As much as I'm wary of facebook destroying "Oculus" and monitoring everything we do in their vast information banks with a rebranded "Facebook Rift", I don't see what's so bad about this.
I mean, for this technology to ever be taken seriously, it needs to appeal to the mass market to benefit from economies of scale.
First of all, who wouldn't love it if that humongous great TV set in the living room could be switched with a...
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Have to agree with SpringHeeledJack.
The ironic thing is that the most loyal defenders of Islam in the West are most likely to be stoned to death should they actually visit the places (82% of muslims apparently support stoning as a punishment for adultery in Egypt and Pakistan according to Wikipedia, though I'm sure some will shout conspiracy! As people often do against damning evidence.)
The good parts of Middle Eastern culture (art, architecture, food, ...
Islamic art is indeed quite beautiful, and more games could benefit from showing it if only their developers weren't afraid to touch the Middle East (outside typical Iraq War environments) with a ten foot barge pole!
The problem is that many in the Middle East aren't tolerant of liberal artistic depictions of their culture, as the West are with their own, due to high levels of religious adherence (I don't mean extremists, but just pious conservatives).
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I would consider myself an existential nihilist. It is my core philosophy upon which I implant utilitarianism as a form of "willful ignorance", if you like. That is to say that assuming life is a play without an exogenous audience and nihilism is realising that you're an actor in this play and not the part, your source of utility can only come through willing yourself to pretend the performances of other actors are real and trying to enjoy them.
I disagree that ...
Well-developed post; bubble up! :)
Before I start this post I should probably explain that I am a strong utilitarian champion a clear disconnect between the social good and the individual good. That is to say that an individual must maximise their own happiness and society must provide the atmosphere in which it can achieve maximum happiness for its people, balanced between the long term and the short term.
I feel that as part of human happiness lies in diver...
In the medieval ages the church rammed its ideology into anything it could; these days, the social justice warriors have taken on the same role.
All I care about is the game reflecting the environment it is set in, or if fantasy/sci-fi, it having a plausible link to reality (Game of Thrones style). Objectively, I'd like facts to come across quite clearly, preferably *without* a clearly defined 'message' per se; I like to make my own mind up, not be force-fed ideology!
Beyond that...games, as works of art, must be viewed as arguments. That is to say that they present differing viewpoints to issues, reflecti...
It'll be interesting to see where Sony places its bet on the Morpheus.
If they believe its life is only as a peripheral, then it will be used to sell PS4s, but if they believe it has the potential to see success in its own right outside of playstation, then they should surely market it towards the PC as well.
April fools, no?
Oculus being sold isn't the problem, but which company they were sold to is.
Facebook both have a lot of information about people and are big on micro-transactions and free-to-play.
In the first case, they could force us to sign in and then could monitor everything we play while knowing who we are.
In the second, they could really push ads, F2P and microtransactions as part of their business model.
So the worry is really ...
The red fire-like background is quite appropriate. Hell is the only place that company is going.
"We assumed that the reaction would be negative, especially from our core community"
-so they knew that their most devoted followers, who have likely been responsible for spreading the word of mouth to many others would be angered by this, yet they still went and did it?
They deserve everything they get; if you don't keep your core fanbase happy, you lose both your biggest spenders and the largest amount of free marketing.
Star Wars would never h...
Razer released a handheld tablet before (the edge). Also Nvidia seem quite into 3D themselves. I could easily see Nvidia teaming up with Razr to deliver something.
Oh no! How are all the hipster yuppies going to wear a Rift AND Google Glass at the same time!
Guess we'll see London/New York sushi bistro-delicatessens filled tonight with crying 28-year olds in suits struggling to think how they're going to make this choice (or secretly plotting a Google-Facebook merger).
About 2-5% of the population are gay, so even in the most sexually liberal settings, this is the proportion of gay characters we'd expect to see. In settings where homosexuals are repressed, we should expect to see less.
And then there's the fact that most gamers are males and only 2-5% of these are gay. Romance as a concept feels wrong when you are forced to experience it from the PoV of another sexuality (female, male, lgbt or heterosexual).
It int...
I don't think they'll go with cowboys. Too similar to AC3.
Most people won't play evil, but without the choice, they can't express their desire to be "good". Having said that, I do prefer games where choices aren't so black and white, and where the "good" option is up to debate (such as where you must choose the lesser evil).
Author doesn't realise than Wolfenstein is an OTT FPS from the 90's.
If they want depth, they should go for something which sets out to provide it, such as the many arty indie games which exist.
Because there was never even the slightest chance that the deal wouldn't go through. Facebook are a software company, while Oculus are hardware. The result is that this is about as perfect as diversification can get in terms of business (software+hardware benefit from each other plus the benefits of diversification.
I'm not saying I support the deal, but it wasn't exactly like Sony merging with Microsoft to monopolise the console gaming market.