A really big favour.
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Huzzah, 'tis complete. Sounds a wee bit like Gothic. I do enjoy seeing the GTA sandbox model applied to genres besides urban crime epic.
Where does the coffee machine begin and the computer end? I can't tell.ThrobbingEgo said:Only the display and buttons.SakSak said:
Windows is an operating system these days, not a GUI. Doesn't run over DOS anymore.
And true that, forgot DOS got buried a long time ago. So, windows is an OS. Still not merely a gaming platform.
And what of Linux? 'PC' seems to assume Windows, but there are Linux and Mac gamers as well...
Linux and Mac should be considered different gaming platforms, but they all currently run on the same hardware.SakSak said:Where does the coffee machine begin and the computer end? I can't tell.ThrobbingEgo said:Only the display and buttons.SakSak said:
Windows is an operating system these days, not a GUI. Doesn't run over DOS anymore.
And true that, forgot DOS got buried a long time ago. So, windows is an OS. Still not merely a gaming platform.
And what of Linux? 'PC' seems to assume Windows, but there are Linux and Mac gamers as well...
I don't think Froobyx is directly affiliated with any government bureaucracy.puppydogvaan said:
At this point it is quite clear to me we are operating on entirely different definitions for our words.ThrobbingEgo said:Linux and Mac should be considered different gaming platforms, but they all currently run on the same hardware.SakSak said:Where does the coffee machine begin and the computer end? I can't tell.ThrobbingEgo said:Only the display and buttons.SakSak said:
Windows is an operating system these days, not a GUI. Doesn't run over DOS anymore.
And true that, forgot DOS got buried a long time ago. So, windows is an OS. Still not merely a gaming platform.
And what of Linux? 'PC' seems to assume Windows, but there are Linux and Mac gamers as well...
My pocket calculator runs on the same hardware: Power supply, RAM memory, central processor, motherboard, harddrive, display, controlling device. Incidentally, same parts can be found from my coffee maker.
Surely you are not suggesting that merely because they run on the same hardware, they are all consoles? In theory I could run a game or two on their current user interfaces, surely you are not suggesting those interfaces are 'gaming platforms'? I contend that it is the primary intended function along with whatever GUI or OS you are using in combination with the hardware, that defines what is a console.
If we're going to use made-up definitions, why don't we just say - for simplicity - that whatever platform plays games can be considered a gaming "console"?SakSak said:
(I call pen & paper!)
Done - I always swore never to leave assignments until the last minute, my last final I had to do two assignments the day before AND revise for the exam lol
Nice oneThrobbingEgo said:If we're going to use made-up definitions, why don't we just say - for simplicity - that whatever platform plays games can be considered a gaming "console"?
(I call pen & paper!)
But that's kind of my point. A computer is not necessarily a console, consoles are a subgroup of computers. To call all computers consoles is to deliberately remove relevant information and to subtly redefine a term.
