benjaminjmarshall
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More unfinished business: Cavanagh's vectorized tongues and the RPG that doesn't exist
Posted on May 20th 2013 11:30AM

Report: Don't expect next-Xbox announcements this year
Jan 30th 2012 10:46PM (Joystiq)That's exactly the point... No new hardware + nothing revolutionary = RAGE
Rage fits the bill perfectly for END OF CYCLE game... It looks great, its smooth, and it does absolutely nothing to push gaming forwards.
another reason is the fact that games Like Call of Duty, and MADDEN, run the EXACT same engine for the entire lifespan of the console, and get rich off of it, and we get filtered urine to re-drink... we are not in a world where we need to drink filtered urine... last I looked, we have land under our feet, and choices...
unless of course you like peeing in a bottle... then go for it.
Report: Don't expect next-Xbox announcements this year
Jan 30th 2012 9:19PM (Joystiq)I think its funny that if you mention Call of duty, or Computer gaming, you get down voted immediately.
We all know in the back of our nerd brains that PC is the superior gaming machine... I refuse to play games on mine because its for Photo Editing, and I am not about to mess up a $1300 graphics program to play Skyrim...
Every game that has come out in the last 3 years has been pushing the hardware to failure, and has to be scaled back... Think of how awesome it would be to play your FPS games running at 120 frames, rather than a paltry 55-65... you think you wouldn't see the difference, but it blurs the barrier between reality and cardboard cutouts, we call the current Generation.
Report: Don't expect next-Xbox announcements this year
Jan 30th 2012 8:20PM (Joystiq)Look at FORZA, Call of Duty, Battleifeld, Skyrim... these games deserve a stronger platform to be built, and its either Going to be PC/MAC or we have to deal with 15-20 fps when memory drops below optimal... BAD CHOICE
Buckle up, this Dirt Showdown trailer may give you whiplash
Jan 27th 2012 10:29PM (Joystiq)Why Soul Calibur Still (Quietly) Burns After More than a Decade
Jan 23rd 2012 10:39PM (Joystiq)While I loved the Soul Blade game, on Playstation, we neglect to realize, it ran at 15fps, the characters were only 4,000 polygon models, there was no 3D run, and analog was not even considered.
The things I like most about the Original, were the story mode for EACH character, the Bonus characters, Taki's body paint, the ability to disarm opponents, and the wide array of locations and weapons... to this day, I can't remember a Fighting game that offered so much, and truly pushed the genre forwards.
The complete lack of reality, leaves this generation of gamers wanting more... and to be honest, Ragdoll physics are not enough to fix this.
Next time they want to do a crossover game, perhaps Reviving the Bushido Blade Series, and then Crossover Soul Calibur... NOW we have a game.
New Soulcalibur 5 trailer shows online lobby system
Jan 14th 2012 5:58PM (Joystiq)Or is that for Limited edition... My Japanese is no good these days
The GDCA 2011 nominations look strangely familiar
Jan 5th 2012 11:54PM (Joystiq)Aside from the crackle echos, Battlefield sounds ridiculously hollow and weak... but what do I know, I think Call of duty does as well.
PSA: 'Gun-like' Avatar items disappearing from XBLM on Jan. 1
Dec 23rd 2011 5:51PM (Joystiq)Seriously, we live in a world where nobody cares... so we pay people to care... until somebody pays more for them not to care too.
The original rules for the Avatars stated that NON-human heads could not be adorned, no guns or other handheld weapons, no chainsaws, no blood... basically anything that an evangelist could use as fuel.
So they made it too kiddie... then they revamped the Avatars making them a a touch realistic, and allowed ANY avatar stuff to be approved. Raking in the cash. Now Kinect, which I refuse to use or own, is becoming too important... I for one despise the motion gaming... its not relaxing at all... which is the primary use for video games.
12 Days of Joyswag: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector's Edition (or: free dragons)
Dec 18th 2011 12:21AM (Joystiq)New Xbox Live terms of service prevent class action lawsuits against Microsoft [update: opting out not allowed]
Dec 7th 2011 11:27PM (Joystiq)IT can't be enforced, the clause can only deter people from file a class action, because the Scope is too broad, there is no way that it can be 100% binding. thats like saying that this law only pertains to people that are on the planet earth... I am sure you will find someone that can click a mouse while jumping in the air, and Legally say they are in space, not on earth, and that would be enough to get the lawsuit to go through.