rolling thread of stuff worth reading on videogames

http://waxy.org/2011/06/kind_of_screwed/

On pixel art fair use. BS lawsuit, IMO

the one thing that sort of tips me in favor of the photo guy was that they
had gone to the trouble of clearing the music, which was certainly transformed
much more than the photo was.

No nah, all did they were cover versions, which you don't even need a real license for (i.e. you don't need permission from the song owners). Sure you technically need get a mechanical license, but as long as you send checks at the compulsory rate you're pretty much in the clear.

what i mean is the fact that they even bothered to get a mechanical license (though it seems from his post like they may have even secured further permission of some sort), but not for the cover photo, makes me more sympathetic to the photo guy. that, plus their charging of money for it, but I'm not sure what to think about that part. I doubt The Advantage is paying royalties to DuckTales composer/programmer #3, or whomever, and I'm cool with that.

Love reading Sulla's games:http://garath.net/Sullla/civ4MP.html

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/the-edge-of-reason?page=1

the tale of an acclaimed iPhone game and how it's been hogtied by the actions of an unconscionable douchelord

Only just got round to reading this one. Holy shit.

I'm sure this guy Langdell has always been a total chancer. The Edge's catalogue was full of games that were either mediocre or just plain awful(the screenshots in that article speak for themselves), and clearly most were rushed out to make a quick buck with little regard to quality control. The worst was probably Warlock, a game so lousy it had to be given away free in early Atari ST bundles.

Also I was wondering if Langdell had ever tried to sue Edge Magazine, but it turns out he was recently sued by them, for using their logo without permission. Haha.

xp I only knew his tutorials before now but wow -- reading these games are really amazing. In the middle of reading RBPB2.

love this article.
http://insertcredit.com/2011/07/11/the-world-warrior/

+1

+2

stuff worth hearing about videogames?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uKl3xeBVY4

http://pastebin.com/W7fiktcb

haha i new you would be the one who posted that

http://www.auntiepixelante.com/?p=1228

Some mainstream games for you ilg people who pay more than $15 for games.

http://kotaku.com/5829606/ive-played-deus-ex-she-hasnt-now-were-playing-it-together

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/extra-punctuation/9087-Extra-Punctuation-Why-No-Couples-in-Games

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/killscreen/17-everybodys-doing-it-how-playing-legend-of-zelda-ocarina-of-time-as-a-30-year-old-reveals-its-magical-adolescence-of/

pretty rmde @ the repeated sex bit tho

pitchfork does games now?

bissell now in new yorker o_O

oh god

Shadow of the Colossus is the Wilco of video games tbf

lol

Bioshock would fit the bill better.

Bioshock is the Kid A of video games.

in short -- do not want

more than a little wankery, but it had its moments i thought.

http://killscreendaily.com/

^ they're just irregularly poaching a writer from killscreen btw--i dig killscreen

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/09/04/dont-quit-how-to-save-adventures-225/

yet another article about what's up with adventure games these days, but this one is actually good

ha, clever.
http://killscreendaily.com/articles/reviews/infinity-blade

"I insert the game card, gently, into the slot of my Aqua Blue system. As I walk over to a red chaise lounge the system slips out of my fumbling hands, falling onto the carpet. I flashback to my first kiss, in my parent’s garage—It gets betterthe more you do it, she told me—and with that in mind, I begin my quest."
aaaaaand i stopped reading there

gonna have to live through a lot more shitty games writing before the field matures... sigh

that said, maybe there's some kind of history to this sort of pap that i'm not getting, like cherished jazz reviews or some shit, i don't know

i think the history of this particular pap is early p4k writing

^

they even use the fonts pfork used to use

not reading, but this is awesome:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WPZbwDHz-0

A+ would watch again

The pastebin bit has somegood points

That was awesome, ZS

http://www.joystickdivision.com/2011/09/videogames_are_awesome_because.php

(I am not Gus Mastrapa)

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/everybodys-doing-it

the conclusion more belongs in a games o_O thread though, if there is one

haha we talked about that terrible piece in the p4k thread

there was much o_Oing

well why in the hell were you talking about videogames or indeed anything in a pitchfork thread

i think about 60% of that piece is pretty smart, anyway! it's just the rest of it is very much smdh or o_o or other territory better expressed by internet shorthand than by actual words

also talked abt it upthread

yeah i really cant see anything of value in that piece

i got sucked into the p4k thread bcuz they/we were talking about n+1

omg that last graf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO1OV5B_JDw

http://twitter.com/#!/leighalexander/status/113783739447902208

The pastebin bit has somegood points

― Blind Diode Jefferson (kingfish), Friday, September 9, 2011 1:14 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark

yeah, i consider it the final word on DNF