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by there 16y ago

wmf 16y ago
You can thank ESRB for that.
- badmonkey0001 16y ago
  Speaking of ESRB ratings, how is this going to get on the iOs devices? Aren't the app store rules against the following: "This is the perfect setup for a quintessential first person shooter game play experience — you pick your targets, aim your shots, time your reloads, dodge the bad guys, and try and make it through to the end of the level with a better score than last time. Beyond basic survival, there are pickups, head shots, and hit streak multipliers to add more options to the gameplay, and there is a broad range of skill levels available from keep-hitting-fire-and-you-should-make-it to almost-impossible." -JC (off to go look...) Sure enough, part 15 should prevent this app from ever getting to the public (see http://photos.appleinsider.com/App%20Store%20Review%20Guidelines%20-%20App%20Store%20Resource%20Centerai.pdf http://photos.appleinsider.com/App%20Store%20Review%20Guidel... ). I doubt Apple has the eggs to tell Carmack no. Time to see if Jobs' moral views outweigh his greed. (edit: BTW, I think his greed will win)
  - palish 16y ago
    Oh come on... Here are the specific guidelines you are referring to: Apps portraying realistic images of people or animals being killed or maimed, shot, stabbed, tortured or injured will be rejected Apps that depict violence or abuse of children will be rejected "Enemies" within the context of a game cannot solely target a specific race, culture, a real government or corporation, or any other real entity Apps involving realistic depictions of weapons in such a way as to encourage illegal or reckless use of such weapons will be rejected Apps that include games of Russian roulette will be rejected How would those guidelines apply to someone's awesome first person shooter? Maybe the "reckless use of weapons" part. But that's not the spirit of the law --- the spirit was likely to prevent people from e.g. making an app that gives a step-by-step photographic guide to creating a pipe bomb, or something of that sort.
pjscott 16y ago
If they look at their logs, I bet they'll find that most people claim to have been born on the first day of January.
Xuzz 16y ago
Ruined my attempt to read it in Instapaper, too. Ugh.

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by there 16y ago

Provide Date of Birth to Continue This site requires cookies. Please enable cookies and try visiting this site again. is this a joke?

wmf 16y ago

You can thank ESRB for that.

badmonkey0001 16y ago
Speaking of ESRB ratings, how is this going to get on the iOs devices? Aren't the app store rules against the following: "This is the perfect setup for a quintessential first person shooter game play experience — you pick your targets, aim your shots, time your reloads, dodge the bad guys, and try and make it through to the end of the level with a better score than last time. Beyond basic survival, there are pickups, head shots, and hit streak multipliers to add more options to the gameplay, and there is a broad range of skill levels available from keep-hitting-fire-and-you-should-make-it to almost-impossible." -JC (off to go look...) Sure enough, part 15 should prevent this app from ever getting to the public (see http://photos.appleinsider.com/App%20Store%20Review%20Guidelines%20-%20App%20Store%20Resource%20Centerai.pdf http://photos.appleinsider.com/App%20Store%20Review%20Guidel... ). I doubt Apple has the eggs to tell Carmack no. Time to see if Jobs' moral views outweigh his greed. (edit: BTW, I think his greed will win)
- palish 16y ago
  Oh come on... Here are the specific guidelines you are referring to: Apps portraying realistic images of people or animals being killed or maimed, shot, stabbed, tortured or injured will be rejected Apps that depict violence or abuse of children will be rejected "Enemies" within the context of a game cannot solely target a specific race, culture, a real government or corporation, or any other real entity Apps involving realistic depictions of weapons in such a way as to encourage illegal or reckless use of such weapons will be rejected Apps that include games of Russian roulette will be rejected How would those guidelines apply to someone's awesome first person shooter? Maybe the "reckless use of weapons" part. But that's not the spirit of the law --- the spirit was likely to prevent people from e.g. making an app that gives a step-by-step photographic guide to creating a pipe bomb, or something of that sort.

pjscott 16y ago

If they look at their logs, I bet they'll find that most people claim to have been born on the first day of January.

Xuzz 16y ago

Ruined my attempt to read it in Instapaper, too. Ugh.