The sweet science of Foosball 2012

Today is Saturday morning hangover, I knew we were in for something special happens. See, my wife thinks quite the football player and it is extremely competitive, so I thought it would be fun to see how she does everything Foosball 2012 for PlayStation 3. Either he was going to end in its on-excited boast (laughing) or screaming on the agony of defeat (also hilarious) and it has not disappointed about.

But that's not all! We have been providing new Xbox Live Indie Games demos of the week and there were a few standout tracks.

Smatter

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Shroud of the Avatar reels in over $1.9 million on Kickstarter

Richard Garriott project fantastic RPG
Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
saw his Kickstarter end of the campaign this morning after receiving $ 1,919,275 in financial support. The Ultima-like game came to a series of ambitious goal after his initial $ 1 million was achieved, which gives the final product a Pet system and additional content Valle Perdido mysterious island.

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues

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Dtoid TV Weekend: This one's for Skipper

This weekend, I would like to dedicate our live content Skipper Eye-child.

And this weekend is! We are about to kick things off with a little

Saturday morning Hangover

where we will put everything on the line in a no holds barred, white-knuckled game Foosball

2012

. Yes, it's true. Foosball in the PS3.

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Cats, poop, and repeated failure to communicate

Jordan and I had an absolute blast with

Ballad of Solar

Platform: Windows -
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0x10c 'on ice' due to creative block

0x10c
, Mojang co-founder and

Minecraft the first management game
spaceship inventor Markus Persson, has been put on hold until the developer can get rid of a "weird creative block," said Persson Polygon.

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Philadelphia's Cira Centre Being Transformed Into Massive 'Pong' Game

All I Really Need to Know I Learned From Playing LucasArts Games

I played a lot of LucasArts> Games growth. As much.

I used to look forward for the company catalog Adventurer

. I knew that any sword fighting heart insults. Sam and Max has taught me to love words . Hell, I even laughed yard bullies shit with a positive balance Day of the Tentacle

We have six days left to fund shmup Humans Must Answer

Human must meet is an indie shmup in which you control a driven conscious chickens in the distant future spacecraft. Ok, so you've got me hooked on the concept at least. The guys behind this madness are Sumon games, who were former employees of GSC Game World. This is their first game and being almost over, looking at ? 5,000 for the extra time polishing. Sumon described Kickstarter Games as "low risk" and

humans must respond Greenlight

Fear for Sale: Nightmare Cinema

Platform: Mac, Windows -

AAA game development can be 'soul-crushing,' says Warren Spector

Deus Ex, Epic Mickey designer said work on large sets of budget is "a lot less fun than playing games should be."

The process of making big budget, AAA games can be a difficult task that breaks the mood of a person. It is based on Deus Ex and Epic Mickey designer Warren Spector, who told Games Industry International that the development of these projects comes with many loads.

"As cool as AAA games are the time and money that goes into their business is simply the soul crushing, at least for me," said Spector. "There are many voices to be heard, as legitimate stakeholders, it's just a lot less fun to play games should be."

• Spector was recently released work, after closing Disney Junction Point Studios in late January. The industry veteran does not know what he intends to do.
• According to Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios creative director Stefan Ljungqvist, big budget games are here to stay, but can decrease in number.

"I do not think the big budget games will disappear," Ljungqvist said this week. "It will be less of them. But it is a good thing, because maybe we do not need 40 FPS. I do not want to play all [laughs], but maybe we need one, two or three. "

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Feedbackula - LucasArts Funereal Fury!

Disney

LucasArts closed, and you are not very happy. Johnny throws his mourning clothes to take a closer look at what he said.

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Comments of the Week: 'It was akin to picking up a porn mag'

Your best, the funniest and most interesting comments in the last seven days.



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Expect more humorous open-world games from Brian Provinciano

"I will definitely do more open material world of comedy in the future, but it would be my next match, "
Retro City Rampage
creator Brian Provinciano told Joystiq after GDC panel where it broke sales down your game across multiple platforms.



"I have about four ideas open world game in my head I love him, but I am also very worried about jumping into another big project. So I solved my ideas right now and see if there is a game idea smaller or anything else you could do in the middle as well as a palate cleanser. When I do my next big ambitious game again will probably be an open world. "

Although Provinciano is eager to make more games, who wants to" let the dust settle "on

Retro City Rampage

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Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge

The Lone Ninja, Ryu Hayabusa, must find a way to end the deadly curse his right arm before he destroys ... Ninja Gaiden 3 has been reworked to make the Wii U really intense high-speed challenge of Ninja Gaiden fans demand action. With more weapons and Ninpo types, a new system of character progression system overhauled combat and the return of dismemberment, Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor's Edge improvement on the original Ninja Gaiden 3 in all directions and offers Wii U exclusive features and functionality.

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Casual games and Kickstarter: A bad match?

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Rhode Island: 38 Studios relied on speculative financial projections

R. I. Superior Court documents say defunct Management Studio knew they had enough money to complete projects before moving on to the state of the ocean.

The Providence Journal.

The state contends that 38 Studios instead relied on "speculative financial projections" to operate its business.

Rhode Island sued Schilling, along with other 38 Studios executives, in November over the controversial $75 million loan that brought the game company to the Ocean State in 2010.

The state continues to argue that the defendants knew or should have known, but failed to inform the EDC Board, that 38 Studios was destined to fail based on 38 Studios' own financial projections.

In total, the complaint includes 17 counts of alleged wrongdoing against 38 Studios. These include counts of fraud, unjust enrichment, civil conspiracy, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, negligence, legal malpractice, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent misrepresentations and omissions, and breach of fiduciary duty.

Separately, the 38 Studios website has returned to operation today. The site at one point today contained a handful of posts--all created today--highlighted the history of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Project Copernicus, and Green Monster Games, which would later become 38 Studios.

These posts have all been removed in favor of an update titled "Meh." The original website design included a grayscale 38 Studios logo. This has also been removed.

Schilling had not returned requests for comment at press time.

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Rhode Island Economic Development Corp. Max Wistow lawyer said there is "overwhelming evidence" that shows the founder and former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling Boston and other leaders intentionally concealed financial information accordance with

The Providence Journal

• The State argues that 38 Studios both on the basis of "speculative financial projections" to run their businesses.
• Schilling continued Rhode Island, with 38 other studios executive in November on the controversial loan of $ 75 million that the gaming company in the State of the Ocean in 2010.

The State continues to argue that the defendants knew or should have known, but did not inform the Board of the Company, that 38 Studios was doomed to fail according to their own financial projections 38 Studios.

In total, the complaint includes 17 counts of alleged crimes against 38 Studios. These include charges of fraud, unjust enrichment, conspiracy, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, negligence, legal misconduct, negligent misrepresentation, fraudulent misrepresentation and omissions, and breach of fiduciary duty .

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In addition, site 38 Studios went back to work today. The place at one time contained a handful of posts today - all created today - highlighted the history of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Copernicus Project, and Green Monster Games, which later became 38 Studios .

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Inafune: Japanese game industry is not fine

Some argue the Japanese game industry is doing very well, but for a long critical Keiji Inafune said that these arguments are based on more than an illusion. Old man Capcom believes that the industry must sacrifice his pride to overcome stagnation.

"I hope that the Japanese game developers make their way to stagnation," he told IGN. "

However, the reality is not as good as i want it to be. I see that you start to become aware of the problem and they need to do something. They know they need to know more about Western games and create games that sell more on the Western market. However, do not know what to do or how to do it.

"Worse, his pride gets in the way, which prevents them from learning developers to abroad. therefore end up staying in the domestic market instead of going global. "

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Monaco FINALLY has a release date

What, in 2013, that all these nebulous indie games with a half-decade long development cycles are finally coming spring? First we had BattleBlock Theater

, and now

Monaco

joins the fun, April 24 at PC and Xbox Live Arcade.

This interesting little indie Andy Schatz, designer and founder of Pocketwatch Games, is essentially a top-down stealth game cooperative that was the talk of the town among the fairs and festivals of games for a while .

Intelligent Systems would like to make a new Advance Wars

with Fire Emblem: Awakening

launched the 3DS and see all the success, many may wonder what this could mean for other system developers intelligent franchise

Advance Wars Asked about the possibility of a new entry in the Advance Wars series, Masahiro Higuchi, project and

Fire Emblem : Awakening

said: " Well, if

Fire Emblem

Advance Wars

, never wants to end series that we are involved with. always want to make games that offer lots of fun for the players, so if you have the opportunity, "certainly like to another [

Advance Wars

] title. "

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GDC 2013 hit a record 23,000 attendees, 2014 dated

GDC 2013 is a wrap. This year we had a great run time to talk to game makers, the press, and even encouraged the homeless in downtown San Francisco. One of them asked me not to fight.

Without such a record 23,000 industry professionals were presented last week at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. This is where we learned new details about the PS4, Hideo Kojima ear

Metal Gear Solid V

played around

Hawken

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Project Awakened's independent crowdfunding campaign in full swing

project Awake was short on Kickstarter in March, raising $ 338.498 for command $ 500,000, but the team games phosphorus was not willing to give up the game at the moment. After a week of the survey drew 4,000 responses, Phosphorus decided that there was enough interest to launch a collection of separate funds, with some new parameters.

phosphorus using PayPal, an option that Kickstarter does not offer their projects, and their primary goal is $ 250,000. If

Awake
not hit the mark, May 5, all sponsors will receive a full refund. Donations range from $ 5 to $ 10,000, each with unique advantages. The fashion inspired Kickstarter, the

Awake

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Torment: Tides of Numenera gets its first screenshot

This is your first screenshot
Torment: Tides of Numenera
, the Planescape: Torment RPG inspired is already $ 3.2 million in funding Kickstarter, with four days of arrival. What you see, the project manager Kevin Saunders says, is a parameter called The Bloom, who also happens to be very much a living being. Yes, it is both a bustling commercial center and a "semi-conscious predator." - Manhattan sounds like us

The

Torment Lava Kickstarter
beyond its goal of $ 900,000, earning $ 1 million in just 8 hours. campaign for PC, Mac, Linux and the game is broken more ambitious since then unlocking all new areas, co-characters and novels inxile development provide a live orchestra music. traditional afternoon increase Kickstarter fundraising goal beyond segment of $ 3.5 million while Chris Avellone of Obsidian time, who was the chief designer

Planescape: Torment

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This Is Japan's "Sad Keanu" Meme

Shoko Nakagawa is a superstar. The music is recorded, appears in television and voice

Pok?mon

anime characters. You think she would be happy! Maybe it is. But even this is equivalent to Sad Keanu Japan. Awww.

In Japanese, the meme is often called "Shoko is lonely" ("Shokotan Bocchi" or ??? ??? ? ?). "Bocchi" is an abbreviation of "Hitori Bocchi" (??????), which means "alone" or "solitary". Sounds "Bocchi" shortcut that young children and some would say, here is the color not be good to talk with others.

it years ago in 2006 at the time Nakagawa went beyond events cosplay Japanese Xbox 360 game and began to go mainstream, she appeared in a show of special varieties. When all the other characters were standing and applauding and smiling, just a little Nakagawa standing awkwardly. The image has become a meme in Japan.

Since then, picture after picture Nakagawa special varieties apparently represent something of loneliness or sadness or look elsewhere.

Then there are pictures of her in public (well, Tokyo Disneyland), seeking only.

Recently on two channels, the largest billboard in Japan, a report Nakagawa net user "bocchi" even for the "Sad Keanu" meme in the West.

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The Second Arc of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure is Better Than the First

When I saw the first arc of the anime in 2012

Bizarre Adventure Jojo

Earlier this year I said captured the essence of the bush for better or for worse. The second arc suffers from the same double-edged sword, but with a history and a more interesting character, it is much nicer than the first

Good

- A smart hero

Jojo the first arc, Jonathan Joestar was a bit boring. He was a grown man who has always been pure and do the right thing for the right reasons. It was not very smart, especially compared to its nemesis Dio.

Joestar Joseph, on the other hand, while not book smart, incredibly resourceful and can easily predict the strategies of their opponents and prepare accordingly. And that's part of the fun of the series, watching Jojo end in the worst possible position, only to discover he won per person deception noticed.

addition, nothing is as awesome and amazing as a vampire with a machine gun and several hand grenades.

Good

- "Bizarre Adventure" is quite the title Apt

The first story arc, which is centered around the fight against vampires and zombies in Victorian England, not exactly what I would call a "strange adventure." Instead of this, it felt more like a film of mixed martial arts, a gothic horror tale. But things like the fight against an Aztec god of old man died in a horse drawn chariot race vampire in the Swiss Alps , as seen in the second arc certainly lives up to its title.

The second arc is much more than a trans-world adventure, visiting everywhere from New York to Mexico City in Italy. This gives the whole area of ??issues of much higher and wider history.

Mixed - Nazi Good Guys

well established that bad at first, the Nazis, because if you need an army investigate something mystical, what could you turn?-Are found to be somewhere between an ally and a pseudo joking shortly after. Sure, they incessantly declaim about the superiority of German technology and culture in all aspects, but again and again they appear at the right time to help his friends Jojo and win.

But Nazis are good in history, even if they are good, simply because of the need to join forces to confront a greater enemy is more or less the opposite of what they have been trained to think like a player (and as an American, for that matter). And it is strange allies remain faithful and honorable confusing through everything and never betray Jojo (who is British) and their friends. Describing the Nazis in this way is not bad in itself the narrative point of view, but certainly do not mess with their expectations. And as for all the moral aspect of the Nazis are good, so it could easily be a deciding factor for many potential observers.

Bad
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