The grand Gabe Newell gave an interview with the Verge recently (which gamasutra covered here. I link to gamasutra because it has an intelligent commenting community), and several reporters I respect have claimed his words are important must reads. but. I really don’t agree. I don’t think he really says much that he hasn’t said before. and he embarrasses himself with regard to motion controls. so I wrote up a small rant, once again trying to explain the value of motion control… Continue reading “Motion Controls – why won’t you get it?”
The Woman (2011) – 5/5
Wow. Lucky McKee’s The Woman was a kick in the guts. Wildly thrilling in the manner and style in which it strives to be deeply distressing. …? I’m not sure how to describe it. Probably need to sleep on it, and stew a bit… But it’s certainly delivers the unexpected!
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The Day (2011): 2/5
I watched The Day tonight. Gentle reader, do not watch this “movie.”
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Django Unchained : (intitial thoughts) ?/!
The wife and I found a babysitter and managed to get out and see Django Unchained earlier tonight.
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controller based mobile gaming?
Brandon Sheffield offers a cool interview with Tim Sweeney at Gamasura. one bit struck me hard:
“when you take that device and broadcast that image to the TV, then suddenly you just have a big, flat mouse-like surface.”
– for some reason this got me excited about the exact opposite experience: controlling your mobile device(s) with your console’s controller.
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Jack Reacher – Pretty Hard Good! 4 out of 3 stars
Saw Jack Reacher a few hours ago and totally dug it.
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Margaret (2011) – 15/15 stars
Watched Kenneth Lonergan‘s Margaret last night, and was thoroughly rocked. Thought it was superb.
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Environment as Character through Experience
This Polygon Story really blew me away, Tracey Lien’s Exploring player agency through art.
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The End of Violence: ?? / !
I watched Wim Wenders’s The End of Violence (1997), a couple nights ago, in lieu of sleep. Continue reading “The End of Violence: ?? / !”
Modern Introverts vs. Multiplayer Gaming
The sage-like potty mouth Ben “Yahtzee” Crenshaw furthers an interesting point about modern introverts in his latest editorial over at The Escapist, “Hating Multiplayer Creep“. Here is my bloated retort to his witty rant:
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