I suppose the length of article is a subjective thing for everyone.
All I am pointing out is that there are plenty of people who would be interested in such topic but will find this much length of article a bit too long on sites such as Kotaku.
Is that so hard to agree on? I even pointed out that there will be people reading such article. So what's the big deal?
Also, the content of this particular article, does it require this much length? Really?
I dunno... to call this "augmented reality" is a bit misleading and insulting to anyone who tried to work on real augmented reality based project.
They are just projecting virtual game elements against video backdrop.
That's not really augmented reality in my book since there is 0 level of real life detection and interaction going on between real life and virtual elements.
Dear Kotaku, if the blog article is going to be this long, can we have it as a video presentation? I think it would have been better if Tevis just read through the thing on the vid than putting up a graduate school thesis.
We can joke about the short attention span of the internet culture etc...
But the truth is... blog based news site such as Kotaku is where people mostly come to get bursts of news blips. It becomes a tremendous conflict of interest when there is such interesting article like this one buried with other news blips.
I am sure there are people who are willing to spend time to read it. But there are plenty of people who just can't afford time to do it regardless of the interest.
Hitler had pretty good points in Mein Kampf too (and showed tremendous self control just like Mishima with his life). Both Nazis and imperial Japan did some "good" work in the occupied countries such as building new social structures and some level of humanitarian support.
But that doesn't excuse the evil fascist view these guys had (although Mishima's view was arguably premature and put to end due to his infamous harakiri stunt).
from the same guy... I think they improved their hamburgers since Brian Ashcroft revealed it to the world on Kotaku how bad their hamburgers are in NK.
might have been a brilliant writer. But what a psycho.
Somebody at the Skull Girls dev team watched School Days...
*Shudder...*
LOL. Nice pic of Yukio Mishima stuck to the van.
I would love to see one of these vans cruising down the streets of Korea or China.
oh! Phew...
Pssst! Nintendo,
How about just giving us the same awesome Japanese cover?
I so wish they will bring back FFIX's whimsical and more fantasy based settings instead of these none-descriptive pseudo sci-fi crap plastered fashion shows.
:(
It's obviously not going to be as "sophisticated" (whatever that means) as other blockbuster games.
But Skylander is by far more involving and well thought out than most of kiddy games out there. Yes, it is enveloped by marketing tactics of toy tie-ins and what not. But I was pleasantly surprised how deep the game gets.
It's easy to pick up and play. But has a huge replay value with power ups and leveling up as well as character varieties.
It might not be a game for most of Kotaku audience. But I think Activision did a great job with it.
I thought this was going to be Dr. House game where he kills people instead of healing them and got all excited for a sec...
snif...
Why is Kevin Butler even negotiating with Seinfeld and Leno?
My son (4yr old) and I have been enjoying playing through Skylander together. It's a bit buggy... but I've been enjoying it a lot.
It's not just mindless children's game. It actually has some depth and progress as well as replay values.
Obviously, it involves collecting those figures...
I am highly interested in what the sales number is.
Tim,
I think this is sort of things where you have to show examples of how it can work in actual gameplay vid.
And actually address variables that might go against your theory.
Can your idea work theoretically?
Yes.
Is it as versatile as game controller or mouse+keyboard? That needs to be proven.
More than that, you will be working with fixed mindsets that are decades old when it comes to UX design or UI design (as you have indicated with your experience with your dad). Even with your dad, it took him some time to actually see your MBA at work to finally "get it".
No amount of words will convince anyone with issues like this.
Also, I think you can apply "less is more" approach to some of your articles.
LOL. I thought the same. How did she make the cut? I would love to see characters like other villains and obscure characters like Birdo, Koopalings, etc...
Well... it does help when you are playing mp and there are many people playing. Always good to have variety of characters than staring at like +5 Marios racing in a same race.
Mk7 should have had this feature for more tracks and karts/characters...
I met an astronaut and rocket scientists (as an added bonus). So I confirm your suspicion. But wait... I did meet a north korean (defector) boy when I was living in Korea... Oh well, I still know what you mean.
They should just drop the name Korea and call themselves "North Joseon". they are completely different countries at this point.
