I agree, and I also think it’s how game developers go about making the tech fit the gamer, and not (always) force the gamer to change to fit the tech. For instance, I was at E3 and tried the Cyberith Virtualizer paired with the Oculus Rift, which is a competitor to the Virtruix Omni. I hated it for playing games, at… Read more
“Far be it from me to question the director of Deus Ex on, well, anything.” Read more
The first time I tried virtual reality was in 1990 or 1991? It was at a mall in St Louis Missouri and we waited in line for AGES at a friends birthday party. I remember there was a ball flying around that was part of the gameplay and what looked like a pterodactyl in the sky. It looked like crap, but wow - it was… Read more
Luckily, Adr1ft is excellent with or without a headset - but you’ll still probably end up a feeling little disoriented whichever path you choose. At least it’s kinda’ intentional with that game! Read more
It will be a fad unless companies commit to it. Motion controls failed, not because it sucked (as shown by all of the wonderful things people hacked the Kinect to do) but because there was no commitment to making it work. Wii had to commit, as it was the primary controller. Add ons typically fail: HD-DVD, Sega-CD,… Read more
The whole “Gotham is empty of everyone but criminals because Story Reasons” trope has become tiresome in this series. It was used in the last-Gen games because of technical limitations - the PS3 and XB1 could only render a 1-2 dozen characters at a time and still keep things pretty, so you needed a narrative excuse… Read more
Actually, thanks for the spoiler, it makes me more interested in playing the game. Read more
Some people also play Q-Bert competitively. However, if I were to count the machines I’ve seen while out and about at various bars, pubs, and bowling alleys, Ms. Pac-Man would beat Donkey Kong, and both of those would beat Q-Bert.
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Maybe not as famous a mod a Ms. Pac-Man but a close second.
I don’t want to be the kid who cries wolf, but Ms. Pac-man is the better game in every respect, but the male character is the one who gets all the publicity and marketing. Seems a bit odd to me.
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I preferred Ms. Pac-Man because it only cost nineteen cents to play rather than the full quarter necessary to play Pac-Man.
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Maybe I’m wrong, but one of the criteria used to select games for HOF status is how influential a game is to world culture, not just gaming culture. Pac Man had a cereal, songs written about him, and even a TV series...he was a mega popular chap! Ms Pac Man may be the more fun game, but Pac Man had more influence on… Read more
Don’t worry... I also think Everquest or one of the Ultima Onlines should’ve been inducted before WoW, but oh well maybe next year. (I think WoW deserves to be in it eventually, just not the first year.)
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Just about everybody gets stuck there. I have a theory why, and it has to do with how you think the order-of-operations happens. If nobody more qualified (meaning, I don’t make puzzle games!) writes it up, I will!
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My opinion on free-to-play is that it warps game design. This doesn’t meant it’s always bad warping, just that it changes things compared to pay-up-front. Now, if you think that’s true, then if all games become free-to-play that means we are not making some kinds of games that we could be making, and that would be a… Read more
