Chris Carlson does great 3D illusion paintings. This stop motion, forced perspective, chalk painting version of the classic game Snake—present in every single dumbphone and available as a BASIC game for every computer of yore—is pretty damn cool too.
Want to see VVVVVV creator Terry Cavanagh play his own creation on an iPad? I hope so!
According to Cavanagh himself, the mobile version (which will arrive on iOS and Android) is scheduled to be submitted "any day now," and the Vita port was also namedropped in this timeline.
He notes that touch controls will "never" be as good as tactile ones, but in the same breath, he's still very much satisfied with how it plays in general. Yeah, I'd totally play this all over again on vacation with a tablet.
In A Single Bound [Distractionware]
Destiny is going to be a huge game where you'll be able to sink hundreds of hours into the experience. So it's a good thing Bungie is looking into making sure players can import their characters from last-gen consoles to the current generation of platforms.
"We're really interested in making sure that last-gen character can move to next-gen," investment lead Tyson Green told us. "There's going to be a lot of people who buy Destiny on say a PS3 or Xbox 360, and then they get a PS4 for Christmas and it's like, 'Well, don't tell me I've just wasted my last 100 hours there.' We don't want to lock people in."
All versions of the game will be the same in terms of content on offer (aside from the early exclusives on the Sony platforms). The main differences will really be on the visual side, obviously.
Bungie had nothing to announce in regards to importing characters between the rival hardware, like importing your 360 character over to the PS4, for example. Green stated that's been traditionally a restricted thing from the platform holders more so than anything else. They had nothing to say about bringing your character to future Destiny games in this regard either, what with the whole 10-year development deal and all.
For more on Destiny, check out our giant first hands-on impression.
A couple months ago, Nintendo announced it would still be making hardware, but would also start a concurrent, health and wellness business -- their Quality of Life platform. Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata, in an interview with Diamond.jp, went on to explain how Nintendo was expanding into new business areas.
"So even though we won't chance the fact that our focus is on video games," Iwata explained, "I felt the need to take that occasion to state that Nintendo is a company that can do whatever it wants." Well, it sure feels that way, to the alternating delight and chagrin of fans.
Iwata explained that this lateral move is one inspired by his late predecessor Hiroshi Yamauchi. "Yamauchi always said 'Nintendo is an entertainment company and should never be anything else,' but he didn't necessarily think 'entertainment equals video games,'" he explained.
For fantasy buffs of a certain age, there's a series of books dearer to our hearts than Lord of the Rings or even—dare I say it—Harry Potter. I'm talking about Redwall , the kid-friendly epic that reads like Games of Thrones with cute furry little animals instead of gratuitous raunchy sex. Unlike those other series, however, Redwall has remained impervious to any sort quality adaptation. This has left lovers of the series (like yours truly) feeling sadly jilted by the as-yet-unfulfilled promises of a true video game adaptation.
Okay. First, poor giraffe. Second, why am I not playing Animal Kaiser every day?
Most people agree that Dark Souls II is pretty good. There are some open questions about whether it improves upon its predecessor, or whether it's as good as was expected, but for the most part: Pretty darn good. That's most people. Some don't agree.
Lag is the worst. Anyone who has ever used technology can tell you that first hand. But what if your whole world lagged. With the Oculus Rift you can find out. Spoilers: It sucks.
You expect to hear shouting, gasps and trash talk during a fighting game competition. But violins, viola and cello? Not so much. Kinda makes it feel like someone should be serving tea and crumpets…
