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    ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks

    Review-O-Gram: Flower Reviewed in Song

    Frankenreview: Flower

    Flower Micro-Review: All We Are Is Dust In The Wind

    Flower Blooms Official Release Date

    Indie Games Get a Mainstream Closeup

    Flower Coming In February

    Flower's A Breath Of Fresh Air

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    What Is flOwer Anyway?
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    You know I gotta disagree with that dude.


    Flow wasn't really a game. It was a media demo. I played it, but I was never immersed into it. It was more "Hey let me show so people an interesting concept" but that's all it did. Contrast that with Peggle or any other casual game of your choice.


    I agree with the how games are derivative and I'm glad people are trying to not conform to a one-size-fits-all formulaic approach. But I don't think that they should believe that their shit don't stink, or that gaming isn't better because of all the FPSs of yesterday.


    It's almost as if people love flow because it some how legitimizes the game industry. "Hey we have deep innovative artistic titles, we can't all be degenerate obese kids." In reality, this game isn't much about anything.

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    Image of geekgrrl geekgrrl
    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    this is where exclusivity hurts.. i'd check out these titles if they were for any platform besides PS3. (seeing as i don't own one.) c'est la vie.
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    Image of Antiterra Antiterra
    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    I luuurv these people.

    Interesting profile on a team with a strong personality and a refreshing outlook on video games. The more success their games encounter, the more the rest of the industry will take notice and realise that sometimes, a little subtlety goes a long way.


    Flower will certainly rank among my very best video game experiences of 2009, as Flow did back in 2007. Unlike most other games I've played this year, I already know for sure that Flower will stick with me for years to come.

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    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    TGC is by far the most promising and interesting game companies i have heard about so far. I wish to work for these guys some day.
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    Image of P3nnst8r P3nnst8r
    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    What is this Cloud game? I've never played it. I thought they just did Fl0w and Fl0wer...
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    They missed a "fuck" inducing moment, personally, when I burnt my pedals on some broken metal tunnel...


    Still amazing guys making amazing games, but w/e it just goes to show nothing is perfect.

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    Image of DarkGeneral DarkGeneral
    06/15/09

    @Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.:


    You know It's funny but I was more afraid of having my petals burnt on those beams than I was ever afraid in Resident Evil 4 or any other horror game I can remember playing.

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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    06/15/09

    @DarkGeneral: Lucky you, even in Homecomming I was crapping my pants while fighting off the nurses.


    I can watch any scary movie without flinching but when it comes to scary games I'm just a wuss...

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    Image of Mooglecharm Mooglecharm
    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    The guy's name is Jenova? That's a power name right there.


    Or maybe his folks were just crazy FF7 fans.

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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    06/15/09

    @Mooglecharm: *urge to go into detail about how old he is vs how old FF7 is, rising*
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    Image of happymonster happymonster
    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    "They thought I was studying," says Chen. "They didn't even know I was playing computer games."


    Story of my life.

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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    06/15/09

    @happymonster: And how.
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    Image of Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
    06/15/09

    In reply to ThatGameCompany And The Beauty Of Taking Risks
    You know, I still haven't played Flower. It looks pretty from what I can tell, but what exactly makes it so good? Reviews don't say much because of "spoilers", but what the hell kind of spoiler can there be in a game about drifting flower petals through the air?
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    Image of (Zombie) Jölan (Zombie) Jölan
    06/15/09

    @Busting makes Mister Jack feel good: well Petalroth kills Aerith
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    Image of Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science. Gantz: Your Trusted Friend in Science.
    06/15/09

    @Busting makes Mister Jack feel good: Honestly, I'd say you should play it before someone actually does spoil anything for you.


    I found it to be a deep, emotional game even though no real vocal narrative exists.

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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    06/15/09

    @Busting makes Mister Jack feel good: Can I give a small spoiler-based opinion here? I'll type it backwards so people have no idea what it is.


    ".thgil htiw dlrow elohw eht gnillif ,doG a er'uoy ekil leef ll'uoy level tsal eht yB"

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    Image of Curse lily Curse lily
    06/15/09

    @Busting makes Mister Jack feel good: Flower is a game the you can't put into words the views and opinion of it will differ from people to people.

    So you HAVE to play it and see what feeling you get from it.In my case i love it pure and simple i can just play it for hours it doesn't feel like a chore or mundane it's just feel right.
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    Image of janai janai
    06/15/09

    @Busting makes Mister Jack feel good: The path of Flower progresses much like this:


    You begin at "this is so relaxing, and really, really pretty," and stay in that zone for a few levels, until something turns left and you find yourself thinking, "wait a second. What's... going... on?", at which point there's a reveal that drops you straight into "oh, crap. Oh, no. Must... get... through this." And when you do? That bit? The last level? That one's pretty much an ongoing exercise in, "Wow. Okay, wow. That's just... oh, WOW."


    It's a cumulative experience, and it's better to get to the end without specific expectations, or you'll miss a good portion of said wow factor. So you might as well just jump in and check it out.

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    Image of Ashurahori Ashurahori
    06/15/09

    @janai: Actually, the last level can be considered the gamer's alternative version of the famous Titanic line "YAHOO! I'M THE KING OF THE WOOOOOORLD!"


    ...well, explains how I felt then, at least.

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    Image of Billkwando Billkwando
    03/04/09

    In reply to Review-O-Gram: Flower Reviewed in Song
    Yeah her Hotel Dusk review was great. I'm gonna add my own drumtrack and make it into a stage on DTXMania (and hope she doesn't sue me). :P


    I think if my playing is tasteful enough, I'll be ok. Brushes are in order. Or something.


    Hopefully this song, which I can't hear cos I'm on my phone, on a train, will be equally a-mayes-ing.

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    03/04/09

    In reply to Review-O-Gram: Flower Reviewed in Song
    Wow, this is actually really good!
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    Image of doubtful doubtful
    03/04/09

    In reply to Review-O-Gram: Flower Reviewed in Song
    She needs to relax the phlanging on the vocal tracks. When she hits or attempts to hit the higher notes, the treble goes out of control and it makes my soul cry.
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    03/04/09

    In reply to Review-O-Gram: Flower Reviewed in Song
    so glad this isn't some guy with an acoustic guitar and some quirky verse-chorus-verse.
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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    03/04/09

    @CaptaiNeNN:Dashboard Confessional will get to it eventually, have faith...
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    Image of FatherFingers FatherFingers
    03/04/09

    @Omnimon:


    Thanks for making me laugh and waking the daughter.

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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    03/04/09

    @FatherFingers: Just put on Dashboard Confessional, she'll go right back to sleep out of boredom.


    *Bad double-joke, bad*

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    Image of The Cap'n The Cap'n
    03/04/09

    @Omnimon: Dashboard Confessional jokes? What is this, '03? :)


    Seriously, I had forgotten all about that guy. I wish I had been able to keep it that way.


    And if I find out that Fatherfingers has been playing DC to his daughter, I will not hesistate to report him to the proper authorities....

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    Image of Omnimon Omnimon
    03/04/09

    @CaptaiNeNN: No, it's '09, I'm... old school? Oh gosh, if DC is old school I might as well hop in the casket.
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    Image of Jonn Jonn
    02/11/09

    In reply to Frankenreview: Flower
    Seriously, is there any way, any possible way, to record gameplay videos and yank screenshots from them? Like, in-game? Cause that'd be an awesome feature.
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    Image of dreamfall dreamfall
    02/11/09

    In reply to Frankenreview: Flower
    oh wow, tomorrow. tomorrow! It feels like its been an eternity since hearing it about it!
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