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• Aroooo! The inside story on Call of Duty dog motion capture

• dadrester 24/05/2013

  This could have been the first meaningful female protagonist in a Call of Duty game, but NO! "Our target demographic won't be able to identify with the dog if it's not a male" Reply +10

• dadrester 24/05/2013

  "We'd never mo-capped a dog before! Working with two-legged characters is hard enough. The session was crazy."

  They should have gone with this. Much easier to mocap. Plus, Microsoft would have won.
  
  Reply +21

• Xbox One: developers have their say on specs, self-publishing and TV TV TV

• dadrester 24/05/2013

  @bibbish Why? You'll just be able to watch it on netflix eventually, or buy the bluray box set. amiright? Reply +1

• dadrester 24/05/2013

  @StooMonster I think they mentioned at the reveal that because of the resolution of the camera it can locate the speaker's face and [edit] digital [/edit] zoom without degrading the image too much, so in theory, this shouldn't be a problem. It's just... well I must already have about 7 devices that can skype perfectly well.
  
  Maybe if I'm playing a co-op game or something like streetfighter with someone and we can see each other and chat at the same time, that would be quite cool, but certainly not a box feature for me.
  
  Regarding a thing in the article...
  
  "While I, and most EG readers, see indie games as important parts of a platform's library, I do appreciate that they're not system sellers for the mass market."
  
  I would think Apple would argue that this is not necessarily the case. iOS devices have shipped in the bajillions and a lot of it is down to exactly these smaller apps and games. Reply +8

• The Realm Kickstarter fails "but the war is not over yet!"

• dadrester 23/05/2013

  Oh man. How do I not know about this? Especially given Atomhawk are just over the river in Gateshead. I'd definitely have backed it. Reply +2

• Xbox One shows flickers of visionary promise but misses an opportunity to prove it with games

• dadrester 22/05/2013

  I like Remedy and think they're a really talented bunch, BUT... the trailer for Quantum Break was fucking abysmal. What the hell was going on?! The live action bit looked like it had absolutely nothing to do with with the gamey bit what so ever. Not even stylistically. Given the high profile of the event I was expecting a new IP reveal to actually have some impact, especially since it was one of only 4 games "shown" (I'm classing fifa/madden/mma/nba as a single entity). Reply +3

• Next Xbox Reveal: live report and live video

• dadrester 21/05/2013

  who is this young fella playing xbox? http://i.imgur.com/yCZ7Dtu.jpg Reply 0

• What to expect from tonight's Xbox reveal

• dadrester 21/05/2013

  @jabberwocky I'm not sure. I always got him mixed up with the Chewits monster from the c64 game.
  
  My memory for stuff from when I was a kid is pretty good. Ask me to name something I did in my twenties... no recollection.
  
  [edit]... this guy http://www.lemon64.com/?game_id=3942 Reply 0

• dadrester 21/05/2013

  @jabberwocky You of course mean "Gilbert the Greb" ;) Reply 0

• Nearly-finished Deus Ex Machina sequel starring Christopher Lee seeks Kickstarter help

• dadrester 20/05/2013

  looks interesting. Reply 0

• Nintendo now claiming ad revenue for YouTube Let's Play videos

• dadrester 17/05/2013

  2 words:
  
  Share Button Reply 0

• Terraria, Dust 514, Metro: Last Light on EU PlayStation Store this week

• dadrester 15/05/2013

  No mention of Velocity Ultra? Reply +7

• Mike Diva's Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon: The Movie trailer is perfect

• dadrester 09/05/2013

  Bioshock Infinite's ending can fuck right off. It's all about Rex Power Colt. Reply 0

• Splinter Cell: Blacklist preview: The king of multiplayer returns

• dadrester 07/05/2013

  Spies vs. Mercs!!! It was awesome. Like hide and seek with super cool gadgets. And when you were a Spy you were truly fearful. No way of killing mercs (or maybe there was just one way?), but when you won you felt like a total badass. Especially when it was 3 vs. 1. Listening in on the other teams coms when you tagged them with the dart was the coolest mechanic in any game ever. Reply +2

• "The next generation is going to be, possibly for the very first time, the next generation of game design"

• dadrester 01/05/2013

  I applaud his ambition and hope it's successful. Imagine if the only films you could watch were Michael Bay Transformers types. Reply 0

• And this is what Activision's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game looks like

• dadrester 25/04/2013

  this doesn't look nearly as bad as i was expecting. It looks like it may even be above average. Reply 0

• Call of Duty: Ghosts listed by Tesco

• dadrester 25/04/2013

  in case anyone cares this is the image edge posted... https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/543704_507390569316760_1688628674_n.jpg Reply +1

• European Commission slaps another delay on UK games industry tax breaks

• dadrester 17/04/2013

  @DanSmith09 Ahh, righto. Reply 0

• dadrester 17/04/2013

  Isn't our version of the tax breaks scheme a carbon copy of the one France already has in place? Reply +2

• Nintendo shutting down Wii channels and online services

• dadrester 12/04/2013

  Good job the "homebrew channel" isn't being axed. Reply +58

• Castle of Illusion remake teased for this summer

• dadrester 11/04/2013

  had this on game gear... always wished it was SMB3 Reply -1

• Microsoft creative director Adam Orth no longer with Microsoft

• dadrester 11/04/2013

  In other news, Sony have just taken on a new head of PR. Reply 0

• Belayed potential: The art of videogame climbing

• dadrester 10/04/2013

  While it's not really climbing, I thought scaling up the radio masts in Far Cry 3 was quite vertigo inducing. Reply +1

• Homesick dev Chloe Sagal successfully crowd-funds life-saving operation

• dadrester 09/04/2013

  @Shikasama
  
  "I see someone begging for something"
  
  Like her life? Reply +23

• 30 minutes of bonkers Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon footage leaked online

• dadrester 09/04/2013

  instabuy Reply +1