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Levine: First-person can provide "childhood experience of play"
Irrational Games' Ken Levine, creator of BioShock, has said the first-person perspective is "one less barrier" to a game's experience for the videogamer.
It lets us be in "someone else's shoes," which is something 'very natural to children' when they play, but "much more difficult for adults." 'Transpose identity'.
It lets us be in "someone else's shoes," which is something 'very natural to children' when they play, but "much more difficult for adults." 'Transpose identity'.
BioShock Infinite "simultaneous" for all platforms, no PS3 port
Posted: 22.11.2010 by Technet2k
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If you were part of the PS3 BioShock crowd then you were likely grumpy it arrived a year late, and then when it did finally get here it was glitch-central.
Developer Irrational this time however with BioShock Infinite won't be palming off PS3 to an external studio, it's all "simultaneous in-house development".
Developer Irrational this time however with BioShock Infinite won't be palming off PS3 to an external studio, it's all "simultaneous in-house development".
PC where "great" game studios "are born" declares Ken Levine
Posted: 29.10.2010 by Technet2k
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Irrational Games' Ken Levine would like to make a point about PC gaming: it "will always" be the one platform that "drives innovation" in our industry.
All those great console IPs and their studios? "PC developers first," comments Levine. It's where the "leading-edge ideas form," thanks to low barriers.
All those great console IPs and their studios? "PC developers first," comments Levine. It's where the "leading-edge ideas form," thanks to low barriers.
Take-Two's digital sales less than 15%, as high as "40%" in 3 years
Posted: 19.10.2010 by Technet2k
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CEO Strauss Zelnick of Take-Two says in 3 years time they'll be seeing "20, 30, 40" percent of their total sales being made through digital distribution.
Currently digital sales equate to "less than 15" percent of their total figures, but "that's clearly growing." Physical discs will remain because of "huge file sizes."
Currently digital sales equate to "less than 15" percent of their total figures, but "that's clearly growing." Physical discs will remain because of "huge file sizes."
Hollywood 'figuring out' cheaper BioShock flick, to keep it "true"
Posted: 01.07.2010 by Technet2k
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Producer Gore Verbinski, who's also a big director, has said they are trying to work a way to get the BioShock movie cheaper without going PG-13.
For the crew and cast of the flick it has to be "R, a hard R." They don't want it to become a silly light humoured romantic comedy romp in Rapture.
For the crew and cast of the flick it has to be "R, a hard R." They don't want it to become a silly light humoured romantic comedy romp in Rapture.
Posted: 24.02.2011 by Technet2k
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