and it is GLORIUS

Here’s another one of them VIDEO VIDEO GAME NEWS…es! For April 5th.
Mostly concerning with the recent GDC 09 and all that.

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I needed to make a video but didn’t have the time to throw together a new Exploding Barrels (which normally takes a day). So I busted this thing out! Took about 3 hours and I think it is ok! Haha, we will see if anyone responds well to it.
So it’s basically just a random bunch [...]

HEY GUYS!
Ignore the title of this blog post. For all you know it might be an ironic name like Little John (actually is big) or Andre the Giant (He actually died, which his name doesn’t imply).
Oh no! DUCK AND COVER IT’S NEWS TIIIIME!

Tabula Rasa is finally DEAD

Above character modelled after me

The unpopular MMORPG Tabula Rasa [...]

Ayeeeeeeee! I know… I’m a horrible blogger/friend/human. Look at me, neglecting this place after I spouted off about resurrecting it. In my defence I have just moved house and only just got the internet a few days ago. ANYWAY! Lets look at some recent NEWS!!!
Some of this news may be a little old now, just [...]

So the distributor Red Ant and developer Bethesda are refusing to give any details as to what has been cut from the Australian release of Fallout 3. They most likely don’t plan on clarifying what’s been changed until well after the release, so that customers don’t know what they are… or more accurately aren’t buying. [...]

This is very Australian specific but still worth checking out to see how broken our rating system is…
SO recently Fallout 3 has been denied rating due to drug use, there has since been a major backlash from Australian gamers. This following the recent GTA 4 censorship is another painful stab in our already tender bellies [...]

The video game industry is lacking characters. People with charisma, intensity and big ol’ brass ones.
Sure we have our “Make those marines twice as big and thrice as oily!” Cliffy Bs, our “I gotta go home early today, so cut half the features.” Peter Molyneuxs and our “Put faces on EVERYTHING!!!” Miyamotos but I [...]

Let’s talk Natural Motion.

You guys may have noticed this soon to be trend that’s coming to games, which is physics based animation systems. Simply, game characters and NPCs responding dynamically to their environment by actual physics calculated balance and responses from forces.
Think of it as intelligent ragdolls.
And let me tell you that this is AWESOME! [...]

ARGHGGHHHHHH!H!!!!!!
http://blogs.theage.com.au/screenplay/archives//009125.html
A Rockstar spokesperson confirmed to Screen Play yesterday that the company had produced a special version of GTA IV to comply with the Australian classification system, which does not currently contain an R18+ rating, but declined to reveal what material had been cut.
The game has been rated R18+ by the British Board of Film Classification, [...]