Chris “I’m Not Going in the Water” Hornbostel joins us this week to talk about what we love about Guild Wars 2, what we don’t love about Guild Wars 2, and the anecdote we would tell to express what’s special about the game. You can find us in the game at tomchick.6739, mcmaster.9567, and triggercut.2059.
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The nifty but terminally fidgety 10000000 just got an update. This match-3 plus free-runner plus RPG plus high score chase for the iPhone had an issue of the tiles not clicking into place very effectively, which is a horrible thing to happen in a game you play against a relentless clock. But I’m happy to discover that the latest update fixes that admirably. I’ve been able to play with nary a hitch lining up the tiles I want, unlocking doors, zapping ninjas, swording skeletons, and gathering wood without having to fight the interface.
Finding those tiles is another matter entirely, but that’s a me problem and not a 10000000 problem.
Here’s how the internet works. Someone writes an article. A popular aggregate then plucks an incendiary quote from the article. At which point guys like me blog about the incendiary quote in lieu of reading or actually discussing the article.
But in this case, I’m not even going to get that far. In this case, I’m done with the whole affair after seeing a single word. It all started when Polygon sat down with the developers of Spec Ops: The Line for a long talk about all sorts of things. Then VG247 latched onto the term “cancerous growth”, which lead designer Cory Davis used to describe Spec Ops’ multiplayer, developed by a separate studio. He was frustrated with what he felt was a waste of resources for a game he designed primarily as a single-player experience.
But Davis wasn’t content with “cancerous growth”. He further noted, “The multiplayer game’s tone is entirely different, the game mechanics were raped to make it happen, and it was a waste of money.”
No, Mr. Davis, the game mechanics weren’t raped. Compromised, botched, bungled, fumbled, or even fucked up. But they were not raped. That word means something else. Now go sit in the corner with Missouri’s Republican Representative until you learn to talk like an adult.
This fall, Capcom will publish the first three Phoenix Wrights on the iPad as a single game. Well, it’s technically a single game. You download it to play the first two chapters for free and then you have to buy each full game separately. You also get this bonus feature:
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy HD will also come with the “Everyone Object” mode (at no additional cost) to help players communicate their displeasure of everyday situations with the help of popular Ace Attorney characters and sayings. With a simple touch of a button, the phrases, “Objection!”, “Hold it!”, and “Take that!” can be emailed to friends or tweeted along with an animated image.
You know it’s a Capcom release when they have to explain they’re not going to charge extra for something.
