Posts by Izuno

  • Republican National Convention

    posteh i must agree with you. however i would like to point out one thing:

    That's how it's always been in America.

    This country was founded on the rights of white businessmen to make money. That is the purpose of the Constitution. So if you feel like George Bush is this evil idiot stooge of the special interests, he is! Our government has ALWAYS been the stooge of industry. It was designed from the beginning to be that way. Bush just happens to be in a particularly unusual spot because the public is starting to wake up to it and Sept 11 was really, really shitty. The only reason the public is waking up to it is because of parity in communication caused mainly by the Internet.

  • Republican National Convention

    in what capacity are you volunteering? also, i'm curious as to how tough the security job is at one of these convention dealies. did you see "Manchurian Candidate" ? (the new one with Denzel Washington) wasn't great, but had some interesting stuff i guess.

    have fun

  • What do you think of Doom 3?

    funny, now that I am further into the game I am really seeing how repetitive the gameplay is. While I am intrigued by the story, I can't stand killing imps over and over again. And where are the rooms of like 50 enemies all shooting at you at once? Maybe they'll come soon.

  • What do you think of Doom 3?

    I give it a high score because they delivered on exactly what they promised, no less, and certainly no more. There are things I don't like about the game, but I forgive them not because the developer is id, but because they achieved what they wanted. It was nice to play some throwback gameplay with pretty visuals. Eventually, when the graphics of all engines and future games gets closer to doom3 standards, we'll expect deeper and more elaborate gameplay. For now, I forgive the game design as it's the first of a new standard in graphics power. Hence I really can't wait to see what Doom3 mods come out.

  • Manhunt Makes children kill...ow get over it

    i guess i'll just say the obvious here:

    the people who want to blame video games for that kid's murder, for columbine, etc aren't really interested in "saving the children" or doing good for society. the lawyers who are trying to "destroy Rockstar Games" aren't trying to make society better. all those people are in it for their own greed (especially the lawyers). see, what we all know but don't say is that those people are simply looking for an "out"...it's easier to blame video games and demonize developers/publishers/esrb than to swallow the fact that some people are just screwed up. some people get physically, sexually, mentally, and emotionally abused as children, and that screws them up for life. in a rare instance, those abuse victims go crazy and go on killing sprees in places like Littleton, Colorado or they stab a kid at school in England. it totally sucks and no one wins. but because western legal systems tend to award lots of money for loss and pain and suffering caused by such events, greedy, sleazy people try to take advantage. like that laywer trying to take down RockStar over this killing in England. Only someone who has been an abulance chaser all his life would say he's going to "destroy Rockstar games"...plz.

    it says something about western culture (mainly capitalistic culture)...the cost of the wonderful freedom (more or less) we enjoy in western societies (as opposed to living under a dictator, a fascist or extremist regime, or Communism) is that members of such free societies are free to try to exploit any angle they can find to make money. i'm not saying it is frivolous to sue rockstar necc, but it reminds me of people who commit insurance fraud or pretend to slip on something in the supermarket and then sue everyone about it. it's like these people sit around and wait for a reason to sue just so they don't have to take responsibility for their lack of success or happiness.

    so back to the topic, wanting to ban video games and destroy rockstar and etc all comes from people with deep seeded issues that keep themselves from being happy and successful. rather than take responsibility for their lives they simply blame anything they think they have a chance at profiting from. it's one of the nasty sides of capitalism and western culture, particularly american culture, that we have to live with to enjoy the otherwise great freedom we have.

  • Can you predict week 1 North American Doom 3 sales?

    Quote from DD

    Izuno could you get sales information on like the top 10 or 20 selling games of all time? I tried to find one via good the other day and most lists confirm SMB, Tetris, SMB3 as the top 3. Confirm it plz

    Erm...yeah i can get that...but it's a pain with NPD's system because it doesn't aggregate over all years, plus some products, such as Half-Life have multiple skus and it doesn't know how to group them. So don't expect anything soon (honestly I wouldn't have time to crank that out but I will eventually need that for some other competitive analysis.

  • Can you predict week 1 North American Doom 3 sales?

    Quote from Zaphod

    ID is one of the lucky few developers that worked thier way up to becoming an established name that can call thier own shots without having to be subserviant to publishers, I wouldn't consider their situation to be on par with the average game developer.I realize this sounds a bit strong, but it's something I feel very strongly about. Anyways I totally hijacked your thread zuno, I'm sorry. Feel free to ignore my rant.

    no worries, Zaph. in one way or another i've been on both sides so i know how much bullshit goes around.

    id does have a very very favorable relationship. technically activision is the "distributor" and not the "publisher". In other words, id's cut of the profits is much larger than activision's other studios on their other brands. but that's because id/carmack have incredible brand recognition and clout.

    back on topic.....erm...thanks for replying!!! can't wait to see the numbers myself.

  • Can you predict week 1 North American Doom 3 sales?

    Quote from OL

    i voted at random because i dont know marketing, but im sure itll sell assloads

    Some sample data for the North American market only. It is estimated at 100% of the NA market and accurate to +/- 10%.

    Title-------------------Date Launched----------------Life-to-date Units Sold

    Battlefield Vietnam-----March 2004-----------------------273,000

    UT2k4-------------------March 2004-----------------------185,000

    City of Heroes----------April 2004-------------------------169,000

    Far Cry------------------March 2004-----------------------146,000

    UT2k4 Spec. Ed. -------March 2004------------------------57,000

    Painkiller----------------April 2004--------------------------43,000

  • Doom 3

    got it yesterday at the office...plays a bit better at home (6800u@home vs 9800pro@office) but on my analog flat screen at home it is 'too' dark. areas of the game that i don't think were supposed to be pitch black end up completely black.

    as a result at home i found my self diving out of my chair like a little girl...ok maybe not but still I think they accomplished something. play it with headphones or good surround speakers.

    ppl at the office are meh on the 4 person multiplayer, but hey, props to id for delivering on their promise for the most part.

    bring on the mods!

    PS klein: WOOT MONTREAL!

  • Brothers in Arms, I heard it through the grapevine.

    Quote from Tequila

    Anomalies I just hope they aren't absolutely everywhere, making traversing the landscape a depressing exercise in quick save/load.

    No they're not absolutely everywhere. There are Ninja monkeys everywhere, so watch out. Supposedly the Stalker banana gun can be used like the ant-lion thing in HL2 that allows you to control ant-lions...er the Ninja monkeys. Hopefully the Ben Afleck voice over comes off right...especially with the mutant love triangle between the main character, this "hot" scientist from Chernobyl and this puffing dog faced humanoid thing. That and the Godzilla ending are my favorite parts, not to mention the contast in game advertising we're putting in. The ads will get piped in via steam and require a connection to your bank account or credit card as MP will have a $25 weekly fee. Mod support will be fee based also. Best part is it's actually not going to support any current hardware standards and only be playable on video cards released 2009. Oh one last thing, they're going to cel-shaded graphics.

  • Brothers in Arms, I heard it through the grapevine.

    Quote from JynxDaddy

    yay friechamp loves me but yet, relase more sexy videos like that !!! I am confused about the invisible blobs of electricity n shit, wtf is with that D!!:!~~

    They are called "anamolies"...i hope i'm spelling that right.

    Basically, by 2012 all the radioactive fallout and other "energies" have cause anamolous energy spots to pop up all around Chernobyl. Some are gravitational and can crush you or shoot you up in the air. Some are acidic and can burn you. Some are electrical and can zap you. Some do even stranger things. You will need to navigate carefully around them. Often they will be visible, other times you will need equipment to detect them (like a geiger counter similar to the HL hazard suit)