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A Look at Gaming in 2010
Joel from Sydney writes "Wired News' Lore Sjöberg has written a tongue-in-cheek look at what the world of gaming will look like in 2010. From the article: 'Nintendo and LucasArts are still locked in competition to bring their aging iconic characters to every genre ever invented. The year 2010 saw the release of Darth Maul's Star Wars Tennis, Mario MMORPG, Clone Trooper Golf, Mario's Dating Sim, Jar-Jar's Dating Sim and Mario Storms the Beach at Normandy. Plus, handheld versions of all those.'"
Wasn't that the Brunching Shuttlecocks guy? Didn't know he went over to Wired...
...Jar-Jar's Dating Sim...
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Wait a minute, so I can blame Wired for hiring Lore and, in effect, ending the glorious beauty that was the Brunching Shuttlecocks?
Damn you, gainful employment!
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*Insert Duke Nukem joke here*
Dont start now.
It was pretty stupid.
No game will be released without 2010 in the title. They will all come from EA and cost more than in previous years to help combat piracy.
I would absolutely play Mario Storms the Beach at Normandy. It sounds like a laugh; especially if it includes classic Mario music.
'nuff said.
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Darth Maul tennis would be pretty cool. You could have a double-ended raquet, three balls in progress at once, force-pull for the ball, Jedi mind trick on the umpire...
Repton.
They say that only an experienced wizard can do the tengu shuffle.
With the way things are currently going, by 2010 all games will ship in miniature crates.
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2010 isn't too far away, just like 2002 wasn't that too long ago, and things really haven't changed much. I RTFA, but I doubt if things would be really that different. More mods for 2005-2006 releases, more sequels. The source-code for Quake IV would have been released. And ground-breaking title or two will have come out. I do hope Starcraft II comes out though.
And by 2010, Duke Nukem forever will be coming out of Alpha.
The year 2010 saw the release of Darth Maul's Star Wars Tennis, Mario MMORPG, Clone Trooper Golf, Mario's Dating Sim, Jar-Jar's Dating Sim and Mario Storms the Beach at Normandy. Plus, handheld versions of all those.
Is this supposed to be funny?
Right, stuff that matters
The only thing you got WAY wrong is Duke Nukem Forever won't be comming out of Alpha, it will of just announced another 3D engine switch and that they are starting over again.
WTF Do you think it's called Duke Nukem FOREVER?
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And how about "Grand Theft Auto: Mullah City", where you get to jack a Humvee?
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by 2010, 50% of American households will have an HDTV. Microsoft and Sony will still be fighting over HDTV and media formats, while most major third party developers will have scrapped HDTV in favor of working with NTSC Resolution on Nintendo's consoles, and there will be a lot of unemployed texture artists pissed off that they listened to all those loudmouths at Epic who keep whinging about needing more artists.
PC gaming will no longer exist. Instead of buying high-end graphics cards, gamers decided to just let Congress subsidize Nvidia's development efforts with another trillion dollars in National debt, ensuring that we can get next-gen video chipsets in our consoles for a lot less than the cost of a new Nvidia card.
This article is begging for pictures.
In 2010, the top ten games of the year will be:
10. Madden 2010
9. Super Mario 512
8. Kingdom Hearts V
7. Resident Evil 7
6. Quake 6
5. Halo 5
4. Unreal 2010
3. Metal Gear Solid 6
2. Final Fantasy XIII
1. Half-life 3
^50 bucks says at least one of those will be on the top ten list
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I'm sure the XBox 720 will be aiming for a launch by then. If I am to guarantee to get myself one for the actual launch day, I'll need to make my pre order now. Come to think of it, i'm gonna get a preorder on my way home tonight!
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...that article wasn't even funny.
They forgot to mention that the average first person shooter will take 3 hours to complete and will require about 1TB of hard drive space to install
But it will look fantastic!
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