The Arcade Random Thoughts Thread

[stevsta]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKUuUvDSXk4&feature=player_embedded[/ame]

interesting vid and some great technology that hopefully they aren't exaggerating on

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/08/02/can-games-look-real-today.aspx

An Australian company named Euclideon claims that it has figured out how to make games look100,000 times better by getting rid of polygons.

Euclideon was formed in May of 2010 in Brisbane Australia. It’s Unlimited Detail method can supposedly display unlimited point cloud data in real time – meaning that game environments would no longer need to be made out of polygons, but could be made out of tiny atoms, dramatically improving the level of detail in a game. The following video, narrated by Euclideon CEO Bruce Robert Dell, describes the process rather well. We’d don’t know much more about this technology at this time. Does this really work as well as it looks like it does? Or is Euclideon putting us all on a bit? We can’t wait to find out.

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apparently as atb bought to my attention their is an article that discredits a lot of what they are saying is possible

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8386977075/its-a-scam

while the people who made the vid and demo may just be up for a cashgrab the Voxelcloud technology is still pretty cool

[wingsfan77]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/118/1185709p1.html

woohoo!

[IamMedellin]

Wait.....can sum1 explain the non extortionist reason that m$ charges $10 to change your gamertag?
Well $7 this week ....

[jms493]

Wait.....can sum1 explain the non extortionist reason that m$ charges $10 to change your gamertag?
Well $7 this week ....

to prevent people from changing their gamertags every week like the girls on this site.

[IamMedellin]

to prevent people from changing their gamertags every week like the girls on this site.

Do ppl still get salty when gurls change their names on this site?
And is this rampant on psn? Where its free to change ?

[Guest]

Wait.....can sum1 explain the non extortionist reason that m$ charges $10 to change your gamertag?
Well $7 this week ....

Its just another way to get money. The same way people spend MS points on add-on stuff for their Live avatar. I haven't changed mine since I was forced to create one.

As far as changing your name, just send a message to your friends and recent people played and have them report your Gamertag as not appropriate. Microsoft will make you change it and charge you no money.

[Twigg4075]

http://ps3.ign.com/articles/118/1185709p1.html


woohoo!

Yeah, G4 tweeted that last night. It was inevitable but still great to see some confirmation.

[JayDizzle]

DLed and played though the Warhammer Kill Team demo/trial (it's another demo you can buy the full version of in-game if you didn't from the PSN Store already)...

It's an isometric, twin-stick shooter that plays like Dungeon Siege III or Dungeon Hunter (if you're cheap ).

2 player co-op and if you do certain things within the full game, you get an unlockable weapon for the other Warhammer game coming out soon (EDIT: Space Marine).

...I wouldn't recommend it to anybody.

[Twigg4075]

DLed and played though the Warhammer Kill Team demo/trial (it's another demo you can buy the full version of in-game if you didn't from the PSN Store already)...

It's an isometric, twin-stick shooter that plays like Dungeon Siege III or Dungeon Hunter (if you're cheap ).

2 player co-op and if you do certain things within the full game, you get an unlockable weapon for the other Warhammer game coming out soon (EDIT: Space Marine).

...I wouldn't recommend it to anybody.

Really? I played the demo on Xbox and liked it. JMS and I were talking about it while playing DH the other night and he said he liked it too. Plus it's $10 and not the usual $15.

[IamMedellin]

henshin a go go BABY!

[Misogi]

Pay more than the average for humble bundle 3 and you get humble bundle 2 as welll

[StealthShot]

GOD DAMN

COD releasing another map pack for black ops.

Resurrection

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/03/call-of-duty-black-ops-resurrection-dlc-coming-this-quarter/

[Bmore]

I didn't think anyone played Black Ops...

[Buzzman]

zombie maps are nice.

[JayDizzle]

The smartest thing Activision ever did with the Black Ops maps was separating the Zombie Maps amongst all the DLC.

Even if you never play competitive or team MP, there's still a high percentage of you as a customer wanting to cap undead with a friend if you're still playing the game.

Obviously, we've all seen the amount of cash they're raking in so far through each pack nowadays.

Now if they ever just made a game of it, Activision would make $Texas amounts of cash.

Also, on another subject, I finally picked up Enslaved: Odyssey to the West... fuck me for being a cheapskate when this first came out.

It's not gorgeous out of the box like UC2 but damned if it doesn't scream, "PLAY ME MOTHERFUCKER."

Unless you're living off Ramen or less OR have the game already, $20 is a small pittance for the studio that brought us Heavenly Sword and the upcoming Devil May Cry reboot.