In a move that will come as a suprise to nobody at all, EA have announced their first wave of uninspiring titles for the forthcoming Nintendo Wii. Have a good hard think about what some of them might be, then click through to the rest of the article…
World famous level designer John Romero is having another go at running her own dev studio. Unconfirmed rumours have it that Romero was walking down the front steps of her house when her ridiculous hair blew into her face, causing her to trip up and land on her oversized skull, erasing all memories of what happened the last time she tried to emulate John Carmack.
If only it were that easy for the rest of us to forget about Daikatana. Yes, I know Deus Ex was excellent, but by that stage it was really like trying to put a plaster on a chainsaw wound. Then Anachronox arrived which was rather like removing the plaster after it was getting a bit manky the next day with a scythe, swung at speed by someone with hair in their face and whom you weren’t sure if you could really trust on the best of days.
Slipgate are hiring hapless victims talented professionals now, so in their own words, “Apply now and prepare to enter the reality distortion field”. That would be the one where the games you work on are really awesome, in your own head.
Via: gamesindustry.biz
Some incredibly useful people, you know, the sort that would be essential to the survival of mankind should there be a terrible appocolypse or whatever, have ‘invented‘ the best ‘device‘ ever. The illustration really tells you the whole store, thank fuck they came up with it.
Catch the original shit page here.
Updated
As a follow up, Jesty put me onto this. Intresting and note worthy, and features this picture:
The Sony E3 presentation has now become internet legend. I was going to post this before, but Robbo has reminded me by mentioining it today in IRC. So here is another remix, arguably the best so far. Watch it now.
See it on YouTube here.
A culmination of the last few weeks of articles on the web about Girl Gamers or Female Gamers or whatever the fuck they want to be called. An excellent article, and one which any person wishing to write about GGs should read lies here. Richard displays pretty much the same attitude as myself on this subject, in a sensible way. A breif quote follows:
‘If you absolutely have to put a picture of a regular female gamer, a thumbnail or something is perfectly acceptable. In no circumstances may you begin with anything other than a physical description, moving onto the actual ‘gaming’ part only as time permits - in much the same way that no write-up of Jonathan “Fatal1ty” Wendell ever goes without a discussion of his latest hair-style, or the pertness of his ass.’
Those of you who thought you knew how to use a games console, probably should consider yourself among the lucky few. It seems that we are all a lot stupider than we realised, however help is at hand in the form of a new must have coffee table, or bog side book, XBox 360 for dummies.
Check it out on amazon here
“Microsoft’s Xbox now accounts for 37 percent of the game console market, and the new Xbox 360 is due out for the 2005 holiday season, months before Sony’s PlayStation 3. When gamers take the new Xbox home, however, they’ll soon discover that it’s more than a just a game machine it’s a full-fledged home media hub with more power than most PCs. This friendly guide shows how to maximize both gaming and non-gaming features of this amazing machine. The topics covered include hooking up Xbox 360, taking advantage of HDTV and Dolby capabilities, using built-in digital video recording and wireless functions, storing media files, playing music, and displaying photos. It shows how to have even more fun by taking an Xbox online for massively multiplayer gaming, instant messaging, and more and discusses the social potential of the Xbox, which people can use to make new friends, join groups and teams, and even throw fantastic parties. It also includes tips for securing the Xbox from online threats.”
May I point out that this is bullshit from the original series of propegandic release from Microsoft. Allow me to elaborate by taking the example “using built-in digital video recording and wireless functions”, of which, the XBox 360 has neither, nor can it have, without an additional bit of hardware. So in many ways, every-fucking-thing out there that has USB can also be classes as a “home media hub”. Glad we got that cleared up. I’m still looking forward to the “even throw fantastic parties” feature, presumably thats one which will be available on XBox Live Marketplace, along with friends, alcohol and wotsits.
One thing that did catch my eye was “includes tips for securing the Xbox from online threats”. I genuinely would like to know how to do that. But first I would also like to know what threats exist. It’s not like the 360 has a version of ‘patch tuesday‘. I had to entirely unfirewall my 360, and give it it’s very own external IP, for it to allow me to play COD2 at all, UPnP couldn’t give a shit.
Some of you will remember Domonik Diamond, popularised by the Channel 4 series Gamesmaster. Seems the poor fellow has lost his way, and in his efforts to get back to the straight and narrow, turned down the opportunity to be crucified. God knows why. Read the article in the Guardian here.
Brief excert:
A tabloid columnist making a documentary about his quest to rediscover his faith yesterday backed out of being crucified in a Good Friday ritual in the Philippines after seeing 11 others nailed to crosses.
Dominik Diamond, 36, a life-long Catholic from Arbroath who has said he was making the film after recent events made him start to doubt his faith, declined to discuss the incident afterwards. After praying, he left the scene.
The Fragdolls, everyones favourite female fabrication have been kind enough to grace BBC World with their presence. Follow the link below for a real treat. No, they don’get their tits out, but in all honest, would you want them to?
Gripping.