GDC on G4 March 25th

[Zeroth]

Just wanted to remind everyone. I thought I missed it while watching X Play today.

Wonder if there'll be any big revelations at the event. Bet we won't get the big stuff until E3.

[Valkysas]

Re: GDC in 3 days.

um, it started today.

big announcements are not made at GDC, since it's not really for that type of thing. the name says it all. game developers conference. it's a conference for game developers. mostly to talk about different things. see speeches made by big successful game developers. share ideas and technology.

the big events this year are Satoru Iwata and Hideo Kojima's keynote speeches. Iwata's is titled "Discovering New Development Opportunities" and Kojima's is "Solid Game Design: Making the ‘Impossible’ Possible".

you seem to have a very wrong idea of what GDC is. seems like X-play does too.

[Duel]

Re: GDC in 3 days.

I finally understand what this is. However, I do not care for it as I'm not going to pay precious money just to watch X-Play and an everyday marathon of Cops and Cheaters.

[Red Dragon]

Re: GDC in 3 days.

Last time I watched X-Play about GDC was them complaining endlessly about how boring it is.

Well, duh.

Kojima's is "Solid Game Design: Making the ‘Impossible’ Possible".

Does that include Nanomachines?

[Zeroth]

Re: GDC in 3 days.

Thanks for the clarification, Valk. Maybe G4 begins broadcasting coverage on the event on March 25. That's what they probably ment.

Nothing like not knowing what you're talking about.

[Translucid]

Re: GDC in 3 days.

There was a big article on the front page of Kotaku talking about "Onlive," something announced at GDC that would allow you to play PC or console games on your TV, computer or Mac. And I was like "wat" and clicked the article and the page timed out, and then they removed it.

I swear I saw it. Or I have narcolepsy.

[Valkysas]

Re: GDC in 3 days.

I saw it too.

[Denmo]

Re: GDC in 3 days.

Google FTW

http://venturebeat.com/2009/03/23/st...d-upside-down/

Perlman, a serial entrepreneur whose startup credits include WebTV and Mova, says his Palo Alto, Calif.-based company has developed a data compression technology and an accompanying online game service that allows game computation to be done in distant servers, rather than on game consoles or high-end computers. So rather than buying games at stores, gamers could play them across the network — without downloading them.

I see this being controversial and failing miserably.

[Translucid]

Re: GDC in 3 days.

That's exactly the way I figured it would work. And unless you live right next to them I predict the controller lag will be bad.

[Denmo]

Re: GDC on G4 March 25th

It sounds great on paper, but I bet they'll run into huge snags once it goes public.

[Translucid]

Re: GDC on G4 March 25th

What's really sad is that almost all of the games they have advertised in the pictures are twitchy shooters or platformers that require precision and timing that will be hilariously difficult to pull off when you're basically watching it through a laggy youtube quality video.