this amazon is forever
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Boy, that kid got debrowned in a hurry. Still, looks like I'm getting a PS3.
http://penny-arcade.com/images/2009/20090608.jpg
― Andrew Farrell, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 22:30 (fifteen years ago) link
HILARIOUS!
― s1ocki, Tuesday, 9 June 2009 22:35 (fifteen years ago) link
talking to my pal travis.
Travis: i hope it's something like it has to leave to become a guardian and fulfill its noble bullshit destiny or something Travis: so it's still depressing but at least it's not horrible Will: it's called the last guardian, dude Travis: i know Travis: that's what i mean Will: do you know what happened at the end of the last mohican?
― Aieritating vowele syndroume (Will M.), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 22:36 (fifteen years ago) link
he got a haircut?
― man saves ducklings from (ledge), Tuesday, 9 June 2009 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
from the neck up, yes.
― This Ace of Base is driving me crazy (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 10 June 2009 04:58 (fifteen years ago) link
So over the holidays I picked up something called a "Playstation 2" and spent the last month playing through Shadow of the Colossus. Just completed it.
So this game was pretty goddamn amazing. From the outset, I was drawn into its calm, foreboding world. Felt like I was undertaking Herculean labors - both sentimentally in theme and in frustration - but the whole experience was really inspiring. Easily one of the greatest of its generation. Definitely up there with Killer7 as a groundbreaking, emotional experience in the medium. Lots of love.
― Nhex, Monday, 8 February 2010 09:30 (fourteen years ago) link
Ico is also v. v. good.
― toastmodernist, Monday, 8 February 2010 09:53 (fourteen years ago) link
wtf? today i heard on this news thing that 15% of japans students are addicted to the internet/games. and i see this shitty looking game and im very confused how this is possible. no action just for wimpy men who have no.. how should i put this.. balls so to speak. games are supposed to be exhiliraing. like sex. now take the new alien vs predator. great graphics hopefully frightening and blood/gore. that is a game. not some child running around with this wierd ass homosexual bird thingy throwing stones at samurais in stone armor? seriously. what the fuck.
― antexit, Monday, 8 February 2010 13:40 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^to be read out loud in a booming Austrian accent.
― dog latin, Monday, 8 February 2010 15:10 (fourteen years ago) link
these are both coming to PS3 early 2011, apparently
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:24 (thirteen years ago) link
in the BEAK
― i'm gonna need a +1 so me & a friend can kick you in the balls (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 29 July 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
new castlevania game apparently has a few good SoTC ripoff bosses. i've only made it to the first one and i dig it. def hits the colossus buttons.
― adam, Monday, 18 October 2010 20:58 (thirteen years ago) link
rest of the game is god of war ripoff for which ymmv.
― adam, Monday, 18 October 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Lost In Shadow is a puzzle platformer with an aesthetic thats heavily influenced by Ico/SotC. Really digging so far (out in EU already as A Shadows Tale)preview here http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-lost-in-shadow/17-3378/
― zappi, Monday, 18 October 2010 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
nice. kind of amazing that it's taken like 5 years for people to start biting that shit. or maybe the market can only bear a very light load of enormo-boss games.
― adam, Monday, 18 October 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
So like... this is out, right? The HD refix?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 2 October 2011 22:28 (twelve years ago) link
I think I'm going to get this today
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 3 October 2011 11:03 (twelve years ago) link
ps3 only, right? i would be so excited to play SotC again if it was being re-released for 360. never got a chance to play ico.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Monday, 3 October 2011 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
Now that is sad, why cause it's intertsing
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 3 October 2011 13:59 (twelve years ago) link
yep, it's out last week. Best Buy actually had it for $25 - it's sold out online but the price might still be good in stores though. I hear it's kinda buggy though :(
― punk rock hyrax (jamescobo), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:08 (twelve years ago) link
:o
in what way?
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
most of the complaints I've seen have been from people trying to catch those lizards - apparently they can just suddenly disappear sometimes. there are also lots of folks bitching about the horse controls being all fucked up but I suspect that they may just be idiots.
― punk rock hyrax (jamescobo), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, that may be post-Red Dead standards raising...
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
(i don't remember the lizards!)
i thought the horse controls were pretty fucked up in the original but i haven't played the remake.
― the-dream in the witch house (difficult listening hour), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
pretty sure i didn't catch any lizards.
― hardcore oatmeal (Jordan), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
i caught some lizards. just because i read a guide that said to look out for lizards. it was hard!
― banana mogul (goole), Monday, 3 October 2011 16:47 (twelve years ago) link
Started playing the HD versions. Played through the first colossus just to see how it looked, and then skipped to Ico which I'd only played a bit of. It's remarkable how much better these games look than many current gen games. Art design really matters.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 26 October 2011 20:08 (twelve years ago) link
Fuck, SotC looks incredible in 3D.
― polyphonic, Saturday, 29 October 2011 18:19 (twelve years ago) link
!!
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 31 October 2011 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
just bought this; may not play anytime soon but just wanted to know i could
― google sluething so hard right now (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 1 November 2011 21:58 (twelve years ago) link
haha that is exactly my approach - I have arkhams asylum and city plus uncharted 3 to do first
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 16:46 (twelve years ago) link
I bever had a PS2, so was super excited to get a chance to play these.Bought it, tried both games, sold it. I would love to watch someone play it who didn't find the controls and/or camera absolutely shit. Loved the design of both, but I sure as hell didn't enjoy my time with either.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 17:45 (twelve years ago) link
Bever? I never.
dunno about ico but i found the controls/camera of shadow amongst the best of any game i ever played?
― google sluething so hard right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
In the colossus fights I din't have a problem, but between the horse controls and that camera wanting to be all cinematic and hanging off the side of the horse's rear-end I got way, way tired of it. Called it a day after colossus #2.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:10 (twelve years ago) link
Some people don't like chocolate
― google sluething so hard right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
I like eating it not making it. Far too much of a chore instead of something fun.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:14 (twelve years ago) link
controls were the biggest issue i had with both games, really cut into my enjoyment
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:18 (twelve years ago) link
Hey forks - next time I'm in NYC can I watch you play these games? I'll bring beers.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
Totally!
― google sluething so hard right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:22 (twelve years ago) link
i remember the controls being a little clunky outside of the fight segments, but it didn't really matter because there was no rush in wandering around the countryside. it didn't affect my enjoyment of the game, and controls/feel is usually the most important thing for me.
― this is unusual for batman. (Jordan), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:29 (twelve years ago) link
Forks - I have no idea when I'l next be there (it was easier to get there from Maine than Texas) but I promise I'll be in touch. Time to expand my ILX "real life" meetings past Nate, Alex in NYC, call all destroyer and Scott.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
i have a big couch and multiple systems and will be happy to hang out.
― google sluething so hard right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
When the time comes you get to pick the beverage.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
In SotC I had to go into the settings and invert the horizontal/vertical camera. Helped a lot.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
no the horse stuff is a bunch of nothing, there's no reason to gloss that (especially compared to red dead) but it's just an intermission really, a moment to let your heart stop racing
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link
making you ride the horse around w/o fast travel is one of those design decisions that seem stupid for a while but becomes genius near the end.
GAMES AS ART etc.
― goole, Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
i really enjoyed the exploration and the sense of not knowing what's over the next hillthe zelda effect if you will
― google sluething so hard right now (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 2 November 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link