Blue Core Studios, producer of the recent Sonic fan film, has decided to pump out a quickie short that pays homage to PS1-era RPGs, most notably the Final Fantasy series. I think the team was able to perfectly capture the slow, stiff, clunky overworld movements that call back to a time when NPCs were emotionless polygonal freaks and the camera tried desperately to emulate a dynamic movie-like experience.
Hmmm... when I put it that way, I guess very little has changed since then! Zing!
Oh, and bonus points for the totally PC ending.
Live Action RPG [YouTube]
At first glance, I was ready to write off 140 for its unabashedly simple art style. Silly me. I should know better than to do something like that by now. Nominated for Excellence in Audio at the 2013 Independent Games Festival, 140 is the work of Jeppe Carlsen and Jakob Schmid of Playdead.
While I didn't recognize his name and you likely won't either (yet!), Carlsen was the lead gameplay designer on Limbo , one of the more interesting platformers to go mainstream in the past few years. He did the puzzles for the acclaimed game and 140 is a personal project of his that's been in the works for over two years now.
With this trailer, they've got my attention. Was that a "boss fight" near the end? I'd like to see more where that came from.
I've got myself a copy of the Zelda series bible Hyrule Historia , and it's as amazing as everyone says. However, for highly appealing ancillary game merch such as art books, I like to splurge a little extra on fancy collector's editions just for the heck of it. I wanted to snag the Limited Edition of Hyrule Historia, which was restricted to a mere 4000 copies, but the damn thing sold out within minutes of appearing on various pre-order pages. Publisher Dark Horse screwed up the allotted shipments so badly that many orders were quietly canceled without any notice to the buyers. It seemed like the only guaranteed way to score an LE was to make the trek to the Nintendo World Store in New York City on the book's release date.
A few days ago, this magnificent bastard with the username Tommy98118 posts on Craigslist that he's in possession of the hotly sought-after tome and is willing to part with it for a hefty fee. But it's not just one book that's for sale, nor two, nor three, nor even ten. This asshole is sitting on over 40 copies -- literally 1% of the entire run of LEs -- and is scalping them like the little rat he is.
The reddit peanut gallery did not find this shady scheme amusing at all. I mean, when all these other honest consumers were getting dicked over by Dark Horse's ineptitude, how did this fucker make out like a bandit? Tommy must have caught wind of all the calls for his head, because he swiftly changed the header image of his listing to show only a single copy of the book. Thankfully, the sleuths on NeoGAF screen-capped his shame before he could sweep it under the rug.
I swear to Christ, some people are the worst.
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia Limited Collector's Edition MINT [Craigslist via NeoGAF]
Sometimes you blindly open links while on Twitter or something, and somehow end up transported to the weird part of the Internet.
Hey folks. So I hear that this new Aliens game came out this week. I also heard that a lot of you kind people had less than kind things to say about it. Well what better way to end your news week than where it began, some more Aliens: Colonial Marines drama! First there's the PC mods that dropped to make the lighting not look like ass, followed by the (good?) news that the Wii U version has not been canceled. Then 360 gamers find a save wiping bug (who said we don't get nice things) right around the same time Randy Pitchford takes to Twitter to defend the integrity of his company. Videogames amirite?
Destructoid Originals:
Deal North: $15 Pokemon Black/White 2 at Best Buy
Note Worthy 012: Final Fantasy Vocal/Orchestral, Wizardry
Playstation 4, Watch_Dogs, Destiny, & Iwata's Luigi Hat
Community:
Community blogs of 2/15
Formy thread of the day: Aliens: Colonial Marines
Friday Night Fights: /Kiiilllll meeeee
Previews:
Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto talks Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Fuse skips competitive multiplayer, opts for Echelon
Events:
BitSummit event to boost Japanese independent dev scene
There's a Mega Man charity marathon this weekend
News:
NPD: Wii U sold a paltry 55,000 units in January
Gamestick pre-orders are now open
Aliens: Colonial Marines mods add better lighting
The Amazing Spider-Man: Ultimate Edition is Wii U bound
Aliens: Colonial Marines 360 save wipe bug
Another angle of the PlayStation 4 controller prototype?
Check out the official Pokemon Scramble U site
Leaked poster says Watch Dogs launches this Holiday
Aliens: Colonial Marines not canceled for Wii U
Best Buy pre-order materials reveal info on Destiny
Jetpack Joyride boasts over a million PSN downloads
Sega gets back on the hardware horse with...portable PCs?
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels officially relaunched
Angry Birds Trilogy is coming to the Wii and Wii U
Sony EyePad patent looks as ridiculous as it sounds
This HDTV Monitor Lag database could be handy
3DS XL Circle Pad Pro to hit UK this March
Design contest crowdsources the PlayStation 4 logo
Dance Dance Revolution comes to iOS
Randy Pitchford doesn't like being called a liar
Atari shuts down Jace Hall's Blood re-release
WSJ says that next PlayStation will stream PS3 games
Pachter predicts PS3 price plummet
EA and Zynga have settled over The Ville lawsuit
Weekend PC download deals: Civilization, The Sims, RPGs
God of War: Ascension's single-player demo hits Feb 26
Journey's Jenova Chen investigating free-to-play, mobile
Offbeat:
Another study shows that gaming has a sexist problem
Brilliant! Mega Man X life meter candy dispenser concepts
Next Halo 4 figures star Didact and a mini Cortana
Media:
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers gets first English trailer
Mega Man fan-game Roll-chan is looking great
Epic yelling ensues on a low-grav Chivalry server
BattleBlock Theater closed beta starts February 28
Dead or Alive 5 Plus trailer shows off some new features
Astro putting out limited edition Revengeance headsets
First glimpse of Dreamfall Chapters in motion
Here's some shiny gameplay footage of GRID 2
New BioShock Infinite video invokes classic mythology
See how the new Star Trek game was made
Etrian Odyssey IV gets a new Arcanist class trailer
Check out all the powerful weapons you'll get in Crysis 3
Have a taste of Soul Sacrifice's music
Sony celebrating their past in video could only mean...
Forget tickets! This arcade game gives you beer!
A closer look at the maps in Battlefield 3: End Game
Watch Aquaman, Shazam, Joker, and more fight in Injustice
Zelda-esque Anodyne partners with The Pirate Bay
