How DLC Ruins Gaming For Me Video

This week, Tuitt talks about downloadable content and some elements of how it plays a big part in storytelling in gaming. Enjoy!

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Dead Space 3???

We began 2011 with Dead Space 2. It literally scared players (and their moms) out of their seats and made us whole (if you don’t get that joke, you don’t know Dead Space). Of course, Visceral Games has to hit us again with Dead Space 3, but is it more rumor than fact? It hasn’t officially been announced, and yet there is information on the web about where the story takes places and what characters will make an appearance.

If you remember, Issac Clarke survived the horrors aboard the USS Ishimura. Then, he managed to battle Necromorphs and hallucinations of his dead girlfriend while trying to decipher the meaning of the codes in his mind. He did this all while navigating the Sprawl, a huge space station that houses thousands of civilians who become victims to the spreading infection. He manages to escape with his gal-pal, Ellie, and it cuts to black as we hear a conversation that pretty much solidifies the makings of a sequel.

But is EA waiting until E3 to announce Issac’s return? Rumors state that it will take place on an ice planet and that there will be co-op. Does co-op mean that two people can play the story together? And will there be multiplayer? Honestly, multiplayer is so unnecessary in a game like this that no one would miss it if Visceral decided to take it out. It was too dark, and if you played as the humans you had an unfair advantage before of your weapons. It doesn’t work to have one team be the monsters and the other team be the soldiers. If Visceral does multiplayer for Dead Space 3, they would be wise to add a type of horde-mode, which would be a lot more fun to fend off a horde of AI Necromorphs.

In all fairness, Dead Space is a great horror series, and Visceral would be wise to keep it going as long as they stick to the conventions that make it great. Again, it looks like we’ll have to watch E3 to see if there is announcement for Dead Space 3. As for details, we’ll know more as E3 2012 kicks off with the press conferences on Monday, June 4- we’ll see you there!

Rant 6/28/10

Obviously, if the game has the letter M on it, I cannot sell it to you. By law, I need to see a valid drivers license or have a parent/guardian approve the purchase for you. This does not mean run out to the car to get your mother’s drivers license to show to me. This also does not mean that you should ask the next customer in line to buy the inappropriate game for you. If you are not old enough to buy the game, you shouldn’t be asking for it.

I don’t care if you’re parent is right outside; they need to be standing right there with you to approve the game you chose. Now, when I rant about this, I have thoughts of society in general. When did we become a people that want what they want right now, if not any other time? Why is it so difficult to understand that if you are not old enough, you cannot acquire certain things like cigarettes, alcohol, insurance, and mature-rated games!

When I say that you’re not old enough to buy this game, don’t look at me as if you didn’t know. And if you really didn’t know, maybe you should look up some information about the ESRB and why the rating system is there in the first place. Bottom line; it is illegal to sell a mature-rated game to someone who is not seventeen or over.

Writing, believing…

-V