In Other News...August 4

[Purple Santa]

Originally Posted by Kelegacy

How do you know Braid is a good game, you gave up on it!!!

I didn't give up on it...just taking a very long break . Besides, I played enough of it to know I really liked it and would love to see more games from him.

[Iron Past]

Originally Posted by Doogie2K

Meaning that the only "game machines" released this decade have been the GameCube, DS, and Wii? I mean, the 360, PS3, and PSP have been marketed as multimedia devices all along, and both the Xbox and PS2 could play movies and music from launch. Hell, you could even rip music to your Xbox. Even the DSi is being marketed as more than a game device, with its MP3 playback and dual-camera abilities.

I consider those game consoles first, everything else second, as was the thought process when creating them. Apple's stuff, like the iPod/iPhone, were other devices first and then said it can play games, too.

I think there's a subtle difference in making a game system that has multimedia capabilities and a multimedia device that has game capabilities, in other words. PR speak aside, the iPod Touch is an MP3 player and the X360/PS3 are game machines, no matter how well they do other things. When they lose sight of that it hurts them as a product, which I think hurt the PSP quite a bit, for a while at least.

[Doogie2K]

Originally Posted by Iron Past

I consider those game consoles first, everything else second, as was the thought process when creating them. Apple's stuff, like the iPod/iPhone, were other devices first and then said it can play games, too.

I think there's a subtle difference in making a game system that has multimedia capabilities and a multimedia device that has game capabilities, in other words. PR speak aside, the iPod Touch is an MP3 player and the X360/PS3 are game machines, no matter how well they do other things. When they lose sight of that it hurts them as a product, which I think hurt the PSP quite a bit, for a while at least.

Gotcha. I thought for a sec I was going to have to get very upset and confused.

[TrackZero]

Originally Posted by DoctorFinger

- Rumors are swirling that Apple's upcoming ubergadget - a 10" touchscreen device set to compete against netbooks - will also be some sort of gaming machine. It may also cure the blind and turn water into wine, but those reports are also unconfirmed.

Ugh, no. As someone with a tablet, you really don't want a netbook/laptop where you use your finger on the damn screen. It works on my iPhone because it's a small device that goes in my pocket (and through the day gets cleaned rubbing inside said pocket).

[TrackZero]

Originally Posted by DoctorFinger

And I'll add my voice to the chorus imploring Lucasarts to make an arcade version of X-Wing vs TIE-Fighter.

Eh. Wouldn't be bad to have it, but I'd prefer Freespace 2 HD.

[Spectre-7]

Originally Posted by TrackZero

Eh. Wouldn't be bad to have it, but I'd prefer Freespace 2 HD.

Then you're in luck. The engine and art assets have been steadily updated since the source code was released.

Grab the newest release over at Hard Light Productions.