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Malcolm 
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Posted on: Feb. 22 2013,13:40 |
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From PAR.
QUOTE Cage asked us to consider black-and-white silent films. Their images were indistinct, (Heavy Rain creator David) Cage noted, and the actors had to exaggerate their actions. ... On the big screen behind Cage, he illustrated his points with scenes from Edwin Porter’s 1903 silent film The Great Train Robbery... I kind of get what he's trying to say, but he almost couldn't have picked a worse film with which to make this point. Every time you've seen an action flick where the shot focuses in on a dude shooting a gun into the camera view, that's ripped off from this movie. The author picks up on this as well.
QUOTE ...it crystallized the deepest fallacy of the whole affair—the idea that creativity needs to be free of limitations
The dude who made Braid chimes in before Cage.
-------------- Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
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"Better dead than smeg."
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TheCatt 
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Posted on: Mar. 06 2013,16:51 |
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It's a defensive measure against the Wii. Announce what's coming soon so that people don't bother with the Wii U
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Malcolm 
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Posted on: Mar. 06 2013,17:12 |
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The Wii U has been kicking enough ass to warrant a counteroffensive?
-------------- Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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GORDON 
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Posted on: Mar. 06 2013,17:40 |
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I haven't heard any hype about the Wii U since launch. Even my own kid doesn't do much with it... and when he does, he just plays on the game pad like it was an oversize Nintendo DS. Doesn't even have the TV turned on.
I stick with my earlier assessment: for the most part, it is still a generation behind the PS3. The only thing new it brought to the table was the gamepad/video controller. It is otherwise limited and restrictive.
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TheCatt 
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Posted on: Mar. 06 2013,18:32 |
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Sounds like Wii U started ok, then faded quickly. QUOTE As of 31 December 2012, Nintendo reports 3.06 million units have been sold.[2] In comparison, Microsoft sold 600,000 of their Xbox 360s from its November launch to the second week in January and Sony sold one million PlayStation 3 units in its first six weeks[122]. In January 2013, the Wii U sold 57,000 units in the US. [123] By comparison, the original Wii sold 435,000 in January 2007, also 2 months after launch.[124] Initial sales numbers in the US and other territories were lower than expected, resulting in Nintendo cutting sales projections for FY 2013 by 17 percent, from 5.5 million to 4 million.[125] This has left critics questioning the future of Nintendo, describing the Wii U as being in "trouble" and potentially moving away from the hardware sector
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Malcolm 
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Posted on: Mar. 13 2013,09:42 |
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QUOTE “When you buy a new console, it means you have to unwire something from your living room stereo, and wire something new in. And generally, with console games you sit on the couch in the living room with the TV across the room, versus sitting at a desk with the screen right in front of your face. Yeah, because doing the initial setup for a PC or internet-capable TV is going to be easier. As far as the viewing surface, I'd gladly take a TV-like screen over the monitor for purposes of BL2, for instance. The problem is keeping things that pretty at that resolution at that speed is not simple.
-------------- Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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WSGrundy 
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Posted on: Mar. 13 2013,10:39 |
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So he is arguing that sitting on your couch playing on a TV is a worse experience?
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Malcolm 
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Posted on: Mar. 13 2013,10:53 |
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For online gaming, he's arguing for the standard PC setup. When there are others physically present, the TV setup becomes more desirable. That's a puzzling spot to draw a line because there's obviously some overlap.
-------------- Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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TPRJones 
I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.

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Posted on: Mar. 18 2013,08:03 |
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I expect to see high-end consoles start to trail off and be cancelled. The future of consoles is in the more friendly and cheaper experiences. After all, it doesn't take a high-end machine to render the sorts of fun party games that best fit the group console experience.
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Leisher 
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Posted on: Mar. 18 2013,09:32 |
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If mainstream consumers had a clue how to use their PCs, consoles would already be a thing of the past.
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TPRJones 
I saw The Fault in our Stars opening night.

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Posted on: Mar. 18 2013,10:27 |
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That's mostly an old person problem. As they keep getting older, it will be less of a problem.
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Leisher 
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Posted on: Mar. 18 2013,10:49 |
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I disagree.
I think there's an inherent laziness with consoles that people enjoy.
I can install this on my PC after DLing it for a while, then patch it, then deal with hooking up different controllers and dealing with the settings, or I can just plug and play on my TV.
I prefer the first option, as does everyone here, but the mainstream prefers the second, and imho, always will.
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Malcolm 
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Posted on: Mar. 18 2013,11:04 |
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Think of all the people who still couldn't change their own tire if it went flat.
-------------- Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Malcolm 
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Posted on: Jun. 27 2013,12:39 |
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Sony may have intentionally dropped the PS4 camera just to beat MS on price. Whoever decided to do that deserves a raise.
-------------- Diogenes of Sinope:
"It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours."
"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Leisher 
Top 3%, yo.

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Posted on: Oct. 11 2013,09:34 |
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Do you like slavery?
Then support it with a PS4!!
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