Archive for December, 2010
That’s right – Not only am I going to list the number of games I own for each of the consoles I have, I am going to list every title as well. This will make sense in a minute, bear with me I will talk more soon..
What are you playing these days?
(The cover art is slightly outdated, so the ESRB rating is RP (Rating pending). Colleague sent out a photoshopped version that says RIP instead, but it was too silly for me to use to make the plaque)
Over nine months of hard work, it was not an easy ride.
Skipped meals and sleepless nights, who dares say the effort has gone to waste?
They can say what they want to say about our game, about our company, about our team. They’ve been doing that since day 1 anyway.
We’ve accomplished something that is worth more than sale numbers and metascores – We made a game that we enjoy playing and we proved that we are a damn good test team. Did we take risks and attempt something that would have needed more time? Of course. But I would rather work on something risky and potentially revolutionizes the genre if done right, than to help put together a roster update for another sure-fire sequel that only keeps the budget people happy. Any day.
Nothing can be dismissed here, we didn’t let anyone make us think that we are doing a bad job during development, and we won’t ever let anyone tell us that we wasted our time on this.
The only shame here is now gamers will never be able to experience this game. They mocked, and look what they chased away now?
.ELITE.
今年十一月, 微軟推出了一款北美地區限定版無線手製套裝 (link). 特點主要有兩個: 一是用色方面只使用黑白灰色調, 二是手製配有改良版十字制, 用家只需稍作調教就可把D-pad從平常的八方向轉成任天堂慣用的四方向.
我從PS2年代開始已經沒有買額外控制器的習慣, 原因是絕少機會會有人到我家來玩. 但是這個限定版我打從第一次看見宣傳就已經決定要入手, 原因是monochrome色調實在太好看了. 我明白四個face buttons用了四種對比分明的顏色是為了方便分辨, 但代價就是看起來不太成熟的感覺. 超任我也是偏愛北美版的手製:
(上為北美版, 下為亞洲版)
(套裝包括手製, 充電電池包, usb充電線)
至於那個改良版D-pad, 對我來說則用處不大.
(左為四方向模式, 把D-pad往逆時針方向轉九十度就成了右圖的八方向模式)
微軟Xbox 360發言人Major Nelson的介紹影片:
(其實我買了兩套, 沒辦法, 今次真是「開正我果瓣」)
Press Start 是在女友家附近新開的遊戲機店. 那條路我幾乎每次從女友家開車回家都會經過, 直到上星期眼尾看到一個「太空侵略者」的圖案, 再看到櫥窗裡的遊戲機盒子才發現.
今天回家路上決定進去看看, 跟店主談過後得知兩星期前才開的店. 裡面舊遊戲不少, 還讓我尋到寶 – 幾乎全新狀態的Sega Genesis版NBA JAM! 要找這遊戲的帶子不難, 但連盒子/說明書/宣傳海報而且所有東西保全得十分好, 就不簡單. 現在$7.99就讓我帶回家了! 他們也會收購中古遊戲, 價錢也比EBGames等連鎖店訂得好一點. 我另外買了兩隻遊戲作「資料搜集用」, 不過要在本月十一號後才能公開講.
Couple weeks ago, the first snow of the year arrived, and in large amount on a Friday night.
Hana just received her new driver’s license recently, so driving on roads full of snow/ice wouldn’t be safe for her. At the same time my rear wheel drive Mustang does not hold too well under these conditions too.. so on Friday evening a decision was made: We both bus, and spend the day at a mall located approximately at the half way point between our homes.
That way we get to doze off while we travel, and there’s no worrying about the roads being buried should there be snowfall in the middle of the day again, it’s a win-win.
I was excited, it has to be at least half a year ago since I rode on the train with the girlfriend.
So on Saturday, just as we expected the roads were white and pretty, but also a skating rink. I made sure I dressed enough and started walking towards the skytrain station. I forgot to mention another nice thing about using the public transport today – I wouldn’t have been able to take this panoramic (without putting me and everybody’s lives in danger anyway) if I was driving my car:
