Is it just me or does planing a part 5 of a game to be released in 10 years a little over planned? If you wanna know the story read it over at Joystiq.
So they are planning to do more Fable games which is a good thing. I loved Fable and I am excited about Fable 2. I can see them starting on Fable 3 already. It's reasonable to say that they'll have enough success with Fable 2 to make another game and release it on a current platform. I just fail to see how you can start planing a game that's release date is in 10 years.
Why do I see a problem with planning Fable 5? Well for starters what if Fable 2 is a bomb? What if Lionhead goes belly up like the Hellgate guys? What if games are so different in 10 years the fable games aren't even doable? What if the next gen consoles are sooooo advantaged no one even wants to play something like Fable? How do we even know anyone will even care about RPGs in 10 years? What if Microsoft goes bankrupt? (along with Wal-Mart and McDonald's)
OK so maybe I'm just going overboard but I still think it's a little bizarre for them to come out and announce this.
Maybe it's just because I was hoping for a Fable Online.......
Keep on getting haircuts to make people like you!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Monday, July 28, 2008
Is Live going free?
Recently Live for Windows has become a free service. This is great because no PC gamer is gonna pay money to pay games online (minus the 10 million people playing WoW of course). This news really didn't mean that much to me because I don't play any games that work with Live for Windows.
But wait there's more!
This morning a post went up on Kotaku saying that all the games that are free for windows users are now free on XBox live as well. Read the story here. Now this is becoming more interesting to me because I have a feeling that this is leading up to Live becoming totally free.
If live was a free cross platform (360-PC) gaming service then I would take notice and become excited. I have friends that are xbox gamers and I would love to be able to play with them. I would even consider buying a 360 if I didn't have to pay to play with my friends on it.
So my guess is that in a year from now Live will be free for everyone.
Game on people!
Saturday, July 26, 2008
What I'm playing: Morrowind
So I have to admit that I don't have the latest and greatest in computers. I have a laptop that can't run most games made in the last 3 years.
So what do I spend my time playing if not the newest games? Easy: Old games.
My source of games are Game Tap and bargain bundles of the games of yesteryear.
My current obsession is the Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. It's one of the most fun RPGs I've played. I love how immerse and open ended it is. Now I say that because most games aren't both. Either they have a great story your confined to, or you can do anything and the story is weak. In Morrowind you can do what you want and still have a great story.
Right now i'm playing as a monk working for the Morag Tong (the local assasin's guild) and its a lot of fun.
So what do I spend my time playing if not the newest games? Easy: Old games.
My source of games are Game Tap and bargain bundles of the games of yesteryear.
My current obsession is the Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. It's one of the most fun RPGs I've played. I love how immerse and open ended it is. Now I say that because most games aren't both. Either they have a great story your confined to, or you can do anything and the story is weak. In Morrowind you can do what you want and still have a great story.
Right now i'm playing as a monk working for the Morag Tong (the local assasin's guild) and its a lot of fun.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
KOTOR MMO: Can Bioware compete with Blizzard?
OK, I'm gonna assume that you know the great games that these companies have made. I am not aware of either if these guys making a flop.
On the Blizzard side we have Diablo, Warcraft, and WoW.
And Bioware has Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect and KOTOR.
So as far as making good games goes Bioware has the stuff to compete.
I just wanna make this point here. Most hard-core RPG fans have played Diablo AND a Baldur's Gate Game . It is possible for both companies to share the market with RPGs. So the competition isn't so bad.
Now with MMOs most people don't play multiple ones at a time and if they do one will get much more attention then the other. MMOs are more then just "Is it a good game that I should play?" it's more like "Is this a game that I want to spend 30+ hours a week playing for the next 3 years?". MMOs are more then just pretty graphics and game mechanics.
MMOs are about 3 C's:
CREATION: People want to create their own character and become part of the world their in. If your spend 300 hours playing the same toon you want to feel like its yours. You want to be unique (just like everyone else).
COMMUNITY: Players want to be able to play with others. If the game doesn't allow or inter grate easy grouping and guild functions it's shooting itself in the foot. An MMO needs to feel alive. I started playing MMOs with SWG and I actually liked the game pre-NGE. But when that game overhaul came out everyone left the game. I was the only one left in my guild. I had no reason to play the game anymore. The world was empty. Any new MMO is gonna have a hard time competing with the feel of Stormwind on a busy night.
CONTENT: So you've got you character to the max level, now what? If people are gonna keep playing the game it needs to have content (good content) continuously coming out for it. This means that it needs new quests, dungeons, races classes, and other random things from time to time.
With all that said if a gaming company can compete with Blizzard in this market I have to say Bioware is the company to do it.
Keep on ninja looting people!
On the Blizzard side we have Diablo, Warcraft, and WoW.
And Bioware has Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect and KOTOR.
So as far as making good games goes Bioware has the stuff to compete.
I just wanna make this point here. Most hard-core RPG fans have played Diablo AND a Baldur's Gate Game . It is possible for both companies to share the market with RPGs. So the competition isn't so bad.
Now with MMOs most people don't play multiple ones at a time and if they do one will get much more attention then the other. MMOs are more then just "Is it a good game that I should play?" it's more like "Is this a game that I want to spend 30+ hours a week playing for the next 3 years?". MMOs are more then just pretty graphics and game mechanics.
MMOs are about 3 C's:
CREATION: People want to create their own character and become part of the world their in. If your spend 300 hours playing the same toon you want to feel like its yours. You want to be unique (just like everyone else).
COMMUNITY: Players want to be able to play with others. If the game doesn't allow or inter grate easy grouping and guild functions it's shooting itself in the foot. An MMO needs to feel alive. I started playing MMOs with SWG and I actually liked the game pre-NGE. But when that game overhaul came out everyone left the game. I was the only one left in my guild. I had no reason to play the game anymore. The world was empty. Any new MMO is gonna have a hard time competing with the feel of Stormwind on a busy night.
CONTENT: So you've got you character to the max level, now what? If people are gonna keep playing the game it needs to have content (good content) continuously coming out for it. This means that it needs new quests, dungeons, races classes, and other random things from time to time.
With all that said if a gaming company can compete with Blizzard in this market I have to say Bioware is the company to do it.
Keep on ninja looting people!
Sunday, July 20, 2008
More Thoughts on Dark Knight
OK so I've had some time to mull over what i watched and my opinion is now............
THIS MOVIE ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't think I've enjoyed a movie this much since the Lord of the Rings.
I love the dark, gritty feel behind the movie. And I'm hoping the next one is just as good (according to Christian Bale it's gonna happen. Check out the story at slash film.)
This movie has earned it's place on my top 10.
Keep on saving Gotham people!
THIS MOVIE ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't think I've enjoyed a movie this much since the Lord of the Rings.
I love the dark, gritty feel behind the movie. And I'm hoping the next one is just as good (according to Christian Bale it's gonna happen. Check out the story at slash film.)
This movie has earned it's place on my top 10.
Keep on saving Gotham people!
Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
Oh my word people you need to watch this. Its great! It's got the captain from Firefly singing!
Check it out!
Check it out!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Dark Knight: Better then Iron Man?
OK so this summer i've seen two big movies. Iron Man and the Dark Knight. I have to say that Dark Knight was the better of the two. It's totally awesome!
Everything about the movies is great. The acting, story, sound, music, and just the whole feel of the movie are amazing.
If you haven't checked this out yet you need to.
It's set records for midnight opening box office sales. check out the story.
Everything about the movies is great. The acting, story, sound, music, and just the whole feel of the movie are amazing.
If you haven't checked this out yet you need to.
It's set records for midnight opening box office sales. check out the story.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Computer troubles
Sorry for not getting alot of posts up lately. I've been having trouble with my computer and I'm still getting the bugs out.
Keep on reading people!
Keep on reading people!
Monday, July 14, 2008
Hancock
So I saw Hancock this weekend. And I gotta say it was great. It was funny and original. I liked how it wasn't your typical super hero movie. I'd give it a 7 outta 10.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Freeze Prank
Funny Prank where a couple hundred people in the station freeze. Check it out!
Every Body Freezzzze..amazing - video powered by Metacafe
Every Body Freezzzze..amazing - video powered by Metacafe
Thursday, July 10, 2008
PC Gamer
Yes folks I am a PC gamer. I don't own an xbox, or a ps3. And ya know what? I'm proud of my PC gaming! I'll take a mouse and keyboard any day over a controller. So here's to all you PC fan boys out there!
Check out the link for PC Gamer Magazine and show the PC some love!
Keep on left clicking people!
Check out the link for PC Gamer Magazine and show the PC some love!
Keep on left clicking people!
I Dinged 58 on my Pally in WoW
For all of you wondering, Yes I Play World of Warcraft. I am a late comer to the game so my 58 pally is my highest toon. So i'll be spending the rest of my night getting all of my professions up to lvl 300 which is loads of fun (with sarcasism in the words). So i'll soon get to see what all the fuss about is in the outlands. And I can't wait because I hate being in the high end zones in the old world for a few reasons:
1. There empty. No one hangs around in these zones.
2. All the quest rewards are going to be replaced even though their hard to get.
3. all the faction grinding is useless because I don't want the old world phat purples.
so i'm ready for outlands people! I hope it breathes some fresh air into my gameplay.
Keep on ninja looting people!
1. There empty. No one hangs around in these zones.
2. All the quest rewards are going to be replaced even though their hard to get.
3. all the faction grinding is useless because I don't want the old world phat purples.
so i'm ready for outlands people! I hope it breathes some fresh air into my gameplay.
Keep on ninja looting people!
Shout out to Pete Kilpatrick
So tonight I went to this live concert thing downtown Portland and i heard Pete Kilpatrick for the first time and I have to say I fell in love with his music right away.
Check out his site at myspace
Check out his site at myspace
Diablo III: Character classes
So we know from the game play video we've seen that the 2 confirmed classes in Diablo 3 are the Barbarian and the Witch Doctor.
The Barbarian is a big, hulking, warrior that likes to smash things. From what I can tell this class looks the same as from in Diablo 2. But I'm sure Blizzard will add something new to make it different in a good way.
The Witch doctor looks like a class that uses nature to attack his enemies for him. It's going around that this class will replace the necromancer from Diablo 2. I would be OK with that because I've never really been a big necromancer fan. So to me a voodoo/nature class could be cool.
So what other class would I like to see? Some type of unarmed monk class. Monks are my favorite class in any game. Oh well I can dream can't I?
Stay away from the bad voodoo people!
The Barbarian is a big, hulking, warrior that likes to smash things. From what I can tell this class looks the same as from in Diablo 2. But I'm sure Blizzard will add something new to make it different in a good way.
The Witch doctor looks like a class that uses nature to attack his enemies for him. It's going around that this class will replace the necromancer from Diablo 2. I would be OK with that because I've never really been a big necromancer fan. So to me a voodoo/nature class could be cool.
So what other class would I like to see? Some type of unarmed monk class. Monks are my favorite class in any game. Oh well I can dream can't I?
Stay away from the bad voodoo people!
Diablo 3 homepage
Diablo III
So if you haven't seem this page yet you need to. like now.
Not only is Diablo 3 gonna be an awesome game, this website is one of the best I've seen on the web. So click the link above then watch all the neat gameplay trailers and stuff.
The day they posted this I was amazed. They put this site up with all kinds of goodies and all the stuff we wanted to see.
Keep talkin' like Deckard Cain people!
So if you haven't seem this page yet you need to. like now.
Not only is Diablo 3 gonna be an awesome game, this website is one of the best I've seen on the web. So click the link above then watch all the neat gameplay trailers and stuff.
The day they posted this I was amazed. They put this site up with all kinds of goodies and all the stuff we wanted to see.
Keep talkin' like Deckard Cain people!
Diablo III: Gothic or Pretty?
OK so it's coming and everybody knows it now. But is everyone happy with how this looks?
I don't how many of you knew this but there was a petition going around on the web that Blizzard should change the graphics to be more dark and Gothic. They complain that the graphics look to much like Warcraft. OK, sure it doesn't like like Diablo II, but is it supposed too? if you want a game that looks and plays just like Diablo II then just play Diablo II. Diablo III looks "PRETTY". All we saw in the trailer was a couple of environments and for all we know when you get down into the dark dungeons the game will look "dark and Gothic". I think that Blizzard knows whats best for their own game and I for one am happy with the pics I've seen of it so far.
Oh and while I'm talking Diablo, did i mention I like the isometric style? I can't tell ya how happy I was to see a next gen game use this style. The last game to use this style that I know of was........well Diablo II.
So i'll be buying and playing this one when it comes out (knowing Blizzard that will be in 20 years)
Game on people!
I don't how many of you knew this but there was a petition going around on the web that Blizzard should change the graphics to be more dark and Gothic. They complain that the graphics look to much like Warcraft. OK, sure it doesn't like like Diablo II, but is it supposed too? if you want a game that looks and plays just like Diablo II then just play Diablo II. Diablo III looks "PRETTY". All we saw in the trailer was a couple of environments and for all we know when you get down into the dark dungeons the game will look "dark and Gothic". I think that Blizzard knows whats best for their own game and I for one am happy with the pics I've seen of it so far.
Oh and while I'm talking Diablo, did i mention I like the isometric style? I can't tell ya how happy I was to see a next gen game use this style. The last game to use this style that I know of was........well Diablo II.
So i'll be buying and playing this one when it comes out (knowing Blizzard that will be in 20 years)
Game on people!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Monday, July 7, 2008
Commissioned Comic
In case you didn't know by now the pics are links to the sites.
So click the pic and go check it out!
DM of the Rings
Well if you have any interest in LOTR or D&D then you owe it to yourself to read this web comic.
If you had never heard of LOTR and you we're to watch a bunch of guys play it as a D&D campaign this is how it would go. It's fun becuase it has jokes and parody from D&D and LOTR.
Darths & Droids (D&D get it?)
Check out this web comic. It takes Star wars as a D&D campaign and it's pretty funny, not as good as DMOTR but that's my next post. :)
Keep on being geeky people!
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