The Idea Guy Blogeth... » microsoft http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog An Idealabs Interactive weblog Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:42:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 7 is the lucky number! http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/7-is-the-lucky-number/ http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/7-is-the-lucky-number/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 04:59:57 +0000 Idea Guy http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/?p=295 Is “7″ Microsoft’s lucky number? They sure seem to be getting things right with it…

Windows Mobile 7, an overview:

And here’s a news report:

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Are game designers trippin’ or what?

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Keeping in line with the recent spate of 3D games with 2D game-play, Trials HD by RedLynx allows you to put your character through an unbelievable amount of pain and suffering… all in the name of stunt riding!

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Not just because of their addictive game-play… but because all the while you are playing the game, you will be laughing at yourself!

Achievement Unlocked (click here to play) is designed to make fun of players’ obsessive-compulsive pursuit of Xbox Achievements and perhaps even PlayStation Trophies.

Once you’re done playing that, try Upgrade Complete (click here to play). This one pokes fun at games where the player has to upgrade his/her character… which nowadays, is almost all of them!

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Peter Molyneux (creator of Dungeon Keeper, Populous and Fable) speaks about Lionhead Studios’ experiments with Microsoft’s Project Natal technology:

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Here’s two more games where at least one of the prior descriptions apply!

Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex for the Xbox 360:

Tomy’s Naruto Shippuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3 for the Nintendo Wii:

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Twisted Pixel gives us our newest super-hero on Xbox Live Arcade… And like many before him, after being the subject of questionable scientific experiments, he’s out to kick (or explode?) some righteous butt:

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Last week, at E3, Sony and Microsoft showed the world their pitch on the future of motion control.

Here are the two videos, for you to compare them head-to-head:

Sony’s magic wand:

Microsoft’s Project Natal:

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