Artsygamer
4 those who see(k) the art in games
Back in 1989…
Jul 31st
Kotaku has a very cool article: news from the past. It talks about the Sega Genesis launch, which i find delightful, as I’ve often contemplated the fact how a new game/console can seem to us soooooooooooooo awesome and cool, like everything, and how we can’t wait a few years and if we do it feels "old". When in fact our old is lightyears ahead of somebody from the pasts sci-fi dreams of oldage. Take for example from the article
Benefits of Genesis include high definition graphics; increased color and motion; stereo and high-fidelity music
Now you can just know a lot of people drooled and dreamed about that, sound familiar? People talk about high definition graphics in consoles… when in truth our HD gaming is often times not even 720p, rendered lower & upscaled. One can only presume that maybe the next generation of consoles, 5 years or more down the line is the one that will actually render at 1920×1080 (which if you think about it is just about 2 megapixels, which for a camera everybody would say it sucks these days)… nevermind that resolution doesn’t even matter as much as realisting lighting (eg. the news on a SD tv looks realistic without having a high definition) which is probabily much further down the line… so my personal attempt is to control my desire & learn to delay games & still enjoy them as new. Just hope i don’t die before and miss any good ones 
Time tricks in big titles
Jul 23rd
I’m happy to note that it seems big time developers ARE paying attention to good ideas in lil indie games & tech demo type ideas: puzzle solving via time loops: yeaayyy! (remember the pointer game i posted here?)
Ash on MGS
Jul 10th
As far as I’m concerned this is one of their best shows eeeever (and they have done some brilliant ones). Such a fitting and brilliant simplification of a typical MGS twisted storyline. Hope I didn’t remember too many spoilers and that it’s from MGS1 which i have no interest in and not from MGS 4 which I’m looking forward to.
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Tales of Monkey Island
Jul 7th
OMG!!! COULD IT BE TRUE??? This is not that remake with better graphics is it? Could it be that finally, after all these ages, finally a new monkey island game? And apparently also a relatively good one? Do I mind if it’s episodic? Nope. Worst case scenario you abstain for a while and then gulp a few episodes at once.