Archives for the Month of September 2005 on Alt-F4
Developer Interview: Nightlife:Entropy
As I promised a while ago, I finally sat down with some of my good friends at Rumbling Media, an up-and-coming game developer, to discuss their pet project, Nightlife:Entropy. This game will combine horror and supernatural elements with everyday life in a gaming experience not yet seen in today's market. It will be very exciting to see how this turns out, and you can be sure to catch all the details on Alt-F4 as they become available.
Who’s who?
Donald L. Harris is the CEO of RumblingMedia (worldwide), General Manager of the United States office and is the Project Lead for Nightlife: Entropy.
Björn Waumans is the Human Relations Manager (worldwide) and General Manager of the European office for RumblingMedia and is the Community Manager and a Systems Designer for Nightlife: Entropy.
Both Donald and Björn have my thanks for taking the time for this interview. I hope you all enjoy it.
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Possible Leak of Nintendo Revolution Specs?
While checking up on random news sites, I found a posting that might be interesting. There has been no fact checking done, and obviously no offical word, so take it with a grain of salt. I wanted to get this out quickly, so if it's found to be false when the offical word comes down from the Big N', I'll let you know.
Now On to the Specs, as origianlly posted By Ken Fisher on www.arstechnica.com
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Nintendo's New Controller
Gamespot|Nintendo Revolution Controller
It's been almost a month since I've blogged, but now that I have a bit of a routine it will be easier to blog. Since those details are unimportant, we'll move on to the juicy stuff...
By now, The revealing of the new Nintendo Revolution controller is most definitely old news, but I figure it was worth looking again. This way we can analyze and determine the possible impact of this true revolution.
The direction that Nintendo is moving with their next gen system is distinctly different from that of Sony and Microsoft. While the later are moving in a more traditional direction, the former seems to be conquering an entirely different market. The controller that has been developed for the Revolution has abandoned the traditional two-handed layout, in favor of a one-handed, gyroscopic approach. Nintendo has stated that while many people are intimidated by the controllers of the current gen systems, no one is afraid of a TV remote and therefore no one will be afraid of their controller.
While this logic is certainly correct, will gamers accept this change, or will they turn their nose to the innovation and force the Revolution, not unlike the Gamecube, into a nitch market that will lower Nintendo's standing and further color the opinions of console gamers to the Big N?
To answer this question, we must be objective. Far too many gaming news/editorials are quick to criticize Nintendo and cry impending death(though the competitors' LARGER losses unimportant) to the company, but these same groups have immediately changed their song with the revealing of the new controller. To be fair, I have been a Nintendo fan/supporter since the SNES, but I wish to stress that while I am excited, there are potential problems as well as rewards that may arrive alongside Nintendo's innovation.