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Twitter last night was interesting. Apparently I caught the news a bit early, at the bottom of /r/technology and figured that, since this hadn't blown up in a big way, it was probably a different Oculus, so I copy-pasted the headline to a couple of people as a «trolling» joke prank. After doing this, I actually read the article myself and found out it was real, and I was really disappointed. My gut reaction was probably similar to most others; shock and surprise, since in my head Oculus was already a success, having hired all these people and announced the DK2, and wasn't in need of more funding (obviously wrong when thinking about it in a non-knee-jerk state of mind) a feeling of betrayal as a Kickstarter backer, as I felt I had been a part of this cool indie success story and now they had sold out and it used to be about the music man (also wrong – Oculus aren't beholden to me in any way. They had sent me the DK1, which was the deal, and I have still been a part of funding a cool technology) and finally sadness and frustration that this whole thing was now owned by Facebook, a company that carries almost nothing but negative connotations for me. After sleeping on it, I'm still disappointed that Facebook now owns the piece of technology I'm most excited about, and I'm worried that the Rift system/platform will now become more gross, but I can also see the advantages of having a big house full of money when trying to mass-market crazy future tech. So, basically, this is probably a good thing for the chances of VR equipment becoming an actual thing that people own, though I can't avoid feeling my enthusiasm has cooled somewhat. All in all, I give this aqcuisition a 7/10. Twitter-wise, it was fun to see how everyone reacted: «Oh boy, this is my chance to make a million-retweet quip! Facerift! Riftbook!» «Fuck you you treacherous sell-out pieces of shit!» «OH WELL I GUESS THEY UNDERESTIMATED THE RESOLVE OF INDIE DEVELOPERS. DO YOU NOT SEE? NOBODY WILL MAKE GAMES FOR YOU NOW, YOU FOOLS. DK2 PREORDER: CANCELLED.» «Oh boy, this is my chance to make a million-retweet snarky meta-quip about all these quips!» «OMG why so many knee-jerk reactions? Where's the in-depth analyses? What is this, Twitter?» «I don't actually read Twitter, so I'm just going to announce that I'm going to stream myself playing Dark Souls II in five minutes.»

I wasn' there either :/(-

I was only able to frap the first couple of matches, as it started stuttering badly after a while. Next time I'll try playing in 1080p so I can frap everything.

Hmm, it wasn't like that for me. Maybe there's something wrong with you?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDoD5YN6LAg

Isn't that the most famous UT map of all time? It's the one I remember best anyway.

Pretty happy with that one.

MERRY SAINT PATRICK'S DAY EVERYONE!

No, I was actually thinking of physical size, as I understood the commissioning thing to be physical medium and not digital (« I will not be able to do anything like a vector design or a digital painting») ...

I was thinking I should have more stuff on my walls. What are the dimensions for the thing? Are there even dimensions?

While I stopped ********* video games long ago, I still feel nothing when I ********* super expensive software just for playing around and experimenting with. I figure the worst thing that can happen is that I learn the program and need it to make an actual commercial thing at some point.

This being an «industry event,» which I'm interpreting as something directly work-related (also, since a boss is there), it sounds like a place where nobody should be trying to find out where any «lines» go, though serving alcohol does in a way go a little counter to that, as there's bound to be people who can't handle it. Of course, the kind of comment she got doesn't really fall anywhere on the flirting/suggestive spectrum, just somewhere on the asshole one. Also, obviously nobody should feel like they're obligated to stand up for «the cause» or confront someone about stuff like this for anything but personal reasons.

That sounds interesting. I found this internet home page: http://www.gameaudiohour.com/

February 27th!

It's more about him showing the very first puzzles, and showing an example of how the player will be taught their rules by gradually increasing complexity, much like Braid did with its mechanics. He doesn't spoil any great revelation or anything, though he is very cavalier about just debugging up into the sky and panning across the whole island. I like how he's completely confident in the core design of his game, and doesn't keep stuff hidden or mysterious just for the sake of marketing or whatever. Instead of promising to let you explore hundreds of unique and exotic locations he just goes «here, I'll show you where you'll go».

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Yeah, the turnout was excellent. I think we broke a record.

Apparently not! As I said, I was just speculating. Let's cancel my idea.

So I have a crazy idea for this channel, and it's based not on research or experience, but wild speculation. My idea is that everyone de-ops, or whatever it's called. The reason is that having two (or three) different «classes» of users on there may not feel as welcoming to newcomers as a more egalitarian thing. For example, I like that these forums don't do much in the way of stars or emblems other than for admins (as far as I know), as it prevents the thing where nobody wants to argue with the guy with a chestful of medals (though there is the post count, which goes counter to my argument) From what I understand, and correct me if I'm wrong, everyone with op can still do all the op stuff when needed, so we wouldn't be in any danger of losing the channel, which I gather is something that could happen for some reason. This could be a horrible idea.

http://www.change.org/petitions/remove-gfwl-from-gta-4-and-gta-eflc

Yes.

And when we're done tagging Steam games with hilarious in-jokes we can stealthily insert a bunch of Idle Thumbs Crusader Kings II references into lesser-visited historical articles on Wikipedia!

«Weapon interactions» sounds like a military industrial complex euphemism.

Oh, and I guess the job listing tells us (hey, how long has that «Get Campo Updates» button been there?!) the game will feature 3D art Audio Possibly made in Unity? Core interactions A smooth experience Ships Shaders Enthusiastic basic implementation Culture

Did you hear about this exploration-focused adventure game that looks really beautiful and intends to “capture the atmosphere of games like The Dig, the quieter moments of Metroid Prime, and other such titles?” As a fan of exploring interesting environments without necessarily shooting anyone, this is high on my list of anticipated software, up there with «Obduction» and «The Witness». Here's the web site, but you should probably read this preview on RPS instead.