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samedi, décembre 13 2008

Making games casual to make them more hardcore

Par Alexis Bauchu le samedi, décembre 13 2008, 01:59

Just a thought like that: how much have you been playing lately? And to what type of game? I've been playing a lot of team fortress 2 this year and a bit of STALKER (Shadow of Tchernobyl). I've realized that every time I wanted to play Stalker, I wouldn't because the game is very involving. Not that you can't stop whenever you want, but that you're always in the middle of something, so you don't wanna leave the game, and because leaving the game would kill the atmosphere you've been immersed in. So I would rather play TF2 instead. Just for the comfort of knowing that I can switch off whenever I want. And paradoxically, I've been playing hundred of hours of this game, just because it is not involving!

It's exactly the same with TV series against movies. I've been watching tons of TV shows: How I met Your Mother, Chuck, Family Guy, The Simpsons, Futurama, Friends, House, etc, but meanwhile, didn't watch a lot of movies... What about you?

dimanche, décembre 7 2008

Half Life community content

Par Alexis Bauchu le dimanche, décembre 7 2008, 22:48

If you're a fan of the Half-Life series like me, you'll wanna read the excellent web comic Concerned by Christopher C. Livingston. It's the story of the journey of Gordon Frohman, former employee of Black Mesa and now simple citizen of City 17. This journey will lead him to the Citadel following the exact same path as Gordon Freeman, but not for the same reasons... Be advised that it's better to know the game and its universe to fully appreciate the humor of this comic.


I also encourage you to watch the machinima series Freeman's Mind, by Ross Scott. The man plays the game from end to end, commenting as if he was Gordon Freeman. As previously said, you may prefer to play the game before watching this to really enjoy it. You may also want to skip some lenghty parts, but the overall thing is very funny.

mercredi, novembre 19 2008

Buy Left 4 Dead for 37.5$

Par Alexis Bauchu le mercredi, novembre 19 2008, 21:18

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Left 4 Dead came out yesterday. And it's a great game! How could it fail? It has zombies (and not the kind of zombies you find in Resident Evil, no. More like those in 28 days later), great coop gameplay (we waited that for years!) , lightning fast engine, incredible animations, etc. I love it.

Some of my friends were disappointed they missed the prelaunch of the game, because they finally bought it, but didn't enjoy the pre-purchase discount. Well, they're gonna be even more sorry now, because Valve is now proposing a "left 4 Dead - Four pack" for 150$, so you can play with 3 friends. Meaning you get 25% off the original price, right after the game has been launched. Crazy!

dimanche, novembre 2 2008

How would you rate a game?

Par Alexis Bauchu le dimanche, novembre 2 2008, 18:06

We had that discussion during english class: how can you tell if a video game is good or not? Anyone would agree that a good game is a game people like, but it's actually quite difficult to find an objective way to evaluate a game. Some people have answers about that (see the "Crate Review System") but generally, it's about one's experience with the game. So we gathered some ideas about how we would review a game and decide whether the game is at least not a bad game.

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