash and burn coming 10 miles away. The smouldering wreckage will burn brightly right next to the n-gage and Sony's PSP (to a lesser degree, but still an obvious distaster-in-the making) "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me."
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The thing I can't get over is that even if you buy one at the store, you have to get it shipped to you. Excuse me? Why the fuck would I expend the effort to give a retailer my money, when I can't take it home with me? And the fact that you have to ship it back to the manufacturers for upgrades is a disaster in the making. Who's gonna pay the shipping costs? JUSTIN BAILEY
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The fact you can upgrade the ram at all is a disaster in the making. |
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So we'll be seeing "Minimum Phantom Requirements, Recommended Phantom Upgrades" on the little white label for their products, if they had labels, since they exist only online and in the creators' diseased minds? Scorn is a virtue.
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An upgradable console? This'll be a great train wreck to watch. Respawn Games
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Were you asleep when the Genesis 32X came out? --jmc
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The thing I can't get over is that even if you buy one at the store, you have to get it shipped to you. This is among the many things that sets my scam alarms a-jangling. If they say "allow 6-8 weeks for shipping," that gives them two months to collect money before anyone even notices that they have never made a single prototype. |
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I was in a coma after the SegaCD, actually. Scorn is a virtue.
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