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shafer sephiroth
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 Posted: Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:42 pm |
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| Space Invaders Infinity Gene is out on PSN for $10. |
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shafer sephiroth
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 5:50 pm |
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Good Old Games bullshit update:
First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn't manage to download all their games. Unfortunately we had to close the service due to business and technical reasons.
At the same time we guarantee that every user who bought any game on GOG.com will be able to download all their games with bonus materials, DRM-free and as many times as they need starting this Thursday.
The official statement from GOG.com's management concerning the ongoing events is planned on Wednesday. If you want to receive further information about GOG.com, please send an email to update_media@gog.com if you're a media representative or to update_users@gog.com if you're a user without a GOG account. |
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shafer sephiroth
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 6:57 pm |
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| Dracko wrote: |
| Yeah, this is sounding more and more like BS. :\ |
If the rumors are true that they were bought by Steam, some journalist had better bite down and find out whether Valve or GoG or CDP or etc. is responsible for the way this was done. A scare like this is terrible for digital distribution. There's no damned reason why they couldn't have sent an email to all customers saying "Good Old Games will be announcing a change to their business model on September 22. This will entail a change in the form of your games' installers or DRM or whatever, so we invite you to take this time to back up your games. Please look forward to the exciting announcement!" Disappearing altogether and leaving a couple of short, incredibly vague statements is fucking horrible. They don't deserve a single sale more if they do still exist after this.
"[M]any users didn't manage to download all their games."
Fuck you in the eye. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 7:13 pm |
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Yeah, well, I didn't say it was likely.
The Rock Paper Shotgun group might sort it out, though. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:18 pm |
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| idle wrote: |
| Did the developer seriously say Bioshock was a sandbox game? i didn't get that impression from the demo at all. |
This is why I posted the video above. In the initial walkthrough for Bioshock and other preview stuff, they gave a lot of false impressions about the structure and experience of the game. Stuff like the AI ecosystem, living world, and moral choice got talked up big, and ultimately we got a corridor shooter with a godugly UI and really bare, unimaginative pseudo-RPG elements. Take a few minutes to watch it and try to forget what Bioshock is like; you might be surprised by the impression it gives even though everything shown is literally accurate and present in the final game. Pay attention to the scripting and staging. I think that it's naive and foolish to allow oneself to be taken in by the Infinite video given the series's history and the obvious manipulation going on. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:13 pm |
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GOG now says:
I can't get in, though.
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:57 pm |
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| I am fucking livid. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 6:19 pm |
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"We are here today to address our humble apologies to the users. We have sinned; forgive us. We would like to apologize to the users for not warning them about the closure of Good Old Games and not allowing them to have access to the games they purchased. Unfortunately, Brother, this was needed from a technical perspective. We had to do it, and I do hope that we will not have to do it again. We don't want to cause any more pain to the users. Brother, tell me more." "Yes, Brother. But we also believe that the industry these days becomes really serious—really stiff. We are Good Old Gamers; we remember back in the day when the industry was young and fresh. It was full of new ideas and crazy stunts. Yes, we have to admit we have sinned: We planned a little game with our dear users and dear media, but it was all to their entertainment. You can look at the text we had posted on Sunday on our page right after the closure. There was plenty of hints, Brother. I believe there was plenty of hints. 'GOG cannot continue the way it is. New challenges await.' Plenty of hints, Brother, plenty of hints."
Nice apology, dick. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:16 am |
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Yeah, awhile back Paypal froze his account because they thought he was a terrorist due to the ludicrous funds streaming through.
Dude has fucking wealth. Incredibly heartening. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:35 pm |
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| firenze wrote: |
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| I am fucking livid. |
You know who should be livid about GOG's ridiculousness? EVERY COMPANY THAT WANTS TO CONVINCE PEOPLE THAT DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION IS OK.
GOG only denied people their games for a few days, but they made the most perfect illustration possible of the justifiable concern that consumers are at the mercy of possibly incompetent companies controlling their access to stuff that was already paid for. At the same time they also made it clear that there's potential for a digital content provider to have legitimate business troubles leading to them no longer being able to provide service (even though that wasn't really the case here).
I know a lot of people here already "get it", but it sure seems to me like GOG actually spelled it out and made it plainly obvious to people who WEREN'T already very concerned about this issue, and provided a tangible example of what can happen for people who thought that kind of talk was people overreacting/worrying too much. |
Exactly, that's a big part of why I'm so furious at them. Digital distribution platforms are an essential part of the democratization of the games industry. Just imagine where small and indie devs would still be without Steam, for example. What those fucking clowns did is completely irresponsible.
They have more videos introducing the revamped site now, and they're still saying shit like "We are gamers; we wanted to play a little game with you." to explain what went down. And unfortunately a lot of the apologists everywhere keep saying that the original message promised a chance to download already-owned games, which just isn't true.
In other news, there's a Serious Sam Gold Edition on Steam that includes both HD games and both original games for $40, currently slashed to $10. That's just bullshit for anyone (like me) who faithfully bought the HD games when they were released. I'm so sick of this garbage. GOTY editions, too. Why the fuck should I ever buy anything. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:45 pm |
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I'm not saying that this is new; I'm saying that I'm tired of it. And in this case, it's not like a bundle of DLC for some GOTY thing, either; what they should do is offer the original games separately for anyone who already owns the HD versions. Especially since this is a digital edition.
Also, since when are you guys okay with people getting dicked over just because it's the norm? |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:17 pm |
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| Guys i am saying that the older versions are only available on the platform by rebuying the HD games. I'm just saying that there's no fucking reason not to make them available separately on a digital store so that people who patronized the games aren't forced to buy extra copies if they just want the new content. Why is that such a big deal? It seems like common sense. It's a dick move not to do that. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:30 pm |
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| You mean Good Old Games? No, thanks. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:40 pm |
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Honestly, I'm not all that interested in playing the originals, but being able to compare would be fun. It's mostly the principle of the thing. Unless I rebuy, I will forever own less Serious Sam than other Steam customers who were more reluctant about the games. That just sucks.
Dracko, you're not making any sense to me. Valve didn't make the decision to release this edition and not put the individual content up separately. That's down to Croteam and/or Devolver Digital. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:01 pm |
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| Dracko wrote: |
| You have yet to explain what principle that is. You deserve free shit now because you didn't wait for a sale down the line? |
Holy crap, dude. I'm not asking for anything free. Maybe, like, take a minute?
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| I know he said "furious" up there. |
Yeah, I'm hyperbolic that way. I also said that the GOG guys could go fucking die yesterday. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:06 pm |
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You're saying you're entitled to the originals because you bought the HD games.
For free.
Don't even deny it. |
Denied. I'm saying that I should be able to buy the originals without rebuying the HD games. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:14 pm |
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| Dracko wrote: |
Here, I'll even quote you because you're apparently incapable of following your own logic.
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| In other news, there's a Serious Sam Gold Edition on Steam that includes both HD games and both original games for $40, currently slashed to $10. That's just bullshit for anyone (like me) who faithfully bought the HD games when they were released. I'm so sick of this garbage. GOTY editions, too. Why the fuck should I ever buy anything. |
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No, no. I'm not saying they should like update my digital version to include the bonus incentivizing content for any new editions they choose to release. All I want is the option to pay whatever small amounts of money for the extra content found in all these late digital editions separately. I should have the option to effectively upgrade my digital edition without fucking rebuying it.
I'm pissed off because unless I rebuy Serious Sam everyone who waited an extra year gets rewarded with the original versions as a bonus that I cannot have. I'm pissed off because unless I rebuy Arkham Asylum everyone who waited an extra year gets rewarded with extra challenge maps and shit that I cannot have.
So I'm sitting here with essentially inferior and less complete editions for as long as my Steam account exists. That's not right. And it's also not right for me to have to rebuy content I already have on an automagically updating digital marketplace like this if I want to do something about it. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:18 pm |
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Sigh. No, Dracko. I should not have to go to Amazon and buy clunky old used disc versions and have to patch them and worry about compatibility or whatever when the fucking content is right there on Steam.
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| You are getting both of the original games at a cheaper price then you usually would. Give your extra copy of Sam HD to me I will bear your burden. |
If I understand you, that is kind, but it wouldn't be fair to you, would it? You could just buy the new edition yourself and have the full package. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:20 pm |
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Shouldn't have been in such a hurry to buy shit you didn't need, then.
This is not the developer's, publisher's or distributor's fault. |
Yes, it is. It's poor business ethics. You just accept it because it's normal. That doesn't make it okay. You should be advocating more options for consumers, too; it's in your own damned best interest. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:23 pm |
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| Dracko wrote: |
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| Sigh. No, Dracko. I should not have to go to Amazon and buy clunky old used disc versions and have to patch them and worry about compatibility or whatever when the fucking content is right there on Steam. |
Why not? I thought you wanted the original games. |
Holy fucking shit, dude. What I want is to be able to pay like $3 or $7.50 or whatever on Steam and have the original versions appear in my library list the same way they do for anyone buying the new gold edition. I don't want your asinine alternatives that you keep offering to intentionally dodge my point. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:27 pm |
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| Dracko wrote: |
| You don't have a point: You're bitching you missed out on a fucking special offer. |
The point is that the special offer alienates me as a paying customer. What is the matter with you? |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2010 11:35 pm |
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No, it alienates you as a guy with irrational collector issues and the entitlement issues (and possibly financial self-control) of a teenager.
You paid the accepted price for the product that you wanted at the time as it was available. You were not under any obligation whatsoever to do this. You could have waited for a better one to show up, but you wanted those items right then.
That's it. That's the end of that contract. They don't owe you jack shit beyond that. |
No, they don't owe me, jackass, but they should give me the option to fucking pay them for the stuff I don't have and only the stuff I don't have. Your entire argument is bizarrely predicated upon an old world retail paradigm. Have you heard of DLC, or do you still do all your shopping in an appliance store? |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:48 am |
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| CubaLibre wrote: |
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| guys i guess white wolf have an mmo planned? |
Riding a Twilight wave for funding maybe. |
Oh, come on, guys. CCP has been working on this for years. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 4:14 pm |
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| notbov wrote: |
http://kotaku.com/5649371/nba-elite-11-delayed-nba-jam-to-ship-separately-by-holidays
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| NBA Jam, the arcade-style two-on-two game also due on Oct. 5, will still ship on that date for the Wii. The PS3 and Xbox 360 version was to have been included with a free download code in NBA Elite 11. Moore said that game will now be a standalone product that will arrive "in time for the holidays." |
future 2010 GOTY just got GOTY-ier |
Fuckin nice! I love Jam but wasn't going to buy Elite to get my hands on it via PS3. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 8:48 pm |
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Yeah, I'm glad I already have that on discs and don't feel tempted.
Also, I read that the GOG .exe is not compatible with the popular and freaking gorgeous widescreen mod for high res displays. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2010 1:52 pm |
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| BotageL wrote: |
| Arc System Works' Hard Corps is coming along nicely |
I'll buy it, but I have to say that the sound design is pretty annoying.
I'm very excited about BG&E HD. I love these HD remasters. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 1:57 am |
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GameTrailers hasn't made one of their snazzy retrospective videos in some time (presumably because no publishers have paid them to), but they just put up part 1 for Castlevania.
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:08 pm |
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Almost everyone makes the Frankenstein mistake. It bothers me, but there's not much to do but sigh and move on.
Probably just more people should read the book. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2010 4:35 pm |
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| I mean calling the monster Frankenstein ruins the fact that the monster has no name, which is important. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:11 am |
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Didn't see it mentioned yet, so: Europe is exclusively getting a Prince of Persia HD trilogy for PS3 collecting Sands, Warrior, and Two Thrones. Also 3D. November 19th for £30.
Definitely going to be importing this. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2010 2:24 am |
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| Have you played the second two games? |
Heh. I played enough of Warrior Within to take your meaning, yes. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2010 3:38 am |
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| i hear super meat boy has jill from mighty jill off in it |
Yup, and a lot of other indie-games characters too. I saw my friend play as Jill, the Gish, and the Bit.Trip Runner. He hadn't unlocked the rest last I saw. |
Man it even has Messhof's Flywrench in it. Also the Bit.Trip guy you're referring to is Commander Video. All of these characters control differently and have various abilities. For example, Tim from Braid can rewind time. I'm not sure how 1-to-1 it is; Flywrench might not actually flap around freely as in that game, and Jill might not do the Bomb Jack leap. I can't imagine you could complete all of the stages with such movements. They are all definitely different; I just don't know the full details.
I have been eagerly looking forward to SMB for ages. It's been pushed back again and again since at least April; it has been pretty frustrating. And of course now I have to wait an additional month or so to get it on PC. But it definitely is worth it. 1up gave it a solid A. PC version has an editor. They created a loophole on XBLA that allows them to provide free DLC levels. Like, hundreds of them, IIRC.
By the way, Costume Quest is out on PSN. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 4:08 pm |
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| I'm glad to see Inafune go, even though I respect a lot of his past work. Seems like lately he got too fixated on comparing Capcom with "the West" though, leading to missteps like Dark Void, Bionic Commando, and Lost Planet 2. |
Yeah, it's striking how immediately that line of idealized infatuation leads to those problem-riddled games. A damn shame that so many Japanese developers feel this malaise regarding the industry and creativity over there. It's partially company big-wigs to blame, clearly, as when Keita Takahashi throws up his hands and goes off to design what will surely be wonderful, wonderful playgrounds. But the issue is larger than executives being assholes.
I think the problem is that Japanese developers (or those who apply pressure to them) labor under a false assumption that they have to use the resources available for major modern releases to build games fashioned after similarly modern genres that are fundamentally foreign to them; that simply isn't the case. And as much as 2D platformers and shooters have been regaining mainstream acceptability, that's not necessarily what that needs to look like, either. At bottom, I think Japanese companies should look to indie developers for ideas and what kinds of games can sell and how rather than guys like Epic and Rockstar. |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:59 pm |
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| Texican Rude wrote: |
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It's partially company big-wigs to blame, clearly, as when Keita Takahashi throws up his hands and goes off to design what will surely be wonderful, wonderful playgrounds. But the issue is larger than executives being assholes.
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That quote has been mistranslated.
Also he's apparently doing some project with his wife now! He left Blamco-Scamdai. |
What quote? I know he has. Their website is here. That's what I was referring to! |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:13 am |
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| I just learned via the Playstation blog that No Heroes Allowed comes out on PSN tomorrow in the US. No Heroes Allowed is the third Badman (Holy Invasion of Privacy, What Did I Do To Deserve This, Etc.) game, and honestly I think it's a miracle we've gotten three of these crazy Japanese games. I'm broke, have not yet bought the second game, and suck ass at the first one, but I still might buy this when the store updates tomorrow night just to vote for it. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 4:35 pm |
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Andrew Plotkin is going to start writing/programming interactive fiction full-time. He has already raised over $14,000 as fuel (from only 250 people, at least one of whom gave at least $1000 alone), and you can give him more (and watch his video explaining) here. This is extremely cool. Unfortunately, it seems at least for now that his work will only be available as $5 iPhone apps. "If you want to play Hadean Lands on Mac, Windows, Linux -- anything but iOS -- you must pre-order. The Special Runs-Anywhere Limited Edition is only available as a $25 Kickstarter reward. If you wait until next year to buy the game, you will find it available only for iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch." That's annoying, but it also might change later depending upon the portability of what he ends up with. "Android? Kindle? Could be next; we'll see. I use an open-source text-game format; it should be easy to port to different platforms. If it takes off, PC and Mac versions would be a snap."
This awesomeness comes with some very exciting bonuses:
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Remember that open-source IF game engine [Glulx]? I've been promising to add CSS and Javascript integration for a year now. Fund me, and I'll get that done.
I'll release my iPhone game framework as open source. Anybody will be able to use it to put IF in the App Store.
I'll spend time optimizing and accelerating my IF web app [Quixe]. I need to add graphics, too. |
Play a teaser of the full-length game he'll be working on here.
In other news that I got from RPS, someone apparently wrote a program that comes up with build orders in Starcraft 2 and pits them against each other over and over so that a natural selection process occurs and better and better build orders emerge. It's come up with something for the Zerg that is so powerful that, for awhile, people weren't sure whether it would be possible to defend against it even if you knew that it was the other player's precise strategy. And this recipe for success is really counter-intuitive, which of course is why the idea of the program that developed it is so clever.
Honestly, the entire thing scares the shit out of me. Read about the program here. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 5:52 pm |
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| You can watch Tactics Ogre be stunningly beautiful for 17 uncut minutes here (thanks Maz). |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 02, 2010 6:03 pm |
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Bit.Trip Beat is out on Steam now for PC and Mac. It's $8.99 for a week and then $9.99. I hope they'll be bringing the whole series likewise.
Here is a list of new features:
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* Online Leaderboards!
o All of you BIT.TRIP nerds who have mastered the original should feel good about totally dominating the Steam Leaderboards!
* Achievements!
o Build cred by unlocking awesome achievements that add to your overall world-awesomeness!
* Social Network Integration!
o Bragging rights now extend to all the people you aren’t really friends with in the real world, but totally can’t live without in Facebook/Twitter!
* Easy Mode!
o For those of you who just like to get in the zone and ride a vibe, you can chill out in the way less intense Easy Mode!
* HD Presentation!
o Squares have NEVER looked this good!
* Alternate Control Schemes!
o Play with a gamepad! Play with a mouse! Keyboard? Sure! The Sixense TrueMotion Controller (coming soon)? Definitely. |
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