Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 ...is this week. Out of curiosity, is anyone else here attending? Has anyone else attended, period? Even if nobody else is attending, I wanted to link to this, the list of Independent Games Festival finalists for this year. Seeing as a large number of the games listed are either free or have a free demo, they are most certainly worth your time. That said, what have people been playing lately, aside from Spiderweb games and AIMhack campaigns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Triumph Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 You are attending the GDC, I presume? Coolness. You should post about what it's like. Currently been playing my old copy of Pokemon FireRed. Still fun. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Warzone 2100. As well as Dwarf Fortress (I'm doing a minerless run, if anyone cares). Not much else though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Eschalon: Book 2 is finally coming out around April. They are taking applications this week at Basilisk Games. Not to many testers are being taken, only about 10 to 12. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 That seems pretty small for a game of that size. Are the professional or vollenteers? Huh. That owl game could be amusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Randomizer Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Basilisk Games is volunteers. Insane volunteers, just like the ones here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Acky Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 So who's that, just you and Synergy? Would this event happen to be televised by any chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 GDC? Nope, except possibly for parts of the Game Developers' Choice Awards. It's a convention, with hundreds of talks going on. And there's a reason you have to pay to get a pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Free rider 2 and Atmosphir. unfortunately atmosphir is a privet beta right now but if it opens up i recommend it. i liked Continuity a lot. oh and play the company of myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Originally Posted By: Ephesos That said, what have people been playing lately, aside from Spiderweb games and AIMhack campaigns? Just finished a five player game of Shadows over Camelot -- to be precise, the Merlin expansion (SoC was recently covered on Penny Arcade, for those unfamiliar with the game). It was a shaky beginning, but we were all Loyal, so we won without much difficulty. Huh? Oh, you mean computer games. Not much, as university is consuming my life. I have been tinkering with Team Fortress 2 in my spare time. Just playing with bots, getting a feel for the game and the classes. I'm not brave enough to venture into the wonderful world of "ONLINE EXPERIENCE MAY VARY" yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 In related gaming news: Click to reveal.. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ubisoft's Authentication Servers Go Down | | from the single-point-of-well-you-know dept. | | posted by kdawson on Sunday March 07, @19:23 (Games) | | https://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/08/004219/Ubisofts-Authentication-Servers-Go-Down | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ZuchinniOne writes "With Ubisoft's fantastically [0]awful new DRM you must be online and logged in to their servers to play the games you buy. Not only was this DRM broken [1]the very first day it was released, but now their [2]authentication servers have failed so absolutely that no-one who legally bought their games can play them. 'At around 8am GMT, people began to complain in the Assassin's Creed 2 forum that they couldn't access the Ubisoft servers and were unable to play their games.' One can only hope that this utter failure will help to stem the tide of bad DRM." Discuss this story at: http://games.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=10/03/08/004219 Links: 0. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/02/27/163226/The-Awful-Anti-Pirate-System-That-Will-Probably-Work 1. http://games.slashdot.org/story/10/03/05/027258/Ubisofts-New-DRM-Cracked-In-One-Day 2. http://www.joystiq.com/2010/03/07/ubisoft-drm-authentification-server-is-down-assassins-creed-2/ I know Jeff wrote an article on this idea, and I guess he was right...in any case, lulz at Ubisoft. Their evil came back to bite them in the arse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Originally Posted By: Taslim I know Jeff wrote an article on this idea, and I guess he was right...in any case, lulz at Ubisoft. Their evil came back to bite them in the arse. Actually, JV's prediction was that Ubisoft's system would last long enough for them to make a profit. The game servers crashing doesn't help in that regard. Secondly, JV predicted it would take a while for the DRM to be cracked, and it was pretty much a zero day exploit (of course, JV's point was that circumventing DRM is beyond the ability of the average gamer, something that a lot of people on Slashdot didn't catch/agree with). In other news, I'm reading my e-mail, and apparently my Friendly Local Gaming Store is trying to host a thirty player Magic the Gathering event (Morningtide/Eventide sealed) for free. The manager really, really wants this event to happen. Currently, only one store in my city is able to host prereleases, and he would be able to do so as well if this event happens. However, I'm not holding my breath. He's tried this twice before (Eventide draft), and both times the event was cancelled due to lack of participation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 Originally Posted By: Dintiradan In other news, I'm reading my e-mail, and apparently my Friendly Local Gaming Store is trying to host a thirty player Magic the Gathering event (Morningtide/Eventide sealed) for free. The manager really, really wants this event to happen. Currently, only one store in my city is able to host prereleases, and he would be able to do so as well if this event happens. However, I'm not holding my breath. He's tried this twice before (Eventide draft), and both times the event was cancelled due to lack of participation. ...how far away is this Friendly Local Gaming Store? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 From the university you went to? 1829 miles. Nothing big. Look forward to seeing you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Swimmin' Salmon Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Watch out for snow drifts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Mea Tulpa Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Morningtide/Eventide sealed is kind of a weird combination, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dintiradan Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Originally Posted By: Slartucker Morningtide/Eventide sealed is kind of a weird combination, isn't it? I suppose; I assume the manager is trying to move old stock. The last two times he's tried this, it was triple Eventide draft. But we just did a triple Betrayers on our own, so I am unfazed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 What kinds of free handouts have you gotten? Those are always what makes these events fun to go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 No free handouts yet, as the expo part of the convention isn't open until tomorrow. Getting in today, gaining two hours, eating multiple dinners, wandering around large parts of the city... fun stuff. Minor networking, but no awesome convention stuff just yet. Mix-up of which hotel we were staying in, now we have one room, 4 people, one bed. Lame. More tomorrow. Wireless in hotel is kinda lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Enraged Slith Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Originally Posted By: Ephesos Mix-up of which hotel we were staying in, now we have one room, 4 people, one bed. Lame. Sounds like an opportunity to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 'k, update. Pictures! More to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Rowen Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 IF you have the money to spend you should go to the Gaslamp Quarter and eat at Joe's Crabshack. Just expect to be treated "differently." EDIT: Changed oil lamp to Gaslamp Quarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 I will most certainly not have time. Running around enough as is. On the subject of talks and presentations that people have been giving, it's been interesting. Today's keynote was Sid Meier talking about the psychology of game design. To paraphrase: -The players are egomaniacs -People suck at math, particularly probability -Epic is good On the expo floor, it's been interesting. Once more, I encourage everyone here to check out as many of the IGF nominees (and winners) as possible, because they are quite excellent. Note: Some of the titles will contain language and other objectionable things, but that doesn't mean they aren't awesome (particularly Rocketbirds: Revolution!, which is AWESOME) On the career front, I've been getting a lot of good vibes, obviously no offers just yet or I'd be too busy jumping for joy to post. The week following the conference (the dreaded follow-up) will likely be key. I can't help but be nervous, but so far the situation looks to be leaps and bounds better than last year. Also, last night was the IGF awards show, as well as the Game Developers' Choice awards. There were a few contentious entries, such as Heroes of Newerth, which should not have been in the IGF since it was produced by a much bigger and experienced studio. But on the whole, it seems that the most deserving games won... and then Uncharted 2 pretty much cleaned up the Developers' Choice awards, stealing a few categories in my opinion (really? better art than Flower?). It also makes me sad because there's no way I'll be playing it for a long time, unless a PS3 magically materializes in my house sometime soon. And now that it's won a lot... I can't help but be intrigued. One last note from the awards, the infamous Farmville won the new category for Best Social Networking Game, and the acceptance speech was one of the most menacing I've ever heard, essentially trying to scare indie developers into coming to the social games scene, because it's the last frontier (a statement which has almost universally been incorrect at each utterance). ...also, Rocketbirds: Revolution! should've won something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Originally Posted By: Ephesos ...also, Rocketbirds: Revolution! should've won something. I just played the first level, i think the walking was to slow but other than that it was a great game. as for wining something it was a great game, but so were most games there. still it is better than 90% of the games online and theres always next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 Originally Posted By: I need no introduction i think the walking was to slow You know you can run, right? Quote: still it is better than 90% of the games online and theres always next year. ...that's not how the IGF works. You get one shot, and that's when your game is released. You can't reapply next year. Which makes it even shadier that Heroes of Newerth got into the voting, because it took a spot from someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 Dude, U2 is b-e-a-yootiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan inni Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Originally Posted By: Ephesos You know you can run, right? yes but holding the Z (?) key to move at the same speed as walking in most games is rather annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyshakk Koan cfgauss Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 I've been meaning to play some of the indi games they mentioned in the awards. Some of them look really awesome. Kotaku has been posting brief (~3 minute) interviews with some of the award winners if people feel like checking them out. I was annoyed at the webcast for the awards, though, they screwed up and did not show Gabe Newell's fake BSOD :-/. I had to wait for pictures to find out the new obscurely delivered information I really already knew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Frozen Feet Posted March 14, 2010 Share Posted March 14, 2010 Originally Posted By: Ephesos That said, what have people been playing lately, aside from Spiderweb games and AIMhack campaigns? I've been playing anime fanfiction roleplays on Giant in the Playground forums. I'll see what this AIMhack is about, once I learn how to use AIM. We got our laptop back from repair (finally!), so few... weeks should suffice. I'm really bad with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Ephesos Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 Conference is over, I'm very tired. 14 hours of sleep over 4 days is not good, but on the whole, the trip was pure awesomeness. And I think I have a few good leads for jobs, even. Originally Posted By: cfgauss I was annoyed at the webcast for the awards, though, they screwed up and did not show Gabe Newell's fake BSOD :-/. Yeah... I was sitting pretty far back, so I never got a good look at it. Originally Posted By: Frozen Feet I'll see what this AIMhack is about, once I learn how to use AIM. You know you would be more than welcome to join, FF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Zummi Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Heroes of Newerth won an award? Wow. Never knew that. I have to agree on Eph said about it. Sure S2 ain't one of the mainstream gaming companies but they already have an established company. Though, how does one describe an indie game developer now? Should it be one of those people whom you can only find in the deep recesses of the interwebz just to get a glimpse of a game in process that will never be completed? Or are they the ones not called Electronic Arts, Bioware, Ubisoft etc.? Sidenote: If anyone else is playing HoN. Hit me up, my username is Garche. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Student of Trinity Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Rocketbirds seems pretty smooth, with a simple interface that can do a lot and make it feel natural; though it's not really my kind of game. You can actually move pretty fast by rolling. But I'm really intrigued by some of those other games. Cogs and Vessel look great. I'm not sure they'll come out for Mac, but maybe for iPad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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