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While delivering a discussion on the challenges of evoking unique emotions for video games at the Montreal International Games Summit, Kellee Santiago revealed new details on the development of her studio's second project, flOwer. The project was announced at this September's Tokyo Game Show but details were scant.
Santiago described the project, which is the spiritual follow up to the popular PlayStation Network game flOw, as thatgamecompany's "first game outside the safety net of academia." Based on Santiago's talk, it's clear that the game will be based at least partly around raising flowers alongside more traditional gameplay elements based on emotional responses to challenges consistent with the natural environment.
The lights are going to flicker. And no, I donÂ’t mean the lights on the Christmas tree.
Considering how badly Sonic's last dozen or so games have been, it's a good thing the blue blur has been finally unleashed. He goes a little wild with the freedom, but also gets the opportunity to return to his true self. Sonic Unleashed features classic speed-based platforming action that puts Sonic's previous installments to shame. Unfortunately, a set of dreadfully out-of-place action levels starring Sonic's werehog alter ego brings everything to a screeching halt.
THE BOTTOM LINE: It's tough to teach an old dog new tricks -- Sonic Unleashed tries to introduce new ideas with daytime and evening levels that switch between speedy platform and bulky action, but only the former has any bite. Sonic doesn't need to experiment, he just needs a good dose of the nostalgic design that makes up half of this mediocre game.
From the award winning producers of Flywheel, comes an action-packed drama about a Christian high school football coach who uses his undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure. In six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. After learning that he and his wife Brooke face infertility, Grant discovers that a group of fathers are secretly organizing to have him dismissed as head coach. Devastated by his circumstances, he cries out to God in desperation. When Grant receives a message from an unexpected visitor, he searches for a stronger purpose for his football team. He dares to challenge his players to believe God for the impossible on and off the field. When faced with unbelievable odds, the Eagles must step up to their greatest test of strength and courage. What transpires is a dynamic story of the fight between faith and fear.
Catastrophic footage, Headline-making events. History as it happened. SHOCKWAVE Tonight 9/8c on The History Channel.
Nothing makes for more exciting television than seeing history captured as it happened, whether by home video, cell phones, surveillance systems, or the occasional lucky news cameraman. SHOCKWAVE is a new groundbreaking series taking the best raw footage of catastrophic, headline-making events from all over the world and using the latest in graphics technology to dissect the video, revealing astonishing 3-D views and explanations for what really happened.
Sony halved the fees it charges for a software development kit for the PlayStation 3 video game machine Monday to encourage outside designers to make more games for the struggling console.
Sony Corp.'s gaming unit, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., said prices for the development package for the PlayStation 3 will be reduced
to US$10,250 in North America, 950,000 yen (US$8,600; ¤5,900) in Japan and ¤7,500 (US$11,250) in Europe.
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Video, Rhythm
The North American marketing for DS guitar simulator
Jam Sessions has been pretty low-key, comprised of a MySpace page, uninspired print ads, and a bevy of videos showing real artists using the non-game to play fake guitar.
Off the charts, then, are
New Zealand's excellent television spots for the title, which emphasize how having
Jam Sessions in your DS repertoire can transform you into an instant rockstar. According to the ads, being an instant rockstar involves hitting on your buxom aunt, and cursing out your mum for baking you the wrong birthday cake. Honestly, the things those New Zealanders can get away with on television!
If we haven't made it abundantly clear, these videos are definitely
not-safe-for-work material. Catch all the raunchy, raucous action after the break (and not a single shot of gameplay, either!).
Continue reading Today's most vulgar videos: Jam Sessions' instant rockstar
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Either this is a leaked scene from Mighty Ducks 4, or The Bear Olympics are well under way in Stalingrad.
Hyper power leds & multiple strobe lights flashing at different timing with blue leds light as background.
Filed under: Nintendo Wii, Online, Business
It turns out that desire for higher-definition visuals is much higher than Nintendo expected. Those Wii component cables that
showed up on Nintendo's official online store have completely sold out. In addition, GameStop's
online listing has been pushed back from December 5 to the 15th. If you're impatient, however, you can purportedly still purchase MadCatz's "HD Premium" component cables for $60 as of December 1.
Has Nintendo
underestimated the expedience at which consumers have adopted HD (or, at least,
ED)? A 480p screen isn't a head-turner, but it certainly beats standard definition. Looks like the House that Mario Built might have to add more detail into the plumber's mustache sooner than they expected.
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Gamerdeals.net writes:
"Highlights this week include The Last Remnant (Xbox 360), Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (Xbox 360/PS3), Animal Crossing City Folk (Nintendo Wii), Castlevania: Judgement (Nintendo Wii), plus much more!
Check out the full list of new video game releases (USA) for the week of November 16, 2008 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Sony PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, and PC!"
But Microsoft promises to hit end-of-2007 deadline. The release of Longhorn, the next version of Windows Server, looks as though it may be slipping with Microsoft announcing its third beta will be out in the "first half" of next year where previously it has indicated it would be "early 2007".
Yeah, it's pretty much like the best Napoleon game ever.
Licensed games have got to be the worst things to ever happen to the gaming industry. Rushed, buggy, uninspired, it's rare that a game can both capture the essence of the license and offer up some enjoyable gameplay as well. Somehow Napoleon Dynamite: The Game from developer 7 Studios avoids the pitfalls of most licensed minigame collections and delivers a product that's surprisingly polished and occasionally as inspired as the film it's based on.
Phones smuggled into London's largest prison
Take another look through Assassin's Creed in Ubisoft's official launch trailer.
Time to hop onto your Wii Shopping Channel, as the Mii Contest Channel has gone live in all regions. Mii Contest Channel allows people to show off their own Mii creations and vote on them. Nintendo's George Harrison says "It's yet another way that we're building fun, interactive communities of Wii Owners without charging them extra for the privilege." There is currently a contest for making a Mii that looks like Mario with no hat.
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Amy Winehouse, what hath thou wrought? In the wake of the Great
Beehived One's world-beating success, it seems everyone is getting
in touch with his or her retro-soul muse. The latest
bandwagon-jumper is Seal — who, with megaproducer David
Foster playing the part of Mark Ronson, has delivered a collection
of classic-soul covers, dripping with melodrama and tricked out
with swooping symphonic orchestration. Seal is a fine singer, whose
flavorful tenor combines the smoothness of old-school...
Rating:
2.5 Stars
JaC64 is a Java-based Commodore 64 emulator. It
currently can run a large number of C64 games and
emulates the CPU (6510), VIC-II (line-based), SID
(including filters, combined waveforms, and
bugs), and CIA. It is easy to add to any Web page
using Java/Javascript.
This is one really happy baby
This is a yet to be released original song composed by Delgado/Plotkin which tells the sad story of a man who, regretably, failed to tell his wife that he loved her before it was too late. Tragically, she was one of the victims of 9/11. It is performed by M.L. Delgado with a Beautiful and Moving Backdrop Mural, of how the Twin Towers once majestically stood . The message of the song offers a "Universal Admonition!" Don't wait to verbalize your love to family and friends near and dear to you. "The chance may never come again." This song is up-for-grabs as they say. We are praying that some Brilliant Record Producer (Are you reading this Simon Cowell) will have the Wisdom and Insight to market this song on a National Basis. Please emai: miltonandwanda@verizon.net Thank you
Former model Heather Mills has likened her negative press coverage to the terror of domestic violence.
Merrick here...
How can money be spent on shit like this – when...
(Source: Tripwire) Find out how change and configuration audit and control solutions can provide the detailed change audit trail that helps organizations maintain the known states so vital to recovering system data after a sudden outage.
Linux.com: "Each new Ubuntu release has raised the standard by which other Linux distros are judged. With the new Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex, the focus is on mobility and 3G network support. I found Intrepid to be a fast and stable release, yet I experienced some minor issues that keep it from absolute perfection."
This morning, a blogger heroically saved a copy of am New York from clogging the drains and discovered this story about the city's budget deficit. Or surplus. Same thing.
In other news, the sky is brown, our city's cabs are pink and the New York Yankees are on the march to the World Series.
The headline has been changed for the online version, unfortunately.
amNY Watch: Red with Anger [East Village Idiot]
Are you ready for a Cold War rom-com?
Overseas hackers used keylogging software to break into the accounts of ETrade and TD Ameritrade customers as part of a stock-trading scheme that led to at least $22 million in losses.
MotorStorm Pacific Rift crashes into stores today, and if you early adopters think you're going to be cleaning up online - be warned: the athletes on the Dew Action Sports Tour have been practicing. The Dew Tour recently wrapped up with the PlayStation Pro - the final event of the year for this traveling BMX, FMX, and skate road show.
Filed under: Nintendo Wii
The folks over at Bit-tech were able to score some extensive hands-on time with the Wii outside of the short demos shown at E3 or other mass-media events. The impressions are generally positive, but stripped of the effusive praise for the system that seems to have gripped most of the game journalism community
Bit-tech worries that the controller may end up being a gimmick, fun to bring out at parties but not as intriguing on a day-to-day basis. The site also felt the controller's motion-sensing technology wasn't as revolutionary as it could be -- instead of a "magic wand" that accurately senses every move, the author felt like the controller has "been designed to mimic a joypad, with a few neat tricks thrown in."
All that being said, the preview did have positive things to say about most all of the games demoed, and mentioned that the system is "fun to play." But despite the claims of a completely revolutionary experience by Nintendo and others, Bit-tech found their experience with the Wii "a bit different from the 360 and PS3, but not drastically as you may have thought/hoped."
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Input device is pricey but works well.
25 new shots posted.
Rewards for obtaining all of the keys.
At the New York Film Festival screening of John Landis' Mr. Warmth: The Don
Rickles Project, subversion was in the air
Make the moo jokes, make the methane jokes, make any joke you like -- but the One Laptop Per Child project
is pondering the prospect of using cattle to generate electrical power for their low-cost computers. Has Bossy got what it takes to roam the information superhighway?
Clint Eastwood's stirring WWII drama shows how the soliders who raised the flag at Iwo Jima became exploited for political gains back home. Watch the trailer, clips and interviews.
Runtime: 2 min 25 sec
Graig brings us the lowdown plus some reviews.
A judge declined to rule in the rapper's bond request, which means he'll be in jail until at least October 26. His "American Gangster" co-stars are lending support.
Here are new scans of the game from this week's Famitsu issue that feature new images from the game.
A reminder: The Young King has been revealed not too long ago on October 10, 2007 as a Wii Ware title. It is scheduled for release during March, 2008 and is going to cost 1,500 Wii points, which equals to 15$ USD.
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With the military stretched thin, the phrase 'I Want You' is as vital as ever -- unless you're gay. Activists are working for change.
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Storage
Security firm
Aladdin Knowledge Systems thinks it has found two great tastes that go good together, recently snagging a patent for a combination smart card / optical disc. Dubbed the "XCD" (for Extended, not
Xtreme, alas), the technology embeds the smart card chip on the surface of the disc, along with a foldable or detachable USB (or FireWire) connector to connect the disc to a PC or other device. The idea, apart from the just-for-the-heck-of-it factor, is to use the smart card functionality to control access to data on the disc -- for instance, limiting the number of times a CD can be played. Not surprisingly, Aladdin sees virtually limitless potential for the device, with XCDs able to replace ATM cards, credit cards, ID cards, and key cards, with the disc even able to fold up and fit in your wallet. Let's just hope they've also got a patent for super-durable CDs.
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NewScientistTech]
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BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time
BioShock isn't exactly the kind of game you expect downloadable content for. There's no multiplayer and the storyline doesn't lend itself to simply dropping in additional "levels." At the same time, unless you're interested in unlocking all the achievements, there isn't much motivation to play through the game a second or third time -- but creator Ken Levine of 2K Boston envisions that as how he'll approach the game's DLC.
