Hey ya'll- We will send those out Monday of next week Fed Ex. Sorry about that. We've just been so caught up with this greenlite meeting that we just have not had the time to do anything else. We'll take care of it first think Monday- I am sorry about that. Totally my fault. Thanks for understanding.
David
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Hey Kotaku? Yeah, you!
HIATUS OFF:
Hey Kotaku- I know you read this. So you gotta give me an answer.
What is with the whole, "Here is your..." sentence structure that you guys seem obsessed with these days.
Here is your New Final Fantasy Playstation Console
Here are your XBLA top ten retro games
Here is your super dooper next-gen graphics PC car
Here is your daily dose of publisher hyperbole
Here are your monthly NPD numbers
Oooh, I know:
Here is your chance to knock it the FUCK off cause it drives me up the fucking wall!
Ahem... :)
So, are you guys riffing on some net meme that I am not aware of? Is it indeed a joke that I simply don't get cause I musta missed the kick off meeting (ala the whole DUDE HUGE thing, which in the end, had to be explained to me by a kind poster on this blog)?
The only thing I can think of is when that Playstation spokeswoman ages ago was showing the XMB and she's all like- after showing it, "And there's your new interface"....
...that stuck with me cause I just found her wording a touch on the odd side...
...but that probably has nothing to do with what you guys are doing/referencing/talking about, but it's the only thing in my memory bank that even comes close to feeling like a cross reference.
So I ask: What is up with this, Kotaku?!?
Anyway...it's my problem, not yours. I still loves ya, Kotaku. But for the love of God, explain the joke or tell me it's NOT supposed to be a joke and it's just the way you guys talk/write so I can stop getting annoyed by it.
High maintenance? ME?!?! Nah... :)
David
HIATUS BACK ON-
Hey Kotaku- I know you read this. So you gotta give me an answer.
What is with the whole, "Here is your..." sentence structure that you guys seem obsessed with these days.
Here is your New Final Fantasy Playstation Console
Here are your XBLA top ten retro games
Here is your super dooper next-gen graphics PC car
Here is your daily dose of publisher hyperbole
Here are your monthly NPD numbers
Oooh, I know:
Here is your chance to knock it the FUCK off cause it drives me up the fucking wall!
Ahem... :)
So, are you guys riffing on some net meme that I am not aware of? Is it indeed a joke that I simply don't get cause I musta missed the kick off meeting (ala the whole DUDE HUGE thing, which in the end, had to be explained to me by a kind poster on this blog)?
The only thing I can think of is when that Playstation spokeswoman ages ago was showing the XMB and she's all like- after showing it, "And there's your new interface"....
...that stuck with me cause I just found her wording a touch on the odd side...
...but that probably has nothing to do with what you guys are doing/referencing/talking about, but it's the only thing in my memory bank that even comes close to feeling like a cross reference.
So I ask: What is up with this, Kotaku?!?
Anyway...it's my problem, not yours. I still loves ya, Kotaku. But for the love of God, explain the joke or tell me it's NOT supposed to be a joke and it's just the way you guys talk/write so I can stop getting annoyed by it.
High maintenance? ME?!?! Nah... :)
David
HIATUS BACK ON-
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Brief Hiatus
Hey all- sorry for the lack of posts this week. Been swamped getting ready for our big dog and pony (as well as focus tests) next week in San Fran and Los Angeles.
I will be back to regular posting next week or the start of the next. So check back then for new updates.
Have a great weekend- take care- see ya soon!
Thanks for understanding! We are just crazy swamped!
David
UPDATE: A brief interview I did with the ACADEMY OF INTERACTIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES just went up. Thanks to commenter GUY for pointing this out!
I will be back to regular posting next week or the start of the next. So check back then for new updates.
Have a great weekend- take care- see ya soon!
Thanks for understanding! We are just crazy swamped!
David
UPDATE: A brief interview I did with the ACADEMY OF INTERACTIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES just went up. Thanks to commenter GUY for pointing this out!
Friday, January 09, 2009
From Creator to Fan + my kid is sick of Granola bars...
And here's part II :)
Have a great weekend ya'll!
David
If we ever make another Twisted Metal...
...now I know where to go for our vehicle designs!
Man, that's cool!
David
Man, that's cool!
David
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Well Hell...
My heart goes out to all those 1up and EGM folks who lost their jobs today. It's a real shame considering what an important part you guys/gals have played in the US gaming world all these years. Thanks for the many, many years of great, entertaining work.
Good luck landing on your feet and finding new jobs that you love.
David
Good luck landing on your feet and finding new jobs that you love.
David
JAFFE VS N'GAI + TM MIGHTY MUGGS!+ EAT SLEEP PLAY CONTEST WINNERS!
Here is the link to N'gai's response to my previous video post...
And here are the AMAZING Mighty Mugg Twisted Metal customs, compliments of Mrs. Ven0m over at Twisted Metal Alliance!
Sweet Tooth!
Mr. Grimm!
And even AXEL! Love the tires!
Ok ya'll- chat soon! Take it easy!
David
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Last Post Of The Year + Nyquil Dreams + WIN AN EAT SLEEP PLAY JACKET!
UPDATE!++++++++++
Wow- that didn't take long. I guess I should have said the FUNNIEST overall cause there were some funny ones in there. But according to the rules- that I made up while tired and getting my first buzz of Nyquil- the FIRST 2 things to make me smile/laugh are the winners. So with that said, here they are:
Lateralus sent me this that both amused me and made me kind of sick to my stomach:
And then this little gem from Delriach! Fucking love this! Where did it come from? How did I miss this?!?!
So there you have it. The first ever winners of the official EAT SLEEP PLAY jacket!
If you two guys will shoot me your emails in this post, I will get your jackets mailed out around the 5th of January. They are both the same size I think and I don't recall what that size is. And as always, I am not responsible- nor is EAT SLEEP PLAY- for getting you the jacket at all, getting it to you by a certain time, making sure you don't do stupid shit with the jacket,etc...we WILL send it but just saying that once it hits the mail, we're off the hook :)
But when you get it, would love to get a pic of you wearing it for the blog :)
Happy New Year everyone. Be safe, have fun, and thanks so much for all the great support over the last year!
David
Check back once the ball drops Pacific Time to see who the 2 winners are :)
Wow- that didn't take long. I guess I should have said the FUNNIEST overall cause there were some funny ones in there. But according to the rules- that I made up while tired and getting my first buzz of Nyquil- the FIRST 2 things to make me smile/laugh are the winners. So with that said, here they are:
Lateralus sent me this that both amused me and made me kind of sick to my stomach:
And then this little gem from Delriach! Fucking love this! Where did it come from? How did I miss this?!?!
So there you have it. The first ever winners of the official EAT SLEEP PLAY jacket!
If you two guys will shoot me your emails in this post, I will get your jackets mailed out around the 5th of January. They are both the same size I think and I don't recall what that size is. And as always, I am not responsible- nor is EAT SLEEP PLAY- for getting you the jacket at all, getting it to you by a certain time, making sure you don't do stupid shit with the jacket,etc...we WILL send it but just saying that once it hits the mail, we're off the hook :)
But when you get it, would love to get a pic of you wearing it for the blog :)
Happy New Year everyone. Be safe, have fun, and thanks so much for all the great support over the last year!
David
Check back once the ball drops Pacific Time to see who the 2 winners are :)
Thursday, December 25, 2008
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HANUKKAH, AND ALL OTHER HOLIDAYS!
Swamped- sorry for such a dull holiday post!
Hope you all had a great, safe holiday and have been making the time to do all kinds of fun stuff.
Will hit you all up in a few days with details on how to win our annual EAT SLEEP PLAY New Year's prize. This year. we've got a couple of EAT SLEEP PLAY jackets to give away! They are cool!
Ok- gotta run. Talk in a few- Happy Holidays ya'll!
David
Hope you all had a great, safe holiday and have been making the time to do all kinds of fun stuff.
Will hit you all up in a few days with details on how to win our annual EAT SLEEP PLAY New Year's prize. This year. we've got a couple of EAT SLEEP PLAY jackets to give away! They are cool!
Ok- gotta run. Talk in a few- Happy Holidays ya'll!
David
Sunday, December 21, 2008
SICKY SUNDAY + EAT SLEEP PLAY INTERVIEW
Whole house is sick with colds. Up all nite with my oldest who had a fever. At one point neither of us could sleep so we just said screw it (well, she didn't say that, she is 5) and we went downstairs, rented Disney's Aladdin on the Playstation Store (God I love digital distribution!), and watched cartoons for a few hours.
Today has been a mix of watching Christmas cartoons on TV with the girls (along with bits of the Wizard of Oz), reading a book, and playing games on STEAM (Crazy Machines, Pirates, TF2...inches away from downloading a new game I had never heard of until I got into Steam called NEXUS: The JUPITER INCIDENT)...
Oh hey, speaking of Steam: do any Steam users know if there is a way to get an itemized bill of all the games you have purchased and what they have cost?
Ok, but so anyway- back to my Sunday:
So it's crazy low key and we're all sick...but it's actually kind of a nice, chill Sunday. I'm digging it.
Oh and I wanted to post a link to an interview Scott Campbell and I did last week for PSX EXTREME, a blog/game site focused on Playstation.
Give it a read if you are so inclined!
Take care- talk later!
David
Today has been a mix of watching Christmas cartoons on TV with the girls (along with bits of the Wizard of Oz), reading a book, and playing games on STEAM (Crazy Machines, Pirates, TF2...inches away from downloading a new game I had never heard of until I got into Steam called NEXUS: The JUPITER INCIDENT)...
Oh hey, speaking of Steam: do any Steam users know if there is a way to get an itemized bill of all the games you have purchased and what they have cost?
Ok, but so anyway- back to my Sunday:
So it's crazy low key and we're all sick...but it's actually kind of a nice, chill Sunday. I'm digging it.
Oh and I wanted to post a link to an interview Scott Campbell and I did last week for PSX EXTREME, a blog/game site focused on Playstation.
Give it a read if you are so inclined!
Take care- talk later!
David
Friday, December 19, 2008
I HAVE FALLEN IN LOVE...
...with STEAM!!!
Sitting here as the weekend rolls in and thinking, "I'm in the mood for some PC games"....now I know I have some I need to play for the awards and such, but I was like, "Nah, this weekend I wanna play some stuff I just want to play for me..."...and so I go to the STEAM store and grab Sid Meier's Pirates! (played on the psp for about 1 day and loved it but never went back cause I got busy)...and so I am getting that now and also getting TF2, as I only played that on console.
How fucking cool is this to shop for mass market, BIG, full games from your fucking desktop?!?!
I know I am 18 months late leaping onto the Steam train but fuck it, better late than never!
I love this shit!
David
THE NASTIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN...AND ONE OF THE SADDEST AS WELL...:(
Self-explanatory.
I was going to link to this for you. I really was. But I'm just not. I'm not a tease. If you want to see it yourself, search it yourself.
But man, maybe this is fake. This has to be fake, yes?
David
I was going to link to this for you. I really was. But I'm just not. I'm not a tease. If you want to see it yourself, search it yourself.
But man, maybe this is fake. This has to be fake, yes?
David
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Monday, December 15, 2008
SPIKE AWARDS + GAME AWARDS IN GENERAL
UPDATE: VIDEO UPDATED/FIXED:
Oh and my 10 min. YOUTUBE limit ran out...but I was done rambling anyway :)
And here is the post I did on neo-gaf about the whole GOD OF WAR 3 Trailer reaction:
So my take on all of this, FWIW:
a- The footage aired on Spike looked meh. It was dark and grainy and I was watching on a SD television. But the SAME footage shown in screen grabs from this thread- which I guess was taken off an HDTV playing the footage in HD- was 100% ONE of the two GOD OF WAR 3 things I saw when I was in Santa Monica a few weeks ago. It is NOT the thing I was raving about- as I made clear in a video post a week ago- but I still think it looks darn good. To me, the stuff Spike showed when viewed in proper resolution looks like a AAA God Of War to me. It doesn’t rock my world but it doesn’t look: meh. It looks like I’d expect a next-gen GOW to look. Granted, the team still has a long way to go and I imagine the final game- in all areas- will look much better. But I still thought it looked good. Fair to disagree but at least you know where I am coming from/where my barometer is set for my expectations of AAA next gen graphics.
b- What I was raving about has not been shown outside of internal Sony meetings. I imagine it will be shown soon, but I have no idea. I also assume that the Spike stuff was turned in earlier than the stuff I saw (that I raved about) as the stuff I saw was for a meeting and didn’t need to be edited, reviewed by Spike,Sony marketing,etc. The stuff I saw that I raved about was probably finished 1-2 days before I got to the studios. The Spike stuff I saw had aleady been turned into Spike so it was 100% older. Not that I thought it was bad- again- just I can see how the new stuff I saw looked further along, for sure. And to give you an idea, the stuff I saw that I raved about looked about 25-30% better than what you see in this thread (the Spike footage played on HD). If that’s not exciting and cool enough for you, fair enough. It happened to blow me away and remains the best looking console game I’ve ever seen…beyond Gears 2 which so far is the best looking console game ever released.
c- Fuck you idiots with the painting thing. It’s not semantics, it’s not a trick phrase. If you know God of War then it doesn’t take much of a leap to assume I meant the footage looked like a painting of the concept art or a realistic, but bold and dramatic Renaissance era style painting. I am well aware a painting can be Andy Warhol style or can be Wind Waker style or can be- as one eloquent Gaffer wrote- simply them wiping their ass on paper and calling that a painting. But come on…is this really something you want to bust my balls on? We can argue and debate- when the footage comes out- if you agree with me that the footage DOES INDEED feel like a GOD OF WAR painting/GOD OF WAR concept art piece come to life…that seems a fair debate. But do you people really want to keep wasting your time and energy acting as if I was trying to sneak something by you because the term ‘painting’ can encompass all art styles? I think it was pretty clear what I meant. If I had seen something in GOD OF WAR 3 that indicated the art style had changed to a PAINTED Manga style or a WINDWAKER painted style or even something that tried to emulate the painted stylings of one particular neo gaffer’s fecal paste splattered onto a sheet of Charmin, then I would have hinted at something like that…but I didn’t so isn’t it kind of obvious what kind of painting I meant?
d. Some of the venom aimed at me is amazing. I'm not out to get anyone, I'm not out to screw anyone over. I was expressing my feelings on a game I had seen. It was not PR it was not spin it was not marketing. It was being jazzed about some ultra cool graphics and tech and I was sharing that info and excitement. I stand to gain NOTHING if GOD OF WAR 3 is a success. Hell, I stand to lose more if it is a big hit given that if the game fails- which it will not come close to failure, by the way- but if it DID fail, I look even better because then folks will go, "well, see what happens when Jaffe leaves...the game falls apart" and my stock goes up. Not that I want that to happen and not that that will happen given the talent on that team and what I have seen so far, but all I am saying is: to those who think this was/is some sort of attempt at starting a hype train, use your heads.
Take care- eager for the footage I saw to come out and then have that discussion/debate.
Later ya’ll…
David
Oh and my 10 min. YOUTUBE limit ran out...but I was done rambling anyway :)
And here is the post I did on neo-gaf about the whole GOD OF WAR 3 Trailer reaction:
So my take on all of this, FWIW:
a- The footage aired on Spike looked meh. It was dark and grainy and I was watching on a SD television. But the SAME footage shown in screen grabs from this thread- which I guess was taken off an HDTV playing the footage in HD- was 100% ONE of the two GOD OF WAR 3 things I saw when I was in Santa Monica a few weeks ago. It is NOT the thing I was raving about- as I made clear in a video post a week ago- but I still think it looks darn good. To me, the stuff Spike showed when viewed in proper resolution looks like a AAA God Of War to me. It doesn’t rock my world but it doesn’t look: meh. It looks like I’d expect a next-gen GOW to look. Granted, the team still has a long way to go and I imagine the final game- in all areas- will look much better. But I still thought it looked good. Fair to disagree but at least you know where I am coming from/where my barometer is set for my expectations of AAA next gen graphics.
b- What I was raving about has not been shown outside of internal Sony meetings. I imagine it will be shown soon, but I have no idea. I also assume that the Spike stuff was turned in earlier than the stuff I saw (that I raved about) as the stuff I saw was for a meeting and didn’t need to be edited, reviewed by Spike,Sony marketing,etc. The stuff I saw that I raved about was probably finished 1-2 days before I got to the studios. The Spike stuff I saw had aleady been turned into Spike so it was 100% older. Not that I thought it was bad- again- just I can see how the new stuff I saw looked further along, for sure. And to give you an idea, the stuff I saw that I raved about looked about 25-30% better than what you see in this thread (the Spike footage played on HD). If that’s not exciting and cool enough for you, fair enough. It happened to blow me away and remains the best looking console game I’ve ever seen…beyond Gears 2 which so far is the best looking console game ever released.
c- Fuck you idiots with the painting thing. It’s not semantics, it’s not a trick phrase. If you know God of War then it doesn’t take much of a leap to assume I meant the footage looked like a painting of the concept art or a realistic, but bold and dramatic Renaissance era style painting. I am well aware a painting can be Andy Warhol style or can be Wind Waker style or can be- as one eloquent Gaffer wrote- simply them wiping their ass on paper and calling that a painting. But come on…is this really something you want to bust my balls on? We can argue and debate- when the footage comes out- if you agree with me that the footage DOES INDEED feel like a GOD OF WAR painting/GOD OF WAR concept art piece come to life…that seems a fair debate. But do you people really want to keep wasting your time and energy acting as if I was trying to sneak something by you because the term ‘painting’ can encompass all art styles? I think it was pretty clear what I meant. If I had seen something in GOD OF WAR 3 that indicated the art style had changed to a PAINTED Manga style or a WINDWAKER painted style or even something that tried to emulate the painted stylings of one particular neo gaffer’s fecal paste splattered onto a sheet of Charmin, then I would have hinted at something like that…but I didn’t so isn’t it kind of obvious what kind of painting I meant?
d. Some of the venom aimed at me is amazing. I'm not out to get anyone, I'm not out to screw anyone over. I was expressing my feelings on a game I had seen. It was not PR it was not spin it was not marketing. It was being jazzed about some ultra cool graphics and tech and I was sharing that info and excitement. I stand to gain NOTHING if GOD OF WAR 3 is a success. Hell, I stand to lose more if it is a big hit given that if the game fails- which it will not come close to failure, by the way- but if it DID fail, I look even better because then folks will go, "well, see what happens when Jaffe leaves...the game falls apart" and my stock goes up. Not that I want that to happen and not that that will happen given the talent on that team and what I have seen so far, but all I am saying is: to those who think this was/is some sort of attempt at starting a hype train, use your heads.
Take care- eager for the footage I saw to come out and then have that discussion/debate.
Later ya’ll…
David
Friday, December 12, 2008
FUCKING BRILLIANT
I was actually on HOME last nite, started a club and everything (Sweet Tooth's Lair)...I think there is much potential there but they need to get LOTS more stuff to do in it....but still...this video...fucking great!
David
Thursday, December 11, 2008
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND...
...ok, a bit dramatic. Hell, WAYYYY over dramatic...but:
LOOOOOOVE the new functionality of Kotaku. It really is fantastic how you can get more news and not miss posts. LOVE IT!
But I HATE the look- it's confusing and garish. And this is coming from a guy who has a blog that looks like liquid poo.
But I'm not a pro...those guys are.
Dear Kotaku: love the change...please fix the look :)
Or don't...still one of my fave sites! :)
David
LOOOOOOVE the new functionality of Kotaku. It really is fantastic how you can get more news and not miss posts. LOVE IT!
But I HATE the look- it's confusing and garish. And this is coming from a guy who has a blog that looks like liquid poo.
But I'm not a pro...those guys are.
Dear Kotaku: love the change...please fix the look :)
Or don't...still one of my fave sites! :)
David
FUCK WILLPOWER...
We are making sugar cookies for our oldest daughter's school holiday festival.
We are supposed to make them early tonite, before she goes to bed.
It is 11:30am right now.
This was the last tub of sugar cookie dough the store had.
I pray to God that- by the time she gets home- there will be enough dough left for us to make the amount of cookies we promised...
...hell, I pray there will be enough to make a single cookie...
...and yet...I can feel it...calling me...needing me...me WANTS it...
It begins...
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