Archive for the ‘Quickies’ Category
“Looks like a normal spoon, right?”
Go here, read this. My favorite is of course the title, but that the guy wanted to see more the first item is just fantastic.
Dragon Age!
This is just an early writeup, but damn if Dragon Age isn’t an amazing RPG so far. Unless I run into some bullshit of Oblivion levels, this game will be the RPG of this year and next. I’m that enamored.
I only played yesterday and this morning, but I had to drag myself to bed at 2am and snuck in some time before work this morning. The engine is pretty damn amazing, much better than your usual "Loading…" every five feet that Bioware normally does (even though it does indeed of some loading still). The combat is hard, but very fun so far. That pretty much describes the game, hard but fun.
My only complaints so far are that the characters faces don’t match the emotion happening in the game. The story is nothing new, but well imagined…except when big things happen, the NPCs faces just can’t manage to keep up at all. That said, the roleplaying is pretty cool and the dialogue is endless as you want it to be.
Oh, and the usual, we’re giving you 10 different NPCs that are all badass…and you can only use three of them at once. Nah nah! /me kicks Bioware in the shins.
What Would Matt Do: Play. Play and play and play. This may well be the best RPG Bioware has ever released. As a huge fan of Bioware PRGs, that’s a pretty big statement.
P.S. – EA, you didn’t include the Stone Prisoner card in my box. You had better respond to the email I sent and make it right. I know you guys don’t always think so, but customer service is important. That is all.
UPDATE: I finally got in touch with an EA support representative and after checking my account, they enabled the missing Stone Prisoner content. I can’t believe I’m saying this, but go EA! They were actually helpful and nice. /me is stunned.
Epic may become Legendary!
Even more so than they already think they are…
Private equity-backed film financier Legendary Pictures is in negotiations to acquire Epic Games, the North Carolina-based developer of videogames including "Gears of War."
Multiple sources close to the companies confirmed that talks are under way, though execs at both Legendary and Epic declined to comment.
No idea if it will actually go through, but it makes wonder if money isn’t a bit crunched around those parts after UT3 was a bust. A bit meaning they can’t afford million dollar salaries for the execs for much longer, of course. I wonder if that has anything to do with their wanting to shoe horn in on the used game market.
What Would Matt Do: Well, first I’d blame UT3’s lacking in the sales department on pirates. Then I’d blame the secondary market for stealing money from my children and punish the consumer for it. Then I’d…well, I don’t think I’d do any of those things actually.
The water is gorgeous
And that’s about all I can say nice about this gameplay video of RA3. The rest looks very much like C&C3 which means it’s more RTA (Real Time Action) instead of strategy. I can’t say I was really hoping for me, but deep inside, in a very small place, I kinda was.
Oh, and the water…yeah, awesome, but why does this entire game take place in what appears to be a large aquarium?
What Would Matt Do: Play the demo and try to erase the entire thing from my mind so it doesn’t ruin my loving memories of RA and RA2.
I do not know its name, so I will call it the Tao of Programming
Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language
expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place
within the Tao.But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.
Very astute thoughts.
What Would Matt Do: Follow the way.