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Project Natal Coming Holiday Season 2010

post from Your Health is Low on 06 January 2010 11:50:21 PM. © Your Health is Low

According to a press release Project Natal will be released this “holiday season 2010. The release states that the Natal project is “scheduled to be available in holiday season 2010,” also adding that Natal “is only the most recent example of Microsoft’s work creating natural user interfaces.” Which is code for look how awesome we [...]

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Xbox Live Retro Game Room Coming!

post from Your Health is Low on 06 January 2010 11:36:49 PM. © Your Health is Low

During the CES 2010 keynote, Microsoft’s Robbie Bach announced 30 arcade titles will be available in the Xbox Game Room when the service launches this spring for the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live.The Xbox Game Room is slated to hit the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows Live this spring, allowing players to [...]

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Captain Obvious: Movie tie-ins generally a piece
of crap

post from Destructoid on 06 January 2010 11:00:00 PM. © Destructoid

Every now and then, we need somebody to tell us something we already knew, and that somebody right now is Bob Jacob, Cinemaware co-founder. Jacob blames the business model of a licensed game, wherein it has to be rushed to coincide with the release of the film. Well, duh.

"As far as games and movies, there are inherent problems. The basic reason why so many bad games have been made on film licenses is simply because of a business reality that no one has been able to overcome yet," explains Jacob. "That reality is that the time it takes a film to [hit theaters after being green-lit] is never more than a year. What kind of a game can you do in a year? Generally a piece of crap.

"EA can get around that a little bit by throwing a few hundred guys at a project. But for the most part, it's been a pretty sorry history, and until we can solve the basic timing issues it's going to be tough."

Jacob is obviously correct when he says that you can't expect many games to be of AAA quality with less than a year of development. However, when I look at slapdash garbage like Avatar: The Game, there really is no excuse. Even in a year, you can at least borrow game engines and mechanics to create a serviceable, if generic, title. The quality of licensed games should be better with the wealth of resources available. However, there is one major problem that Jacob didn't hit upon that I feel will never be overcome.

The fact that developers don't give a sh*t.

Interview: Bob Jacob On The Cinemaware Era [Gamasutra via CVG]

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Lucky Money

Lucky Money is another new Japanese point and click type escape the room game by EEG. In this game, you are trapped in a room and you have to search around to find some clues and solve puzzles to escape the room. Good luck and have fun!Play This Game

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