Posted on November 10, 2015 by Fionna Schweit
Welcome to a new series of posts where we host videos of our own Renee Gittins about development of her game Potions: a curious tale.
The first video in the series is below! We will post one a week each week so you can follow the progress! If you like what you so go check out Renee at her website, http://potionsacurioustale.com/
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Posted on November 10, 2015 by Fionna Schweit
The steam controller is finally shipping out to those who ordered in the first wave. I received mine in the mail today. Check out the gallery below for the un-boxing goodness and look for a first impressions very soon! The controller feel really nice in the hands, its has an odd downward sloping angle I have never encountered in a controller before. Its nothing like an Xbox or PlayStation controller. It feels very light and it seems as though the 4 face buttons (A, B, X, Y) are in a place that will be difficult to reach when it gets intense.
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Posted on November 10, 2015 by Broken Joysticks
Samsung has just made their $100 VR Headset available for pre-order at Best Buy. The device only works in combination with a variety of Samsung devices, the Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+, S6 and S6 Edge, and comes pre-loaded with a bunch of 3D movie trailers and “360° videos”.
A lot of sites have been hailing this as the device that’d make VR go mainstream but I’m….skeptical. The largest problem with the device is the lack of content for it, and it will probably be years before there will be consistent content created for it. The main advantage of the Oculus is that it has dedicated developers that are making shit for the thing, which this one doesn’t. And let’s be honest, you’re not going to be watching Netflix with this thing on. When you want to sit down and relax, you’re not first going to strap half a refrigerator to your head. Also I’m fairly certain binge-watching with this thing might just snap your neck in two like a twig. All in all, this might be the introduction of VR to the mainstream, but I think the introduction is a bit early and as a result may leave a foul taste in the mouth for early adopters.
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Posted on November 10, 2015 by Broken Joysticks
A new Nintendo Direct is going to be held on the 12th at 2 PM PST, only two days from now. The link is already up and can be found here.
Nintendo is still very much Nintendo and hasn’t really told us what is going to be included in the conference, but I think it’s safe to assume it will largely focus on the company’s holiday line-up. Most notably, this line-up includes Xenoblade Chronicles X, the follow-up to a game I didn’t play because I do not own a Nintendo console. Anyway I do respect Nintendo’s way of doing things, even if I’ve never really managed to get into their games. I’ll probably check out the conference just because it’s bound to be better than the dreck I sit through every year at E3.
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Posted on November 10, 2015 by Broken Joysticks
After bringing in 5.6 million unique viewers, with a peak viewer count of over 183.000 watching at the same time, it is fair to say the experiment of putting up Bob Ross on Twitch was a resounding success. As a result of the near universal positive feedback, Twitch will now regularly stream an entire season of Bob Ross’ The Joy of Painting every monday on the designated channel. They will also stream the entirety of the thirty two seasons back to back every year on October 29th, to celebrate his anniversary on Twitch.
This is the part where I think of something clever or sarcastic to say but it just doesn’t seem right here. The unironic embracing of Bob Ross by the, let’s be honest, often toxic Twitch community is something so heart warming and positive even I can’t be cynical about it. Tuning into it and watching people celebrate every time he finished a painting the same way they’d celebrate a Nexus being destroyed or a bomb defused, it just made me feel….happy. Even years after his death, Bob Ross is still spreading the Joy of Painting to new generations, and I’d like to just appreciate that.
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