http://mentalfloss.com/article/51930/legend-oregon-trail
― Mordy , Wednesday, 31 July 2013 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
thanks!
― Nhex, Wednesday, 31 July 2013 22:26 (eleven years ago) link
ok, not really any new information here but i lol'd once i realized zombie bonerhttp://www.polygon.com/features/2013/8/8/4595050/adults-only-ao-games
― Nhex, Friday, 9 August 2013 03:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.newstatesman.com/games/2013/08/returning-alter-ego
― emil.y, Friday, 9 August 2013 15:52 (eleven years ago) link
Excellent article.
― Nhex, Friday, 9 August 2013 16:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/07/time-to-feel-old-inside-the-nes-on-its-30th-birthday/No shocking developments, but a solid piece, and definitely some good photos and videos selected along with the article I hadn't seen.
― Nhex, Friday, 16 August 2013 02:47 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/08/grand-theft-autos-bigfoot-hunters.html
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 27 August 2013 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
Christian Cantamessa, a former Rockstar employee who worked as a level designer on the game, took a similar stance when I approached him. “It is a little like asking the U.S. government to discuss Area 51, isn’t it?” he said. “The only appropriate comment is ‘No comment.’ ”
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/us/cia-acknowledges-area-51-exists-but-what-about-those-little-green-men.html
― Mordy , Wednesday, 28 August 2013 01:47 (eleven years ago) link
do u guys Believe???
― Andrew Kornfan, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
(and is there a game myths-relevant thread? I love that shit)
Yeah that's a cool article! Personally I don't think it's there - if hackers have discovered Hot Coffee by now, they should've discovered a bigfoot model. But that article puts up a good argument for both sides!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 28 August 2013 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
i remember some weird kid at my school telling me that he had 'hacked' the cartridge for zelda 64 and discovered a secret fish at the lake you can fish at
― sleepingbag, Wednesday, 28 August 2013 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
was it the loach? 'cause the loach is in there by design. I could never catch it tho
― Andrew Kornfan, Thursday, 29 August 2013 04:59 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.bogost.com/writing/consumption_and_naturalism_in_.shtml
― Mordy , Saturday, 7 September 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/9/6/4641320/pewdiepie-youtube-commentaryfucking pew die pie is horrible
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Monday, 9 September 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://kotaku.com/manifesto-the-21st-century-will-be-defined-by-games-1275355204imo
― Mordy , Thursday, 12 September 2013 04:22 (eleven years ago) link
cutehttp://vimeo.com/74645125
― One burly voice screamed and that was one of many. (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 September 2013 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-fi-c1-rodrigos-world-20130902-dto,0,2239765.htmlstory
― polyphonic, Monday, 23 September 2013 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Good behind-the-scenes piece from lolKotaku on the demise of Lucasarts: http://kotaku.com/how-lucasarts-fell-apart-1401731043
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 27 September 2013 20:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah, that's a good read and should also be on the george lucas crimes thread because it sounds like he had a big hand in fucking that company up
― erect, sporadic, notorious, genitals (forksclovetofu), Friday, 27 September 2013 22:24 (ten years ago) link
god damn you george lucas
― Nhex, Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:10 (ten years ago) link
None of those abandoned games sounds like a big loss tbh
― idembanana (abanana), Saturday, 28 September 2013 01:21 (ten years ago) link
Day of the Tentacle HD sure does.
― bizarro gazzara, Saturday, 28 September 2013 08:14 (ten years ago) link
http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/10/hiroshi-yamauchi-henk-rogers/
― Nhex, Friday, 4 October 2013 15:33 (ten years ago) link
via Tom - http://tevisthompson.com/on-videogame-reviews/
― etc, Thursday, 17 October 2013 19:00 (ten years ago) link
that's pretty good, yeah
― goole, Thursday, 17 October 2013 20:45 (ten years ago) link
I can't wait to play Infinite and find out if these guys are right
― Nhex, Thursday, 17 October 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/technology/this-is-war-for-a-game-industrys-soul.html
i don't agree with the article's idea that the health of DICE is a canary for the whole industry, but still a nice profile
― Nhex, Monday, 21 October 2013 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Tevis makes good points and I generally agree but the "I'd give it a 2/10" biz is slightly distracting.
― GM, Monday, 21 October 2013 20:20 (ten years ago) link
Well, there's really two separate points being made - "I am really critical of this game and here's why" and "I am concerned by how unvaried the 'criticism' is in this field." The challopsy 2/10 stuff is more about the latter than about this game as such, as I took it. I thought it was a really good read, although I haven't played any Bioshock whatsoever.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 21 October 2013 20:40 (ten years ago) link
yeah his primary point is right on and painfully valid and he's a fantastic writer so all around it is a really good read. it also lead to four or five days of annoying and defensive debate on a game writer list serve.
― GM, Monday, 21 October 2013 20:47 (ten years ago) link
do you guys have any links to forums or msg boards where people are debating this tevis piece? thought it was superb, nails all my distrust of game reviewers (across the board 9/10s for la noire was the point where it properly hit me)
― NI, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 17:10 (ten years ago) link
Neogaf thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=698719
haven't read it
― zanana rebozo (abanana), Tuesday, 22 October 2013 17:17 (ten years ago) link
thanks
― NI, Tuesday, 22 October 2013 17:22 (ten years ago) link
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/203801/How_Typing_of_the_Dead_Overkill_survived_its_studios_apocalypse.phpi think i need to buy this
― there's no camera to capture that yelping moment! (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 2 November 2013 21:10 (ten years ago) link
i'm smacking myself for forgetting to buy it, even after i posted about it in the deal thread
― Nhex, Sunday, 3 November 2013 01:37 (ten years ago) link
it's a sega title though, it'll go on sale again
― Nhex, Sunday, 3 November 2013 01:38 (ten years ago) link
just read the article, ha, i love that they put so much effort into getting it out
― Nhex, Sunday, 3 November 2013 01:41 (ten years ago) link
If a half an hour is good, imagine how good 2 hours/day is!
― schwantz, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 20:13 (ten years ago) link
http://www.kurzweilai.net/video-game-playing-found-beneficial-for-the-brain
― Bart get out I'm piss (am0n), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 21:48 (ten years ago) link
You need to play more videogames (see my post right above yours)!
;)
― schwantz, Tuesday, 5 November 2013 21:52 (ten years ago) link
ha my ilx stylesheet hides linked text too well
― Bart get out I'm piss (am0n), Tuesday, 5 November 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-12-13-why-xbox-failed-in-japan
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD7PvtbkH0I (Hungry4Ass), Thursday, 21 November 2013 23:44 (ten years ago) link
I imagined someone would have already polled the list in this on the board, but probably for the best that it did not happen.http://gamepolitics.com/2013/11/25/official-report-does-not-tie-sandy-hook-shooting-video-gameswho would've guessed he was hardcore into DDR, though (mentioned in a lot of articles today)
― Nhex, Tuesday, 26 November 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
Relevant to this thread?http://storybundle.com/
Dreamcast Worlds by Zoya StreetKill Screen Issue 1 by Kill Screen MagazineBlue Wizard Is About To Die by Seth BarkanKill Screen Issue 7 by Kill Screen MagazineThe Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures by Kurt KalataVaporware by Richard DanskyRise of the Videogame Zinesters by Anna AnthropyA Slow Year by Ian BogostReplay: The History of Video Games by Tristan Donovan
in it for the Kalata and Anthropy books, interested in the playable Bogost Atari 2600 "games" too
― Nhex, Thursday, 5 December 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link
indie developer sells 177 copies of their game, asks whyhttp://www.seaven-studio.com/indies-going-all-in-with-self-publishing-an-ethan-meteor-hunter-post-mortem/
― Strangers look on with a discernible, barely contained ‘wow’. (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 8 December 2013 04:42 (ten years ago) link
omg i need to stop posting about these bundles and then forgetting to buy them :(
― Nhex, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:00 (ten years ago) link
pm me if you want me to send them over, there's no drm and I wouldn't have picked them up without your tip off so I reckon sharing them is pretty much justified.
― JimD, Friday, 13 December 2013 23:43 (ten years ago) link
http://www.polygon.com/2014/1/2/5264192/dayz-early-access-lessonsGood article. Though I have absolutely zero interest in spending time with this game, I like to know what's appealing about it.
― Nhex, Thursday, 2 January 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
its been the top seller on Steam for almost the whole of the winter sale despite never having a discount. it's the sort of game i'd rather read about than play (see also: Eve Online)
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 2 January 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link