Thin Crust

Are you kidding me? It was my idea to make PSN free, and for Tim Schafer and Jack Black to team up. Anyone else got more coincidences?

Having never played an MMO before, I have a few questions. 1. I won't get a chance to play this till next august for my ps3. Do you think it will have mouse/keyboard support? Which interface sounds better for FF14? 2. It better support my bluetooth headset. 3. How exactly does story work for an MMO? It's not like the world will revolve around you to progress the story at your pace. How does the game present an unfolding story when people will play this game at different paces and different starting times?

So I can't get a direct link to the video, but spoonyexperiment had some terrible things to say about the game here. Scroll down a little bit to find the video. Does someone who has played the beta care to comment on his allegations?

Check out this video to understand the fatigue system. It actually sounds like a great idea. Why? Because I will never play more than 1-2 hours a day.

I doubt anyone actually clicked the link. It's not a commercial.

Nuff said.

My mp3 player died and now I'm trying to rebuild some of the massive library that I had on it. (3500 completely legal songs disappeared into the depths of the net.) Does anyone know if I can find this song again? Or has the link disappeared completely like Reuben Kee's site?

You think that because Sony isn't hurt by this, it makes it ok that developers are hurt by it? And you forget, Sony has the biggest lineup of first party developers. They will feel it through them.

Just checked vgchartz (I know that their accuracy isn't the best. But unless you have a more reliable source, we're going to go with that.) and Lynch only sold 0.2million copies. I played through most of the demo and have to agree that it is an absolute terrible game.

How many cars worth of games are the developers going to lose because of piracy?

And therein lies the problem. There are so many people who pirate and illegally move data around the net that companies do what they can to try and prevent it when in actuality, it is only the good law abiding people who get penalized for it. And in case you guys haven't realized it, I have absolutely no problem with modding for the sake of your interest and changing features around. But there is a problem with illegally obtaining media that you didn't pay for. (Whether it is music, games, professional journals, or whatever else you can replicate over the interweb) Unfortunately for those people who are just curious to see what they can do, they will be lumped in with pirate group. It's not right, it's not fair, but that's just how it will happen.

Did you know that there have been studies that have shown that only 25% of people get their music by buying the CD or purchasing online legally? What do you think this has done to the music industry? It doesn't matter what good can come out of it, the fact is that people (vast majority of people) will only use this for illegal means. And that's a problem that can't be justified by the little good that can come out of it.

Maybe I've been hanging around gametrailers too much.

Amen. There's probably .01% of owners that actually used linux anyway. And it doesn't matter what good it causes by allowing us to use the ps3 in unique ways, the fact is that it will mainly be used as a means to pirate games. AoJ is right. Piracy hurts game sales meaning that developers will not want to take a chance at a unique game that may or may not sell that well. So all we will get is the shooter genre that sells way too much for its own good.

Wow, this is very old news. Sony is currently holding a trial against the makers of the PSJailbreak and I'm wondering how it will end. Of course, the technology is out there now and it's been recreated by a bunch of ripoff manufacturers. That being said, piracy is a crime and you deserve to go to jail if you pirate games.....or at least get a heavy fine. You should support the developers who work so hard to get you this entertainment medium. Edit: We can confirm that all variants of the USB-hub emulating exploit (PSFreedom, PSGroove, PSJailbreak) are no longer functional in firmware 3.42 http://exophase.com/ps3/ps3-firmware-3-42-hits-network-update-18063.htm

So how is it? I won't be able to play for at least a year, but I'm beyond interested.

Actually, no he can't. Seems that his telomerase was inactivated a little too early in utero.

Yea, two years is a long time for some people. Here's a new one. The Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker theme. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05LM0Y_7Q-U&playnext_from=TL&videos=-VhGgAIk55E&feature=sub That and the main theme for Final Fantasy 14 Nobou FTW http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbuto9wfEHE

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gc-10-final-fantasy/703692 I guess with the latest trailer, we are seeing a march 2011 release date for the PS3. That's only 5 months before my internship ends. By that time I may have my own house and won't be so overwhelmed with my school work to be able to try this one out. Oh, and the music from the trailer is the same woman who sang the "Distant Worlds" version of Memoro de la Stono. This trailer alone got my interest in this game.

Wait a second. The supposed reason that you need a wired connection to do ad hoc party is because you are using the ps3's wireless signal for your psp, and need to hook up to the internet through the only other means. But I just tested and I can connect to the internet from my psp, wirelessly to my ps3 (through private network and not internet), and wirelessly to my router. That means that my ps3 has 2 wireless signals running through it at once. Why wouldn't ad hoc party work then?

Shadow of the Colossus Guess it's a slow week in game releases.

But passworded levels wouldn't work for games where you have an option of equipment to have or story elements that could be taken to different directions. Actually, this system would only work in the most linear of games.

Do you really think that would be a punishment? Sounds like standard backtracking to me. Lots of games use this technique. (I'm looking at you legacy of Kain) And while I'm on this tangent, anyone notice a resemblence between Raziel and Zeratul?

That's right, I made a versus thread. So what? Back in the old days, there were no check points. Maybe some, but mostly it was all about the save points. Combine this with the fact that games were much harder a few generations back, it was all about memorize and repeat. Now with checkpoints stationed after almost every minute of an fps or like God of War had them every couple of minutes, things just seem much easier. I just went through my 15 ps3 games and 12 of them have checkpoints. 13 if you count Heavy Rain. Heck, in that game, there isn't even a game over. Before checkpoints with the memorize and repeat, you had to carefully plan you next move and it really made you take the game more seriously. But now it seems like all gamers want is to go through the game as fast as they can without even marveling at the great graphics that the developers are working so hard to give us. What do you think? Has the implementation of check points made games too easy and casual? Or do you think dying an unfair death an hour after your last save should never happen again?