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>> ^Zyrxil:

I hope they put some of the RPG back in. In many ways, ME2 being good was almost a fluke. The characters were good enough to carry gameplay that was too simplistic and storytelling that didn't flow very well.


Unfortunately that's unlikely, considering they are also 'streamlining' Dragon Age 2. i.e. ripping out RPG elements and making it actioney.

>> ^Payback:

HOLY FUCK THE TRILOGY HAS A THIRD PART????


The reason this was such a big deal is because in the last few weeks/months Bioware has been letting little details slip about their newest project they were going to be presenting at the spike VGAs on dec. 11.

The clues were all over the map for two specific games: Mass Effect 3, and Shattered Steel. Clues that were the atomic weight of iron and the point at which iron can shatter (i.e. Steel is refined iron, so Shattered Steel, etc)

There was a whole slew of these conspiracy theories, and finally it was confirmed to be ME3 they were working on.

>> ^Gallowflak:

Yeah, this sift has a superior embed. Don't worry about it.


Very generous of you, sir. Thank you.

>> ^NaMeCaF:

What?! No PC? Bastards!


QFT in a thick scottish accent
Sadly another good game I will/can not buy because I refuse to spend money on outdated technology (Consoles for those wondering)
But one can hope for the same marketing as GTA IV...
On a side note the faces look very good for a video game.

Yes, it is indeed him.>> ^L0cky:

>> ^acidSpine:
Also did anyone else think the guy at the end who says "we're done for now" sounds just like (or is in fact) Bill Maher?

I'm gonna take a guess and say it's Aaron Staton who's currently in Mad Men. It looks like the modelling and mocap are also based on the actors as I recognised quite a few there.

>> ^acidSpine:
Also did anyone else think the guy at the end who says "we're done for now" sounds just like (or is in fact) Bill Maher?


I'm gonna take a guess and say it's Aaron Staton who's currently in Mad Men. It looks like the modelling and mocap are also based on the actors as I recognised quite a few there.

On two prior sifts, I've posted my Tony James story so I won't do it again. But I too was a big fan of SSS and Gen X and Billy Idol and Sex Pistols and The Clash and PiL and B.A.D.
Carbon/Silicone? ...eh, not so much: the music doesn't really grab me...but never mind.

Italian music producer and composer Giorgio Moroder, who stole the Oscar away from John Williams in 1979 for the score to Midnight Express, produced SSS's debut record Flaunt It in 1986 and it's one of the best-sounding bad records of all time. He also won two more Oscars: one for the title song to Flashdance and once again a couple years later for the song Take My Breath Away from the homo-erotic movie Top Gun.

Moroder, who was a synthesizer pioneer in the 70s, was the man responsible for the SSS sound, although Tony James would surely disagree.

>> ^kymbos:

Inception and Memento are both really good films (I think Inception is a Great film), but largely because they are great ideas, well delivered. His Batman stuff is fine, but it didn't rock my world. Really, it seems pretty formulaic to me.
I think Tarantino's work is so distinctive and ambitious, that he sits above all others. Also, if you go through his films (Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, the two Kill Bills (so far, a third has been announced), Grindhouse and then Inglourious Basterds), it's hard to pick a weak spot apart from Grindhouse which was a disaster and an excuse to film the best car chase in modern history. But even that was ambitious if not well executed.
I'm tempted to put Danny Boyle up there, but almost exclusively for Trainspotting which is my favourite film of all time, and Sunshine which I thought was brilliant.
Perhaps Tarantino could be given the nod for best writer/director in the modern era?


Good call on Danny Boyle. I haven't see Sunshine, but 28 Days Later is one of my favourites of all time, Shallow Grave was a great debut and Slumdog Millionaire was beautiful. But yeah, Tarantino, he's inimitable

Cheers, fixed now. But I lost the 720p embed though...

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Tags for this video have been changed from 'do you want the truth or something beautiful, debut album' to 'do you want the truth or something beautiful, debut album, retro, old timey' - edited by calvados

Dunno who started posting this band's tunes, but I sincerely thank you! This is a fantastic debut album.

>> ^Retroboy:

I know of a couple people that said they stopped playing this because the emotional tragedy of killing such a living unique creature as the colossi that ICO envisioned was too much for them. Gotta be one hell of a game if it involves you in its world that much.
Really wish they'd release their new one for the PC though: The Last Guardian. The intro video is stunning:
http://www.vandal.net/video/8989/the-last-guardian-debut


Yeah, I definitely got teary-eyed for a few of the collosi- especially the huge flying one, because he doesn't attack you at ALL! He's just flying around, completely harmless and ethereal and beautiful. You can't even get to him until you shoot him with your arrows.

There was another one that was a lot like a dog that made me really sad to kill as well.

I know of a couple people that said they stopped playing this because the emotional tragedy of killing such a living unique creature as the colossi that ICO envisioned was too much for them. Gotta be one hell of a game if it involves you in its world that much.

Really wish they'd release their new one for the PC though: The Last Guardian. The intro video is stunning:
http://www.vandal.net/video/8989/the-last-guardian-debut