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Lead and Gold mounting up April 8, pre-order and beta available now
by Griffin McElroy 
on Mar 20th 2010 11:30AM
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Haven't been keeping tabs on the title? Check out our write up from our brief time with the game at GDC -- and try to be more diligent with your news consumption. We won't always be here to hold your hand, you know.
Reader Comments (36)
Posted: Mar 20th 2010 11:37AM Shadowbender said
Hmm...I wonder if Steam for Mac will be out by then. Valve said it's supposed to be released in April or May.
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Posted: Mar 20th 2010 11:41AM Funkmaster General said
I have to admit that before I read the article/title I thought this was a new mod for Team Fortress.
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Posted: Mar 20th 2010 3:13PM Dark Archon PSN Archonik XBL Dar said
Oh yeah! A brand new Pokemon Lead and Pokemon Gold game with Mario in it! Universe will asplode!
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Posted: Mar 20th 2010 2:48PM Leon Trotsky TDA said
Mario with a 12-gauge. Someone did something right.
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Posted: Mar 20th 2010 12:40PM Manifest37 said
Have they revealed the number of players?
2 vs. 2 or whatever?
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2 vs. 2 or whatever?
Posted: Mar 20th 2010 4:10PM einhanderkiller said
5v5 for regular lobbies.
But they are considering dedicated servers (at least for the PC version), so if that comes, there may be more players.
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But they are considering dedicated servers (at least for the PC version), so if that comes, there may be more players.
Posted: Mar 20th 2010 12:52PM (Unverified) said
If there's a word I loathe, it's the word "consumption." In the last century "consumption" meant you were going to die of tuberculosis.
Consumption is everywhere, though. Once upon a time, the Internet, and other electronic media, such as video games, were once heralded as the end of passive consumption of content. Now, though, we "consume" games and other content. That's a lowblow—even gamers are now considered passive consumers of content in the eyes of marketers. How far we've fallen…
The idealist in me wants to kill that word as it's currently used because the model of the consumer in the era of global warming, peak oil, and seven billion people is no longer valid.
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Consumption is everywhere, though. Once upon a time, the Internet, and other electronic media, such as video games, were once heralded as the end of passive consumption of content. Now, though, we "consume" games and other content. That's a lowblow—even gamers are now considered passive consumers of content in the eyes of marketers. How far we've fallen…
The idealist in me wants to kill that word as it's currently used because the model of the consumer in the era of global warming, peak oil, and seven billion people is no longer valid.
Posted: Mar 20th 2010 4:45PM Arashikou said
I agree with your principles, but you might want to change your initial attribution in future versions of this rant, to avoid ad-hoc attacks:
Yes, "consumption" has negative medical uses, but "consume" has meant "to eat" or "to take in" for far longer than that, dating back to the Latin "consumere." And I'm pretty sure that when people started saying that we "consume" media, they were thinking of it in the sense of taking in or metaphorically eating the media, not in the sense of our being a disease. Even the medical variation derives from this; the body appeared to be "eaten up" or withered away.
Still, the connotations aren't any better for that meaning of "consume." The marketers are essentially calling us mental fatasses, defining the image of their average customer as a couch potato gorging themselves figuratively. (and, judging by cross-promotion, literally as well) Actually, though I don't have any evidence to support making such a claim, it wouldn't surprise me if "consuming" content was originally coined as a negative term that subsequently became gentled into common usage by people who didn't get the subtext.
(Also: Joystiq is probably a far cry from the right kind of forum for this discussion. As the previous commenter so aptly put it, "Video Games are fun!")
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Yes, "consumption" has negative medical uses, but "consume" has meant "to eat" or "to take in" for far longer than that, dating back to the Latin "consumere." And I'm pretty sure that when people started saying that we "consume" media, they were thinking of it in the sense of taking in or metaphorically eating the media, not in the sense of our being a disease. Even the medical variation derives from this; the body appeared to be "eaten up" or withered away.
Still, the connotations aren't any better for that meaning of "consume." The marketers are essentially calling us mental fatasses, defining the image of their average customer as a couch potato gorging themselves figuratively. (and, judging by cross-promotion, literally as well) Actually, though I don't have any evidence to support making such a claim, it wouldn't surprise me if "consuming" content was originally coined as a negative term that subsequently became gentled into common usage by people who didn't get the subtext.
(Also: Joystiq is probably a far cry from the right kind of forum for this discussion. As the previous commenter so aptly put it, "Video Games are fun!")
Posted: Mar 20th 2010 12:54PM (Unverified) said
this uhhh...coming to consoles? I thought it was going to be on PSN and Live as well. The full game I mean, not really the beta (tho that would be nice too).
From what I've read, people playing it on PC think it is a good. The video of the Trapper class was pretty kewl looking too. You can lay down bear traps.
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From what I've read, people playing it on PC think it is a good. The video of the Trapper class was pretty kewl looking too. You can lay down bear traps.
Posted: Mar 20th 2010 2:20PM spyker3292 said
That doesn't mean Lead and Gold will be out for Mac.
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Posted: Mar 20th 2010 2:23PM spyker3292 said
That last comment was a reply to "Shadowbender"....
So, I wonder if the 360 launch will be the same week.
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So, I wonder if the 360 launch will be the same week.
Posted: Mar 20th 2010 3:30PM (Unverified) said
The beta is ok but very lagy right now and I hope that gets fixed, if possible, soon. It's pretty fast paced so it's not all going slow or anything like that.
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Posted: Mar 20th 2010 4:09PM (Unverified) said
It's only a 13 dollar pre order, not that much risk for what looks like it could turn out to be some fun.
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Posted: Mar 20th 2010 7:59PM (Unverified) said
It's really good. Buy this game! steam ID: dhuffman5
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Posted: Mar 21st 2010 11:36AM jimmyinnernets said
The game is mediocre at best. I understand it's a beta, but give PC players the option of playing first person. Feels too consolish with the third person. Not a fan of the chance to still get shots off once you're knocked down. I do think the game types are neat and the design is really good. Overall though, it might be a fun extra game to have at a LAN party but that's about it.
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Posted: Mar 22nd 2010 4:39AM (Unverified) said
If you hook up an xbox360-controller the controls will default to that
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