Via Kojima’s Twitter
This doesn’t mean they’re working on a Metal Gear game, just testing the old models in the new engine. We saw this before with Big Boss, and had confirmation that it was just a tech demonstration. Nothing to get excited about, but it does remind me that they’re getting ready for a new generation of hardware, which is cool.
Battlefield 3 now officially holds the honor of being the first videogame/piece of culture to make me feel old. It’s not because I don’t have the mental energy or reflexes to be competitive with today’s 13-year-olds; nor is it due to the astounding evolution of the series from those days of yore when I first enjoyed crashing my Corsair into low-polycount Nazis soldiers. (more…)
For some reason I didn’t get a lot of positive feedback on my cool Frampt fan art. What is wrong with you people!
Blizzard is going to be giving Diablo III away to those who have an annual subscription to World of Warcraft. They’re also making a new, “Oh shit we screwed up” expansion to WoW in order to recover from the poor impact of Cataclysm. There’s also a new trailer showing off the “monk” class, and the new Panda race, which looks the same as every World of Warcraft trailer: only good if you forget what the actual game is like. I’m not going to link to it, because who cares.
Starcraft 2: Heart of the Swarm has a trailer showing off the new units and campaign. I was planning on getting all the expansions, but thanks to the Activision Effect™, I no longer care at all. It will have to really win me over and prove itself before I put down the money.
So… Have you been playing Dark Souls as much as I have, by any chance?
I just had to pay tribute.
[Note: I felt like these videos didn't stay at the top of this site for long enough, so I'm making it sticky for now. Newer stuff is below it.]
It’s a three-part video, which for some reason uses a Veoh in the second part, but just make sure you watch it and enjoy. It’s by a Bulgarian dude or something, but I couldn’t stop laughing as I watched it. As far as I’m concerned there could be another 50 minutes of this.
I always find this amusing. Kojima has been publicly lamenting his inability to find time to work on the codenamed “Devil Project”, which has also been described as the “taboo” game which has the potential to ruin his whole career if it’s not received well. Apparently he wants to work on it quite badly, but other things keep getting in the way.
This is significant to me for two reasons:
1) It means that he is still passionate about something. Ever since the release of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker it’s been hard to tell what he cares about, and it’s good to see that he is itching to work on something that is not only important to him, but potentially so controversial as well. I haven’t given up on Kojima’s genius, and I believe Peace Walker is an example of that (which will hopefully get more credit once it’s released on consoles). In other words, expect something great from him eventually.
2) It demonstrates how Kojima resents obligations when he’s trying to work on something he cares about. This might seem unremarkable, but in the case of Kojima it helps to reinforce the fact that years of being obligated to work on Metal Gear sequels wore him out and made him miserable, to the point where he just wanted Snake to die. Every time he complains about obligations, I am reminded of that.
Here are the posts:
Had a mtg. in the morning as well as yesterday, and am working on preparing some documents for next week’s biz. trip.¹ Cannot do anything about the “Devil Project” at all.²
Finished an assignment for today from a project, and am now working on preparation for a biz. trip.³ I cannot get back working on the devil project until I finish this. But, since there is so much to do that I cannot finish.¨
Suspiciously similar, so it’s possible that he accidentally repeated himself, or just felt like reminding people. I like to imagine Kojima sitting at his desk and cursing the company he’s in charge of for getting in the way of his top secret masterpiece.
