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Visiting the Village: Episode 41

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This week, Ian and I talk about motion control, Bobby Kotick buying stuff (recorded before the Actiblizz Infinity Blizz Ward Blizz Ward controversy), and all of the other exciting developments in the games industry about three weeks ago!  Join us immediately!
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10 Responses to “Visiting the Village: Episode 41”

  1. Faxmachinen:

    § March 8th, 2010 at 9:03 pm

    What I’ve learnt from playing games is mainly two things: English, and how to play games.
    If you ever tried teaching your mom how to play your favorite game, you’ll know what I mean. Even if a game has mechanics you’ve never encountered before, you’re still at a huge advantage over someone who has only played minesweeper.

  2. Paul:

    § March 9th, 2010 at 12:53 am

    I forgot to mention this but I did actually learn some Greek and Roman mythology from the King’s Quest games when I were a nipper. I’m such a middle-class git.

  3. Herr_Alien:

    § March 9th, 2010 at 9:46 am

    @Natal’s lag:
    Well, it’s all about processing power. If they manage to pull the motion detection algorithm to be fast enough, lag might go away.

    @AvP
    Dunno about it. I can’t play the game (an old computer), and unfortunately the game play videos didn’t sell it for me.

    @Patrick Stewart
    What’s wrong with him expressing his opinion? He is allowed to hate stuff. Just that it happens to be video games …

  4. Paul:

    § March 9th, 2010 at 10:10 am

    - Natal

    I’m getting to be like Ian on this – this generation of motion sensing games will be completely boring and irrelevant to people who like games with any kind of depth. Good for party games, bad for “real” games.

    -AvP

    Yeah, I’ve lost interest.

    -Patrick Stewart

    This was a perfect example of why interviewing celebrities about anything other than their actual function is a completely ludicrous exercise.

  5. Herr_Alien:

    § March 10th, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    @Paul:
    “This was a perfect example of why interviewing celebrities about anything other than their actual function is a completely ludicrous exercise.”

    Any comments on this:
    http://www.gamingunion.net/news/former-dice-ceo-the-wii-is-a-virus–1107.html
    http://dailygamesnews.com/2010/03/liliegrin-wii-isnt-games-machine.html

    Is this ludicrous? I mean we are talking about the former CEO of DICE.

  6. Paul:

    § March 10th, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    Anyone who describes the Wii as a “virus” is clearly awesome.

  7. Herr_Alien:

    § March 10th, 2010 at 7:27 pm

    I for one thought (and still think) that the guy is out of his league. Just because he can’t make a good game for the Wii that doesn’t mean the Wii is not a gaming platform.

    I brought this issue up to point out that you don’t have to interview somebody out of “their actual function” to get some ‘smart’ results.

  8. work is sometimes monotonous and intelligent podcasts are the antidote:

    § May 12th, 2010 at 8:49 pm

    I know you guys are busy making great games and all, but I just can’t helping missing the amazing podcast. *sniff*

  9. Paul:

    § June 8th, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    That’s the third request I’ve got TODAY for a new one, so we will try and sort one out soon.

  10. Paul:

    § June 8th, 2010 at 5:46 pm

    Despite, obviously, this being an old request.

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