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Joe Solomon waits.
He stands at backward square-leg, closer in than usual. Everyone is closer than usual. Frank Worrell has made sure of it. Australia need one run to win; the West Indians must attack. Worrell reminds Wes Hall not to bowl a no-ball and calms his men, some of whom flap about in the excitement of the moment. Joe Solomon needs no such quieting. By his nature he is unflappable. Three balls ago, Hall had a run-out chance from point-blank range, three stumps to aim at. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, he would hit. This is the one in a hundred.
Next delivery, Hall ran towards midwicket, almost collided with Rohan Kanhai, and dropped a catch off his own bowling. Pressure does funny things, even to great players.
Joe Solomon is not a great player. He scored 65 and 47 earlier in this match, but will end his career with one Test century and an average of 34.
As a batsman he lacks flair. As a fieldsman he is dazzling. His aim is true, honed by years of pelting stones at mangoes as a boy back home in Guyana. Last over he threw down the stumps from midwicket to run out Alan Davidson.


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This play test review is with one army of Halo characters and one army of DC characters. The scenario is a fight to the death, last army standing! The Halo Army is 590 points. The DC army is 640 points. Lets dive right in!
:The Halo Army:
Master Chief:LIFE 6 MOVE 6 RANGE 6 ATTACK 3 DEFENSE 5 PT 240, Arbiter(Thel Vadamee):LIFE 7 MOVE 6 RANGE 5 ATTACK 3 DEFENSE 4 PT 230, UNSC Marines (4 per squad):LIFE 1 MOVE 5 RANGE 6 ATTACK 2 DEFENSE 3 PT 120.
:The DC Universe Army:
Batman(Bruce Wayne):LIFE 4 MOVE 6 RANGE 1 ATTACK 5 DEFENSE 5 PT 190, Two-Face(Harvey Dent):LIFE 4 MOVE 5 RANGE 4 ATTACK 4 DEFENSE 4 PT 130, Scarecrow(Dr. Jonathan Crane):LIFE 4 MOVE 6 RANGE 1 ATTACK 3 DEFENSE 5 PT 140, Huntress:LIFE 5 MOVE 6 RANGE 1 ATTACK 5 DEFENSE 5 PT 180.
UNSC Marines rush forward only to be one space out of range for an attack. Scarecrow moves forward to face the UNSC Marines. Arbiter moves forward and attacks Scarecrow with the Energy Sword attack but Scarecrow avoids it. Huntress moves forward and takes out 1 UNSC Marine. Master moves and aims for the Huntress with his Spartan Laser Special Attack and give Huntress 1 wound.
Huntress shoots at Master Chief but Master Chief absorbs both shots with his shields. UNSC Marines fire at Huntress, She receives 1 wound. Two-Face shoots at Arbiter, Arbiter receives 1 wound.
Batman moves forward, UNSC Marines open fire on Huntress and Batman, Huntress is wounded 2 times more. Two-Face shoots and wounds Arbiter 2 times. Master Chief lines up for a Spartan Laser Special Attack aimed at Batman, Huntress and Scarecrow and ROLLS 4 SHIELDS!!! :-( Arbiter deals 3 wounds to Scarecrow.
UNSC Marines throw their Frag Grenades and give 1 wound to Batman. Huntress takes out another UNSC Marine with her crossbow. Arbiter takes out Scarecrow. Master Chief punches Batman and Batman receives 1 wound.
Huntress deals 1 wound to Arbiter. Arbiter gets enraged and takes down Huntress for good. Batman faces off with both Master Chief and Arbiter and Batman gets wiped away! (Poor Two-Face all alone now.)
Arbiter moves to Two-Face and wounds Two-Face 2 times with his Energy Sword. (And Two-Face is now crying like a little girl.)
(Round 7)
A UNSC Marine shoots and Two-Face receives 1 wound.
Arbiter finishes Two-Face with a grunt and a ROAR!!!!
Special Thanks to the custom card creators: (Samurailord, GeneralGrievous13, GreyOwl and IAmBatman)You can find them and their customs at www.Heroscapers.com
(END GAME SUMMARY) The things I liked about these stat cards were Master Chief's and the Arbiter's unique shield ability to have an automatic shield before you even roll their defense dice. It reflects a little of how they play in the Halo video games which I like. One my first playtesting of these stat cards it seemed that the Halo characters were very strong but after playing a few games with them I find that Batman and the other DC characters are strong in dodging and avoiding attacks and still have very strong hit ability. Thats it for this playtest review if you want more info on these cards please go to: http://www.heroscapers.com/community/showthread.php?t=27441


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What the world is wearing to the Games
- Photo: The swimming pool in London where the Olympic swimming competition will be held, in July 2012. (AFP)
- Photo: The London Olympic Park is viewed from the air, showing the Olympic Stadium, the Aquatics Stadium and the Water Polo Arena in July 2012. (AFP)
- Photo: Chinese track cyclists cycle during a training session at the velodrome venue in the Olympic park, London. (AFP)
- Photo: Liam Killeen from the British mountain biking team takes on the course at the London 2012 Olympic Games Mountain Bike competition venue. (AFP)
- Photo: Athletes from Romania train for the women's eight at the Eton Dorney rowing venue on the outskirts of London. (AFP)
- Photo: Centre Court at Wimbledon, the tennis venue for the London 2012 Olympics. (AFP)
- Photo: Competitors from Egypt exit the venue after training ahead of the 2012 Olympic Games on July 23, 2012 at the Royal Artillery Barracks in London, England. (AFP)
- Photo: Riverbank Arena, the venue of the hockey competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games, at the Olympic Park in east London. (AFP)
- Photo: An athlete trains at the London 2012 Olympic weightlifting venue. (AFP)
- Photo: The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in England, the London Olympic sailing venue. (AFP)
With the opening ceremony of the London Games just days away, many nations have revealed the uniforms their best and brightest athletes will wear during the Games.
Sadly, not all of the designs have attracted the desired response at home or abroad.
While some uniforms have become a source of pride, others have been attacked for lack of patriotism, while some have become a source of mirth online.
Spanish hockey player Alex Fabregas has given his country's uniform for the 2012 Games the thumbs up.
But not everyone approves.
Social media commentators have mocked the design, some likening it something more typically worn by staff at a fast-food restaurant.
United States
Team USA's national uniform for the London Olympics 2012 comes complete with a beret.
Designed by the American team at Ralph Lauren, there was outrage when it was revealed they were put together in China.
Supporters of Australia's Olympic hopes are likely to be to confused with their Brazilian rivals more than once during the games.
The South American powerhouse's uniforms will also be predominantly green with splashes of yellow and blue.
China's Olympic athletes uniform will stand out at the London Games in yellow-and-red gear which is as patriotic as it is bright.
Styled on the uniforms worn by Australian athletes at the last London 1948 Games, the opening ceremony uniform is reminiscent of classic Australian cricketing wear.
The lining of the jackets lists all Australian gold medallists since the first modern Olympics in 1896.
Great Britain
Team Great Britain's uniforms, designed by Stella McCartney, have raised the ire of some traditionalists for its lack of red hue in the Union Jack-inspired pattern.
Despite being home to some of the best fashion designers in the world, France turned to Adidas for its official uniforms.
While the result has been generally well-received, the uniform has copped some flak for being too understated.
Others have noted the jackets appear more suited to the Winter Olympics.
Jamaican athletes are once again bringing the cool with their threads.
The official uniform was designed by Cedella Marley - the eldest daughter of reggae legend Bob Marley.
The national uniform to be worn by Kazakhstan athletes has attracted attention for all the wrong reasons.
It cost more than $239,000 to design and produce the 220 synthetic-leather outfits which had an underwhelming reaction at its unveiling.
Ukraine's national uniform has received the thumbs up from many fashion-watchers for its unique design - but caused much consternation at home.
Some Ukrainians were annoyed it was designed and made in neighbouring Russia.
Topics: olympics-summer, fashion, united-states, united-kingdom, australia, ukraine, jamaica, china, kazakhstan, brazil, spain
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There is a difference between wanting attention and bringing attention to something; It is determined by the person who shares.
Selfies have become an everyday occurrence. People post pictures at the gym, work, with family and friends, or maybe just a single selfie waiting for a train or at an airport. It has become the norm in our world.
I posted a new Facebook selfie profile picture the other day, and immediately people were liking and commenting….and I honestly had a tough time taking it in. I mean yes it was nice what they commented, and the notifications of the likes were sweet, but I really just wanted to change my profile picture without drawing attention to myself.
After I posted though, I went back through all of my prior profile pictures, and I remembered what was happening in my life at the time, and it was not that I was bringing attention to myself with pretty filters, but I was sharing my life, I was sharing where I was in my life at that time.
The picture from yesterday. I was sitting in a coffee shop just letting myself have a few minutes away from the rest of the world as I have been nonstop the past few months. I was waiting for my coffee and my French toast panini (which I did not post to Instagram ;)..) it was a basic selfie but I was documenting life.
I have seen so much lately about how we spend too much time on social media, and how social media can affect our family lives etc…but the truth is, we will never be able to really stay away from it.
We are going to want to take a picture in front of a pretty painting at a museum or a tree in our backyard, or as I have seen recently couples taking selfies on their honeymoon, we are going to want to take a picture of our food and put in on Instagram, we are going to want to retweet whoever it might be on Twitter, and we are going to want to scroll through our newsfeeds on Facebook to stay in touch with people who might even just live down the street…
Selfies and social media are the reality for us all.
So instead of writing these long posts on social media about how much it is affecting our lives for the worst, maybe we should focus more that maybe it is for the better. Before social media people would take pictures at certain times and events and there was never enough time, before social media people would just talk about the places they went, before social media we only knew very few people. Sure of course we do not need to document everything, but we should not scold others for doing that if they want to, and if people say "social media," is to blame for their problems, then there is a bigger problem.
We created the kind of world we live in today, and no one can change the direction of any of it overnight, but it is important to remain who we are, and enjoy doing what we like to do, it is important to have class and show value to things, it is important to appreciate the people in our lives.
I know for me personally, I am just going to love Jesus and live life, because at the end of the day that is really all that is required of any of us.
" O man He has shown you what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." (Micah 6:8)


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*I am consolidating Russian Bites will Healthy and Sane. Russian Bites will stay alive as a (hopefully) great resource for Russian recipes so this post is reposted from Healthy and Sane to keep the database of recipes up-to-date. Thanks for being loyal readers!*
So let's get back to food, shall we? Actually I sort of wanted to talk about kitchen gadgets. Gimmicky kitchen gadgets. Do you own any? I'm talking about silly things like Slap Chops (I own one! It's collecting dust.), avocado slicers, mango splitters and the like. Basically anything that a good ol' knife would do FASTER. And then there is a whole new level of ridiculousness with the likes of egg poacher + english muffin toaster combo, andmarinade express tabletop unit(it's $300!!). The good news is that some gadgets are AWESOME… even if you can in fact use something simpler to get the job done.
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona's coach and players have lauded Brazilian sensation Neymar after his decision to join the Spanish champion over fierce rival Real Madrid.
Barcelona manager Tito Vilanova said, "We have to thank Neymar for making a choice with sport in mind over economics."
MORE: Neymar makes big announcement
Neymar's decision to leave Brazilian club Santos and join Barcelona instead of Madrid represents the latest in a long line of marquee transfer battles the two Spanish powerhouses have waged over the years.
Vilanova said Neymar was "the player we were looking for" while trying to quash doubts about whether the 21-year-old striker known for his flashy dribbling skills will fit in with Barcelona's honed passing game built around star Lionel Messi.
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Quebec's 2026 Olympic bid may include Lake Placid
Upstate New York village hosted the Winter Games in 1932 and 1980
Lake Placid is more than willing to be part of Quebec City's exploration of a possible bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics, the mayor of the upstate New York village said Friday.
In a statement, Lake Placid Mayor Craig Randall said Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume reached out this week and asked if the village would like to be included in the consideration process.
"I was flattered that Mayor Labeaume reached out to Lake Placid and I told him to please keep Lake Placid included in his investigation for possible venue use in an Olympic bid," Randall said in his statement, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press.
Labeaume is scheduled to meet with International Olympic Committee officials at their office in Lausanne, Switzerland, in April.
Lake Placid hosted the Winter Games in 1932 and 1980. Other cities that Quebec City would look to align with are Vancouver, British Columbia, and Calgary, Alberta, Randall said.
The IOC is encouraging future Olympic bids to re-use existing facilities in an effort to minimize cost. For example, Lake Placid has an internationally certified sliding track for bobsled, skeleton and luge at Mount Van Hoevenberg. Quebec lacks such a facility.
"We understand that the Olympic agenda would enable the host city the chance to partner with another city in order to share some events," Labeaume told reporters in Canada earlier this week.
Several cities in North America and Europe are believed to be considering bidding on the 2026 Games, which will be awarded by the IOC in 2019.
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Rode ixy microphone for iOS devices - CES 2013
January 10th 2013
By Mike Flaminio
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Rode announced a stereo X-Y microphone for Apple's iOS devices. The microphone connects via the dock and provides up to 24-bit, 96-KHz audio. Also announced as an app to provide filters and post editing, plus sharing. A $5 version offers greater features over the free. The product will ship with a 30-pin connector and a lightning version is expected about 6 months or so later, pending Apple approval.
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What are the characteristics of Metaphysical Poetry as illustrated in the poetry of John Donne?
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Metaphysical poetry is usually characterized by the poet's attention to a single topic -- usually of a more philosophical nature. The poets that are considered metaphysical all display intellectualism and creativity in their poetry. The poems are clever and witty as well as interesting in how they present the speaker's/poet's stance on a subject.
One of the most famous poems by John Donne is "The Flea." In this poem, the speaker is addressing a young woman and trying to convince her to have sex with him. His argument centers around a flea. At that thought the reader is thinking, "Are you kidding me? The speaker thinks a pesky flea is the stuff of romantic seduction???" But that is exactly what the speaker does (though unsuccessfully.) The poem becomes a clever and witty argument that the flea just bit both of the them and therefore their blood is mixed in the flea and therefore it would be no big deal for their blood to be mixed in the sexual act (Elizabethans thought that kind of thing happened a lot.) The young woman in the poem doesn't accept the argument and she kills the flea, but the reader has to give the speaker credit for trying this, and the poet for the creative take on how to seduce the girl. It is clever, witty, funny, and yet thought provoking at the same time. That is what it takes to be a good metaphysical poem.
Other poems, such as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," are clever in a more serious way. In this poem, he is telling his wife to quietly accept his upcoming departure on business by telling her that their love is greater than everyone else's. He uses metaphors drawn from science, chemistry, astronomy, geometry, as well as clever language to express his love. The most unique metaphor of the poem is his comparison of their relationship to that of a compass like you would use to draw circles. His elaboration of the metaphor creates a conceit. By taking a common object with no prior associations to love and crafting this clever metaphor, Donne proves the qualities of the metaphysical poet here again.


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Journalist Tells Industry To Grow Up
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Journalist Tells Industry To Grow Up
During a journalist rant session at GDC last week, Heather Chaplin, a writer who covers the games industry for grown-up outlets like NPR, railed against what she sees as a business dominated by "stunted adolescents."
"You aren't men," Chaplin told developers. "You are stunted adolescents."
Chaplin, the author of Smartbomb and a reporter for National Public Radio, says she's frequently put in the position of a "translator" who has to explain to people why exactly games matter and shouldn't be derided as anything more than manboy power fantasies. It's understandably hard to do that when games are frequently about killing hordes of aliens or barely-dressed babes or killing hordes of aliens while playing as barely-dressed babes.
So Chaplin's tired of it. No more excuses. You can't say games are only like this because it's a young medium, she argued. Back when they were around the same age, film was on the eve of Citizen Kane, and rock n' roll already had The Beatles and Bob Dylan. Well, I'd argue that 60's Dylan was as much of a stunted adolescent as Cliff Bleszinski, but that's an argument for another day.
Chaplin's point is that it's not the medium that's the problem, it's the people who are shaping it. "It is you guys as game designers who are deeply mired in 'guy culture,'" she said. Guy culture, you know, big dudes with big guns and thin chicks with big boobs, instead of things like responsibility, introspection and intellectual growth.
"When you're talking about culture-makers, this is a problem," Chaplin remarked.
So, what do you guys think? Do games need to grow up, have they already grown up, will they never grow up, or is this all just a bunch of nonsense? I sympathize with Chaplin's position and admire her vehemence, but I'm inclined to not agree entirely. I mean, did you play Gears of War 2? Dom looking for his wife? That was some seriously mature stuff. I cried. Guess some people didn't.
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There just doesn't seem to be time for introspection when the hordes are trying to kill you so they can demonstrate just how well the game can render blood splatters.
The industry does seem to take a black/white approach to morality, however.
Am I sexist for thinking: "she's female, she probably doesn't 'get' the gaming industry?". I don't think thats my genuine attitude, but that was my knee-jerk response to seeing her name.
Chaplin needs to play some better games, There are plenty of games out there with mature themes. You may need to wade through some crap to get to them but it's the same with every other medium.
It's an excessively limited picture not only of the industry ('guy culture' isn't much evident in Planescape: Torment, SotC, etc.) but also of the varied ways in which any given person can choose to relax. I'm a doctoral student in philosophy; I don't suddenly forefeit my intellectual capacities if I deactivate my higher brain functions once in a while.
As long as people keep buying Gears of War and other steroid-pack breast-hinting blood-covered games, the developers will keep making them. You could argue that the switch from those genres has started with casual games, but the crossover isn't that major and the more mainstream games are still dominated by the "guy games."
That being said, these sorts of games are probably some of the games best suited to the current hardware. You point and push the button, bad-guy explodes, cut-scene with bubbly blondes ensue. The difference with movie and songs is that they don't have the open-endedness of games; they always follow the pattern that the director/writer dictates. With games, the easiest way to give a player the feeling of control is allowing him to pick which person to kill first.
This isn't to say we've only got the "guy games" at the moment, they're are tons of non gory boob-fests filled games out there, but these are the ones that sell the most and bring about the most controversy, so they're the games everyone hears about.
(Man, I had fun with those adjectives)
Am sharing the same feelings about her. But the problem I see here, is that she is talking about the industry as a whole, now not all producers are creating the typical bimbo type women lead these days (See Alyx (god I despise her), the prince's sidekicks etc ... etc ...)).
But then again, we are completely ignoring developers who are creating characters like Marcus Phoenix or the new Chris Redfield models. It's over the top, and there is nothing really wrong with it.
Welcome to escapism!
I very much agree with her. I do love games and gaming, don't get me wrong, but the gaming industry is kind of stagnating. Every game is becoming more of the same, while gaming is one of the best platforms for trying out new things. The gaming industry should stop worrying about booby physics and how realistic their blood spatters look. A game should be about the message in the game and a good storyline.
I, too, agree with her to an extent. But she's only addressing certain companies. There are plenty of successful franchises that don't rely on guns+boobs=$$$. Civilization, just to name one. However, companies like Rockstar need to open an ear to a rant like that.
See one-See all logic. It makes me want to beat people up. Like this person.
I think she should shut up and not play games with scantily clad women and alien killing if she doesn't like them
Agreed, but I think she is more concerned with the fact that there is a bigger stream of "stunted adolescent" games than games with actual meaning and culture.
This was never restricted to video games or "guy culture", 90% of all entertainment in all mediums is mindless filth(See the works of Anna Rice), that is Sturgeon's law. You occasionally get something that deals with mature subject matter competently, like The Longest Journey, Splinter Cell or Bioshock, but they either inspire legions of haphazard imitations or recede into their own niche.
Wait a minute!
What movies is she watching? What modern music is she listening to?
Modern games like Mass Effect, Bioshock, and even Fallout 3 offer violence to be sure, but not in a 'space marine with huge muscles with a busty barely dressed broad by my side' sort of way. Especially Mass Effect, which offers some of the best character interactions I've ever seen.
And don't even get me started on a lot of modern music!
I won't deny that much of the industry is certainly in this rut, but every media industry is! It isn't unique to games, and if she's thinking it is then she really needs to take the rosey glasses off when she buys her next movie ticket or CD.
EDIT: DANG it Sewblon! Ninja'd!
In fairness, most films these days are pretty dumb (ie. Michal Bay films), but there are a lot of better games and films with more, well mature's not quite the right word but they're certainly in a better class.
The only problem is that they are buried under the adolescent power fantasies.
I play games to escape and not have to be mature 25/8 so she can shut it
That is why they are called "GAMES" anything else is either called a "Lecture" or "Life"
So what if games have 500lb men who can take bullets to the face like I eat shreddies? So what if women are sometimes portrayed as prancing nymphetes?
That is the purpose of games, to live out fantasies or just to indulge in teabagging noobs and formost for ENJOYMENT -_-
Couldn't agree more.
"Man culture"? "Guy culture"? So what would the video games industry be like if it was mired in "woman culture" or "gal culture"? Soap operas and dating sims? Is that any better?
Her remarks are completely invalid. Games are no less sexist or juvenile than movies, music and television, and if she wants to throw out Citizen Kane and the Beatles, I'll counter with Psychonauts and Super Mario Bros. Cherry-picking the gems isn't somehow more valid or relevant based on the sea of shit from which you pluck them.
It sounds to me like the real problem here isn't games but her obvious issues with "guy culture." I wonder how she feels about "chick culture."
I do wonder what games people are playing when they come to these conclusions sometimes? Especially when you include RPG's like FF and Point and Click adventure games like Syberia and The Longest journey etc. Other then that you can't really expect males to be more interested in female stroke sims like games when their, well, male. And hasn't the wii filled that gap somewhat judging by core gamers reaction to it's content?
I think more women need to step up and come into the industry or start studios like the males do and fill the believed inbalance their finding and stop asking guys to get in touch with a feminine side that takes practice and rarely exists. That's what the writer of Overlord did who I believe was a game journalist prior and was tired of similar things (although jade empire was far too story / text heavy for me, if that's the result of such a suggestion).
I do agree with Heather, that it is a shame that some titles seem to have better storytelling and merit as art over other games pumped out for gratuitous and exploitative money. But my advice for her - get over it.
Sure, some of the developers may get their jollies from abnormal titty bouncing, but the fact remains that those games sell to a demographic that buys 'em. And buy them they do. In the millions! It may be a tough pill to swallow some times, but it's all part of the marvelous world of freedom of speech. That old American chestnut allows them to make "Gun-ga-Saurus Max and the Legend of the Hidden Sweater Puppies III: That's One Ripe Tomato, OF DEATH!!!" and her to speak her mind about a male dominated industry.
If Gun-ga-Saurus Max (and his all nude female Kung-Fu fighters) didn't make money, they would stop making them.
She seems like a woman who has been given the job of telling the world how delicious McDonald's food is. It is delicious, but after you spend every day being yelled at for how unhealthy the food is for 12 years straight - you might also find yourself wanting to yell back at McDonald's for making unhealthy food.
She needs to take a breath and step back. Realize that there will always be negative games on the market. For every Rape Lay, a Twilight Princess. For every Gears of War, a Psychonauts. There's always another side of the coin, and by being consumed by only one side of any issue will only make you look like a ranting jackass.
Also she needs a Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese. Them's delicious.
People often forget that games. Unlike films and music, are for FUN not to put a point across. Now i am no sexist. And I like games with a deep, and intellectual approach to things, but most of the time, when playing games, i want to grab my lancer and shoot some Locust. I don't want it to be a philosophy fest. SOME games should be. Others should just stay to what they are at heart. Mindless fun.
I was going to say "take the stick out of your hole" but in a way she's got a point.
Games are shaped from who play them though. If the target audience remains the same then I don't think games are going to change. But really, pointing at onechambera is hitting below the belt.
I wonder if in the 1940s there was a huge bunch of not so good movies that burried the name of Citizen Kane under them. Only for their popularity to die and wither away, uncovering the now legendary movie.
Developers and publishers are too scared to create a big budget game that won't appeal to young kids. It's like adult developers would rather be praised by young teenagers than potentially criticized by their peers. Most games with serious moments are still juvenile at best.
Games don't need to grow up, developers and publishers do.
She needs to suck it up and get off her post feminist, man hating soapbox.
There is a wide veriety of games out there, Civilization, Fable, guitar hero, pikmin, Mass Effect, Planescape Torment, Littlebigplanet, Sims, etc, etc.
There are thousands of games. Some are the big guns/big tits/big muscles type. ITs no different than any other form of media.
For Every Citizen Kane there a 10 road trip/american pie/commandos. There are heart felt songs with meaning, but then there are just as many about "shorty getting low". Brothers in arms (TV series) was epic story telling but then there are also things like baywatch and hollyoaks.
Shes in the wrong job if she cant see the big picture.
She didn't say anything about Oneechanbara, though she probably would. I just used the image because it's fitting, and because Oneechanbara is awesome.
You haven't played Civilization Revolution, have you? Take a look at the character models for the female leaders and get back to me on whether or not boobs play a role in the game. Or just compare the real-life Catherine the Great ( http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/history/assets/catherine_the_great.jpg ) to the Nastasia Kinski CivRev version ( http://www.civilizationrevolution.com/community/katherine_render.jpg ). The only male leader to even come close would be Alexander, and that would only be if he were to lose his breastplate and be oiled up like a Chippendale's dancer.
In any case, she has a point, and she doesn't. People can mention plenty of non-sexist games, but other than sports titles, they don't sell well, or don't incorporate people as part of the game mechanic, e.g., Popcap games, kid games, action titles like Halo or Metroid (where you're mostly blasting aliens nonstop and your character is basically sexless under all the armor). There's definitely a huge chunk of developers that make embarrassingly juvenile T&A fests, but we're slowly moving out of that zone. Mirror's Edge didn't seem very cheesecakey to me, and there will be others once someone makes a good game that shows it can be done.
I don't see why we have to grow up. She should calm the fuck down.
Games are an entertainment medium. There are just as many movies about overblown machismo and barely dressed babes as there are games. Sex and violence sells. Just because we are selling it very successfully doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the industry. We play games for fun, I don't want my game giving me moral lessons or trying to make a statement about a real world problem. That's not what I bought the game for. I bought the game to enjoy myself and no have to think about the real world for a bit.
Tell her to get her butt to the kitchen and play some Cooking Mama.
Very unfair what she is saying. Even in the movie industry you have things that are just about women(any direct to home video American Pie like movie) or destruction(most action films) with little to no story behind them. Also, like with the movies, there are games that have some substance to their storytelling although not many have recently.
I interpreted it as if she's against the fact that most games features a good dose of violence which i find odd. Even Bioshock had loads of violence and it's still a good game. As a matter of fact i would argue that Bioshock IS the gaming equivilent to Citizen Kane but she refuses to acknowledge it because the player still murders people on a regular basis.
The problem is that if you cut that out you also cut out the gameplay and leaves nothing but a player walking from cutscene to cutscene. Maybe if there was some other stuff to do in between the cutscenes that are fun it could be a fun game. The whole shooting people may have been overdone but there isn't much to replace it with.
I haven't played the Longest Journey but i assume that you mostly go from to place solve puzzles and talk to people and that's fun for a while but it get's boring in the long run. For me games are a mix of a good plot and a fun sport and arguing that you should cut out the sport element because it's immature is to me like arguing that it's more mature to get into our pro-athletes personal life than see them running or jumping.
I can't say that i've found loads of games that features tits for the sake of tits either but that could be i'm not actively searching for it. If you see those types of games as the modern cinema eqiuvilent of an actionflick i'd say that the videogames industry is far more mature.
The demand of modern graphics on a game often give little room for story or idea development. In the era of early movies, action and violence were harder to do, and people wanted good directing, good acting, and a well-written plot, so we got good movies like Citizen Kane. It's the audience that needs to grow up, which is hard, because younger and immature gamers are constantly being added into the community. Games that are tit & gore fests will sell better than games that have more of a mature aspiration for storyline or artistic design, like some Final Fantasy games. Of course they can still have juvenile moments, but that really doesn't mean the whole game is juvenile.
I agree with her on certain points, and I would say what has already been said in this thread; if it weren't for people/kids buying certain types of games, those types of games wouldn't be so prevalent.
There is a market for thought-provoking games; there is a market for story-rich games; there is simply a bigger market of people who want to flex their e-peens, though.
The industry isn't going to stop making something that's guaranteed to sell. The problem we've been experiencing the past several years is whether it's from publisher pressure, or the devs wanting to go for guaranteed sales, games more often than not are rehashes of other games. The companies are using formulas that have sold in the past, and most aren't willing to take a risk of doing "new stuff" whatever you want that to mean.
The industry won't grow until more companies take more chances; no one wants to fail, but without taking a chance how will we know what might work?
Look, I'm like a lot of you, I enjoy games to escape from reality a lot of the time. But even when I'm escaping I still enjoy thought stimulation, so I like a little more than just meat and potatoes if you will. I loved Duke Nukem back in the 90's, but I hate Gears of War.
I don't know if it's me getting older, but forking out 50 bucks for a game that is a near-exact copy of a game I played 10 years ago is getting old. (With fancy new graphics added in). Actually, a lot of games from 10 years ago had more story than current games because to the lack of tech polish available...
Sorry for the rant :)
She's telling the developers and publishers to grow up, not the customers. Unless you are someone in the industry?
I'd like to see more intellectual games. It's sad that you can practically count on your fingers the number of games that attempted and achieved anything of serious nature.
There will always be room for fun games, but there's a weird fear of creating adult games. I don't mean games with adult content, but games that really wouldn't appeal at all to kids. I think this is where she is coming from and I have to agree with her.
I'm happy for you that you are enjoying what is being offered at the moment, but it represents the majority of what's out there. Either you enjoy adolescent fun or you're on the fringes of gaming consumption.
Either video games are just for kids or something is wrong here... so which is it?
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SAWA Blog 43: SAWA Hero Dr Robert Making Connections in Vancouver
"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."~ Christopher Reeve quotes
SAWA Hero Dr. Robert was the final hero to arrive just before the start of the Connecting for Change conference that took place this weekend. While the conference was full of 120 influential corporate and world leaders, the special attendance of the three SAWA Heroes was honoured in the opening ceremonies, in recognition of their unique leadership and this new opportunity to share it with the world. The dialogue went deep into the night with Nadia at the table with the Mayors of Vancouver and West Vancouver, Seleman with the former CEO of Encana, and Dr. Robert with the Founder of Medwish.On the second day the three SAWA Heroes and the Founder of Sawa Global, Daphne Nederhorst, continued their discussion on global change with the Dalai Lama.
While the conference is over, Dr. Robert is just at the beginning of making a series of fruitful connections in order to expand the success of his medical clinic in Uganda. While in Vancouver he will meet with specialist in HIV/ AIDS who can share best practices and help with access to retroviral drugs. Dr. Robert will be speaking at UBC to The Global Health Initiative, and at SFU to the Segal School of Business, Social Innovation Workshop where he hopes to be made an official partner to these programs that can help his project grow and, in turn, learn from his successful model. But besides talking to academics he is also spreading awareness about his project and his involvement with SAWA on the news. Founder of SAWA, Daphne Nederhorst and Dr. Robert were interviewed by Global TV, and the North Shore News.
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Samsung Mass Producing 128GB NAND Storage. Worth The Extra Money?
Samsung has recently announced that they are in the process of mass producing 128 GB embedded memory for next generation smartphones and tablets, meaning that soon, you will be able to purchase mobile devices with a whopping 128 GB of internal memory (iPhone users rejoice). While that may sound awesome for media junkies, is having the option for so much memory in your smartphone actually worth the price you'll have to pay for it?
Samsung apparently began producing the new embedded multimedia card (Pro Class 1500) back in August, which is approximately one month later than the 16, 32, and 64 GB eMMC Pro products started delivery. Samsung's statement:
"By doubling the highest density of its previous eMMC products, Samsung expects to contribute significantly to a timely release of leading-edge mobile devices," said Wanhoon Hong, executive vice president, Memory Sales & Marketing, Samsung Electronics. "The higher data storage and faster data transmission, will bring a range of benefits to users that compare to those of ultra-slim notebook PCs."
128 GB is a hell of a lot of space for a mobile device, and would basically allow you to store 15 Full HD 8GB video files on your phone (or literally thousands and thousands of songs). The Pro cards can also read data at speeds of up to 140 MB per second, while being able to write data at speeds of up to 50MB per second. That's 10 times faster than current Class 10 external memory cards. Yowsers! The question is...is it worth the $$$?
Currently, manufacturers are making an absolute killing on memory. A 32GB Galaxy S3 will cost you (on Amazon) about 34 dollars more than the 16GB version. That's not bad when you consider that Apple charges 100 dollars more for their 32GB iPhone vs their 16GB model (and an extra 200 for the 64 GB model). What's crazy though, is while they charge 100 bucks more for the extra storage, it actually only costs them an extra 21 dollars as a company. That's a hell of a markup.
For Android users, 128 GB internal memory plus the option of having a 64GB microSD card would put you at damn near 200GB of storage. We're talking the same amount of storage that some current netbooks and laptops from a few years ago are packing. If an extra 16GB will cost you 34 dollars (or 100 in Apple's case), I can only imagine how much an extra 100GB will add to the price of new devices. I'm also willing to bet money that Apple will quickly jump on this in order to release 128GB versions of the iPhone and iPad simply due to the fact that Apple doesn't support expandable memory in their phones and tablets. The 64gb version costs 399 dollars WITH contract. I can only imagine what they would charge for the 128GB models **gulp**
That being said, I can imagine that lots of people could have use for so much space. My Transformer Prime has 32GB internal memory, which I have expanded via the microSD slot (32 GB) and the SD slot (another 32GB) in the keyboard dock. While 100GB is certainly a lot for a mobile device, I find myself only having 2 or 3 gigs of internal memory left due to all the games I have installed that require 2 to 4 gigs of internal memory (Horn, The Bards Tale, Nova 3, Gangstar Rio, ect), and since I don't have the option of moving that data to either of my sd cards, having an extra 100 GB or so could sure be useful. For people who play lots of games, view lots of movies, or own every freakin music album in the world, this could literally be a dream come true.
We don't have a release date for when Sammy plans on debuting the media cards in devices, but I would imagine that 64GB will be the highest you can get your hands on for at least another year. I personally hope to see them start popping up much sooner than that.
What do you guys think? Is 128 GB of internal memory in your phone or tablet something that appeals to you? Would you shell out of the extra moolah for it?
Let me know what you think in the comments below!
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I am waiting for this level of storage before I upgrade my Dinosaur. I WILL shell out the extra $$. I am sick of not having enough memory to update my piddly 5 apps (I have 1 game. Angry birds that is waiting on 10 updates that I can't do because of a lack of internal memory). I would like a couple of years before I get that message. Yes I have moved all I could to the SD card. It did little to help.
& how much extra they want to charge consumers ... & will the price drop with supply & demand ...
@CJ - I believe the technology is there. The question is, how much would Android need to be modified to play nice with such hardware?
if Samsung can make 128gig of memory on a chip, I wonder how soon it will be before someone makes the ultimate RAM chip to handle quad - core processor (or a 4 -core chip) to handle multi tasking on a Smart Phone ...
@Anna- I hope the same. 32GB phones are still WAY too expensive. Better just to have a microSD card for expandable memory.
@Glostermeteor - You might want to have a look at some of the newer WIndows 8 tablets. Some of the Win8 tablets might actually be able to damn near pull off replacing a laptop completely.
@Atlas - That's really true. In Europe we really get ripped off on 32GB devices. Pisses me off.
@Chinu - I know exactly what you mean. 32GB just isnt enough anymore, especially when you consider that 2 to 4GB Android games are gertting more and more common.
@Patrick - 128SD cards would be awesome as well. Or both! Then we're talking laptop storage! :-D
@Anna, same here. I have over 60 Gig of music. Although it is because I convert my music to FLAC. My 16GB Cowon S9 holds only around 400 or so songs. I am actually looking forward to this or a 128GB micro sd card.
Soon we are going to get 1 TB memory as the size of games and applications is increasing....
Right now I'm using 16 + 64 GB memory in my note..... And nite is working like a butter to me.... Need more storage
Yep 45 gigs, I ripped every single CD ive ever owned into electronic format, saved me an entire cupboard of space!
Maybe on the American version of amazon the price difference between the 16 GB and the 32 GB is small, but on every European version and other shops the difference is too huge, ranging from 60 to 100 euros, which is not much different than the iphones prices. The price 64 GB that will be released soon is gigantic, around 850 to 900 euro.
45 GIGAbytes of music? You sure that's not a typo? How many songs is that equal to???
The only way I will be convinced to spend 600 dollars on a tablet device is if it can REPLACE my laptop. The current range of devices simply does not have enough space to hold my largest dataset which is music and movies (I have 45gigs of music alone). So yes having larger storage means that I can justify spending more if it will replace my bulkier less versatile laptop
I just hope that when the 128GB versions of phones will start rolling out, the 32 and 64GB models will get cheaper :P
@David- Damn you're right! Where has PC innovation gone?? You just gave me a good idea for an article as well :-D
Thanks for sharing your thoughts man!
I wonder where these devices are headed, it seems innovation in the PC market has stalled and the final product is going to come from the mobile arena, but I picture it as a very compact laptop or very expandable mobile, either way the same thing.
Palm sized device about the size of SGS3, with a full sized laser projected camera motion sensing keyboard and projection screen to make a full size 19" screen at a comfortable viewing distance, along with the features already on the phones (compact HD display and touch screen, etc.)
The portability of the mobile with the comfortable use and viewing of a full sized desktop computer.
The real limitation is the battery, and the two 'full size' features simply won't work with even a relatively huge mobile battery, a very compact docking station is the trade-off.
You want to make billions, make that dock, and make it well!
Little worry over price because it is literally a replacement for the home computer in your pocket.
@David - I have exactly the same problem. 32 GB just isn't enough anymore because of games and media!
The reason I got rid of my old phone was a lack of memory, I constantly had to choose between applications that I really liked to decide which ones to get rid of due to space limitations.
My new phone has almost every app I ever tried and still has about 20Gb free, but just a few movies (which the Galaxy Note is great for!) and that disappears pretty fast!
Yep those are the two. Not too worried about emulators since my laptop goes everywhere with me but Horn in particular looks like they're tapping into what a tablet can do that a console or PC can't offer.
You mean The Bards Tale and Horn right? Such nice games! And you have to remember that my tablet is literally a nintendo, super nintendo, sega geneses, game boy advance, Nintendo 64, and Playstation 1. I have an emulator for each one.
Tie that in with gamepad support with my PS3 or Xbox360 controller, and you've got a mobile all in one console!
Yeah, from the reviews I've seen you post here I'd say tablet gaming is looking up.
Got me thinking about that damned Pf2 again :(
You've reviewed 2 games in the last month that look good enough to get me to try a new tablet.
@Dave - That my friend, is very true!
@Dvoraak - Also a good point. I don't keep movies or so much music on my phone and tablet, but these damn games are getting HUGE. For my tablet, I think I would jump all over this, but not for my phone.


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(By Delegates Marcum, R. Phillips, Ferro, Diserio, Eldridge, Manchin, Skaff, Fleischauer, Marshall,
Tomblin and Barill)
[Introduced February 14, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend and reenact §16-29-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to health care records; requiring health care providers to furnish records to patients at no cost; and limiting the request for free records to once a year.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That §16-29-2 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:
§16-29-2. Reasonable expenses to be reimbursed.
(a) The provider shall be reimbursed by the person requesting in writing a copy of the records at the time of delivery for all reasonable expenses incurred in complying with this article:
That the cost may not exceed $0.75 per page for the copying of any record or records which have already been reduced to written form and a search fee may not exceed $10.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a provider shall not impose a charge on an indigent person or his or her authorized representative if the medical records are necessary for the purpose of supporting a claim or appeal under any provisions of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §301 et seq.
(c) For purposes of this section, a person is considered indigent if he or she:
(1) Is represented by an organization or affiliated pro bono program that provides legal assistance to indigents; or
(2) Verifies on a medical records request and release form that the records are requested for purposes of supporting a social security claim or appeal and submits with the release form reasonable proof that the person is financially unable to pay full copying charges by reason of unemployment, disability, income below the federal poverty level, or receipt of state or federal income assistance.
(d) Any person requesting free copies of written medical records pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section is limited to one set of copies per provider. Any additional requests for the same records from the same provider shall be subject to the fee provisions of subsection (a).
(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section to the contrary, any person may receive free copies of written medical records not to exceed once a year for such a request.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require health care providers to furnish records to patients at no cost, limiting the request for free records to once a year.
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Adopting Britain
Look, things are so bad in England right now that the only sensible and kind solution is for us to make them the 51st State. However, they don't get two Senators or any House members at all. If you want to call it "payback" for taxation without representation that's a little harsh. True, but harsh.
There are some drawbacks, however.
First, we'd have to decide once and for all what football is. Is it football or is it soccer? I think we need an answer.
We'd have to print ballots in two languages: English and whatever Harry Potter language it is that they speak.
The little prince will have to get involved with a Kardashian.
We get Dame Judith Dench. They have to take Kanye.
They can come to our horse races and they can even wear those hats, but none of that tea drinking. It's Mint Juleps or go home.
You know those little sandwiches with the crust cut off filled with cucumber? No. Don't do that. Come to think of it, we shouldn't allow them to cook at all.
They have to shuddup about Martin Luther when the Pope visits.
Polo and Cricket are out. I have no idea what the point of those games are, but there are way too many mallets involved. How would baseball be if everybody on the field had a bat? It'd be polo, that's what. If it doesn't involve the infield fly rule or first downs, just don't do it.
If you're going to call it Boxing Day, boxing has to be involved.
They can keep the Queen. Her idiot son is quite another matter.
Michael Gove? We'll ask him to do the honor of swimming over to DeeCee to finalize this contract.
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Matthew Lovick Walbeck was born on October 2, 1969 in Sacramento, California and grew up playing a variety of sports but baseball was his passion. Walbeck was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 1987 amateur free agent draft out of Sacrament High School as a catcher and signed his first pro contract just a few days later fulfilling a lifetime dream to play professional baseball. Matt worked his way up the Cubs minor league ladder playing and ended up making the Cubs big league club out of spring training in 1993 as the teams 3rd catcher. Walbeck stayed with the Cubs for about a month before being sent down to AAA Iowa where he spent most of 1993 before being called up to the big club again in September.
In November of 1993 Walbeck was traded by the Cubs to the Minnesota Twins along with pitcher Dave Stevens for the Twins 1987 first round pick (3rd overall) pitcher Willie Banks. Walbeck was the Twins primary catcher in the Twins strike shortened 1994 season but the highlight of Matt's big league career occurred on April 27th at the Metrodome when Matt caught Scott Erickson's no-hitter, a 6-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. In 1995 Walbeck played in a career high of 115 games and hit for a .257 average. In spring training of 1996 Matt had a sore wrist and a couple of days before the season started, Walbeck was diagnosed with a broken Hamate bone and had to undergo surgery. The recovery from the surgery was slower than expected and Walbeck did not play his first game in 1996 until June 18th. Former Oakland A's catcher and Minnesota native Terry Steinbach signed with the Twins as a free agent in December of 1996 and just a few days later Walbeck was traded to the Detroit Tigers for minor league pitcher Brain Stentz. Stentz as it turned out never appeared in a big league ball game. Walbeck ended his Twins career having played in Minnesota for 3 years. During his time in Minnesota, Walbeck better known for his catching skills then his bat, caught in 275 games and had 1,008 plate appearances in which he hit 8 home runs, knocked in 103, stole 7 bases and posted a .230 batting average.
Walbeck played for the Detroit Tigers in 1997 before being traded to the Anaheim Angels where he played from 1998-2000. Walbeck then played in the minors for the Reds and the Phillies getting only one big league at bat with the Phillies in 2001 before finishing his career in Detroit in 2002-2003 at the age of 33 and 11 years of big league baseball.
Immediately after ending his playing career, Matt move into a manager role in the Tigers system in 2004 and managed their A ball team to two championships between 2004 and 2006. Walbeck then moved up to manage in AA ball where he again took the team to the playoffs and was rewarded by getting the 3rd base coaching job for the Texas Rangers and manager Ron Washington in 2008. Walbeck was let go after one season and returned to managing in the Pirates system in 2009 and by 2010 he had led his team to yet another championship season and was named manager of the year in the Eastern League but was let go by the Pirates. In 2011 Walbeck took over as manager for the A ball Rome Braves in the Atlanta organization but the team played poorly and Walbeck was fired mid season for philosophical differences.
Since then, Matt has started the Walbeck Baseball Academy in Sacramento, California where he gets to work with youngsters and their parents teaching some life skills and baseball while spending time at home with his wife and 3 children. I think that Matt is enjoying his life at home right now but who knows what the future may hold for this former catcher and proven minor league winning manager if another big league opportunity should present itself. In his free time, Matt enjoys coaching his son's baseball team, exercising and doing some fly fishing.
The interview with Matt took place in May 2012 and is 28 minutes in length.


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