I went to Quakecon over the past weekend. Not much went on, and nothing amazing announced, but it was a good experience for me being the first video game conference I had ever been to. I wanted to do BYOC. Next year I'll prepare a head of time(register early) and get a group of friends to go. It was fun seeing all the different computers and set-ups people had.
I missed when John Carmack spoke, but I got to see the idTech5 conference the next day. Nothing too interesting here, but it looks like id is creating intuitive tools for artists to use when making their game. Making it easier to make games? Sounds good to me.
It was really cool seeing tech5 running on a Mac. I think Mac playing in gaming territory is good competition for Windows. Why? I see the OS makers tweaking their software to run games in unique ways. Maybe one OS is more memory efficient than the other?
Also I got my hands on the Stranglehold demo, which should be out soon on Xbox Live. I've really been wanting to play the game, and I will say I enjoyed it the whole time. I'm just afraid it may not be worth the $60. It reminds me of Dead to Rights - which is a great game - but I bet once I've completed the game, that'll be it. Also, the graphics were disappointing. Not a deciding factor for me, but I really expected a lot more out of it. Here's my buddy Jason doing a little hands-on time with it:
-Adam
I missed when John Carmack spoke, but I got to see the idTech5 conference the next day. Nothing too interesting here, but it looks like id is creating intuitive tools for artists to use when making their game. Making it easier to make games? Sounds good to me.
It was really cool seeing tech5 running on a Mac. I think Mac playing in gaming territory is good competition for Windows. Why? I see the OS makers tweaking their software to run games in unique ways. Maybe one OS is more memory efficient than the other?
Also I got my hands on the Stranglehold demo, which should be out soon on Xbox Live. I've really been wanting to play the game, and I will say I enjoyed it the whole time. I'm just afraid it may not be worth the $60. It reminds me of Dead to Rights - which is a great game - but I bet once I've completed the game, that'll be it. Also, the graphics were disappointing. Not a deciding factor for me, but I really expected a lot more out of it. Here's my buddy Jason doing a little hands-on time with it:
-Adam
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