Rare's Perfect Dark on the N64 was going to have the ability to map your face (via the Gameboy camera) onto your deathmatch character, and other peoples' faces onto other characters in deathmatch, but this feature never materialised (though the text for the options of importing and editing the images is still in the code on the Perfect Dark cartridge), supposedly because if some twelve year old (probably in America) had killed his best mate with his dad's (or his own...) shotgun and then it had been revealed that they played Perfect Dark with each character having the real players "face", then Rare could have been sued by the same people who blame computer games whenever some kid kills with a gun, instead of thinking "why was he allowed access to a gun in the first place?".
I'm not trying to start the whole "why should violent games and films be banned, but real guns be made available to anyone?" debate, but it really does irritate me that this potentially brilliant feature was forced out of Perfect Dark just to avoid some stupid legal actions that wouldn't be brought in a sane society.
I believe that we should always get that discussion back on track. Every time they blame games, someone nods and quickly ends the discussion, avoiding the deepening of the argumentation which would lead to their eventual defeat.
It's always the way when there's a political issue: find the scapegoat and/or line that most people agree on and forget the actual evidence.
Whenever a child goes missing there's an assumption it's some big scary axe murderer who's done it, but children are more likely to be murdered by their parents. Axe murderers are a more convenient scapegoat though as nobody likes them so they get the blame.
All I said was "Anyone see Sir Clive on BBC Breakfast this morning?"
He's doing it again! Blasphemer! You're only making it worse for yourself.
Now no one, and I want to make this absolutely clear - no one is to throw stones at anyone until I say so, even if they do say "Sir Clive" [Thud thud thud]
Now, Yesterday And Today (Y & T) were an 80's band, still going strong I saw them a couple of years ago supporting Whitesnake...
Depending on where you are located on the planet "whitesnake" is a synonym for something a person snorts up one or both nostrils.
Like that one guy from that one movie ... you know ... the one with the little friend ... now that guy was doing the whitesnake ... and he let an awful lot of it go to waste on the floor. Drug users ... tsk, tsk.
Depending on where you are located on the planet "whitesnake" is a synonym for something a person snorts up one or both nostrils.
Like that one guy from that one movie ... you know ... the one with the little friend ... now that guy was doing the whitesnake ... and he let an awful lot of it go to waste on the floor. Drug users ... tsk, tsk.
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Here's the link - with video of it all!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/breakfast/6195758.stm
I'm not trying to start the whole "why should violent games and films be banned, but real guns be made available to anyone?" debate, but it really does irritate me that this potentially brilliant feature was forced out of Perfect Dark just to avoid some stupid legal actions that wouldn't be brought in a sane society.
This problem can't be talked enough
Whenever a child goes missing there's an assumption it's some big scary axe murderer who's done it, but children are more likely to be murdered by their parents. Axe murderers are a more convenient scapegoat though as nobody likes them so they get the blame.
Tch! Yeah, tell me about it.
Ahem. Anyway, I think thats the first time I've seen an image of Sinclair's headquarters.
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All I said was "Anyone see Sir Clive on BBC Breakfast this morning?"
As soon as I got to the song, 'Better by you, better than me', I went crazy apeshit with a shotgun (again). Damn! :)
Precisely!
Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
He's doing it again! Blasphemer! You're only making it worse for yourself.
Now no one, and I want to make this absolutely clear - no one is to throw stones at anyone until I say so, even if they do say "Sir Clive" [Thud thud thud]
(copyright Monty Python, Life of Brian, 1982)
There are legal and illegal drugs out there which can cause you to think that today is yesterday.
Or he could just have had a memory fart of some sorts.
Depending on where you are located on the planet "whitesnake" is a synonym for something a person snorts up one or both nostrils.
Like that one guy from that one movie ... you know ... the one with the little friend ... now that guy was doing the whitesnake ... and he let an awful lot of it go to waste on the floor. Drug users ... tsk, tsk.
If by "pots and kettles" you mean "a huge, powerful machine gun" then yes.
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No.
No-one knew who he was!
At a guess I'd say 'In-House Product Manager'. But I'm sure he'll prove me wrong!
I'll ask him, if you like?
Some of the footage is here. (with added voice of 'Pangolins' author)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=405271010417443556
There are some recent photos here
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jinnan_tonnix/album?.dir=/b8c8re2&.src=ph&.tok=phPpiKFB99q1wvr8
G.
http://www.lgharchitects.com/ret-sinclair.php