This is really a problem with American and European publishers (Peter Molyneux promoting himself and Lionhead Studios notwithstanding). In Japan, the developers are well known and given credit for their work. Voice actors, who often do no other voice acting other than video game related gigs, are treated like rock stars by video game fans.
The attitude seems to be that the folks that market the game seem to think THEY are the stars. Developers are regarded as slave labor to be exploited and dismissed.
Have you not heard of the Controller S? It's about the size of the Playstation controller and is quite comfortable. They also changed the slanted diamond of buttons and replaced it with a conventional square diamond, just like the Dual-Shock. Personally, I have big hands, so I had no problem with the original controller, but for people more used to the Dual-Shock, the Controller S is quite nice.
I loved this ad and ended up buying Ratchet and Clank. Probably not directly because of the ad, but it did steer me toward the reviews, which in turn convinced me to give the game a try.
I am considering FFTA, despite the ads on TV. Certainly, if I were a parent looking for something to buy for my kid, I doubt that commercial would inspire me to go out and buy the game. Honestly, I doubt a non-gaming adult would be engaged enough to realize there was a game associated with the ad. Even as an avid gamer, I barely made the connection.
Are you saying American writers do not write quality material? There are good writers here and they are writing good stuff. It's the American studios that refuse to buy most quality scripts because they base their projections on the lowest common denominator, i.e. mall focus groups. Script nationality has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Gulliver Amazing, isn't it? We have also developed a tomato which can eject itself when an accident is imminent.
Pither Even if it's inside an egg and tomato roll?
Gulliver Anywhere! Even if it's in your stomach, and it senses an accident it will come up your throat and out of the window. Do you realise what this means?
Pither Safer food?
Gulliver Exactly! No longer will food be squashed, crushed and damaged, by the ignorance and stupidity of the driver! (becoming slightly messianic) Whole picnics will be built to withstand the most enormous forces! Snacks will be safer than ever! An simple pot of salad dressing, treated in our laboratories, has been subjected to the impact of a 4,000 pound steam hammer every day for the last sixteen years and has it broken?
Pither Er....well...
Gulliver Yes, of course it has...but there are other ideas - the safety straps for sardines for instance.
A tomato leaps up out of the glove compartment and hovers, then it ejects itself out of the car window
Pither Here, that tomato just ejected itself.
Gulliver Really? (embracing Pither excitedly) It works! It works! (the car crashes)
I am a bit of a Blizzard fan-boy, but as far as I can remember, they have never released any game that was unpolished or in any way less than very good. Most that they release I would say fall into excellent territory. I wish more game companies would take this kind of "we just want to make sure this game is worth your time and money" attitude rather than releasing, oh, for instance, a crappy Matrix game based on concurrent release with the movie.
Although I am not sure what prompted the writer's use of that particular euphamism, I was at E3 and Kentia Hall was the one place where I saw a couple of Asian guys (normal attendees, not exhibitors) wearing surgical masks. Creeped me out a bit, since it brought the SARS-phobia back into focus for me, which I had avoided up till then, despite the crowds of people everywhere.
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Are you guys really this excited about news from 7 years ago?
What the hell? I guess they have both Quality AND Assurance.
The proper term is "wang hanging", I believe.
This is really a problem with American and European publishers (Peter Molyneux promoting himself and Lionhead Studios notwithstanding). In Japan, the developers are well known and given credit for their work. Voice actors, who often do no other voice acting other than video game related gigs, are treated like rock stars by video game fans.
The attitude seems to be that the folks that market the game seem to think THEY are the stars. Developers are regarded as slave labor to be exploited and dismissed.
Go to Target. And actually, they began selling the smaller version with the systems only months after the release of the Xbox.
Have you not heard of the Controller S? It's about the size of the Playstation controller and is quite comfortable. They also changed the slanted diamond of buttons and replaced it with a conventional square diamond, just like the Dual-Shock. Personally, I have big hands, so I had no problem with the original controller, but for people more used to the Dual-Shock, the Controller S is quite nice.
they did win the "Best Picture" Award, which should count for a little more.
I loved this ad and ended up buying Ratchet and Clank. Probably not directly because of the ad, but it did steer me toward the reviews, which in turn convinced me to give the game a try.
QT movie of the Morph-o-Ray (aka Chicken Gun) ad
I am considering FFTA, despite the ads on TV. Certainly, if I were a parent looking for something to buy for my kid, I doubt that commercial would inspire me to go out and buy the game. Honestly, I doubt a non-gaming adult would be engaged enough to realize there was a game associated with the ad. Even as an avid gamer, I barely made the connection.
Are you saying American writers do not write quality material? There are good writers here and they are writing good stuff. It's the American studios that refuse to buy most quality scripts because they base their projections on the lowest common denominator, i.e. mall focus groups. Script nationality has absolutely nothing to do with it.
Gulliver Amazing, isn't it? We have also developed a tomato which can eject itself when an accident is imminent.
Pither Even if it's inside an egg and tomato roll?
Gulliver Anywhere! Even if it's in your stomach, and it senses an accident it will come up your throat and out of the window. Do you realise what this means?
Pither Safer food?
Gulliver Exactly! No longer will food be squashed, crushed and damaged, by the ignorance and stupidity of the driver! (becoming slightly messianic) Whole picnics will be built to withstand the most enormous forces! Snacks will be safer than ever! An simple pot of salad dressing, treated in our laboratories, has been subjected to the impact of a 4,000 pound steam hammer every day for the last sixteen years and has it broken?
Pither Er....well...
Gulliver Yes, of course it has...but there are other ideas - the safety straps for sardines for instance.
A tomato leaps up out of the glove compartment and hovers, then it ejects itself out of the car window
Pither Here, that tomato just ejected itself.
Gulliver Really? (embracing Pither excitedly) It works! It works! (the car crashes)
I am a bit of a Blizzard fan-boy, but as far as I can remember, they have never released any game that was unpolished or in any way less than very good. Most that they release I would say fall into excellent territory. I wish more game companies would take this kind of "we just want to make sure this game is worth your time and money" attitude rather than releasing, oh, for instance, a crappy Matrix game based on concurrent release with the movie.
Although I am not sure what prompted the writer's use of that particular euphamism, I was at E3 and Kentia Hall was the one place where I saw a couple of Asian guys (normal attendees, not exhibitors) wearing surgical masks. Creeped me out a bit, since it brought the SARS-phobia back into focus for me, which I had avoided up till then, despite the crowds of people everywhere.