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10/27/09
Did someone say, "Ghostwire"!? #ghostwirelinktotheparanormal
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10/27/09
That's all I have to say about that.
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10/27/09
"WOOoooOOOoooOOOO I'm a Ghost!"
"If you're a Ghost, then I'm Straight!" #ghostwirelinktotheparanormal
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It probably will come via DLC.
07/30/09
I'm such a sucker. I'd buy that.
07/30/09
Milo is more a techdemo at this stage, which is designed to have a wow factor, and is about facial/vocal recognition and emotional engagement. Totally different
goals at work here.
Neither is more impressive to me at this moment, as they are doing separate things, and represent different types of interactions that will hopefully find their way (in a positive fashion) into future games. But seeing how much of a hissy fit people made about sixaxis, I have my doubts. Good ideas take a long time to filter into feasibility. Very rarely will the company/person that came up with an idea ever be the one remembered for it.
07/30/09
While I'm pretty impressed with the fur (which reminds me of the amazing grass in Flower), I hope the plastic-looking, overly-glossy skin is temporary. While I understand the tight-rope walk to avoid the uncanny valley, I think modeling the skin with some small amount translucency with subsurface scatter and diffuse illumination would yield a better looking result.
Can anyone confirm trophies or the kinds of games you can play with the EyePet? It would be really cool to use the card to play a pong-like game, for example.
Also, as the lighting in the room changes, does the nature of the lighting on the EyePet change as well? That is, if the light source in the real room changes direction (or color), does the virtualized light source and reflection from the EyePet change also?
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07/30/09
These conversation and pet simulators seem to appeal to us on a very fundamental level. And it's nothing new to the electronic generation. The recreation of a living form through toys and art is ancient stemming from a very deep natural desire to create and interact with life. Now we're that much closer to achieving the dream of that Greek sculptor carving a living woman out of ivory. Seaman, Milo, Facade, ELIZA, and countless others have stemmed from these roots. Jokes about Skynet type scenarios or I, Robot discussions slowly stop being nerdy anecdotes and become as if prophecy. It's all at least worth a small college thesis. I know I did one on the very subject.
I'm fairly certain we can't classify them as games anymore. (Though I'm damn certain we'll be seeing dating simulators of the like in our time) They're as much a game as a doll house is a game. And like a doll house, they are a strange facade of real life.
07/31/09
The Sims says Hi ;)