Comments on: The Sunday Papers

By: kr8

kr8 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:17:18 +0000

“This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by the IFPI”

Now that’s cold.

By: vagabond

vagabond — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:41:58 +0000

Given the rough description of the Nintendo patent in the article, I’d've thought that the large number of YouTube video walkthroughs, and previous in game hint systems, would demonstrate enough prior art to make it invalid.
I guess it doesn’t help that Nintendo has a large amount of money and lawyers, which really seems to be all that counts for anything when it comes to patent law…

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:00:49 +0000

The internet will only hurt us.

By: Gassalasca

Gassalasca — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:01:14 +0000

Drat, that was not meant to be in italics, and Kieron’s quote was supposed to be just above it. I’ll never learn to use this infernal contraption.

By: Gassalasca

Gassalasca — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:59:29 +0000

Incidentally, just before hearaing about Wells for the first time here, I had been reading Chesterton, the writer wh taught me the same thing.

By: Gap Gen

Gap Gen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:40:26 +0000

Actually, one side-effect of Nintendo patenting the in-game walkthrough is that it drastically reduces its chances of becoming popular, if indeed no other company can emulate it.

Games already have hints for people getting stuck. But these are mostly subtle and only occur if the user obviously isn’t getting it – and this is a completely valid and good thing to do, since it provides a good balance between reducing frustration and giving people a challenge.

By: Kieron Gillen

Kieron Gillen — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:16:44 +0000

“Less a writer, more the proverbial force of nature, he’s taught me that agreeing with the writer is never the point ”

By: Lilliput King

Lilliput King — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:28:04 +0000

Hmm. Solipsist, im not suggesting being having an opinion is particularly bad journalism. He is, after all, not reporting.

But theres a peculiar technique you see regularly amongst opinion columnists in which a cogent opinion is never really explained, and all you are left with is a lot of vague, generic non-conformist bullshit. That article being a particularly good example.

Sound and fury, signifying nothing, hmm?

By: Tei

Tei — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:18:47 +0000

Obligatory obscure game reference:
http://www.doomworld.com/10years/doomcomic/

By: Paul Moloney

Paul Moloney — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:05:32 +0000

“Edge’s review of Doom hit it with a 7/10″

Seriously? SERIOUSLY?

Jesus, talk about being the guy who didn’t sign the Beatles.

By: Crispy

Crispy — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:43:27 +0000

Those paintings… aren’t very good. I guess that makes me DIM (Disappointed Internet Man)

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The ‘Automated Walkthrough System’ does, however, make me Hulk-shirt-rip into AIM. Accessibility is about making your game easier to play, not easier to not play. I feel like I’m getting more and more hadcore simply by standing still, even though in real terms I’m getting less and less hardcore as I have less time to play games and make less purchases.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:30:10 +0000

Ah 2000AD, it used to make my Saturday mornings when that came through the door, after having impatiently waited all week for the next installment.

Shame it all started going down the pan when they brought out the Dredd Megazine and started splitting the weekly Dredd story between it. Personally I thought it was a rather cynical ploy to double their sales, and it didn’t help that the quality of the other strips in 2000AD, in terms of both artwork and storyline, seemed to be getting weaker, and I haven’t bought it since.