I agree the Shia will have the upper hand and that has been a problem all along. They are radical, extremist, and outnumber the rest of the population... who didn't see that coming? I'm sure though that something will be done to at least even the playing field a bit as this is no secret and many more intelligent folks are working on this than anyone wants to admit.
Look, I've never said Bush was a god and should be worshiped... I'm only saying that of the choices he was the best pick (I still think Nader could do more for the individual American and our country than Bush or Kerry as his life has been dedicated to it... but foriegn policy would have been a different story) He made an attempt to rid the world of a major blight and he has to some extent. WMD existed (how do you think he gassed the Kurds?) and he no doubt took the extra time allowed him to get rid of any hot potatoes he was holding. To me WMD is a non-issue. Bush is an intelligent man, sorry to say. But everyone likes to bash him here so I'll not try to change your mind. Clinton was a scholar, look how much it mattered he still got caught with his dick in some minimum-wage interns.
I think Bush will no doubt have a strange legacy, but if all politicians care about is their legacy nothing gets accomplished and no risks are taken. I'd rather have a President make an attempt to right some wrongs and have it go a bit awry than to just have another assclown sit idly by with his thumb squarely planted in his ass (or one of the nearest intern).
Umm, exactly what are you talking about. Raping boys in front of parents in Abu Ghraib? Man, the shit people make up to vilify the U.S. Do you even realize the extent of torture and rape and executions that occured in Saddams Regime? Hell even 100 raped, tortured, and killed little boys in front of their parents is a damn major improvement over the previous mass killings/tortures/rapes/etc. It simply is not happening, if the worst you fucks can come up with is some panties on a few arab heads and nude photos... hell that's like Disneyland compared to beheadings and mutilations. This is war asshole, bamboo reeds under fingernails isn't even out of the equation if needed to get INFORMATION out of these bastards to help PROTECT your sorry ass. To torture for the sheer fun of it is twisted, to get information to save lives is what it is all about. Saving *your* life. Try and register that in your brain.
New's flash women's rights aren't too important in most of the world. Not even here in the good 'ol U.S. of A. But they have improved steadily and that is why there are things called amendments, ever notice that is where women got into even our system? Basics first, things will improve and let the system run it's course. Trying to force too many changes at once to meet some idealistic American view is stupid and would just better ensure failure... oh, yeah but that's what you people want. You want this to fail to please your ignorant selves, damn those who could benefit and prosper you have an agenda!
The best you can come up with is well they can just move people to where torture is allowed? I'm not even dignifying that lame ass attempt at a rebuttal with a response... just let it display your ignorance.
Do you know how many dictators and bloody regimes there are in the world? A lot. We have been and continue to support many of them. Not just Bush but the beloved Clinton and others, I'd be very happy to start eliminating them one at a time. It may take a while and it may lead to a lot of lost lives on both sides, but this is a start and if enough leaders had the balls to continue it and not let up a bigger impact could be made in millions of lives.
*gasp* politicians criminals?!? no way! You just figured this out? You get a gold star dickhead. Except for the fact that this mission has had no profitable agenda and who the fuck is so stupid to believe that anyone would want endless conflict and strife... except for the exact people we are there to thwart? Again another rediculous statement with no rational thought behind it whatsoever. Stop and think about your statement and then realize the fallacy. Yeah they sure seem like enemies of freedom, human rights, and liberty... Saddam stood for nothing but the most virtuous morals and codes hell he was damn near a saint compared to evil Bush... wake up dipshit!
I didn't read your blog, I wasn't even really going after you... I knew you were just poking fun at the flamability of this "news" story. I got the joke and played along... but I did think you were serious in your initial Bush bash. I'm not going to defend the guy... I didn't vote for him. (see above independent statement)
I just figured I'd stir things up a bit more. Such as the other reply to me. While there are valid points I love how the average anti-bush people never actually address the issues at hand. "Well Bush's Daddy didn't do this or that... blah blah blah" Well Bush is, he's standing up and doing something... maybe we have funded this stuf in the past... and to some extent we still do. Your damn right I'd be skeptical if the 'ol U.S. was in my country claiming to be there out of the kindness of their hearts. We can only move forward, right or wrong in anyones eyes the world is a tiny, tiny, tiny bit better with Saddam out of the picture.
OK, done? You happy now? Wow this was useless. And some time I'd like you to ask the Iraqi women who were captive in Saddam's Rape Rooms, and the people that were electrocuted, dipped in acid baths, and tortured for years how much they hate G.W. Bush. WMD mean nothing, we know he gassed the Kurds that was WMD, maybe they should just live in fear for the rest of their lives or until he gassed them again.
I bet you couldn't intelligently discuss history, GW Bush, or Iraq except for the headlines you read in the N.Y. Times or see on CNN. Most people can't, but they will shout how much they hate our current president with no fundamental understanding of why. No president is squeaky clean, they never would make it to president if they were... It is sad, but true. I'm an independant and feel GW has done a decent job and acted on issues that have sit idly by for years with presidents who were afraid to touch the issues. Take a look at Clinton or JFK sometime and you will see that GW is actually quite clean as far as U.S. Presidents go.
Oh, I've learned it. You need to learn that when a small team can create an engine that can do all that that shows, you have something pretty damn special. I could list at least a page of features and effects used in that video as well as pretty solid physics work. In my years I know what to look for and how to dissect a video such as this, and I stand by my opinion that it is amazingly impressive.
If you read what I wrote, I said there is still a lot of time and rope for the dev's to hang themselves on and pitfalls to fall into... I'm hoping (and given their track record) I don't think they will.
A project like this will get picked up and with more people behind it, this game and more importantly this engine can become a reality. It is not a fake which I initially thought and it is also not actual in game... it is being rendered for the most part on the fly. Notice how the camera is "jerky"? it is because someone is manipulating it with a mouse controlling the camera... so most of it is not in-game it is just being rendered real-time. The game pars though with the archer and the enemy swinging the mace are actual game footage as far as I can tell and it is impressive to say the least.
The toughest part of having worked in this industry is knowing that a lot of things like this fall away quickly or get changed and ruined. I still get my hopes up when I see some innovation and creativity and this is what it is all about... in such a stagnant genre as the FPS. I just don't get them up so high that there is a big crash coming down when it doesn't pan out.
Absolutely and so would most others. The simple fact is the more detailed a game character the less ability there is to project yourself into the role and get into the character. People love to role-play, it is the best form of escapism. Many studies have been done and most games are designed so the leading character is mysterious or non-descript so that this can still happen.
Imagination beats polygons any day of the week. Back in the day that was no duck-dragon... it was a dragon! You saw it as a big bad dragon and your mind made it more fierce and real than any graphics card could ever render.
That is why out of every game system and over 1,000 games my GB, GBA, NES, and GC get the most use. In fact Mario Party 5 and Katamari Damacy (PS2) have seen more gameplay than all of my other games combined and their graphics are as base as you get as far as current titles go.
and instructions. The x86 architecture is due for an overhaul and now is as good a time as ever to do it. CPU speed has stagnated and no new innovations are on the horizon except for the square-peg-round-hole solution of "add more cores!"
I don't want more cores, why is it my Sony PS1 could do all it did with 33MHz and very small RAM? My $20 DVD player can decode MPEG1-4, JPEG, etc. with no massive videocards and CPU's. Sure, these are fairly specialized items, but when you think about it you could take the core of the PS1 and the DVD player and get a computer that could do almost everything a current PC can do for almost nothing cost wise.
x86 has had its day, and Intel and AMD have milked it for all it was worth. It is time to move on and backwards compatability be damned!
Holy S#$%! That is amazing. I don't care how many people want to downplay this or put it down... I've been a game reviewer/playtester for over 4 years and this is impressive!
Fantasy, FPS, realism, this has it all to be THE game to finally get FPS' out of their rut. Anyone and everyone who has way outgrown the immaturity and predictableness of the FPS genre should be on this bandwagon for sure.
It takes a lot to get my attention and this one has it fully. Please dear lord, let this not be vapor and or get changed into a carbon copy of theif or some such to please a corporate backer. We need new blood, and before the next gen consoles hit and they get the usual glut of doom/halo clones now is the perfect time to still influence new titles.
I've seen a midget screw a donkey, Goatse, Bathtub Girl, Stileproject, etc... But at least those weren't passed off as NEWS. See the problem is that this is just simply bad taste and not appropriate for a TECH news site. This is the kind of garbage you find on some lame basement dwelling 30-year old's blog, not Slashdot.
I'm upset by this and I'm the most hard to offend person in the world, so there is something wrong here when even I shudder.
Jesus Christ! What is going on with/.?!? Cunnilingus on a hardwood floor makes game news??? I've never been shocked by some shit I've seen on a news website like I was with this story. Yes, I've seen Goatse and Bathtub girl... but they've never been front page news.
What in the hell is wrong with/. editors? This makes it for news these days, eh?
I'm well aware of Keita and that he is a NAMCO employee... but this game was all about him and his idea. Totally different from how almost all other Namco titles are created/developed. He totally created the game outside of NAMCO and it was actually a Senior project of his! Here is a link with the full story since you still want to argue and think you can show me up (This is translated from Game Developer Magazine: December 2004): http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/conte nt/kdpostmort.htm
Now, want to continue or are you ready to concede? You are trying to argue with someone who has been a part of this industry for over 4 years... I'm well aware of Namco, KD, and the stories and people behind it and probably 1000 other titles... care to try me further?
No Namco did not "make" Katamari Damacy. One man's idea "made" katamari damacy, please do a seconds worth of research at least before attempting to sound like you know whats up... or trying to discredit my counter... it only makes you look worse....and, umm, the developer is the one who controls the content and it is funny how the titles that are "mainstream" and "universal" all point to Nintendo... as I stated. These are the ones that bring in the big bucks and keep 'em comin.
This is an attempt to stem the tide of Asian/Indian dominance of Science/Medicine/tech. Jimmy Neutron was one of the movies that glorified geekiness and there are a bunch of other movies that touch on it... but the thing is movies are the wrong avenue.
When I was a kid I watched 3-2-1 Contact, Reading Rainbow, and most importantly Mr. Wizard. Mr. Wizard was a show on Nickelodian in which an older gentleman paired up with kids to do cool easily-reproducable experiments and teach science. He had a show where he used an old Mac to draw a spaceship and then airbrushed in some white smoke (like an early version of paint) and then animated the smoke and lift-off. This instantly drew me to computers and was the true start of my love and interest in science and computers. Movies are one shot deals and not grounded in reality, a weekly show that shows kids like yourself doing cool stuff will get kids interested.
There is the show Zoom and Dragonfly TV, both which do a somewhat good job nowadays.. but they are sillier and not focused. But better than 99% of the current shows which don't have any moral/learning value at all like spongebob. Even cartoons used to have a real message at the heart of them and usually taught a valueable lesson, now it is all just fluff... gee, I wonder why American youth are so ignorant of any number of subjects. Hell, in a college World History class only four people got the bonus question of "Place an X on the country of India" and it was during the time of the Tsunami!!! These are sad times for kids/teen learning, I'm glad my mother had the sense to force me to watch educational TV... I'm thanking her now.
No one ever bought a PC to play snood, no one ever bought a PC to play WoW either. Point?
The fact is that on many PC's that have no other games besides minesweep/solitare you will find Snood. That is marketshare.
People like to think the world revolves around them and their favorite console/game. The actual numbers are so skewed if you only live online and in places like/. Sit in on a REAL game development meeting in the early stages and you will see the reality. They know their market, they know their target, and they do a good job of marketing and hitting those goals... but they are not large. When it is all said and done most games, even blockbusters like GT4 only hit a small target audience. Truly pervasive titles like Tetris find themselves on cell-phones, consoles, mom's, dad's, kids, teens, they all play and own a copy in some form... this is a successful game and one the makers of GTA, GT4, WoW, etc. would love to have even more than their flagship product because the licensing and revenues go beyond boundaries.
My sister would I guess qualify as a soccer mom, and yes she is planning on buying her kids a Revolution so that they can all enjoy it. Old games, new games, cost... they all lead to many ways to enjoy ONE console. The PS3 and Xbox are one-trick ponies and hit the 15-24 year old demographic well. Ever notice how so many people own a PS2 or Xbox AND a GC? that's on top of the families that own just a GC. *My* grandfather is not planning on buying anything... but many grandparents with younger grandchildren will indeed buy the Revolution as it is a good fit.
Your obviously not aware of the true sales numbers of games, someone in one of the replies above gave a list to the top selling games of all time... go check it out, you will change your tune real quick. And yeah Nintendo would NEVER go after the flash/minigame/minesweeper market... they only created Wario Ware, the mini-game in general, and all kinds of things to hit this exact market.
Heh, you got it all figured out then. I must just be a total idiot. Well, I'm not wasting my time to reply as you seem to be pretty sure of yourself... guess we'll see in a years time. Oh, and BTW when Nintendo reveals their controller I'll accept any apology you may have for me.
The fact is that no company is going to blow smoke up everyones asses for months dragging it all out and making it THE platform on which their console lives/dies if it truly isn't special. In this business there is hype, marketing, etc. but there also is a large helping of strategy... something Nintendo has down to a science. This is a strategic move for sure and it would be the mistake of the millenia if they were bluffing.
I was not insulting out of fanboyism, I was insulting based on the silly premise of the original argument to the contrary. I have no horse in this race, and was a member of the PS2 media/industry for over 4 years... I come at this argument form the "other" side. I know what is hype and what is not based on my experience, and am almost 100% in the past on predictions such as these... I have spoken with inside folks that I know personally and have a pretty solid understanding of what is going down this round of consoles. I actually have a clearer view of this launch than any in my past, I'm no tclaiming to know everything or have a crystal ball... just years of work and knowledge of the industry to back my claims.
I also love the contradiction in your post. You bash Nintendo for "flogging" 20 year old franchises (which are always spun fresh and new each time out of the gates.. for *20* years, that's pretty amazing actually) but then at the end of your post you state no one here at/. wants to live in a world with out Nintendo?!? Get your shit straight.
OK, well to illustrate my point: Go out on the street and ask the first 10 people of any age range what Taito's Puzzle Bobble is and if they have ever played it, then ask those same 10 what Snood is.
The average gamer has no idea what puzzle bobble is/was. I never stated that it was original, just that it was a grass roots indie effort from the past few years that took off and has made millions. See, no one but hardcore gamers care if a game is a clone of another, they just want a fun accessable game.
Heh, in all my years I've never been hit by a Game Grammer Nazi =) I'll consider this my first. Duly Noted... I was typing quick and didn't even pause to think of any alternate meanings in my capitalization choice.
You are looking at it from a gamers eye though, to you 2D and S/NES is hard to distinguish and whatnot... to a gamer who hasn't touched a console since the S/NES or even Atari it is quite an easy transition.
Last Christmas the number one selling game was the retro Atari/NES/Sega controllers that contained 6-10 games. They were all mostly 8-bit games and no one had a hard time of it, and the sales didn't suffer one bit. Those controllers outsold ALL videogame sales for the entire christmas season. They all went to the non-gamer, nostalgic, casual, and kid/family market which in total made up more buying dollars than anything for PC or a console... quite a big chunk for Nintendo to grab since the PS3 and 360 are most certainly not going for them.
I'm not sure you know who your trying to argue with, but I have been a member of the Sony PS2 media as well as a playtester since SNES. I'm no Nintendo fanboy spouting garbage.
First off, what do you think about Katamari Damacy? That was basically a one man idea/indie developed game that did pretty damn well, wasn't it? I could go through at least 50 more in just the last 5 years over a number of systems. Snood must only appeal to "hardcore" gamers then too... but wait my grandfather has a copy and so does almost everyone. You're an idiot.
You also have a lack of grey matter if you truly think the Revolution Controller isn't going to be a massively unique design that takes gaming by the balls and twists. Notice how they named it "Revolution" the name is all based on the revolutionary controller. If you think that is just "marketing" you are sadly mistaken. Naming an entire system after a revolutionary designed controller and then not coming through is not even an option, unless monkeys with hot grits in their pants are your marketing department. The controller will be amazing, you seem to forget Nintendo revolutionized controllers to begin with: Game and Watch (the d-pad), The SNES (the shoulder button), the Analog stick (N64), the most ergonomic controllers and well built... gee, they must be full of shit on this new one.
I love how you bring up games like Halo, GTA, WoW, GT4 as being mainstream games. THOSE ARE ALL HARDCORE GAMER GAMES! No mom/child is playing GT4 to unwind and have some fun. No regular joe is playing WoW. Halo and GTA have a target audience of immature teens to early 20's... which is most likely your demographic but far from the "casual" gamer demographic. Wake up!
You have no basis to even try to argue your paper thin case, I'd love for you to keep trying though as it gives me great pleasure to pick apart your fallacies and attempts. Next.
But you guys are missing the point. Once we have unlocked as much as we can on our own planet in a number of environments we can then better process and understand alien ones.
So much of our oceans are unknown, I forget the exact percentage but I know it is very small. We go to space and spend most of our time looking at the underside of our own craft... we could have done that here. I've watched a good bit of NASA's coverage of the mission so far and it is terrible. 20-30 minutes of trying to get things lined up to take photographs of the astronauts that are "stunning" and "need to be autographed once they land" In all the coverage I've watched I haven't heard one scientific word spoken. I've heard a lot of laughing and joking and playing. I've heard hours about the tiles. I've seen nothing of value that MY tax dollars funded.
A single discovery of a new animal or species underwater would at least make my money well spent. I loved Deep Impact, I'm not sure it has any potential to really further anything either, but at least it has potential.
I'm no zealot, but you my friend are way off base. The Nintendo controller is not going to be based around a gimmick. It has been said many times that it is going to be soemthing totally unique in design that will allow everyone to enjoy gaming. I have a feeling it will be either a super-streamlined design with few buttons... if there are buttons at all. It is going to be intuitive, so that even a non-gamer can easily pick it up and play. This has all been stated so far.
At first I thought of a few possibilities: A NES controller with new styling, a touch-pad, a gyro/tilt sensor... but the more I thought about it I don't think any of these will be it. It has been said by Nintendo that the controller is "The Big Gun" so it is most certainly NOT a cheap gimmmick.
Now to take you to task on your statement that access to old games is for the "hardcore"... what, you smokin crack? This move is FOR the casual gamer, and also happens to appeal to all types of gamers. My sister (30-ish non-gamer with kids/family) is already planning on buying one simply so she can play old favorites and her kids can play the newer games and GC titles. She was excited to be able to play Bubble Bobble again, and a number of other old favorites.
You also seemed to miss the fact that Nintendo has already stated they will allow even single person game developers the ability to create content. This is the ace in the hole and most people already forget about this little "feature" While the PS3 and 360 will take major budgets and teams to produce for (which leads to less games over the lifespan and only "safe" games get made - like licensed games, sports, FPS, and some RPG's) the Revolution will get all the indie developers, homebrew crowd, and even new entries... remember shareware and ID? Well Nintendo could potentially be opening the doors to a hundred exclusive "ID's" on top of top-notch first-party titles and some solid third-party offerings.
This race is far from started, let alone in the home stretch.
The PS3 and 360 are both going to be FPS/sports/big-name developer/licensed content consoles. They are just too expensive and lengthy to develop for. Only the big fish are going to be developing for them which means more of the same with no innovation. Who can afford to innovate when games will be moving into the 7-8 digit range in costs?
HL3 and all the FPS titles in the world are not enough to draw me and my gaming dollar.
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Actually made me laugh out loud, good jorb!
I agree the Shia will have the upper hand and that has been a problem all along. They are radical, extremist, and outnumber the rest of the population... who didn't see that coming? I'm sure though that something will be done to at least even the playing field a bit as this is no secret and many more intelligent folks are working on this than anyone wants to admit.
Look, I've never said Bush was a god and should be worshiped... I'm only saying that of the choices he was the best pick (I still think Nader could do more for the individual American and our country than Bush or Kerry as his life has been dedicated to it... but foriegn policy would have been a different story) He made an attempt to rid the world of a major blight and he has to some extent. WMD existed (how do you think he gassed the Kurds?) and he no doubt took the extra time allowed him to get rid of any hot potatoes he was holding. To me WMD is a non-issue. Bush is an intelligent man, sorry to say. But everyone likes to bash him here so I'll not try to change your mind. Clinton was a scholar, look how much it mattered he still got caught with his dick in some minimum-wage interns.
I think Bush will no doubt have a strange legacy, but if all politicians care about is their legacy nothing gets accomplished and no risks are taken. I'd rather have a President make an attempt to right some wrongs and have it go a bit awry than to just have another assclown sit idly by with his thumb squarely planted in his ass (or one of the nearest intern).
Umm, exactly what are you talking about. Raping boys in front of parents in Abu Ghraib? Man, the shit people make up to vilify the U.S. Do you even realize the extent of torture and rape and executions that occured in Saddams Regime? Hell even 100 raped, tortured, and killed little boys in front of their parents is a damn major improvement over the previous mass killings/tortures/rapes/etc. It simply is not happening, if the worst you fucks can come up with is some panties on a few arab heads and nude photos... hell that's like Disneyland compared to beheadings and mutilations. This is war asshole, bamboo reeds under fingernails isn't even out of the equation if needed to get INFORMATION out of these bastards to help PROTECT your sorry ass. To torture for the sheer fun of it is twisted, to get information to save lives is what it is all about. Saving *your* life. Try and register that in your brain.
New's flash women's rights aren't too important in most of the world. Not even here in the good 'ol U.S. of A. But they have improved steadily and that is why there are things called amendments, ever notice that is where women got into even our system? Basics first, things will improve and let the system run it's course. Trying to force too many changes at once to meet some idealistic American view is stupid and would just better ensure failure... oh, yeah but that's what you people want. You want this to fail to please your ignorant selves, damn those who could benefit and prosper you have an agenda!
The best you can come up with is well they can just move people to where torture is allowed? I'm not even dignifying that lame ass attempt at a rebuttal with a response... just let it display your ignorance.
Do you know how many dictators and bloody regimes there are in the world? A lot. We have been and continue to support many of them. Not just Bush but the beloved Clinton and others, I'd be very happy to start eliminating them one at a time. It may take a while and it may lead to a lot of lost lives on both sides, but this is a start and if enough leaders had the balls to continue it and not let up a bigger impact could be made in millions of lives.
*gasp* politicians criminals?!? no way! You just figured this out? You get a gold star dickhead. Except for the fact that this mission has had no profitable agenda and who the fuck is so stupid to believe that anyone would want endless conflict and strife... except for the exact people we are there to thwart? Again another rediculous statement with no rational thought behind it whatsoever. Stop and think about your statement and then realize the fallacy. Yeah they sure seem like enemies of freedom, human rights, and liberty... Saddam stood for nothing but the most virtuous morals and codes hell he was damn near a saint compared to evil Bush... wake up dipshit!
I didn't read your blog, I wasn't even really going after you... I knew you were just poking fun at the flamability of this "news" story. I got the joke and played along... but I did think you were serious in your initial Bush bash. I'm not going to defend the guy... I didn't vote for him. (see above independent statement)
I just figured I'd stir things up a bit more. Such as the other reply to me. While there are valid points I love how the average anti-bush people never actually address the issues at hand. "Well Bush's Daddy didn't do this or that... blah blah blah" Well Bush is, he's standing up and doing something... maybe we have funded this stuf in the past... and to some extent we still do. Your damn right I'd be skeptical if the 'ol U.S. was in my country claiming to be there out of the kindness of their hearts. We can only move forward, right or wrong in anyones eyes the world is a tiny, tiny, tiny bit better with Saddam out of the picture.
Sorry to have got the Bush bit wrong.
OK, done? You happy now? Wow this was useless. And some time I'd like you to ask the Iraqi women who were captive in Saddam's Rape Rooms, and the people that were electrocuted, dipped in acid baths, and tortured for years how much they hate G.W. Bush. WMD mean nothing, we know he gassed the Kurds that was WMD, maybe they should just live in fear for the rest of their lives or until he gassed them again.
I bet you couldn't intelligently discuss history, GW Bush, or Iraq except for the headlines you read in the N.Y. Times or see on CNN. Most people can't, but they will shout how much they hate our current president with no fundamental understanding of why. No president is squeaky clean, they never would make it to president if they were... It is sad, but true. I'm an independant and feel GW has done a decent job and acted on issues that have sit idly by for years with presidents who were afraid to touch the issues. Take a look at Clinton or JFK sometime and you will see that GW is actually quite clean as far as U.S. Presidents go.
OK, You are an idiot. Finished.
Oh, I've learned it. You need to learn that when a small team can create an engine that can do all that that shows, you have something pretty damn special. I could list at least a page of features and effects used in that video as well as pretty solid physics work. In my years I know what to look for and how to dissect a video such as this, and I stand by my opinion that it is amazingly impressive.
If you read what I wrote, I said there is still a lot of time and rope for the dev's to hang themselves on and pitfalls to fall into... I'm hoping (and given their track record) I don't think they will.
A project like this will get picked up and with more people behind it, this game and more importantly this engine can become a reality. It is not a fake which I initially thought and it is also not actual in game... it is being rendered for the most part on the fly. Notice how the camera is "jerky"? it is because someone is manipulating it with a mouse controlling the camera... so most of it is not in-game it is just being rendered real-time. The game pars though with the archer and the enemy swinging the mace are actual game footage as far as I can tell and it is impressive to say the least.
The toughest part of having worked in this industry is knowing that a lot of things like this fall away quickly or get changed and ruined. I still get my hopes up when I see some innovation and creativity and this is what it is all about... in such a stagnant genre as the FPS. I just don't get them up so high that there is a big crash coming down when it doesn't pan out.
Absolutely and so would most others. The simple fact is the more detailed a game character the less ability there is to project yourself into the role and get into the character. People love to role-play, it is the best form of escapism. Many studies have been done and most games are designed so the leading character is mysterious or non-descript so that this can still happen.
Imagination beats polygons any day of the week. Back in the day that was no duck-dragon... it was a dragon! You saw it as a big bad dragon and your mind made it more fierce and real than any graphics card could ever render.
That is why out of every game system and over 1,000 games my GB, GBA, NES, and GC get the most use. In fact Mario Party 5 and Katamari Damacy (PS2) have seen more gameplay than all of my other games combined and their graphics are as base as you get as far as current titles go.
and instructions. The x86 architecture is due for an overhaul and now is as good a time as ever to do it. CPU speed has stagnated and no new innovations are on the horizon except for the square-peg-round-hole solution of "add more cores!"
I don't want more cores, why is it my Sony PS1 could do all it did with 33MHz and very small RAM? My $20 DVD player can decode MPEG1-4, JPEG, etc. with no massive videocards and CPU's. Sure, these are fairly specialized items, but when you think about it you could take the core of the PS1 and the DVD player and get a computer that could do almost everything a current PC can do for almost nothing cost wise.
x86 has had its day, and Intel and AMD have milked it for all it was worth. It is time to move on and backwards compatability be damned!
Holy S#$%! That is amazing. I don't care how many people want to downplay this or put it down... I've been a game reviewer/playtester for over 4 years and this is impressive!
Fantasy, FPS, realism, this has it all to be THE game to finally get FPS' out of their rut. Anyone and everyone who has way outgrown the immaturity and predictableness of the FPS genre should be on this bandwagon for sure.
It takes a lot to get my attention and this one has it fully. Please dear lord, let this not be vapor and or get changed into a carbon copy of theif or some such to please a corporate backer. We need new blood, and before the next gen consoles hit and they get the usual glut of doom/halo clones now is the perfect time to still influence new titles.
I've seen a midget screw a donkey, Goatse, Bathtub Girl, Stileproject, etc... But at least those weren't passed off as NEWS. See the problem is that this is just simply bad taste and not appropriate for a TECH news site. This is the kind of garbage you find on some lame basement dwelling 30-year old's blog, not Slashdot.
I'm upset by this and I'm the most hard to offend person in the world, so there is something wrong here when even I shudder.
Jesus Christ! What is going on with /.?!? Cunnilingus on a hardwood floor makes game news??? I've never been shocked by some shit I've seen on a news website like I was with this story. Yes, I've seen Goatse and Bathtub girl... but they've never been front page news.
/. editors? This makes it for news these days, eh?
What in the hell is wrong with
I'm well aware of Keita and that he is a NAMCO employee... but this game was all about him and his idea. Totally different from how almost all other Namco titles are created/developed. He totally created the game outside of NAMCO and it was actually a Senior project of his! Here is a link with the full story since you still want to argue and think you can show me up (This is translated from Game Developer Magazine: December 2004): http://www.cs.northwestern.edu/~hunicke/blog/conte nt/kdpostmort.htm
Now, want to continue or are you ready to concede? You are trying to argue with someone who has been a part of this industry for over 4 years... I'm well aware of Namco, KD, and the stories and people behind it and probably 1000 other titles... care to try me further?
No Namco did not "make" Katamari Damacy. One man's idea "made" katamari damacy, please do a seconds worth of research at least before attempting to sound like you know whats up... or trying to discredit my counter... it only makes you look worse. ...and, umm, the developer is the one who controls the content and it is funny how the titles that are "mainstream" and "universal" all point to Nintendo... as I stated. These are the ones that bring in the big bucks and keep 'em comin.
This is an attempt to stem the tide of Asian/Indian dominance of Science/Medicine/tech. Jimmy Neutron was one of the movies that glorified geekiness and there are a bunch of other movies that touch on it... but the thing is movies are the wrong avenue.
When I was a kid I watched 3-2-1 Contact, Reading Rainbow, and most importantly Mr. Wizard. Mr. Wizard was a show on Nickelodian in which an older gentleman paired up with kids to do cool easily-reproducable experiments and teach science. He had a show where he used an old Mac to draw a spaceship and then airbrushed in some white smoke (like an early version of paint) and then animated the smoke and lift-off. This instantly drew me to computers and was the true start of my love and interest in science and computers. Movies are one shot deals and not grounded in reality, a weekly show that shows kids like yourself doing cool stuff will get kids interested.
There is the show Zoom and Dragonfly TV, both which do a somewhat good job nowadays.. but they are sillier and not focused. But better than 99% of the current shows which don't have any moral/learning value at all like spongebob. Even cartoons used to have a real message at the heart of them and usually taught a valueable lesson, now it is all just fluff... gee, I wonder why American youth are so ignorant of any number of subjects. Hell, in a college World History class only four people got the bonus question of "Place an X on the country of India" and it was during the time of the Tsunami!!! These are sad times for kids/teen learning, I'm glad my mother had the sense to force me to watch educational TV... I'm thanking her now.
Movies are not the answer.
No one ever bought a PC to play snood, no one ever bought a PC to play WoW either. Point?
/. Sit in on a REAL game development meeting in the early stages and you will see the reality. They know their market, they know their target, and they do a good job of marketing and hitting those goals... but they are not large. When it is all said and done most games, even blockbusters like GT4 only hit a small target audience. Truly pervasive titles like Tetris find themselves on cell-phones, consoles, mom's, dad's, kids, teens, they all play and own a copy in some form... this is a successful game and one the makers of GTA, GT4, WoW, etc. would love to have even more than their flagship product because the licensing and revenues go beyond boundaries.
The fact is that on many PC's that have no other games besides minesweep/solitare you will find Snood. That is marketshare.
People like to think the world revolves around them and their favorite console/game. The actual numbers are so skewed if you only live online and in places like
My sister would I guess qualify as a soccer mom, and yes she is planning on buying her kids a Revolution so that they can all enjoy it. Old games, new games, cost... they all lead to many ways to enjoy ONE console. The PS3 and Xbox are one-trick ponies and hit the 15-24 year old demographic well. Ever notice how so many people own a PS2 or Xbox AND a GC? that's on top of the families that own just a GC. *My* grandfather is not planning on buying anything... but many grandparents with younger grandchildren will indeed buy the Revolution as it is a good fit.
Your obviously not aware of the true sales numbers of games, someone in one of the replies above gave a list to the top selling games of all time... go check it out, you will change your tune real quick. And yeah Nintendo would NEVER go after the flash/minigame/minesweeper market... they only created Wario Ware, the mini-game in general, and all kinds of things to hit this exact market.
Heh, you got it all figured out then. I must just be a total idiot. Well, I'm not wasting my time to reply as you seem to be pretty sure of yourself... guess we'll see in a years time. Oh, and BTW when Nintendo reveals their controller I'll accept any apology you may have for me.
/. wants to live in a world with out Nintendo?!? Get your shit straight.
The fact is that no company is going to blow smoke up everyones asses for months dragging it all out and making it THE platform on which their console lives/dies if it truly isn't special. In this business there is hype, marketing, etc. but there also is a large helping of strategy... something Nintendo has down to a science. This is a strategic move for sure and it would be the mistake of the millenia if they were bluffing.
I was not insulting out of fanboyism, I was insulting based on the silly premise of the original argument to the contrary. I have no horse in this race, and was a member of the PS2 media/industry for over 4 years... I come at this argument form the "other" side. I know what is hype and what is not based on my experience, and am almost 100% in the past on predictions such as these... I have spoken with inside folks that I know personally and have a pretty solid understanding of what is going down this round of consoles. I actually have a clearer view of this launch than any in my past, I'm no tclaiming to know everything or have a crystal ball... just years of work and knowledge of the industry to back my claims.
I also love the contradiction in your post. You bash Nintendo for "flogging" 20 year old franchises (which are always spun fresh and new each time out of the gates.. for *20* years, that's pretty amazing actually) but then at the end of your post you state no one here at
OK, well to illustrate my point: Go out on the street and ask the first 10 people of any age range what Taito's Puzzle Bobble is and if they have ever played it, then ask those same 10 what Snood is.
The average gamer has no idea what puzzle bobble is/was. I never stated that it was original, just that it was a grass roots indie effort from the past few years that took off and has made millions. See, no one but hardcore gamers care if a game is a clone of another, they just want a fun accessable game.
Heh, in all my years I've never been hit by a Game Grammer Nazi =) I'll consider this my first. Duly Noted... I was typing quick and didn't even pause to think of any alternate meanings in my capitalization choice.
You are looking at it from a gamers eye though, to you 2D and S/NES is hard to distinguish and whatnot... to a gamer who hasn't touched a console since the S/NES or even Atari it is quite an easy transition.
Last Christmas the number one selling game was the retro Atari/NES/Sega controllers that contained 6-10 games. They were all mostly 8-bit games and no one had a hard time of it, and the sales didn't suffer one bit. Those controllers outsold ALL videogame sales for the entire christmas season. They all went to the non-gamer, nostalgic, casual, and kid/family market which in total made up more buying dollars than anything for PC or a console... quite a big chunk for Nintendo to grab since the PS3 and 360 are most certainly not going for them.
I'm not sure you know who your trying to argue with, but I have been a member of the Sony PS2 media as well as a playtester since SNES. I'm no Nintendo fanboy spouting garbage.
First off, what do you think about Katamari Damacy? That was basically a one man idea/indie developed game that did pretty damn well, wasn't it? I could go through at least 50 more in just the last 5 years over a number of systems. Snood must only appeal to "hardcore" gamers then too... but wait my grandfather has a copy and so does almost everyone. You're an idiot.
You also have a lack of grey matter if you truly think the Revolution Controller isn't going to be a massively unique design that takes gaming by the balls and twists. Notice how they named it "Revolution" the name is all based on the revolutionary controller. If you think that is just "marketing" you are sadly mistaken. Naming an entire system after a revolutionary designed controller and then not coming through is not even an option, unless monkeys with hot grits in their pants are your marketing department. The controller will be amazing, you seem to forget Nintendo revolutionized controllers to begin with: Game and Watch (the d-pad), The SNES (the shoulder button), the Analog stick (N64), the most ergonomic controllers and well built... gee, they must be full of shit on this new one.
I love how you bring up games like Halo, GTA, WoW, GT4 as being mainstream games. THOSE ARE ALL HARDCORE GAMER GAMES! No mom/child is playing GT4 to unwind and have some fun. No regular joe is playing WoW. Halo and GTA have a target audience of immature teens to early 20's... which is most likely your demographic but far from the "casual" gamer demographic. Wake up!
You have no basis to even try to argue your paper thin case, I'd love for you to keep trying though as it gives me great pleasure to pick apart your fallacies and attempts. Next.
But you guys are missing the point. Once we have unlocked as much as we can on our own planet in a number of environments we can then better process and understand alien ones.
So much of our oceans are unknown, I forget the exact percentage but I know it is very small. We go to space and spend most of our time looking at the underside of our own craft... we could have done that here. I've watched a good bit of NASA's coverage of the mission so far and it is terrible. 20-30 minutes of trying to get things lined up to take photographs of the astronauts that are "stunning" and "need to be autographed once they land" In all the coverage I've watched I haven't heard one scientific word spoken. I've heard a lot of laughing and joking and playing. I've heard hours about the tiles. I've seen nothing of value that MY tax dollars funded.
A single discovery of a new animal or species underwater would at least make my money well spent. I loved Deep Impact, I'm not sure it has any potential to really further anything either, but at least it has potential.
I'm no zealot, but you my friend are way off base. The Nintendo controller is not going to be based around a gimmick. It has been said many times that it is going to be soemthing totally unique in design that will allow everyone to enjoy gaming. I have a feeling it will be either a super-streamlined design with few buttons... if there are buttons at all. It is going to be intuitive, so that even a non-gamer can easily pick it up and play. This has all been stated so far.
At first I thought of a few possibilities: A NES controller with new styling, a touch-pad, a gyro/tilt sensor... but the more I thought about it I don't think any of these will be it. It has been said by Nintendo that the controller is "The Big Gun" so it is most certainly NOT a cheap gimmmick.
Now to take you to task on your statement that access to old games is for the "hardcore"... what, you smokin crack? This move is FOR the casual gamer, and also happens to appeal to all types of gamers. My sister (30-ish non-gamer with kids/family) is already planning on buying one simply so she can play old favorites and her kids can play the newer games and GC titles. She was excited to be able to play Bubble Bobble again, and a number of other old favorites.
You also seemed to miss the fact that Nintendo has already stated they will allow even single person game developers the ability to create content. This is the ace in the hole and most people already forget about this little "feature" While the PS3 and 360 will take major budgets and teams to produce for (which leads to less games over the lifespan and only "safe" games get made - like licensed games, sports, FPS, and some RPG's) the Revolution will get all the indie developers, homebrew crowd, and even new entries... remember shareware and ID? Well Nintendo could potentially be opening the doors to a hundred exclusive "ID's" on top of top-notch first-party titles and some solid third-party offerings.
This race is far from started, let alone in the home stretch.
Best. Reply. Ever. If you could mod higher I would gladly =)
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The PS3 and 360 are both going to be FPS/sports/big-name developer/licensed content consoles. They are just too expensive and lengthy to develop for. Only the big fish are going to be developing for them which means more of the same with no innovation. Who can afford to innovate when games will be moving into the 7-8 digit range in costs?
HL3 and all the FPS titles in the world are not enough to draw me and my gaming dollar.