There is a great show on the History Channel that I have been watching a lot lately and that is Human Weapon. In the show, hosts Jason Chambers and Bill Duff will learn a new martial art each week and then have it tested in final combat at the end, usually against a master.
During the show, they show segments with 3d models where they explain the force of blows in scientific terms and things like leverage. Its a great eye opener. If you make a game that focuses heavily on combat, it is your responsability to make it as a great as you can. If your your game is about combat, combat is king.
Check it out [here]
It appears that both Sony and Nintendo are refusing to allow the AO rated Manhunt 2 by Rockstar. You know this would be an opportune time for Microsoft to ready their Money cannon. Being as how they just dropped 50 million for GTAIV DLC exclusivity.
…at least that is my take on it. According to this article, the european PS3s are going to be less backward compatible than their american equivalent. So let me get this right, not only do they have to pay more for the PS3 but they get a less capable SKU
I am not a fan of the PS3 by any means, but I do believe in a Gamer’s right to buy the console of their choice, something Sony is making it increasingly hard for their supporters to do.
For a while now, users of Windows Media Center have been able to Transcode (realtime conversion of Video formats) video files to the Xbox 360s Native WMV format using programs like VLC 360 and Transcode 360. Now that windows XP can stream to the 360 via the fall dashboard update, there needs to be an XP solution and there is, in TVersity.
You just need to download TVersity here and get the patch here at the TVersity Dev blog. It works pretty well and you can even set it to handle streaming web video and RSS feeds. I recommend everyone with a 360 and the desire to watch streaming video to check it out
Cheers
Rick Sterling has made an observation about peoples question asking ability and the RIGHT way to ask a question of texture, or polycount limits.
Its enlightening and I think everyone would benefit from following his advice allowing for a less chaotic information stream.
EA Montreal’s Alan Tascan recently had some pretty harsh words to say about Epic’s Gears of War.
“What is Gears of War? I mean Gears of War brings nothing in terms of innovation to the shooter… Like, zero.”
He goes on to say other things of a dubious nature, because you know, EA is all about innovation. Who is Alan Tascan? He’s the executive producer of Army of Two, that other 3rd person 2 person squad shooter, thats Co-op with an optional AI partner. Which is of course nothing like Gears of War.
You can read more about it here at Xbox 360 Fanboy
It seems that Rick Sterling has linked to GBD via his own site rsart.co.uk
Thanks for the link Rick and I only wish I had more here for your reader’s to check out, but just hang on, and eventually I will be filling this blog up with original content and most likely interviews with game industry type people.
Cheers
Someone has posted up the trailer for Burger King’s advergame, Sneak King
I’d pay $3.99 for this, what about you?
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