Comment Anonymous proxies (Score 1) 281
Surely the filtering performed by IWF/ISP could be easily circumvented by using one of the many available and free web proxies?
Or am I missing something?
James
Game Designer Makes Case For Used Games 209
We've recently had a couple of discussions about the plans of various game developers to fight used game sales — in particular, the idea of a free, one-time download that may be bonus content or may be a vital part of the game. Now, Soren Johnson, a game designer who has worked on Civilization 3, Civilization 4 and Spore, has written an article defending certain aspects of the used game market. Quoting:
"By opening up retail sales to a larger segment of the market, used game sales mean that more people are playing our games than would be in a world without them. Beyond the obvious advantages of bigger community sizes and word-of-mouth sales, a larger player base can benefit game developers who are ready to earn secondary income from their games. In-game ads are one source of this additional revenue, but the best scenario is downloadable content. A used copy of Rock Band may go through several owners, but each one of them may give Harmonix money for their own personal rights to 'Baba O'Riley' or 'I Fought the Law.'"
Stardock Tried To Make Star Control, Master of Orion Sequels 125
Gamasutra reports on comments from Stardock CEO Brad Wardell in which he described his efforts to revive two old but popular franchises: Star Control and Master of Orion. Quoting:
"'I actually pitched Atari on a whole idea for a true successor to Star Control,' [he said], noting that the game would follow original series developer Toys for Bob's Star Control II rather than the Legend Entertainment-developed Star Control 3 ('We just pretend that never happened,' the CEO says of that release). ... Novato, California-based Toys for Bob has actually floated the idea of making its own Star Control II sequel, with co-creator Paul Reiche III indicating he has tossed potential design ideas around, but with the company now owned by publisher Activision the proposal seems to be stuck in limbo."
Comment My Results - impressed! (Score 1) 412
Running a Javascript speed test I found at: http://celtickane.com/webdesign/jsspeed.php, I get the following results:
Firefox 3.0
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Try/Catch with errors 19
Layer movement 94
Random number engine 21
Math engine 64
DOM speed 387
Array functions 6
String functions 9
Ajax declaration 33
Overall: 633
Minefield (Firefox 3.1)
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Try/Catch with errors 15
Layer movement 57
Random number engine 16
Math engine 19
DOM speed 181
Array functions 7
String functions 7
Ajax declaration 31
Overall: 333
Which, by my simplistic reckonings, is about a 2 fold increase from FF3.0 to FF3.1
Impressive to say the least
James
Oracle Linux Explored 167
M-Saunders writes "Two days ago Slashdot reported on Oracle's move into the enterprise Linux market, and how it may challenge Red Hat. Red Hat's stock has already dropped, and there's a great deal of talk about the implications of this act. Linux Format got hold of the 'Unbreakable' distro to find out what's going on under the hood. Is it a breakthrough for Linux in the corporate market, or just another RHEL respin? See the article for all the info and screenshots — including an 'interesting' choice of GRUB colours."
