"Interactive drama" games are basically modern equivalents to laserdisc games like MadDog McCree, aren't they?
Watch the drama...watch the drama...ok, now press a button! Good job! Now, watch the drama...watch the drama...watch the drama...ok, press it again! You win!

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As is my understanding.

Or the recent "The Walking Dead" Telltale serires and/or "The Wolf Among Us". Watch, occasionally have a real-time event, repeat. Walking Dead was done reaaaaaaaaaaaally well though :)

Airtight folded. What a shame. Murdered: Soul Suspect was alright, but given time it could have been better.

I'm thinking something closer to the Walking Dead games, myself. Not that old interactive DVD shit.

Mad Dog McCree <3

I thought Walking Dead was like Sam & Max or Maniac Mansion style.

Monkey Island has had it's revival. We need a new Maniac Mansion.

At its most technical, Walking Dead is a point and click/quick time event/quasi-survival horror with branching paths.

And it is very fucking good.

I got the first episode free but never played it as it doesn't appeal to me.

Something less zombiefied and serious would be more my thing but the two examples I've seen of the genre have seemed very serious and dark.

I didn't get into it either, but I wasn't really in the mood at the time. Might give it another shot given the amount of praise that's heaped on it.

Maddog actually took some skill though to shoot. Walking Dead games are too easy.

It's not a shooting game. Those portions are more or less point and click from first person.

Today's News:
1) Update to Temco's official name change news as the company revealed their US branch will also be getting renamed to Koei Tecmo US.
http://www.destructoid.com/tecmo-koe...o-277495.phtml

2) Blizzard's chief creative officer Rob Pardo announces he has recently left the company. Pardo had been with Blizzard for the past 17 years and was the lead designer for several of their big games such as the original Starcraft and World of Warcraft.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/bliz...after-17-years

3) Ubisoft states their Quebec studio will be taking over as the main developer for the Assassin's Creed series starting with this year's AC: Unity.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/assa...ubisoft-quebec

4) The final episode for The Wolf Among Us will be arriving between July 8th and 10th depending on the platform according to Telltale Games.
http://www.destructoid.com/the-wolf-...h-277520.phtml

I have MadDog McCree and Dragons Lair on dvd. They came in a magazine I got years ago. They are literally just interactive movies. I think the modern equivalent is games like Ryse, Heavy Rain etc where you appear to be just getting pulled along a lot of pre-scripted events and press the right button when prompted. They may not be as devoid of gameplay as the laserdisc games I mentioned but they seem pretty close. I admit I've played neither Ryse nor Heavy Rain but from the gameplay I've seen and what I've heard about from those that have played them, the comparison seems accurate.

Walking Dead, I know has more to it.

Today's News:
1) Some Virtual Reality related news:

• Oculus VR announces they will be hosting a VR developer conference this September called Oculus Connect.
• Sony Computer Entertainment division boss hinted he wasn't completely convinced VR will become a mass market success in the near future.

http://www.destructoid.com/oculus-vr...t-277692.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/playstati...r-277690.phtml

2) Some new details for the Halo: Master Chief Collection include Halo 2's mongoose being modified to now have rocket launcher support and 6 maps from Halo 2 will be getting the remake treatment.
http://www.destructoid.com/halo-2-ge...n-277693.phtml

3) Update to Crytek's money issues news as Deep Silver is currently rumored to be purchasing Crytek while a significant portion of the staff at Crytek UK have refused to go back to work until they receive all of their late payments owed.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ayment-issues/

4) For those that follow the annual EVO competitions, EVO revealed Nintendo has become an official sponsor of their events. Last year's event was notable for Nintendo's attempt to have the Smash Bros Melee competition shut down and later withdrawing the request.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/nint...ame-tournament

I REALLY hope that pre-orders do not go this way. The industry starting to nickel and dime every tiny thing is putting a damper on my happy time :(

GTA VI Amazon pre-order bonus: Drivable cars.
GTA VI Gamestop pre-order bonus: Missions.

I think people are overreacting to the Gamestop thing.

I think DLC started off well, but kinda took a shitty turn when "on disc" content was being locked behind the DLC Paywall. I don't think it would play out as written above, but I don't believe it is too far fetched either. The industry as a whole is a multi-billion dollar industry and like everything else, some people/companies/whatever will try to exploit it for what they can.

Never thought that Netflix would be forced to pay more to an ISP to carry their content either, but yea.... fuck Comcast too. 10 years from now, high speed is going to be more expensive and will have "tiered apps" access much like their cable TV offerings do now.

Today's News:
1) Some Microsoft related news:

• Project Spark for the Xbox One will be released between October 7th to 10th depending on the region.
• Microsoft is currently offering $75 worth in Xbox Live credit for those who purchase an Xbox One in July. The offer is only available in the US though.
• Starting tomorrow till July 14th, Microsoft will be holding a sale on Xbox Live with several Xbox 360 and One games available and discounts ranging as high as 74% off.

http://www.destructoid.com/project-s...r-277778.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...e-277764.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-sale...s-277721.phtml

2) Cliff Bleszinski recently revealed he has formed a new studio called Boss Key Productions with the studio's first project being a free-to-play sci-fi arena shooter called BlueStreak.
http://www.destructoid.com/yup-cliff...r-277770.phtml

3) Update to the recent 38 Studios settlement case as a new legal case is requesting those payments to be blocked. The issue revolves around the same law firm involved in the original loan using policies allowing them to tap into the settlement fund without claiming any responsibility for the mess made.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...-studios-case/

Comcast already has multiple high-speed tiers at different price points. Unless I'm missing what you are getting at here.

Also, high speed internet is going to be much cheaper in the future.

When Comcast strangles companies to pony up for the "high speed lanes", the cost will come out of our ass. Netflix already raised its price in response. Internet will be cheaper, but it won't mean much when XBL and PSN become 90$ a year and Hulu is 20$ a month.

Google fiber will save us. Have faith.

Faith in Google. Jesus.

Yes, I know they have different speeds silly. I meant that they will decide which of those tiers gets access to specific apps such as Netflix, Hulu, etc. They already cornered Netflix earlier this year and said "Hey, you want us to keep offering bandwidth to stream your service to Netflix customers? GIEF US MOAR MONEYS!" And Netflix basically had to cave. The result, as Kalyx said, Netflix raised the subscription prices.

Also, with the demand of social networking (and how widely used it is), more streaming, the infrastructure upgrades that will be required to maintain the current level of service will be massive. That cost will be forwarded to the consumer, just as in any other market. Translated to nerd

http://standards.ieee.org/news/2013/..._ethernet.html

1TB/sec ethernet - nuff said.

Also, faith in Google fiber will need to be bundled with faith in your local city willing to lease Google space on their poles. Seeing as how AT&T and Comcast/Time Warner has a stranglehold on the majority of said poles, the Kansas City debacle is just the start of the difficulties they will face for national implementation. Even at that, they will be limited in their services because they are not licensed as a telecommunications provider. Their entire scope of that project will need to change before they can massively launch their fiber on a national level.

Today's News:
1) The pre-order bonus for Alien Isolation was revealed to be 2 exclusive missions from the original Alien film with its cast as playable characters.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/se...-pr/1100-4951/

2) Reports regarding Microsoft dropping dev kit capabilities for the Xbox One were quickly debunked by Microsoft who stated that is still a goal for the near future. The company stated the confusion was due to recent miscommunication given by both their ID@Xbox and Xbox Advanced Technology Group divisions.
http://www.giantbomb.com/articles/wh...-in/1100-4953/
http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-one-...--277821.phtml

3) Double Fine announces Grim Fandango remastered will also be arriving for the PC, Mac, and Linux platforms.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...mac-and-linux/

Guess I'm preordering Isolation then.

Yeah that sounds good.

Today's News:
1) Ubisoft's 1st quarter fiscal report revealed the company managed to generate around $490 million in sales with Watch Dogs stated as the main reason. The report also stated they are expecting a huge drop for the current fiscal quarter and for it to be worse than last year's quarter.
http://www.destructoid.com/watch-dog...t-277895.phtml

2) For those who own Tales of Phantasia on iOS devices, Namco states they are dropping all online support for the app on August 28th making the game, all saves, and all purchases made unplayable.
http://www.destructoid.com/oh-good-n...a-277857.phtml

3) According to the current CEO of Microsoft, the company is fully committed to the future for the Xbox brand as part of its larger mobile and cloud plans. Previous reports had hinted at the possibility of the Xbox brand being dropped in the future as part of the company's new long term plans.
http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft...x-277881.phtml

#2 is why Free-to-Play models, which seem to be the next big thing, worry me.

F2P is not the next big thing, and in any case a successful game would never be shut down. That was just some smart phone bullshit.

I forgot you are the OMNI when it comes to everything gaming.

Sorry, sir.

No prob. Just take in the big picture and some things aren't as bleak as they seem. Silly ass journalism doesn't help, tho.

Gamestop commercials always have something like "unlock this big gun" by pre-ordering at Gamestop. Why is this news?

Today's News:
1) Update to Alien Isolation pre-order news as Creative Assembly states the original Alien themed DLC pack is not a pre-order exclusive and will be available to buy after the game's launch.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/upda...der-exclusives

2) During an interview with Games Industry, EA's mobile division boss claimed the reason why the Dungeon Keeper reboot failed wasn't due to the micro-transaction system used and instead because it "innovated too much" in terms of the changes made.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/ea-m...vated-too-much

3) SALES:

• Sony will be holding a Flash Sale on PSN this weekend with the sale to last till Monday 12pm PST.
  http://www.destructoid.com/double-dr...e-277944.phtml
• Microsoft is currently in the middle of their Xbox Ultimate Games Sale with today's deals including GTA V and Bastion among the 6 games on sale.
  http://www.destructoid.com/xbox-sale...3-277913.phtml

4) Sony is currently considering the idea of having an Early Access-like program for the PS4 although the idea itself is only at the very early stage and wouldn't be arriving any time soon in the near future.
http://www.destructoid.com/sony-havi...m-277915.phtml

EA refuses to listen or understand :|

I realy liked the Steam style sale Xbox had last year with full games selling for insane prices like 75p and £1.50 etc. A game going for £8.99, like this current sale, isn't going to get my attention, even if it is 75% off.

I rather games not be that cheap. $6-7 is alright depending on the game. Sales like this would soon coincide with much higher DLC.

Weekend News Edition
 

Tekken 7 was revealed to be currently in development during this year's EVO event. Originally IGN was meant to have the exclusive reveal but AOL leaked the debut video early.

Only known detail is the game will run using the Unreal 4 engine.

http://www.screwattack.com/sites/def...r_12843574.jpg
http://www.screwattack.com/news/tekk...aturely-leaked