Today we saw what was possibly the most exciting presentation on the future of gaming I have ever seen. The Playstation 4 was revealed but more importantly Sony put forward a message of expanding the gamer experience but keeping games at the core.
PS4 Meeting rundown after the jump.
The PS4 is almost (probably) upon us! Before we find out the truth I asked the Eight and a Half Bit crew to put together their expectations for the new console. With less than 24 hours until the reveal let’s get into what we are expecting and/or hoping to see.
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We were all children once. Stupid, ugly children. That goes double for us. How did we spend the hours while we tried to hide from the judgemental eyes of the world? Some of the games mentioned in this episode would be included in the answer to that question!
Next week: Top 5 characters that deserve their own Reality Television show and what the show would be. Yep it’s a Ben week.
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Wow Gearbox! WOW! Also we’ve got some details on the PS4 which is only 3 sleeps away from its supposed revelation! Chuck in some cult leader training, metal hats and Nazi Zombies and you’ve got your self an Eight and a Half Bit stew.
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Common knowledge dictates that you should keep your friends close and your enemies even closer. One should devour their frenemies however so they remain closest of all, eventually reaching up through your spinal column and throttling your optic nerve. This is the game of life, the most local multiplayer game of them all but there are at least 15 others worth discussing and that is the subject of today’s riveting episode of Top 5 and a Half Bit!
Next week: Top 5 nostalgic memories!
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A week of ups and downs. Rayman gets a massive delay, The Witcher 3 is announced and the next Xbox has some seriously concerning rumours surrounding it. Also did anyone else like ObsCure?
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When people discuss Japanese video game designer and director Goichi Suda, the subject of film directors who could be considered auteurs often arises in connection, with Suda being compared to David Lynch (Blue Velvet) and Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho), amongst others – inventive and creative directors unafraid to take risks, and whose bodies of work exhibit signature characteristics and elements which clearly identify a particular director’s work as his own. This despite the fact that filmmaking is a traditionally – and almost fundamentally – collaborative effort, as is the case with video games, to a certain extent.
It’s not just the medium of film that’s often brought up but music as well. Suda is a huge and lifelong fan of music, and he and development studio Grasshopper Manufacture, of which he is CEO, proudly proclaim their own “punk attitude” when it comes to video game creation, the company slogan being “Punk’s Not Dead.”
Well… it sure is an interesting topic!
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