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koro
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Speaking of unexpected: http://epicgames.com/community/2012/10/cliff-bleszinski-departs-epic/Today we are saying farewell with warm regards to Cliff Bleszinski, who is departing as Epic’s design director to chart the next stage of his career. During the past two decades, Cliff has helped shape many successful games that have captured the imaginations of millions of players around the world. We are grateful for his influence on Epic’s legacy, from the wild adventures “Jazz Jackrabbit” to the visceral combat of “Gears of War.” From my understanding, Cliffy B was one of the few people behind a lot of Epic's successes in the past 15 or so years. It's kind of shocking. |
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NiX
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it's not so shocking if you look back on some of the things hes said over the past few years.
What he does next will surprise anyone. Unless he goes to work at 343 or Activision.
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schild
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They are directly above the Zynga Austin studio here. Literally, if you could bore through the ceiling, you'd end up in their office.
I don't actually think they released a game, but they did work on a couple.
Studios will never survive if they don't, you know, make something.
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Ard
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They released Starhawk a few months back. I've got a friend there, and that always makes it unhappy times.
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Ingmar
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They have to find the giant chunk of change they're going to have to pay EA somewhere.
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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EA: They don't even have to buy you to destroy you.
I got a chuckle out of a tv ad for the board version of 'Words with Friends'. Didn't we already have that? Lolvertising.
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Ingmar
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Zynga brought it on themselves by basically exactly cloning EA's Sims Facebook game.
EDIT: And if you were trying to read the tea leaves about said lawsuit from this event, it does look like the team that created the game that spawned the lawsuit (The Ville) is among the casualties.
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« Last Edit: October 23, 2012, 01:15:46 PM by Ingmar »
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The Transcendent One: AH... THE ROGUE CONSTRUCT.
Nordom: Sense of closure: imminent.
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schild
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I don't mind speculation elsewhere. But let's operate under the assumption I know every single thing about this, the history of all their studios, the management involved, and the game. And god-willing, one day I'll be able to tell that story.
In other words: Shit happens, get a helmet. We can talk about this another day.
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Sky
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I love my TV an' hug my TV an' call it 'George'.
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Breaking news: Eric Schild destroyed Zynga.  |
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Hawkbit
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Like a Klansman in the ghetto.
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I bought Okami HD on PSN to show my kid. It looks gorgeous, but it has been freezing up on her after 10-30 minutes of play. It appears to hard-lock the PS3.
I've never seen this before with any other game on my PS3, I can't personally reproduce the error by playing myself, and I can't find mention of the issue anywhere else online. WTF? I'm guessing backup the saves and uninstall/reinstall to see if it helps?
Anyone else have their technology just work most of the time, yet everyone around them it always breaks? Frustrating as hell.
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Yegolev
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Yes, my PC works great and everyone else's is shitty. For no discernable reason. Except, of course, that I don't let them use it. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Kail
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http://www.joystiq.com/2012/11/09/silicon-knights-v-epic-games-judgment/It keeps rolling... Silicon Knights is being ordered by the US court to recall and destroy all unsold copies of games using Unreal Engine 3, including Too Human and X-Men: Destiny. The new ruling on post-trial motions for the case between Silicon Knights and Epic Games also saw Epic's jury award upped from $4.5 million to over $9 million.
The ruling, dated November 7, also orders Silicon Knights to cease using Epic Games's "Licensed Technology" and remove it from the company's game engine. Furthermore, Silicon Knights has until December 10 to destroy any code built using Epic's technology; the court order includes Too Human, X-Men: Destiny, Siren in the Maelstrom, The Sandman, and The Box/Ritualyst. Silicon Knights must notify the court by December 21 and again on February 21, 2013, concerning all injunctions ordered, and they are to be carried out at the company's expense.
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« Last Edit: November 09, 2012, 01:29:23 PM by Kail »
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jakonovski
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Sweet, my copy of Too Human will be a priceless rarity one day!  |
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Yegolev
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PS Vita or 3DS XL?
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Rendakor
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What sort of games are you into? The Vita is the more powerful system, intended to be a sort of portable PS3. The 3DS has Nintendo's standard fare so if you're a huge Mario fan go with the 3DS; also if you don't already have a DS the 3DS is backwards compatible and there are a ton of great DS games. Neither of them have a very big library yet, so I'd browse a list of games for either and see which has more exclusives you're into.
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"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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schild
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An ipad. Portable systems are shit these days. Vita has Uncharted though. Shame it never got Demon's Souls.
I got a 3DS for free at a Christmas party, and it wasn't worth the price tag.
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Trippy
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PS Vita or 3DS XL?
3DS XL. |
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Merusk
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PS Vita or 3DS XL?
3DS XL. I agree, particularly with the young kid. They enjoy the Nintendo games more than the full console games. |
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Yegolev
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Oh, the boy has a 3DS already. I meant for me. I also already have a DS Lite. I appreciate the GBA slot but frankly I haven't used it in ages. I'm hanging onto that just in case I end up out of work and decide to play all the Pokemon games in order.  Trouble is that I haven't been able to monitor Games for about a year, so I don't know what's on each. The new Ratchet and Clank is the only reason I even considered a Vita, so besides that and Uncharted I have no idea if it's the game-title wasteland that the PS3 was on launch. On the other hand, I know that there is a digital-fuck-ton of stuff in the Nintendo Store for 3DS. The 3DS XL looks like a nice upgrade but since I really only play Pokemon Soul Silver anymore, I'm not convinced. As for PSP, I'm pretty much only playing Monster Hunter, and I haven't had much opportunity for that. I might have added "or Wii U" on the end of that. I only realized yesterday that the Wii U was an actual new console; before this I thought it was just a new awkward controller. I just need to find out if it supports GC games. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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koro
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Yegolev
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if you're truly in the market for a practically-dead system.
Heh, that's why I'm pondering this aloud on F13. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Yegolev
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Found danger immediately. I need someone to convince me to not spend money on this:  |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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schild
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I can't convince you because I want one now and will find a way even with no money.
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Yegolev
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Well, fuck.  Looks like Vita will play these fucking PSOne games I seem to like, also. I'm sure my wife can talk sense into me. |
Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Rendakor
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Yea, Persona 4 Golden is one of two reasons why I bought a Vita (Disgaea 3 being the other); that's not a special edition Vita though, just one with the P4G: Solid Gold edition special skin/wallpaper. You can play some PSX games on it, and most PSP games, if you download them from the PSN. I'm honestly pretty happy with my Vita (I play it way more than my 3DS) particularly for a system that hasn't yet been out a year.
Also the Wii U is probably not GC-backwards compatible, considering the current model Wii doesn't play GC anymore.
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"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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Trippy
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Found danger immediately. I need someone to convince me to not spend money on this: Cause those stickers (and case) are really expensive? |
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HaemishM
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The Vita has confused me. There's a 3G version out there - so it's a phone too? But most of the new systems I'm seeing are Wifi with no mention of 3G. So you Wifi to connect to the Internet/PSN?
I have been damn tempted by the fact there are Persona games on the system.
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Trippy
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No it's not a phone, the cellular connection is data-only, like how the iPad cellular versions work.
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Rendakor
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You can't even play games online over the 3G (since 3G is slow as shit) so it's only real purpose is to allow web browsing on the go.
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"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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Yegolev
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What is this thing? http://www.ouya.tv/Add: Determined that Tactics Ogre will run on Vita, so I'm wondering if I can transfer my save. |
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« Last Edit: November 18, 2012, 12:51:15 PM by Yegolev »
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Why am I homeless? Why do all you motherfuckers need homes is the real question.
They called it The Prayer, its answer was law
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
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Trippy
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The most hyped Kickstarter project of all time? |
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