Games & Recreation - 26 August 2007

your opinion??

2007-08-26 21:22:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Board Games

I've seen a lot of people with mini-pets in the Guild Wars games and was wondering, how exactly does one go about getting one? I have heard that you have to be a ranger class to be able to make one, but what about the ones that were got through magazine codes? Do you still have to be a ranger? I don't really mean to ask for the codes, but is there any way to get these codes, I don't mind buying the magazine or whatever so it's not a matter of me wanting to mooch, I just don't know where to find any information about it. Thankee

2007-08-26 21:19:03 · 2 answers · asked by schwibb 2 in Video & Online Games

I moved to Las Vegas at the end of July with a roomate . I am unemployed and I came here with $46000 cash and no debts and an old car. I promised myself that I soon I came here that I was going to look for a job and start working. Well, since Ive come here Ive been taking frequent trips to the casinos and I have won close to $5000 in less than a month playing blackjack. I am getting real lazy in looking for a job because of the fast money that Im making. Im kind of scared because Im not sure if Im going in the wrong direction and Im not really hooked to gambling but I just love the easy money and its so convenient. You can set your own hours and be your own boss. There are no managers or supervisors to report to and all the money is tax free. Is gambling a career that I could pursue ?

2007-08-26 20:20:13 · 6 answers · asked by Black Jack 1 in Gambling

I make my own puppets but want to make a different easy to make design. I am looking for ideas from others and also looking for a pattern for a puppet I saw that was formed with a bendable, yet stiff plastic foam.

This puppet was light weight, easy on the hands and your hand fit snug inside it. I have never seen one made of this material before. The foam was aprox. 1 1/2" - 2" thick.

Does anyone know where I can find free, easy to make puppet instructions on the net?

I only make puppets that have mouths that move.

2007-08-26 18:28:47 · 4 answers · asked by Hillbillee 5 in Hobbies & Crafts

I'm not talking about myspace, or facebook, cuz I go on those alot. And I go on bored.com too..

I'm just trying to find some good *clean* sites to go to when I need to relieve my bordom.

Thanks in advance.

2007-08-26 17:37:12 · 13 answers · asked by ♫Rawbyn♫ 5 in Other - Games & Recreation

The aircraft would not have to carry the weight of a battery with it and you wouldn't have to worry about running out of electricity.

2007-08-26 17:33:28 · 2 answers · asked by jetengine767 3 in Hobbies & Crafts

for gible or nidoking

2007-08-26 17:30:52 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

i heard that there a cherish ball in pokemon dp im wondering someone said its like a master catches any pokemon without fail how do you get one is it possible to get one whats the diffrence between a pokeball and a cherish ball if there is so how do i get one???

2007-08-26 17:26:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

Ok, could someone provide an "as close as possible walkthrough" to how to use the starcraft spawn, because i cant figure it out, and frankly im a bit annoyed.

I have a copy of starcraft, and the original cd key. It is fully installed on my laptop, and spawned on my desk top, both of which use wireless net connections. Even with this its not working.

Help Me please...

2007-08-26 16:39:26 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

2007-08-26 16:21:40 · 2 answers · asked by dominican0 3 in Other - Games & Recreation

can anyone tell me how to get easy money on diamond?

2007-08-26 16:06:58 · 2 answers · asked by thirsty_for_blood 1 in Other - Games & Recreation

Me and my mother want to start a craft group maybe at the library where we can have a group meet once a month to share ideas work on projects and even draw in new people to the craft to learn. We mainly want to have it as a knit, crochet, cross stitch, needlepoint group but have no idea how to get this started up any tips and ideas will be most helpfull?

2007-08-26 15:55:34 · 5 answers · asked by kellykat60409 3 in Hobbies & Crafts

2007-08-26 15:54:47 · 1 answers · asked by .Hack 2 in Video & Online Games

my mom is making different things on her embroidery machine that she would like to start selling, and she asked me to come up with a creative name. i need some help--i cannot think of anything. anything catchy and with "joanne" and "embroidery" in it would be great... any ideas?

2007-08-26 15:19:59 · 5 answers · asked by rockangelmeg 1 in Hobbies & Crafts

Mine : I miss my ETCH-A-SKETCH and my portable record player that could play all 4 speeds of records!

2007-08-26 15:17:30 · 15 answers · asked by Ma Barley 5 in Toys

ok i wanna make a mini breakable table for my figures and i dunno how please help me im desparate(not literally but still i really need it please help)

2007-08-26 15:04:32 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Hobbies & Crafts

2007-08-26 14:35:44 · 5 answers · asked by kato f 1 in Hobbies & Crafts

I have 89 keychains and 9 cars, and 5 cd's

2007-08-26 14:17:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Hobbies & Crafts

oh yeah its for sim city 4

2007-08-26 14:11:54 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Games & Recreation

I am searching, for a small, clear, plastic case, capable of encapsulating, a corner block of four stamps, somewhat akin to a key fob, not a wall display. Ideally, it would be water resistant, and rugged enough, to carry the stamps in one's pocket without damage.

2007-08-26 14:11:16 · 2 answers · asked by Larry 4 in Hobbies & Crafts

2007-08-26 13:53:04 · 1 answers · asked by Richard K 1 in Hobbies & Crafts

ok i coulda sworn it was called super solvo midnight madnes...but i think im wrong since it isnt coming up ne where...it was with this guy named sam or sumthin and u went from room to room trying to solve a mystery before midnight, the bad guy had white crazy hair. coulda sworn it was the learning company...

2007-08-26 13:20:59 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

2007-08-26 13:16:35 · 2 answers · asked by Wulfstan O Malley 1 in Board Games

Has anyone heard anything solid? Not just rumors or anything?

2007-08-26 13:14:20 · 2 answers · asked by Zak B 1 in Video & Online Games

My favorites are Scrabble & Monopoly.

2007-08-26 12:52:21 · 21 answers · asked by Scooter_loves_his_dad 7 in Board Games

2007-08-26 12:44:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

or is it only on the playstation 3

2007-08-26 12:43:41 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Video & Online Games

Posted by Dave Karraker // Sr. Director, Corporate Communications
http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/product/


Our friends over at GamePro.com have written an interesting article on a topic I get asked about all the time — Is the PS3 harder to develop for than other systems? I gave them some feedback on this and the reporter, Blake Snow, does a nice job of presenting a well-rounded story. For this piece, I spoke to our PD group and asked them for input on this question and thought you might be interested in reading their full reply:

This is an interesting question and hidden within the question is an enormously complex subject! If the game starts life on PS3, then man-hours per feature or costs related to asset production are comparable with industry norms. For that, you can include Xbox 360 and high-end PC games, and exclude PS2 and Wii. However, since PS3’s Cell processor allows MORE features - better physics, more complex graphical processing, lighting or sound, etc. — there is inevitably going to be more cost in supporting those extra features. It’s not that PS3 is harder to write for, it’s just that you can do more with it.

Middleware tools like Havok and other specialist graphics tools are now customized to exploit Cell’s SPUs. These mean that developers don’t have to reinvent those particular wheels themselves. Also, PlayStation Edge does some very difficult and performance-critical aspects of the graphics pipeline on the SPUs: geometry processing, animation, compression - delivering performance unachievable on other systems. This is available for free to all developers from SCE. So, given that PS3 can draw more on screen, the assets required to fill that capacity go up, too. This can, but not always, require more people - however depending on the game, much of that extra content can be produced automatically - procedurally in software, not by hand. Compared to PS2, the SPUs are much easier to code for. In PS2 we had some custom chips called VU0 and VU1 which were powerful, but tricky to write for. The SPUs use a more standard programming language.

Now, it’s not without challenges:
1) SPUs are not ‘normal’ processors like the PPU. There is a trade-off between performance and versatility. A Ferrari is not the best car for a visit to Home Depot…

2) If you are porting:
If your game starts on Xbox 360 you will have to re-engineer aspects of the game to run properly on PS3. This means additional effort. Some developers have been complaining about this but I don’t believe we can solve that. Xbox 360 is a different machine with good, but lower powered hardware in a different architecture. Developers have to view them as two different machines not as a common platform.

3) If your game has heavy online use:
XBL provides more and better standard libraries for online gaming to developers. For the same features on PS3, developers have to do some extra work. We’re catching up, but there is a difference.

2007-08-26 12:33:03 · 3 answers · asked by Kuntre Boi 2 in Other - Games & Recreation

i want a ps3 and am leaning towards the 20 gb model because it's cheaper. but what's the advantage of having a flash card reader and a wifi connection because i don't have wifi in my home and am only looking to use it for playing games/movies and maybe online gaming?

2007-08-26 12:11:59 · 1 answers · asked by Bosco 1 in Video & Online Games

Hey,
I have just purchased my first 1943 Kar98k mauser,and it didn't come with a cleaning rod so I have seen some that are 10" and some that are 12" which one should I get? And where can I find a repro. leather Kar98 sling? One more, How do you take the bolt out of the rifle?

Any information on the Karabiner 98K rifle would help and would be greatly appreciated!Thanks!

2007-08-26 12:10:03 · 1 answers · asked by yep! 3 in Hobbies & Crafts