FWIW, somebody on the Gaming-Age.com messageboards admitted they planted that Bioware acquisition story on VGPro.com (using a left-over admin account they had), and pretended it came from Polygon Magazine, because they 'were bored', or similar. Doh.
So, while it could conceivably be true, that particular rumor isn't actually legit. [The same person also posted a 'Half-Life slips to 2005' rumor which caused similar consternation.]
Some people argue that 'PC version' implies Windows version, but since this contention alone has sparked flamewars bigger than the one already in progress, I've added the word 'Windows' to the article. Better?
KOTOR 2 is particularly important/noteworthy info, but yes, the full previews aren't available on the web yet, because it's a magazine-specific exclusive.
However, as I understand it, we can still discuss the information contained in the article, and there's plenty of good info (name, developer, recurring characters) available in the summary article and there - it's all in the threads on the messageboard. I imagine we'll get more info when/if 1UP post the full previews on the Web.
So of course we're not going to do this often, but I think it's worth it for the first concrete info on the KOTOR sequel. YMMV, of course.
OK, the mirror was removed, since it was obviously unwell, but the original site is working again (the URLs changed slightly to the individual pics.) Fun, fun, fun, I say.
If you're suggesting Rock N' Roll Racing as an option, that's one of the Blizzard 'failed' GBA games, I'm afraid. So you can certainly get it, even if nobody else did.
We perhaps still need some way to signify this, but fortunately for Matt, this isn't a mainpage Slashdotting, but a games-sectional Slashdotting, which is more like a breakfast kipper to the face than a large fish slapping you into a canal, if you get my Python-esque drift.
Or unfortunately, if he wanted the traffic, I guess. YMMV:)
I'm not intimately involved with that part of the site, but OSDN uses Pricegrabber, not Pricewatch.
Searching for Linksys on Pricegrabber just gave me, well, a bunch of Linksys products. I do agree that searching for Linksys on Pricewatch gives you a bunch of clone products, though. Damn you and your trickery, Pricewatch!
Hm, you're right, according to EB, GameTab, and many other sites. I've corrected the summary, since the IGN article (incorrectly) says the 30th - not spectacularly good fact-checking from them, unless the date has been moved very recently.
I think, if you look carefully enough, that a number of the articles posted at Slashdot Games aren't from the 'usual' sites, and there's plenty of interesting, alternate views out there.
And, of course the normal response applies - if there are alternate views and intelligent comment that aren't being covered here, then write it up, and send us the link - we'd love to include it.
Rumor has it that the new Bond game (Everything Or Nothing) is rather good - it actually got a Gold Award in Famitsu Weekly magazine in Japan, which is largely unheard of for a Western game. Maybe they're just fans of (metal-teethed, not killer-sharked) Jaws?
Actually, a number of those credits are in the 'Special Thanks' section - notably Project Gotham Racing 2 and Rampage Puzzle Attack, which Pajitnov was uninvolved with, but obviously had fans on the development team.
I think Pajitnov definitely didn't help his cause of only being known for a certain product by producing a lot of other '...tris' games - I particularly remember Hatris, which is a pretty wacky idea conceptually.
However, he did design Pandora's Box for Microsoft, which is a wonderful example of a classical puzzle game (not Tetris-like, more jigsaw-like, but with much more complexity and 3D puzzles of many kinds), which is, imho, very under-rated.
Actually, I didn't think there had ever been a legal NES/Famicom 'TV Game' - do you have any proof of one?
I know there are a heck of a lot of knock-off, unofficial ones, though - I even saw one recently with a Famicom cartridge port in it, so you could play Japanese NES games on it, as well as the built-in titles, which included some amusing sprite-rips of classic NES titles with, say, a Teletubby inserted instead of Donkey Kong.
Actually, I'd contest that - I don't think Linden Labs is a very small company. I know that they have been significantly and independently funded, and I can see their fact sheet mentions they have 25 employees, which is a reasonable size.
I think the question of who owns entire continents or islands is more related to how many blocs of land Linden want to release to the public, rather than how much it costs for the physical servers - if the world gets too large, the players will get too far spread out, and keeping demand high keeps things exciting. But it could well be a mixture of the two, of course.
I'm not sure the article makes this clear, but I don't believe they'll be using existing EA characters - I think the plan is to create all-new superhero-style characters which 'belong' to Electronic Arts. Whether this is a brilliant creative move or a cynical IP-building cash-in is, of course, open to interpretation.:)
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FWIW, somebody on the Gaming-Age.com messageboards admitted they planted that Bioware acquisition story on VGPro.com (using a left-over admin account they had), and pretended it came from Polygon Magazine, because they 'were bored', or similar. Doh.
So, while it could conceivably be true, that particular rumor isn't actually legit. [The same person also posted a 'Half-Life slips to 2005' rumor which caused similar consternation.]
I love your work, Samir - keep up the excellent job you're doing informing Slashdot readers of your work at Nintendo.
Some people argue that 'PC version' implies Windows version, but since this contention alone has sparked flamewars bigger than the one already in progress, I've added the word 'Windows' to the article. Better?
KOTOR 2 is particularly important/noteworthy info, but yes, the full previews aren't available on the web yet, because it's a magazine-specific exclusive.
However, as I understand it, we can still discuss the information contained in the article, and there's plenty of good info (name, developer, recurring characters) available in the summary article and there - it's all in the threads on the messageboard. I imagine we'll get more info when/if 1UP post the full previews on the Web.
So of course we're not going to do this often, but I think it's worth it for the first concrete info on the KOTOR sequel. YMMV, of course.
Yes, they certainly do - check out this press release (made before KOTOR 2 was specifically announced, obviously!)
Actually, I'll take responsibility for that one, sorry about that - it _was_ a relevant link.
OK, the mirror was removed, since it was obviously unwell, but the original site is working again (the URLs changed slightly to the individual pics.) Fun, fun, fun, I say.
No idea what happened to the image gallery, I added a mirror to a Yahoo site the cartoons are also kept on, hopefully that'll stay around.
In a word, yes, but headline has been changed to stop inevitable 50-post grammar dissection (or.. has it?)
If you're suggesting Rock N' Roll Racing as an option, that's one of the Blizzard 'failed' GBA games, I'm afraid. So you can certainly get it, even if nobody else did.
We perhaps still need some way to signify this, but fortunately for Matt, this isn't a mainpage Slashdotting, but a games-sectional Slashdotting, which is more like a breakfast kipper to the face than a large fish slapping you into a canal, if you get my Python-esque drift.
:)
Or unfortunately, if he wanted the traffic, I guess. YMMV
Doh, worst. mistake. ever. Sorry about that, it's now fixed.
The game is fully playable, and actually pretty good fun, too.
I'm not intimately involved with that part of the site, but OSDN uses Pricegrabber, not Pricewatch.
Searching for Linksys on Pricegrabber just gave me, well, a bunch of Linksys products. I do agree that searching for Linksys on Pricewatch gives you a bunch of clone products, though. Damn you and your trickery, Pricewatch!
Actually, I think the Final Fantasy VII project ended up being a CG movie, and not an actual game remake, sadly?
Hm, you're right, according to EB, GameTab, and many other sites. I've corrected the summary, since the IGN article (incorrectly) says the 30th - not spectacularly good fact-checking from them, unless the date has been moved very recently.
I think, if you look carefully enough, that a number of the articles posted at Slashdot Games aren't from the 'usual' sites, and there's plenty of interesting, alternate views out there.
How about Gamers With Jobs, GamerDad, Insert Credit, DIY Games, Terra Nova, Skotos, Curmudgeon Gamer, and GamesIndustry.biz? That's just off the top of my head.
And, of course the normal response applies - if there are alternate views and intelligent comment that aren't being covered here, then write it up, and send us the link - we'd love to include it.
No, actually it was the editor trying to explain what platforms the games were on who goofed. Doh. My apologies to the submitter, it's fixed now.
Rumor has it that the new Bond game (Everything Or Nothing) is rather good - it actually got a Gold Award in Famitsu Weekly magazine in Japan, which is largely unheard of for a Western game. Maybe they're just fans of (metal-teethed, not killer-sharked) Jaws?
Actually, a number of those credits are in the 'Special Thanks' section - notably Project Gotham Racing 2 and Rampage Puzzle Attack, which Pajitnov was uninvolved with, but obviously had fans on the development team.
I think Pajitnov definitely didn't help his cause of only being known for a certain product by producing a lot of other '...tris' games - I particularly remember Hatris, which is a pretty wacky idea conceptually.
However, he did design Pandora's Box for Microsoft, which is a wonderful example of a classical puzzle game (not Tetris-like, more jigsaw-like, but with much more complexity and 3D puzzles of many kinds), which is, imho, very under-rated.
Actually, I didn't think there had ever been a legal NES/Famicom 'TV Game' - do you have any proof of one?
I know there are a heck of a lot of knock-off, unofficial ones, though - I even saw one recently with a Famicom cartridge port in it, so you could play Japanese NES games on it, as well as the built-in titles, which included some amusing sprite-rips of classic NES titles with, say, a Teletubby inserted instead of Donkey Kong.
Actually, I'd contest that - I don't think Linden Labs is a very small company. I know that they have been significantly and independently funded, and I can see their fact sheet mentions they have 25 employees, which is a reasonable size.
I think the question of who owns entire continents or islands is more related to how many blocs of land Linden want to release to the public, rather than how much it costs for the physical servers - if the world gets too large, the players will get too far spread out, and keeping demand high keeps things exciting. But it could well be a mixture of the two, of course.
I'm not sure the article makes this clear, but I don't believe they'll be using existing EA characters - I think the plan is to create all-new superhero-style characters which 'belong' to Electronic Arts. Whether this is a brilliant creative move or a cynical IP-building cash-in is, of course, open to interpretation. :)
To be fair, Frank O'Connor did say, in the larger development update:
"The resolution is a little sharper thanks to the way screens are dumped from the frame buffer."
There just wasn't room to include that fact in the above Slashdot under-150-words synopsis.