I don’t know for sure how I feel about this. On the one hand, it’s pretty reasonable to penalize people for deceiving a ratings board about the content of a game. On the other hand: The thing that leaves me with a sick feeling in my stomach is that it will be the government penalizing…
Universcale
Have you guys seen Universcale? It’s this little app that shows you comparitively how large things are in the universe. It’s pretty neat. I really liked the sense of scale.
Resistance does well for Europe Launch
http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=13284 Looks like the PS3 (and Resistance) did very well in Europe over the weekend. Still looks like most people want Resistance more than the other PS3 games, which is sweeeet.
IGN Posts 10 Hardest Games
http://pc.ign.com/articles/774/774907p2.html My wife, Mary has beaten more of these games than I have. She is the victor. So much better than I am, is Mary. She’s not forcing me to type this, either, nor is this being typed by Mary. Just for the record. Looks like I’ve got some retro gaming to do to reclaim…
Video Games = Art?
http://gamasutra.com/features/20070316/ochalla_01.shtml Gamasutra drives down this road one more time. This time inspired by the comparisons between 300 and video games. It’s kind of a misleading topic. When Roger Ebert, for example, says that games aren’t art, he’s simply trying to be dismissive of video games’ impact on society. I doubt the man is really interested…
This Lady is My Hero
http://kotaku.com/gaming/tattoo/the-konami-code-tattoo-245073.php A tattoo of the Konami Code? Well done, madam, well done. With one snafu, though… I always like to analyze peoples’ usage of the Konami Code — you can tell a lot about what kind of childhood someone had by asking them to recite the code to you. If someone says to you “UP…
Games Too Easy?
Are games too easy? Is the ease of games hurting our youth? http://www.secretlair.com/index.php?/clickableculture/entry/patronizing_the_player/ Like the flOw guys postulate with their “flow theory,” I think there’s a happy middle ground that can be reached in games between the player’s abilities and the challenge of the game. There’s a fair amount of effort going into that in…
300 mini-review
It’s awesome. So very very awesome. Why are you still here? You should be out seeing this movie. Now!
Random Bloggage
I don’t have much to muse on this week, so this’ll just be bloggage. I’ve got a post in the works about how to figure out what to steal when stealing from other games… but that’s not ready yet. Hopefully I’ll get that out next week. I’ve noticed that a lot of people “borrow” the…
5 Years is a Long Time
Well it’s all done tomorrow. Friday is my last day at Insomniac Games. It’s been an awesome five years, and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store. I’m going to be moving over to Obsidian — they made KOTOR II and Neverwinter Nights II. I get to work on this, [2019…