lost_soul on 25/2/2011 at 23:59
My brother and his wife have Macbooks. They seem like nice machines. Even something like the Asus G50V is plenty powerful enough for me. We just need battery life that doesn't suck. I had to laugh at the Mac desktops for sale on Best Buy.com though. $1600 for a core I3 with 4 gigs of ram? bwahaha
I'm certainly no Apple hater, in fact I want their market share to increase to around 45%. Maybe then PC users won't be charged $200 for a bloated pig of an OS that is bound to stop working some day.
Renzatic on 26/2/2011 at 00:25
I'd say I am beginning to get kinda weary of Apple as of late. When you consider how controlling and belligerent they are as a company, and add in all the bullshit they've been pulling over on developers through the app store recently, they've been making it easy for alot of people to get annoyed at them.
Right now, saying you'd like to see them take up 45% of the PC market is like saying you're getting sick of just having the Democrats and Republicans around, and want to mix in the Khmer Rouge to shake the status quo up a bit.
addink on 26/2/2011 at 12:09
Quote Posted by lost_soul
I would like to try DooM on an Ipad device for an hour or so to see how it would work.
It's not that great. The controls do work but they are nowhere near the feel of mouse and keyboard. This is quite obvious from the wide range of interface layouts the iOS doom allows for: None of them feel right, but the option is there to change them so complaining is discouraged. Seriously, within an hour you won't be able to really try all the variations in layout. It even allows you to drag the buttons around to customize the layout.
But I should point out that iOS Doom is a somewhat dated FPS in terms of interface. Other shooters like Gameloft's Nova and Modern Combat feature a more comfortable drag-view-to-aim setup which, though better, still isn't comparable with the control you get from mouselook.
Another serious problem with the handheld touchscreen FPS's is that having two thumbs just isn't enough to control a full 3D environment. One thumb to move, one thumb to aim, and then.. how do you shoot? You have to stop moving or stop aiming to fire. The word 'immersive' isn't really applicable.
Perhaps if they make the backs of future iDevices touch sensitive too, getting some virtual buttons right where the rest of your fingertips are idling. This would allow for a more fluent interaction. I doubt this will ever happen, tough. The devices purposely seem to be designed for easy interaction, two sided touch interfaces just don't seem to classify as such.
henke on 29/4/2011 at 17:33
Quote Posted by henke
I do not have an iPad nor do I ever intend to get one
STATUS UPDATE: I have ordered an iPad.
It's an iPad 1 32GB Wifi. Got it for a mere threehundredninetynine of my Eurobucks. It's due to arrive on Monday or Tuesday. If it comes any later than that I am fairly certain I will be falling to pieces waiting for the damn thing. I've already got the eagerly-awaiting-shiny-new-thing-jitters. I can't sleep. And to make things worse for myself I can't help but surf youtube looking at videos of games and apps I need to get for this thing once I get this thing.
SHOPPINGLIST:
GTA Chinatown Wars duh
Djay - I must have watched (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2KEVUmYKCA) this video 10 times now. That shit just looks AMAZING
GarageBand - looks fun and I know a lot of musicians so it will serve as an excellent show-off-thingy. AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE ILL FINALLY WRITE MY MASTERPIECE
(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xk2fjtryfYc&feature=fvst) Superbrothers - looks fantastic and with a trailer like that there's no "not buying it" is there?
Inifity Blade? - is this really as good as they say it is because the gameplay videos haven't really impressed me.
Mad Skills Motocross or Reckless Racing maybe. Haven't been able to make my mind up which one has the GNARLIER title yet.
Osmos
Adobe's free drawing thing
Angry Birds probably
Maybe that cheap pinball game
Free games: Harbor Master, Stick Golf, Labyrinth and Airhockey
maybe Sim City or C&C or some other strategygame/rts
Some eReader software because this thing isn't just a TOY you know it's a serious piece of machinery.
that app that makes it look like theres beer in your iPad and then you tip it sideways into your mouth and its kinda like youre drinking the beer haha!
And I'm probably going to have to get Mexican Immigration Simulator (
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wBzcnoRPag) Smuggle Truck.
What am I missing?
entertainer on 29/4/2011 at 17:37
Quote Posted by henke
What am I missing?
a black dildo
henke on 29/4/2011 at 17:39
What do I need a black dildo for when I've got you entertainer. ;)
june gloom on 29/4/2011 at 19:20
at least the guy's living up to his name
henke on 30/4/2011 at 08:54
So it's sorta like Civ, except more streamlined and fastpaced? I'm not sure about that kinda stuff, if I want anything strategy-ish I'm more inclined to go for Sim City or C&C:Red Alert.
QUESTIONS for iPad users:
1. Can I surf the net and download apps by hooking up my iPad to my computer? I might not have a wifi adsl modem handy when the thing arrives but if I can download some cool games on it that'll be enough to hold me over until I set up a wifi-system.
2. Does the prices of games/apps drop over time? Are there ever Special Sales in the appstore? (like Steam's Christmas Sales) I just noticed that Djay is 16 bucks, that's a bit pricey. So I'm wondering if it's worth holding out for a pricedrop or a sale.
addink on 30/4/2011 at 09:25
* Yes you can. All apps are downloaded from the appstore, this can be done via itunes and then sync'ed (sp?) to your iPad. (if you are on wifi you can use the appstore app to dl directly to the pad)
* Yes. However pricing is completely in control of the dev/publisher, so their strategies vary.
Larger publishers (EA/gameloft) tend to have sale weeks around the holidays and easter, but also just before the release of a new iphone/ipad, this in an attempt to claim the top10's to get more sales from spending-happy new owners.
A lot of devs use temporary sales/freebies to crank up their top10 rankings, so it's worth the effort to keep track of the apps on your wishlist.
Useful site for that is (
http://www.appshopper.com) appshopper. A cool feature of them is they show the price changes of a title in a short list, giving a good indication of how active the dev is with price changes.
There are numerous promotional sites that offer apps for free for a day, though most offerings are mediocre at best, there is the occasional gem to be found there. Some of these sites:
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http://freegameoftheday.com/)
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http://freeappaday.com/)
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http://www.dailyappdream.com/)
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http://www.greatappaday.com/)[/indent]
But do note that all sales are done via the appstore, so these freebie sites are really just there to point out today's titles.. appshopper will pick up on 'their' offerings too.
