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XNA Game Studio 2.0 Beta Ending Soon Posted: 05 Dec 2007 01:09 PM CST Michael Klucher This Friday, December 7th, will be your final chance to download the beta of XNA Game Studio 2.0. We are ending the beta program in preparation for our final release. Additionally, the Games for Windows - LIVE online functionality will become disabled. You will still be able to use XNA Game Studio 2.0 Beta to program System Link games, but you will not be able to log on by using a LIVE-enabled Gamertag. As we have mentioned, the delta between the beta and the release was very short. During that period, we addressed many bugs and issues, but the beta you received was "feature complete," meaning that everything new for XNA Game Studio 2.0 was included with the beta. Our final release is right around the corner, and we'd like to thank everyone who took time to download our beta as well as provide feedback through the Microsoft Connect site. It's with your help that we can ensure that our final build is as stable as possible.  |
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"X-Play Best of 2007 Awards" Nominees [And The Nominees Are] Posted: 05 Dec 2007 01:40 PM CST
Game of the Year * Mass Effect * Assassin's Creed * BioShock * Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare * Halo 3 * Super Mario Galaxy 
 
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Master Chief Carved From Snow [Pictures] Posted: 05 Dec 2007 01:20 PM CST
 
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Bethesda's AAA Playlist [Game On] Posted: 05 Dec 2007 01:00 PM CST
 
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Burnout Paradise Demo Coming Dec. 13th [Demo Demo] Posted: 05 Dec 2007 12:40 PM CST
Countdown to demo play [via shacknews] 
 
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GameTap Sets Daikatana Free [Romero's Baby] Posted: 05 Dec 2007 12:20 PM CST
Play Daikatana Free [GameTap] 
 
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Next Week Beers, Music, Fun, All for Child's Play [Event] Posted: 05 Dec 2007 12:00 PM CST
Next week, next Wednesday (Dec. 12 to be precise) I will be hanging out at the Walnut Room in Denver hoping to help raise a bit of cash for Child's Play through the first ever Denver Funde Razor: Hall of the Mountain Gods! OK, I made that last bit, the Gods bit, up, but it does have a nice ring to it. If you're interesting in stopping by to play some Rock Band on stage, drink some beer and perhaps win some goodies all for the good of Child's Play check out the official Funde Razor site for details on both the Denver event and the Brooklyn one, hosted by Mountain Man Joel Johnson. If you do plan on coming to the Denver event hit up the Walnut Room from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. If you plan on Brooklyn, get to Barcade between 8 p.m. and midnight. 
 
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Gerstmann Speaks A Little, I Think It's Telling [Gamespot] Posted: 05 Dec 2007 11:40 AM CST
you asked if it's realistic for readers to expect a church and state separation between editorial and sales. Realistic or not, I think readers should demand that from a publication. Some people probably think that's a little old-fashioned or hopelessly idealistic, given the changing nature of advertising these days, but there you go.Notice the diction here because I believe it to be quite important: "realistic or not" and "some people might think it's...hopelessly idealistic" didn't need to be used here to answer Totilo's question. Instead of responding "yes" or "no," Gerstmann is responding to an unverified problem. In other words, Totilo is asking "do you think it's realistic for gamers to expect a church and state separation [that may exist now or in the future]" while Gerstmann is answering something along the lines of "how can we fix this already present craptastic overlap between editorial content and advertising?" If you buy into my reading, then Gerstmann is admitting that a problem exists by responding to it. The rest of the message: ...somewhere in that complex mess of relationships is the right amount of disclosure. Gaming publications should tell their readers what to expect. If you're running a publication and you're comfortable running infomercials and advertorials, they should be clearly marked as such.My head is a mess when we talk about the potential of journalistic integrity, especially when the basis of that said journalism is a subjective review to begin with. Essentially we're searching for unbiased bias. This whole thing is a mess. 
 
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Square Enix Goes Modern Day, The World Ends [Game Annoucement] Posted: 05 Dec 2007 11:20 AM CST
Only with the coolest fashions, friends and fighting skills can Neku restore hope to the city's population and prevent being stricken from existence altogether!*raises an eyebrow quizzically* Okay! This is Squenix's first foray into the modern world, set in Shibuya, which is "the coolest district in Tokyo". It features 'achingly hip' characters, each with a different fashion sense, a soundtrack full of 'bleeding-edge' music, telepathic powers, and a combat system that utilizes the microphone. Yeah, it sounds like they've gone completely insane, but perhaps it's just so crazy it might work? It certainly worked in Japan, where the game's quirky art style and Tetsuya Nomura character designs were a pretty huge success. For more information on the title, check out the game's page at Wikipedia. SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES NEW NINTENDO DS TITLE FROM THE MAKERS OF KINGDOM HEARTS THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU London (5th December 2007) - Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, today announces that THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU™, an exciting new title from the makers of KINGDOM HEARTS, will be released exclusively on the Nintendo DS™ handheld system across all PAL territories in spring 2008. Previously known as Subarashiki Kono Sekai™ on its release in Japan. THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU is an innovative new title from Square Enix that fully utilizes the capabilities of the Nintendo DS, and takes major influence from Japan's modern day culture including its people, music, clothes, food and design. Set in Tokyo's trendiest district, the story begins with the lead character Neku waking up to find a phone message stating he has only 7 days before he will cease to exist. Only with the coolest fashions, friends and fighting skills can Neku restore hope to the city's population and prevent being stricken from existence altogether! John Yamamoto, president and chief executive officer of Square Enix Ltd. comments, "Square Enix has traditionally been associated with RPG's set in fantasy lands, but THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU is our first ever game to be set in modern times and real-life locations. The use of the Nintendo DS functionality is second to none. We believe gamers of all ages and abilities will be able to enjoy all that THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU has to offer." About THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU Story Features 
 
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 11:00 AM CST
I was not very impressed with Dark Sector when I briefly checked it out at the Tokyo Game Show earlier this year. This video almost makes me want to give it a second chance... almost. 
 
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The 2007 Wii and DS Buyer's Guide: Part 3 Posted: 05 Dec 2007 01:00 PM CST Today's installment of our buyer's guide features a hotly anticipated Wii FPS game, and an "under the radar" Dragon Quest spinoff.
 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Wii) With the obvious implications for FPS controls, Wii fans have waited since the console's launch for a truly great First Person Shooter game. They got some decent efforts with Red Steel and a few of the ports, yet they had to wait for Retro Studio's masterpiece to really experience First Person Adventure on Wii. Selling Points: Excellent controls. The game feels like a million bucks to play. Amazing gameplay. If you love the modern Metroid titles, you'll be in heaven with this one. Beautiful, gorgeous art direction. This game is a feast for the eyes. Interesting "achievement" type system that uses Nintendo Wi-Fi connection. Potential Drawbacks: This game may not be suited for those who must blast stuff every few seconds. You know, morons.  Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime (DS): Beware the "this looks like a kiddie game!!!" syndrome. So many great games are avoided by American gamers because the Japanese art direction makes the game look like a kid's title. Rocket Slime is a great example of this: ignored by adults, the game is a bit obscure. Yet contained within is a wonderful platformer/RPG/Strategy hybrid. Selling Points: Delightful, fun game. Brims with personality. Strategy segments are madly addictive. Platforming action is clever and well designed. Potential Drawbacks: Takes a bit to get going. Graphics and sound may annoy some that don't like things too "bright" and "bouncy." See article. 
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Posted: 05 Dec 2007 01:20 PM CST simExchange分析师Jesse Divnich对Activision和Vivendi Games合并发表评论认为媒体巨头的收购可能对创新造成负面影响。 Divnich说“当下而言，游戏业应该感到高兴，这是两个游戏公司的合并，而不是一个游戏公司被一个媒体巨头吃掉。如果不幸如此，这只会带来亏损和制作出差劲的游戏。……举例来说，Rock Band由Harmonix制作，Harmonix被MTV收购，而MTV是Viacom（注：媒体巨头）旗下公司；Rock Band由艺电发行。到头来Harmonix优秀的游戏大作被差劲的市场营销和公关全毁了。” “艺电（EA），曾经的创新和设计的先行者，现在沦为每年循环发售同一游戏和基于好莱坞电影的游戏。这种低风险，高受益的“投资”当然是EA股东所乐见的。极品飞车（Need For Speed）到哪里了？8？9？你能告诉我Madden NFL 07和08版的区别吗？” Divnich认为这种现象在媒体巨头的那里非常普遍，他说“他们找到个好主意或是昙花一现的时尚，当然很多时候这些都是来自外部；买下相关的知识产权，然后尽量以最快速度从里面挤出每一分钱。” 对于有人怀疑这次Activision和暴雪的合并是受到前不久艺电对BioWare/Pandemic收购的回应，Divnich说“像这样的合并谈判要花上很长时间，肯定是在EA宣布收购BioWare/Pandemic前就开始了。” Divnich说“不管怎么说，这两个独立事件表明游戏业还在继续整合过程中，而且不会很快停下来。对于游戏业来说，游戏公司合并总比被媒体巨头收购来的好。” 最后Divnich说“毫无疑问，游戏业的购并才刚刚开始。” 更新： EA高管首次对Activision暴雪合并发表评论。EA负责业务发展的主管的Nick Button-Brown在正在召开的GDC Lyon上说“Vivendi需要改变，Activision做得很好，暴雪也做得很好，两好变一好，是个有趣的联合。我们现在还不知道结果如何，要到正式合并后半年才看得出来。” Button-Brown不排除EA未来收购的可能，他说“永远是可能的，我的工作就是发现新的品牌和优秀的游戏开发商合作，无论我们收购他们与否。” No Tags |
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Lyon GDC Confirms 450 Attendees, 2008 Plans Posted: 05 Dec 2007 09:42 AM CST
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Michael Bay on Microsoft's "dirty secret" Posted: 05 Dec 2007 01:05 PM CST Film director Michael Bay believes that
Microsoft ispromoting confusion in the HD format war in order
to usher indigital downloads
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New inquiry into risks of harmful material in games Posted: 05 Dec 2007 12:01 PM CST The UK parliament's Culture, Media and Sport
Committeehas announced a new inquiry into the potential risks
from harmfulmaterial on the Internet and in
videogames
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Allegorithmic Ships Texturing Middleware ProFX 2.6 Posted: 05 Dec 2007 09:35 AM CST
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Fils-Aime: Wii Shortages Are Not Marketing Strategy Posted: 05 Dec 2007 05:50 AM CST
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Ghostbusters Game: New Dish On DS Version Posted: 05 Dec 2007 12:41 PM CST BLOG—NGamer magazine gives a few first details about the DS version of the upcoming Ghostbuster game, revealing that it will be in a management based style with users creating and running their own ghostbusting franchise.
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GameSpot “Mass Resignations” Imminent? Posted: 05 Dec 2007 12:41 PM CST BLOG – There are now whisperings that a significant amount of GameSpot staffers will up and leave in the wake of the Jeff Gerstmann termination fiasco.
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Inaugural French GDC a Good Start Posted: 05 Dec 2007 12:41 PM CST France’s fledgling Lyon Game Developers Conference has planted a solid foothold for future iterations of the event, organizers said Wednesday.
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It's that time of year again when everyone needs to name winners and losers. In my heart, we're all winners. OK, that's a lie. In my heart, about 3% of us are winners. And also in said (speculated) heart, some of these winners have won because they've gotten to play some of the incredible games from this year. X-Play has developed their nominee list for best of 2007 and will announce the winners December 17th on their show (of course). And while X-Play's Game of the Year picks are pretty standard: Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed, BioShock, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Halo 3 and Super Mario Galaxy, it's tough for me to take any GOTY list seriously that excludes Portal and/or Orange Box. Still, they didn't completely miss the mark. Here's their whole list: 
Now that his battle is done, Master Chief seeks other fights. For instance, here we see him stand against global warming, spiting carbon monoxide emissions and the sun's building rays by standing defiant in frozen water. Don't mind his yellow glow. His bloom lighting is under control...it's just that a dog passed by not so long ago. (OK, fine. No yellow, "lemon flavored, we promise" snow was used in the building of this Master Chief sculpture. And his battle against polluters is in no way sanctioned by Bungie or Microsoft. As of now Master Chief is retired and void of any and all sponsorships—which is really too bad. He'd be great with a line of men's wear on QVC.)
It's always interesting when designers disclose what they are playing, and Bethesda recently listed a boatload of games their team was playing, broken down by occupation. Overall AAA trends include exactly what you would probably predict: Mass Effect, Rock Band, Orange Box, Super Mario Galaxy, Assassin's Creed, etc. You can also spot a dead Xbox 360, boardgames and plenty of popular (and even some older) RPGs sure to be influencing these good Samaritans who are making what will hopefully be my next favorite infatuation for a while (Fallout 3). Also of note: nobody's playing Fallout 2...at least not during weekend hours...though Oblivion is in at least one rotation. 
We knew the Burnout Paradise demo would be making its way to Xbox 360 and PS3 sometime in December in anticipation of the January 22nd launch date. Now it's confirmed, per countdown clock on Criterion's site, that the Burnout Paradise demo will be coming December 13th. Despite a fantastic year of racing games, I can't wait for the arcade style speed and destruction of a true 
GameTap really hates us. Don't believe it? Just look what they've given us for Christmas. From now until December 31st, John Romero's masterpiece Daikatana is free for everyone to play.They've even posted a 
MTV's Stephen Totilo exchanged some emails with ex-GameSpot review Jeff Gerstmann. And while Gerstmann didn't go on record saying anything all that juicy, he did have something telling to say about the separation of advertising and reviews:
Square Enix isn't all 
Organizers of the first annual Lyon Game Developers Conference have announced that the event hosted more than 450 professional attendees mainly from the French development industry, in addition to developers from 20 other countries including the UK, the US, Canada, China, Korea, Poland, Russia, Brazil, and Nigeria. The event was presented by Connection Events, the company behind the Game Connection event, and Gamasutra parent the CMP Game Group, presenters of the annual Game Developers Conference ...
France's Allegorithmic has announced the availability of the latest version of its ProFX middleware, a tool which allows for procedural texturing. According to Allegorithmic, the tool allows studios to produce textures "up to two times faster than with regular techniques." The tool, which also produces texture data "500 to 1000 times smaller" than comparable textures produced through other means, offers flexible licensing depending on size and scope of the project involved, ranging from a small ...
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime has stated that, contrary to speculation, long queues at retail and widely-reported Wii shortages are not a marketing strategy, but a "highly unfortunate" circumstance. Fils-Aime suggested that the company may have been unprepared for "unprecedented demand" for the Wii. "...Anyone who suggests that a shortage is good for business really doesn't understand business," Fils-Aime recently told MSNBC in an interview. He also said Nintendo is putting more than twice ...| You are subscribed to email updates from "game" via 柠檬杀手 in Google Reader
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WildTangent receives $20 million debt financing Posted: 06 Dec 2007 01:35 PM CST WildTangent has been given USD 20 million in
debtfinancing from Hercules Technology Growth
Capital
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Sutton officially named Majesco CEO Posted: 06 Dec 2007 01:26 PM CST Jesse Sutton, who was named interim CEO and
chairmanof the board of Majesco back in 2006, has officially
been namedCEO
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Gameloft's Michel Guillemot To Keynote GDC Mobile 2008 Posted: 06 Dec 2007 09:41 AM CST
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WildTangent Gets $20 Million From Hercules Posted: 06 Dec 2007 09:29 AM CST
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Wizards Of The Coast, Stainless Partner For Online Game Posted: 06 Dec 2007 08:53 AM CST
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GameStop Takes Dow Jones Slot In S& P 500 Posted: 06 Dec 2007 08:04 AM CST
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007 12:34 PM CST 我不喜欢博客赶时髦，什么华南虎，什么美国军售，全中国人都知道的事，非要再说明一下自己的看法，所谓想炒自己的人的通病吧。 |
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007 12:41 PM CST Online games firm WildTangent has landed $20 million in debt financing from Hercules Technology Growth Capital.
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007 11:49 AM CST 据娱乐软件协会（Entertainment Software Association）预测，有30%的美国成人将把电子游戏作为礼物送给亲朋好友。 更有趣的是，超过34%的成人将会在假期中玩游戏，其主要原因是他们认为玩游戏有助于减缓压力。 No Tags |
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Australian charts: Super Mario Galaxy enters at #1 Posted: 06 Dec 2007 12:17 PM CST Super Mario Galaxy for the Nintendo Wii has
enteredthe Australian game charts at number one, according to
datareleased by GfK Australia
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Analyst Talks World Of Warcraft Churn, Monthly Revenues Posted: 06 Dec 2007 10:57 AM CST
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Wizards of the Coast partners with Stainless Games Posted: 06 Dec 2007 11:05 AM CST Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro,
hasannounced an agreement with UK videogame developer
Stainless Gamesto produce a new online downloadable
game
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Gameshastra wins Red Herring Global 100 Award Posted: 06 Dec 2007 10:42 AM CST Gameshastra, India's largest game services
provider,announced that it has won a Red Herring "Global 100"
Award2007
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Lawyer's Fate Pushed Back To 2008 [Jack Thompson] Posted: 06 Dec 2007 10:00 AM CST
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Michel Guillemot, President and CEO of Gameloft, a leading publisher and developer of games for mobile phones (New York Nights, Beowulf), will present the keynote address at the 2008 Game Developers Conference (GDC) Mobile summit taking place on Feb. 18-19th, 2008 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. Held in conjunction with GDC 2008, GDC Mobile 2008 will offer in-depth technical and business oriented mobile game development sessions supported by research and market analysis ...
Finance company Hercules Technology Growth Capital has announced that it has given publisher and distributor WildTangent $20 million in debt financing, which the Fate producer says it will use to "create an even richer gaming experience for gamers around the world." The company's game services have been widely tapped by both web portals and PC hardware manufacturers, including Dell, Toshiba, Gateway, and most recently, Hewlett-Packard. The company says its games reach "over 15 million monthly ...
Magic The Gathering creator Wizards of the Coast has announed a new partnership with Carmageddon developer Stainless Games to develop a yet unspecified "online downloadable game" to be released in early 2008. Neither company offered any details of the forthcoming game. Stainless Games most recently has been behind a number of Xbox Live conversions, including Atari remakes like Missile Command and the early XBLA port of Mac cult shooter Crystal Quest. Though primarily a tabletop ...
According to a Associated Press report, retailer GameStop will be joining Standard and Poor's S& P 500 index at a yet unspecified date, taking Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones slot. The index is a list of 500 primarily American stocks which is watched globally as, says Standard and Poor, "the best single gauge of the U.S. equities market." AP notes that Dow Jones is slated to be purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, but ...
In a new analyst note, Mike Hickey from Janco Partners has been examining Blizzard's World Of Warcraft success in light of the Activision/Blizzard merger, suggesting average monthly WoW revenue in "the low teens" and a churn rate as low as 4-5% per month. In his note, in which the financial analyst raised Activision's share price target from $20 to $35 in advance of the merger, Hickey particularly noted: "We expect the Company's WoW franchise will ...
Damn these game delays! It's always the one you're most interested in, isn't it? They never would have delayed Ninjabread Man, yet here we are with another big title pushed back to Spring 2008. While development on the JT Bar Trial is expected to wrap today, final verdict producer Judge Dava Tunis has indicated that testing and review of the extensive court record will most likely keep the results out of gamers' hands until Q1 2008. With games like Spore slated for the same release window, one has to wonder if the title will garner any notice at all when it finally hits. The verdict continues to garner harsh opposition from Florida lawyer Jackie T, who has filed multiple motions to have the game canceled altogether, though so far his track record of never hindering a game's release is intact. I guess we'll just have to find something else to play over the Christmas holiday. *sniffs*
 
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European Super Smash Bros. Brawl This Summer? [Release Dates] Posted: 06 Dec 2007 09:30 AM CST
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Well this certainly explains why the highly anticipated Super Smash Bros. Brawl didn't show up on the 
 
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World In Conflict Takes It To The Countryside [Dlc] Posted: 06 Dec 2007 09:00 AM CST
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Massive continues their inspiring post-launch support of their cold war action RTS World in Conflict next week, with an all new map - Countryside. If you've ever taken a cross-country road trip, Countryside will be extremely familiar to you, as many cows have been counted by children in the back of their parents' station wagon in spots like these since time began. I guess now you can count nuclear explosions instead, though I am guessing you wouldn't get much further than one. 
 
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Learning to Like Coffee (And Possibly Regret it) [Night Note] Posted: 06 Dec 2007 08:40 AM CST To: Crecente Welcome back! Not sure if you'll read this today, but I'll be out of pocket tomorrow so. I really hate flying across the Pacific. It kicks my ass for days after. Hope you're able to recover quickly! So, I've actually started drinking coffee. No, really. Like I never used to drink it. At all. Oh sure, occassionally I'd drink a cup of coffee or a vending machine can of it. But, not on a daily basis! Recently I've taken to drinking at least two cups a day. Not sure how this happened! But I find myself making instant crap and eyeing fancy coffee makers in the department stores. What's more, now I'm getting interested in things like coffee beans and the like. Probably want a better coffee experience than instant! Another thing I've noticed: If I don't drink coffee in the morning, I can't work. And I get crabby. Real crabby. What you missed last night |
 
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Posted: 06 Dec 2007 11:38 AM CST Newly-formed Reloaded Studios, founded by vets from NCsoft, Webzen and Phantagram, will be using CryEngine 2 for an upcoming action MMO called The Day.
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Sutton Takes Reins at Cooking Mama House Posted: 06 Dec 2007 11:38 AM CST After over a year as an interim boss, Majesco’s Jesse Sutton is officially CEO of the company.
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However, Meredith, the conniving school class president, formulates a plan that splits up the girls and the entire school into different cliques. But the Bratz aren't so easy to defeat. They decide to collaborate in order to break up the cliques and teach them that they are more than who they hang out with. 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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 11:37 AM CST 目前已经在广州了。 昨天的迪斯尼真是激动万分。 更多日本旅行的详细报道，在今后的几天会陆续给大家带来。 |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 11:55 AM CST JOY阿宝：既然这边是第一次提到中华网游戏，那么就多嘴多介绍一下他们的简单情况。
目前的中华网游戏是从最初中华网投资集团对17GAME的战略投资发展而来，在中华网从始至终的全力支持下...
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Weekend Thoughts: 'Why I Had Sex With The Alien' Posted: 08 Dec 2007 08:44 AM CST
  
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'The Warlords' Hitting Theatres and PCs Next Week [Only In China] Posted: 08 Dec 2007 11:00 AM CST
FUZHOU, China, Dec. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The first domestic Warlords, directed by Chen Kexin, is an epic war film represented by Jet Warlords Online ( tmz.91.com/ ) is the first large and realistic Warlords Online creates the unique opposition camps of the government and In eager expectation of numerous players, the game was first tested The time for developing Warlords Online was very short, but the |
[Every weekend, Gamasutra is featuring sharp editorials and feature stories from our correspondents, and this piece from Game Set Watch columnist Chris Dahlen deals with sexuality and Mass Effect.] Count me in the camp of people who was disappointed by Mass Effect. I expected to be lured into a rich, alien world, and seduced by the exotic races and intricate politics that BioWare had crammed into the story. But what I got was less a ...
 
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 09:41 AM CST 摘要: 说到界面系统，在windows平台上用c++编程的人多少都会知道MFC，我也曾仿照MFC的设计实现过一款单机游戏的界面系统。然而现在多数人认为MFC是一个设计不佳，复杂且难于使用的系统。使用MFC编程需要很长的学习过程，界面逻辑被分散到各个窗口类中，为了实现一个复杂界面，你不得不为界面中几乎每一个窗口创建派生类，并将界面逻辑嵌入到这些窗口类中。整个界面形成一个父窗口、子窗口、控件等对象组成的树状结构，许多消息在这个树状结构中通过广播的方式找到它的处理函数。要操纵子窗口或者控件完成一些事情不得不先找到包含它们的父窗口，再通过父窗口函数或者成员变量来访问子窗口或控件。这些特点迫使界面逻辑要了解界面的组织结构，甚至依赖于这个组织结构，难以实现逻辑和界面结构、布局的分离。
游戏界面有其自身的特点，比如游戏的界面往往比较简单，不需要太复杂的结构和布局，能够满足特定游戏的需求就行，不会象MFC那样被用来实现各种各样的应用程序，面对大量的不同需求，甚至要实现不可预期的需求，这就要求MFC这样的系统具有极大的灵活性，和可定制性。另外游戏界面系统往往用c++语言实现，而 阅读全文  |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 08:57 AM CST
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 07:47 AM CST  疼死了〜〜〜胃。 給朋友的生日賀圖……半天完成。 休息去，痛苦ing…… |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 07:48 AM CST 对于接触网络的人来说, 他们的生活, 大致可以分为两种生活: 现实的生活, 以及网上的虚拟生活. 观察和体验了诸多的网游后, 让我觉得, 现在很多网游在"类生活化"或我们通常所说的"社区"这方面作得还远远不够, 绝大多数的产品, 还仅仅是把N多的所谓游戏元素简单的拼凑在一起, 形成一个看似内容丰富多彩的世界, 而全然不顾玩家每天网游生活的质量. 我在想, 一个网游产品, 如果要形成社区的概念, 如果想让每个玩家都能有较高的生活质量, 我们在信息获取, 内容互动方面, 是不是还有非常大的拓展空间? 目前, 我对这个问题, 还只是一个概念, 还没有办法将它具体的系统化, 只有一些零乱的提高玩家网游生活质量的想法. 通过网游产品的运营实践分析, 玩家上线的主要规律是: 中午和晚上是两个上线高峰期. 中午时间一般比较短, 一般是大家趁着休息时上来一下, 照顾照顾自己的角色, 跟大家见见面, 随便聊聊天; 而晚上时间长一点, 可以专心致志的玩一些东西. 我在想, 从玩家每天登录进游戏的时候, 我们可以提供给玩家一个统一的类似于每日新闻播报的东西, 告诉玩家在他不在的近一段时间里, 这个世界里发生了哪些有意思的事: 比如谁的等级变成第一名了, 谁成功打败了BOSS, 甚至, 谁的账号被盗了以便提醒大家提高警惕, 谁想跟你交友, 你的好友中谁结婚了, 甚至我们可以作一个类似于自动访谈之类的东西让玩家参与游戏访谈进而将访谈内容全服公告, 让玩家体验被关注, 被当作名星的感觉, 诸如此类的想法, 等等等等. 也就是说, 我不想让玩家每天上线后, 再自己去找发生了哪些事, 或者, 自己去打听发生了哪些事, 我要把这些事, 玩家关注的这些事, 主动告诉玩家, 也要让玩家有被关注的感觉. 玩家为什么选择玩游戏? 是因为无聊和孤独. 那么, 游戏中如何才能让玩家不孤独? 当然是提高他们之间的交流和互动, 那么, 又如何提高互动? 首先的首先, 我想, 应该是主动告诉玩家他想关注的那些信息, 让他们更方便的获取到这些关注的信息, 这样, 才可以进一步让玩家自己主动自觉的去关心他的好友, 以及他所身处的这个世界. 当他对这个世界中发生的这些事产生兴趣的时候, 我们再以非常便利性的手段(比如前文说的"链接"功能), 让玩家主动去参与. 而这样, 他便不再感到孤独, 他会觉得这个世界很真实, 他自己也在被人关注. 而如果我们作到了这一点, 那么, 这个世界才开始真正活了起来, 而不是简单游戏内容的堆砌. 我们生活在一个已经信息化的时代, 每天, 在现实中, 我们可以通过报纸, 电视以及网络来了解最近的过去发生了什么, 以及最近的将来将要发生什么; 而我们的网游, 还处在一个完全没有信息化的时代, 在这个世界里, 每个玩家活得似乎比现实中更加盲目, 更加无助, 也更加累, 这已经失去了他本身玩游戏的初衷, 网游不该是这样的, 我认为. |
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How Would You Like to Make Games and Get $1,000,000 Funding? Posted: 08 Dec 2007 06:00 AM CST Acclaim Games (and David Perry) are running great contests at videogameteam.com. They’ve created an extra competition, open to any new or seasoned developers in the world, to see who can make the best “real” PC multiplayer game based on the community design. To assure that this game gets published, Acclaim will cover the winner’s normal licensing costs for ANY commercially available game engine in the world (they said that Unreal and Crytek are fine), including professional middleware (physics, video players etc.) Acclaim will pay up to $1,000,000 (US) of these license fees for the winner. They will also provide all servers and support to run the game commercially. More information (although they sure had done good job hiding it in my opinion :) can be found at videogameteam.com. If you liked this entry, feel free to visit GameProducer.net to read more similar articles. |
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《超级摩托艇GT》(Aquadelic GT)硬盘版(中文版XP系统下直接可玩) Posted: 08 Dec 2007 07:10 AM CST  游戏译名： 超级摩托艇GT 英文名称： Aquadelic GT 游戏制作： Arcade Moon 游戏发行： JoWooD Productions 游戏语种： 多国语言（ENG/DE/FR/ESP/IT） 游戏类型： Snow / Water Racing 官方网址： http://www.aquadelic.com/en/ 做源：razorback3.1 [QUOTE]风险提示：硬盘版资源不能进游戏的几率较大，且需要下载者有一定的计算机操作水平 硬盘版游戏报错常见解决办法： 1、下载并安装最新版的DirectX9.0c 2、下载并安装Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0再试 3、游戏安装目录最好全英文 4、操作系统用户名最好全英文 5、彻底关闭瑞星及其后台程序 6、更新XP补丁、更新显卡驱动[/QUOTE] 【版本说明】 全音乐、全动画、无删减、中文版系统下直接可玩 （绿化压缩小组：RAS） 【安装说明】 1、解压缩至任一分区根目录下（需1G剩余空间） 2、运行setup.bat（过程中有中文提示请注意阅读） 3、运行launcher.exe 4、如果不能进游戏，可能是你的操作系统缺少一些软件，可能用到的几个系统软件:点我下载 【游戏简介】 《超级摩托艇GT》(Aquadelic GT)是一款精彩的赛艇竞速游戏，游戏将带给你美丽的湖泊风景和刺激的竞速快感。游戏中你可以操纵不同的赛艇进行各种模式的比赛，驾驶赛艇飞速滑过水面一定会带给你痛快淋漓的感觉。 【游戏截图】 11 1111111111 111110000111111 111110000000001111 1111000000000001111 11100000000000001111 111000000000000011111 11111000000000001111 1 11110000000001111 00 111111011011111 001 111111 01 11 000 11 11 000001 1 000010 11 000011 1 10 101 1 00001 11 0000000000 1 1000000001000 1 00000000011000 1 100000001010000 1 0010000000000001 1011 0000001000000000 111101 0000000000000000 11 1110000000000 10000 00000000001 000 1 00000000000 000 1 000000000000100 1 0000000000000000 1 01 1 00111 01000 000000001001111 1 1000000000001111 1 10000000000111111 100000000001111111 1 00001001001111111 111 0000111 001111110110000000000001 00000111 0011110001 1101111 111111 000000011 101111011 10111 100001110000001 0010001011 0111111000 10111 001 000000 01 010000011 1111101100001 111 00001 100001 10 0100011 1111111111000001 00001 001 101 1110001 1111 1111111000001 000111111 01 1110001 11 1000111100001 00110001 000000010010000 1 111 101 111110001 001 000001 111111111 110001 10001 11111011 0001 000001 10 1110001 11000 111111 10001 110000 11 11 1110001 111000 111 11110000 1100001111001 1110000 1111000011 10011 10001100001110110000000000011111000111110001111111000000111 1111111 10000000100000011111111111111001111111111111111111111111111110011111 Take to the water in Aquadelic GT, a funky new boat racing game with an emphasis on fun! As a member of the Aquadelic GT league you will fight to win cash prizes and the support of fans around the world, from the rivers of Russia and the ports of Greece to luxurious Caribbean islands. You'll have to beat rival racers to the finish, and it won't be easy as you're all armed to the teeth with shark torpedos, dragnets, balloon bombs and exploding frogs. As your fame grows, you can land bigger and bigger sponsors, who will pay you even more money! You may be starting in a ramshackle old tub of a boat, but in no time at all you'll be able to buy a fancy speedboat, or a classy catamaran. Turn your newfound fame into money, and spend it to buy lavish new homes. Why live in an apartment in Russia when you could buy your own Caribbean mansion? Between races, you can move around the world looking for sponsors, giving taxi rides, helping out people in need, or even going for joyrides in seaplanes. Aquadelic GT is a boat racing game in the style of a kart racer - easy to learn, but challenging to master. Can you rise to become the top speedboat racer in the Aquadelic GT League? There's only one way to find out ____________________________________________ fix for Chinese Windows XP -------------------------------------------- *ENG/DE/FR/ESP/IT *RIP : nothing *Install Notes : * 1 _ UnRAR * 2 _ setup.bat * 3 _ if u dont use chineseXP,download original exe,copy to game folder: http://www.mediafire.com/?9hnzxhzitbm * 4 _ launcher.exe, choose ENG/DE/FR/ESP/IT *Virusscan : kaspersky Anti-virus found nothing |
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《火炎之纹章～终焉の高考》(Exam Fantasy)正式版 Posted: 08 Dec 2007 02:33 AM CST  游戏语种： 简体中文游戏类型： SRPG 游戏配置： 系统 Windows XP VISTA 中文版 CPU Intel Pentium4 1.5 GHz 以上 内存 512 MB 以上 显卡 分辨率 1024×768 以上真彩 声卡 兼容 DirectSound 声卡 硬盘 可用空间 500 MB 以上 高考狂想曲－Exam Fantasy是一部暴笑的战略型角色扮演游戏，让大家感受到脱离现实又与现实息息相关的特殊气氛，在这里最重要的不是想着如何解救世界，而是如何游戏人生！这里是高考狂想曲的世界。这里充满了妄想,奇想,幻想,以及叫人惊奇，不可思议的事物。隐居森林的数学之村，在街上散步的宠物老虎，生物王国HIV事件,化学之都的大暴炸以及充满怨念的NPC阿尔西斯……世界分为几个版块，分别代表着几种不同的势力，数学之森，生物王国，英语帝国,化学之都以及神秘的语文天国.西历776年，ACE女王继承王位，成为英语王国的第34代女王，她发起了争服世界的战争，战争的真正原因是她饥渴的占有欲吗？！据调查好象是因为她找到了一本名为《RPG MAKER XP说明》的天书…… 我们的故事也从这里开始了…… 自万物起源伊始，世界即化分为六大版块。 它们分别是数学，语文，物理，英语，化学，生物…… 它们虽然对立，却又相互依存。 正因为这种相互关系的存在 因而随之诞生了我们脚下的伊克拉姆大陆。 精灵为大地带来勃勃生机 从而最后创造了人类。 在光明与黑暗以及精灵神的庇佑下 人类的种子慢慢繁衍传承了下来。 但是，人类是那样的幼稚与无知。 为了自己的利益，无休止地向世界索取着一切自己想要的东西。 从而因为自己的贪欲使大地变得一片狼籍 同时也破坏了神在世界伊始创立下的秩序…… 游戏菜单 游戏实际截图: <<高考狂想曲 Exam Fantasy>>是比较传统的SRPG,战斗采用的是传统的战棋模式,虽然战棋的,但是主要是以RPG为主,但是考虑到有不喜欢战斗的玩家,所以本作采用的可见式的遇敌方式.当然,为了满足战棋爱好者与有搜集僻的同学,所以设计了辅导天书这一系统,慢足大家的练级欲望.这一次的地图也是花了大功夫的,光是地图制作的时间就花了整整3,4个月,效果一定不会让大家失望的. 塞恩斯Science(科学） 从小在孤儿院长大，是孤儿院的大哥哥，孤儿院的西妮，是他一起成长的伙伴。 对所有事物都很感兴趣，虽然数学是他的强项，并且还练得很多数学战士都无法修炼的 十字坐标斩，但是他在其它学科方面也很有天赋。性格内敛但不会在人前示弱，责任心强，面对事情十分认真，一心想拯救世界，成为万人瞩目的英雄，但领导能力不强，但在旅行后慢慢成长，成为真正的第一男主角。 西妮Sinusoidal（正弦函数） 小时侯是被数学之村的村民检到的，送去了孤儿院。与塞恩斯Science一起长大的，把他当成自己亲人。性格内象，极有同情心，喜欢帮助他人，做算术题是她的最爱，并且运算能力超强，但还是随身带上一部计算器，用来计算受伤者所需要恢复的HP，以免浪费MP值^^^^^^自己的身世也是一个秘密。 瓦尔斯Virus（病毒） 由于病毒当年侵入英语王国，瓦尔斯Virus的双亲均受感染而死去，因此小时侯流浪街头，变得冷漠，麻目。后来被一名佣兵团团长收为学生，不久就习得超强的剑术，后来被Ace Queen 艾丝封为英语王国皇家剑士，为了女王的任务东奔西跑，由于从小就被训练成佣兵，似乎渐渐的有了喜欢完成任务的僻好。值得说明的是此人是路痴一个。 艾丝Ace Queen(皇牌女王） 具有特输血统的扑克牌（POKER）家族的后代，由于生于POKER年历的ACE QUEEN，因此得名，天生具有领导才能，有支配他人的爱好。由于此家族天生就是学习英语的料，加上家族的雄厚财力，创立了全大陆最大的国家。她高傲，自大，目中无人，任为世界因为她而存在，因为她而转动，言语中充满了藐视和轻篾。人也十分的美丽，英语水平超高，因此成为了全大陆无人不晓的女王。 格拉薇缇gravity（万有引力） 物理王国公主！活泼，热情！人见人爱！丝毫没有公主的驾子，由于天生好动，不喜欢待在宫中，到处游历。在活泼开郎的同时，富有超强的正义感。从小就受到了高强度的物理学习，不过她在很短的时间内就能学得很好。物理似乎已经满足不了她的学习欲望了，于是她开始了她的A计划：1块钱环游世界（走出皇宫时穿的便装，并且为了煅炼自己，只带了一块钱） 卡帕德compound（化合物） 45年前他曾经是化学国度的化学权威人士，而且是一个极为有钱的人，但在45年前的一天，他在试验时发生大暴炸，家产全毁^^^^^^成为一个极度贫穷的化学家，穷得买一瓶浓硫酸的钱都没有了。不过这样的遭遇并没有让他停止试验，最近，他研究出一种可以返老还童的药水，并且申请了专利，价钱也抄到了天价。效果那就不用说了，你看他自己用了以后看起来有67岁吗。此人温顺的化学师一个，但是如果你说他的试研成果是垃圾的话，浓硫酸的滋味你马上就知道了。。 兰古吉language（语言） 语文天界的诗人，十分了解大陆上平民们的疾苦，喜欢把自己的心情都记录下来，同时也养成了坚强的性格。表面上看，虽然是一名天使，但是对待邪恶就完全是另一个模样，拥有三寸不烂之舌，受到她的羞辱后，让人觉得没有被生下来会比较幸福。 神秘角色???{/gg} 天书的世界中蕴藏了不可思议的力量，天书中记载了关于创造世界的秘密，主角们手中就拥有天书的部份篇章，随着旅途的进行，他们终于找到了所有天书，并且知道了关于天书的秘密，等待主角们的是一场人与神的战争…… 黑暗生物魔城是一个被封印了千年的圣魔城，1000年前龙族与猪族共同生活在生物王国的世界，可是龙族使用了被创世神禁用的克隆技术创造出了大量龙族，猪族因此无法生存，“龙猪大战”暴发了，在猪头帮帮主的领导下，猪族终于将龙族封印了…………圣魔城再度复活？！ 化学之都是一个崇尚自由与科学的地方，这里没有国王，没有权威，人们整天都在研究化学……所以这里的环境比较恶劣，很少能看见植物哦！就连主城区里的植物都因为受到严重污染而相当的矮小呢……提示一点，因为化学之都经常会发生爆炸……所以记得买保险。 生物王国位于伊克拉姆东面一个最大的山谷中，整个生物王国分为4层，最底层是用来关押犯人的，中间两层是平民居住的地方，而最顶层则是宏伟的生物城堡。如果喜欢旅行的朋友一定不要忘了要来这个极具特色的地方哦。忘记说明了……最近HIV袭击生物王国，游客数量剧减…… 数学之村是一个和平宁静的村庄,由于这里土地肥沃,周围被数学之森包围着,所以他们可以自给自足,在这里还有很多来自外面的隐居者.由于数学之森的保护,这里的人们与事隔绝,但是为了让孩子们增长见识,每个即将成年的孩子都会去巡礼游览整个大陆……我们的头号男女主角就正在为旅行的事做准备呢…… 英语王国作为伊克拉姆大陆中最大的国家，土地面积是相当的大，人们喜欢宽 畅而时尚的房屋，而且他们也比较重视绿化。特别提出的是，英语王国的人们是 非常爱戴ACE女王的，在他们心中ACE就是他们的神……如果你对女王有一点点不 敬的话，你可能不能活着走出英语王国了…… 未完成的世界？？介绍未完成？？拼图？？纸片？？怨念？？阿尔西斯！？ 物理王国是伊克拉姆大陆上最晚诞生的国家，但是它的发展却相当的迅速，近年来被大家公认为可以与英语王国相对抗的国家。物理王国的居民当然崇尚科学，热爱物理了……因为发展得太迅速了，所以整个国家没什么特点，感觉有点不伦不类…… 语文天界独自位于伊克拉姆南方的小岛上，是一座神秘的岛屿，据说这里是神的发源地，所以我们的主角们为了找出创造世界的真象而向此出发了……由于目前海上的交通工具只有船……所以航海中可能会遇见海贼，海怪…… 终于！终于我们的主角找到了创世神之地……好神奇的异世界！什么！主角们还进入了高考大魔王的体内？！嘿嘿，自己看吧！最终战要到了哦！ |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 03:28 AM CST 网游2.0，一种未来的生活方式 By 吴锡桑 Fishman，2007.12.08
以下是四个不安份玩家心中的梦想，他们渴望着，有朝一日这些“
玩家一、小A、男、保安
玩家三、小B、女、服务员
玩家三、小C、男、司机
玩家四、小D、女、学生
Fishman也有个梦想。设想不久的将来，市面上就会出现这样的一款虚
Fishman的网游2.0系列文章： 02. 第三只眼看网游2.0 01. Fishman的网游2.0狂想曲
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 05:02 AM CST December has arrived - with Christmas decorations (good), shorter days (not good), and wet snow that melts into a sea of slush (bad), covering up the slippery slick ice (superbad)1 - and we are now less than two weeks away from Funcom’s biannual company product presentation, where the whole company gets to see what everyone else has been working on the past six months.
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Capcom Still Believe In Third-Party Exclusives [Capcom] Posted: 08 Dec 2007 12:30 AM CST
Exclusives are driven by gameplay functionality and cost. If you get your gameplay functionality and costs right, exclusivity can work.How right he is! Phoenix Wright, Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Devil May Cry...oh, wait... Capcom: Third-Party Exclusives Still Viable [Next-Gen] |
Games cost a lot of money now, there's not as many people owning current-gen consoles as owned stuff like the PS2, competition between the three platforms is closer than last gen, blah blah blah. In short, the third-party exclusive is dead. We've heard it all before. Capcom have heard it all before, too, and do you think they care? They couldn't give a rat's arse. Capcom marketing VP - and exquisitely-named gentleman - Nique Fajors: 
 
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Posted: 07 Dec 2007 08:39 PM CST 恭喜以下学员本月就业
注：GA游戏教育基地：www.gamea.com.cn
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《恐龙战队：超级传奇》(Power Rangers Super Legends)CLONE版/破解版[ISO] Posted: 08 Dec 2007 01:30 AM CST ![《恐龙战队：超级传奇》(Power Rangers Super Legends)CLONE版/破解版[ISO]](https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/HITyg8QyjUbwUN_6EwWbKo1RJJdhnFCIhO6FX2MiucNvXppp4spsXFGAU-yPZHQ2yaeHtSCdGdwWt6v8MFGEMdUJCunqcBk0JP97AvMH2nnrOdgTAv4yFKZq=s0-d-e1-ft#http://img.verycd.com/post_thumbs/0712/post-228427-1197099228_thumb.jpg) 转自TLF 游戏名称：恐龙战队：超级传奇3 游戏原名：Power Rangers Super Legends, 游戏容量：1DVD5 游戏制作：Disney Interactive Studios 代理发行：Disney Interactive Studios 游戏类型：ACT（动作游戏） 发行日期：Nov 6, 2007 官方网站：http://disney.go.com/disneyinteractivestudios/ 前两个文件是破解版 后三个文件是CLONE版 【游戏介绍】：转自IT.com 恐龙战队：超级传奇（Power Rangers: Super Legends）》是由迪尼斯互动工作室（Disney Interactive Studios）负责研发的一款动作游戏。本作对应PS2，Wii，NDS以及PC平台。 喜欢单纯打斗的玩家可以毫无顾虑的尽情享受纯动作游戏的快感。同时游戏中的招式虽然比较简单，但是每招每式的细节刻画却是相当精细，游戏角色无论出拳、出脚或是出剑都可以让玩家看到其动作的全过程，因此喜欢硬派格斗的玩家可以来体验一下，本作简单的全程格斗一定会给你带来不小的乐趣！ CLONE版NFO ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ███████████████████████████████▀▀▀▀▀▀██████████████████████████████████████████ ████████████████████████▀▀▀▀█▀ ▄██▀█▄ ▀████████████████████████████████████████ ███████████████████▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄ █▒▒▓▓▄█▄ ▀▀▀▀▀███████████████████████████████████ ███████████████▀▀ ▄▓█▀▀ ▀████▒▒▒▒▓▀██████▄ ▀█████████████████████████████████ ██████████████ ▄█▀ ██▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▀██▄ ▀███████████████████████████████ ████████████▀ ▄█ █░▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▀█▄ ▀█████████████████████████████ ███████████▀ █▀ ▐█▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▓██ ▀████████████████████████████ ██████████▀ █ █░▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓██ ▀███████████████████████████ █████████▀ █ █░▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▓█▌ ███████████████████████████ █████████ ▐▌ ▄░▒▒▒▒▒▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▀█ ▐██████████████████████████ █████████ ▐ ██▄ ░░▒▒▒▒▒▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓█▌▐██████████████████████████ ████████ █████▄▄░ ░ ░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▓█▌▐██████████████████████████ ███████▌ ▄█▀ ▀▌ ░░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▓▒▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▓▓█ ▐██████████████████████████ ███████ ▐ ▐▌ █▄ █▄██▓█▓█████▄▒▓▓▓▓▓▒▓▒▓▓▒▓▓▓▓▒▓█▌▐███████████████████████████ ███████ ▐ ▀▄████▓▀█▒ ▀▓▓█▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▄██▌ ███████████████████████████ ███████▌ ▀███▓▒ ▓ ▀█▓▓▓ ▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀█ ███████████████████████████ ████████▌ ▐█▓▒ ▄ ▀█ █▀ ▀▀▀██ █ ▀██████████████████████████ ████████▌ █▓▒ ██▄ ▐█▀ █▌▀▄ ▀████████████████████████ ████████▌▐█░░ █████▄ █▓ ▀ ▀██▒██ ▀█▄ ▀██████████████████████ ████████▌▐█▓░ █████▀ ██ ▓▓█████▌▓ ▀█▄ ▀████████████████████ ████████▌ █▓▒░ ▐████ ▄ █▓ ████▌█▌▄██▓ ▀█▄ ▀██████████████████ █████████ ▐█▓░ ████ ██ ████▀▄▌▀▀▀████▓░▀█▄ ▀███████▀████████ ██████████ █▓▒░ ▐██ ▄██▌█▓ ▐█▄█▄█ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀█████▄ ▀█████ ▄▄▄ ▀███ ██████████▌ █▓▒░ ██▌ █▀ ██▐▌ █░█ ▄████████▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█████ ▓ █ ▀██ ███████████▌ █▓▒░ ▐██ ▄█ ▐█ █▓ ▐▌▐████████████████████████ ██ █ ██ ████████████ ▐█▓▒░░ ██▌ █▄ ▐█ █▓ ▐▌▐████████████████████████ ▓█ ▐▌▄██ █████████████ ██▓▒░░ ███▄███▌ ▐▌ ▀ █▌▐████████████████████████ █ █ ███ █████████████▌▐█▄▄▄ ▒▓▀███ █ ▀ █ ███████████████████▀▀▀▀▀ ███▌▐███ ██████████████ █▀▀▀███ ▀ ░█ ▐▌▄▄ █ █████████████████▀ ▄█▀▀█▄▄▀█ ████ ██████████████▌ ██▀███▌ █▄ █▄ ▄█ ▀░█▄▄ █▌▐█████▀ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀ ▄█▀ ▀▄▓█▌▐███ ███████████████ ▀███▀█ █▄ ▀▀▀▀ ░█▓ ▐█ ▀▀███ █▌ ▀▀█▒▄▄█ ░█ ▀ ███ ███████████▀▀▀▀█▄ ▐█░██ ▀█ ▓▀ ▀███▄▄▄ █ ██▌░▀▀▄ ▒▌ ▐███ ██████████ ▄▄ ▀ ██░██ ▄▀ ▄▄ ▐▌ ▀▀▀▀█▌ ▄▄██ ▀█▄▄ ▄ █ ████ █████████▌ ████▄ ▀ ▀█▒████▌ ▄▀██ ██ ▀▀██▓█ ▀█▒▓██▌ █████ █████████ ▐██▀██ █▄ ▀█▓▒▀█ █▀ █▌ █▄ ░██ ░░ ▓█ ▒▓▓█ ▐█████ █████████ ▐█▌ ▓██ ██▄ ▀▀▄▄█▄▀▀ ▐█▄ ▀█▌ ████▄ ░░ ▓█ PRO ▓░░▐▄▄▄▄▄▄ █████████▌ ██ ▓▓█ ▀███▄ █ ▄████▌ ▄ ▐██ ██▄ ▓█▌ CYON! 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Release #95 ░███ ████ ▒ ▀█ ████ ░ Power Rangers: Super Legends (c) Disney Interactive ███░ ░ █▀ . Game Information Release Date...: 12/07/2007 Discs........: 1 Game Type......: Action Protection...: Securom Image Type.....: .mdf/.mds Archive Type.: .rar . Game Summary Players battle enemies, solve puzzles and explore an interactive world as some of the most beloved Power Ranger heroes from the original Mighty Morphin squad to the current Operation Overdrive team. The game combines fast-paced, martial arts combat with super moves and gravity-defying aerial combos. In the spirit of the series, players can team up with a friend for cooperative missions and massive Zord battles. . 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Now these icons of the Mighty Morphin era ▓ █ █ █ emerge to celebrate 15 years of high-action crime fighting █ █ █ █ in Power Rangers: Super Legends. Based on the long-running █ █ █ █ television show, this thrilling adventure places you in █ █ █ █ the role of one of 20 Rangers from the original Mighty █ █ █ █ Morphin squad to the current Operation Overdrive. Pummel █ █ █ █ hordes of henchmen in dynamic Zord Battle sequences and █ █ █ █ protect the world as you go. Unleash gravity-defying blows █ █ █ █ on your enemies to send them flying into the sky, and █ █ █ █ execute super-human acrobatics worthy of your title as █ █ █ █ Ranger. Each and every confrontation mirrors the intensity █ █ █ █ of the TV show. █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ Combine timed button inputs and custom battle animations █ █ █ █ into unbelievable sequences of punishing moves. █ █ █ █ Demonstrate intricate double jumps, air dashes and wall █ █ █ █ jumps that look like they could be found on a movie █ █ █ █ screen. Make your way through each mission with a friend █ █ █ █ in co-op play and use the combo system to help each other █ █ █ █ in combat. You'll also have to use your brain to solve █ █ █ █ challenging puzzles along the way. The more devastation █ █ █ █ you dish out, the more unlockables you'll earn, such as █ █ █ █ music, illustrations, new moves and new levels. By the █ █ █ █ time you're through, those bad guys will wish they never █ █ █ ▓ messed with a Ranger as fierce as you. ▓ █ ▓ ▒ ▒ ▓ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ░ ▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒░ REPACK NOTES ░▒▓▓▓▓▄▄ ░ ▄▓▓▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▓▓▓▄ ▐▓▀ ▀▓▌ █▌ ░ ░ ▐█ █ ▒ Something f**ked up the packing, here is a repack.. ▒ █ █ ▓ ▓ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ▓ ▓ █ ▓ ▒ ▒ ▓ ▒ ░ ░ ▒ ░ ▄▄▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▒░ INSTALL NOTES ░▒▓▓▓▓▄▄ ░ ▄▓▓▓▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▓▓▓▄ ▐▓▀ ▀▓▌ █▌ ░ ░ ▐█ █ ▒ ~ Unpack ▒ █ █ ▓ ~ Burn or mount ▓ █ █ █ ~ Install █ █ █ █ ~ Copy the crack from the ViTALiTY folder, close game dir █ █ █ █ ~ Rot in heaven █ █ █ █ █ █ █ █ ▄ █ █ █ █ ▄ ▄ ▄ ▄▄▄ ▄▓▌ ▄█░▀▓▓▄ █ █ █ █▌ ▄███▄ ▄▓▌▄▓▓▓▄ ▄███▄▐███ ▀ ▄██▓ ▀▀ ▄ ▐█ █ █ ▐▓▄ ▄ ▓██ ▄▄▄▀ █▓█ ▄▓▀ ██▓██▌ ▄▄██ ██▓▄▄ ░ ▄███▄ ▄ ▄▓▌ █ █ ▀▓▓▓▄▄█▄ ▓██ ▓██▌▓██▄▓██ ▄▓▀██▓██▌ ▐▓██ ██▓▓██▒ ██▓ ▄█▄▄▄▓▓▓▀ █ ▐▌ ▀▀▓▓▓▓▄ ▓██ ░ ▓██ ▓██ ▓██ ▐█▓ ██▓██ ▓██░██▓▒██▓ ░ ██▓ ▄▓▓▓▓▓▀▀ ▐▌ ▀▄ ▓██ ▒ ▓██░▓██░▓██░██▓ █████ ▓██▒██▓░██▓ ▒ ██▓ ▄▀ ▀ ▓██ ▓ ▓██▒▓██▒▓██▒██▓ ██▓█▓ ▓██▓██▓ ██▓ ▓ ██▓ ▀ ▓██ ▓ ▓██▓▓██▀▓██▓██▀▀▀░▄████▄▄ ▀███▓ ██▓ ▓ ██▓ ▐██▌▀▐██▌▀▀ ▄ █▀█▀▄ ▄▓▀▓▄ ▀█ ▐██▓ ▐██▌▀▐██▌ ▀██▄██▀ ▀▓▓█▄░▄█▓▓▄▀▀ ▀ ▐▌ █▀█ ▄▀██▄██▀ ▄ ▀▀▄▄ ▀█▀ ▄▀▀ ▀ █▓█ ▀ ▀▓▓█▄░▄█▓▓▄▀▀██▓▄ ▄ ▀▄ ▄▀ ▀▓█▓▀ ▄ ▀ ▀ █▓█ ▀ ▀█▓▌▄▀ ▓ ░▓░ ▀▓█▓▀ ▄▄▄▐█▓▌ ░ ░ ░▓░ ▄█▀▀▀▓▓▓▌ ░ █▀ ▐▓▀ ▐▌ ▀ ▀ ▄ |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 03:39 AM CST My old commander-in-chief Peter Molyneux was in the press recently making the case for new blood and new graduates in the industry, as well as advocating passion and communication skills over experience (here, via gi.biz). A fine sentiment, but I think he's not seeing the problem.
The problem that new blood has is simply one of obscurity. In any new field there is always the early-mover advantage for new blood, and by necessity the first-movers inevitably make it harder for follow-on groups to emerge. Look at the world of search engines, for example. In the early years there was room for Yahoo, then Google, and a few others to stamp out virgin territory. Nowadays although there are many attempts at redeveloping search semantically, with specialist focus, or whatever, nobody really expects the established players to become unseated. This applies to people as much as it does to companies. The problem that new blood has is that Molyneux, Miyamato and about 50 other people and companies have already had the early-mover advantage and they eat up virtually all of the press inches with their comments. A late-mover like myself can express a hearty opinion on any subject but whatever my opinion I am unlikely to gain any widespread traction or awareness. It takes either acts of extremity to get noticed, or the stamp of big name legitimacy. In strict terms, therefore, for new blood to emerge the old blood either has to make way or actually die off, and even then it's not guaranteed. While many game developers look to the movie industry and try to emulate that, the industry's behaviour is often much more closely affiliated to that of the comics industry. In comics, even 60 years after their initial post-war explosion, it is still very hard to get past Jack Kirby and his long shadow. Comics and games share the common trait of having undying intellectual properties, unlike film or books. Tom Cruise may be huge but he will die, but Mario is immortal. As such, those IPs and their early creators influence and fame can very easily blanket out new blood long after their flesh and blood forms have kicked the bucket. To large companies like Marvel or EA, the IP is the thing and it actually serves their purposes in the long term to retain the legend of the old creator. So if the old blood are serious about engaging with the new blood, what they need to look at is the idea of patronage. The advantage of having some celebrity is that you can use it to drive others' celebrity. Quentin Tarantino does this quite a lot by fronting movies that aren't his and giving other directors that he likes responsibility. We would not have seen some martial arts movies in the west without his influence, nor would we have heard of Eli Roth (which some say maybe we shouldn't have, but I digress). Active patronage is something that we do not see a lot of in the games industry. It lies with Peter and a number of high profile developers to actually take action on it though. One example would be to try and do more through the likes of BAFTA, or even develop schemes of sponsorship and funding, like a startup foundation that promotes the people as well as the product or publisher relationship. |
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Posted: 07 Dec 2007 02:37 AM CST 不知道今天BLOG怎么了
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Posted: 07 Dec 2007 02:17 AM CST 本来刚刚发过的一篇关于这个的文章不见了，只好补发一遍。
两款相类似的战略类手机游戏，开发品质都很不错，开发公司均是国外游戏公司。
一款是GL开发的，一款是韩国公司开发的，我们就来好好的看看它们的精髓所在。
首先介绍韩国公司的这款《装甲元帅》设计图片和视频
 下面这个是GL开发的《装甲元帅》设计图片和游戏视频
 
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Posted: 07 Dec 2007 01:51 AM CST
很早就比较喜欢玩战争题材的游戏，这些日子看到了两个相类似的手游。于是拿出来给大家看看，都是国外公司开发的产品，品质也都很不错。
一个是GL即将出品的，另外一个是韩国公司出品的。相同的题材，略有不同的操作，整体看还是较为一致的。
先看看这个韩国公司开发的《装甲元帅》设计图片和视频
 这个是GL开发制作的《装甲元帅》设计图片和视频
 
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Posted: 09 Dec 2007 06:53 AM CST
冬天了，今天又是休息日。于是听老婆的建议，做了一锅美味汤。本来是想吃涮羊肉的，不过老婆说想吃一些蔬菜和尝试一种新的做法，我们就做出了这个东东。哈哈！味道还不错，营养价值应该还可以。
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The Hidden Risk Behind Freelancer "Auction" Sites Posted: 09 Dec 2007 09:53 AM CST Type in "freelancing jobs" into your favorite search engine and just watch as a slew of so-called "auction" sites pop up. A lot of fellow writers I know (including myself) have tried these places in the hopes of finding work. While many of these places have legitimate, professional opportunities, there is one major drawback to them. Other writers.
As a freelancer, sometimes you get more work than you can handle, and other times you're wondering how you could stomach another box of macaroni and cheese. Sometimes, if you're savings have dried up, you might negotiate for a smaller price--just to get the work. If you do, you're not alone. It is not uncommon for a less-experienced or desperate writer to underbid everyone else for a number of different reasons; maybe they don't know how much to charge, maybe they just simply need the money. What happens when a writer bids too short on these sites, which may or may not charge fees for everyone, is that the buyer's (i.e. companies and employers) expectations of how much a writer's work is worth drops considerably. This is especially true if the company was happy with the completion of the project and the quality of the work. How do you get around this issue? Well, there are a few things that you can do. Explore the site you're considering thoroughly. Don't be afraid to ask other pros what they truly think about these sites. Sometimes, another writer's opinion can be invaluable. By now you should know how much you're worth. Review your writer's portfolio to ensure your samples are in the market you're targeting. You can check out current salary calculators or ask your references how much they would charge for a particular project, or even check with your local employment agency to help you. Don't be afraid to interview your employer. A few questions cannot hurt you; if a company is is afraid to answer them, then your opportunity might be a risk. After putting all the pieces together, then you're ready to assess your budget and see whether or not the money you are bidding is realistic. "Realistic" means, a standard rate that includes a certain level of services, which comes through your savvy probing of the employer. Is there editing or several drafts involved? Will the firm provide you with what you need to complete the assignment? Is there research involved? Is this a "group" project? The key message that I'm trying to convey here is: do not undervalue what you are worth, because you will hurt both your chances, as well as other writers', to earn a reasonable amount for the services you are providing. One or two projects, sure, because references are invaluable to finding new opportunities and we've all been known to do that from time-to-time. If you want to make it as a freelancer or any other creative in a competitive market, it's important for you to set standards so you not only use your time more effectively -- you get paid for it, too. |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2007 08:54 AM CST
JOY阿宝：既然这边是第一次提到中华网游戏，那么就多嘴多介绍一下他们的简单情况。 目前的中华网游戏是从最初中华网投资集团对17GAME的战略投资发展而来，在中华网从始至终的全力支持下，《热血江湖》的免费模式取得了空前的的巨大收益，由此更进一步促进中华网在06年彻底全资控股17GAME，并随后收购了曾经叱咤一时的上海光通，中华网游戏（CDC GAMES）抓住了南北两大游戏重地的同时，也掀开了他们大规模扩张的进度。 目前已知的是，CDC GAMES已经宣布斥资7.78亿建造网络游戏开发园，与此同时作为门户依托的中华网本身，近期也加快了游戏频道的筹建优化工作，花重金聘请了大量资深从业者，欲打造具备强大竞争力的门户网站游戏频道，在网易游戏频道和TOM网站大裁员后，这也算是一个颇有空间的方向。 关于这些数据，套话说得太多，实用的就只有那么一点，各位自己看吧，我说白了就没意思了。
中华网游戏今天公布了该公司在中国投入商用的特定网络游戏今年11月的重要运营数据。中华网游戏是纳斯达克上市公司中华网投资集团(Nasdaq:CHINA)的一个业务部门。 截至11月底，中华网游戏所有投入商用的网络游戏的注册用户总数超过了1.23亿人。中华网游戏营收的来源更加多样化，其中《热血江湖》占到56%的比例，其它五款新游戏，包括《特种部队》、《神泣》、《传奇3》、《星战前夜》和《光之国度》占到44%的比例。 2007年6月20日，中华网游戏将第一人称射击网络游戏《特种部队》在中国投入商用。《特种部队》采用了“免费游戏”模式，即免费为玩家提供游戏服务，主要通过销售虚拟物品和增值服务获得营收。根据17173.com公布的数据，《特种部队》已经进入中国最受欢迎的十大网络游戏的行列。同今年11月相比，《特种部队》的主要运营数据都有所提升，具体数据如下： -11月每日平均营收比10月增长51%； -11月注册用户人数超过940万人，比10月增长23%； -11月最高同时在线玩家人数比10月增长14%； -11月平均同时在线玩家人数比10月增长12%。 自2007年7月12日从中信泰富收购网络游戏运营商光通通信以来，后者运营的主要网络游戏《神泣》一直表现良好。今年11月，《神泣》每日平均营收比10月增长16%。《神泣》是一款大型多人网络角色扮演游戏(MMORPG)，描述了两大国家在一个幻想世界为争夺伊甸园而展开的战争。 光通通信运营的其它网络游戏，包括《传奇3》和《星战前夜》今年11月的运营数据与10月基本持平。今年9月底，光通通信推出了一款新网络游戏《光之国度》。《光之国度》由韩国游戏公司Ons On软件开发，是一款卡通梦幻风格的3D大型多人网络角色扮演游戏。 《光之国度》以日本漫画风格的画面为基础，对于不同年龄层次的玩家都有着较强的吸引力，特别是迅速壮大的女性玩家群体。今年11月，《光之国度》的用户活动和营收有所下滑。不过，光通通信将于今年12月推出《光之国度》的升级版。从玩家反馈来看，很多玩家都在等待这一升级版本，以重新玩《光之国度》。 除投入商用不久的新游戏外，《热血江湖》今年11月的运营数据也稳步增长。根据17173.com公布的数据，《热血江湖》是中国最受欢迎的十大网络游戏之一。到目前为止，这款游戏已经处于投入商用后的第三年。由于受到私服的影响，以及同韩国游戏开发商、《热血江湖》版权拥有方MGame发生争端，《热血江湖》前一段时间的运营状况有所下滑。 不过，《热血江湖》今年11月的每日平均营收比7月增长20%以上，与10月基本持平。《热血江湖》运营状况的反弹，主要得益于今年7月发布了最新升级版本v180，以及在打击私服方面卓有成效。中华网游戏将继续为打击私服而努力，同时也将积极投身到“抵制网络游戏盗版联盟”(OGAAP)中。该联盟由中华网游戏集团发起，已得到了相关行业监管部门的认可和支持，和全球游戏和娱乐公司的热情参与。 |
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Posted: 09 Dec 2007 07:15 AM CST 昨天在家里看金马奖颁奖，应该算是最近难得的一次盛会了吧，比去年的好，几部片子和几个获奖演员也算是名至实归，唯一可惜的是赵本山输给了梁朝伟，其实我觉得赵演得挺不错的，落叶归根也是一部很自然的片子，不过这个世界就是这样，舆论，社会和话题的力量永远要强过其他的东西。
汤唯我其实以前不喜欢的，色戒里面看起来有点呆呆的样子，长得也不算讨喜的那种。不过昨天晚上实在是非常的惊艳，非常有气质。人看上去很干净，大方得体，很象我喜欢的那个人，聪明干练，有些稍稍的强势，但是又懂得恰如其份的收敛，哎呀，实在是太喜欢了。
所以说一个人红起来肯定并不全是靠的运气，靠运气成功的人肯定有，但机会，还是更青睐有准备的人。
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Posted: 09 Dec 2007 06:48 AM CST
这是天守阁，以前幕府将军出征的地方。
天守阁外景。
富士山，据说近10-20年内会有大喷发。
富士山，还是一个活火山。
箱根买到的黑玉子，就是黑鸡蛋，相传吃一个延寿七年，吃两个延寿十四年。
卢之湖旁边的一个当地传统风味很足的酒店，我们在那里吃了日本的海鲜、生鱼片等等，那晚睡的是榻榻米，吃饭的时候都是跪着吃的。店里的服务员的衣着和举止也是很传统的做法。
后边是二重桥，隐约看见的白色宫殿，就是日本天皇的居所了。右侧没有拍照进去，就是一堆碎石地，但是相传是说忍者走过碎石地的时候，会发出响声，这样护卫就可以做出防御，避免忍者行刺。不过现在也就是保留个传统而已，早就没有忍者行刺天皇了。
宫崎骏博物馆，巨大的龙猫啊。
高处瞭望东京全景。
东京迪斯尼乐园里面的巡游演出，一只巨大的咪咪。很可爱。演员估计是经过训练的。
流氓兔。里面的演员估计是经过训练的。很会营造气氛。
MICKEY，很受欢迎，为了和他合影，排队都排了一个多小时。里面的演员肯定是经过训练的，很会很会营造气氛。排在我们前面的小孩子和他合影都非常开心的样子，里面的演员真的很会哄小孩。还好，这只MICKEY会讲英文的。不然我们那糟糕的日语会有麻烦……
在日本的一个大收获，我是最终幻想FANS，这个是最终幻想7的纪念饮料：POTION。里面的人物模型是ARIES，女一号，我满足了。 |
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Zombie Game Release 1 - Downloadable Demo Available Now Posted: 09 Dec 2007 01:12 AM CST To make a long story short: Download Release 1 Demo (16 megs). The demo release 1 gives you couple minutes of gameplay, and some clue about what there’s going to be in the game. If for some reason the game doesn’t work in your computer, please check out the system requirements and necessary software (You’ll need .NET2 and DirectX9 to run the demo). This is the December release, and the release 2 is scheduled for January 2008. I would be eternally grateful if you’d test the software and give me feedback about the game. Any feedback is appreciated: good and bad. If you have suggestions or ideas, feel free to mention them. While you are downloading the first release…
What can you expect from the release 1 - and what’s coming in the future
There are other things planned, but I think it’s better not to talk & promise too much at this point. I’ll focus on getting feedback and let the releases do the talking. I’m going to make one release every month, so you’ll see more after one month. But for now, feel free to test the demo and give some feedback if you want.
Also, if you wish to suggest a name for the game (and win a copy of it), feel free to do so. As soon as the name is figured out, I’ll move the releases & game information to the zombie game site. Remember to subscribe to the mailing list to get informed about the project progress & lessons from the making of the game. |
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Zombie Game System Requirements Posted: 08 Dec 2007 11:47 PM CST To run the upcoming zombie game you need to have Windows (should run well on most versions) and a 3D video card. Windows Vista Users need to give read/write access to the game, as it produces some log files (install the game to Desktop or “C:\Program Data” should do fine). .NET2 and DirectX9 I promise that in the future releases, this downloading will be made more convenient and at some point I’ll include these files all in one package so you get to play the game with just the one package. Graphics card drivers Game gives fatal exception in Windows Vista If the game still doesn’t work If the game runs slow… Corrupt file or some unexpected error while downloading/installing the setup file |
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Tom Brokaw Deems Blogs, Video Games "Cancerous" [Dinosaurs] Posted: 09 Dec 2007 12:00 AM CST
HH: NBC ran the Virginia Tech killer tape on the day they obtained it. Steve Capus, Brian Williams made that decision. Did they make the right decision? One might wonder, in light of Omaha mall shooter Robert Hawkins wishes to "go out in style", boasting in his suicide note that "just think tho I'm gonna be fuckin' famous", that the promise of having one's life dissected on broadcast television might have been influential on Hawkins interest in murdering eight people before his suicide. Hey, that's just me speculating. Perhaps if I had were a bit more of a wrinkly, silver-haired dinosaur, fumbling through a world I don't understand, like many video game critics, I'd be able to better understand the "context" of the situation. Sorry, but there's little more I can add without letting loose with a string of expletives and looking forward to the passing of a generation of confused Luddites who divert blame from some of the world's genuine problems. Ultimately, though, if Brokaw's right, the lot of Kotaku readers are totally screwed, basking in the carcinogenic rays of video games and blog posts. Sorry for causing you to die early, dear readers, if so. Tom Brokaw: Airing VA Tech Killer Videos Okay, But Blogs, Video Games "Cancerous" [Game Politics] |
A recent interview with Tom Brokaw conducted by Hugh Hewitt on Townhall.com reveals that the retired newscaster supported his former network's decision to air Virginia Tech murderer Cho Seung Hui's videotaped hate-filled monologue. He wasn't concerned about a series of imitators who might also want their hundreds of hours of airtime. No, he was concerned about, of course, video games. Brokaw pointed to games and, curiously, blogs as "cancerous." His full comment on two of the 21st century horsemen of the apocalypse is better in context.
 
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Treyarch Taking Call of Duty Back To WWII? [Rumor] Posted: 08 Dec 2007 11:00 PM CST
Quite the leap, no? While we're positive that Call of Duty 5 is coming, we aren't sure whether Infinity Ward or Treyarch or another developer altogether will be holding the reins. Level Builder - Call of Duty [Treyarch via Gamer] |
The gang at UK pub Gamer picked up on a job listing from Call of Duty 3 developer Treyarch that might point to the series returning to its World War II roots. The posting at Activision's career opportunities page is looking for a level builder to work on an "industry leading First-Person Shooter action war franchise" with serious experience. Later in the job description, Treyarch writes "if you're a fan of World War 2 shooters, then even better!"
 
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Posted: 09 Dec 2007 12:05 AM CST JOY阿宝：作为八卦的角度来讲这则新闻似乎更合适一些。一个是数百亿遗产的继承人，一个是业绩下滑的日不落帝国游戏发行商，从收购目的上讲，更多的是烧钱，而非战略眼光。...
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Weekly: Happiness Guaranteed 本周娱乐精华 Issue.16 Posted: 08 Dec 2007 10:53 PM CST 在正文开始之前允许我发布一个重大消息。 比特客栈推出泛类人机器通用减肥计划：比特客栈的塑身美体！（伪
不用担心，无须害怕，通过比特客栈最新吸脂去油脱装甲科技，你的老黄瓜机动战士将容光焕发，重新散发“无性魅力”……不，我们和什么Arm Slaves没有关系，不是刚洗完头的Venom，绝对不是（好吧，也许是，毕竟部分00画师来自FMP；翼的OVA都借用Code Geass卖票了，大家不要双重标准）。正经的分析剧情——第10集Tieria Erde不负众望的“道德”沦丧，“变装”成功，用行动证明G高达的噩梦离我们并不遥远……结局是CB上下热泪盈眶，附加王小姐最后的“理想主义与人为缺陷”学说，恰恰说明了为什么只有动漫世界才可能充斥着20岁出头的高层领导，而现实社会的主席总统首相总理们却是些叫叔叔都觉得肉麻的老男人。 以上文字可能影响你的动画食用情绪，请注意回避。 欢迎阅读娱乐精华，我是人革连娱民日报的专栏作家店小二，本周客栈的话题是“如果你的女舰长上司不懂孙子兵法，请投奔人革连，食宿费用减免。” |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 09:00 PM CST 我的名字有点怪
我叫吴锡桑，名字怪怪的，但这是有渊源的。 无锡，我是泰伯之后，吴王夫差的第81世孙，血脉传自夫差的长子： 王子友。 为广东吴族开基始祖。
不过，每次认识新朋友时，他们都很好奇，我不得不重新解释一番。 |
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Posted: 08 Dec 2007 04:49 PM CST あかべぇそふとつぅ（AKABEiSOFT2）
简称AB2
这是一个以有葉（念作Alpha）为首的集团。其前身为同人制作团体AKABEiSOFT。开始的时候以School Ramble的同人作品小有名气。 2004年开始对同人作品和原创作品进行了分离。原创作品以AKABEiSOFT的名义发行，同人作品则以『有葉と愉快な仲間たち』（有葉和愉快的伙伴们）的名义。 这时一个谜之声告诉有葉说「よく覚えておけ……管理とは、成長させることだ。現状を維持することではない」 于是2005年AKABEiSOFT法人化，改称AKABEiSOFT2。 如今，『有葉と愉快な仲間たち』仍在从事同人活动。
作品 『AKABEiSOFT』名义 2002年9月12日－ 夜の破片 初回限定版 2004年6月20日－ アザゼル 2004年9月12日－ 夜の破片 通常版 2005年1月21日－ A profile（ア プロフィール）
『有葉と愉快な仲間たち』名义 2004年12月30日－ SCHOOL×SCHOOL
『AKABEiSOFT2』名义 2005年5月27日－ 魂響～たまゆら～ 2005年7月8日－ 魂響～陵辱side～ 2005年11月25日－ 車輪の国、向日葵の少女 2006年3月24日－その横顔を見つめてしまう～A Profile
完全版～ 2006年9月29日－こんな娘がいたら僕はもう…!! 2007年1月26日－車輪の国、悠久の少年少女 2008年1月31日—Ｇ線上の魔王 STAFF 有葉[α] Alpha
性别：女 出身：九州 生息地：福岡 生日：6/4 年龄：20代 职务：原画、CG、漫画、其他
使用工具：PhotoshopCS Illustrator9 COPIC 丸PEN 環境：Windows XP 19英寸显示器（MITSUBISHI） WACOM桌子 内存2G CPU：INTEL奔腾4 显卡：ATI Radeon9700pro
喜欢的事务：橡胶气球（能飞起来的那种） 猫 狗 漫画 photoshop 小动物 画画 睡觉（很贪睡） 画材 文房具 汉堡 WhiteStew
不喜欢的东西：虫 幽灵 吓人的事 吓人的东西 恐怖系的影片 HardRock（硬摇滚乐） Heavy Metal（重金属乐） ニッケ（乐队BUMP OF CHICKEN中的増川弘明） 皇家奶茶 蛞蝓等（软体动物）
音楽：PornoGraffitti 姫神 菅野ようこ 坂本真綾 KOKIA tiko-μ ＣＭＹＫ ＭＩＮＭＩ cristalK （敬称略）
絵：ミュシャ 末弥純 甘露樹 みつみ美里 娘太丸 AliceSoft的绘师 （敬称略）
漫画： 神聖モテモテ王国 あずまんが大王 すごいよ!!マサルさん ゲノム ピューと吹く！ジャガー ハチミツとクローバー のだめカンタービレ ブラックラグーン 横山三国志 もやしもん 動物のお医者さん よつばと 今日の５－２ アカギ 銀と金 カイジ 天 其他
想要的东西：时间 金钱 不会坏的PC 将纳豆和葱、鸡蛋配起来吃的权利
这样的一个普通的画师，要承认有葉的画的确不算很有特点。 那么「有葉はいつになったら一流になるんだ？」那是在遇见——
るーすぼーい 职务：剧本 关于这个AB2中，王子级的人物，在下几乎一无所知。唯一知道的就是少年与少女相遇之前（遇到有葉之前），在Circle Mebius担任过『夏の灯火』的剧本，『夏の灯火』也成了CircleMebius最高的作品。 【后来るーす遇见了有葉。这时，谜之声对るーす说：「るーす。よく頭を使え。この状況がチャンスであることに気づけ。あの娘を幸せにできるのは、お前だけだろうな」】
从他的作品中我们可以推测： 1、ACG系的OTAKU 2、叙述Trick高手 3、战斗力极高（車輪国全篇他只用了4个月） 3、天才（- -|| 如果你问为什么的话，我只能说因为我是他的厨）
作品特点 （以下结论全部基于『その横顔』和『車輪国』，有错请指出。『夏の灯火』还没有弄到...【ドンマイ、私っ！】） 主人公很强（各种各样的意义上）。笑。泣。感动。治愈。家族。GOOD END。玩弄玩家。出人意料。解开谜题之后，有重新体味的价值。令人印象深刻的台词。真正意义的18禁。成长。纯爱。名作。
作品： Ｇ線上の魔王 あかべぇそふとつぅ 2008-01-01 車輪の国、悠久の少年少女 あかべぇそふとつぅ 2007-01-26 その横顔を見つめてしまう ～A profile 完全版～ あかべぇそふとつぅ 2006-03-24 車輪の国、向日葵の少女 あかべぇそふとつぅ 2005-11-25 A Profile ア·プロフィール AKABEi SOFT（有葉と愉快な仲間たち） 2005-01-21 夏の燈火 Circle Mebius 2004-06-06
关于『車輪の国、向日葵の少女』 ....... ................. ........................ .......................................... 我想，如今AB2和有葉的名字为大多数人所知都要归功于るーす，归功于『車輪国』。 具体这个作品好不好，玩过的人各自有各自的评价。
这里说一下wiki上面那两个注释，以及…… 一、車輪国刚发受的时候前有『智代』后有『TH2 XRATED』，根本卖不出去。社长在AB2的OHP上写道～『卖不出去』 .......... ............... .......................... 但是真金还是被火给炼出来了。車輪和るーす名字越来越多地出现在了各种网站上。对当时的我来说最直接的感受就是每天去批评空间可以看到几个新的评论。那些理性的和感性的评论上方是9X的数字，数字上方赫然写着—— ——車輪の国、向日葵の少女
二、发售之后的人气投票法月将臣以绝对优势领先第二位。于是AB2把这次投票给废了，AB2觉得这是恶作剧【谜之声：「固定概念だな、AB2」】。
三、两人走到这一步，谜之声说道：「お互いが苦しんだ先に、真の愛情が芽生えると言っているのだ」
【乱弹】「地球は、丸いのだ」 るーす没有写过一个让我失望的情节，也没有一次让我猜中真相，我也没有一次能猜到剧情下一步的发展。以前我给人介绍るーす的时候不得不拿他和麻枝，打越（为什么和打越比？你去看看るーす的技能表里叙述Trick那一项的等级吧～）还有ロミオ这种“名人”相比。我知道这么比是很痛的。但为什么我们这里还要比较呢，因为谜之声说过：「私がなぜ暴力を振るうのか、それは、人間が身体という器に支配されているからだ。どんな崇高な人間でも、殴られた瞬間には、脳を『痛み』だけに支配されるのだ。」 るーす走的是感动系还有泣系。这就不得不让人联想到那位教主级的麻枝。个人认为他们最明显的不同在于るーす的属性里有GoodEnd，麻枝的属性里有郁。麻枝的作品给人去追寻幸福的力量。るーす的东西告诉我们生活是幸福的。 再有就是两人的笑。麻枝的ギャグ很传统，至少很るーす比起来是这样，但是很爆>_<（CLANNAD的时候乐喷了，智代的时候乐翻了）。笑方面，值得一提的还有ロミオ，他的笑很特别，就是……笑不出来，因为ロミオ的东西大多是玩家和主人公在暗地里偷笑，纯ギャグ不多。るーす可以说两面兼得，纯ギャグ也没问题。不过るーす最得意的还是运用叙述Trick来搞笑，可以说るーす让人觉得他已然把Gal的表现方式研究投了（当然，他可能没特意研究过，那就是天才的问题了。）当然这种搞笑ロミオ氏也很擅长，可惜他老人家执着于他自己的那OTAKU搞笑，这方面运用不多。 要说一下，『その横顔』这作品没能赢得車輪那样的荣誉，一方面是因为短（不是说短的就不好，只能说长的更容易成为经典，短的...要有片岡和虚淵玄那水准）。另一各方面就是，るーす他没迎合大众口味，有的人不能接受『その横顔』里面不美好的部分，这也是这作品的一个特点，但最终我们还是迎来了るーす式的救赎。 |
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New Aibo PS3, PSP Compatible? [Rumor] Posted: 08 Dec 2007 06:00 PM CST
It looks like Ash may have been right. Stuff magazine is running a rumor item on the possibility of an upcoming Aibo, the robotic dog, working with the Playstation Portable and Playstation 3. The rumor goes that the Sony Aibo PS, as they call it, is being resuscitated by Sony's Playstation division in an attempt to "bolster the PS3's arsenal." The Aibo PS will appear with its own avatar within Home and react in the real world as he does in the PS3's upcoming interactive environment, according to the article. The rumor article goes on to say that you will be able to download new personalities for the dog from the Playstation Network and that the dog will be fully controllable using a PSP via WiFi. The dog's head camera will send a real world vid feed to the PSP's screen as well. The Dpad will control walking movement and the four main buttons will deal with head movement, which seems odd. The Stuff folks rate this rumor as having a 53 percent probability. Seems like a cool concept, but I wonder if there's the market for it to hit the real world. Who am I kidding? A remote control dog that can send live video from its head, sign me up for a baker's dozen. Matt Smith's Facebook [via Gamespot UK, thanks Mattew] |
 
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Spike Video Game Awards: Winners, Losers and Boozers [Spike TV VGAs 07] Posted: 08 Dec 2007 05:00 PM CST
In a fitting (almost) ending to my six day cross county road trip to move myself from Atlanta to San Francisco, I landed in glamorous Las Vegas last night just in time for the Spike TV Video Game awards. I wasn't quite sure what to expect having never attended a "major" awards show before, but I sat down fueled by five days on the road and a few drinks with my pad and paper to bring you all the big announcements. One of the things I found amazingly odd was that the awards themselves really seemed to take a back seat to the musical performances, commercials, myriad non video game related guest stars, and occasional World Premier Trailers for games like Little Big Planet, Rainbow 6 Vegas 2, Bordelands, TNA Wrestling, Prototype and Gran Turismo 5. It was almost like the awards were an afterthought, tacked on to an evening of oohing and ahhing over the next big name to take the stage. The evening was also marked by celebrity appearances by the likes of show host and badass Samuel L. Jackson, Heroes star Kristen Bell, freaky magician Criss Angel, "TNA" wrestling stars Kurt and Karen Angle, the still smokin' Tia Carrere, legendary Marvel comics god Stan Lee, the godfather of skateboarding Tony Hawk, Simpsons creator Matt Groening, flag toting boxing promoter Don King, much too pretty reality stars Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, NFL quarterback Matt Leinart, complete douchebag Dave Navarro, diminutive bisexual Tila Tequila and comedians Patton Oswalt, Brian Posehn and Raphie May. Musical guest performers included multiple performances by the Foo Fighters, southern fried rocker Kid Rock and a far too short old school game medley by Tommy Tallarico's Video Games Live Orchestra. Game of the Year Best Shooter |
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BioShock Best Action Game |
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Best Rhythm Game Best RPG Best Driving Game Best Military Game |
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Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 Studio of the Year Best Graphics |
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Team Fortress 2 Stats Party! [Valve] Posted: 08 Dec 2007 04:30 PM CST
What is interesting, though, is the advantage team Blu seems to have on maps that are mirror images of each other. Also, why so few Medics, people? It's fun! Team Fortress 2 Stats [Steam] |
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Ziff Davis Picks On Tiny Brazilian Site Over Leaked SFIV Pics [Updated] [Rumor] Posted: 07 Dec 2007 06:00 PM CST
"The content you posted in the site blogeek is property of Ziff Davis, given from Capcom only to Ziff Davis and EGM issues, with embargo for the publications. Your publication of this subject is theft of intellectual property and should have immediate legal consequences. Ziff Davis and Futuro want you to cut off the content form your site immediately." Pereia informed me that a follow up email informed him that Ziff Davis and Capcom lawyers were working to see what they could do to him, and that sales of the Street Fighter IV issue of EGM would suffer from the leak and he was responsible. Pressure is being put on Pereia to reveal his source as well, though Douglas refuses to do so. He has, however, removed the post from Blogeek and taken the site down, posting a message on the front page apologizing for the leaked information. IT WAS NOT OUR INTENTION TO MESS WITH ANYONE. LIKE EVERY NEWS SITE AND BLOG, WE JUST WANTED TO PASS INFORMATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE INTEREST FOR ANY SUBJECT. JUST TO CLARIFY, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY NDA, AND FAR LESS WE WOULD HACK ANYTHING FROM ZIFF DAVIS. A SOURCE CAME TO US AND PASSED SOME INFOS AND THE TWO PICTURES, AND WE PUBLISHED THEM. ALTHOUGH WE STILL DON'T THINK WE SHOULD, WE REALLY WANT TO APOLOGIZE TO ANYONE WHO GOT HURT WITH THE INCIDENT. ZIFF DAVIS WAS THREATENING US, AND WE ARE REALLY AFRAID, OF COURSE. Why pick on Douglas Pereia and Blogeek? Because they know they can. A small site without a very large fan base is much easier to fool with threats than a large website with untold numbers of regular readers. The main gist of this is they want to know his source, and they're trying to strong-arm him into giving it. Just sad. As of this writing, Kotaku has received no similar threats, despite the pictures and information being available for all to view, right here. UPDATE: Please see this post for comment from Ziff-Davis via EGM editor in chief Dan Hsu. |
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《冬季运动2008》(RTL Winter Sports 2008)破解版[ISO] Posted: 08 Dec 2007 09:17 AM CST ![《冬季运动2008》(RTL Winter Sports 2008)破解版[ISO]](https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/VKAqZnCfcjboSMRpFvwN4XbBpTTMEmTxiTxNRSURplTqwChnl7DDxUkJo-H2Y_z5-6LKAiMbaCpMkCFYF-0eT2PelMrx93G6Cix69v113opv5XijtHB35kBa=s0-d-e1-ft#http://img.verycd.com/post_thumbs/0712/post-459880-1197127013_thumb.jpg) 转自TLF 游戏名称：冬季运动2008 英文名称：RTL Winter Sports 2008 游戏制作：49Games 游戏发行：RTL Games 游戏语种：英文 游戏类型：Sports 游戏容量：1DVD5 官方网址：http://rtlgames.de/game.php?xml=/xml/86.php 【游戏简介】转自游侠网 《RTL Winter Sports 2008》（冬季运动2008)是本系列的最新作，比起前作游戏画面有本质提升，游戏音效也更加优秀，游戏里包含速度滑冰，冰上溜石，现代冬季两项等多种冰雪运动，几乎常见的冬季运动都可以在游戏中见到，让玩家可以足不出户，在电脑前就能感受到冬季运动的激烈和刺激。 【游戏截图】 ▀▀█████▓█▓▓▓▄ ▀▀█████▓█▓▓▓▄ ▀▀█████▓█▓▓▓▄ ▀██░▄▄▄██▓▓ ▀███▄▄▄ █▓▓ ▀███▀▄▄██▓▓ ▐██▄▄▄▄▀█▓▌ ▐█████ ██▓▌ ▐██▌░▄▄▀█▓▌ ███▄▀▀▄███ ████▌▐████ ███▄▀▀▄███ ▐████████▓▌ ▐████████▓▌ ▐████████▓▌ ▄ ▐███▀▄▄███▌ ▐██▀▄▄▄▀██▌ ▐███▄▄▄░██▌ █▓▌ ░██ ▀▀▀██▓█ ░██▄▀▀▀▄█▓█ ░████▀▄██▓█ ▐██▓ ░██ ▓██░▓█▓ ░██ ▓██░▓█▓ ░███▌▐██▓█▓ █▓▌ ░▓█▓▄▄▄▓▒▓▒ ░▓█▓▄▄▄▓█▓▒ ░▓██▄█▓▓█▓▒ ▀ ▄▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▄▓ ▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓▄ ▒▓▒▓▒▓▒▓░▓ ▄■ ▄ ▓▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░█▌ ░░▒░▒▄■░▒░▐▌ ░░▒░▒░▒░▒▐█▌ ▐▌ ▐▌ ▄■ ▐▌░ ░▄██▄▄░ ▐█ ▄▄▄██▀░ ░ ░█ ░ ░ ░ ░▐█▌ ▓ █ ▐▌ ▓ ░ ▀██████████▀▀█▀ ▄▄▄▀█▄ ░ ░ ▐█ █ ▄▄▄▀▀▀█▀▀▄▄▄▓ ▐▌ ▀██ ▐█ ▐▌ ▄▄█▀▀▀█▄██▄ ██▌ ▐█▄ ▀▀▄▄█ ██▄ ▓ █▌ █▌ ▐▌ █▀ ▀██▄ █▐█ ███ ▄■▀▀▀▄▓███▄▄ ▐███▄▄ █ ▐▓ ▓▌ ▀▐▌ ▀██▄▄ ░███▄ ▐▌ █▌ ▐█▌█▄ █ █ ▀▀ ██░▀███▄▄▐█ ▀ ▐▌ ▐▌_ ▀████▄▄▄▐██▀█▄█ ▐█ ▐█ █▓ ▐▌ ▐▌ ▐█▌ ▀▀█████▄ ▓ ▐▌▓▄▄ ▀█ ▄■ █▌ ▀ █▄ ▄█▌ ▐█▓ ▓▄▄ █ ▄▀ ▓ ▀▀███▄▄▄████▄▄▄ █▄▀▀███▀▀█▀ ▐█ ▐████▄▄▀▀▀▀▓ ▀▀▀▄▄█▄▄ ▀▀ ▐▌ ▄▄██▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀███▄ ▐▌ ▀ ▀██ █ ▐▌ ▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▐▌ ▀ p r o u d l y p r e s e n t s . . . ■▀ RTL Winter Sports 2008 (C) Conspiracy RELEASE.DATE........................: 08.12.2007 PROTECTiON..........................: Solidshield DiSC................................: 1 DVD GAME.TYPE...........................: Simulation URL.................................: www.rtlgames.de LANGUAGES...........................: ENG/DE/FR PRiCE...............................: 36 Euro ▀▀▄▄ ▀▀▄▄ ▀▀▄▄ ▀██▀▀▄ ▀██▀▀ ▀█▄ ▀██▀▀ ▀██▀▀█▄ ▀██▀▀ ▀██▀▀ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▄▀ ▐█▌▄■ ▐█▌ ▐█▌▄■ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▀▀▀█▌ ▐█▌▄■ ▄ ░█▓ ░█▓ ░█▓ ▓█▀▀▄ ▓█▄▄ ▓█▄▄ ▓█▄▄ ▓█▀▀▓█ ▓█▄▄█ ▓█▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ Winter Sports 2008 The Ultimate Challenge is the comprehensively improved sequel to last year's winter hit RTL Winter Games 2007. The arcade-oriented winter sports compilation comprises the 15 most popular disciplines spanning 9 exciting sports. 42 missions with final boss rivals recreate the atmosphere of a magnificent international winter sports event in the brand new single player campaign mode, not least owing to the stirring opening ceremony and the final presentation ceremony. The hot seat (4 players) and split screen (2 players) modes feature multiple tournament options and a gripping multiplayer experience as players compete for record times and gold medals. ▀▀▄▄ ▀▀▄▄ ▀▀▄▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▀██▀▀ ▀▀██▀ ▀██▀▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▀▄▐█▌ ▀▀▀█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▄ ░█▓ ░█▓ ░█▓ ▓█ ▓█ ▀▓█ ▓█▄▄█ ▓█ ▓█▀▀▓█ ▓█▄▄ ▓█▄▄ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ * Burn or mount * Install * Copy over the cracked Content from the \ENiGMA dir * Play ▀▀▄▄ ▀▀▄▄ ▀▀▄▄ ▀██▀▀▀ ▀██▀▀▄ ▀██▀▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▀█▄ ▀██▀▀▄ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▀▄ ▐█▌ ▄▀ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▐█▌ ▄▀ ▄ ░█▓ ░█▓ ░█▓ ▓█▄▄█ ▓█▀▀▄ ▓█▄▄▓█ ▓█▄▄▓█ ▓█▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ Looking for: * Cracker & Trainer Maker * PC/Console Game Supplier enigmamachine[aet]mail]dot[ru |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007 11:17 AM CST 中国玩家还在玩MMORPG么？ 回答当然是肯定的——为什么不玩MMORPG呢？在国人的心里，只有MMORPG才是网络游戏的正道，至于《跑跑卡丁车》、《劲舞团》、《街头篮球》等5分钟休闲网络游戏，都是那种无所事事的小屁孩玩的“小玩意！” 因为在我们看来，除了MMORPG我们很难看出来，休闲网游里可以追求什么——毕竟所有的所有看起来都没有MMORPG里“等级”、“装备”、“势力”来得直接！ 而网络游戏追求的就是这些“高”属性的东西！ 这也就造成了中国玩家非MMORPG一律BS！ 非MMORPG就不是大作的认识！ 但无论怎么说——120万的西游类玩家、100万的魔兽玩家、不知道一百多少万的征途玩家。这将近400万同时在线的网络游戏用户已经当仁不让的成为了中国网络游戏最最最核心的玩家群！ MMORPG乐趣在哪里？ 玩家之所以会长期驻留在某一款网络游戏中，其实都因为追求某一样东西——这也正是许多网络游戏所下的“套”。 比如：《传奇3》的沙巴克、《魔兽世界》的一种“虚拟文化”、《征途》的贪婪和欲望…… 如果说国人时长觉得自己很难在现实生活中得到满足，于是虚拟世界的MMORPG可以帮助他们成为“强者”，或者仅仅是简单的受到尊敬和自己团队的认可。 把这个看透了，我们也就不难明白下面的公式 装备+等级+少量技巧=MMORPG单人实力，单人实力直接决定你在自己团队和敌人之间的认可度。如果说MMORPG乐趣在哪里，其实乐趣就在这个有虚拟世界提供的，玩家之间互相“攀比”的心理！ 可是这些真的有意思么？ 为什么MMORPG并没有在世界普及？ 作为全球网络游戏的后起之秀，没有一个国家的MMORPG可以在一个“行政区域”内如此“泛滥”。 一如前面说的许多原因，在中国的玩家群里MMORPG始终是王道，也是在网络游戏世界里应该选择一个作为“必修”的项目！ 其实全球MMORPG还依然处于一个低级阶段——如果你很难理解的话，可以想想中国魔兽玩家占到全球魔兽玩家一半以上是为什么——并不是中国玩家基数多（中国互联网用户总数低于美国用户）。 在国外，说到玩游戏其实大多是以家用机（PS3 XBOX360）作为平台，因为在他们看来游戏是用来“玩”，而不是放到网络上如同过日子、上班那样去“磨”。 中国MMORPG市场在不断缩小！？ 2007有一个有趣的现象，MMORPG如潮水般涌入大陆。其中有自主研发的、有欧美日韩引进的……但是我们看到的确实 MMORPG玩家的四处流动，其总量并没有发生大的变化！ 如：当第九城市没有推出资料篇时，魔兽玩家跑去了奇迹世界，而当资料篇和卓越之剑开了后，玩家再转移到新老两款游戏里；享有国产网游奇迹的完美世界，每个产品运营半年左右的时间，都会以“挂羊头卖狗肉”的模式把前者改改推出成一款新的游戏，而如今第四款《赤壁》也把以前的古装换成了假模假样的三国人物再次推出；盛大的《传奇》用户即使流逝，也不过是流逝到私服和其他MMORPG里。 虽然中国的玩家总数在不断增长，但是MMORPG玩家群却基本依然是那些老用户，老玩家！ 同比算的话，MMORPG市场其实在不断缩小！ 2008MMORPG会退居二线么？ 答案依然是否定的！ 由于玩家群的相对稳定和产品的粘着度高，MMORPG在2008全年必将还占领着中国网游行业比重的一半以上。 不过，如果举一个不恰当的例子！ MMORPG好比“京剧”、休闲等其他各种网络游戏如同“流行歌曲”或者“其他”。 在网络游戏历史的舞台MMORPG终于会因为他的慢节奏（升级慢、任务慢、什么都慢），而被新新新玩家抛弃，毕竟当社会发展到一定程度，玩家会开始发现自己需要更快节奏，更容易能直接获得乐趣的网络游戏！！！ 还是那句话——出来混的，迟早要都要还！ |
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Nintendo tries to avoid angry mob over Wii Shortage Posted: 10 Dec 2007 01:42 PM CST  Another Christmas season, another Wii shortage. This despite increased capacity from Nintendo. At this point, the success of the Wii is at ludicrous levels, so much so that Nintendo is considering pulling their TV advertising to lower demand. Let that sink in for a second. Since when does a company try to sabotage their own marketing? Incredible! But hold on, let's wait. [SARCASM] We still don't know if the Wii is a fad or not! 2008 is "the crunch year!"[/SARCASM]. Read. [Via Gonintendo] See article. 
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007 11:25 AM CST 《这个男人来自地球》（The Man From Earth） |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007 12:49 PM CST Manhunt 2的发行商Take-Two/Rockstar为Manhunt 2的级别和英国的游戏审查机构BBFC闹上法庭。 今天视频上诉委员会（Video Appeal Commitee）以四票同意，三票反对的结果裁定BBFC不能拒绝对Manhunt 2的分级。 BBFC现在有两个选择：给Manhunt 2定级为18岁以上成人或是上诉到高等法院。 BBFC发言人Sue Clark说“我们将看到所有的判决内容，才会做出决定。” No Tags |
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007 12:38 PM CST 消费电子针对的是大众市场，广告的重要性是众人皆知的，特别是圣诞购物旺季，各个商家厂家砸下重金购买电视、平面媒体和网络广告时段和空间。 有一个例外，据说任天堂正考虑撤下Wii电视广告宣传计划，理由是他们实在生产不了这么多Wii以满足不断增长的需求。 早先任天堂在英国将所有Wii的广告换成了DS。任天堂发言人说“我们的宣传是全年度的，但我们不想在圣诞节假期火上浇油了（因为我们满足不了玩家的需求）” 据Marketing Week报道，任天堂一再提高产量，每月Wii的出货量为180万台，但很多零售店还是长期缺货。 索尼的大老板Howard Stringer似乎对任天堂的供不应求感到满意，在一次采访中，他说他对任天堂缺货感到“幸运”。 No Tags |
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Armor Check Penalty Applies for Fetch Posted: 10 Dec 2007 12:30 PM CST
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Yay! Another passionate WoW Addict! Posted: 10 Dec 2007 01:09 PM CST This is hilarious - I love seeing someone else as passionate about WoW as I am. Except that I'm Alliance, Corpsegrinder, and the Horde SUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!
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2008 DICE Summit Adds ESA, Nanaon-Sha, Blizzard Heads Posted: 10 Dec 2007 08:28 AM CST
  
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Xbox Live Arcade To Add Gripshift, Arkadian Warriors Posted: 10 Dec 2007 08:24 AM CST
  
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007 12:29 PM CST The Facebook version of SceneCaster has hit a milestone — it was the “most active app” a few days ago. Now, Facebook defines “most active” as what I would tend to call daily tie ratio; meaning, they are ranking apps based on what percentage of those who have it used it that day, and not total users. In SceneCaster’s case, it was a highly respectable 80%. (I just checked and today they are down around 16%). Total usage for SceneCaster is around 21,000, based on that 16% figure, which is a far cry from being a mainstream app on Facebook (the top apps have multiple millions of active users, and some get tie ratios above 20%, such as Super Wall or Scrabulous). But it’s still an interesting stats, because it shows that a mostly non-interactive “virtual world” app can garner an audience that seems interested. Virtual Worlds News has an interview with some interesting tidbits.
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007 12:43 PM CST Recently-appointed Entertainment Software Association president Michael Gallagher will be making his first DICE Summit presentation in February, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences announced Monday.
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Gamasutra: Why I Had Sex with An Alien Posted: 10 Dec 2007 12:12 PM CST In a continuing series of headlines too good not to read comes this article from Game Set Watch via Gamasutra about the sexuality in Mass Effect: Why I Had Sex with an Alien. |
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D.I.C.E. Summit confirms more speakers Posted: 10 Dec 2007 11:59 AM CST The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
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Rockstar Wins UK Manhunt 2 Appeal Posted: 10 Dec 2007 08:08 AM CST
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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences (AIAS) has announced new speakers set to join this year's Feb. 6-8 D.I.C.E. Summit, including new ESA president Michael Gallagher, Nanaon-sha head Masaya Matsuura, and Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime. First stepping in in May of this year, the AIAS describe's Gallagher's role in the Entertainment Software Association as "protect[ing] the primary interest of industry executives and gamers nationwide from government oversight and restrictions, [and] allowing them to continue ...
Microsoft has announced that this week's regular Xbox Live Arcade update will see the release of both Sidhe's previously Sony-exclusive puzzle racer Gripshift, and Sierra Online's single player/co-op dungeon crawler Arkadian Warriors. Microsoft says the "uniquely expansive" Arkadian Warriors will feature "three heroic shape-shifting warriors fight[ing] to release the Land of Arkadia from the evil Gorgon's stony gaze." The game will feature both a single player campaign, and co-op dungeon crawling either locally or over ...
Following a Video Appeals Committee decision to allow Rockstar's appeal of the British Board of Film Classification's Manhunt 2 ratings rejection, BBFC director David Cooke has stated the Board will consider its position, saying it will "carefully study the judgement by the Video Appeals Committee when it becomes available." Following the BBFC's refusal to issue a rating on the game, Rockstar announced it would appeal the decision; it later suspended the appeal pending the BBFC's ...  
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Posted: 10 Dec 2007 11:55 AM CST 1Up has a multi-part article series up about the Final Fantasy game series, which has now passed the two-decade mark.
An interesting note which I'd heard before, but was unsure of its veracity: The name of the game came about because the company was expected to fail, and this game was going to be its swan song. Twenty years later, plus a couple of movies and an anime cartoon series, there's not much "Final" about it. Final Fantasy's 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Part 1 Final Fantasy's 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Part 2 Final Fantasy's 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Part 3 Final Fantasy's 20th Anniversary Retrospective, Part 4 There are several statements in the first article that really fascinate me: "Final Fantasy was an easy sell to Japanese gamers already in love with Dragon Quest, but American gamers initially weren't enthusiastic about the meditative process of level grinding..."So... Americans... what was our problem? Part of me wonders if it was the popularity of PC games here in the U.S. Back in the early 90's, the PC was the platform of choice for the more slower-paced strategic / "thinking" games, and consoles were still very much for arcade-style action. This wasn't an exclusive division, particularly after Doom happened on the PC. But we PC gamers were quietly enjoying our Ultimas and Might & Magics and Wizardries and "Gold Box" Advanced Dungeons & Dragons games and Magic Candles around this time frame, which were taking a completely different evolutionary course. Admittedly, I was part of the problem. I am a PC gamer, and my first console was a Playstation. My introduction to the series came with Final Fantasy VII (discussed in Part 2). While very different in flavor and style from the RPGs I was used to, and following the plot was difficult at best (I was never sure if it was translation problems or just a really weird, complicated plot), I enjoyed it thoroughly. Not that it made me enjoy my hard-core western RPGs any less. (Vaguely) related * Why Was Final Fantasy VII So Successful? * The 16 Essential RPGs * The Evolution of Computer RPGs * Ultimate Utopia XXIII . Did you enjoy this article? Be sure and check out past articles and the comments HERE. Rampant Games: Games With Personality! Our Newest Games: Depths of Peril and Eschalon: Book 1 |
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Unreal Tournament 3 Strategy from Epic Games Posted: 10 Dec 2007 11:28 AM CST Hey there – I’m Chris Mielke and I’m the Art Production Manager at Epic Games, developer of Unreal Tournament 3, which hits the PLAYSTATION 3 this week. I’ve been asked to talk about one of my favorite Unreal Tournament 3 Vehicle Capture the Flag (vCTF) maps – Suspense. There are so many good nooks and crannies in this map that I had to highlight a few!
If you haven’t played Suspense – this map is a giant suspension bridge that has a flag base at each end. You can set up killing zones by using the towers as blockers, snipe or infiltrate the base by using the suspension bridge itself or use the various power ups to do flag runs. I’ll go into each one of those below and give a couple random tips at the end. The main weapon on the map is the Goliath Tank – most people just drive it down the bridge and it usually gets blown up by an AVRiL, but there is a way to maximize your firepower. If you take the tank from its starting position and drive it diagonally across the street to the right to the first large bridge support pillar – then you can use the pillar as a barricade against AVRiLs and tank fire. By poking your turret out around the corner of the pillar and rocking back and forth to avoid incoming fire you can control the whole street and take out snipers on the far side by the SPMA. However, crafty people usually try to flank you in the Manta or by jumping to the building behind you – so be vigilant! If you get good at this maneuver you usually can easily get a Rampage every time. Next – the bridge suspension cables provide access to the upper reaches of the bridge. To access this area you run up the cables, use your hoverboard to skate up the cables (kind of tricky!), or have a Raptor pilot drop you off on the top platform. Before you journey up to the top – take a Sniper Rifle or the AVRiL! If you want to snipe – on each suspension bridge tower is a UDamage (for a total of two… which you can easily grab one and then the other in a loop using a narrow walkway). The only way people can reach you on the top platforms are the same ways you got up there (which isn’t easy), and you can have some fun while they scramble to reach you. By using the suspension cables to facilitate your getaway is a fast way to get the flag and escape quickly. Usually people are looking on the ground for the stolen flag/flag carrier – not in the air! When you are doing your flag runs remember to power up using the Body Armor and the Jump Boots (to help you escape). These are located in the “middle” of each bridge support (between the ground and the AVRiL platform). The Body Armor is on the on the right side as you look down the bridge from the base and the Jump Boots are on the left. Once you grab these items you will have a good chance at grabbing that flag and making it back to your base alive.
Finally, some random tips: · When the Redeemer under the bridge appears, the manhole covers in the center of the bridge open – providing easy access to this weapon. · Use the “lock on” function with the Rocket Launcher to kill any Mantas or Raptors strafing your base – too many people use the Stinger against aircraft and the results are much more effective with the Rocket Launcher. · Crouch while grappling to a vehicle on the hoverboard – this keeps you steady, closer to the back end of the vehicle to avoid incoming fire, and doesn’t bounce you around as much. That’s it for me – have fun and I’ll see you on the battlefield in Unreal Tournament 3!  |
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Hawty McBloggy found this cool, leather DS carrying case over on Etsy. The case is made of Nappa leather witha velvet-feel liner made of foam padding and has a velcro flap. The best part, it only costs $21.50. Elegant DS Lite Case For The Nicole Kidman's of the World [Hawty McBloggy] |
 
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Rockstar's UK Manhunt 2 Appeal Succeeds [Violence Ban] Posted: 10 Dec 2007 10:40 AM CST
Such balancing judgments are inevitably complex and multi-faceted, and are made only after very careful consideration of the contents of a work. We played Manhunt 2 for well over 30 hours prior to our decision.Incidentally, this is 30 hours more than I played Manhunt 2. Judging from their reaction to the appeal, which you can read in full by following the link below, this is far from over. Rockstar's Manhunt 2 appeal successful [MCV]  
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PaRappa Creators Re-Team For Wii Exclusive [PaRappa Team Returns] Posted: 10 Dec 2007 10:20 AM CST
"We are incredibly excited to be working with talent of this caliber and believe our game shares the same broad mass market appeal as successful music-based products like Activision's Guitar Hero and MTV's Rock Band."Okay really high hopes, but that's understandable. Being a huge fan of the PaRappa series (Jet Baby is my personal hero), I've got high hopes too. Majesco Entertainment, Masaya Matsuura and Rodney Alan Greenblat Partner to Create New Game Exclusively for the Wii(TM) System |
Rockstar's appeal against the British Board of Film Classification's ban of Manhunt 2 from release in the UK has passed, garnering a narrow victory of 4 to 3 from the Video Appeals Committee. The game was originally banned / refused classification in the UK 
PaRappa fans rejoice! The award-winning team of artist Rodney Alan Greenblat and legendary musician and game designer Masaya Matsuura is back, this time bringing together their awesome talents for an exclusive music-based game for the Nintendo Wii, coming in late 2008 from Majesco Entertainment. While details on the project are basically non-existent, just the fact that these two are working together on a new game is enough to get me all tingly. Majesco CEO Jesse Sutton has high hopes for the title. 
 
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Rockstar Head Ascends to Take-Two Throne [Industry] Posted: 10 Dec 2007 10:00 AM CST
Gary Dale, formerly the Chief Operating Officer of Rockstar Games, has been promoted to the executive vice president of Take-Two. In his new role he will be "optimizing the company's sales and distribution activities, pursuing business development opportunities and serving as corporate liaison with all of Take-Two's publishing labels." "Gary's depth of experience in the interactive entertainment industry and his long-time association with our Company make him an excellent choice to take on this new corporate Executive VP position," said Ben Feder, Chief Executive Officer of Take-Two. "As part of our emphasis on driving profitable growth, we are asking Gary to spearhead our efforts to explore opportunities in emerging areas such as online gaming and casual games, and in promising regions such as Asia/Pacific and Latin America, while also helping to enhance the performance of our sales organization. As corporate liaison to our Rockstar, 2K Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play labels, Gary also will use his expertise to ensure that we take a coordinated approach to building and growing our businesses." Sounds like someone's given Dale the reins to the company, but still no word on a Gary Dale trading card. Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Names Gary Dale Executive Vice President New York, NY - December 10, 2007 - Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO) today announced that Gary Dale, previously Chief Operating Officer of the Company's Rockstar Games label, has been named Executive Vice President of Take-Two. In his new role, Mr. Dale is focusing primarily on optimizing the Company's sales and distribution activities, pursuing business development opportunities, and serving as corporate liaison with all of Take-Two's publishing labels. Mr. Dale had been COO of Rockstar Games since January 2007. He previously served as the European Managing Director of Capcom beginning in 2003. Mr. Dale has a long history of association with Take-Two. From 1994 to 1998, he was President of the Interactive Software and Video Division of BMG Entertainment until Take-Two acquired BMG Interactive in March 1998. "Gary's depth of experience in the interactive entertainment industry and his long-time association with our Company make him an excellent choice to take on this new corporate Executive VP position," said Ben Feder, Chief Executive Officer of Take-Two. "As part of our emphasis on driving profitable growth, we are asking Gary to spearhead our efforts to explore opportunities in emerging areas such as online gaming and casual games, and in promising regions such as Asia/Pacific and Latin America, while also helping to enhance the performance of our sales organization. As corporate liaison to our Rockstar, 2K Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play labels, Gary also will use his expertise to ensure that we take a coordinated approach to building and growing our businesses." |
 
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Star Trek Online Dev Sued by PR Firm Posted: 11 Dec 2007 02:48 PM CST PR firm Kohnke Communications is suing Star Trek Online developer Perpetual Entertainment for breach of contract and fraud, among other allegations.
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Posted: 11 Dec 2007 01:00 PM CST TIGSource is running an interactive fiction (previously known as "text adventure") competition called, "Text the Halls." It started at midnight last night, and ends on Christmas Eve. The theme is Winter / The Holidays / Christmas. Get cooking! Text The Halls IF Competition. |
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PlayStation Network will make Sony a software powerhouse,says Stringer Posted: 11 Dec 2007 01:34 PM CST The expansion of the PlayStation Network, which
willenable users to download games, movies and music for
multipledevices, will propel Sony into a software powerhouse,
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Analysts Claim That Video Board Games Are The Next Big Thing [Bored Games] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 01:00 PM CST
A simExchange analyst Jesse Divnich thinks the board games made video games are the next big thing, telling Gamasutra that: For emerging genres, we will likely see an influx of "board game" type titles over the next few years. I expect Scene It? on the Xbox 360 to have moderate success.OK, well that's one person's opinion. And analysts aren't always right. Wait, someone else actually agrees with her? From Creative Stratagies' Ben Bajarin: Since the Wii came out, I have called it the "board game for a new generation" -- using the metaphor of a board game that many families still [play] but did more often before TV.Oh, so he just sees the video game as a figurative board game. Either way, the bigger message seems to be that the future successful titles will bring the whole family together, ala board game...though not necessarily being a board game proper. Luckily, this should mean that tomorrow is filled with more than a bunch of 720p Monopoly ports. Analysts: 'Board'/Party Games The Next Guitar Hero? [gamasutra] |
Advanced AI? It's alright. More polygons than your eyes can discern? Kinda neat. Board games on your TV? Now you're talking! 
 
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Schwarzenegger Wants No Part of Conan Game [No Cameos] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 12:40 PM CST
But governor spokesperson Aaron McLear would only say that Schwarzenegger had "no association with this game" after being asked how the governor feels about his ex-character Conan appearing in THQ's Conan. C'mon Mr. Schwarzenegger, you're a politician now. You've got to come up with a better response than that when reporters explore potential hypocrisy. It's your job, man. Schwarzenegger Distances Himself from THQ's Conan Game [gamepolitics] |
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Dungeon Runners Blows Chunk 2 [In Game Advertising] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 12:20 PM CST
NCsoft Launches Chunk 2, Adding Advertising, New Content to Dungeon Runners Game |
NCsoft's free to download, free to play MMO Dungeon Runners has just received its second content update, Chunk 2, which changes the face of the game for non-subscribers completely. Areas and items previously off-limits to non-paying customers are now open for all, thanks to the introduction of the in-game advertising Mark Wilson reported on back in October. The ads will be seen during loading screens as well as in a banner that sits upon the screen as the main game is running. Paying members will have their bank pages increased from one to three and won't be plagued by advertising. Both paying and non-paying players will be able to enjoy the newly implemented item trading system and combat system refinements. Personally I think NCsoft is missing out on major ad revenue by restricting advertisements to loading screens and the banner. With its tongue in cheek, self-referential humor, Dungeon Runners is the one game that could get away with a +5 Sword of Pringles Fever. 
 
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Posted: 11 Dec 2007 12:07 PM CST
Just minutes after the Halo 3 map packs were supposed to hit, and hadn't quite yet, we had already received an email from a very antsy and very agitated Halo fan. So it's probably worthwhile to note that the Halo 3 Heroic Map Pack is now available. The pack, which was recently shown off by Red Vs. Blue, features three new maps with endless customization possibilities. Standoff's symmetrical valley, with its entrenched bases and fields of boulders is ideal for mid-sized objective and Slayer game types, while Rat's Nest's vast, labyrinthine passages bring something new to the "Halo" multiplayer experience: an indoor vehicle paradise, strongly influenced by the Campaign mode, ideal for big team battles. Finally, Foundry is the ultimate Forge map - players can edit every single object in this voluminous industrial warehouse, place stairways, walls, bridges and tunnels to create an entirely new play space and build almost any kind of map they can think of. The pack will set you back 800 points if you get it now or nothing if you are willing to wait until this coming spring. |
 
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GameStop Opening Tournament Stores [Expansion] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 11:40 AM CST
All in all, this sounds like a fantastic idea on GameStop's part. Local tournaments for the average gamer are an excellent way to bring the community together (while selling them some product, of course). We'll be interested to see how many such stores GameStop actually opens. Chances are, the San Jose location's success or failure will have a lot to say on the matter. GameStop Opens "Tournament Store" [nextgeneration] |
GameStop is refocusing their brand a bit with the implementation of tournament-focused stores. The first is a 4,000 sq. ft. beast in San Jose, CA that features 24 networked kiosks. GameStop hopes to hold tournaments here during most weekends that lead up to quarterly national-level events. In fact, the San Jose location will already be throwing their first event on December 15th. The Madden NFL 08 champ will receive a $1000 gift certificate. 
 
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Molyneux to Unveil "Big" Fable 2 Features Posted: 11 Dec 2007 01:59 PM CST Peter Molyneux will be on-hand at Game Developers Conference 2008 to talk Fable 2, while EA's Lou Castle will expand on the developer's relationship with Steven Spielberg.
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GDC 2008 Reveals EA, Spielberg's Boom Blox, Fable 2 Features Posted: 11 Dec 2007 09:36 AM CST
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As part of his latest Director's Cut post, GDC 2008 executive director Jamil Moledina has revealed new talks from EA's Lou Castle on its Wii exclusive Steven Spielberg collaboration Boom Blox, and Peter Molyneux on Fable 2's 'Big Three Features' as part of the February conference's line-up. The 'Director's Cut' section of the weblog is slated to run regularly leading up to the GDC 2008 show itself (part of CMP, as is Gamasutra), and Moledina's ...  
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Microsoft, Bungie Release First Halo 3 Downloadable Content Posted: 11 Dec 2007 09:13 AM CST
  
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Gamecock Limp After BioShockus Interruptus Posted: 11 Dec 2007 12:20 PM CST BLOG – We didn’t attend the Spike TV Video Game Awards, but we did see how Gamecockers crashed BioShock man Ken Levine’s acceptance speech.
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Posted: 11 Dec 2007 11:20 AM CST |
Microsoft has announced that it has released the first set in a series of of downloadable Halo 3 content with the Heroic Map Pack, consisting of three new multiplayer maps, all customizable in Bungie's in-game editor Forge. First announced in November, Microsoft says each of the three maps will present a different play style. Standoff (pictured) features a symmetrical valley with entrenched bases and fields of bounders, oriented for mid-sized objective and Slayer game types, ...
 
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ESA Prez, PaRappa Creator to Speak at DICE [Event] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 11:00 AM CST
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences recently added a clutch of new speakers to their 2008 Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain Summit in February including newly appointed Entertainment Software Association president Michael D. Gallagher and Masaya Matsuura, the man behind PaRappa the Rapper. Other additions include Blizzard president Mike Morhaime, LucasArts president Jim Ward and Dr. Mark Ollila, director of tech and strategy for games and multimedia at Nokia. The annual event will also include three-days of seminars and the Interactive Achievement Awards, which will once more be hosted by Jay Mohr. D.I.C.E. SUMMIT 2008 SPEAKER ROSTER PUMPED UP EVEN MORE Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences Enlists Icons, Key Execs and Chief Lobbyist to High-Level Interactive Entertainment Industry Event CALABASAS, CA - December 10, 2007 - The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences(R) (AIAS) confirmed four additional speakers set to join its previously announced powerhouse line-up for the upcoming D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit®. New this year, The 2008 D.I.C.E. Summit will be held at the upscale Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, February 6-8, 2008. The registration deadline is Monday, January 14, 2008, to register, visit the event web site, www.dicesummit.org. "As games enjoy a record year with consumers, it is appropriate that some of the industry's best minds who are behind these great games take the stage at D.I.C.E.," said Joseph Olin, president, AIAS. "We believe that when you sum-up the wide experiences that our new speakers bring to the industry, this year's Summit is not to be missed." Added to the roster of speakers are: Michael D. Gallagher - As newly appointed ESA (Entertainment Software Association) president, Gallagher has become the video game industry's chief lobbyist in Washington. Gallagher's role is to protect the primary interest of industry executives and gamers nationwide from government oversight and restrictions, allowing them to continue to produce and consume games that shape the industry. Masaya Matsuura - Matsuura best known for producing the popular musical games for PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 -- PaRappa the Rapper, Um Jammer Lammy and PaRappa the Rapper 2. is a video game developer and musician, whose contributions have ignited a gaming revolution for generating content from players' favorite music CDs. As president of NanaOn-Sha, Matsuura is pushing the languages of music and game making further. Additional 2008 DICE Summit Speakers Announced Mike Morhaime - Blizzard Entertainment president and co-founder Mike Morhaime is a visionary within the video game industry. Morhaime is recognized for his contributions to the massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) space through Blizzard's tremendous success of the Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo titles, in particular, the spectacularly popular World of Warcraft. Jim Ward - Under two executive titles, Ward is president of LucasArts and senior vice president at Lucasfilm. He leads the business growth of LucasArts, creator of such popular games as Star Wars: Battlefront and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, along with an increasing amount of original content, such as the best-selling Mercenaries. In his role as senior vice president, Lucasfilm, Ward oversees the planning, development and execution of global marketing and distribution programs for all of Lucasfilm's motion picture, television and video properties, including Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Dr. Mark Ollila - Director of Technology and Strategy for Games and Multimedia at Nokia, Ollila is helping drive the next-generation gaming strategy. He's responsible for technology strategy and business development, industry relations and marketing, partnerships and Nokia internal collaboration and technology roadmapping within Multimedia. The 2008 D.I.C.E. Summit includes three-days of seminars by some of the most celebrated and creative minds in the video game industry. The D.I.C.E. Summit 2008 will also play host to the 11th annual Interactive Achievement Awards(R) ceremony, where industry leaders and members pay tribute and recognition to the individuals and products that contribute to the growth of the interactive entertainment software business. Favored comedian and proud game enthusiast, Jay Mohr returns for his third year to host the award festivities. The Interactive Achievement Awards can now be viewed live via webcast on GameSpot (www.gamespot.com). For the first time, game enthusiasts from anywhere in the world can be among industry insiders as the coveted Interactive Achievement Awards are presented to the geniuses and giants behind the most popular video games of the year. |
 
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Wonderworld Amusement Park Brings Mini-Games To Wii [Game Announcement] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 10:40 AM CST
MAJESCO ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES 'WONDERWORLD AMUSEMENT PARK' FOR THE Wii™ SYSTEM |
Majesco is bringing all the fun of a visit to a theme park home to the Nintendo Wii this summer with Wonderworld Amusement Park. Along with some playable 3D carnival rides, the game will feature 30 mini-games for the whole family based on real carnival games but designed with the title's five different themed areas in mind. I am guessing that one of those themes is nursery rhymes, making the girl in the screenshot above Little Miss Muffet instead of creepy forest spider rice-cake girl. Players will also be able to create their own character and dress them up in items bought with their carnival winnings, so if you really want to be creepy forest spider rice-cake girl knock yourself out. All I can say is it is about time the Wii got a compilation of mini-games. 
 
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Mass Effect Affects Massive Sales [A Million Served] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 10:20 AM CST
Mass Effect Amasses One Million Copies Sold [GameDaily] |
BioWare's epic space opera of an RPG Mass Effect has had a massive effect on the gaming marketplace, as Corporate Vice President of Global Marketing for the Xbox 360 reveals to GameDaily that the title sold more than a million copies in the three weeks following release. Excellent news for Microsoft, who holds exclusive rights to the first title in the series, but better news for BioWare and their new owners EA, who suddenly find themselves in an excellent position to either negotiate a very lucrative exclusivity contract for the remaining games in the franchise or simply open it up and see how well the next Mass Effect sells when it comes out on the PS3 and Xbox 360. Should be quite interesting to see how this all works out. 
 
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Posted: 11 Dec 2007 10:00 AM CST
I Am 8-Bit and Couch have teamed up to sell these spiffy Space Invader-infested guitar straps, perfect for dangling faux guitars from your neck between sets on Rock Band or Guitar Hero. The vinyl straps feature a swarm of Space Invaders at either end in either blue or black and sell for $33 a pop. Best part? It's wearable art. |
 
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Auran Lets Fury Go Free, Bad News Follows [Free Games] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 09:40 AM CST
We will then have some bad news to follow (unless a miracle occurs), but there will be a very positive end to the week.All they need is a miracle. All they need is you. Fury Goes Completely Free With Dec 14 Content Update [Kotaku Australia] |
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World of Warcraft Goes Russian [Universal Language] Posted: 11 Dec 2007 09:20 AM CST
"Considering the scale and enthusiasm of the Russian community, we recognized that offering a dedicated Russian-language version of World of Warcraft was the next important step for the game in Europe," said Mike Morhaime, president and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. "We're looking forward to providing an even more accessible gameplay experience to current and future players."Blizzard is currently assembling a dedicated Russian-speaking support team in France and Ireland to ensure that complaints of бойцов грабителей are taken care of with trademark Russian efficiency. Expect a "What is your game?" from Yakov Smirnoff in the very near future. Blizzard Entertainment® Announces Russian-Language Version of World of Warcraft® |
Vy govo'rite po ang'liiski? No? Then this is probably good news for you. Blizzard has announced a fully localized Russian version of World of Warcraft for release in 2008. Russian will be the fifth European language supported by the massively multiplayer phenomenon, joining English, French, German, and Spanish.
 
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Game Programmers Versus Game Designers Posted: 11 Dec 2007 11:38 AM CST One of the major differences I've noticed between working in the mainstream games biz now versus when I started *cough*thirteen*cough* years ago is the amount of work that goes into making the entire game very data-driven. Maybe it's just the companies I worked for then, versus the ones I work for now. But it seems that the trick companies are using to help scale projects is put more burden on designers for creating the data, scripting solutions, and so forth. Not that this is new. We put a ton of effort into scripting in Outwars back in '97, after all, and even Twisted Metal and Warhawk had tons of parameters for the designers to play with. It just seems like a greater amount of emphasis.  What this means, from a programmer's perspective, is that you can write the most pristine, perfect, bug-free, wonderful code in the world - and its still gonna be turned into utter buggy crap by some designer's script or data when they don't know what parameter X is supposed to do. And the programmer is gonna get the blame by default. It's just our lot in life.Of course, that assumes pristine and perfect code. You can ask the designers that work with me, and they'll let you know in no uncertain terms that my programming isn't in the same zip code as "pristine and perfect." We'll go back and forth, of course, about how I implemented the code in only twenty minutes because said designers suddenly decided they absolutely needed a feature only three hours before the milestone was due. That's life in the games biz. Hey, on my indie project, I do 95% of the work at the design-level, through the built-in scripting language and all that, so I'm in the same boat. I can empathize. But I still turn into crotchety old programmer guy at work. It's just how things are expected to roll. Who am I to fight tradition? Oh, right, I'm an indie. I buck tradition all the time. Okay. So I don't think I'm all that crotchety. And I'm not old! Except maybe in the eyes of some of the kids in the QA department who think Playstation 2 games are "retro." But I digress... Things get more interesting. Not only is there a weird joint-custody relationship over stuff that makes the game run, but the designers are... well... creative. By their very nature, designers get very creative in the use of whatever tools you give them. We joke about bugs being "undocumented features," but sometimes a designer will find and take advantage of a bug. Truly use it as a feature. Sometimes they'll have no clue they are using some unwanted side-effect to make their mission work. And then they'll get mad when the bug finally gets fixed, because they'll have two levels that depended upon that broken functionality. They'll have written sixteen scripts that force this weird bug to happen because its just a cool effect, and then as a programmer you have to purposefully re-implement the bug in a more controlled, parameterized fashion to make 'em happy. Not that game designers are ever happy. For more than a few minutes at a time, anyway, after they get a shiny new toy. It's like a genetic impossibility or something. Or something they learn in game designer school (they've got those now, these young punks... oh, wait, there's the crotchety old programmer guy thing emerging again...) The solution, naturally, is keeping good communication going between the designers and programmers. Which can cause nightmares for some managers, because unbridled communication leads to feature creep and priorities getting knocked out of whack. Because programmers love giving designers shiny new toys to play with. If not out of the goodness of our hearts, it's out of the pains in our necks. Which means the solution to one nightmare leads to another set of nightmares. Have I mentioned that game development is kinda hard? (Vaguely) related old game programmer crotchetiness... * On Game Engines and Swarm Missiles * My Worst Bug Ever * Jet Moto Memories * Losing Your Limits Without Losing Your Mind * Why Software Design Isn't Like Architecture . |
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GameTap Expands Mac Support [Upgrades] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 01:20 PM CST
PC users will benefit too with the the GameTap player's updated, streamlined interface. I mean, you're not getting any new games or anything. But you've already had your fun while the rest of us were pouting in the corner, acting interested in our iPods. |
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No More Heroes Censorship Explained...Kinda [Blood] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 01:00 PM CST
First, let me say how honoured I am that everyone in Europe is expecting No More Heroes....The sales point of this game is action. Both I and Wada san have concentrated on making the best possible action game for the Nintendo Wii. We have chosen to release in Europe the same version as has shipped in Japan considering the broadly growing Wii market.In other words, everyone thinks this will be a more lucrative plan. I prefer the subtlety of ash fountains to spurting blood anyway. |
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Europe's Xbox 360 Video Marketplace Is Still Working Kinks Out [Bugs] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 12:40 PM CST
Microsoft apologizes for any inconvenience and is investigating the matter in full. But since these problems remind me a lot of the US roll out of Video Marketplace, I'm guessing they won't be permanent. Microsoft confirm problems with UK Video Marketplace [via n4g] |
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Morhaime Enters AIAS Hall Of Fame [Top Honors] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 12:20 PM CST
"This is a great honor, and I'm proud to receive it," said Morhaime. "The success that Blizzard Entertainment has had over the years would not have been possible without the enthusiasm and support of players around the world, and the passion and dedication of our employees, so I thank all of them for contributing to this achievement."Morhaime is in excellent company, as previous inductees include Will Wright, John Carmack, Sega's Yu Suzuki, Shigeru Miyamoto, and Danielle Bunten Berry. BioWare CEO Dr. Ray Muzka will present the honor at the 11th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards on February 7th. MMOG PIONEER MIKE MORHAIME INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF FAME OF THE ACADEMY OF INTERACTIVE ARTS & SCIENCES |
Morhaime FTW! The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences adds another name to its list of game industry luminaries today as it announces the induction of Blizzard co-founder, president, and CEO Mike Morhaime into its Hall of Fame. Morhaime is being honored for his contributions to the MMO space with World of Warcraft, as well as the success of the Diablo, Warcraft, and Starcraft franchises. Where's the Lost Vikings love, AIAS?
 
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NPD: Gaming is a Stress Reliever [Survey Says] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 12:00 PM CST
About 63 percent of the U.S. population play video games, and a majority of them see game playing as a way to alleviate stress and to help them unwind, according to a new study conducted by the NPD Group. The report is based on online survey responses from 5,039 members of NPD's online consumer panel conducted from Oct. 11 to Oct. 18. Of those who game, 30 percent said they are spending more time gaming this year than last year while another 30 percent or so said they are spending less time and nearly 40 percent say they are spending about the same amount of time. The heaviest gamers in the survey were 18 to 34. "The new type of game experiences brought to the market over the past several years are succeeding in reaching a broader audience. The challenge for the industry is that consumers are a fickle group, and with the great variety of options pulling at their limited free time, they're going to be easily distracted unless something really compels them to stay with gaming," said Anita Frazier, industry analyst, The NPD Group. "To reach these less involved consumers, the industry has to work even harder, but doing so can produce great rewards." |
 
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Sega Testing Auto Speech-to-Face Software [Engines] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 11:40 AM CST
The software is said to be between 70% and 80% accurate, with levels approaching 100% with a little tweaking. We're guessing such tools could save developers a lot of time, you know, if they work as well as advertised. |
Apparently Sega is test-marketing a software tool called the Magical V Engine that allows for advanced facial animation from voice recordings alone. By animating based upon not only the phonetic lip syncing but expression (we're guessing tone), the software can emulate the four basic human emotions—happiness, sadness, anger and surprise—in full facial expression. 
 
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X-Play Expands [Gaming Television] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 11:20 AM CST
"I couldn't be more excited about the direction 'X-Play' is taking," said Adam Sessler, host, "X-Play." "Reviews will still be a big part of the show, but now we're going to make sure that viewers are also updated regularly on everything else going on in the world of video games."We kinda had that covered Adam, but thanks for the assist! Hit the jump for more info, including the new "X-Play Gaming Update Blog", which could save a lot of time by simply linking here. "X-Play" Jumps to the Next Level with New Enhanced Format Emphasizing Daily, Comprehensive Coverage of the Videogame Industry |
What began back in 1998 as GameSpot TV before morphing to Extended Play and finally X-Play is undergoing yet another metamorphosis next month as the focus shifts from reviews to all-around gaming news show beginning on January 14th. Along with their signature video game reviews, the now-daily show expands to include sneak peaks, interviews, game demos, analysis, and straight-up gaming news. Other new features will include Tips and Tricks from Cheat! (Ah, the Pringles gamer guide *snicker* ) and X-Play Gamer Challenges, which will offer viewers compete on the air for fame and prizes. 
 
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Posted: 12 Dec 2007 12:50 PM CST So I got an email announcing ChatBlade, a new MMOG chat system middleware package; a specialized enough need that it would have been kind of inconceivable a few years ago as a business. Which leads to speculation on where we are headed in terms of innovative virtual world tchnologies. And now, I have to open this post with an anecdote (even though they say to write for blogs the way you write for newspapers: put the lead first!). Once very long ago (”long ago” here defined as circa 1995), I logged into some random LPMud. I don’t remember which one it was, but it had an idea I liked a lot and decided to steal for LegendMUD. In that mud, you see, they had simple moods & what today gets called by some “say alts” — commands that were exactly like the SAY command, only you could grunt or groan, wail or whine, and these say alternates carried emotional content that you didn’t get with plain old SAY, WHISPER, SHOUT, and TELL. I went back to Legend and designed a speech system that handled moods and say alternates. At the time, it was common for muds to have those four commands, which do four very different things; and it was common to have language systems, which made elves not understand orcs, etc. Drunken garbling of text was also a common feature. At first the system supported a sort of “natural language” reading of text: Herodotus says absentmindedly, ‘Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.’Herodotus whines, not really paying attention, ‘Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.’‘Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,’ Herodotus proclaims absentmindedly. You could make your whole character moody (”sticky” moods), or you could use a mood as a one-off prefix. Because the natural language look didn’t always have the name first on the line, some folks disliked it; it made it harder to scan text to visually filter the chats you were interested in. But stats a while after it was introduced showed that the vast majority of players were using it. It turns out that prose is plain old easier to read for a lot of people, perhaps because we get so much practice. And roleplayers loved it. Over time, moods support got added to entrances and exits: Herodotus wanders in from the north, staring vaguely about.Herodotus wanders off to the north, scratching his head in befuddlement. and to global chat, socials, and so on. Meanwhile, those who hated it (powergamers, mostly) wanted more efficient text streams, so from that side, support was added for a variety of highly concise text layouts that looked more like IRC. These spread eventually to combat messages, so you could get a highly mathematical view of the action. Later on, we put pretty much the same moods system wholesale into Star Wars Galaxies (and even made room for a pretty concise combat text stream on a tab, for powergamers to use in fight analysis). I think EQ2 then also integrated moods. And in SWG, taking a cue from Microsoft Research’s Comic Chat, I got the chat parser to also detect certain keywords — but more importantly, emoticons — and automatically play socials and moods, tie into chat bubbles and their artwork, and so on. This turned out to be incredibly powerful, just like “sticky” moods were, and most everyone used it. (Footnote: I had almost forgotten about Comic Chat at the time, but was prompted to recall by this MediaMOO panel, plus seeing the wonderful implementation in There, which supported intensity by doing emoticons that looked like this: :))))) I could walk through almost the same narrative all over again with chat bubbles, by the way. But it doesn’t matter. All of this is by way of pointing out that ChatBlade supports moods out of the box. And elvish. And drunken speech. And even stuff that back in 1995 when we were doing moods was weirdo cutting-edge roleplayer stuff that few muds implemented, like nickname support; and stuff that was added over time like verbose versus concise chat formats. It’s part of the march of commodification: what once was basically an R&D effort (in the case of Comic Chat, quite literally an R&D effort) is now an out-of-the-box feature in middleware. This is a natural progression: something useful comes along, it raises the bar, competitors have to adopt it, then over time someone makes it a common piece of tech and everyone has it. Well, MMOs used to be moon shoots and increasingly aren’t. In fact, even some of the really tough stuff is starting to get incredibly easy (and I am not just talking about Metaplace here, though we keep finding that stuff that used to be scary huge engineering effort turn out to be easy). Commodification is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it theoretically enables greater innovation because “the basics” are covered for you. On the other hand, you can end up with “stock mud syndrome” where all the games look the same. On the gripping hand, having lots of offerings that are basically the same limits the audience, creates monopoly situations, and caps the market. At some point, of course, even selling chat middleware will make little sense because even big complex systems like this will be commodified as well: so common that they get given away. It’s instructive to think about what the crazy things are that will be commodified to the point where they are given away: software for seamless multiserver clusters? RMT-in-a-box Station Exchange style systems? Spore’s procedural modeling and animation techniques? Robust alife-based procedural world simulation systems? At some point soon, all of those things which seem somewhere between hard and R&D are going to be off the shelf components. And perhaps the key sign of it is that the current big wave of mainstream MMOs have virtually no R&D in them. Off the shelf SmartFoxServer, Makena engine re-uses, simplified versions of AAA MMO game systems… It’s time to start thinking about what the new R&D is now, because based on this press release, it takes 10 years to get from R&D start to middleware end. |
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Blizzard CEO named to AIAS Hall of Fame Posted: 12 Dec 2007 01:09 PM CST The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
hasannounced that Blizzard co-founder and CEO Mike Morhaime
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Posted: 12 Dec 2007 11:54 AM CST 喜新厌旧, 是人的本性, 也是网游玩家的本性, 每个人, 都喜欢去尝试新鲜事物, 对新事物充满了好奇, 而另一方面, 又对已经拥有的不懂得珍惜, 直到有一天, 当失去它们时, 才知道后悔. 很搞笑, 不是吗? 而生活, 就是在这样的搞笑事件中不断重复着. 生活中, 没有后悔药, 但在网游中, 却可以有. 在本文中, 我将提出一个全新的观点: 游戏功能, 甚至是游戏基础功能方面的"常变常新, 常换常新". 一个网游玩家, 在游戏中的生活, 主要分为这几类: 角色成长, 与其他玩家的互动. 现在, 绝大多数的网游, 其产品研发思路都显得过于僵硬: 待一个产品的基础架构搭好后, 便在这个架构的基础上不断推出新的活动内容, 新的任务, 以及新的资料片. 资料片相比于活动和任务而言, 其内容的更新量会显得稍微大一点. 我有一种想法: 让游戏的某些内容, 甚至是涉及游戏基础架构的内容, 呈时间性和阶段性的出现, 不总是出现. 举例来说, 在针对于玩家的成长环节, 其成长方式可以多样化, 在这两个月内通过一种方式实现角色成长, 而在稍后的另两个月内则依靠另一种全新的方式实现角色成长. 比如冬天和夏天就可以是两种截然不同的成长方式. 而且, 某种玩法或某块内容, 是属于"过了这村就没这店"的, 类似于节日活动这种"时效性", 但是其涉及的玩法内容将比节日活动这样的小更新大为扩展, 不仅仅是弄几个新的NPC. 对于玩家体验而言, 一些新的UI界面, 一些新的贴图, 新的NPC, 以及新场景的不断推出, 对玩家新鲜感的促进, 都是有非常大作用的. 如果大的玩法更新显得太过复杂的话, 我们为什么不可以经常变换变换这些不影响玩法或者对玩法影响比较小的内容呢? 比如, 我们可以根据春, 夏, 秋, 冬, 节日, 甚至是周末, 而采用不同的产品外观更新策略. 总之, 要给玩家形成的一个感觉是: 这个产品每一周甚至每一天上来, 都会给我更多的新鲜感, 而不是相反. 对于我而言, 即使再好看的界面, 给我持续看同一个界面两三周, 我也会基本没啥感觉, 这就象我们的电脑桌面, 为什么要经常换一换, 给自己找找新鲜感是一样的道理. “有序+新鲜”, 是让我这样的自由人对一款游戏始终充满兴趣的最主要因素. 有序, 是说这个世界呈现给我的信息, 是经过组织梳理的, 而不是乱糟糟的胡乱摆放; 新鲜, 当然是指的新内容. 我们一直有种错误的观念: 一直都认为, 一定要加强玩家的互动, 让玩家彻底的互动, 紧得甚至扯得扯不开, 这样有了粘性后, 玩家自然会互相依赖, 离不开这个游戏. 但是, 事实上, 我认为, 能形成这样紧密关系的玩家毕竟是有限的. 特别是, 对于一些办公室白领玩家, 他们的时间有限, 他们玩游戏时不想花太多时间, 同样的, 他们在这个虚拟世界里维护虚拟世界的朋友关系也不希望花太多时间, 但是, 他又希望他上线时能有人陪他玩. 这样, 就要求我们在设计过程中, 要充分考虑如何给这种"松散的朋友关系"提供足够的生存空间, 帮他们一直良好的维护这份关系. 比如, 我们在好友的功能中, 就可以添加这样类似的设置: "约定"的功能. 好友之间, 可以互相约定, 下线了也可以约定, 约定去作任务, 约定去吃饭, 去喝酒, 呵呵, 甚至去作小游戏, 甚至去探险. 通过"约定", 可以将这种松散的关系有效的管理起来, 以不致于让他们因为交流的缺少而失去联系. 当然, 这个功能具体作时, 还要考虑很多的细节, 不能作得太复杂, 要让玩家易操作. 谈回常变常新. 某块内容在被我们屏蔽掉一段时间后, 还可以再重新开启, 或者不直接开启, 而采用某种类似后悔药的设计让玩家重新体验, 这从另一方面也是满足了玩家的怀旧感. 现在的很多企业, 用的都是同一款引擎, 却不断用这个引擎作出不同的产品, 我们为什么不反其道而行之? 我们就是在同一个产品里去弄成不同产品的样子, 只不过, 这个不同, 是通过不同的时间段表现出来. 因为, 我认为: 集中全部的精力作成功一款产品, 其可能性远大于将精力分散开来作不同的产品. 关于这个想法, 更具体的方案, 还有待进一步思考, 甚至, 可不可行, 也需要思考, 权当抛砖引玉吧. |
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Blizzard CEO Now Hall of Famer Posted: 12 Dec 2007 12:08 PM CST The Academy of Interactive Arts Sciences has named Blizzard president, CEO and co-founder Mike Morhaime as the organization's 11th Hall of Fame inductee.
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PR Firm Dishes On Influence Over Reviews, in Suit [Journalism] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 11:00 AM CST
TenTonHammer broke, and Shack News dug deeper into, recent news that public relations firm Kohnke Communications is suing Star Trek Online developer Perpetual Entertainment over a falling out two had over now moth-balled MMO Gods & Heroes: Rome Rising. The seven count suit alleges breach of contract and fraud, among other things, and seeks up to $290,675 stemming from Perpetual's recent shift in ownership and decision to redirect their efforts from Gods to Star Trek. More importantly, though, the suit offers a disturbing look at both the world of game development and the relationship between PR firms and game reviewers, or at least the relationship that Kohnke thinks exists. The suit lays out the fact that $70,000 of Kohnke's compensation was held back with the understanding they would receive that money, and as much as $280,000, based on the number of active subscribers to the game 90 days after shipment. The incentive came to the PR firm if they were successful in creating pre-release "buzz" and in "convincing reviewers to write positive reviews about the game." Funny, and I always thought it was the game that was supposed to do that. I'm not naive enough to think that the success of a video game has nothing to do with the PR push, but it's disheartening to see that in this industry, reviews are see as something bought, not earned. Star Trek Online Dev. Perpetual Sued by PR Firm, Charged with Breach of Contract, Fraud (Updated) [Shack News] |
 
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Women In Gaming - Ubisoft's Elspeth Tory [Interview] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 10:40 AM CST
I think there have been enough women in the industry now that there really isn't any pressure as a woman to prove yourself anymore. I think there has been so many great people out there doing things that right now, I think it's completely open-ended. Anyone who comes in, you just want to know that they're good. Their gender is irrelevant.That's certainly good to hear. I would hate to think we could miss out on some amazing talent just because a company couldn't look past biological differences. Hit the jump for more with Elspeth, and be sure to check out Tracey's interviews with Morgan Webb and Jane Pinckard while you're at it. Women Working in Games: 'Assassin's Creed''s Elspeth Tory on Jade Raymond and Entering the Boys' Club [MTV Multiplayer Blog] |
MTV Multiplayer's Tracey John, who has excellent taste in cocktails, continues her series of interviews with women in the gaming industry today, speaking with Assassin's Creed animation project manager Elspeth Tory on the challenges women face in the gaming industry. Along with commenting on the whole Jade situation and the challenges faced by being a female in a male-dominated industry, Elspeth explains that proving yourself capable is no longer a factor. 
 
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The EVE Online BOOT.INI Problem Explained [Patch Issues] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 10:20 AM CST
About the boot.ini issue [EVE Insider Dev Blog - Thanks Tyson] |
Back on the sixth, popular space MMO EVE Online released their Trinity update, which added an all-new (and quite dazzling) graphics engine, with the unfortunate side-effect of deleting some XP users' BOOT.INI file, effectively stopping their PC from booting. While a "We're so sorry" and a fix would have sufficed, the director of the EVE Online software group Dr. Erlendur S. Thorsteinsson has posted a dev blog explaining the bug in great detail, from origin to fix to helping customers get their PCs up and running again by calling in external tech support like the Geek Squad. While the explanation basically amounts to irresponsibility on the team's part and lack of diverse hardware - which is really inexcusable - CCP showed some real class in fixing the issue, which could explain why they have a fan base so loyal they actually fly to Reykjavík, Iceland to hang out with them. 
 
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MotorStorm 3.1 Update Hits [PS3] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 10:00 AM CST
MotorStorm got a new update today, bringing a 2D option to the selection screen, mirrored tracks, a new mode, and two new songs to the off-road, over-the-top racer. MotorStorm 3.1 will let you either use the traditional 3D selection screen or a 2D grid of the vehicles, which will likely greatly speed up the selection process. The game host can also now choose to use mirrored tracks, forcing everyone to run on tracks where the entire geometry has been reversed, something that should certainly breath new life into some of the tracks that have been run into the ground. The patch also include a new proximity meter in MotorStorm Mode and finally they've added 'Devils Crossing' by Elite Force and 'Beat The Devil' by Jiffster to the soundtrack. Sounds like enough to make it worthwhile to dive back into the game for awhile. MotorStorm 3.1 Update - new features [Playstation League] |
 
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Konami Brings Hudson Adidas Ad To Europe [Game Announcement] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 09:40 AM CST
Konami unveils first Wii pair from Hudson Soft... |
 
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EU Approves France's Game Tax Credit [Games And Taxes] Posted: 12 Dec 2007 09:20 AM CST
"We must be sure that the measure will promote only genuine cultural projects and that it will not have the effect of an industrial policy instrument in favour of the videogames sector." EU approves tax breaks for games [GamesIndustry.biz] |
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Posted: 12 Dec 2007 11:40 AM CST The Pan-European Game Information age rating
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即将于年底与电影同期“上映”的年度史诗大片《投名状Online》在正式签约网龙之后一直受到业内的广泛关注。作为国内第一款与电影同期发布的史诗网游，关于这款游戏到底将以何等面貌呈现于世的猜测近期此起彼伏。随着《投名状Online》官方陆续放出原画，这款岁末压轴大戏也渐渐清晰起来。
对于游戏画面及人物形象的游戏化，其中最引人注目的当属四大主演刘德华、金城武、李连杰、徐静蕾四人的游戏形象到底会是什么样子。在《投名状Online》之前，这四大天王级明星除了金城武曾经在日本著名动作游戏《鬼武者》中以游戏形象出现外，其余三人均未有过直接移植的游戏形象。
或许是为了吊玩家的胃口，本次公布的原画设定中并没有出现李连杰和刘德华的形象，而呈现在玩家面前的仍然是已经在游戏领域大红大紫的金城武。不过与《鬼武者》中金城武的形象不同的是，这位超级大帅哥一改硬朗形象，转为与《投名状》故事背景时代极为贴切的中国化辫子装，两大威武的大刀让他在游戏中颇有刀神“王五”的感觉！
在之前放出的游戏视频上，兵戈铁马的暗影战场、神秘感十足的大战气氛营造在画风上体现得非常到位。而从《投名状Online》官方放出的海报也可以看到画面细腻，尤其是在角色盔甲的绘制上，更是细致到了每一条纹路！而清装风更是随着首批人物原画的曝光在网游界兴起。至此，《投名状Online》的画面风格也第一次较为完整地呈现在玩家们的面前。
据透露，《投名状Online》已经进入开发后期，即将进入Beta测试阶段，相信年底将会如期而至与广大影迷及玩家见面！ 纳投名状、结兄弟情，生死与共，惊天动地！2007年末，网龙公司与中影集团双强联手，重磅推出中国首部原创电影同名网游、东方古装写实派史诗巨作--《投名状online》 |
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Capcom at Ease in Multiplatform World Posted: 12 Dec 2007 11:49 AM CST Devil May Cry 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has been talking about cross-platform development and how Capcom makes it work.
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Live Chat Today: DC Comics + Syphon Filter Posted: 13 Dec 2007 01:43 PM CST Later today, DC Comics will be hosting a live chat with Greg Rucka to talk about his experience working on the script for Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow. Greg has been a highly respected author penning nearly a dozen novels including the Queen & Country series, stories for Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman, and most recently he published the sixth novel in the Atticus Kodiak series, Patriot Acts. Last summer, SCEA invited Greg to hang out in our booths at Comic Con and Penny Arcade Expo, but for those of you who weren’t able to make those conventions, now is your chance to get to talk to the man who has been named as one of the architects of the DC universe. When: Thursday, Dec. 13, 8pm EST (5pm PST) Where: http://www2.warnerbros.com/syphonfilter/ Click on the link above, then navigate to the Events section (after the Flash intro) Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow was met with high acclaim when it shipped to consumers on October 2, earning numerous awards from sites across the web including IGN, GameZone, and Game Informer. Greg brought a new perspective and plenty of conflict to the Syphon Filter universe and is responsible for a cliff-hanger ending sure to resonate with fans. Check out this video to see more on the collaboration between the Sony’s Bend studio and Greg Rucka.
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GamerMetrics: Halo 'Cannibalized' Stranglehold, Xbox 360 Software Sales Posted: 13 Dec 2007 08:43 AM CST
  
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ProStreetPrj 7 | Wii 是不同的 …… NFS11 Prostreet @ Wii Posted: 13 Dec 2007 08:07 AM CST 原本几天前就该OK的文章拖到现在实在抱歉。原因只有一个，即QQ签名上的“老大飞上海……加班无下限”。老大想把 MKZ 卖给上海的运营商。原本只是去吃个饭，结果对方主动要求看看游戏。于是乎，原先安排到20号的计划被打乱。很多进度都必须压缩再压缩……两天后半夜那还写毛？ 好了，回到正题，开始我们这次的内容，Wii版的ProStreet。 -------------------- Wii买了差不多一年。在该平台两款 NFS 都玩过。只不过玩Carbon的时候，PC版本早已通关，甚至攻略都已写完。因此 就没有深入。这次新的 ProStreet ，到手的时候差不多刚刚是攻略截稿前後。而且加之电脑不争气，所以只有玩Wii版本。 ProStreet 的 Wii 版，首先引人注目的就是画面表现。因为这次游戏重回白天。因此整体场景都是偏于干净简洁。很容易就可以看出相比PC版，Wii版省去了很多东西。但是，这些东西本身也不会影响比赛的内容，所以少了也无所谓。以往版本的速度线之类的特效ProStreet本来就少了很多。所以原本表现特效吃力的Wii主机就完全没有了画面表达上的障碍。车身的精致程度顶多也就是PC平台Low的水准，但是在某人的垃圾电视机上也完全看不出来。 一句话，Wii平台的ProStreet，画面干净利落，很不错。音效上，电视机那种东西，音质好坏是听不出来的，不过声音的元素依然是比较丰富。很多细节的声音都可以听得到。 大家关心的更多的一定是 Wii 特殊操控方式对 ProStreet 的影响。 Wiimote操控ProStreet在不同模式下有两种驾驶操控方式。一种是把Wiimote横置过来，2键作为油门，1键作为刹车。方向的控制由左右搬动Wiimote来实现。这是一种模仿方向盘的驾驶方式。表面上看来，由于没有固定旋转轴的支持，转向可能会很晕（Wii之前的赛车游戏大抵都有这个问题）。但实践结果发现在ProStreet中，定向完全不需要适应的过程。只需要跟随着画面凭感觉在赛道上转两圈就会有感觉了。体会的出EA在此上下了功夫。 另外一种操控方式则是Drag专用模式，“甩棍”。在Drag模式下，需要把Wiimote竖起来拿。食指的B扳机控制油门，正面的A按钮控制氮气。Wiimote的左右倾斜表示转向方向——众所周知的，Drag模式下方向没啥用——特别是ProStreet还不在公路上，没有干扰。最关键的档位问题则是由Wiimote的挥舞来操纵的。向上后方拉就是升档，向下压则是将挡。 在这样的操控模式下，手腕向上一甩一甩换档的感觉，真的非常棒。 那么有了不一样的操控方式之后，真正的驾驶手感又是如何呢？FXCarl做了一些广泛的车型测试。最终的报告是：Wii平台上的 proStreet,手感和PC平台是不完全一样的（不是完全不一样，而是大部分一样）。浅显来说，Wii平台的车辆更加容易控制一些。但也就仅此而已了，当玩家的赛车性能达到 Lv3 之后，精心准备的蜜月期就会过去。Wii平台上的ProStreet就变得一点不比PC上更好驾驶了…… 不过总体来说，Wii平台的ProStreet比其他平台还是要更有趣一些。这很大程度上是因为Wiimote得原因。 大家可以点击这句话下载 GameTrailers的视频来直观了解一下Wiimote的操控方式。1280*720 HD 容量 50M --------------------恩，下次这个系列的内容是将会发表在家游08年1月号上的ProStreet短评。骂人的口舌之快是一定要逞的……敬请期待！ |
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Posted: 13 Dec 2007 01:49 PM CST The US Army has founded a new project office for games that will focus on training simulators.
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Finnish Games Association joins ISFE Posted: 13 Dec 2007 01:03 PM CST Europe's Interactive Software Federation
announcedthat the Finnish Games and Multimedia Association is
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Far Cry 2, EndWar, Hell's Highway Delayed [Ubisoft] Posted: 13 Dec 2007 12:20 PM CST
Ubisoft's news today wasn't all good. Sure Assassin's Creed is doing amazing sales and the company as a whole is picking up, but it appears they've decided to push back three of their triple-A titles. Or as Ubisoft puts it they've "strengthened its line-up of games for next year..." EndWar, Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway and Far Cry 2 are now all scheduled for release in fiscal 2008-09 rather than the fourth quarter of 2007-08. This will let them push the expenses of developing those games into next year's fiscals and push up sales for that fiscal year, from what I make of the press release. Good news for investors, but boo for gamers. |
IGN GamerMetrics analyst Nick Williams recently took a look back at the predictions GamerMetrics made for Xbox 360 titles based on analysis of four primary factors -- awareness, engagement, purchase intent and game quality -- ahead of each title's launch with the aim of predicting the success of upcoming games. The chart below highlights GamerMetrics' performance record for these past predictions, with six of ten titles analyzed falling within +/- 25% of the actual sales ...
 
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Assassin's Creed Kicking Sales Ass...ass [Ubisoft] Posted: 13 Dec 2007 12:02 PM CST
There must be some big grins over at Ubi's Montreal Studios today. Ubisoft just announced they they expect to sell more than five million copies of the game in 2007-2008, up from the initial forecast of three million, based on early sales. The game managed, they say, to sell more than two and a half million copies in less than four weeks worldwide and currently is one of the top selling PS3 titles. Ubi says that Assassin's is currently the fastest-selling NEW IP ever in the U.S. (That means not including sequels like Halo 3). Better still the game's tremendous sales, coupled with a big jump in the company's casual games, is pumping up the company's sales forecast for 07-08 to $1 billion, 218 million, up from $1 billion, 196 million. Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer of Ubisoft, is downright giddy: "With the exceptional performance of Assassin's Creed(TM), the fastest-selling new video game intellectual property in the U.S. ever, Ubisoft's teams have once again demonstrated their expertise in creating and promoting major brands. These regular-sequel franchises are a source of very high profitability both in the short and long term. Drawing on its strong internal development capacities, Ubisoft is currently in an ideal position to continue to develop numerous new creations - an essential condition for winning market share and ensuring strong growth going forward." Hit the jump for the full release.
• Assassin's Creed(TM) Expected to Sell More than Five Million Units in 2007-08 Paris, December 13, 2007 - Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced record sales performance for its Assassin's Creed(TM) video game, raised its guidance for fiscal 2007-08, updated its games release schedule, and issued its initial forecasts for 2008-09. Record performance for Assassin's Creed(TM) Assassin's Creed(TM) has greatly outstripped Ubisoft's sales expectations and currently ranks among the top two or three best-selling games for the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox360® video game and entertainment system in the vast majority of geographical regions. In less than four weeks Assassin's Creed(TM) recorded more than two and a half million units in sell-through sales worldwide, and is the fastest-selling new video game intellectual property ever in the U.S. Consequently, Ubisoft now forecasts that it will sell a minimum of five million units of the game in 2007-08 compared with its previous estimate of approximately three million. 2007-08 guidance raised and games release schedule updated As a result of this outstanding sales performance and solid showings from Ubisoft's other games - particularly its "casual" range - Ubisoft has significantly raised its forecasts for 2007-08. At the same time it has strengthened its line-up of games for next year, with titles such as Tom Clancy's EndWar(TM), Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway(TM) and Far Cry® 2 now scheduled for release in fiscal 2008-09 rather than the fourth quarter of 2007-08. The sales target for 2007-08 has been raised to more than €840 million ($1 b 218 m), with around €410 ($594.5) million for the third quarter, versus previous forecasts of €825 million ($1 b 196.25 m) and €330 ($478.5) million respectively. The target for current operating income before stock options has been significantly revised upwards to at least 12 percent of sales, compared with the previously announced forecast of at least 9 percent. This reflects the combined impact of the stellar performance turned in by Assassin's Creed(TM) and the ensuing major leverage effect on profitability, as well as lower-than-anticipated research and development costs due to the postponed release dates for Tom Clancy's End War, Brothers in Arms and Far Cry 2. Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer of Ubisoft stated: "With the exceptional performance of Assassin's Creed(TM), the fastest-selling new video game intellectual property in the U.S. ever, Ubisoft's teams have once again demonstrated their expertise in creating and promoting major brands. These regular-sequel franchises are a source of very high profitability both in the short and long term. Drawing on its strong internal development capacities, Ubisoft is currently in an ideal position to continue to develop numerous new creations - an essential condition for winning market share and ensuring strong growth going forward."
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Terry Pratchett Diagnosed With Early Onset Alzheimer's [News] Posted: 13 Dec 2007 11:40 AM CST
PS I would just like to draw attention to everyone reading the above that this should be interpreted as 'I am not dead'. I will, of course, be dead at some future point, as will everybody else. For me, this maybe further off than you think - it's too soon to tell. I know it's a very human thing to say "Is there anything I can do", but in this case I would only entertain offers from very high-end experts in brain chemistry.He plans on writing a few more books and doesn't want everyone getting all mopey. AN EMBUGGERANCE [via cnn][photo] |
Terry Pratchett, who many of you will know from the famous Discworld series of books and rpg, has recently announced that he's been diagnosed with "a very rare form" of early onset Alzheimer's. In a post on his site labeled "An Embuggerance," Pratchett revealed his condition to the world before, in true Pratchett fashion, breaking the ranks of solemnity as only he can. 
 
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Wild Earth: African Safari [Game Announcement] Posted: 13 Dec 2007 11:20 AM CST
Now Anyone Can Go on a Safari as Majesco Entertainment Announces 'Wild Earth: African Safari' |
Safari Photo Africa : Wild Earth is a PC game released last year that took home three awards from the 2003 Independent Games Festival awards, including the coveted Seumas McNally Grand Prize. Now Majesco is bringing the adventure to the Nintendo Wii this Spring with Wild Earth: African Safari. The game places you in the role of a photojournalist exploring Africa's Serengeti National Park, tasked with taking photos of 30 different animals in their natural habitat. Get close to the animals for the perfect shot, but get too close and the Wiimote will rumble, making it harder to snap the shot. The Wii version includes co-op multiplayer, allowing one player to drive while two others snap photos, and a mini-game mode that allows players to see things from the animals' point of view. While the visuals don't hold a candle to Afrika for the PS3, this game you'll actually be able to play sometime soon. Dead Wildebeast!
 
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Princess Peach Makes Forbes Fictional 15 [Women In Gaming] Posted: 13 Dec 2007 10:40 AM CST
By The Numbers: The Forbes Fictional 15 [Forbes.com - Thanks Greg's Wife!] |
Speaking of Women in Gaming, Princess Peach has made the pages of financial magazine and must-have waiting room reading material for any company wishing to be taken seriously Forbes, who recently posted their Fictional 15, which ranks fictional characters in terms of wealth. Peach comes in at number 15, trailing Tony Stark, Bruce Wayne, and Ming the Merciless, to name a few. Her net worth is listed at $1.3 billion, mainly due to "terms of divorce from hero plumber Mario awarded her a fortune in gold coins." I didn't even know they had been married! Probably one of those Vegas things. The coins start flowing, someone breaks out the fire flower, and the next thing you know - boom! You're waking up next to a guy who smells like Italian food and sewage. Poor Peach. It must give her great comfort knowing she could buy and sell any one of us. 
 
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Women In Gaming - Advantageous? [Women In Gaming] Posted: 13 Dec 2007 10:20 AM CST
No, if anything it's been a bonus. For instance, I'm doing this interview right now because I'm a woman in games, and I've done many because I was a woman in games. It's also important to have that diversity of opinion on a team, and a lot of companies recognize that. So that's been helpful. I haven't experienced, except once, anything that I would say was discrimination because of my gender. And then I would chalk it up to the guy being an idiot more than I would chalk it up to intentional discrimination. Of course Brenda Brathwaite does have a bit of an advantage, being a woman with one of the longest careers in the industry. She started out when she was 15 years old, working with Wizardry publisher Sir-Tech Software, and has been going strong ever since. She's written a book entitled "Sex in Video Games", and has worked on - of all things - Playboy : The Mansion, so she has quite a few stories to tell. Hit the link for one very insightful interview! Women Working in Games: Brenda Brathwaite on Maternity Leave, Making The 'Playboy' Game And Hope For The Future [MTV Multiplayer Blog] |
Tracey John's series of enlightening interviews with females in the game industry takes an interesting twist today as she talks with game designer, author, and professor Brenda Brathwaite, who provides an altogether different view on being a woman in the world of video games.
 
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Ubisoft Raises Guidance On Assassin's, Delays Three Titles Posted: 13 Dec 2007 08:18 AM CST
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Publisher Ubisoft has announced that following strong sales of its Assassin's Creed it has raised guidance for this fiscal year to € 840 million ($1.22 billion), also announcing a delay of End War, Brothers In Arms Hell's Highway, and Far Cry 2. The new guidance is up from previous estimates of € 825 million ($1.20 billion). Ubisoft says it expects some € 410 million ($594.5 million) in its third quarter alone, following sales of some ...  
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Majesco Announces Wii Exclusive Photo Safari Title Posted: 13 Dec 2007 07:27 AM CST
  
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Posted: 13 Dec 2007 11:33 AM CST
本来已经和亲爱的说了去睡觉，不过在准备关电脑之前的瞬间产生了一个念头，就是想看看刚刚正在进入测试阶段的蜀山OL。实际上关注这个游戏已经很久了，这个游戏的制作团队从组建到最后发布产品都是以这个游戏作为开始的，而在2004年左右，这个项目就已经开始启动了，当时的我也刚好入行，对于这个团队还是比较有兴趣的。 后来在大连加入一个创业团队的时候，遇见了离开御风行开发小组的一位程序，御风行就是开发蜀山OL的公司了，听这个程序的话来说，御风行团队刚开始时的稳定性并不高，因此在前两年来看，蜀山OL这个游戏的名称对于大家来说还是相当陌生的，由于服务端的问题从从，当时据说还有挂掉的可能性。 蜀山OL这款游戏用的是LithTech Jupiter引擎，貌似用这款引擎做的游戏也挺多的，主要是这个引擎的购买价格比较便宜，而且研究的程序也十分的多，貌似还开源了，具体情况我也不多作研究。总之从蜀山OL这款游戏的画面来看，是相当不错的，至少在某些方面已经达到了世界顶级水平，由此可见蜀山OL的画面就是这个游戏的第一大卖点之一。 其实听说蜀山OL早已经完成了游戏的设定，而迟迟无法登上台面的问题也主要集中于技术方面。服务端的不稳定性应该抹杀了不少的游戏性，昨天公司里的同事已经获得了测试激活码，也进去跑了一番，都以失败告终，感觉上貌似MOP的服务器已经挂掉了。 当然了，在这里只是随便说说这款游戏罢了。这款游戏在国内游戏开发业中是独具一种风格的，至少完全脱离了玩家想象中的国产网络游戏毫无创意的怪圈，卡通渲染的画面，华丽的场景效果已经从整体上超越了《魔兽世界》以及市面上大部分的网络游戏，只是在游戏性上还未进行尝试，到底如何还要这几天试玩了才能给予评价。 |
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Assassin's Creed Sells 2.5 mln Posted: 13 Dec 2007 12:01 PM CST Assassin's Creed has greatly outstripped Ubisoft's expectations, selling 2.5 million units worldwide in about a month, as the publisher raises financial guidance; three anticipated war games delayed.
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Ubisoft raises guidance on Assassin's Creed success Posted: 13 Dec 2007 11:18 AM CST Ubisoft has raised its financial guidance for
fiscal2007-08 based upon record sales performance for its
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Posted: 13 Dec 2007 11:22 AM CST 走过去，就是英雄无敌。
虎架·虎抱头。 混元桩·关冲势：双手环抱，十指皆松。食指微微挑起，形不指而意指正前方，双眼各随两指望向所指之处，无名指弯曲指尖筋肉轻轻顶着掌心。
短篇小说《侠女》 乾隆时有少林僧名大威，精铁布衫大力功，能刀枪不入，并指可洞穿牛腹，因少林焚，还俗为军士，又因剿叛有功，屡迁为把总，一日于军营外遇两少女卖艺，一着红衣，一着绿衣。威喜之，娶红衣女。 后二年，威日久负心，于城北复娶一妾，红衣女闻讯，不语而自去。绿衣女怀怒，夜半入房叱大威：“君但恃武功而富贵耳，今去汝富贵之本，尚能养妾乎？”言毕忽到威背后，以二指触威背，威委顿在地，良久复苏，则绿衣女亦不知所终。而威从此遍体无力，不能举刀枪。后又被人举其纳贿之事，军职亦去。其妾见家将破，乃托词远遁。 越三年，绿衣女又至，与威数语，乃奇道：“一别数年，君今谈吐何其高雅也？”威苦笑云：“无缚鸡之力，不得不读书。” 绿衣女问：“今有悔乎？”威答曰：“甚悔矣，但不悔读书。”绿衣女笑，云：“红衣已改嫁多时，君虽有悔，而红衣亦已不可回，若君不怀恨，则妾能替红衣为君妻。”威娶绿衣后数月，则大力又生，肌肉如铁。但不复求军功，后为吏，有官声。
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Nintendo Refutes Greenpeace Environmental Report Posted: 13 Dec 2007 04:59 AM CST
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Majesco (Cooking Mama, Diner Dash) has announced Wild Earth: African Safari, a new Wii title in development by Super X Studios, related to the developer's 2005 Independent Game Conference-winning entry of the same name. Wild Earth: African Safari is a safari adventure simulation set in Africa's Serengeti National Park, where players take photos of the continent's wildlife. Playing as a photojournalist, players must visually chronicle 30 different wild animals inhabiting the Serengeti National Park, including ...
Following Greenpeace's announcement that Nintendo received the first zero grade in the history of the environmental watchdog group's report on the global responsibility and environmental consciousness of consumer electronics companies, the group has published comments on its weblog from Nintendo refuting the score. Said Nintendo, "We were surprised by the content of the Greenpeace report, given that we take great care to comply with all relevant regulations on avoiding the use of dangerous materials, recycling, ...  
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Cube Finds A Companion At Fünde Razor Auction Posted: 13 Dec 2007 11:12 AM CST BLOG—Go ahead and make a note here of the huge success at last night’s Fünde Razor event to benefit Penny Arcade’s Child’s Play Charity, with the grand prize of a life-sized plush weighted companion cube going for a whopping $350 at auction.
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Posted: 13 Dec 2007 10:23 AM CST
根据年份我们可以知道，所谓的“超级Game Boy版”，其实就是“Game Boy Advance（GBA）”。这里不能用“超级Game Boy”来替代“Game Boy Advance”，其原因在于，“超级Game Boy”——“Super Game Boy”确有其物。那便是任天堂于1994年3月为SFC推出的一款周边，该周边形状与SFC卡带相似，但多出一个可放置GB卡带的卡槽，通过它，GB游戏便可运行于SFC之上，也就是可以用电视屏幕来玩掌机游戏。之后任天堂还推出了“Super Game Boy 2”——增加了联机功能。GBA大红大紫后，任天堂也如法炮制，发售了对应NGC（Nintendo GameCube）的“Game Boy Player”…… P122，描述不准确：
请注意，宫本茂是任天堂的“代表取缔役专务兼情报开发本部部长”。“代表取缔役专务”相当于执行董事，而任天堂的“情报开发本部（Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development）”则是传说中的业界最强开发部门，它是任天堂众多神作的诞生地，其掌门人更是被小岛秀夫尊为“师匠”的宫本茂大师。雅克·埃诺先生，请你查过资料再动笔，马彦华同志，请你查过资料再翻译，谢谢。 |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2007 01:38 PM CST  As if DOOM wasn't old enough to make me feel my age now it's Commander Keen's birthday and I'm REALLY feelin' it. Today I'll just do a combo birthday announcement for the 1st and 2nd Keen trilogies (1-3 and 4-6) since Keen 4-6 was released on December 15th, 1991 and will be 16 years old. They're like big, old babies! LOL.If you'd like to remember Keen or if you've never heard of it, check out some of these sites: Official Keen Site Another Official Keen Site Commander Keen fan site Wikipedia entry Back when Keen was released it was a sensation because no one had played a smooth Mario-style game on a PC before. I have a big box full of the letters from parents who wrote in ordering the game along with lots of praise - at that point we felt we were on the right track. And it all started with this little fella! |
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Gamasutra Lists Top 5 Trends of 2007 [Tops] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 12:40 PM CST
5. Consolidations It's a solid list. Who would have thought that Blizzivision would be born? Or that all three of the biggest consoles wouldn't touch handheld sales? But I'd probably swap 3 or even 4 to something more like, a "Rift between casual and hardcore gaming." Hit the link for their pretty convincing arguments. |
We love Top [fill in number] [fill in noun] of [fill in year] lists around here. And Gamasutra's was no exception. They sum up this year's trends with just five points. 
 
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PLAY Unveils Tomb Raider Underworld [Tomb Raider Underworld] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 12:00 PM CST
The January issue of PLAY magazine will feature a first look at Tomb Raider Underworld, which is said to take place in after the events of Tomb Raider Legend. According to the article, quotes heavily over at The Tomb Raider Chronicles, the game's emphasis is on "bringing Lara's world to life, a lush, vast, interactive world that reacts and remembers. It's pure woman versus the wild." For instance, in a level in Southern Mexico, Lara leaves footprints behind in the mud, which are eventually washed away by the rain. The bodies of those she kill, though, will stay as will debris from her destructive path. TOMB RAIDER UNDERWORLD EXCLUSIVE [The Tomb Raider Chronicles, via Computer and Video Games] |
 
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Nintendo Wii May Get Voice Chat, But No VC Online Capability [Nintendo] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 11:03 AM CST
We do not anticipate making online gameplay for Virtual Console games. In terms of voice chat... certainly our system has the capability for online voice chat, what it comes down to is finalizing the peripheral... I would not be surprised to see that capability come to this system.And finalizing a peripheral shouldn't be much of a problem, because Nintendo could easily add a Bluetooth headset...since the Wiimote already utilizes the wireless standard. |
While the Wii isn't known for its particularly awesome online scene (*cough* friend codes *cough*), Nintendo is interested in improving the product. NOA President Reggie Fils-Aime said this morning during a 
 
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Rumor: EA Considering a Colorado Dev Studio (Update) [Industry] Posted: 13 Dec 2007 06:00 PM CST
Take this for what it is, a rumor in the truest sense of the word, rumblings, something most certainly not proven true... yet. Word has it that publishing and development behemoth Electronic Arts is weighing the idea of opening a development studio right here in Colorado, perhaps close to or in Denver. Why would they do that? Good question. While Colorado is slowing growing as a good place to develop games, with the likes of Idol Minds, NetDevil and Sony Online Entertainment - Denver setting up shop here, it's still not exactly a no brainer. The only thing I could come up with is that it's a place that lots of people visit or want to live and compared to places like San Francisco, and increasingly LA, the cost of living is much, much lower. We contacted Electronic Arts for comment this morning and haven't heard a thing back. I'll make sure to update if and when they reply. Update: EA tells me that "We do not currently have plans to open a facility there." |
 
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PLAYSTATION Network Cards Update Posted: 14 Dec 2007 01:05 PM CST If you stopped by one of of the major gaming sites in the last day or so, there’s a good chance you’ve seen one of these stories confirming the existence of PLAYSTATION Network cards, or the debut of such cards in Japan. We’ve heard the call - usually around the time we update the PLAYSTATION Network Store - from loyal PS3/PSP owners who’d like to give (or receive) these cards as a gift, and from those who’d like an alternative to using a credit card to purchase things on the PLAYSTATION Network Store. So here’s an update: Yes, the option many of you have been asking for - PLAYSTATION Network Cards - are coming, and should start appearing at retailers in early ‘08. The cards will be redeemable via the PLAYSTATION Store for PC, and on the PLAYSTATION 3 to supply the wallet with funds to spend on games, add-ons, and other paid content. We’ll continue to keep you updated here on the PlayStation Blog as their arrival grows nearer.  |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2007 12:36 PM CST  I thought that I would take on the highly controversial topic of "Pair Programming". This article gives a brief overview of Extreme Programming (XP) and addresses our experience with pair programming. Why Extreme Programming? Scrum is the most popular agile methodology used by game developers today. Its practices are simple and can be used with cross-functional game teams. However, for all the great practices of Scrum, it has no engineering practices to speak of, by design. While this is fine to start with, many teams using agile soon find that their original engineering practices have a hard time keeping up with the changing requirements. These teams may turn to the practices of Extreme Programming (XP) for help. XP was a methodology developed after Scrum which adopted many of the Scrum practices. Iterations, backlogs and customer reviews, though slightly different, aren't hard to integrate into Scrum teams used to these concepts. XP introduces new practices for programmers. Among them are the practices of Test Driven Development (TDD) and pair programming. This article focuses on TDD and the practice of pair programming since it is the most controversial and misunderstood XP practice. First I'll start with the benefits of TDD which will help explain the reasons behind pair programming. The Benefit of Test Driven Development The major benefit of XP is derived from the TDD practices. There are lots of great articles about TDD out there, so I'll just give an overview. TDD practices consist of writing a number of unit tests for every function you introduce. Each unit test will exercise the function being written by passing in data and testing what the function returns or changes. An example of this would be a function that sets the health of the player in a game. If your game design defines 100 as full health and 0 as dead, your unit tests would set and test valid and min/max parameters and check to make sure those values were assigned by the function. Other unit tests would try to assign invalid numbers (above 100 or below 0) and test to make sure the function handled those bad values correctly. If you follow the strict TDD practices, the tests are written before you write the logic of the function that will allow those tests to pass, so the tests will actually fail at first. I can't say that many of us do this all the time, but it does create better results so it's something to encourage. Once all the tests pass, the code is checked in. Code is checked in quite frequently when the team is using TDD, sometimes every hour or two per pair. The requires a server that takes all the changes as they are checked in and runs all the unit tests to insure that no changes have broken the code. This server is called a Continuous Integration Server (CIS). By running all the unit tests, it catches over 90% of the problems that commits usually cause. When a build passes all the unit tests, then the CIS lets everyone know that it is OK to synchronize. When a submission breaks a Unit Test, the CIS lets everyone know that it is broken. It then becomes the team's job to fix that problem. Since the culprit programmer who checked in the error is easy to identify, they are usually the one who gets to fix the problem. There are a number of very big benefits that this provides to the team and project. As a project grows, the number of unit tests grows into the thousands. These thousands of tests continue to catch a great deal of errors by automated servers that would otherwise have to be caught by people. These tests also create a safety net for refactoring and other large changes that an emerging design will require. Catching bugs as quickly as possible allows those bugs to be fixed as quickly and inexpensively as possible (see figure 1). The code which created the bug is still fresh in the mind of the programmer who wrote it so they, or another programmer assigned to fix the bug, won't have to relearn the code months after it was written. Also there is the danger that in fixing the bug, the programmer may be changing the behavior of the system that may produce other bugs. By catching these problems early, we prevent the future code from becoming dependent on a flawed foundation.  Figure 1One of XP's philosophical foundations is that the programmers create the absolute minimal amount of functionality to deliver what the customers request every iteration. For example, the customer wants to see one AI character walking around the environment. Most programmers will want to architect an AI management system that will handle dozens of AI characters because they "know that the game will need it sometime in the future". With XP, you don't do this. You write the code as if one AI character is the only one that will be needed. When the customer asks for more than one AI character in a future iteration, you might then introduce an AI manager and refactor the original code. Although this might represent more work up front, you will usually produce a better AI manager this way. A major benefit of TDD is that it supports the concept of this "constant refactoring" of the code base to support this behavior. There are a number of reasons for this:
TDD is very useful and in fact is not a difficult practice for programmers to adopt. In my experience, if a programmer tries TDD for awhile, the practice of writing unit tests becomes second nature. The practice of refactoring takes longer to adjust to. Programmers resist refactoring unless it is necessary. This reinforces the mindset of writing code "the right way, the first time" which leads to a more brittle codebase that cannot support iteration as easily. Pair Programming This brings us to the practice of pair programming. Pair programming can be thought of as a continual peer review. Two programmers sit at a workstation. One types in code while the other watches them and provides input on the problem they are both solving. This practice creates a great deal of fear at first. These are some of the concerns:
You can use studies and statistics to prove these fears are unfounded, but we're dealing with people's personal workspace and work habits here so things can get rather emotional and subjective on the topic of pair programming. There are benefits from pair programming to the team:
Pair programming isn't about one person typing and the other watching. It's more of an ongoing conversation about the problem the pair are trying to solve and the best way to solve it. Given one problem and two separate programmers, you'll often produce two separate results. If you were to compare these results, you might find that each solution had strengths and weaknesses. This is because the knowledge of each programmer does not entire overlap with the other. The dialog that occurs with pair programming helps to share knowledge and experience widely and quickly. While this is good for experienced programmers, it is an outstanding benefit for bringing new programmers up to speed and mentoring entry level programmers. Pairing will bring a new programmer up to speed in half the time and will eliminate many of the bad coding practices they may be bringing to your shop. Assures that you'll get the best out of TDD TDD requires that comprehensive tests are written for every function. This task is made easier by pairing. First, it's in our nature to occasionally slack off on writing the tests. From time to time, the partner will remind you to write the proper test or take over the keyboard if you are not fully motivated. Secondly, it's common to have one programmer write the tests and the other write the function that will pass the tests. Although this doesn't become a competition between the two, it almost always insures better test coverage. When the same programmer writes both the test and function, then they may not consider the entire range of tests based on their assumptions. As the saying goes "two heads are better than one". This definitely applies to TDD. Eliminates many bottlenecks caused by code ownership How many times have you been concerned about a key programmer leaving the company in mid project or getting hit by the proverbial bus that seems to be driving around hunting down good programmers? Pairing solves some of this by having two programmers on each problem at all times. Even if you are lucky enough not to lose key programmers, they are often busy on other tasks to instantly solve every critical problem that comes along. Pairing smooths out many such constraints. Creates good standards and practices automatically How many times have you discovered in Alpha that one of your programmers has written thousands of lines of poor quality code that you depend on? We generally try to solve this problem by defining "coding standards" and conducting peer reviews. Coding standards are often hard to enforce and are usually ignored over time. Peer reviews of code are a great practice, but they usually suffer from not being applied consistently and are often too late. Think of pair programming as a "continuous peer review" practice. It catches many bad coding practices very early. As the pairs mix, a company coding standard will emerge that is improved daily. It doesn't need to be written down because it is documented in the code and in the heads of every programmer. Focuses programmers on programming When programmers start pairing, they usually discover that the first few days are exhausting. The reason is that they do nothing but focus on the problem the entire day. Mail isn't read at the pair station. The web isn't surfed. We have shared email stations setup for when a programmer wants to take a break and catch up on mail. You never realize how much of a distraction those things were until you pair. Not everyone agrees this is good, but for those that just want to be at work for eight hours it generally seen as a positive thing. Pairing: All or Nothing? We don’t enforce 100% pair programming, but have done it long enough that it is pretty much second nature. If we abandoned pair programming I would want to make sure that we were still seeing the benefit above. Pair Programming Problems There are some problems to watch out for with pair-programming
Some programmers do not make good pairs. The chemistry does not work and you can not force it. For us the pairs are usually self selecting, so things work out. In more rare cases some programmers can't pair with anyone. Any team large enough that is switching over to a pair programming practice will have some programmers that cannot pair. It's OK to make exceptions for these people to program outside of pairs, but they will still need a peer review of their work before they commit. They usually will do some pairing as time goes by and may even switch over to do it all the time. You just need to give them time and not force it. Pairing very junior people with very senior people Pairing between the most and least experienced programmers is not best. You'll usually have the senior programmer doing all the work at a pace which the junior programmer can not keep up with. Matching junior level programmers with mid-level programmers is better. Hiring issues You want to make sure that every programming candidate for hire knows that they are interviewing for a job that includes XP practices and what that entails. We include a one hour pair programming exercise with each candidate in the later stages of our hiring process. This does two things. It is a great tool for evaluating how well the candidate will do in a pair situation where communication is critical. It also gives the candidate an exposure to what they are in for if they accept an offer. A small percentage of candidates will admit that pairing is not for them after this and opt out of consideration for the job. This is best for them and for you. Measurable Improvements? I'm often asked about how much XP has improved productivity. We haven’t measured the changes in productivity mainly because we implemented XP during a transition to a new engine and set of consoles. It was very clear that pace of new features slowed down from this start. This corresponds to measurements outside our industry have shown that a pair of programmers using TDD are about 1.5 times as fast as one separate programmer. The additional benefits clearly put XP/TDD well above the break-even level of productivity especially for games: 90+% stability in new builds at all times. This adds to the productivity of designers and artists Post alpha debugging needs are vastly reduced. We spent a lot more time tuning than debugging Iterative methods like Scrum tend to cause more bugs due to the higher level of change. TDD helps addresses that. Introducing XP The thing that worked for us in introducing XP was to have one team take it on to either prove the benefits and dispel the fears or to show there was no value. The team was composed of some of the more open minded programmers that were also very influential opinion holders in the company. After their initial success, everyone else wanted to try XP and prove that they could be successful with it as well. It’s good to note that our programmers will still write unit tests and refactor on their own personal programming projects. Bottom Line TDD is the most important beneficial element of XP, but I’m not convinced you get the full benefits without pair programming. It continues to be a touchy subject among programmers and there is a lot of opinions about it from people that haven't tried it (or tried it for a few days). All I can say is that it does work under some circumstances, but I can't give you solid figures about how much things like stability, code quality and innovation improved since we switched. As with any practice, you need to experiment with it, modify it for your needs and keep your eye on the principles you establish for your own products and teams. |
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Posted: 14 Dec 2007 12:23 PM CST GRIN has announced that it is opening a new 700
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Posted: 14 Dec 2007 09:39 AM CST 其实就是网游的社会系统。
这些问题属于自问，也是求教许许多多普通的网络游戏玩家（感兴趣者可随意就其中一两个问题回复，感激ing...
^_^ ）。
你会加入游戏当中的社会组织（比如家族或者帮会）吗？为什么想加入这些组织呢？
家族相关
（1）假如你加入了一个家族，你喜欢做家族成员独自享有的一些个人任务呢（不加入家族做不了这些任务），还是喜欢跟家里人一起到处逛逛？
（2）如果有些任务是家族族长来接任务大家一起做，你恰好当天错过了时间，你觉得无所谓呢还是很不爽。如果不爽，有什么建议改进吗？如果你在的时候族长偏不在呢？
（3）你觉得家族之间是杀起来爽好玩，还是温馨的家族做点团队任务或者跟其他家族搞一些良性竞争，还是两者缺一不可？
帮派相关
帮派自然就是大一点的社会组织了。
（1）你觉得人多的社会组织感情好，还是人少的组织感情好？
（2）你觉得像魔兽世界那样预先设置阵营敌对关系好吗？
（3）你觉得帮派最好玩的地方应该在哪里？也就是帮派的什么玩法最吸引你？
（4）帮派之间的互相竞争争夺有意思吗？
（5）目前市面上哪个游戏的帮派系统最有意思，玩帮派的人最多？为什么大家都喜欢？尤其喜欢它的什么地方？
晚上边玩游戏边想到的。  |
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Smoking Pot Gets Your Guitar Hero eBayed [Fyi] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 11:40 AM CST
While I doubt this will keep him from ever smoking pot again, I think it will make him think twice before doing illegal drugs on my property.The game went for a whopping $9,100,01...which will inevitably lead to loads of problematic-youth-spawned gaming paraphernalia flooding the eBay markets. Lesson learned! Pot-smoking son punished with eBay auction [thestar] Thanks MrPants! |
Some of you may have already heard about the Canadian teen who was caught smoking pot. His dad, upset over his son doing drugs, put the copy of Guitar Hero III for Wii—that was being saved as a Christmas present for the boy—on eBay. The auction mentioned: 
 
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Women In Gaming From A PR Perspective [Interview] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 11:24 AM CST
When it comes down to it -- beauty sells. No matter what industry. Putting a good looking guy out front (like Abercrombie) appeals, having beautiful women starring in television shows appeals, and so does a great figure in body paint. The day we start looking at something like this and saying it is a bad thing and is sexist is the day we need to re-evaluate pop culture as a whole. Fischer hasn't seen any of the discrimination or sexism that other women in the gaming industry have encountered, though in her particular profession the chances of any real dirt coming to fore are relatively slim anyway. I've known a great many PR people in my day, and they've all been extremely cheery, positive people, even when faced with promoting a product that's less than amazing. Not that Sega has ever had a less than amazing product, of course. I'm guessing a lot of PR folks go home and cry at the end of the day. It's okay PR people. We understand. Let us know if you need hugs. Women Working in Games: Sega PR's Tali Fischer On Progress, Sweatpants, And Naked Women At The VGAs [MTV Multiplayer] |
MTV Multiplayer's week-long interview series on women in gaming comes to a close today with a noticeably positive spin. Tracey John's chats with Tali Fischer, a PR manager with Sega of America, who offers her opinion on the portrayal of women in games in a comment on Spike TV VGA's display of nude women in video game bodypaint.
 
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Nintendo: Wiis Hit Shelves This Weekend [Original] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 11:03 AM CST
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime confirmed today what we first broke earlier this week, Best Buy and six other national retailers will be stocking Wii this weekend. And by stocking I mean they will be advertising the console in their weekly circulars (except Wal-Mart) and then throwing the consoles up on the shelves come the weekend and then running away. Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, Sears, Kmart, Toys R Us and Circuit City are all stocking the Wii this weekend for those still on the hunt. We had several tips after our rumor story ran about the stock issue. According to Best Buy tipsters it sounds like all stores will have at least 21 of the consoles with some carrying as many as 100. I've also heard that Best Buy is expecting a second shipment next week which is supposed to go straight to shelves. Most stores will get them sometimes before noon. The bad news is that rumor has it that that will be the last pre-Christmas shipment for Best Buy, though they expect more in early January. Target, another tipster tells me, has a big stockpile as well, some stores have more than 100. So this weekend sounds like your best chance to pick up a Wii, unless you don't mind buying a raincheck. |
 
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Nintendo Wii May Get Voice Chat [Nintendo] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 11:03 AM CST
In terms of voice chat... certainly our system has the capability for online voice chat, what it comes down to is finalizing the peripheral... I would not be surprised to see that capability come to this system.And finalizing a peripheral shouldn't be much of a problem, because Nintendo could easily add a Bluetooth headset...since the Wiimote already utilizes the wireless standard. |
 
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Reggie On Third-Party Wii Game Quality [Breaking] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 10:40 AM CST
"On any system you will have a range of quality. Publishers are working extremely hard to take advantage of the Wii and it's unique abilities. Those publishers who do a great job enjoy fantastic sales. As publishers understand how to take advantage of the unique aspects of the remote you will see better and better games. We already have a certification program and publishers need to conform with a number of key aspects to get certified. What we don't do is have some sort of filter for quality, because quality is so subjective. Nintendo is working hand in glove with publishers to share with them our level of expertise with the technology." My suggestion? Take that big ol' glove and use it to smack down anyone who tries to release another Ninjabread Man. The extent of Nintendo's guidance is anybody's guess at this point, though I am envisioning "Make Wii Games Like Nintendo" seminars popping up around the world. |
While Nintendo's own titles have been almost uniformly amazing on the Nintendo Wii, third-party publishers have achieved mixed success, with truly stellar titles (Raving Rabbids, Zak and Wiki) few and far between. In the 
 
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Nintendo Announces GameStop Wii Raincheck Program [Breaking] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 10:28 AM CST
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Liveblogging the Reggie Talk [Liveblogging] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 09:51 AM CST
OK, the call with Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime is set to start any second now. I'll be trying to liveblog what he has to say and the questions and answers as it happens on the jump. The invitation said that Fils-Aime would be discussing the "overwhelming demand for the Wii" and Wii supplies through the holidays and beyond. I suspect he will also be talking about the increase in production and distribution we mentioned earlier today. Alrighty, I've dropped into the call. Waiting for it to start. And it's started with Fils-Aime starting off the talk. "The purpose of this call is to add some perspective to what continues to be an overwhelming demand for Wii." He's outlining the effort they've put into meeting demand including a new rain check program. If a consumer goes into a Gamestop on Dec. 20 or Dec. 21 and make a full payment they will receive a Wii rain check certificate (while supplies last) which guarantees a Wii by the end of January. Fils-Aime says that with the rain check program GameStop has "many tens of thousands of rain checks available across their roughly 3,000 points of distribution." And calls it a great way for consumers to put something under the tree that guarantees they will have a Wii in January. Reggie says that there is no hard date for when or if they will cut back or increase the current, and recently increased, production rate for the Wii. MTV's Stephen Totilo asked Reggie if there is any thought about manufacturing Wii in the United States to cut down on the delay caused by the need to ship the finished product from Asia to the States. The short answer? No. Rain check program is exclusive to GameStop because, Reggie says, the tools they've created for their pre-sale programs allow them to track specific sales trends and where consumers shop. "Only this retailer has the ability to handle this complicated a program." On the quality of third-party games for the Wii: On voice chat and VC online play: Finally someone asked if Nintendo is airfreighting Wii from the far east to the U.S. Reggis said they are "doing some unique things that are proprietary. We are expediting product to the Americas." And that wraps up the call. |
 
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Slate's First Annual Gaming Club [Deep Thoughts] Posted: 14 Dec 2007 09:40 AM CST
In the latest post, Seth Schiesel manages to neatly sum up my main criticism of this Gaming Club concept. This has been great, but my, haven't we been serious! All of us have been so busy weighing industry trendlets and esoteric points of game design that I almost fear we have come to resemble the chin-stroking, self-styled sophisticates that made the arts writer such a lampoonable stereotype in the first place.I don't actually think they hit that point until that paragraph. What Slate's Gaming Club lacks is a layman. I think it would be much more interesting if every fifth post was from a less-erudite fellow, who instead of responding with countless paragraphs of exhaustive analysis and intellectual musings simply responded with, "Um, what?" The Gaming Club [Slate Magazine] |
What do you get when you take some of the most well-spoken writers in the gaming press and throw them into a round table discussion on the year in video games? You get Slate Magazine's first annual Gaming Club, which assembles Slate's Chris Suellentrop, Newsweek's N'Gai Croal, Seth Schiesel of the New York Times, and MTV's Stephen Totilo to discuss the video games that made 2007 the "best year ever for video games." They talk about the finer points of BioShock - the Citizen Kane of video games - versus Tetris, the joys of Desktop Tower Defense, the massive growth in the handheld gaming segment, and the future of gaming as we know it. Through twelve pages of back and forth and one podcast the gaming intelligentsia manage to cover the entire year and then some, and it is a fascinating read if you've got the time and vocabulary and cognitive power to keep up. 
 
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Posted: 14 Dec 2007 12:05 AM CST I found it on the newsstand! It’s the January 2008 issue. We’re even on the cover (as a small “Make Your Own MMO” blurb in a circle in the lower left). Pretty good article, I thought — almost two full pages. And in case you are wondering, that one-eyed dinosaur critter is called a sqronk. Expect to hear more about him in the future. |
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Activision and Harmonix / MTV Coming To Blows? Posted: 14 Dec 2007 11:22 AM CST So... Harmonix and RedOctane - now owned by MTV and Activision Respectively. Once happy partners in one of the best franchises of the decade. Now... well, you know how "Ex-es" can be. According the GamaSutra, they are now squabbling over a patch that would allow the Guitar Hero III controller to work properly with Rock Band on the PS3. Is this a bit of viciousness from Activision to try and stop the original Guitar Hero developer from eroding their sales during the critical Christmas sales? Activision claims that it is Harmonix that "declined Activision’s offer to reach an agreement that would allow the use of Guitar Hero guitar controllers with Rock Band." So Harmonix's statement could have been smokescreen to try and encourage customers to buy Rock Band in spite of the incompatibility, in expectation of a patch that is already working but (implied: temporarily) blocked. What's the real story? It very well could be both. Synthesizing the two statements - Harmonix has a patch. Activision will agree to the patch only under certain conditions (concessions?) from Harmonix. Harmonix didn't agree to the terms (which could have been reasonable or entirely unreasonable, as far as we know). So Activision put pressure on Sony to block the patch. So like squabbling divorced parents trying to win their kids' favor, they are painting each other as a bad guy. Am I getting warm here? |
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