SpaceInsomniac

Um, because he's a liar?

You don't go on and on about how making an Aliens game is your dream project, stretch out development for over five years, farm a bunch of the development out to other studios, and repeatedly show an early demo to the press that ends up looking MUCH BETTER than the final product, unless you are a liar.

And now you have.

Been a fan for years, but never paid much attention to aras. Wikipedia turned this up:

• 1 1963–67: early years
  • 1.1 Formation
  • 1.2 Signing with EMI
  • 1.3 The Piper at the Gates of Dawn
• 2 1968–77: transition and international success
  • 2.1 Gilmour replaces Barrett
  • 2.2 A Saucerful of Secrets
  • 2.3 Ummagumma, Atom Heart Mother and Meddle
  • 2.4 The Dark Side of the Moon
  • 2.5 Wish You Were Here
  • 2.6 Animals
• 3 1978–85: Waters-led era
  • 3.1 The Wall
  • 3.2 The Final Cut
  • 3.3 "A spent force"
• 4 1986–95: Gilmour-led era
  • 4.1 A Momentary Lapse of Reason
  • 4.2 The Division Bell

So, assuming this is true, Waters really only led with The Wall and The Final Cut, and Gilmour led with AMLOR, and TDB. If this is correct, why do you associate Dark Side of the Moon with Waters, and if you are correct to do so, why doesn't Wikipedia reflect that?

At any rate, I've never been able to get into The Wall or much past that, and my favorite albums have always been Meddle, Dark Side of the Moon, and Wish You Were Here.

It could have easily been both THIS generation, but developers are always so focused on putting the best possible graphics into their games so they sell. When that happens, screen resolution and frame rate are frequently sacrificed. It will likely be the same situation next generation. Either games look a fair amount better than 360 and PS3 with great screen resolution and frame rates, or they look WAY better than the 360 and PS3, but have the same crap resolution and frame rates that console gamers have been dealing with for years.

He showed this as the demo. Final versions are supposed to look BETTER than early press demos, not far worse.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z2qVebxlUo

But it still is true that NO ONE seems to care about the number of men in nursing, or teaching, or psychology, or any other field that happens to primarily attract females. And it strikes me as a complete cop-out to say "but many of these writers are games-focused, so it’s kind of unfair to blame them for writing about games." Poor journalism is poor journalism, and I absolutely will blame anyone saying that there's a sexist problem with the games industry because women don't want to work in fields related to technology in the same ratio as men.

There are examples of actual sexism in the game's industry, and far too many for my taste. Journalists need to write about those, and stop trying to force women into every field that they couldn't care less about, while collectively not giving a flying fuck about any field of study that happens to include far more women than men.

My top ten for 2012, in no particular order:

Reign of Terror - Sleigh Bells

Some Nights - Fun

The Idler Wheel... - Fiona Apple

Be the Void - Dr Dog

Gossamer - Passion Pit

Grace & Lies - Family Band

Synthetica - Metric

Theater is Evil - Amanda Palmer

Little Broken Hearts - Norah Jones

My Head is an Animal - Of Monsters and Men

If you don't hate what you do know on the list too very much, maybe try some of the things that you don't know. Your mileage may vary.

Do you have any stats to back up that statement? It certainly goes against my personal experience. The majority of my college level teachers were female.

I would say we'll just have to agree to disagree, but I doubt that you would agree to that.

This is always the argument that I hear most when it comes to people who disagree with my personal feelings on this topic. "Generation" suggests a place in time, not a level of technology. However, I view the word "generation" as it relates to the time technology was made available.

The PS4 and next Xbox are next generation systems because their hardware is next generation hardware. The Wii U is not a next generation system, because it it is using hardware that is very close to the generation of tech used in the PS3 and Xbox 360.

At least that's how I see it. Your opinion may differ.