The Idea Guy Blogeth... » playstation 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 GDC 2010 videos http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/gdc-2010-videos/ http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/gdc-2010-videos/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:10:38 +0000 Idea Guy http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/?p=305 Here’s why posting’s been irregular recently…

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PlayStation 3 Move Motion Controller Developer Diary #1 – Research & Development:

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Watch the fun:

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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!

]]> http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/obsessive-compulsive-gaming/feed/ 0 Trine (trīn), adj. – Threefold; Triple http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/trine-trin-adj-threefold-triple/ http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/trine-trin-adj-threefold-triple/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:05:58 +0000 Idea Guy http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/?p=145 “Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind.” – Anonymous

Following the camera and physics style found in games such as LittleBigPlanet, Trine is a fantastical PlayStation Network game that’s about as beautiful as you can imagine:

Here’s the GameSpot review:

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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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The device is UMD-less, instead relying on 16 gigabytes of internal Flash memory to store games, movies and TV shows downloaded off the PlayStation network.

Here’s a video interview with more information:

Regardless of what has been said by Sony, it is probable that the UMD-based PSP will eventually be phased out. (But of course, Sony can’t openly admit that, can they?)

]]> http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/go-psp-go/feed/ 0 Of rag dolls, Kung fu and Bruce Lee… http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/of-rag-dolls-kung-fu-and-bruce-lee/ http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/post/of-rag-dolls-kung-fu-and-bruce-lee/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:27:54 +0000 Idea Guy http://www.idealabsinteractive.com/blog/?p=7 While working at Lionhead Studios, Mark Healey (co-founder of Media Molecule) created a fighting game called Rag Doll Kung Fu.

Earlier this week, a new version of the game – Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic was released on the PlayStation Network. This is what it looks like:

Now, when I think Kung fu, I automatically think Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Jet Li (in that order). And a random search of Bruce Lee threw up this video:

Hilarious!

For those unaware of it – there’s a lot hard work involved in Stop Motion animation.

I believe that this particular video was made by Patrick Boivin. You can check out the rest of his work at: Click here

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