Id Software Founds a New Office In Germany 50
jones_supa writes: With some high-profile releases on the horizon, ZeniMax Media is expanding with a new studio in Frankfurt, Germany. Posted via Bethesda blog, reads the official ZeniMax statement: "As part of our continued global expansion, ZeniMax Media has opened (and is actively hiring for) a new technology development studio in Frankfurt – home to our German publishing operations. This team, an extension of id Software, will focus their efforts on idTech for DOOM and other titles under development at ZeniMax-owned studios." New positions are expected to pop up at ZeniMax's job listings.
Crytek droppings (Score:2)
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Id is shit anyways. No real talent there anymore and the games are recycled shit. The engine business aint doing all that well either since people spending millions for a piece of code expect something in return. You can basically use Unity for all the stuff brogamers ever need. Id has no place in competitive gaming either. They basically fucked everything up and even their success was an accident based on the tech by Carmack.
Id is toast.
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I doubt they will ever create something as remarkable as Wolfstein
Especially if they're working in Germany!
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That said, I just played Doom3 and Rage, both on sale at steam, and for the money (I got 'em cheap), they were fairly entertaining. Well, Rage more
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It's called "recycling". And it's a big thing in Germany
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It's called "recycling". And it's a big thing in Germany
So is David Hasselhoff...
Wait, what were we talking about again?
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Nope, basic law is the constitution of Germany. It was supposed to be a temporary constitution before the reunification, but was adopted as a permanent one in a constitutional reform act of 1994. Furthermore, every federal state in Germany has their own constitution, although the basic law supersedes it, making them mostly worthless.
German vs. U.S. state constitutions (Score:2)
Furthermore, every federal state in Germany has their own constitution, although the basic law supersedes it, making them mostly worthless.
Are the constitutions of the several states of Germany more worthless than the constitutions of the several states of the USA?
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I have no idea. According to the German basic law, federal laws preempt state laws.
For example, the constitution of Hesse (where I live) allows death penalty in certain cases, but death penalty is not allowed in the German basic law. This, unfortunately, goes both ways - a lockout is forbidden by the Hesse constitution, but allowed on the federal level.
I don't know what happens when federal and state laws are in conflict in the USA.
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According to the German basic law, federal laws preempt state laws.
This is true of the U.S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause [wikipedia.org] as well.
This, unfortunately, goes both ways - a lockout is forbidden by the Hesse constitution, but allowed on the federal level.
What kind of "lockouts"? I assume it doesn't refer to lockout mechanisms to prevent amateur software from executing on game consoles.
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Godwin's Law will be temporarily repealed until the average user id of new posters exceeeds the lifetime earnings of a Belgian Zookeeper.
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You have to distinguish between two types of censoring in Germany:
1. Stuff that has been declared to be bad for the kids may not be advertised and may not be sold to minors. You won't find these type of games in the shelves. You have to ask at the counter. Sometimes games are modified to not fall into this category (f.ex. Half Life).
2. Contents that is illegal (f.ex. walls plastered with Swastikas) is removed. If there is no version without illegal contents (f.ex. Wolfenstein 3D), the game may not be sold o