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Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:40 pm**

jawafour wrote:I like to think that they've learnt their lit gaming skillz from me
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Sure

Posted: **Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:41 pm**

jawafour wrote:Was looking after my two elder nephews today and they were ~~gaming~~ completing Mario Maker levels for me.

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 2:40 pm**

Hyperion wrote:
jawafour wrote:Was looking after my two elder nephews today and they were ~~gaming~~ completing Mario Maker levels for me.

It would explain how he suddenly included a Checkpoint for the first time ever. :shock:

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:40 pm**

Can't find the mobile gaming thread (I'm sure there was one) but I've been playing Part-Time UFO on my iPhone and it's great. It's a HAL Laboratory game, the story summary :lol:

A UFO ARRIVES ON EARTH,
READY TO HELP THE PLANET'S CITIZENS
WITH ITS HANDY EXTENDABLE CLAW!

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:24 pm**

That actually looks great

Posted: **Wed Apr 04, 2018 4:43 pm**

Mafro wrote:Can't find the mobile gaming thread (I'm sure there was one)...

There is, dude - clicky here.

Mafro wrote:
A UFO ARRIVES ON EARTH,
READY TO HELP THE PLANET'S CITIZENS
WITH ITS HANDY EXTENDABLE CLAW!

I want to check the game out just because of that description :lol:

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Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:35 am**

I've only just discovered that the best-selling videogame on Xbox 360 is Kinect Adventures! :shock:

. 24 million copies; miles ahead of the 17-odd million that GTA V reached.

Just how did Kinect sell so well when it seems to have been pretty-much universally derided?

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2018 10:39 am**

jawafour wrote:I've only just discovered that the best-selling videogame on Xbox 360 is Kinect Adventures! . 24 million copies; miles ahead of the 17-odd million that GTA V reached.

Just how did Kinect sell so well when it seems to have been pretty-much universally derided?

Wii mania meant it sold to non gamers in huge numbers, they played it for 10 minutes and then moved on. This is why Kinect 2.0 was always doomed to fail, the casuals who had picked up a Kinect had moved on to phone games and had no interest in coming back.

Posted: **Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:10 am**

Rax wrote:
jawafour wrote:I've only just discovered that the best-selling videogame on Xbox 360 is Kinect Adventures! . 24 million copies; miles ahead of the 17-odd million that GTA V reached.

Just how did Kinect sell so well when it seems to have been pretty-much universally derided?

Wii mania meant it sold to non gamers in huge numbers, they played it for 10 minutes and then moved on. This is why Kinect 2.0 was always doomed to fail, the casuals who had picked up a Kinect had moved on to phone games and had no interest in coming back.

I remember even PlayStation Move doing really well too, it's easy to forget just how much momentum there was behind motion controls in casual games at the time.

Honestly, for what it was Kinect could be silly fun in the right setting. I actually really liked Dance Central :shifty:

Posted: **Fri Jun 15, 2018 8:03 pm**

Probably the best comedy gaming twitter account is closing today -

twitter.com/KazHiraiCEO/status/1007645187831746561

twitter.com/KazHiraiCEO/status/1007369711435309056

twitter.com/KazHiraiCEO/status/1007645523451502592

https://www.polygon.com/features/2018/6 ... rk-doherty

Posted: **Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:40 pm**

Modern games industry #1: Sega is publishing an old PlayStation exclusive on a Nintendo platform

Modern games industry #2: Epic Games, publisher of the "free to play" game Fortnite, could now be worth up to eight billion dollars

What even is the games industry now?

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2018 1:21 pm**

Wasn't sure where to put this but............. wow :lol:

Posted: **Thu Jul 26, 2018 1:41 pm**

That looks brilliant, Nintendo are really going all out with Wario Ware Gold.

Posted: **Fri Aug 03, 2018 5:57 pm**

Anyone else watching Evo the fighting game tournament this weekend? Biggest fighting game tournament of the year spread out over three days and featuring the biggest/newest/in vogue fighting games (8 games this year).

Gonna be following the Smash games, the new Blaz Blue and bits of other games - probably DBZF too, especially when Leffen's playing. Don't watch Smash Wii U too often but this is going to be its last year at Evo so what the hell.

Posted: **Sat Aug 04, 2018 8:03 am**

i will probably watch some of the SF
never understood Smash interest so might try to watch and see what all the fuss is about

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2018 12:32 pm**

jawafour wrote:Modern games industry #1: Sega is publishing an old PlayStation exclusive on a Nintendo platform

I wonder if in 20 years there'll be a story about Sony publishing an old Nintendo exclusive on the latest Amazon console?

Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2018 3:04 pm**

Preezy wrote:I wonder if in 20 years there'll be a story about Sony publishing an old Nintendo exclusive on the latest Amazon console?

In twenty years all games will be cloud-powered and pay-per-hour :datass:

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Posted: **Mon Aug 06, 2018 5:48 pm**

In 20 years Nintendo will own Amazon. And SpaceX. And we'll be living in the Nintendo moonbase.

Dat Switch momentum #believe

Posted: **Wed Aug 08, 2018 8:32 am**

Inside The Culture Of Sexism At Riot Games

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Over the course of several months, Kotaku has spoken to 28 current and former Riot employees, many of whom came forward with stories that echo Lacy’s. Some of those employees spoke on the record; most spoke anonymously because they feared for their future careers in the games industry or they were concerned that League of Legends’ passionate fanbase would retaliate against them for speaking out. Many of those sources painted a picture of Riot as a place where women are treated unfairly, where the company’s culture puts female employees at a disadvantage.

https://kotaku.com/inside-the-culture-o ... 1828165483

Wasn't sure where else to put this, but this article is an important read I think, even for those who don't play LoL. I knew very little of Riot or their one giant game but this is a meticulously researched article that demonstrates just how terrible the industry can be.

This tweet thread response to the article is also worth a read:

twitter.com/MiniWhiteRabbit/status/1026918229296308225

Posted: **Wed Aug 15, 2018 7:59 am**

twitter.com/Wario64/status/1029615006281654272

Timesplitters could be returning!

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