Insomniac Games boldy goes multiplatform… for 1 new game…
It's a different time these days with gamers split between the PlayStation 3, X-Box 360 and Wii, it's a far cry from the previous generation in which the King of the Mountain was the PlayStation 2. With the amount of Wiis, PS3s and 360s out there it is no surprise that more and more third party developers have decided to go multi-platform to recuperate development costs and make a profit while also being able to get their games into as many homes as possible. What is a developer to do when there is a near 50-50 split of X-Box 360 owners as there are PlayStation 3 (PS3) owners (the Wii is another story entirely)? It would seem pretty silly for any third party developer to not make the most of this and double their audience and offer their games on both consoles.
The only disappointing thing about this trend, this generation, is that it seems the majority of video game developers that have gone multi-platform are ones who were previously closely tied to the PlayStation brand, i.e. Square Enix, rather than ones who have been tied to Microsoft and their X-Box brand. We can now add one more developer into the hat of previous PlayStation-centric developers who have gone the way of the multi-platform side, Insomniac Games!
Little Big Planet 2: Expectations
Little Big Planet is one of those rare video games that you come across these days that manages to be many things all at once and get it all right.
For a title that is marketed as a family-oriented platforming game, it is a little bit of a surprise that the game provides a gameplay experience that everyone enjoy. Yet the gameplay is only one part of the experience as Little Big Planet offers a little something that makes it really stand out amongst its peers: the ability to build your own levels and share it with other Little Big Planet players via the PlayStation Network (PSN).
Some might ask what's so special about giving gamers the ability to create at all on a system like the PlayStation 3 (PS3)?
PSP Go: The issue of the digital and the physical
In a world where downloadable films and TV shows are growing in popularity amongst consumers, it comes as a surprise when you encounter new optical media products that do not come with digital copy. These days when you purchase a Blu Ray movie, like Pixar's Monsters Inc., you get a voucher that can be used to download a digital copy of your movie via the Internet.
A Bold Idea for the PS3 and PSN
Over the past few months I've had some worries regarding my PS3
. Now, I originally purchased my PS3 back in December 2007, getting the 80 GB with PS2 software emulation. Up until 2 months ago I never encountered any problems aside from some incompatibilities with PS2 games, from the more serious problems playing Tales of Legendia to slowdown encountered when playing graphically intense games like Final Fantasy XII. Problems did occur one night when I turned off the PS3 as per my usual, which was turning it off via the XMB (Cross Media Bar) on the PS3 and then switching the power off from the back switch when the red light lit up at the front. This time I was not as lucky as usual. Somehow during this process the hard drive managed to become corrupt costing me my saves.
David Jaffe’s video blogs are awesome
Originally posted: 04/21/2009
David Jaffe with Dude Huge (Cliff B.)
So every so often I'll take note of a David Jaffe video blog linked to on N4G and end up watching them. Well today this happened and I went through and watched some older video blogs and I got to say the guy is pretty entertaining and insightful in his video blogs. I like how he doesn't hold back and lets his opinion be known. So far one of my personal blog entry is the one where he rants on Cosmopolitan magazine. If there was ever a guy I would love to work for, and be really motivated to work for (and improve my skill set), David Jaffe is one of them (the others being Hideo Kojima, Tetsuya Nomura and Hironobu Sakaguchi).
As an aside David Jaffe posted the following quote from Apple co-founder (and marketing genius) Steve Jobs:
"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
This sort of comment resonates to me, I do sometimes feel the need to want to follow my dreams, but I feel that some lifelong problems I have hamper me from really accomplishing my goals.
Source: David Jaffe's Blog
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