"The League" is different from the older "Blitz" series; it focuses on the shady, scandal-ridden side of the football world, as much off the field as on it. It revels in injuries and late hits, even showing close-ups of bones breaking, and lets you "juice up" when the pain becomes too much to bear. It's a surprisingly brutal game.
Perhaps EA should just calmly pull Rockstar aside, lean in and say softly. "We're EA. We buy game companies every hour. Don't fuck with us." Take Two isn't exactly an indie outfit. EA doesn't have that much weight.
Hot Coffee is tame compared to normal game play in Playboy The Mansion.
That's my point. Hot Coffee, rightly or wrongly, was enough to warrant an AO rating. If the ESRB could go back in time I doubt Playboy: The Mansion (or, say, Leisure Suit Larry: MCL) would have earned anything less.
I do wonder if that game would have gotten the same rating in today's environment. A lot has happened since January '05. Hot Coffee, for instance, didn't happen until June...
The 1942 series, based on the Battle of Midway with the player trying to destroy the Japanese fleet, was made by a Japanese company, and was extremely popular in its native land. Go figure.
Pretty much as a society it has been decided that calling black people niggers and "nappy haired ho's" is not acceptable in any venue. You do it once and get fired from your job. You do not find virtual worlds where people get to practice calling black people niggers. Creating such a virtual place would result in a large outcry and banning such a thing.
It's kind of funny...if you listen to Major Nelson's podcasts, he often talks about the Wii and DS games he's playing along with his 360 games. He never really mentions his PS3 playing habits, though...
Pete Hines: Well, Todd Howard (Executive Producer at Bethesda) has talked a little about this. We're not big fans of jokes... developers that try to tell jokes, it tends not to work very well.
Well...isn't that what they hire professional writers for?
I've always thought that writing in games has been lagging behind the technology. There was kind of a golden age for a while there with the interactive fiction and whatnot, but things have declined lately. Bring in a pro, make that stuff sparkle. Don't leave it as an afterthought. Humor requires an especially deft hand.
And people wonder why there are so few genuinely funny games out there?
Because Nintendo would rather see you playing games, instead of watching movies or TV shows.
They don't have a stake in the set-top box "convergence" race, unlike Microsoft or Sony. Don't get me wrong, I think the extra functionality would be nice, too, but that's just not what they're all about.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when 300 comes out on home formats. That's going to be absolutely huge. I wonder if an HD-DVD exclusive would have the same effect...
Then again, if it weren't for the original Half-Life, these mods wouldn't exist in the first place...at least, not the way we know them. That's the thing about mods...they're great, but ultimately they're building off of an existing framework.
So, in this case, you're still dependent on the big dev studio.
If you're waiting for a fighting game with proper physics, the Virtua Fighter series will definitely not be it. The game's far too balanced at this point to worry about the randomness that can come with true physics. Many players plan their strategies through knowing exactly how far a certain move will stagger/stun/juggle a player, every time. I agree that those high-flying juggles are rather ridiculous, but by now it's part of the game, like it or not.
Of course, I'm not saying a fighter with real physics wouldn't be great fun, just that you'd have to build it from the ground up. You couldn't just tack something like that on and expect people to run with it.
That's actually an good question, but I'd say no. You weren't tasked to play Oregon Trail because of its inherent "gameness," it's because it depicted a true event/time/place that you were studying anyway. Your teacher could have had you watch a video about the Oregon Trail, and for a lot of students that probably would have been enough to learn what it was all about, but he/she probably thought a game would be more engaging (and it was for me; I loved Oregon Trail). But as far as cultural worth from pure game mechanics...I doubt Oregon Trail would be remembered today if it had been about travelling across an alien planet (though that does sound interesting).
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Dexter was a great show, wasn't it?
"The League" is different from the older "Blitz" series; it focuses on the shady, scandal-ridden side of the football world, as much off the field as on it. It revels in injuries and late hits, even showing close-ups of bones breaking, and lets you "juice up" when the pain becomes too much to bear. It's a surprisingly brutal game.
So it's not entirely useless.
Reminds me of good ol' Carnage Heart. Me and my friends used to play the hell out of that one in college.
He didn't say it kicked the shit out of a mouse (which would be silly, yes), he said WASD - the other side of the equation. I'd certainly agree.
I do wonder if that game would have gotten the same rating in today's environment. A lot has happened since January '05. Hot Coffee, for instance, didn't happen until June...
The 1942 series, based on the Battle of Midway with the player trying to destroy the Japanese fleet, was made by a Japanese company, and was extremely popular in its native land. Go figure.
Bobby Fischer completely agrees with you. I hear Fischer Random chess is gaining popularity.
That's actually a good question. I'm honestly not sure.
It's kind of funny...if you listen to Major Nelson's podcasts, he often talks about the Wii and DS games he's playing along with his 360 games. He never really mentions his PS3 playing habits, though...
An adult came up with that word, and uttered it with a straight face. Never forget that.
There is. Check out the official website and read the instructions. If you set the snooze time to 0, it will run on the first alarm.
I've always thought that writing in games has been lagging behind the technology. There was kind of a golden age for a while there with the interactive fiction and whatnot, but things have declined lately. Bring in a pro, make that stuff sparkle. Don't leave it as an afterthought. Humor requires an especially deft hand.
And people wonder why there are so few genuinely funny games out there?
Because Nintendo would rather see you playing games, instead of watching movies or TV shows.
They don't have a stake in the set-top box "convergence" race, unlike Microsoft or Sony. Don't get me wrong, I think the extra functionality would be nice, too, but that's just not what they're all about.
Ain't that the truth. When they fucked up "The Cold Equations," one of my favorite short stories ever, I wanted to murder someone.
I just hope I'll be able to download Symphony of the Night when I get home.
It'll be interesting to see what happens when 300 comes out on home formats. That's going to be absolutely huge. I wonder if an HD-DVD exclusive would have the same effect...
Switch "The Matrix" with "300". That movie is going to sell HD-DVD players.
Then again, if it weren't for the original Half-Life, these mods wouldn't exist in the first place...at least, not the way we know them. That's the thing about mods...they're great, but ultimately they're building off of an existing framework. So, in this case, you're still dependent on the big dev studio.
Thanks for the tip, just signed up for Easynews. I've been looking for another decent Usenet account.
If you're waiting for a fighting game with proper physics, the Virtua Fighter series will definitely not be it. The game's far too balanced at this point to worry about the randomness that can come with true physics. Many players plan their strategies through knowing exactly how far a certain move will stagger/stun/juggle a player, every time. I agree that those high-flying juggles are rather ridiculous, but by now it's part of the game, like it or not.
Of course, I'm not saying a fighter with real physics wouldn't be great fun, just that you'd have to build it from the ground up. You couldn't just tack something like that on and expect people to run with it.
That's actually an good question, but I'd say no. You weren't tasked to play Oregon Trail because of its inherent "gameness," it's because it depicted a true event/time/place that you were studying anyway. Your teacher could have had you watch a video about the Oregon Trail, and for a lot of students that probably would have been enough to learn what it was all about, but he/she probably thought a game would be more engaging (and it was for me; I loved Oregon Trail). But as far as cultural worth from pure game mechanics...I doubt Oregon Trail would be remembered today if it had been about travelling across an alien planet (though that does sound interesting).