Archangel3371 said:

Meh. I'm not really that impressed with those offerings at all from Sony. LBP seems like something that's obsolete. Infamous is ok but I already have that and I would imagine most anyone else who wanted it does as well. I like the Ratchet & Clank games but Quest for Booty seems like a meager offering. Wipeout seems ok but really nothing all that great. Not sure on Dead Nation. I'm kind of disappointed myself.

Four free games that still retail for a minimum of $19.99 USD each is a meagre offering? I guess if you only have a PS3 you only get a $40 value.

EDIT: also detailed, unlike what Vader speculated yesterday, you have 30 days from the time the store comes up, not from yesterday.

I'm actually quite pleased with Sony's offerings. Makes me really glad I never picked up inFAMOUS. I'll likely pick that up along with LBP. That's a pretty solid throw-down by Sony.

Wow.

On another note Gotham Imposters sounds like the worst idea of all time.

Punk Rebel Ecks said:

Steam daily sales? Holy shit!

Kinda cool (This is about gettign MDK2 on WiiWare) :

"Beamdog co-founder Trent Oster has commented on the challenge of squeezing MDK 2 into a file one-seventh of the original’s size, and why WiiWare was the game’s destiny.

Oster told Nintendo World Report that the Wii’s motion controls fit well with MDK’s gameplay, but hinted that the console’s more humble graphical standards were a consideration.

“We also approached the title with the understanding that reworking the artwork to current generation standards would be a lot of work,” he said.

“We felt the Wii could best support the original content with engine updates. We made a few performance calls, sacrificing character shadows for a higher frame rate”.

Olster said the 40 MB file size limit was “somewhat of a shock” to Beamdog.

“We did some quick projections and knew it was going to be a tough job taking a 280 MB … game and crunching it down to 40 MB,” he said.

“We started by looking at how the game data was stored and re-designed the core data structures to make them much smaller. We then started examining content and potential techniques to compress the data while minimizing the fidelity loss.”

Eventually, some content had to be cut – including part of the game’s soundtrack.

The WiiWare re-release of the classic BioWare-developed sequel is out now, while a current-gen port, MDK 2 HD, is due on PC next year."

"He doesn't really come and say in a direct way what the game (and the gameplay) is about.  By the looks and sounds of it it seems like a sequel to Rez (except it looks like the drug of choice this time was possibly ecstasy as opposed to acid).  You shoot things with a reticule on what looks to be a preset course.  If you time things right the sound effects become part of the music and along with the resulting vibrations and visuals give you a feeling of "synaesthesia" ie all the senses working together (apparently the game also tastes sweet and smells like vanilla).  So yeah, much like Rez."

So in other words the synesthesia it presents can be found in ANY well designed game. Or film for that matter, and so on and so forth.

Just take some acid or the like instead. Hell, maybe read a book that you find visceral!

SteelAttack said:

Best use of the meme ever!

Dvader said:

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edgecrusher said:

Dvader said:

God those mock ups are incredible.





So how does witcher play.

Its a lot like the other great western  RPG's you've played, but with a better story than most, and a really cool main character set in a very gothic world.

Also completley free of the morality you'd expect in most games. As in there's no good or bad - it's super grey all the way, and all your actions do have a consequence.

Sounds great, we need a console version.

We need next gen consoles that are able to run this game first.