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QuoteLOL. In order to steal someone's car, simply walk in front of it while it is going full speed (it will come to a stop right in front of you) and then press enter to automatically walk around to the nearest door and enter the vehicle while the driver politely gets out and walks the other way.
I am working with an Oakland, CA prosecutor in a murder trial in which the older gang members used GTA 3 to train teens to do carjackings and murders.
QuoteBy all, do you mean everyone at the PGC forums, or everyone at EA? Because I think it would be really funny if EA had a file on Ian.
Psst. We're all aware of your football and EA hatred.
QuoteIt reminded me of this line from the GameSpy preview I read a couple weeks back.
GI: Could you give us an example of puzzle that we may find in the game?
HK: Well, you may have a puzzle where you have a bunch of candles and you need to figure out in what order you need to light them and maybe even how are you going to find something to light them with. That’s just one sort of crude example. If you can manage to light the candles, then maybe you’ll be able to acquire an item that you’ll use later on in the game?
QuoteHopefully the candles were just numbered in the preview build so Capcome could get GameSpy in and out as quickly as possible.
Unfortunately, [the puzzles are very easy], and this lack of challenge may be the game's biggest downfall. In [one puzzle], we had to light a group of candles in a particular order, and they were actually numbered. C'mon guys, do you really think we're that stupid?
QuoteWow. Can you fail your professor?
One of my instructors is Hardy Lebel, one of the level designers on Halo
QuoteUse the D-pad in conjunction the B button. I found it to be much better than the pseudo-analog.
For the record, I have yet to finish gathering more than a couple of stars in Super Mario 64 DS, because it's so damned hard to hold the device and work the "pseudo-analog control" at the same time!
QuoteIt's a neat idea, but it doesn't seem very accurate. Unless there was a way to calibrate it, a person with big fingers would always trigger a "hard press" regardless of pressure applied. Even then, if my hand begins to cramp while play (or I shift positions) and as a result I'm now using the "palm" of my index finger instead of the tip, the DS will register my input incorrectly. Not to mention that a game with this feature would require the user to use his or her finger instead of the stylus or thumb-strap.
Touch-pads on PC's have the ability to tell how hard someone is pressing it (by the amount of surface area being touched). Perhaps that could factor into a game mechanic some how.
QuoteThat's because for your mom and sis (and most casual gamers), pressing buttons and/or using the d-pad is even more abstract than using the stylus.
Everyone I've introduced the DS to would probably love to disagree about the touch screen being ineffective for games, especially casual gamers like my mother and sister.
QuoteAfter reading the first sentence of the editorial, I thought the topic was going to be about the negative psychological consequences improved graphics can have. Meaning, if you couldn't tell the difference between shooting someone in the chest with a shotgun in Half-Life 2 and watching a video of someone blowing a hole in another man's chest it could seriously mess with younger kids' minds. But I suppose that's a whole different editorial.
It’s becoming well-known in the industry that we are quickly approaching a level of graphics fidelity that will put us into a negative trend which Masahiro Mori called the “uncanny valley”, a level of detail where humans look real enough that we are disturbed by the sight of them.
QuoteWhile this sounds like a great idea, wouldn't it completely change the way games are played? Think about playing a competitive multiplayer game against one of your friends who is as equally skilled at videogames as you are. How often do you die? Probably just about as often as (s)he does.
NPC characters need to have the ability to react to their surroundings, react to the unexpected, and generally react as you would expect their personalities to react.
QuoteSay, what ever happened to mouse_clicker? That guy hasn't shown up here since October.
(sorry, Mouse)
.QuoteHow about Xbox 360?
What would we call it, a GameSphere? Or XSphere?
QuoteThe person who created the pic is flatout saying this is something he came up with. He is in no way claiming it's real. Another rumor bites the dust.
Title: Xbox 360
Name: Rune Larsen
Country: Norway
Software: 3ds max
When I first saw the name of the new xbox (Xbox 360) I got a design stuck on my mind, and this is it.
