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Comment on Halo Reach Beta Trailer by Zach

Zach — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:19:35 +0000

I just came.

This game will be better than boobs.
Hands-down, the sickest, slickest gameplay I’ve ever seen.

Comment on On pistols and perks by Zach

Zach — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:14:32 +0000

It’s funny that in a game where the main character has titanium bones and a software human-level intelligent (pseudo-)girlfriend chose to not allow players to store all game weapons in their trench-coat vortex. And it worked really well.

Comment on The iPad as a gaming device — maybe not by Zach

Zach — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:04:41 +0000

I think the thing appeals to people in positions to show off their task computer. Welcome to my post-modern shop, let me record our transaction onto a thin screen held in a picture frame on my desk. Oh look, I’m maintaining a database while wearing a yellow hard hat and walking on gravel. Now I’m an executive, sitting comfortably in my office. I congratulate my success by rewarding myself with expensive things to do my “work” with. Now I’ve become a 14-year-old girl. I start bringing my iPad to school for the first few days of January, but then it embarrasses me because it is big, so I keep it in my room all the time and never use it instead of my laptop or desktop computer. Next Christmas apple can suck gooch!. I’ll be asking Mom for a pogo stick and cookies.

Comment on Street Fighter IV Making Its Way to the iPhone by Anthony

Anthony — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:50:48 +0000

Yeah, I can’t imagine the precision required to play something like Street Fighter being available with touch-screen controls like those. I’m sure they’ll make a killing, but Mike is right, there are better systems out there for this.

Comment on Ignoring downloadable games comes at great cost by Keith

Keith — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:21:34 +0000

Shenmue 3 I would download in a heartbeat!! But then I would end up having extra useless points again… damn 100 points just floating around with no use

Comment on Street Fighter IV Making Its Way to the iPhone by Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:21:43 +0000

Yeah, this is funny given how much we've been talking about gaming on Apple devices. With all the discussion of what's great, they go and try to shoehorn this in? Who's going to buy this besides the people who like to play as 'that green guy with the electricity'?

Comment on The iPad as a gaming device — maybe not by Dan

Dan — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:12:19 +0000

Oh I agree that they’re saying ‘hey play games on it.’ But I don’t think anyone would buy one for the sole purpose of playing games (if they do, we agree they’re stupid). I think the iPhone’s greatest strength is how many different things you can do with it (as anyone will tell you, the service sucks). I didn’t buy mine as an mp3 player, or a web browser, or a phone, or something new to play Peggle on. I wanted it because it did all of those things, and I think that anyone but an Apple marketing executive would tell you that ignoring everything but games will make it a horrible waste of money.

Incidentally, you’ll be able to play iPhone games on it from the start, but at iPhone size (or twice as big with the drop in quality you’d expect). Knowing little about the iP* development process, it might be easy for developers to hit ‘recompile but bigger’ or it might be next to impossible in some cases.

Comment on Street Fighter IV Making Its Way to the iPhone by Mike "Evorgleb" Belgrove

Mike "Evorgleb" Belgrove — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:08:02 +0000

When I covered this over at X-ism, I couldn't even get exited about this. As much as I like Street Fighter, I can't, for the life of me, understand why they would put so much effort into an iPhone version of the game while Wii, DS and PSP fans are left in the cold. The game might be impressive in what they can pull off as far as getting the game squeezed onto the small iPhone platform but who really wants to play that crap?

Comment on The iPad as a gaming device — maybe not by Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:57:58 +0000

You may not consider the iPhone a gaming device, but Apple certainly began to market it that way: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yozeskm_pbk

If I had an iPhone (which I’m considering, even right now) I would game on it a whole bunch. I would definitely check out what the system has to offer.

That said, my article isn’t saying you can’t use an iPhone for gaming, nor is it saying you couldn’t use an iPad. In fact, I agree with you that the games could be far grander in scale — the screen is massive. But I think the price is far too high for the mainstream to ever jump aboard for a device to simply screw around with.

The iPhone’s success has to do with A) a huge marketing strategy and B) oh, it’s a phone that does cool stuff. There was a hole in the smart phone/cell phone market that the iPhone filled with ruthless precision. The iPad does not have anything like part B) going for it. It does less than a laptop and costs about as much. I honestly don’t think there’s a market for it anywhere near the potential there was for the iPhone.

I could be very wrong, but we’ll see. If they can or find a way to upscale iPhone games they’ll have a huge starting library, but even then the price of entry is astronomical. Maybe when the device hits under $300 we’ll see success (remember: in the gaming space), but I remain unconvinced.

Comment on The iPad as a gaming device — maybe not by Dan

Dan — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:34:47 +0000

I think you may be looking at it a little too black and white. I don't consider my iPhone to be a gaming device -- at all -- but I've certainly played my fair share of them. It's a good way to play a specific type of game -- not one I'd find on a console, besides Peggle, which I'd buy anytime and anywhere -- for a short period of time (I got through most of Clue while in a doctor's office). Just because it's not a gaming device doesn't mean I can't use the device for games. I think the iPad has a lot of potential to do some cool stuff, using similar mechanics but on a grander scale. Now, then, me thinking that the iPad is a giant disappointment is separate from all this; I just wanted to make sure I could disagree with both you AND Dave :D