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Hey everyone, I was writing about a game sequel the other day and of course, at some point the inescapable thought about Duke Nukem Forever popped into my head and I had a good laugh. Then I wondered what it would be like to have a long awaited game released only for it to suck, or possibly worse maybe never come out at all. So just wondering, any games you waited for only to be let down? Or is there one you are still waiting on? (and I don't mean 'oh I can't wait for Assassins Creed 8' - I mean long waits) For me, I'm still waiting for the Wii U to come out with the new super smash brothers. Other than that I would enjoy if Toejam & Earl 3 was made correctly instead of that horrible joke they probably tricked a total of 10 fans from the 90's into buying. (At least mine was used) |
I think the big answer to this is Diablo 3. Not that everyone hated it, but theres been a lot of criticism of it, especially the lack of late game content and it didnt come out for like... 10 years? Oddly enough the best counter-example in my eyes is made by the same company. Starcraft 2 is awesome. Frankly I'm glad blizzard worked on SC2 harder than D3, but it still has shaken my confidence in blizzard. Strangely, its hard for me to come up with a sequel game I wish they had made, there really aren't any. I feel like the video game industry takes full advantage of any recycleable material from previous games, and to be honest I really wish they'd stop. This is going to derail the OP a bit but lets be serious and look at some of the big games right now that I actually know something about. Console: COD (8 iterations now?) Halo (6?) AC (5?) GOW(3). PC Starcraft(2! horray!) Guildwars(2) WOW (500). Thats the smallest list I can make too, what about all the mario games, uncharted, tomb raider, splinter cell, borderlands, ,bioshock, FEAR, rainbow6, GTA, Starwars, deadspace, resident evil, hitman ... Now I realize its easier to make a sequel, and its probably safer too, but still guys come ON, show me some properly new content. There aren't enough Watchdogs and Dishonored in the gaming industry and its driving me nuts. Lastly to derail us even more, this is a major complaint I have with movies too, but I'll let you think of your own little (oh wait, I meant enormous) list of sequels in your heads :) |
My honest answer... Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. Banjo Kazooie was an AMAZING title. Sure, It was a "Collectathon" but, the game was built around it. The storyline, the controls, the atmosphere really sucked you in, Immersion was this one of this game's many strong points. And Banjo Tooie was an amazing sequel. Filled with content, and that same magical feeling you got while playing the first title. Rareware knew what they were doing at the time... And then they were bought out... by Microsoft Corporation..... (They don't even deserve a bold-type)... And all of the promises for Banjo Threeie (as mentioned at the end of Banjo Tooie) had little hope... There was even a little video teaser of the new game. A Nex-Gen platformer.... Fans were thrilled. Then, in 2,000-whatever, a beacon came down from the heavens. Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts was finally released. The name was a haunting prelude to the horrible events to come. Fans assumed that this was Threeie, shrugged it off, popped the game in... And found out. That the game was about,,, CARS. CARS?!?! CAAAARRRS? All of this hype. AALLLLL of this waiting.... To find out, the game was about CARS. I dunno 'bout you, but I did not see anything in the Teaser Trailer about CARS.that's not even the worst slap in the face about this damned game. I get it. If you wanted to make a game about cars, fine. Cool. BUT AT LEAST MAKE THE WORLD SO THERE'S STUFF TO DO. I mean...C'mon. You get this big, beautifully polished overworld, WITH NO POINT TO IT. This is probably the worst injustice ever done to the gaming community. Well, in my opinion, of course. |
Keirosen, I'm in such awe of you right now! I saw this thread and came here for the sole purpose of posting about the sequel of my dreams: Banjo Kazooie 3, or Banjo Threeie, if you will. I never imagined that I'd come in here and find that someone had beaten me to it. Super cool. It's been sad, these last few years, watching Rare's reputation go down hill, because they really are some of the worlds most creative and talented developers. And what's most frustrating, is that Microsoft is 100% to blame for all of it. They have Rare bound by creative shackles and there's no freedom for them to explore the projects that they come up with. Now they're being forced to make games for Kinect -- a peripheral that Microsoft refuses to give up on, despite it flatlining years ago. That being said, I played Nuts and Bolts and, while I totally respect your take on it, I really thought it was a very enjoyable game. Sure, some of the missions got repetitive, but I loved the creative freedom you were allowed in solving the different challenges. My only real issue with the game was that it just didn't feel like a Banjo game. It came off as something that Rare had in the works, and Microsoft came along and said, "Cool, now take your game and wrap the Banjo world around it to sell more copies." It was a good idea that should have stayed far away from Spiral Mountain... But luckily, there may be some hope! You should read this article. It won't be Banjo Kazooie specifically, and, if it moves forward, it's still years away from seeing the light of day, but it's definitely something to keep an eye on. btw, lucig3n, I'm glad you mentioned Watch Dogs! I saw the E3 preview/demonstration and it looked suuuuper cool. Between that, AC3, SC Blacklist and ZombieU (just to name a few), Ubisoft has a serious lineup of titles coming out. |
Lucig3n - I agree sequels tend to be recycled content, but the only thing I'll add is that many sequels (movies or games) are fantastic. I don't believe there are any movie sequels that are better than the first though. (Example: Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is a great movie, but 1 is tons better) (Gamewise: Toejam& Earl 2 is great but 1 is easily more fun) On the multiple sequel note - yes it sucks that they recycle so many games. Halo anniversary/odst are fun but milked money ideas in my opinion. However, each halo game from 1-2-3-Reach are successively better. As is the same for super mario and some other series i'm sure. Mario has gotten better ever year, and even with tons of unneeded games there are perfect gems that recreate his bullshit story into extremely creative and fun ways. I think CoD is just tweaked over the last 5 releases. So I guess im saying there's hits and misses with sequels in video games. A movie is good or bad on its own not in comparrison to other movies. Comparitively sure they are worse than the originals. Back to my original topic I hear Diablo 3 is that way. I was waiting for it forever to the point where my friends would update me everytime there was news. So I let them buy it and rate it for me. 3 weeks later everyone was saying don't buy it, go figure. Sucks that it happens to a good series, but if you ask for more you have to expect some crap sometimes I guess? |
It's awesome you guys bring up Banjo Kazooie though. I LOVED that game and it's sequel. So much so in fact that years after I thought it would be a game of the past I downloaded a demo seeing it pop up on xbox live. Wow did I hate that demo. I was expecting Banjo Kazooie and to come to that instead was a severe disappointment even in that short moment. Rare was seriously the best though. Even though Goldeneye was the worst FPS in history because of N64's psychopath controller design, it was still one of my most memorable games. Conker's Bad Fur Day is one of my favorite games of all time. Kick ass story, cursing when I was at a younger age, snipers and samurai swords? What more could a kid ask for. Also Jet Force Gemini I think, if anyone ever played that. Overall Rare knew how to do 3D worlds pretty well. Donkey Kong 64 was an amazing game, one of the best boss battles ever! lol Clearly I derailed this into an N64 nostalgia moment but don't care! I want to play Grunty's Furnace Fun damnit! |
"Pirates of the Caribbean 2 is a great movie," said no one ever... until now! lolol, jk Anyone who says there aren't any movie sequels better than their predecessor has clearly never seen Shrek 2 (or any of the Harry Potter movies, for that matter). The biggest issue that plagues most game/movie sequels is the hype. If people would learn to ground their expectations, I think many sequels would be accepted more favorably. That being said, yes there are plenty of sequels out there that are just duds. It's actually pretty ironic that you brought up ODST, because I read your comment about it JUST after posting in my intro thread that ODST is my favorite Halo game. For once, Bungie modified their formula to change the perspective, change the tone and change the stakes. Obviously there's a difference between something being a milked idea and something being a true spinoff sequel. Call of Duty and Madden games are the ultimate offenders of milked games. Years pass with equally as many sequels, but nothing significant changes from each previous iteration. For me, ODST was more than unique enough to warrant recognition as it's own game. My general rule for determining a milked sequel is that if the content is nothing more than something that could have been released as a downloadable content update for the previous game, then it's just a cash grab for the developer. I'm super happy that you brought up Donkey Kong 64 though. I spent countless hours making sure to collect every single banana in that game. And the thing about Banjo Kazooie that I don't think I'll ever forget is the soundtrack. There isn't a single world in that game that I don't remember the theme music to. Oh, and one more sequel I'd love to see (and tell me what you think): Timesplitters 4. I loved TS2 to death!! And while 3 was a bit of a misstep, I'm still eagerly awaiting the followup! |
Oh my god finally someone I can be honest with. Okay yes I agree sequels can be great! Shrek 2 was an amazing example. Harry Potter was even better. Harry Potter got better movie by movie in my honest opinion, but that's probably because I never read ANY of the books whatsoever. Just a movie junkie. You can disagree on Pirates 2 lol, Just something that first popped into my head and that I have thought since it was ripped on it's release. I would probably be a bad movie critic because I enjoy way too many movies. I say Pirates 2 is good because I had a lot of fun watching it, and I don't think it undid how great the original was. The third pirates I think you could argue it did, again even if it was enjoyable. Saw clips of pirates 4 and I don't want to watch it obviously. ODST I honestly just never utilized for what it was. I stick to multiplayer modes mainly because I wouldn't have even started laying Halo or get an xbox if it wasn't for how much fun multiplayer was and brought people together where I was. LAN PARTY! I got ODST for early beta use of reach actually, and because my halo 3 disc was getting scratched anyway so load times where annoying. I agree with your other post though that 343 taking over was the right move. Bungie is amazing but sometimes you need a new vision on your favorite things. Madden and CoD are bad though you're right. In fact to prove something's wrong, I don't own a Madden game yet would play everyday if I did. But I'm not spending 60 bucks for something that I will not want to play because everyone is playing the new tweaked one in a few months. It sucks. ODST may not have been milked, but I wonder how well it would have sold without beta usage or the 'same' multiplayer capabilities. I've never tried TimeSplitters so maybe I should. I have to say that the soundtrack for countless N64 games including Banjo Kazooie are engrained in my head too, for some reason often with the image of 'WishyWashyBanjo' hopping around. |
There is a short list of sequels I admit have been good. Ex: Cod4 was probably the highlight of the series for me. bf2142 remains my favorite bf game, halo2, LBA2, Elderscrolls 5, aaaaand Time Splitters 3. Not saying thats my entire list but I was reminded of this from Mark's comment about TS3 being a misstep. that game is SO underrated. I went into that game with no idea what to expect and it is BRILLIANT. Its prompted me to make a new post on games other people call garbage that you think are awesome. So to stay on my original tangent, while there were some good sequels, they are, for me, left in the shadow of the mass of sequels that weren't worth making. In fact from my experience the only series I can say legitimately got better for me with every installment was the elderscrolls series. Hats off to you bethesda! |
Okay, maybe "misstep" wasn't quite the word I was looking for. Don't get me wrong, I really liked Timesplitters 3, I just don't think there was ever any chance of it living up to my opinion of TS2, which IMO had some of the most fun campaign levels in a shooter game ever (not to mention its soundtrack!!). There is actually one level from the TS3 campaign that really sticks out though... Remember the haunted house mission where you had to fight the Deerhaunter (mounted head deer monster) and eventually went into the basement where you could play around with room pressure on the people in the test rooms? lol, Classic! |
haha heck yea i remember that! awesome! I was a big fan of the second area though with Harry Tipper personally |
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I pre-ordered but didn't pick it up yet. Maybe today at lunch =) |
So the last comment was made before the release of AC3. Resounding hatred has been shown for the game, to the point of not wanting it to exist. So my question becomes: Can we still consider AC3 (or AC4) a long-awaited sequel? |
I think that Assassin's Creed 3 is in the same exact position as AC1 -- it's a really good foundation for future sequels. They had a lot of new features implemented, but few of them felt seamless. It ended up offering an experience that lacked the polish that we've come to expect from the Ezio trilogy. I love the series, but this one needed more time. On the game's behalf though, the multiplayer is still amazing. |
I haven't played an AC game since the AC2. I always found them somewhat boring. The original Assassin's Creed had the distinction of being one of the best looking games on the market when it released. |
Ooo multiplayer. Considering I tend to gravitate toward playing with other people and had satisfaction just running around in AC1 sandbox just killing randoms,which as superxero89 mentioned was probably due to the fact that nothing else quite like it existed at the time. I may have to go play soon. (you know, moneyless play) |
I'm waiting for Persona 5. Both 3 and 4 were fantastic games. Maybe another IP based on the Catherine universe as well? Another Xenoblades game maybe? Except this time not be like 6 years in between Xenosaga and Xenoblades. But I ugess we all know, we just want another Smash Brothers. |
Know what the Wii U would be perfect for? Pokemon Snap! Talk about a long awaited sequel... |
People love their Nintendo huh? I would very much like them to make a Conker's Bad Fur Day sequel. Not some stupid remake for the xbox, even if the storyline was perfectly remade anyway (it's still the same dang game!). I don't know why I love that game so much. Maybe because I was a child who loved movie references already. And cursing. (lol) I am also very excited for Final Fantasy XIV Realm Reborn being released after SE splooged all over the first go around. |
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We wanted to share this blog from the co-chairs of Startup Maryland where they talk about their experiences on the first-ever "Pitch Across Maryland" tour meeting entrepreneurs and discovering all that the State of Maryland has to offer for small businesses and startups.
Contributed jointly by Startup Maryland Board Co-Chairs Julie Lenzer Kirk and Michael Binko:
Entrepreneurs are renowned for coming up with what seems like crazy ideas and making them reality. The big yellow bus wrapped in the Maryland state flag that has been traversing the state is a perfect example.
The idea was hatched at the Startup America national summit in January – someone from another state talked about raising money for an entrepreneur bus tour but that bus never left the depot. To the contrary, the Startup Maryland Pitch Across Maryland bus put rubber to the road September 11th and has been rolling across the state – 26 stops in all – ever since. This Friday marks theLast Stop on the tour with a celebration at Merriweather Post Pavilion, but it is also the First Step in shining the spotlight on the incredible entrepreneurs we've met along the way.
Since that wild hair - "Why CAN'T we drive a bus across Maryland to rally entrepreneurs?" – began to take root, the goals of this nearly three week tour through all corners of the state aligned perfectly with Startup Maryland's four main focus areas discovered during entrepreneur town hall meetings conducted prior to the March Startup Maryland Launch Event.
Those goals are:
- Access to capital
- Access to customers
- Resource mapping
- Awareness and celebration
The Pitch Across Maryland bus tour and competition were conceived to shine a spotlight on entrepreneurs across the state as well as the ecosystem of support and services. Through this spotlight, the objective was to connect them all to each other not only within jurisdictions but across county borders and industry categories.
As the bus winds through the mountains of Western Maryland on the last two days of the tour we're happy to report that our experience has exceeded expectations on many levels.
First, the quality and spirit of the businesses we've seen has been stellar. Extreme passion ignited into action – so many of these businesses already making sh-tuff happen.
Second, the rich resources we have found available are compelling. From state agencies like TEDCO and DBED to local incubators, economic development agencies, and academia there are numerous innovation-based communities ready and willing to help these businesses succeed. This tour would not have been possible without the support and collaboration of these organizations in planning and facilitating the stops along the way, customizing the message and approach to meet their community's needs and pulling in their local businesses to support and celebrate.
The most impactful outcome for many has been the connections that developed between the entrepreneurs themselves. Grateful to have an opportunity to share their passion for their ideas and businesses, the entrepreneurs we've met along the way have used words like inspired, exhilerated, motivated and, we can't leave out - relieved - to describe how they feel after their experience on the bus. They are excited to be connected to each other and to something bigger – the community of entrepreneurs assembling as Startup Maryland as well as their peers across the country through the Startup America Partnership.
As each person sits in the mobile UpStart Show™ video studio "hot seat" (named in part because the air conditioning must be turned off when recording to eliminate noise) it is their individually-crafted pitch and personal enthusiasm that must sell their idea.
And sell they have!
While the experience-levels and demographics of the presenters vary, they all have shown up and given it all they've got. Many of the tour stops have included feedback and mentoring from successful entrepreneurs and investors, giving folks the opportunity to hone their story before climbing aboard the bus.
The plan, as we transition into the next phase of the Pitch Across Maryland competition, is to continue the momentum created by this movement.
Once the video pitches are posted online the public exposure to the amazing and diverse businesses being built here in Maryland will only expand. We will continue to do our part to promote the innovations being developed in our state and provide the "connective tissue" amongst the ecosystem with the goal of getting these businesses the resources they need to be successful.
Ultimately, we envision the emergence of a connected ecosystem and a culture that is ignited around entrepreneurship creating the next procession of promising and successful Maryland startup companies.
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Let me save you some time and just knock this out for you: "OWEMALLEY" is terrible and Maryland is the worst place in the world and Virginia is amazing because Republicans rule there and Democrats suck.
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10:39 am on Friday, September 28, 2012
Hey, If MD was really pro business, the prohibitive cost (from taxes) on energy would be much less. The main reason NOVA has more tech companies and MD doesn't is the cost of electricity - the same electricity which is exponentially less expensive across the state line. This trickles down to jobs, and housing developments and retail centers to support all of those workers - who are not living in MD - because the jobs are in NOVA... Yawn, this is nothing new...


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BERLIN — German pastor Gabriele Stangl says she will never forget the harrowing confession she heard in 1999. A woman said she had been brutally raped, got pregnant and had a baby. Then she killed it and buried it in the woods near Berlin.
Stangl wanted to do something to help women in such desperate situations. So the following year, she convinced Berlin's Waldfriede Hospital to create the city's first so-called "baby box." The box is actually a warm incubator that can be opened from an outside wall of a hospital where a desperate parent can anonymously leave an unwanted infant.
A small flap opens into the box, equipped with a motion detector. An alarm goes off in the hospital to alert staff two minutes after a baby is left.
"The mother has enough time to leave without anyone seeing her," Stangl said. "The important thing is that her baby is now in a safe place."
Baby boxes are a revival of the medieval "foundling wheels," where unwanted infants were left in revolving church doors. In recent years, there has been an increase in these contraptions — also called hatches, windows or slots in some countries — and at least 11 European nations now have them, according to United Nations figures. They are technically illegal, but mostly operate in a gray zone as authorities turn a blind eye.
But they have drawn the attention of human rights advocates who think they are bad for the children and merely avoid dealing with the problems that lead to child abandonment. At a meeting last month, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child said baby boxes should be banned and is pushing that agenda to the European Parliament.
There are nearly 100 baby boxes in Germany. Poland and the Czech Republic each have more than 40 while Italy, Lithuania, Russia and Slovakia have about 10 each. There are two in Switzerland, one in Belgium and one being planned in the Netherlands.
In the last decade, hundreds of babies have been abandoned this way; it's estimated one or two infants are typically left at each location every year, though exact figures aren't available.
"They are a bad message for society," said Maria Herczog, a Hungarian child psychologist on the U.N. committee. "These boxes violate children's rights and also the rights of parents to get help from the state to raise their families," she said.
"Instead of providing help and addressing some of the social problems and poverty behind these situations, we're telling people they can just leave their baby and run away." Continued...
She said the practice encourages women to have children without getting medical care. "It's paradoxical that it's OK for women to give up their babies by putting them in a box, but if they were to have them in a hospital and walk away, that's a crime," Herczog said. She said the committee is now discussing the issue with the European Parliament and is also asking countries which allow the practice to shut them down.
Herczog also said it's wrong to assume only mothers are abandoning these children and that sometimes they may be forced into giving up children they might otherwise have kept. "We have data to show that in some cases it's pimps, a male relative or someone who's exploiting the woman," she said.
In some countries — Australia, Canada and Britain — it is illegal to abandon an infant anywhere. Yet, in the U.S. there are "safe haven" laws that allow parents to anonymously give up an infant in a secure place like a hospital or police department. A handful of other countries including Japan and Slovakia have similar provisions.
Countries that support this anonymous abandonment method contend they save lives. In a letter responding to U.N. concerns, more than two dozen Czech politicians said they "strongly disagreed" with the proposed ban. "The primary aim of baby hatches, which (have) already saved hundreds of newborns, is to protect their right to life and protect their human rights," the letter said.
However, limited academic surveys suggest this hasn't reduced the murder of infants. There are about 30 to 60 infanticides in Germany every year, a number that has been relatively unchanged for years, even after the arrival of baby boxes. That's similar to the per capita rate in Britain where there is no such option.
Across Germany, there is considerable public support for the boxes, particularly after several high-profile cases of infanticide, including the grisly discovery several years ago of the decomposed remains of nine infants stuffed into flower pots in Brandenburg.
Officials at several facilities with baby boxes say biological parents sometimes name the infant being abandoned. "The girl is called Sarah," read one note left with a baby in Lubeck, Germany in 2003. "I have many problems and a life with Sarah is just not possible," the letter said.
The secretive nature also means few restrictions on who gets dropped off, even though the boxes are intended for newborns. Friederike Garbe, who oversees a baby box in Lubeck, found two young boys crying there last November. "One was about four months old and his brother was already sitting up," she said. The older boy was about 15 months old and could say "Mama."
Still, Germany's health ministry is considering other options. "We want to replace the necessity for the baby boxes by implementing a rule to allow women to give birth anonymously that will allow them to give up the child for adoption," said Christopher Steegmans, a ministry spokesman.
Austria, France, and Italy allow women to give birth anonymously and leave the baby in the hospital to be adopted. Germany and Britain sometimes allow this under certain circumstances even though it is technically illegal. Eleven other nations grant women a "concealed delivery" that hides their identities when they give birth to their babies, who are then given up for adoption. But the women are supposed to leave their name and contact information for official records that may be given one day to the children if they request it after age 18. Continued...
For German couple Andy and Astrid, an abandoned infant in a baby box near the city of Fulda ended their two-year wait to adopt a child nearly a decade ago.
"We were told about him on a Sunday and then visited him the next day in the hospital," said Astrid, a 37-year-old teacher, who along with her husband, agreed to talk with The Associated Press if their last names were not used to protect the identity of their child. The couple quietly snapped a few photos of the baby boy they later named Jan. He weighed just over 7 pounds when he was placed in the baby box, wrapped in two small towels.
When Jan started asking questions about where he came from around age 2, his parents explained another woman had given birth to him. They showed him the photos taken at the hospital, introduced him to the nurses there and showed him the baby box where he had been left.
Earlier this year, the couple began the procedure to adopt a second child, a boy whose mother gave birth anonymously so she could give him up for adoption.
Astrid said Jan, now 8, loves football, tractors and anything to do with the farming that he sees daily in their rural community. She said it's not so important for her and her husband to know who his biological parents are.
But for Jan, "it would be nice to know that he could meet them if he wanted to," she said. "I want that for him, but there is no possibility to find out who they were."
Medical writer Maria Cheng reported from London.
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From the very beginning of St. John's Gospel, it is made clear that Jesus' life was to testify to the Truth. Jesus said, "For this was I born and for this I came into the world, to testify to the Truth." As Christians, who dare to call ourselves followers of Christ the King, we are called to imitate and follow Him the Way, the Truth and the Light! We all seem to have a fear of the dark. This must have been a great realization of the Lord for the first words of creation in the Book of Genesis are "Let there be light." Life is like a windswept tightrope. We need to do our best be open to the truth and light of others and work with God's grace or it is all over! As we come to the end of a Church Year, we are challenged in the final liturgical week to use part of the time of these seven days to serve the Lord and His Kingdom not as slaves but as people in love with Jesus, Our King. Don't confuse what can't be done with what hasn't been done and let the truth and light of grace and possible talent be used in God's Name.
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Review: Recompute Cardboard PC
Shawn shows us the Recompute PC from Sustainable Computers. It's a full blown workstation that you could use to start a camp fire. We don't recommend the camp fire part though.
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle...?
I have considered building a custom case out of various materials: wood, Legos, PlexiGlas and yes, cardboard. I think I might do so with a Mini-ITX board some day. It seems a good bit of work went into this product.
The cost of the unit is likely right in line with what someone might consider for their time of designing and fabricating one from scratch. Also, other custom cases, which often don't include a power supply, cost the same amount or more. Just take a look at the higher end HTPC cases you'll find at a variety of online retailers for comparison.
Reduce - The cardboard case doesn't seem to waste space at all. It uses just enough material to be stable. I only purchase small cases now, slim Micro-ATX towers at the largest. That way there is less material used to house a PC from the outset.
Reuse - This does not seem to be a very reusable case really. You would have to be very careful with disassembly. I have an old Antec tower that I expect to turn into a FreeNAS server for media storage and data backup. I shouldn't need to buy another case that size ever again.
Recycle - I put more emphasis on the first two R's of the trinary ecological emblem. But eventually, due to changes in technology or damage to the unit itself, any case may need to be recycled. Making sure that they go to a proper reclamation center instead of a landfill is always a good idea.
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Looks like good airflow, but no place for a bunch of drives in a RAID5 md config. This would be the deal breaker for me...
Do they make these in 19" Rack Mount for my Home Server Rack in my computer room?
Doesn't look like cards would be easily accessible, nor access to the CPU for upgrading.
Now if this was reusable, and you had access to swap the board and such, this would be great option...
Worse then a normal case
This thing is so funny.. The first time I heard about this I was like hay that was my idea like 10 years ago when I put a 486 in a cardboard box :P. But seriously can you believe that this thing is actually worse then a conventional case for the environment. A standard aluminum case recycled will save about 90% less energy to recycle then to make virgin aluminum. Cardboard is much less recyclable, and the cost of this thing pretty much will stave off anyone from caring about it. I think that maybe (I really doubt it tho ) they have the right idea in there heart just didn't think it though too much.
heavy metals
This is complete BS/greenwashing - the actual pressing environmental issue is with the heavy metals in the electronic components, not what the case is made of:
Electrical waste contains hazardous but also valuable and scarce materials. Up to 60 elements can be found in complex electronics.
In the United States, an estimated 70% of heavy metals in landfills comes from discarded electronics.
Like it
I like it because I assume it's lighter and smaller than a conventional case. I wanted to hear him say if it was any better on noise than a regular case.
agreed with all that say 'use the same case'
This looks more like a gimmick than a sensible option. Like a solution in search of a problem.
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I've used the same case now for the past 10 years?!?!?! Why on earth would I get rid of a case during the course of upgrading? If I want a "new" case, I can always mod it myself and then I have a new one... otherwise I'd much rather buy my own parts and put them in a case I already have. Then I store the parts I've replaced in case I might need them in an emergency, and recycle (through art or other functions) the parts not needed. That's the responsible things to do... in my eyes anyway...
If and when I ever need to upgrade my case, I'll go to the hardware store and try my hand at building my own case out of wood. I'm not all that handy, but I'll sure have fun trying!
Just Stupid!
Uh NTY I would rather pollute and buy a cheaper brand, I own a $40 case made of pure steel. Why the hell would I waste $200 on something that killed a tree in order to be recyclable?
Let me know when your rig catches fire, then you can panic as the paint on your walls releases deadly fumes!
Steel is also recyclable and more valuable than paper!
Case lifespan extension
Another approach: reuse the same case.
I have been using the same case for about 12 years: an Antec full tower case. I live in a tropical marine environment, where rust has taken a toll, but three years ago I stripped the entire case down to bare metal, treated it with Phosphoric Acid / Naval Jelly, and sprayed it with Instant Galvanize 99% Zinc powder spray. After two coasts of this, I spray painted with a rust inhibiting paint, two layers.
When I reassembled the case, I used stainless screws. Been through three power supplies. It's an ATX case. The main issue has been that newer ATX boards, while still the same form factor, site the CPU in a different location that interferes with the HDD bay.
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Please put a direct link to the "source" YouTube video, either in the Weekly Notes newsletter, or on a page like this.
For whatever reason, 3rd party videos (like this page, where the video comes from a 3rd party, YouTube in this case) usually don't work for me. I get an error message that says:
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Trying later doesn't help. If I'm interested enough, I might view the source and hunt down the URL. If you want to depend on me being interested enough, good luck.
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Cute, but steel is also 100% recyclable...
Cute, but steel is also 100% recyclable... Though I understand your point about pulling things apart.
I think that Linux is its greenest feature. Since moving to Linux at our office we've had to upgrade our machines less often. Fewer upgrades == less e-waste!
Insane Prices?
$200 for a cardboard case and a power supply?
That only seems to make sense if you have more money than brains...and a pile of philanthropic cash sitting around just waiting to be wasted...
As others have said, to really recycle your PCs, bug a good case and reuse it.
I've built at least five generations of PCs in my big server case on wheels. Each rebuild, I strip the case bare, blast it clean, replace the PS if necessary, and start with new innards. No case e-waste, no cardboard, no nothin'.
Cheaper way
Just get a magazine and mobo,power supply, etc and assemble the computer and set it on the magazine (for insulation). To start, use a knife or other metal object, no cardboard to recycle.
Cute, viable, not 'new'
Look for cardboard computers, and you should be able to find designs that are almost 15 years old. Wait, older. Most were simple boxes, and this one answers the problems of durability in a better way, perhaps.
But I made a case of cardboard eons ago for an i-Opener board and display, saturated it with that Minwax Wood Hardener, not at all environmentally friendly, but darn hard and strong. my skills with an X-Acto knife aren't what they used to be, so this current design would be a challenge, but a band saw would do the job. Inventive, but the concept isn't 'new'.
One would be better than none or many
It is an interesting social commentary, or would be, if they only made one of them, and put it on display.
I.e. replacing the one solid, lasting, durable and most reusable part of a PC with something made to be thrown away.
If you really want to recycle, find an old case and keep it out of the landfill. Only upgrade when you need to, and try to keep power consumption down (remember when a 400 watt PSU seemed absurd??) and take advantage of Linux cool tricks (e.g. 2 kids = 1 PC w/ two GPUs)
Now, if they made a car out of cardboard, that would be cool..
Car out of cardboard
They did - It's called a Yugo.
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You're thinking of the Trabant, East Germany's finest auto.
Clawful, don't spill near it.
Clever idea. How was the weight on it?
Cats with claws would that case too! Heck, even without claws, my kitten would chew it to pieces.
I'd really hate to spill a drink on or near it.
Another way to be environmentally friendly...
..is just to use your old case for your new computer. Buy a really good case and keep it,I say. It's not like the ATX standard has changed a whole lot since it came out, at least in regards to mounting holes and other case-related factors.
so this sounds cool. Hope this takes off. I am still not sold on the color though.
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Cost effectiveness
For the money and in terms of efficient recycling I think it'd be better to buy a used (off lease) system from someplace like 3btech or, better still, get one from the Blind Center of Nevada on eBay: http://stores.ebay.com/Blind-Center-of-Nevada-Computers. Even better, buy two, install Linux on them and give one to a senior citizen (hey, that's sort-of my hobby).
Swapping the innards
So if you rip out the motherboard, etc. does that mean you can't put a new one in? Maybe I'm too geeky, but I'm still using the same cases I bought about 15 years ago (I think, certainly pre-millennium). The ATX motherboard, PSU, cards, drives, etc. have all been upgraded over time, but the case remains. My only annoyance is that now I no longer have floppy drives in some machines the fact that there's a custom floppy drive opening and not a standard 3.5" mounting means I cant use it for other drives, card readers, etc. - just a drive bay with extra ventilation! Not that I'm knocking it, I'm all for anything to improve the environmental impact of technology.
FCC Compliance?
So, have we given up on FCC compliance? I remember a bunch of older computers that couldn't be released until they had enough shielding to make it so they wouldn't emit a lot of radio waves.
The website claims it's lined with EMI shielding.
http://www.sustainable-computer.com/store-models.php (see first paragraph)
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Ah, OK. I should have read
Ah, OK. I should have read the site, then. :) Thanks! This looks quite promising. :)
As a member of the IEEE EMC society and as person who regularly deals with the EMC impacts of poorly shielded, Non-standards complaint devices to Amateur radio I Emailed the vendor (Via their contact form) a couple of weeks ago and asked some questions about thier EMC standards compliance, I didn't get a reply.
There's a bit more to meeting the standards than throwing in a bit of glue backed aluminium shielding and hoping for the best.
I think we may assume that they are NOT complaint with the standards unless they are willing to show otherwise.
The greenest solution is to recycle an old metal case.
Radio Waves
I have my doubts about the EMC capabilities of windowed "modded" cases too, and as for the all-perspex "orac" clones!!!
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