Quakecon 2011 Keynote Annotated
An interesting but technically dense talk about gaming technology. I translate it for the non-coders.
The Death of Half-Life
Valve still hasn't admitted it, but the Half-Life franchise is dead. So what made these games so popular anyway?
Blistering Stupidity of Fallout 3
Yeah, this game is a classic. But the story is idiotic, incoherent, thematically confused, and patronizing.
Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
I'm not surprised a fighting game has an absurd story. I just can't figure out why they bothered with the story at all.
Revisiting a Dead Engine
I wanted to take the file format of a late 90s shooter and read it in modern-day Unity. This is the result.
It’s ALL good, Shamus!
Next, Mario will no doubt become a regular on The Love Boat. Can’t wait for the lolz when the love quadrangle forms between Mario, Julie, Doc, and Charo.
I didn’t think you’d actually do it. I’m glad that you did.
Was this a Mario model someone made for Gary’s Mod?
Groboclown: I think this is a model a fan pulled out of another game (Sunshine, probably) and dropped into GMod.
Poor Mario, no one knows the real him. :)
Wow…it’s incredibly apparent how off Mario’s body ratio is when you put him next to an accurately modeled human figure.
Definitely on mushrooms I think.
Comedy gold! Thanks :D
(Edit) Or should I say Golden Mushroom?
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Aah, I got nothing.
I choked on my cereal when I got to the cheering Metro. Thanks for the lulz :D I loved it.
[cool story bro]
So, I pre-ordered Mario Galaxy from Gamestop back when it was coming out. If you’ve never pre-ordered from them before, you’ll get a call a day or so in advance of the release to tell you when you can come pick up your game.
Except for this game, I got the announcement in Mario’s voice. “It’s a-me, Mario!” I thought it was cute for the first minute or two. But this thing went on and ON for almost five minutes. It was insufferable. I don’t know if I’ve heard so much dialogue from Mario since his abominable cartoons from my childhood.
[/cool story bro]
DONOTWANT (*boing!*) ;)
Best
Cartoon
Ever.
And I’m including in that “ever” the cartoon that brought down the NAZIs…
read it and laughed. thanks because moviebob screwed the pooch today.
Aw, this comic makes me feel incredibly sad for Mario. A tortured soul, forced to live his own character’s life 24 hours a day. And if he ever tries to hold an intelligent conversation with anybody, it always degenerates into “Do the Mario thing!” What a sad, lonely existence.
It was still funny to think of Mario as a thespian, though.
Wow, that was a fun one.