Killer App Score card (k3nshi)

360
Halo 3
Gears of War (contendah)

Wii
Zelda (contendah)

PS3
?

Some Spore Dev's interviewed... (k3nshi)

...on Joystiq.

Interesting to see that Chris Hecker of Indy Game Jam fame got snapped up by Will Wright. So EA snagged a real thought leader (urgh) from the indy game scene.... is a resurgent EA Golden Age forthcoming? 

Capitalism Bad, Marketting Good (k3nshi)

This is some good coverage of the PS3 launch. I like the fact they have some video footage, and are exposing the kind of shambles the launch event was. However I think its pretty fucking sad that the writer laments how "real gamers" werent part of that stupid launch day event, and how that in some way ruined the launch.

Get a grip kids. Its the first day of selling a mass manufactured toy that will be obsolete within 5 years. Wishing that corporates get to have their special marketting PR fests is just sad and pathetic.

exCellent (k3nshi)

So the PS3 launched in Japan. 

Does anyone care?

I dont.

Back to Gaming (k3nshi)

So previously I rated God of War. Well I liked it so much I bought it again, and am playing through it right now. It's still damned good, but really... imagine if it had more of a DMC kind of control system.

Roll on God of War 2.

Appalling (k3nshi)

"Marvel Comics is continuing in its bid to steal the word "super-hero" from the public domain and put it in a lock-box to which it will control the key. Marvel and DC comics jointly filed a trademark on the word 'super-hero.' They use this mark to legally harass indie comic companies that make competing comic books"

Read more

iPod Shuffle - Not Washable (k3nshi)

...

R.I.P

Heads Up (k3nshi)

Warren Spector has been doing a 4 part series in The Escapist recently. I havent read any of it yet, so have no idea if its any good, but I thought you might like to know that.

Carry on.

Wired on the only interesting DS game (k3nshi)

"Indeed, for something that doesn't even seem like normal "game," it's weirdly addictive. The math questions had me so frazzled that I emotionally regressed to about age ten. Brain Age also includes a Stroop test, which flashes the names of colors on screen in mismatched ink -- for example, the word "blue" printed in red -- and challenges you to name the color of the ink. As any psychologist will tell you, you can keep a lid on things for the first dozen words, but then your brain turns to jelly."

Read the rest here.

Dofus Arena (k3nshi)

Dofus Arena - a pretty, online tactical game thing. It even has a client for OSX. AMAZING.

Thanks to hub2 for pointing this one out.

'Second Life' scores $11 million in funding (k3nshi)

Linden Lab, the publisher of the popular virtual world "Second Life," announced Tuesday an $11 million round of funding led by Globespan Capital Partners.

Read the rest here.

LucasArts (k3nshi)

"The tech convergence has George Lucas’s gaming and movie divisions working hand-in-glove. R&D honcho Steve Sullivan and project lead Chris Williams explain how it’s working"

Read the rest here.

Geometry Wars on OSX and PC (k3nshi)

Well not quite, but the next best thing is Grid Wars.

Some points to note:

• Its written in Blitz Max so there are builds for Windows and OSX
• My gamecube-usb adaptor works perfectly on my iMac
• My best reason for wanting an Xbox 360 just went bye-bye!
• Grid Wars is free

MS and the producers of Geometry Wars just lost HARD IN THE FACE.

Thanks to Pow for the heads up on this.

You got pwned (k3nshi)

Amazing... simply AMAZING

I dont see the code anymore... (k3nshi)

class AuthorAttribute : System.Attribute 
{
  public AuthorAttribute(string name)
  {
     this.name = name;
  }

  private string name;
  public string Name {
     get { return name; }
  }
}


Interview with the dude who did Ico.. (k3nshi)

Fumito Ueda talks to Wired.

Will Wright talks Spore (Video) (k3nshi)

Click click click...

There is no doughnut... (k3nshi)

Great. I just went to get a cup of tea and what is in the kitchen? A bag of French jam doughnuts.

I will resist.... 

ZOMG Gladwell has a blog!!111 (k3nshi)

Malcolm Gladwell, author of the Tipping Point and Blink has a blog.

XOMG

A useful widget... (k3nshi)

...for OSX Dashboard from Google.

The Blogger widget that lets you blog really easily. AMAZING.

Get it here.