Novosti iz sveta video-igara

[Meho Krljic]

Ja sam svojevremeno probao da igram Mech Warrior (i Heavy Gear) igre ali sam shvatio da je to za mene prekomplikovano.. Nisam ja za simulacije, reklo bi se... No, hajde, daćemo priliku Pirani da me iznenadi.

[Father Jape]

Cetvrti (poslednji dakle) Mechwarrior nije simulacija, niti je komplikovan. Sto je mnoge razocaralo, ali da budem sasvim iskren, premda je i meni nedostajao hard core vajb prethodnika, igra je bila podjednako zabavna i kul, samo na arkadniji nacin.

[Meho Krljic]

Njega sam jedino malo više i igrao. No, da... bezbedno je reći da mi to nije jedan od najvažnijih serijala u životu...

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Retrospektiva Eternal Darkness, jedne od najzanimljivijih i najzapostavljenijih horor-igara ikada.

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Sa zanimanjem pročitah to pre neki dan, ali to je gamecube only naslov (nema roma)?

[Meho Krljic]

Gamecube only i ja iz nekog razloga ne uspevam da pokrenem rezanu kopiju na svom tricked out Wiiju. Moraću da ujurim original negde u bespućima second hand ponude na Internetu.

Doduše, sad mi je palo na pamet da nisam probao da je pokrenem na PC-ju sa Dolphin emulatorom ali ne očekujem čuda.

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Ako ništa, evo ga saundtrek:

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http://www.filefactory.com/file/905c0b/n/Eternal_Darkness_-_Sanity_s_Requiem_Original_Soundtrack_rar

[Meho Krljic]

Khm. Nemam običaj da ovde kačim linkove za piracke verzije komercijalnih igara, pogotovo ne za nove, pa to neću ni sad uraditi ali... LucasArts je upravo na Steamu izdao Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade i Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, dve mnogohvaljene avanture iz njinog zlatnog perioda. Većina old skool igrača ih verovatno već ima ali je pitanje može li ih pokrenuti na savremenim računarima. Ove dve Steam verzije rade i na XP i Vista sistemima, a slutim i na Sedmici. Ima ih svuda gde inače skidate svoje piracke igre a ako neko ne može da ih nađenek se javi da mu prosledim linkove.

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ali je pitanje može li ih pokrenuti na savremenim računarima.

Rade savršeno kroz ScummVM.

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doduše, ove parne verzije izgleda ne rade pod superiornim skamom, što po svoj prilici nije preteran razlog za pljuvačinu, dok skamovci pokazuju razumljiv oprez sproću instant prilagođavanja.

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/07/08/psa-lucasarts-steam-distributed-games-dont-work-on-scummvm-b/

PSA: LucasArts' Steam-distributed games don't work on ScummVM (but they could!)

by Christopher Grant { Jul 8th 2009 at 6:05PM } Breaking News

The first thing we did after firing up our Steam client this afternoon to check in on the status of those LucasArts games was ... well, the first thing we did was write a post about the prices for you, dear Reader. The second thing we did, however, was download The Dig to discover if this classic adventure game – as delivered through Steam – would work via ScummVM, allowing this blogger in particular to play the title in another operating system, sans Steam (namely: Mac OS X).

Well, since The Dig is having some issues and won't play in Windows through Steam (@lucasartsgames says it's "looking into Dig issues") we went with LOOM. Another brief, $5 download later and it works ... in Steam at least. Our attempts to get it to run in ScummVM weren't as successful, despite having all the necessary files available to us, unencrypted. So we went digging, and came up with this blog post by ScummVM team co-leader Sev who writes, "As of the ScummVM compatibility, we see that here were some changes that make the games incompatible with the current ScummVM version."

So, did LucasArts intentionally change the files to break compatibility with ScummVM? Doesn't sound likely. Sev calls the changes "very trivial" and says they "do not seem to constitute any kind of copy protection." Since this isn't any kind of copy protection or encryption, patching ScummVM to work with these new releases would be a "five minutes hack." However, much to our surprise, he and his team have "decided to abstain from it at least for now." He writes, "We do not want to interfere with their sales and/or any upcoming plans for other platforms. Also we are really open for cooperation in this regard and will be more than happy to make any upcoming releases run with use of ScummVM."

Sounds like an honorable stance to us, though one that will deprive this blogger of the ability to play these two games anywhere but Windows. We've reached out to LucasArts for a comment on the format changes and their thoughts on ScummVM enabling playback of these games.

Tags: emulation, LucasArts, ScummVM, Steam

[Meho Krljic]

Naravno, naravno. Mislio sam na ljude koji nemaju pojma šta je ScummVM

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da, i moj opšte poznat link je bio njima upućen premda ne baš najsrećnije. mada, ko ne zna šta je skam nije tru oldskul  

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Gamecube only i ja iz nekog razloga ne uspevam da pokrenem rezanu kopiju na svom tricked out Wiiju. Moraću da ujurim original negde u bespućima second hand ponude na Internetu.

Doduše, sad mi je palo na pamet da nisam probao da je pokrenem na PC-ju sa Dolphin emulatorom ali ne očekujem čuda.

ja sam je pokrenuo na Wii'u ali zvuk nije bio dobar, mada nisam skoro probao mozda novi gecko moze da je pokrene

[Meho Krljic]

Meni je Gecko da prostite geknuo nakon što sam pre par meseci apdejtovao HBC i sad mi se prijavljuje kao 'this is not a Wii application'. A Game Cube Launcher uspeva da je pokrene do špice ali igra krešuje kad treba da zbilja krene. Fali mi neki cIOS ili nešto, verovatno ali ko će ga znati...

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Zombie Cow Studios ima dve point-i-klik avanture, Ben There, Dan That i Time Gentlemen, Please. Prva je besplatna, druga je 5 dolara, ali može se skinuti demo. Pročitah dobre preporuke, posebno za ovu drugu. Možda je vreme da se malo podsetimo nekih stvari.

I, naravno, juče je izašao Dragon Quest IX u Japanu. 2 miliona kopija je naručeno unapred. Kažu da je igra OGROMNA, tako da na karti ima mesta samo za jedan snimljeni fajl. (Što se tiče moje analize četvorke, biće, biće. Ali svaki DQ daje onoliko koliko uložite u njega. Ja sam do sada igrao gotovo 100 sati, a moji junaci su gotovo svi na 28. nivou - može se ići do 99!  )

[Meho Krljic]

Taj Time Gentleman, please je bio pre par dana prikazan na Eurogameru pa sam ga ja sinoć uredno skinuo. Doći će na red, jednom... valjda.

Dragon Quest IX je posvuda po Internetu no, kako ne znam japanski, nemam još uvek šta da kažem o njemu... Sigurno je dobar...

[Meho Krljic]

Inače nešto u životu nemam vremena za MMO igre, ali BioWareov The Old Republic je uspeo da me zaintrigira da makar pratim vesti o razvoju pošto je to, jelte, nesuđeni KOTOR 3.

No, kad ovako nešto čovek pročita, bljesne mu pred očima koliko je proizvođenje videoigara danas OGROMAN biznis (i posao) i koliko je sve to neverovatno veliko u odnosu na recimo igre tipa Braid ili World of Goo koje su napravila po 2-3 čoveka u svojim spavaćim sobama:

The Old Republic's Daunting Voiceover Work

Upcoming MMO script has more than forty novels worth of content.

BioWare and LucasArts created a huge buzz around Star Wars: The Old Republic with their trailer, which captured the imagination of Star Wars fans that wanted to experience life before the Great Galactic War. Apart from the gameplay and the variety in character classes, one of the most striking features of The Old Republic is the inclusion of voiced dialogue for player characters as well as all NPCs within the game. While a feat for most single-player games, this is an astronomical task for an MMO, and a recent developer blog post on The Old Republic website seems to have confirmed.

The script for The Old Republic, according to Shauna Perry, director of audio and localization for the game, will have more than forty novels worth of content. Additionally, the finished game will have more than one thousand four hour voice-over sessions worth of dialogue recorded from at least five different cities in the world; Los Angeles, London, New York, San Francisco and Toronto currently being listed as sites used to capture the work of the large voice actor cast, which numbers into the hundreds.

Perry initially mentioned that the voice over work was a joint project between the two companies, with BioWare writing scripts for each session and LucasArts responsible for recording sessions. Afterwards, LucasArts would sending the assets back to BioWare, who would incorporate these into the game. However, Perry mentioned that this was not like a standard recording project for any game; she mentioned that the size of the voiceover work within The Old Republic was "at least 10 KoToRs recorded back to back." Perry also provided insight into the entire process for the game, which involved a team of writers getting a script together for the voice actors. From there, the lead writer would have a script conference with the voice over directors to make sure that they could understand exactly how to direct the voice actors. After that, the voice actors would come in and record with a script that had both a synopsis of the scene as well as comments to add nuances to the performance.

Once the lines are recorded, both LucasArts and BioWare review each session to select which lines will be kept or re-recorded in later sessions. Perry mentioned that this clearly involved a ton of work, stating, "while the script calls for hundreds of thousands of lines of dialogue, we will actually have recorded much more than that!" Once both teams from LucasArts and BioWare are satisfied with the performance, the work is included into the game. While Perry didn't mention where they happened to be within the whole voice over process, it would appear that both LucasArts and BioWare have been working on this for quite some time.

Vredi dodati da sam nedavno na jedvite jade dovršio Mass Effect i da uopšte ne mislim da je veličina narativa igre od '40 romana' nužna (ili čak poželjna) za uživanje u istoj...

[Father Jape]

No, kad ovako nešto čovek pročita, bljesne mu pred očima koliko je proizvođenje videoigara danas OGROMAN biznis (i posao) i koliko je sve to neverovatno veliko u odnosu na recimo igre tipa Braid ili World of Goo koje su napravila po 2-3 čoveka u svojim spavaćim sobama

Mene upravo pogadja koliko fantastic\na razlika u velicini ni na koji nacin ne povlaci razliku u kvalitetu.

[Meho Krljic]

To sam i hteo da impliciram povlačenjem te paralele.

[Meho Krljic]

Heh, heh, možda su neki od vas ovo već videli na RPS-u, ali evo ga ovde. Smešno je:

Living with First-Person Shooter Disease

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hm, moram priznati da nokaut u strit fajteru nisam doživljavao baš na taj način. šteta što 2d sajdskroling bolest nije detaljnije objašnjena. a kad smo kod videa, evo sveže lektire:

Penn&teller Bullshit: Season7- VIDEO GAMES (1/3)

Penn&teller Bullshit: Season7- VIDEO GAMES (2/3)

Penn&teller Bullshit: Season7- VIDEO GAMES (3/3)

[Meho Krljic]

E, sjajno, hvala za ovo, baš sam se svakog dana podsećao da ovo čim se pojavi potražim na torentima, ali sad si mi uštedeo napor.

A nokaut u SF su za moj ukus gore baš pogodili.

[Meho Krljic]

Kada sam saznao da je Xbox 360 verzija igre BlazBlue region-locked, a Arcsys još nije najavio evropsko izdanje, ispsovao sam se i naručio Playstation 3 verziju iz Hong-Konga. Drugi ljudi drugačije reaguju, ovaj je napravio hilarious skeč na JuTjubu. Podrazumeva makar minimalnu familijarnost sa žanrom borilačkih igara

Hitler discovers the shocking truth about Blazblue

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[ridiculus]

Pošto sam pročitao novi Edge, koji je uglavnom posvećen sistematizovanju utisaka sa E3, evo šta sam od igara našao zanimljivo, a da do sada nije pominjano (čini mi se):

A Boy and His Blob Wii - Video 1

Cave Story Wii - E3 2009 Trailer

Echochrono - Official E3 Trailer [HD]

Nove verzije i nastavci. 

[Meho Krljic]

a kad smo kod videa, evo sveže lektire:

Penn & Teller...

Pošto je CBS naredio da se ovo ukloni sa JuTjuba a lepo je za gledati, evo ga na repidšeru

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http://rapidshare.com/files/257120496/Penn.and.Teller.Bullshit.S07E03.HDTV.XviD-aAF.part2.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/257140034/Penn.and.Teller.Bullshit.S07E03.HDTV.XviD-aAF.part3.rar

Nisu ovo baš vrhunci savremenog istraživačkog novinarstva i polemičkog diskursa, ali ima nekoliko lepo napravljenih poenti.

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Večeras sam skinuo ovo. Zadnjih dana (nedelja, meseci) niču rasprave o odnosu video-igara i arhitekture; imaju članak i tamo na Tap Repeatedly.

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impresivno...

http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/AboutGFW/Pages/windows7top7.aspx

Windows 7 has been out for public beta testing and it RTMs (releases to manufacturers) this October 22nd. Is it time to pre-order?

The answer is: Yes! Here are my Top Reasons why, as a PC gamer, you should put Windows 7 onto your machine:

Compatibility
The top third-party games, services, and international versions of games have been tested in Windows 7, so you should not worry about Windows 7 breaking your games. Feel free to move to Windows 7 because whatever you're playing now should work fabulously in Windows 7.

Discoverability
You can use Start -> Search to find any game you just downloaded or installed. No need to launch a separate application. Likewise, you won't need to launch a game to get more info about it: The Windows 7 Games Explorer can show you in-game statistics within a preview pane plus delivers up-to-date info about your favorite game publishers and gives you the opportunity to try new games.

Easy updates
The new Games Explorer will notify you whenever updates are available for your games so you don't have to go searching for them yourself or have to launch the game to see if there's an update waiting.

DirectX 11 support
DirectX 11 means better games, pure and simple, with more advanced features for games to use.

Multitouch support
An increasing number of gamers are using mutltouch devices. Windows 7 supports multitouch-capable machines, so you can buy the latest and greatest multitouch laptop or desktop confident it's going to work in Windows 7.

Classics
Here's a bonus reason for you: Windows 7 is going to bring back Internet Backgammon, Internet Spades, and Internet Checkers because you can't spend all your time hardcore.

Interested? Thought so! Pre-order Windows 7 here.

Have you tried the Windows 7 beta? How did you like it? Share your experience in the forums.

— Eric Haddock
Gamertag: Abashima

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inače, pristup pena i telera je dobar u smislu stavljanja ma kakvih bukagija na diskusiju ka kojoj bi ih ozbiljniji pristup mogao odvesti. pri tome ne cenim previše njihov diskurs, premda uglavnom uspevaju da iscrtaju bitne teze. diskusija kakvu vodi, i želi većina onih kojima se ova epizoda bavi zasnovana je na faličnoj logici i zatucanoj ideologiji; ne treba graditi raspravu koja će podržavati izolovanje svake sumnje u sopstvenu ispravnost, ali pozivanje na ovakvo filtriranje nekorisne buke u budućim raspravama može biti korisno.

svedoci smo da se jedno od najvećih dostignuća xx veka, spuštanje na mesec, čak i u "ozbiljnim" medijima i reportažama blati, budući da se jedan od 3-4 pasusa posvećena tom događaju redovno tiče pominjanjem teorija i sumnji kojekakvih mentalnih izdrkotina, vernika itd. sledeći taj trend, može se očekivati da buduće godišnjice drugog svetskog rata dobiju slične pasuse, gde se pominju neki koji misle, ili čak veruju, da se holokaust nije dogodio – slični podnesci se odavno mogu videti na history channelu i uopšte u tzv. ozbiljnim studijama gde se između komunizma i fašizma stavlja znak jednakosti, najkrvavija armija je naravno crvena, itd. u stvari, to je znatno prefriganiji trend nego ovaj kojim se u epizodi o video igrama bave pen i teler. to kažem pre svega zbog toga što je dragi džek šit prilično diskreditovan, ražalovan je kao advokat, oštećen mu je pedigre, tako bitan za svaku protuvu koja se hrani moralnom panikom.

tolerancija prema netolerantnima je nužno zlo, budući da masa, ma koliko prosvetljena, ne bi bila u stanju da izgradi dovoljno napredno društvo kada bi počela da razvlači iznutrice verskih pastira, demagoga po asfaltu. pre svega zato što rulja, kada se pokrene, nije u stanju da razluči bitne nijanse, već samo da puca u jednostavne mete. po tome bi taj hipotetički, i dragi lynch mob ipak bio sličan džeku šitu i ekipi.

no, preteranim pucanjem u lake mete najviše trpe buduće rasprave; svakako je takav odnos koristan za kolumniste, i one koje isti kolumnuju. to vodi u intelektualnu lenjost, jer ako ne možemo izolovati nekorisnu buku, kakofonija će opet nanovo rasti, kao korov. što u principu izražava moju tupu nadu da će bar neke emisije u budućnosti prihvatiti da su određeni aspekti rasprave o štetnosti video igara biti prepoznati i zanemareni, bar dok se ne pojavi neka nova panika i doživi sličnu sudbinu. ne govorim o makro planu, nego mislim da bi bilo lepo da konačno dobijemo uratke koji neće trošiti dragoceno vreme na provetravanje pre početka prave rasprave. u tom smislu pozdravljam epizodu totalno posvećenu koprofagiji.

[Meho Krljic]

Pošteno. Kao što rekoh, ja najpre imam zamerke na činjenicu da ova emisija, kao i recimo što je bio slučaj u Kulturnom KO-u, daje gledaocu privid diskusije iako zapravo daje govornicima mogućnost da pričaju bez sagovornika a zatim dosnimava reakcije autora emisije iz offa. Mislim, naravno da je to legitiman pristup ali oduzima oštricu tvom argumentu kada ne dopuštaš ikakvu polemiku. Plus, naravno, nazivanje ljudi esholima i GILFovima iz offa je mene beskrano zabavilo ali diskredituje diskurs do tačke potpune bezvrednosti za svakoga ko nije već zauzeo (naš) stav.

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da, pa ni ja to ne volim, s tim da su pen i teler ipak mnogo umešnija i artikulisanija produkcija, a teme kojima se bave bolje obrađene. sistem koji pominješ gde se prednost (odnosno mogućnost da pričaš drugi/poslednji) dobija na osnovu biasa autora emisije lako može da se sroza na ad hominem napade koji više govore o prosvećenoj ekipi koja pljuje zatucanu, što je definitivno i ovde opasnost. ja sam gledajući ovo pre svega dobio asocijaciju na kakvu takvu mogućnost da se pomerimo od rasprava i umova koji svesno ili nesvesno ne mogu da se odvoje od jedne linije argumentacije, dokazano falične i maliciozne, i te tupe i žalosne predvidivosti. mislim da je korisno na mikro planu zauzeti stav prema tome, baš zarad naprednijeg suprotstavljanja stavova, i naravno prihvatanja njihovog menjanja.

[Meho Krljic]

Ovo zvuči kao odocnela prvoaprilska šala, ali... Evropa je to...

WoW: Is the Doctor In?

British therapist looks to provide counseling in the game.

by Jason Ocampo

July 28, 2009 - In February came the report that a Sweden's Youth Care Foundation had branded Blizzard's World of Warcraft as "the cocaine of the computer games world." Today comes word from England that therapists are signing up to the game in order to provide therapy to those online.

The report, in the Telegraph newspaper, states that Dr. Richard Graham, a consulting psychiatrist, is calling on Blizzard to waive or discount the costs of joining World of Warcraft for therapists. Graham says that this will allow therapist better access to those who need help.

"We will be launching this project by the end of the year," Graham told the Telegraph. "I think it's already clear that psychiatrists will have to stay within the parameters of the game. They certainly wouldn't be wandering around the game in white coats and would have to use the same characters available to other players."

The article also said that Graham may recruit players to serve as "peer mentors" to help identify those who were addicted to the game.

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To je bilo očekivano. Samo sam ja pretpostavljao da će ti doktori ipak imati neke mogućnosti koje normalni igrači nemaju, recimo da ne može biti napadan od strane PC i NPC, instant teleport na bilo kog igrača, markiranje bilo kog igrača na mapi, onemogućavanje igraču da "skvelčuje" doktora, i tako te stvari. Blizzard bi trebao da sarađuje u ovome, makar zbog imidža ako ne zbog pozitivnih efekata.

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slabo čitam podrobnije o alfa protokolu, uglavnom pogledam kad se pojave novi videi, ali definitivno ostavlja deus ex vajb. s tim što mi se čini da je dijaloški sistem prilagođen konzolama... vuče na čest stav da na konzole ne sme da se plasira previše teksta, da se ne ugrozi tempo, što opet dovodi do problema kada se igra izdaje za više platformi, a pogotovo ako se pravi kompromis oko kontrolnog sistema... ali da ne širim. grafika nije bogzna šta, ali deluje funkcionalno, makar borba izgledala kao inferiorna verzija... recimo gtauta. glavni lik je posebno bezličan, no najavljuju široku modifikaciju, makar opreme, te se nadam da će dobiti malo duha... iako želim da obsidian sve što ima baci na new vegas, ovo bi mogao biti sleeper hit.

hajde da i ja da progovorim kroz führera, nije da me previše pogađa glavna tema, ali mi se sviđa rasplinjavanje:

Hitler's Starcraft 2 Downfall

[Meho Krljic]

Ja sam juče pročitao novi hands-on privju Alfa Protokola i takođe sam dobio Deus Ex flešinu. Moglo bi to da bude jako dobro, pogotovo znajući da je Obsidian ipak satavljen od ljudi koji su učestvovali u proizvodnji Folauta i Tormenta... Što se dijaloga tiče, moj utisak je da je ovo zapravo zanimljivo rešenje. Dakle, koliko shvatam, radijalni dijalog-meni je sličan mass effect meniju utoliko što se igraču ne pokazuje sam tekst koji će izgovoriti nego više stav koji će plasirati (pomirljiv, preteći itd.) a igra onda otpakuje dijalog i postupak u skladu sa stavom. No, za razliku od Mass Effect ovde su dijalozi vremenski ograničeni, što znači da čovek nema vremena da mnogo razmišlja o tome kakav stav želi da plasira već mora brzo da odlučuje. S obzirom da privjuer tvrdi da su posledice različitih stavova drastično različite  daljem igranju, to me dosta ohrabruje.

Naravno, borba zbilja deluje... siromašno, ali i Deus Ex je bio u najboljem slučaju klimav u tom domenu. Onaj E3 privju/ intervju sa Krisom Aveloneom mi je zaista ulio puno poverenja u pogledu ove igre...

[Meho Krljic]

Hitler je inače odličan, kao i onaj za BlazBlue. Sviđa mi se kako baja jedan isti insert koristi na inventivne načine. Za moj ukus jako duhovito i uostalom, pogađa u centar mete.

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jbg, slabo poznajem taj mass effect, video sam ga jednom briefly uživo... doduše ovo za radijalni meni sam mislim nazreo u youtube komentarima, kako je to jedan od uzora i zaboravio.  ono, više sam lamentirao što na konzole prečesto pada ta kob zabave i strah od dosade, ali svejedno bi moglo biti interesantno. valjda ću jednom malo više prelistati mass effect i dead space. ne znam što sam pomenuo dead space ali eto. verovatno jer mi se isto (u stvari, više) ne igra pa se obrazujem preko klipova. u stvari, obeshrabrio si me onomad kada si pričao o aspektima u kojima motherfucking fallout 3 piša po mass effectu. u stvari, ja nisam mnogo voleo ni kotor. mada cenim i poštujem, samo mi treba vremena da se posvetim space operi.

[Meho Krljic]

Ja sam na silu završio Mass Effect pre nekoliko dana i zapanjen sam koliko je ta igra dobila nepodeljene pohvale kako od kritike tako i od publike. Ovo je daleko najslabiji BioWare naslov koga sam ja igrao (još nisam igrao Sonic RPG koga su uradili za DS ali dobio je loše ocene) jer mu je sam gejmplej ne neimpresivan nego u nekim elementima veoma loš. Vožnja je apsolutno broken. Pucnjava je samo za nijansu bolja. Dijalozi su dobri i igra ima solidnu operetsku priču. Najimpresivniji su kinematski napisani i režirani dijalozi, što zaista pozdravljam u smislu imerzije, ali u pogledu mehanike i onoga kako se igra u suštini igra, ovo je daleko ispod KOTOR. Loš šuter i loša vožnja, kojima RPG mehanika odozgo ne pomaže.

No konzolni RPGovi daleko od toga da po defaultu imaju malo teksta, naprotiv. Trenuto igram novoireizdati Final Fantasy VII star 12 godina i tu ima teksta da se usereš. Pa Xenogears, pa Persona, pa ovo pa ono... Doduše, pričam uglavnom o japanskim naslovima. Sam Mass Effect ima sumanuto mnogo teksta, daleko više nego što je meni prijalo.

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da, jbt, sad sam se setio da sam odustao od ocarine of time, n64 roma, zbog toga što mi je dijalog bio suviše banalan. količinski nisam imao zamerke, naprotiv. moraću da završim neki jrpg, a nije da nisam uzimao sve same finest specimens  

[Meho Krljic]

Dobro, Zelda igre baš nisu poznate po svom narativu/ dijalozima. Preporuka je svakako Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI ili Secret of Mana koje sve lahko možeš da odigraš na emulatorima.

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defektan sam, jebiga. ako bude, sva je prilika da će to biti chrono trigger, bejah intrigiran a i grafički je cakan.

evo prilično dosadnog ranta, koji postaje retardiran kada iz ja prebaci u mi...

http://www.edge-online.com/blogs/overlord-ii-the-best-sex-scene-year

Overlord II: The Best Sex Scene of the Year

I'm torn as to whether sex belongs in games. I've followed the debate for years, between the folks who feel that sexuality proves maturity – that if games can show relations between consenting adults, we can finally call them "art" – and the folks who think games can't handle it, because they don't understand relationships and they can't capture nuance and anyway, kids play these things, so we should all keep our pants on. Set aside the theory, and in practice, you can see that games are conflicted. A few tackle sex, and some – like God of War and Dark Room Sex Game - even hook it to the gameplay, but by and large, there's no industry-wide practice around it.

But every so often a game gets it right. And right now, Overlord II's "foursome" scene is the best of the year. Yes, it's a scene where you, the hero, have a foursome. And yes, it's juvie wish fulfillment. But it's also a smartly done and properly incentivised scene that in two minutes, gets everything right.

First, some context. (And yes, there will be light spoilers.) In Overlord II, you play the faceless, voiceless evil overlord who storms around the countryside, enslaving or murdering innocents and stealing all their stuff. But when you're not out raising hell, you can come back to your fortress in hell, aka the Netherworld, where you're greeted home by up to three different mistresses. See, as you adventure through the game, certain women you meet decide to move in with you.  And they'll even come on to you. If you buy them stuff.

Which is lame. It's hard to buy a story where the beautiful woman just falls in the hero's – sorry, anti-hero's – arms for no good reason, let alone for gifts. Character development is easily Overlord II's biggest weakness, along with plotting, combat, and the control scheme.

But if the female characters are just types, at least they cover three different types. Red-haired Kelda comes from the provincial backwater of Nordberg, and she's known – and crushed on – you since you were kids. She's more tough than evil, although (in a possible homage to Sarah Palin) she flirts with the idea of hunting animals with a boulder-chucking catapult. Kelda's your first love - but then you meet Juno, who you rescue from a life of scandal and high society. More malicious and self-centered than Kelda, Juno paves the way to the third mistress, Queen Fay, who starts out as the protector of all that's good and natural – until you twist and corrupt her.

Only one woman can be the main mistress, so do you stick with the no-nonsense Kelda, who stood by you when you were just a vile wee stump back in Nordberg? Or are you a materialist, who trades up trophy wives until you've gone from a commoner to a lady to a queen? This decision offers more role-playing than anything else in the game, where you really only have a choice between torturing people and murdering them.

After you pick a main mistress, the other two sulk around and heckle her. Unless you talk all three of them into "getting along splendidly". As the Internet quickly discovered, there is a way – and I won't tell you what; you can look it up yourself – to get all three women to hit the hay with you at once. (You'll even get a gameplay prize: a piece of the totem pole that gives you control over more minions.) The scene starts with coy flirting, the curtains are drawn, and the action moves off-screen.

And that's the best part. Because even though games need sexuality, I don't want to watch sex in a game. That man (or woman) on-screen – that's me. I don't want to just sit there watching myself have intercourse if I can't control it. And I definitely don't want to control it, because trying to steer a sex act using a game controller is as ludicrous as ludicrous gets. Human intercourse already breaks down if you focus too much on the plumbing – and in a gameplay context, that's all there is. I don't want to sit there pumping the Wii MotionPlus or banging away on the D-pad. Gamewide, Overlord II goes off the tracks many times, but they got that one thing right: sex in an interactive context is better left to the imagination. We don't need to see the details.

Let's just say we were amazing, and leave it at that.

ah, ovom umu bi čuda činila erogē terapija... ako ništa, probaću taj overlord dva.

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Overlord II foursome

bolje ne, ipak.

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U Edžu broj 205 imamo:

The masters of Doom finally show off to us their new game and new engine, both of which represent big changes the legendary developer is undergoing. No longer concentrating on one game on one platform at a time, id has designed Rage and id Tech 5 to be multiformat, and just downstairs from Rage's development team, another is working on Doom 4, while another tends to Quake Live.

Not only that, but the studio, one of gaming's most storied independent developers, sold itself to Bethesda's parent company just days after we visited, and then there's the little matter of Rage being not only a classic id-style balls to the wall shooter but an open world adventure complete with driving and RPG elements. We have the full story behind this spectacular new game, complete with interviews with co-founder John Carmack, CEO Todd Hollenshead and designers Tim Willits and Matt Hooper.



Included elsewhere in the issue, we meet Heavy Rain creator David Cage for an in-depth interview (ovo je već treći od kada brojim), take a long, deep look at Kodu, Microsoft's game-making software for 360 and visit the set of Syntax Era, the BBC's new drama about the battle between Sir Clive Sinclair (creator of the ZX Spectrum) and Chris Curry, the man behind Acorn Computers, for supremacy of the home computer market of 1980s Britain. We also examine the present and future of 3D graphics and find out how Blitz Games is aiming to smooth out the road for indie developers with its 1UP initiative.

Reviewed: Wii Sports Resort, Battlefield Heroes, Rolando 2, Trine, Transformers 2, Punisher: No Mercy, A Witch's Tale, Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, Droplitz, Tales Of Monkey Island: Launch Of The Screaming Narwhal, Blueberry Garden, Madballs In... Bebo Invasion,  Black Sigil and Bit Trip Core.

Previewed: Left 4 Dead 2, Scribblenauts, Dragon Age: Origins, Dead Space Extraction, Alien Breed Evolution, Alien Vs Predator, Splinter Cell Conviction, Saboteur, Dante's Inferno, Katamari Forever, Aion, Mini Ninjas, A Boy And His Blob, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Smash Up, Formula 1 2009, Supercar Challenge and Tekken 6.

The Making Of: Parappa The Rapper
Time Extend: Brain Training

Zanimljiva mi je ta BBC-jeva drama, Syntax Era.

[Meho Krljic]

Overlord II je, actually prilično dobar, primetno bolji nego prvi, seks na stranu.

Da, video sam to o Syntax Era na Eurogameru pre par nedelja. Meni, s obzirom na moj uzrast, to će biti megazanimljivo. Mladima... ne znam baš.

Nego, možda ste videli na jahuu:

Klinci koji zgrću pare putem videoigara

Najboljiji mi je ovaj:

Arjun Mehta
Age: 14

Why you should watch him: Two years ago, Mehta founded PlaySpan, which allows players in hundreds of video games and virtual worlds to purchase virtual goods for small amounts of cash.

Bragging rights: Since then, the company has raised $16.8 million in venture capital funding (though Arjun's father runs the company on a day to day basis now).

Financials: Unclear, but with that much VC funding, it's safe to assume he won't have to apply for financial aid when he goes to college.

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Dok čekamo Gabe Newell biopic, dobra će biti i Syntax Era, fala na dojavi.

[Meho Krljic]

Eurogamer danas još malo o Alfa Protokolu. Kako rekoh i tamo u komentaru, sve sam napaljeniji sa svakim novim privjuom. I počeo sam da dobijam ozbiljan Deus Ex vajb. I ta igra je imala loše iskorišćenu tehnologiju, problematičan kvalitet dijaloga, lošu borbu i nije ozbiljno separirala habove i dandžne, a ispala je znamo kako.

[Meho Krljic]

Oh, Atluse, ti znaš kako da mi ukradeš srce, baš svaki put!!!

Mislim, kupio bih ja rimejk Persone za PSP i ovako, ali sada ću da ga priorderujem:

Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today announced that the upcoming Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for PSP (PlayStation Portable) system, the highly-anticipated remake of the first chapter in the critically-acclaimed Persona series, will launch simultaneously at retail and via PlayStation Network on September 22nd. Retail customers have an added incentive to pre-order; the UMD release of SMT: Persona is a Collector's Edition boxed set, with each and every launch copy including the game's full 2-disc musical score, courtesy of master composer Shoji Meguro, at no additional cost.

Ako išta volim kod SMT igara to je muzika!!! I grafički dizajn. I gejmplej. I priče. Dobro, volim sve, ali MUZIKA!!!!

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Jeste li videli nekad gore reklame?



To je za igru Evony (ranije se zvala Civony), kako kažu, neku vrstu klona Civilizacije koja se igra u web pretraživaču. PopCap je smislio odgovor:



U drugim vestima iz off-a (a Offworld je mesto na kome često boravim ovih dana), 7. avgusta kolektiv umetnika The Autumn Society održava izložbu koja se bavi ilustracijama vezanim za video-igre i njihovu ikonografiju, "8-Bit and Beyond". Evo dva primera njihovih radova (iako drugi nije sa izložbe): Tetrisarina od Daisy Church i ilustracija Pedra Delgada.

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Jeste li videli nekad gore reklame?

ako ima ćirilična verzija, onda jesam 

[Meho Krljic]

Taj Evony deluje kao nešto što bih rado igrao. Pod uslovom da su žene u igri kao ove prave glumice a ne kao ona CGI na slici dole levo. Od takvih mi erekcija nestaje.