Friday, May 20, 2005

Spore Spore Spore Spore Spore.

Comment Commentary

Tony- What exactly are they doing with the wireless? I kind of lost interest by the time I got to that part.

James- "What is possible" as in a launch-time sense, or "what is possible after there's six years of programming experience under a developer's belt"? I understand it now, but it's just frustrating. I just want to see some official, authentic gameplay footage.

Shinmaru- I saw some controller mockup on Penny Arcade Forums (my dirty secret is that I'm a lurker there), and it had all of these debated features, all presented in a way that made sense. The only problem was that I don't recall seeing any "normal" buttons, which would make it a pain in the ass for third party developers to make multi-platform games for Revolution, right?

Tony- It's between this and Bossanova for my next music purchase. On one hand, I can complete my Pixies collection (aside from Live at the BBC, which I plan on getting eventually), and on the other hand, I get something different.

satan665- Only $20 more. ;)

Godel- What's even more ucky is the thought of me shaving my legs daily for the wearing of the short shorts.

Lea- But perpetuating stereotypes is great fun!

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Just read about Spore on IGN. God, I must know when this game is coming out. It's such an awesome concept.

I'm just worried that the variety of species types won't be as completely vast as people are making it out to be. I'm sure there will be a good deal of variety, but I want something that will keep me trying out new stuff for months.

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So I printed out my favorite PS3 screenshots on one paper. I put it on my binder, and put some Xbox 360 shots on the opposite side. I definitely converted a few of the local gamers who had only seen the Xbox 360 MTV tragedy (There's an odd number of Killzone devotees in my class), but there are still a couple of outstanding Xbox devotees.

Someone who wanted to get 360 because they're "transitioning the Tony Hawk games from Sony to Microsoft."

Which doesn't make much sense because, you know, those games have been multiplatform since the beginning.

I understand where he's coming from with a different point, though. He's the kind of person who would get a huge kick out of Xbox Live, and honestly, I'm pining for that kind of organization myself. I'm praying that Sony's online plan will be up to the standards that Xbox Live has set for online console gaming, and if they don't.. Well, I don't know what will happen.

But it's still so pointless to deliberate at this point. They've done nothing except reveal specs and cases, as well as a couple of launch titles. Very few details. Dismay.

But that complete Nintendo backlog is sounding awfully tempting. I have an SNES and a Nintendo 64, but due to my age back in the day, my taste in games was.. Underdeveloped, let's say.

The only Super Nintendo games I have that I don't regret purchasing are Super Mario All Stars, Kirby Superstar, Yoshi's Island and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. My N64 library isn't quite that limited, but I never played Perfect Dark or Goldeneye, and I'm too lazy to hunt down old cartridges.

Of course, then we have mod teams planning Half-Life 2 mods for both of them. That would be schweet, and more importantly, free.

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So I got smoked in track today. Of course, this is to be expected when you're grouped with all of the goddamn athletes in the school.

It wasn't that bad of a defeat, but I think I tied for fourth. I'm eliminated, sure, but the top three were from my class, so I can still bask in the glory.

A little.
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