Why devs employ a retro low-poly mid-1990s aesthetic gamasutra.com

The article states younger indie devs harking back to the era in which the were first exposed to gaming as a possible reason.

If so I'm already going to start dreading all the indie games with minecraft like block graphics we'll be seeing in 2030.  

edgecrusher said:

Rumor is if you shoot right at the middle of the backpack PC, you can send the wearer flying into the air.

Havok.

Lol, amazing.

Oh, fuck off...  Bought the humble Ubisoft bundle and only now notice you have to play the games through Uplay.    I'd rather just NOT play them then.

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Anyone have any experience with Uplay?

Edit: seems like Grow Home and Call of Juarez have Steam Keys...  Well, that still leaves Far Cry 3, a handfull of Splinter Cells and Blood Dragon.

Edit-Edit: turns out, I already own Grow Home!  Bah, that was the main reason I was interested in this bundle in the first place...  

Uplay is just their retarded wannabe version of Origin/Steam that they force you to use. Its no big deal, doesn't effect the games at all.

edgecrusher said:

Well this sucks....but I suppose it was time. My iPod touch 2009 edition shit the bed...so of course I can't go without my music and had to order up a brand new $400 iPod touch. Fuck you, Apple!

The last album it ever played was Arch Enemy Live in Japan...at least it was a hell of a sendoff.

I really wanted a Ipod Classic, but I guess the cheeseballs at Apple decided to discontinue their best product. Genius.

A $400 ipod wtf?!

Uplay is...there I guess. My best memories of it are of the handful of times it worked as it should. Most of the time it would refuse to launch the game for no particular reason. At least Origin launches games.

Dvader said:

A $400 ipod wtf?!

SteelAttack said:

GG, I am up to episode...9 or 10 of FMAB. So far it's alright, I guess. I believe it really ramps up later.

Since you've seen the original series you're going through the same thing as me - a heavy sense of deja vu. The series is mostly the same until the series diverges at the Island episode. After that it's all different.

For FMA:B it gets better when the Fuhrer features heavily in an episode with Greed. And then the last 10 or so episodes are pretty epic.

edgecrusher said:

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I just don't get it...wait for the PS5.

It seems weird but the tech heads will eat it up. Then it will become the new standard to release yearly updates.

Digitimes said:

Rumor: Nintendo NX mass production postponed to early 2017 to add VR functionality

Nintendo's next-generation game console, the Nintendo NX is scheduled to enter mass production in early 2017, delaying about half a year from the company's original mass production plan in the mid-2016. Sources from the related upstream supply chain pointed out that the delay was because Nintendo wished to enhance the game console's video-game/handheld-game-integrated gaming experience and add virtual reality (VR) function into the system to gain advantages in the upcoming video game and mobile game competitions.

The Nintendo NX will be assembled by Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry), but Foxconn declined to comment on matters concerning its clients or products.

The sources pointed out that the Nintendo NX combines the video gaming experience with the mobile gaming experience. The device features a 5- to 7-inch display, controller and joystick for users to play as a mobile gaming product, but it is also able to connect to a TV for users to play as a video game system. Nintendo is now planning to add VR function to the device to satisfy the popular trend in the gaming market.

Nintendo's smartphone games have received positive feedbacks from gamers. Since Nintendo's launch of its Miitomo, the number of player of the game has already surpassed 10 million, while Nintendo's Animal Crossing, which involved social activities, also sold over 20 million units on the company's 3DS system.

The sources pointed out that the supply chain received Nintendo's notification to start developing mold for the Nintendo NX in the mid-2015 and was told that the system would enter mass production and launch in the mid-2016. However, Nintendo has recently given them a new mass production schedule and asked them to start mass producing some key components at the end of 2016.

Nintendo's order volume for the game console has also been reduced. Nintendo originally planned to order 20 million units for the first year, but its shipment target is now only 9.5-10 million units. The sources believe the reduction was due to the fact that video game console market has been shrinking and concerns triggered by its Wii U's unsatisfactory shipment performance of two million units in 2015.

Although Pegatron Technology has been aggressively looking to take some of the Nintendo NX orders from Foxconn, Nintendo still decided to give Foxconn over 40% of the orders, while the remaining is handled by Japan-based Misumi and Hosiden. Taiwan-based component suppliers for Nintendo NX include Foxconn Technology, Macronix International, Pixart Imaging and Delta Electronics.

VR Hybrid machine?