Picture the scene. Your friend has called you up and suggested a weekend of food, merriment and non-stop gaming. You agree because logic dictates there’s no better way to spend the weekend. You’ve rolled up at your friend’s abode, you’ve got the snacks, fizzy drinks (or beer, whatever) and you’ve had the half-hour discussion about what pizza to get. You settle down to a Smash Bros marathon, and then you remember. You remember why you don’t like playing games with your friends. Or just why you don’t like your friends in general. The reason you should never mix alcohol or an unholy sugar rush with gaming and friends is because they’re bound to have at least one unremembered irritating gaming habit. And when you’re not in your right mind there’s a strong chance you’ll give in to the craving and leap across the sofa to batter them unconscious with your controller.
A gorgeous real-world Miraidon from Pokemon Scarlet and Violet has been created in Japan by the Toyota Engineering Society.
JDR thinks the gaming industry needs more licensed IPs. It's basically a cry for Firefly: The Game, and why not? JDR delves deeper into why more isn't adapted for the interactive screen.
Nah. Video games are their own thing they wouldn't be improved by leeching off Hollywood more.
Read the article and it gives no mention of the many problems prevalent with licensed IPs, such as games and dlc being delisted when their licenses expire, Adult Swim games being the most recent example.
Only if they're good, if its going to be a 2D sprite art game, you can get away with a small team and small budget. But if you're going to make it a 3D polygonal game, you're going to need a large team with a large budget, and often times these licensed games are quickly pushed out the door, unpolished, rough, boring, bland, snorefest at best, and downright broken at worst.
We have an Indiana Jones and James Bond game currently being developed by two veteran teams with I assume fairly sizeable budgets. Let's hope they turn out to be worthwhile.
A new Mad Max game to coincide with the upcoming film would have been awesome. I loved the first game, I'm guessing it didn't sell too well as they never bothered following it up.
"The Game Music Foundation are today very proud and pleased to announce an additional concert, circling back to the roots of Game Muisic Festival in Poland. On April 28th, 2024, the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw will once again become a place to celebrate the art of video game music, featuring scores from The Last of Us and The Last of Us Part II." - The Game Music Foundation.
I am a squealer and now I feel bad. I can't help it!
Nice article, certainly you can enjoy some words here away from console wars.
Hilarious article. I admit it, I'm the caveman (I hate when someone is trying to carry a conversation with me and I'm right in the middle of an intense GOW match). LOL good times