[CubaLibre]

Oh man, these pre-Myst games are getting me hot and bothered.
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Let's Play, starring me.

[Dracko]

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[luvcraft]

oh hai ambigrams.

Dracko, that video is the lamest Ted Talk I've ever seen.

"Hi, I make the 'puzzle modes' that nobody ever plays in other peoples' games. OMG! Middle aged women are the new gamerz! Check out my shitty edutainment site. KTHXBYE!"

You should be ashamed, Dracko. ASHAMED!

[Dracko]

k
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[ghostsghostsghosts]

http://kotaku.com/5418963/rebellion-refuses-to-sanitise-avp-for-australian-release

Rebellion says it will not cut violent content for "territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices."
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[armed police catrider]

http://www.americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/

i would be very curious to see what kind of lols are in store for this

[negativedge]

seem to make the mistake of ignoring the game part of video game, like these kinds of things usually do

[CubaLibre]

[rabite gets whacked!]

[Dracko]

[| BLUE | BLACK | PURPLE |]

[JChastain]

[SuperWes]

Hey guys. Rogue Trooper.

-Wes
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[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[negativedge]

TOLL that looks pretty damn awesome

PSP :(

[Mikey]

For real it's getting ridiculous how badly I want a PSP but I spend too much money on this hobby.

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Buying myself a PSP for Christmas. :)

But man, what's with the recent glut of Yuusha Kuse-lookalikes on the system (and one on the PS3)? Whatever happened to games having graphics? Not that the extremely lo-fi, abstracted, early-Famicom variety of pixel art doesn't have its own appeal; but it's starting to seem like an easy way for developers to cash in on retro nostalgia without having to hire talented artists (or just get the player to make the sprites themselves!).

[JChastain]

Early Famicom pixel art:

[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[Loki Laufeyson]

the thing with all these modern pixel art games, it that for a lot of them, i can't honestly say they look like a specific past period.

badman and it's ilk are a new style of 2D art. they're obviously influenced by the past, but they aren't outright aping it.

it's been hypothesized in the polygon fetishism thread that as well as more low res 2D games being made, eventually indies and small publishers will start making low-poly games to save money, too. i really hope that starts happening, since low poly counts on modern consoles would open up all kinds of crazy possibilities! (and they'll also look really, really nice)
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[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[Toptube]

DICE is behind the new Medal of Honor game, set in Afghanistan.

[Rud31]

That's almost exciting news.
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THERE ARE DEFINITELY WORSE VIDEO GAME PODCASTS

[negativedge]

[Dracko]

It's got a beard, though!



But the fact DICE are doing the multiplayer is a good sign on its own. The Modern Warfare series' all just about functional and not much else.

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Bets that this will be nigh-indistinguishable on an aesthetic level from Battlefield: Bad Company 2?

Minus beards, I mean.

[JChastain]

http://www.planetmule.com/

M.U.L.E.

[Toptube]

hmm, now that I'm actually thinking about it. This new MOH is going to be weird. I mean, what is DICE going to do with the multi-player? They couldn't just make like BF----could they? I mean this game is set to come out only a few months after BC and it would just be weird if they did that.


*annnd the beard makes me think the game is going to follow a guns-for-hire group, rather than military. At least for part of it.

[extrabastardformula]

Toups, rename this thread. Only Leigh Alexander can pull off naming a thread something like what you did.

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

late but

[negativedge]

Square hasn't done any good FMV since FFVIII. You'll note that was the last time the FMV was actually a conscious part of the game design rather than something just tacked on after the fact, as well. Pretty sure Deus Ex doesn't need FMV, and thus it'll simply be tacked on.

[v84j3gs2uc7ns4]

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

[Lurky]

[Dracko]

There's some talk in the announcements of you playing a Tier 1 Operator, an unknown group working under the National Command Authority.

Of course, there's very, very little shown so far, but I'm kind of hoping they're trying to create a more credible modern world experience than the Modern Warfare series. We'll see in time.

[Lurky]

Somebody made a freeware edutainment game where you fly through the inside of a human body. The trailer looks very Salamander meets Freelancer.
Immune Attack

I'll probably try this sometime later this week.

[negativedge]

this is just symptomatic of bad design. you design the game, and then you add something to "reward" or drag along the player where necessary. I mean, right there you are admitting that playing the game itself is not rewarding. adding the cinema is an admission that you are not able to present the story you wish to present in the medium you chose. that's irresponsible. the difference between FFX and FFVIII is that VIII incorporates the cinema into the way the game plays. you cannot take the cinema out of the assault on Edea, the garden battle, or Squall And Rinoa In Space and leave those scenes intact. they acknowledge the player's role and augment the experience. play those scenes today; they'll feel like a Half Life or CoD set piece. FFX merely looks to impress you with pyrotechnics at designated Important Narrative Moments.

granted, not all use of FMV in FFVIII operates under this principle, and I will admit that part of my approval of FMV in that game comes down to sheer aesthetics. the FMV in VIII is actually tactful and adds emotional resonance. it illustrates emotional subtleties, and is crafted under real cinematic principles. FFX is simply gaudy. nothing in that game (or anything Square has done since) can match, say, the FFVIII intro or wonky home camera work that plays during the credits. they are simply superior.

[luvcraft]

[negativedge]

Eurogamer Shattered Memories review keeps my froth levels quite high. Don't we have a thread for this game somewhere?

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

I'm pretty sure I know the thread you're talking about, and it was SH-focused, but I'm not sure it started with discussion of SH. Still looking for it.

I haven't watched any footage of this game beyond the first half-dozen or so clips released, so when I read this, it made me reconsider my middling disapproval of the lack of combat:

[ionustron]