Wavelengths outside our human perception don’t cease to be colors just because we can’t see them. Even if other animals couldn’t see them (they can), they could still be “colors”. The fact we choose not to name them as such is due to our own deficiency or to be more precise - because it would serve no purpose to us…

You don’t, you program them with the capacity for cognitive thought and then needs and desires are are necessary emergent property of that. Same as with any sentient being.

I don’t think you understand the fundamentals of artificial intelligence, or even our own. If you think determinism is a failed philosophical concept, you need to re-evaluate that. Even our own minds don’t necessarily operate in a universe governed by true randomness.

This comment should be part of the article, at least I find it just as if not more interesting.

I never understood the appeal of achievements in single player games. I kind of get it in multiplayer games especially mmorpgs, but even then I don’t feel they’re that important.

Are we still pretending match-3 games is what people mean when they talk about videogames? There is solid research that shows a huge disparity in the *types* of games people play, you don’t just get to ignore that.

Cool.

Especially since they promised a unified platform. At the very least they should port it, a 2D metroid game shouldn’t take too much effort.

Good, good. I was kind of hoping they’d stick to a more classic Mario 64 formula, but knowing Nintendo I figured there’s little chance of that, what with their drive for innovation, etc. Can’t wait to play this.

Actually it looks like NFS Rivals with cutscenes. Seems to play exactly like Rivals.

Right, though you can always get your own connection. Like everyone else.

I find it hard to believe there’s places with good enough cell coverage for mobile data, but no regular internet access. Satellite is a different issue, though you’re not playing any online games with any level of quality, then.

If an ISP can wire a connection to the “central ISP program”, it can wire it to your apartment. I’ve yet to see a situation where this is not possible.

So not the same at all. It removes all of the problems of gold selling/farming.

I can’t sympathise at all. I played Q1&2 religiously, Q3 less so (I prefered UT), and I felt right at home here. It’s Quake through and through. I don’t like the menus or the characters (in the sense that I don’t want characters at all), but in-game I was loving every minute.

VR is already the optimal way to play racing & flying sims. That’s not going to change - VR will live forever for that reason alone, mainstream be damned.

“Better” is not really the correct term. VR transforms certain genres in such a way that they achieve their full potential (flying/racing sims, for example).

So far, shooters (with motion controls) are the killer apps for me, along with sims (racing, flying, space) and, funnily enough, “escape the room” type room scale games. So let’s not discourage developers from making what works.

Depends. Same as I’ll never be in the market for The Sims or Farmville, someone else might never find use for VR. Either can be incredibly successful without our approval.

That’s great, in the meantime I’m playing my flying/space/racing sims in the most optimum way possible and enjoying room scale games impossible on any other platform. Also Metroid Prime in VR. I dunno man, personally I can’t imagine gaming without VR anymore.