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ja si skidam shift 2 unleashed... baš sam se bio veselio igri, premda me sada opet pomalo brinu komentari da je ovo jako teško igrati preko tipkovnice. gamepad is a must-have!

Pa, kupi jedan gamepad, ima dosta PC igara kojima on baš koristi...

Ja inače nemam snage čak ni da skidam Shift 2.

ma imao sam jedan skupi gamepad koji mi je imao neke probleme sa kompatibilnošću, malo je radio, malo nije. sam je birao s kojom igrom će raditi a kojom ne, samo da bi sutradan često puta odbio raditi sa igrom s kojom je još do jučer se sasvim dobro slagao. ili je bio problem u softweru ili u hardweru, pojma nemam... škart roba ili... tko zna... uglavnom, ogadiše mi se gamepadovi nakon toga.

LOL!

U principu je (i ne mogu da verujem da ovo kucam), najbolje rešenje za te probleme pad za Xbox 360. Skoro sve što se danas pravi za PC je kompatibilno s njim.

Evo, posle nedelju dana posedovanja Nintendo 3DS-a, mojih inicijalnih misli o ovoj platformi. Doduše na engleskom, ali nemoguće je da je vaš engleski lošiji od mog:

What I hate (and love) about Nintendo 3DS

Ko želi, ima ovde da čita nove detalje o Max Payne 3, skenirane iz Edža.

Hmmm, nezavisni izveštaj koji tvrdi da je Playstation 3 zvanično prestigao Xbox 360 po broju prodatih konzola... neobično. Doduše, ova generacija ima mnogo više stvari da se razmatraju od prostih količina prodatog hardvera...

Verovatno zato što je PS3 jailbreakovan od prošle jeseni, pa su se igrači s plićim džepsima odlučili da ga isprobaju.

Moglo bi da bude sasvim tačno.

Hilari Goldštajn s pravom pita je l' to baš treba tako.

GeoHot je u svojoj borbi protiv Sonyja dobio... er... "pomoć" koja mu možda neće previše pomoći:

Anonymous su najavili napade na Sonyjeve domene (PSN je ušao u neku vrstu "sporadic maintenencea" mada još nije potvrđeno je li ovo rezultat napada):

QuoteCongratulations! You are now receiving the attention of Anonymous. Your recent legal actions against fellow internet citizens, GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo have been deemed an unforgivable offense against free speech and internet freedom, primary sources of free lulz (and you know how we feel about lulz.)

You have abused the judicial system in an attempt to censor information about how your products work. You have victimized your own customers merely for possessing and sharing information, and continue to target those who seek this information. In doing so you have violated the privacy of thousands of innocent people who only sought the free distribution of information. Your suppression of this information is motivated by corporate greed and the desire for complete control over the actions of individuals who purchase and use your products, at least when those actions threaten to undermine the corrupt stranglehold you seek to maintain over copywrong, oops, "copyright".


Your corrupt business practices are indicative of a corporate philosophy that would deny consumers the right to use products they have paid for, and rightfully own, in the manner of their choosing. Perhaps you should alert your customers to the fact that they are apparently only renting your products? In light of this assault on both rights and free expression, Anonymous, the notoriously handsome rulers of the internet, would like to inform you that you have only been "renting" your web domains. Having trodden upon Anonymous' rights, you must now be trodden on.


If you disagree with the disciplinary actions against your private domains, then we trust you can also understand our motivations for these actions. You own your domains. You paid for them with your own money. Now Anonymous is attacking your private property because we disagree with your actions. And that seems, dare we say it, "wrong." Sound familiar?


Let Anonymous teach you a few important lessons that your mother forgot: 1. Don't do it to someone else if you don't want it to be done to you. 2. Information is free. 3. We own this. Forever.


As for the "judges" and complicit legal entities who have enabled these cowards: You are no better than SONY itself in our eyes and remain guilty of undermining the well-being of the populace and subverting your judicial mandate.

Anonymous: Message To Sony

Prikaz Sony Ericsson Xperia Play telefona je, očekivano, umereno negativan. Izuzetno visoka cena, nejasan izbor bandlovanog softvera, zbunjujuća kombinacija sistema plaćanja, neoptimizovanost igara izvan Playstation port ponude, nedovoljno dobre analogne kontrole, sve to malo zaklanja činjenice da je ovo Android platforma (EMULATORI!!!), da od nultog dana ima u ponudi neke zaista klasične Playstation igre (Syphon Filter, Crash Bandicoot), da mu baterija traje duže od četiri sata IGRANJA sa uključenim 3G i WiFi servisima... Videćemo.

Igrali biste novu Metroid igru ali Team Ninja su vam ogadili i pomisao na nove Nintendove naslove u serijalu? Fan-igra Minitroid bi mogla biti prava stvar za vas... kad izađe:

Minitroid tech demo trailer

PC verzija Super Meat Boyja dobija čak 140 novih nivoa plus editor nivoa. Sve za dž. Stvarno, Team Meat su gospoda.

Kris Šiling mrzi Angry Birds. Stvarno pošteno mrzi.

S druge strane, na Kotakuu predlazu Angry Birds za igru godine:

http://uk.kotaku.com/5751876/the-argument-for-angry-birds-as-the-game-of-the-year?skyline=true&s=i

Zanimljivo, iz mene je Peggle izmamio samo jedno resounding meh, a Angry Birds samo morao da uninstalliram jer sam ocenio da je previse zarazna za moje zdravlje.

David Jaffe bigapuje Angry Birds - eto šta smo doživeli...

Anonymous nastavljaju da prave svinjarije Sonyju.

Nego, ovih dana se dosta priča o "gejmifikaciji" svega, to jest svakodnevnice.

Seth Priebatsch: Gamification & Location Stuff (LBS) at SXSW

Hedr Čeplin je napisala dosta dobar tekst na temu:

Ditching reality for a game isn't as fun as it sounds.

Ako nekom nije možda bilo jasno koliko je Majnkreft uspešan:

Minecraft earns £20 million in revenue

QuoteThe creator of indie phenomenon Minecraft has revealed how much cash the world-building game has netted his tiny development studio Mojang.

Speaking in a Reddit Ask Me Anything thread spotted by Gamasutra, Markus 'Notch' Persson explained that the game had sold 800,000 downloads at €9.95 a pop while in alpha status.

Then in the beta phase, when the price jumped to €14.95, the game sold an additional million copies. That totals a whopping €23 million (around £20 million).

"It all ends up in an account somewhere, and I try not to look at it," wrote Persson. "I get a normal salary these days for day to day stuff, but there's a big pile somewhere. Paypal takes a cut, there are taxes, and such, but it's still a huge wad of money."

Elsewhere in the discussion, Persson spoke up in favour of releasing a game in the middle of the development cycle - as was the case with Minecraft.

"I think it's a great way for a small studio to do game development," he explained. "It might not make sense for all types of games, though. I'd definitely want to release future games in the same way. Developing in the dark is scary and probably wrong."

I kad smo već kod Majnkrefta: Najavljen je zvaničan datum izlaska pune verzije igre (dakle, onih dvadeset milijuna funti odozgo se odnose na prodaju alfa i beta verzije) i on je... isti kao za Skyrim!!!

Anonymous se malko zauzdavaju da bi sprečili civilne žrtve:

QuoteGreetings, Sony Customers And PS3 Users. We are Anonymous.

During the last few days, Anonymous has been targeting Sony for their outrageous treatment of not only PS3 users and jailbreakers, but also of the general public. Their propaganda regarding jailbreaking implies that it encourages piracy and thereby makes people lose their jobs, whereas jailbreaking actually just means you are making YOUR device do what it should do. Imagine if Microsoft forced you to use Internet Explorer instead of Firefox or Chrome. Imagine if they denied users from using any other web browser than their own. Many people would obviously be pissed... but then, why aren't you pissed at Sony?


The fact that their litigation demanded information on everyone who had viewed the material, was completely unacceptable. This is a threat not only to the gaming community, but to freedom of information in general. The fact that the privacy of individuals can be violated, simply for accessing information, and legal action can be taken for doing something with something you own, are steps far beyond the line. Anonymous decided it could not allow this to stand. If jailbreaking a phone for use of legal (unsigned) apps is found legal, why would this be any different for the Geohot case, seeing as Geohot explicitly states he does not support piracy?


Anonymous is not attacking the PSN at this time. Sony's official position is that the PSN is undergoing maintenance. We realize that targeting the PSN is not a good idea. We have therefore temporarily suspended our action, until a method is found that will not severely impact Sony customers.


Anonymous is on your side, standing up for your rights. We are not aiming to attack customers of Sony. This attack is aimed solely at Sony, and we will try our best to not affect the gamers, as this would defeat the purpose of our actions. If we did inconvenience users, please know that this was not our goal.


This operation is a response to Sony's attempt to deprive their customers of products they bought and therefore own, wholly and completely. Anonymous will not attempt to fight this by following the exact same course of action. We have plenty of tricks up our sleeves.


As a last point, we would like to point out that different operations are "run" by different people. Those who are involved in the organisation of OpSony, are not necessarily those involved in that of SonyRecon. Anonymous Operations are generally independent efforts, and it would be a mistake to assume that the same individuals are responsible for every action taken. Anonymous is comprised of people with diverse points of view, of which not all coincide with one another.


That being said, our campaign against Sony and others that would trample on the idea of free information will continue, until we are satisfied with the outcome.

Uzgred, ja nisam imao nikakve probleme sa PSNom proteklih dana - igrao sam Marvel vs. Capcom 3 bez trzavica, kupovao itd...

Upravo sam saznao da domaći distributeri neće uvoziti Portal 2 (čak ni za konzole) jer je nabavna cena preskupa, navodno u prodaji bi onda bio oko 7000 dinara. (Doduše, toliko sam platio i Mas Efekt 2 za PS3... Electronic Arts ne prašta.) Tako da priorderovanje putem Steama počinje da zvuči kao dobra ideja.

Internet radnje ionako su budućnost PC igara.

Ma, jesu, ja PC igre ionako kupujem samo preko Steama, GoG-a ili direktno od autora, ali ovde sam hteo da kupim PS3 verziju igre jer se uz nju dobija Steam verzija za dž. Videću da li u to vreme putujem u Mađarsku pa ću verovatno to tamo uraditi...

Ja cekam da bude pet dolara na popustu preko Steama. Racunam, za oko godinu-dve.

Ti si od onih što vole da igraju na sigurno.

I od onih sto od svojih prljavih navika mogu da finansiraju samo kafu. 

Čitam Atomix i uživam: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/04/08/area-5-producing-monthly-atomix-magazine-for-ipad/
Ovaj Ryan O'Donnell je ultra car. 

Tebi je taj iPad 2 baš ulepšao život.

Ne možeš ni da pretpostaviš koliko. Nikad nisam baš ovoliko bila fascinirana mogućnostima neke sprave. Sad skidoh i novi Wired.

Moja mržnja prema Appleu je tolika da samo izuzetnim naporom volje uspevam da skupim malo snage da se poradujem za tebe.

Ta mržnja će te držati dok ovakvo čedo ne uzmeš u ruke. Posle možemo da pričamo. . Samo da vidiš kakvo je uživanje čitati stripove!

To što ga implicitno porediš sa odojčetom samo još više razgara moju mržnju.

Evo ako nekog zanima, Yahtzee odgovara na pitanja fanova.

Poput:

QuoteHow much emphasis do you personally place on story within a game? For instance, is a game with a great story but obnoxious gameplay a bad game? Conversely, is a game with great gameplay but terrible story still a good game?

If a game has bad gameplay but a great story then it might as well just be a film. Games need gameplay because interactivity is the unique selling point, it's what makes it the most interesting medium in the world for me. The best games merge the story and gameplay together indivisibly, like Half Life 2, and most definitely unlike Final Fantasy 13.

Divan je Jahci. Stvarno divan.

Edit: I ova najnovija kolumna mu je... sjajna!!!

Nego, Džek Treton (Predsednik Sony Computer Entertainment America) stvarno ponekad lupeta da čovek doživi transfer neprijatnosti:

Nintendo Handhelds Aren't for Self-Respecting Adults

Quote"Our view of the 'Game Boy experience' is that it's a great babysitting tool, something young kids do on airplanes, but no self-respecting twenty-something is going to be sitting on an airplane with one of those," Tretton said. "He's too old for that."

Dobro, ja lično imam 40 godina i nemam samopoštovanja, ali ipak...

Meni dupli ekran (3D ili ne-3D) izgleda kao najgluplji dizajn ikada, tako da bih se verovatno osecao lose igrajuci se i dok nema ljudi okolo. Ali secam se da sam vise puta osetio transfer neprijatnosti vadeci PSP u autobusu, tako da sam bio prinudjen da ga prodam. iPod touch je mnogo manje upadljiv, i svakako bolji izbor za filmove/muziku/stripove. Da li zaista bas moramo da se igramo uvek i svuda?

QuoteSamo da vidiš kakvo je uživanje čitati stripove!

Realno samo zbog toga bih ga i uzeo, i da spasim ono malo sposobnosti za reprodukciju posle godina drzanja vrelog laptopa u krilu (dakle, sada imamo ne samo poredjenje vec i motivisanje odojcetom!).

Meni je naprotiv, otkad sam kupio DS, gedžet sa dva ekrana izgledao sasvim prirodno. Sa 3DSom je još prirodnije, jedan osetljiv na dodir, drugi 3D.

Ali uvažavam sve...

Majkl Tomsen istražuje zašto, iako polovinu igrača na svetu čine žene, više od osamdeset posto njihovih autora čine muškarci.

Heh, ustvari žensku decu treba usmeriti ka pravljenju igara. Nema šanse da ne dobiju posao. Pozitivna diskriminacija na delu. 

A možda će imati i sveže ideje.

Keza MekDonald piše prikaz Patapona 3 i potvrđuje moje crne slutnje. Ova igra je JOŠ komplikovanija i teža od Patapon 2. Mislim, volimo mi i teško i komplikovano, ali Patapon 2 je bio težak jer nije dovoljno objašnjavao šta je šta i kako promene koje unosiš imaju efekta na performanse armije, a treći nastavak deluje kao da ide još agresivnije u tu stranu. Hmmm... Svejedno je to mast baj.

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 11-04-2011, 11:06:10
Majkl Tomsen istražuje zašto, iako polovinu igrača na svetu čine žene, više od osamdeset posto njihovih autora čine muškarci.

Ježim se na podelu igara na "muške" i "ženske"...

Pa... niko ih među nama i nije podelio tako. Prema tome, nema mesta ježenju.

Ma to je bio usputni komentar na štošta iz teksta koji si postovao, a i prisetila sam se kolumne o ženama gejmerima... To ja nešto sama sa sobom... Moraću da menjam imidž.  

Ja često pominjem da su neke igre namenjene ženama, deci, invalidima i drugim pederima, ali to ja samo onako... u šali..

A ako hoćeš da menjaš imidž, evo imam ja neke predloge tvog novog imidža, sve iz igara:

Muška dominacija u gejming industriji je odmah vidljiva...

Ovo je verovatno trik da se izbegne sudsko gonjenje:

A group of self-confessed radical pirates are pinning their hopes on gaining official recognition of their own unique belief system. The founders of the Missionary Church of Kopimism – who hold CTRL+C and CTRL+V as sacred symbols – hope that along with this acceptance will come harmony, not just with each other, but also with the police.

http://torrentfreak.com/file-sharers-await-official-recognition-of-new-religion-110410/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29

Quote from: D. on 11-04-2011, 12:49:23
Muška dominacija u gejming industriji je odmah vidljiva...

Pa, da, otud i Tomsenov tekst.

Međutim, imajmo na umu da ove igre čije sam slike okačio (redom: promo šot za Parasite Eve 3rd Birthday, cosplay za SoulCalibur i šot iz Dead or Alive 4) iako ih tradicionalno smatraju AAA igrama i reprezentom čitave industrije, zapravo danas spadaju u nišu. Angry Birds, Farmville pa čak i Minecraft su ne samo profitabilnije nego i kultrno prepoznatljivije igre od gorepomenutih. Igrački pejzaž se dramatično promenio u poslednjih nekoliko godina, zahvaljujući NE motion controlu i 3D slici (kako misle zastupnici tradicionalnog igranja) nego zahvaljujući povezanosti - kako već par godina govorim ja.   I rodne uloge se tu menjaju.

Quote from: Meho Krljic on 11-04-2011, 13:00:33
Pa, da, otud i Tomsenov tekst.

Ima mnogo gejmerskih tekstova koji se bave rodnom tematikom, ali slažem se sa tobom - uloge se menjaju, popularne igre se menjaju i ti si u pravu već nekoliko godina.