The male sack, huh? :P I like the new format.

In mapping with real tools for FPS PC games like Quake, Doom, Half-Life etc: the tools are akin to modeling with something like Blender or 3DSMax, but instead of working with meshes you're working with primitives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_(geometry). No code is really involved until you get into things like shaders and scripting, and then it's often in a manner specific to the game engine.

If I could steal one console exclusive I would take Final Fantasy. Not only because it's one of my favorite franchises, but because it's wildly popular everywhere in the world, not just in North America, and people would flock to it. It would bring the one advantage that consoles have over PCs, and that's Japanese developers. There's a very specific kind of demographic that is attracted to Japanese developed games, and they have little to no reason to acknowledge the PC because the platform lacks Japan's support.

Little Big Planet is something that belongs on PC, so I'd bring that as a simultaneous release to console and PC.

As for the death of PC gaming, it's a problem of perception more than anything. There's really nothing to fix as the market is evolving and maturing on its own as it is, but people are averse to jumping on board because they perceive it as unhealthy when they're at GameStop buying the new Gears of Duty Creed Cry Gaiden and Crysis is on a small porn-esque rack in the middle of the store next to the 5 copies of Big Momma's House.

Posted at 7:37PM on Oct 15th 2008 by Sokkratez

I definitely like the new format. It does seem to start/stop a little between segments but that is a very minor gripe considering how nicely topical and structured everything stayed.
-I also appreciate the expanded panel of Jostiq-ers. It gives fresh perspective from a wider array of backgrounds.
-4 people seems to be the magic number for podcasts I've found. 5+ is too many to keep track of and 2 winds up just being a conversation. 3 works but can sometimes be limited.
-Maybe I just missed them but I didn't notice Now Playing or News sections. I know it was a long podcast anyways but hopefully they will make a return.
-Would you rather (or maybe call it Big Decisions?) seems like a great segment so far. I'm definitely looking for ward to more.

My 'Would you Rather' responses.
Series I would want exclusive to the PC: MGS: I just can't get into the series with the crumby PS controller. I want it on the PC.
Series I would want ported day 1 to PC: LBP: Naturally. The game looks like a blast but that level editor is just CRYING out for proper mouse/keyboard support.
Series I would can if one needed canned: Left4Dead: I'm an anti-social gamer. I never want to be forced to play with anyone.


Finally, per my question. I didn't mean to ensue that LA should take a dev team and make brand new adventure games. Consoles and handhelds aside, Mainly I just wonder why these games are not on Steam for $10 or so a pop considering that the technical hurdles have already been taken care of. There is no updating or programming to be done, ScummVM already upscales and works with all modern hardware. It would just require reaching out to the ScummVM team and considering their goal is to get these games into peoples hands, I can't imagine they would object. Also ScummVM is just an emulator, there are no legal free LucasArts games. As it stands, if you don't already have a copy of the game, you need to buy one on eBay for pretty silly prices to get the data files to use. Anyway, not to beat a dead horse, I know LA's only priority is milking Star Wars and to a less degree Indy, but this just seems like such a simple step that could give them a nice little trickle of a revenue stream with next to no work.


...bysmitty
Posted at 8:38AM on Oct 16th 2008 by bysmitty