Next thing you know, the conspiracy theorists will be blaming Microsoft for 9/11...
...oh... you DON'T know how silly you look flinging conspiracy theories like that everywhere. I'm sorry... I thought N4G might have turned into a rational place.
What was I thinking...
Maybe that foul dog fighting girl might have turned out to be a very different girl if her father had administered a few fatal beatings early on.
That's funny, because in spite of all the Kinect-focused shovelware, I still played BF3, MW3, Skyrim, and Halo CEA on my Xbox this year...
I don't get how Kinect affects those hardcore games, unless it's simply that Kinect some how "offends" you. Perhaps you find it insulting that such a peripheral exists. In which case, you're looking for something to get angry at.
Humorous.
Actually, I've had a few "Good morning, Batman" moments. I might be working out and watching something on Netflix. Some knocks at the door or a phone call comes in. I tell the xbox to pause, and it does. I didn't even have to yell at it.
I was drunk one time and accidentally said "thank you"...
More people should suck it up and play Culdcept. Sure it's complex. Sure the "magic stock market" can be a little confusing at first. Sure Support effects can have two different meanings due to a mistake in translation.
It's still one of the more satisfying experiences I've had this generation. It's a gem of a game... and... and.... dammit, I'm going to play it when I get home.
"Controller similar to 360s but it splits in two for Kinect games to have controls."
That's the best idea yet.
Microsoft needs to learn a few lessons. One of them is to only put services that make sense behind a Gold subscription. I like PSN's model of offering actual game content in exchange for your hard earned money. Microsoft could do something as simple as giving a percentage of the fee back in MS points, which would stimulate the marketplace too.
If Microsoft wants to continue with the Kinect, they need BUTTONS!!! They need the Move or something similar and similarly tra...
Oh noes... businesses want me to buy things so they can afford to feed their children and make a living in the high-cost-of-living places game studios and tech companies reisde.
Greedy bastards!!! </sarcasm>
Usually I tell people I stayed at Hooters in Vegas. They think I might be joking.
Then, I say I went with my wife, and they know I'm joking.
Then, I tell them it was for my wedding anniversary. It then becomes so ridiculous, it has to be true.
BTW, anyone who looks into Hooter's casino property will learn they usually lose money every year. I bet they look to dump it before long.
My wishlist is simple, but offers opportunity. Increase the number of towns, start in a town, and have roads between towns. Start inching toward Minecraft being able to generate a Elder Scrolls-grade world. I know Mojang and Bethesda aren't on the best of terms, but they are burning the same candle from opposite ends.
As it is, right now, the game is too "indie". It's come to the point where we need to accept Minecraft as a "big game" with a di...
I COULD give you a psychological explanation of how it taps directly into survival mechanisms and evolutionary strengths widely documented in research.
Or I could just give you the word "Maslow" and watch you fumble around through Wikipedia for the next five minutes. :-)
Sony reality distortion field, in full effect. When are they going to learn they stand to lose more than they will gain from these tactics.
*Looks at gaming industry audience*
Oh, right, I forgot. Video games are still just toys by virtue of the fact that this hobby is filled with prepubescent sheep. My mistake. This is a perfectly valid sales tactic...
I can agree with some of these, but they are reaching with others or recycling historical advances to squeeze more milk out of them. Plenty to be thankful for, but this should have been a list of 5 high impact items, rather than 10 stretch items.
It's interesting that each successive generation of hardware has less "hidden" power getting tapped later in the cycle.
I really think the next major move in game technology is more random generation, more gameplay abstraction, and less scripting. Minecraft has it. Why doesn't anyone else?
Innovation. Gamers want? Sure they do.
But consider Fuddrucker's hamburgers and McDonald's hamburgers. Who sells more? Whose are better? Try telling one customer eating at one establishment that you know better than them and they should be eating at the other establishment for whatever reason. Maybe McDonald's costs less. Maybe Fuddrucker's uses better ingredients. It doesn't matter to the person eating the hamburger. They got what they wanted bec...
Link for UPC/district manager/etc conspiracy? I want to know you didn't make that up.
Wow... PMed me just to call me a moron for questioning a conspiracy theory. What an asshole.
And I always thought they were OVER diagnosing ADHD. Evidently it's a lot more common than we thought.
Or maybe people simply prefer to enjoy their games instead of making it a geek-macho issue. I dunno. Just sayin'.
It's so subtle, only 1% of the people who play it will ever get to see any of it.
I can't wait to get this.
I want to slide down wires and glide across the city again. I always thought Infamous did one thing perfectly... make you feel powerful.
Long story short: Only fanboys who want to win internet arguments care about exclusives and winning "points" for their side.
The rest of us play what we want and decide for ourselves.
And right now... I'm playing Skyrim on my Xbox... and I'm glad I didn't choose the PS3 copy.