Tiran Kenja

It does sound like a really nice concept I would likely enjoy to play.

But it also sounds like something that is never going to get done. Especially if they have no good way to fund it.

As I read the vision. The plan is to make a sand box that does "everything" in a very complex manner. And just getting some of those mentioned ideas to work great it going to take quite a bit of work. And having it all work together is not going to be simple either.

I've followed projects like this before with cautious hope. But so far none of them have gotten to a state where people can play them.

First I heard about it. If so someone have not been updating the Stray Bullet Games wikipedia article to reflect it then ;)

I'm guessing part two has already been done? If not it would be interesting to hear what happened to Stray Bullet Games.

@Coolit Ubisoft owns Shadowbane. So they cannot release the source unless they can hash a deal out with them

@Tiran Kenja Meh. It was LoD of course. Not LotD

Ah yes. Shadowbane. Not sure if if it is the game I have had the most fun in. But it is definitely the one I enjoy the most thinking about :) It is also the game I have looked most forward to playing.

Played it back when it came out on the Death server. Quite a fun place to be with all the battles and the RP. But the server sort of became uninteresting when pretty much everyone eventually allied against LotD and finally managed to neutralize them.

I had some hopes that Darkfall or Mortal Online would become something similar. But so far I have not really been able to get much fun out of either.

Strange. I could have sworn I signed up for the newsletter the day the site opened. But I guess it may have been a bit loaded.

So thanks for the headsup. This time it seems to have worked ;)

@mrtexasfreedom

"If you recall, there was considerable controversy surrounding the release of the original iMac due to it NOT featuring a floppy disk drive or a serial port. USB only for external device connectivity".

Indeed. But I did say "ANY new technology". There is no denying they have been key in driving some technology, there the rest of the PC market is often too conservative to really get people using anything new.

@Jacob1
Yeah. That was my point. Apple usually has no trouble making their own controller chips. So for a company that more or less forced USB on us all. It seems a bit strange they are not also leading this upgrade. But I guess they simply don't feel anyone needs it right now.

@TheRealCJ

Hehe. Well yes and no.

MicroSIM is a standard as much as the other SIM types. It was just being used yet by anyone. Apple included it in the iPad mostly to get it out in the market. So when they would have it in place for iPhone 4. And I am sure we will see others start using it now. As everyone wants to save space inside their phones.

MINI DisplayPort (not Micro) on the other hand is yet-another-Apple-display-connector. But at least this time they tried to get it out in the market. The most other times they made new connectors it lasted exactly one generation in their product lineup, and then went away again.

Apple has never been about adopting any new technology. And eSATA is not really a very visible interface in the market. So I think Apple decided not to add yet another interface to the mix and instead wait for established interfaces to get faster.

The question is why the new iMacs and Mac Pros does not have USB 3. Maybe they really are waiting for Light Peak and is going to push that hard instead?

Personally I have completely reversed my MMO decision pattern. I no longer bother considering to buy a game I haven't played beta, or trial, of. There has been too many letdowns to bother buying a game I don't feel confident will work for me.

But launch day is still important. It's the day we start playing for real. Everything before that was about trying to help make a good game (if the devs allow that) and seeing if it really is the sort of game I'd like.