Notch's blog post about why he sold Mojang
Does it sound honest or am I just gullible?
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Notch's blog post about why he sold Mojang
Does it sound honest or am I just gullible?
I can think of a couple of billion reasonsQuote:
Originally Posted by rajpoot
The blog post reads somewhat honest, at least the part where he says he is just a nerdy programmer.
The end however is a bit weird considering he didn't sell it for the symbolic sum of a single dollar.
Then again with 2.5 billion he can now do and try and program whatever he wants I guess, so he basically took the financial freedom offered to him and I can't honestly say that I would have said no to that.
And I still don't think Microsoft is inherently evil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7edeOEuXdMUQuote:
Originally Posted by Husar
I guess honest, in that is what's he actually feeling about this. He doesn't need more money, so it's difficult to view this as the only or best solution to his stated problem.
In my book, the guy has absolutely zero credibility now. Not that it matters all that much since I view him simply as a very lucky game dev who hit one out of the park, not like I'm going to pay attention to much he says about anything really. But w/in the framework of commenting about dear old Notch, he can never run away from this simple fact: What he has said in the past and what he did this week are incompatible. Period, full stop.
I'm sure he cares what a lot of faceless internet avatars think about him, at least he can console himself doing everything he ever dreamed of, spoiling the people he loves and starting off on whatever journey takes his fancy
Clearly he does to some extent, and so do most people unless they're veteran public figures.
When hundreds of thousands of people spew hate at you together, and probably every gaming website and board you visit is filled with articles about, you have to be pretty thick skinned to take it all in your stride and just ignore it.
In fact I think if Notch could have been that thick skinned he would not have sold the company at all (unless he's lying). He mentions the EULA misunderstanding which lead many people to label the company worse than EA. He also mentions that he does not like the fact that he is being used as a face of the average gamer's fight against the big game developers and that each and every opinion he makes is being judged.
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On an entirely different note BTW, one good thing that's bound to happen through all this is that now we might actually see Minecraft for Oculus Rift :elephant:
Gregoshi likes this.Quote:
Originally Posted by rajpoot
If enough people are willing to pay 400$ for wearable nausea and social isolation. ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by rajpoot
Oh my http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...coming-for-you
Silent Hill getting seriously :daisy: up again? YAY
I say bring me a large bucket, a few six packs and all the chips you can ~;pQuote:
Originally Posted by Husar
This looks incredibly creepy https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lLqHUSefBjw
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...eleasing-on-pc
Ohhhhhhh pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaase release it on consoles as well
So much time wasted playing these.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fragony
Wonder what this (Valkyria Chronicles) bit of quasi turn based goodness will be like now that Sega randomly decided to port it over to the PC?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/294860/
I've heard nothing but good things for the console version, might be worth a look now that it's going to show up on steam, and doesn't look like it'll break the bank either.
I can only recommend it. It's very Japanese in style though, could annoy you.
I can go with that style, loved every single thing about Shogun 2. That and the combat mechanics sound a bit unique, not entirely turn based. I'm intrigued by that.
Meant the anime-style; animations, dialogues, could put you off. It's a terrific strategy-game though even if you don't like the presentation.
Oh, I gotcha. Yeah, I'll admit that aspect of it is something I'll just have to sort of put up with as it's not my cup o tea.
I want to play it because of the game mechanics pure and simple, it sounds interesting and rather like something others would consider adopting as well. Course I've always thought that as well of WEGO in the combat mission series and no one has adopted that either.
Same as Fragony here. I enjoyed the game, even though I never got all the way through it. It does have an anime-ish style to it, but fun nonetheless.Quote:
Originally Posted by easytarget
Retrospective of Valkyre Chronicles that might be helpfull http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-retrospective
BTW, bought it for 13 bucks on GMG, already pre-dwonloaded for launch tomm. Thanks for the link, I'll take a look!
Good call. Going to be interesting how the pc-gaming crowd receives it as it is really a console game in every way, jerks probably won't bother giving it a try probably, others will and probably love it. It's one of the PS3's greatest titles if you don't let it's obvious console heritage get into your way of judging it on it's merits.
Ive been wanting that game to come out on PC ever since I saw it on ps3. Im definitely going to buy it when I get paid on Friday, but, my gaming desktop is in shambles as I had to send the mobo for an RMA. Its going to be a boring weekend owning it but not being able to play it.
I'm loving the game play and I'm not much of a fan of anime at all. But turn based missions is all I need to be very happy, couple that with choosing your squad make up and leveling up your characters and I've got me some good old fashion xcom-esque game play goodness!
If you like it you will love it, this is a pretty huge game. Don't get too attached to your soldiers t's pretty brutal.
I've played and completed XCOM I/C, so I've lost my fair share of fully ranked up and decked out Colonels. :laugh4: In fact I lost one just this afternoon as I'm bouncing back and forth between Valk and a new campaign of XCOM, man it stings every single time, consequences you can't save scum your way out of definitely put a nice fine edge to the engagement.
I anticipate much the same happening here, only I don't believe there's an ironman setting that I'm aware of, so if I lose someone I really value I suspect I'll just run the battle again seeing as how this is my first run through.
Bayonneta 2, you make it look so easy. Thankfully a little bit less hard than the first but it is still really hard. I love the extreme violence and sexism, somebody probably will have a problem with it but shoo it's a game. Absolitily dazling just like the first.
Lookingglas is back :) Well the team at least
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...orld-ascendant
Oh no you didn't http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...eedus-confirms
The brilliant Kojima and the brilliant del Torro making a Silent Hill game what could go wrong???
Well Konami apparently. Damn
Uncharted 2 is the bestlooking PS3 game. But it's kinda amazing what the Naughty-Dog team does with the powerhouse that is the PS4
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...meplay-trailer
Sometimes, I'm really worried about the mental stability of the American society:
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/app.../1100-6428444/
One of the greatest strategy games temporarily banned. The game is a real masterpiece, I recommend it to everybody interested in the specific genre, since it provides a breath-taking experience and I am not easily impressed, I think.
yes, that's rather silly, and no, the game while good, it's not as good as all that
Well, it looks like Apple conceded. Anything more you can say about the game (tips and such)? I got it during the Steam summer sale but Ive been away for almost the past month so I havent been able to try it out yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crandar
The AI is excellent. Of course, there's no great variety of scenarioes, but still it reacts almost perfectly when threatened, employing historically accurate tactics. I'll try to write a more informative review, if I find the time, but I definitely recommend it, as the only strategy game I ever played that actually demonstrates valid tactical manoeuvres.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hooahguy
please do, this sounds great
http://www.pcgamesn.com/age-of-mytho...-after-release
Looks like Age of Mythology is back.
Mixed feelings about this, I loved the first game, it's what got me in strategy games, long before I discovered RTW, but its expansion was very underwhelming. They just added a totally imaginary faction (Atlantis) and introduced a new feature (Titans), which completely destroyed any essence of strategy.
On the other hand, the first game was a true gem, I am still laughing with their humorous parody of the campaign story, during the credits. Anyone still remembering it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZVP9H34xVI&t=3m54s
WW1 Battlefield?
http://www.pcgamer.com/battlefield-5...buffer_pcgamer
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...daggers-review
This looks amazing, the artwork is simply glorious. Never got hooked by the pixal-art hype (loved Lone Survivor though), but HD-pixels look stunning
Nintendo hired 200 guys from the guys who made Xenoblade apparently to work on the new Zelda. That is good news as Xenoblade is the best jrpg ever made, period. Knowing Nintendo the new Zelda is going to be delayed for years because I expect them to overly polish their nails before they use a keyboard, but having the Xenoblade-developers in should be worthwhile wait.
I know they aren't for me I guess, but really? Another Zelda? Can't they make it, you know, anything else? I stopped at Zelda II but I guess to each their own. v0v.
Holy crap I am freaked out already this looks very disturbing http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...nightmare-fuel
Nintendohohoh, is this http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...le-controllers really a good idea. Ninentdo the habbit of proving everybody wrong but I dunno. At least it means that the WiiU won't be abandoned I love that thing
This isndeed something to be excited about http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ar-wars-movies
KOTOR was great, I should have seen the plot-twist coming but I didn't, right up there with Darth Vader's reveal in the movies.
KOTOR 2, a underdeveloped haste job with some very good ideas, complitely falls apart in the last hours. But being good or bad isn't as sraightforward
But this looks great, if it actually looks like this oh my
How's that? Do you mean the confusing area implementation/character conclusions? The main ending was quite good and entirely in line with the rest of the game thematically.Quote:
complitely falls apart in the last hours.
Dunno, had to look up what it was all about. Maybe I should give it another try once the restoration-project is doneQuote:
Originally Posted by Montmorency
Hint: it's about dialectic. 'When I left you, you were but the learner. Now you are the teacher'.
Or something. Great voice work too.
And the Restoration work is done AFAIK.
Time to give it another try then. I realliy liked the ambiguity in KOTOR, good or wrong, you are basicly a vampire. Makes sense in that context to be evil as it just makes you stronger. Could never play an evil character in the first because it just doesn't make sense. I hope that in the next the 'good' choice can have horrible consequences, and you know it but you selishy do it anyway, your 'me so good' leading to destroying a planet something like that, just because you refused to do something evil
http://www.transportfever.com/gamepl...-release-date/
Transport Fever will be out on November 8th!
I just pre-ordered it on Steam with the 25% discount, and I usually never pre-order anything. :sweatdrop:
Really like all the improvements they made over Train Fever regarding track and station building etc.
Brutal Doom 64 looks simply stunning http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...unch-next-week
Not for me. I play Doom like it's a turn-based game.
Humble Bundle is now offering DIRT 3 Complete Edition for free!
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/11/10/h...humble-bumble/
Oh, yes. Campaign map, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6euddMwH6w&feature=youtu.be
Also aesthetically speaking much superior to CA's mediocre trailers, which can be summarized as Louis XVI, Napoleon, random Japanese guy, Octavian and Attila looking at you like you accidentally dropped a glass of milk at them.
Steam Autumn Sale now on Steam - some great deals as always. :yes:
Purchased DLC for my Euro Truck Simulator game.
Humble Bundle is offering some good deals on simulators - got myself Train Simulator and Democracy 3 Collectors Edition + 3 other games for just 4 euros. :yes:
www.humblebundle.com
GOG.com is offering Neverwinter Nights Diamond edition for FREE as part of their Winter sale. It's pretty dated, but was a great highly moddable RPG in its day- also, it's free. :2thumbsup:
Dirt Showdown for free on Humble Bundle!
www.humblebundle.com
Very nice.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crandar
The Director's cut of Deadlight is currently free on GOG.com, along with some other deals.
You can't beat free. :no:
A lot of the Total War series and other CA games are on sale on steam.
Just read a new Metroid Prime is comming, awesome (old control scheme pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee)
Switch is shaping up. Was sceptical at first but it's a nice little machinewith a lot of indie support
Wut? Doom is being ported to the Switch, that's pretty wild. The footage I saw looked very good, there is compromise of course it's locked at 30 fps but I don't notice the difference between 30 and 60 fps usually. Not a game I want to play on a handheld but awesome that that small thing can do it. I still curse nintendo for giving up on the WiiU so fast, really love that thing and they could coexist just fine, but it's impossible to regret buying the Switch
Got it, it doesn't look all that compromised really, it is of course but you don't really notice it when it's in motion, it looks great when undocked. Big wt.. I am really pleasantly surprised.
Switch :sweetheart:
It's a big thing to have Doom on the Switch, so I might as well post some more on it. Not as favourable as my initial impressions. It looks really good, can't say it doesn't. But it simply plays pretty bad, it's smooth enough with 30fps but you constantly crave motion control feauteres that are simply not there, aiming with the joycon would have made a world of difference itselve but muchmore could have been done. So would have been making use of the Switch's incredible rumble features, they are untouched and thats realy a shame, weird as they are Nintendo doesn't use it as a seiling point but the Switch has really cool rumble-features, it's disapointing that they aren't used better. There is rumble when shooting but nothing when walking so you fee like floating. That's the same for all versions but because the Switch has these incredible tech-features why not use it. Doom is a good game but you should want the other versions
edit, screw all that after a few adjustments it's really really good. Doom on the Switch, yeah it really is. I was so sceptical at first but it's the best version. It isn't but certainy the coolest. Controls REALY need to be adjusted to your liking though
Oh yay, Dark Souls remastered is comming as well. Would rather have Demon's Souls or Bloodborne as they are imho better but Dark Souls remains a masterpiece, really captivating, having it on the Switch will be fantastic, it's fast enough to run the more laggy area's, the ps3 coughed up some blood at times
Oh yesyesyes, Pillars of Eternity 2 is comming to teh Switch. That's the greatest thing ever that game is so good. The first was really mean to existing hardware, I wonder how the second one holds up om the rather modest hardwre of the Switch, it may be a very powerful handheld but it's not a very powerful console
Steam Summer Sale is on! Grab what you get!
PUBG is at 33% discount, Total War games discounted as well plus games like Rising Storm 2 are on 50% off.
Hello!
Maybe can somebody recommend me an interesting game? :)
thanks!
SOMA is really interesting imho, asks some deep questions. The gameplay could have been better, I recommend playing it on wuss-mode it is actually more unnerving
Steam Autumn Sale just wrapped up - get ready for the Winter one, probably around December 20-21.
The Crew 2 is on free weekend sale right now.
Steam Winter Sale is on - get some good stuff over on the Steam Store. :yes:
Got myself some more goodies for Euro Truck Simulator 2.
www.steampowered.com
There's good stuff left on Steam that I don't have already?
I still have a few games that I haven't even touched and plenty that I began but didn't finish (or "finish" in some cases), I think most of the others can wait until the next sale when I'm done with my unfinished business. :laugh4:
CS GO IEM Katowice just happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tprqoZPBNIQ
Steam Summer Sale is on boys! :yes:
www.steampowered.com
https://www.humblebundle.com -> Humble Monthly has Kingdom Come Deliverance for 12 USD!
Gaming news thread and no talk about Cyberpunk 2077 and Keanu Reeves, E3 in general? :D No discussion of Larian's Baldur's Gate III license? Where you at, people?
These majors were really enjoyable to watch, especially for ENCE. But Astralis deserved the win, they are just monstersQuote:
Originally Posted by Xantan
https://www.pcgamer.com/steam-sale-d...e-leaked-again
Sooo... get your wallets out!
You have about 2 months to play all Half Life games for free on Steam. Until the Alyx title drops.