Menchise

I like U2's work from the '80s (Rattle and Hum, War, Unforgettable Fire). I haven't heard much of their recent stuff (I lost interest after Zooropa). In recent months I've developed an appreciation for punk rock after co-developing a website for a band (Gazoonga Attack). I don't really follow music much though. Whatever's on air is what I listen to. Then there's my collection of game themes on the hard drive when I'm bored.

MS has also announced in a press release that Freelancer will be in stores this Fall. Have you seen the new fact sheet on Freelancer? 6 out of the 8 features are either directly from Privateer 1 or expanded upon. The only thing that seems remotely innovative is the dynamic multi-rail combat (the Neuronet's tactical maneuvers). Looks like the quality of the game will depend completely on execution (e.g. Freespace).

I decided some time ago that I would leave Geocities so that visitors wouldn't have to be bothered by the evil Ad Square (which also invalidates my W3C-compliant HTML ), but I don't know of many alternative hosts. I'm thinking about signing up with Bravenet (their feature list is very impressive) but I'm not sure about their performance. Does anyone have experience with Bravenet hosting? If not, can you recommend an alternative host?

MCGR has a new wanted list of reviews for readers.

quote:YOU'RE VIRGIN EYES?! What about my oh so cute and delicate, cute and pouty, precious, precious eyes??? Huh? What about them?Pouty eyes? Never heard of that. You do know that pouty means inflated, don't you? *Nick is horrified as he imagines what pouty eyes would look like*

Well, since I'm about to eat, I'll take your word for it.

It's not confirmed, but CGW's ETA is March 5.

*Nick wonders why he didn't think of that*

Some babelizations: Battlecruiser Millennium: a Derek Smart simulation. = Millenium de Battlecruiser: an intelligent simulation of Derek. My name is Nick Menchise = My name is jump of Menchise. This movie really sucks. = This film really aspires. Take 2 Interactive is evil. = The interactive switch of emergency 2 is false. Gazoonga Attack is a punk rock band. = The attack of Gazoonga is a sticky tape of the punk of the cliff this. Jay Leno has a big chin, and a skunk patch in his hair. = Heron of Jay has I mention great and a connection of skunk in relative hats. Eric Bana, from the movie Blackhawk Down, was a stand-up comedian. = Eric banishes, the film of Blackhawk for the deep one, was apprehension in the direction of the expensive outpost of the agents. Slash was the lead singer of Guns and Roses. = The team of the employees of the rupture was to the general of the singer to that launew and the colors had been presented/displayed. Working men of all countries, unite! = Workers of all the countries, connection!

quote:(BTW, Google does l33t, and it also does pig latin! And did I mention Elmer Fudd language? LOL!

*Nick wonders what happened to the CGW review and the soapbox article*

quote:so do you guys think they've finnally broken the Star Trek games curse? Hey! 25th Anniversary wasn't bad.

quote:Within an OS, there should be ONE universal environment, with ONE programming interface, under the control of ONE committee/group (similar to how OpenGL is governed). Pick KDE or Gnome as standard and toss the other. Pick a 3D API like OpenGL and toss out the rest. Pick a single sound API to implement and toss out the rest. Offer some standard utility dialog box screens (screen display properties, file open/save, printer setup) to discourage temptations to have others write duplicates of the same.First of all, Linux already has an openly adopted desktop environment standard: XFree86. KDE and GNOME are X-based, thus any software package that works in X will work in KDE and GNOME. Secondly, OpenGL is already an openly adopted standard. Finally, as long as you have the latest kernel and an X-based environment, you can potentially run just about any program written for Linux. That's what makes the system so great: as different as each distro is on the app level, they all have the same kernel, so you can customize as much as you like without sacrificing compatibility. quote:Linux gaming will NEVER come of age and anyone foolish enough to think otherwise, is going to end up down the same path.Linux gaming is not as popular because it takes less effort to run games in Windows, which is a consequence of Linux being oriented toward computer savvy users. It's the same reason why Windows is not as popular as the gaming consoles, which is why Microsoft made the X-Box. However, that doesn't mean that Linux is bad for games; it just means that Linux game developers need to recognize their target user more clearly and adjust their model accordingly. quote:Menchise the "point and click" envornment were used by only 2 major players. Apple and M$.Not anymore. So what's your point? quote:Linux only recently included support for it and even that still totally *sucks* IMO.Linux has had support for it since 1994. Which environments have you tried? quote:Windows is that standard and in only 7 years of development(starting at win95/NT) has matured into a fantastic, Stable, dependable, EASY TO USE, Developer friendly, multi-tasking,multi-user system.Windows will never be as stable or dependable as Linux, regardless of its feature set. It's a simple fact of OS architecture (bloatware vs modularware). I'm not familiar with XP's multi-user system, but if it features roaming user profiles in a network, you can bet that it sucks (hint: if it takes more than five seconds to log out, it has roaming profiles). quote:Going back to Amiga. They were the only real company that could have and Should have overtaken Microsoft. It is sad that they went by the wayside.Commodore Amiga was oriented towards the home user. Businesses didn't like it. That's why it fell (although I think it's still used in some parts of Europe).

quote:You did read the quote that you used form me right??? Its says in plain english. "the CONCEPTS behind Windows were born at Xerox".I know that the point and click environment was pioneered by Xerox (more specifically by Doug Engelbart after he invented the mouse), so what's your point? Any desktop environment that includes a point and click GUI originated from that, not just the Windows desktop. quote:we use Red Hat, and indeed it does require you to imput your vertical refresh rate.I've never used Red Hat so I can't comment on that.

quote:Any OS that makes you set the vertical refresh rate of your monitor before you can install it is a WASTE of time and resources.I didn't have to do that. It didn't even ask me to. What Linux distro were you using? quote:Exactly how could you improve on say Windows 2000/XP?? In an x86 enviorment there is simply no other way to approach an OS IMO. Sure you could make it more stable, more secure ETc. AS far as the core concetps behind windows or the MAC OS they cannot be improved upon with todays technology.You need to look into the OS architectures of both Windows and Linux and the effects of each design before making such a claim. Windows is bloated and less durable. quote:Remember the concepts behind windows were thought up by the brightest minds in the world. Starting back at Xerox where the point and click enviorment was born.Since when did Windows have the only desktop environment with point and click? It wasn't even the first. [ 02-10-2002, 20:59: Message edited by: Menchise ]

On the 30th of January, Lokigames Software closed down.

Sorry Grayfox, MCGR only reviews IBM compatible ("PC") games.

Maybe I'm seeing things, but on the CivIII website, there's a Roman emperor in the upper right corner who looks exactly like Sid Meier.

Hmm...I guess Sierra decided to read some of those two year old petitions with 10,000 sigs each. I'm just curious about who's going to be leading the development. As far as I know, Scott Murphy was sacked when Sierra closed down Yosemite Studios.

quote:heh, hows aboot a review on MG2: Solid Snake for the ole FMSX??? (remember that thing?)Never heard of it. quote:excellent review MenchiseThank you.

My first review! YAY!

I know it's hard to let go, but it's time to move on. There is a new, uncluttered thread in the BCC, waiting to become eight pages long too. A great thread becomes a part of history, or something like that. *lights out at 315 posts* [ 02-08-2002, 12:07: Message edited by: Menchise ]

quote:didn't see the reason to use any static HTML pages(I think there boring)Hey! HTML rules!

I have updated the Directory policy. It now refers all applications to the new thread.