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omegafailon The tech arms race in AAA games and why I'm abandoning it

You think only one of them is in 3D. That is not correct.

omegafailon The tech arms race in AAA games and why I'm abandoning it

Narbacular Drop maybe was a shallow tech demo, but that same tech-based premise, when used by a masterful game design team, created one of the best video games of all time.

What has the story and design of Portal to do with graphics? Nothing, because story and design are independent of it. Would Portal be an equally great game if done with the engine used in Narbacular Drop, but with the same design and story. Yes, again graphics has nothing to do with story and design.

So to reiterate. What made Portal great has nothing to do with how many pixels you fit on the screen or how many shadows you can render. What made Portal great was story, design and the tech( portals ).

omegafailon Apple Boss Tim Cook Hits Out at Facebook and Google

Any links to the actual video?

omegafailon The tech arms race in AAA games and why I'm abandoning it

I disagree. Graphics add nothing to the immersion, unless perhaps on the most shallow level possible, where the entire premise of the game depends purely on the graphics.

In that case I wouldn't call it a game, but more of a tech demo or an interactive experience.

omegafailon The tech arms race in AAA games and why I'm abandoning it

A good description will impact a small percentage that is already familiar with the genre or that franchise. What will mainstream audience do. Believe the your words or your pictures? Games convey information trough the latter. Game magazines are obsolete and no-one reads long articles anymore. You have one minute to impress your audience. Less if it isn't in a form of a youtube video.

omegafailon The tech arms race in AAA games and why I'm abandoning it

I think it is a great selling point. No matter how crappy the final product is, claiming new or better graphics automatically give more sold units.

It is easy to critique a game after you played it. But before you do, the only thing you can do is look. Since you can't interact with the game in any way, what is left is the visuals. And that impression sells the game. Therefore, graphics matter.

omegafailon The quest to save today’s gaming history from being lost

Every form of media can do that. By pure numbers video games lead, but whether a type of media is immersive depends on an individual.

omegafailon Sourceforge Hijacks the Nmap Sourceforge Account

I wouldn't mind hitting Quora through Google on occasion, but sometimes they actually have just a stub page, where the question isn't answered at all, so it shouldn't rank so high.

omegafailon Sourceforge Hijacks the Nmap Sourceforge Account

The hash matched the official installer. I doubt they are crazy enough to deliberately hide malware without prompting.

omegafailon Sourceforge Hijacks the Nmap Sourceforge Account

Even Quora? :-)

I think they removed the logged-in requirement. At least I have been able to see every answer even though I never registered.

omegafailon Sourceforge Hijacks the Nmap Sourceforge Account

Simply add their domain to the hosts file to prevent any accidental downloading.

omegafailon Sourceforge Hijacks the Nmap Sourceforge Account

What will happen if I run Audacity installer from sourceforge?

I have done that an hour ago. Should I be concerned?

omegafailon TIS-100 Tessellated Intelligence System

I tried the game but the game doesn't want to authorize my code even with the simplest example: Turn Tank Left 3. Do you have an example that works?