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Weekend Confirmed 126 - Darksiders 2, Sleeping Dogs, Papo & Yo
by Jeff Mattas, Aug 17, 2012 6:00pm PDTOn this week's episode of Weekend Confirmed--recorded guerrilla-style in Garnett's apartment--much new gaming goodness is discussed. Jeff Cannata, Jeff Mattas, and regular guest Andrea Rene join Mr. Lee at his humble abode to give their impressions of games like Sleeping Dogs, Darksiders 2, and Papo & Yo, just to name a few. Episode 126's other topics include the successes and failures of motion-control in video games, Sony's impressive Gamescom 2012 showing, and Mistwalker's 2008 RPG, Lost Odyssey. Finishing Moves closes things out in the usual style, and includes some more new iOS game recommendations.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 126: 08/17/2012
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However, to say that they have a monopoly on those types of games is just not accurate. You can definitely make a case that Japanese Publishers are more willing to promote those ideas (i.e. AAA), but that just further cements my point that, if anything, we should be pushing Western Publishers to give more attention to the creative Western games that already exist.
I just don't think we should make it sound like Japan is the savior of these creative games. They just have their own take. I think Japan gets a write-off a little too easy sometimes. They create a few games like this, and they sometimes get more praise than the dozens of Western games released at the same time.
I fully appreciate Garnett's viewpoints, and I just want to clarify that I'm not upset or yelling or saying that Garnet is "stupid" or anything like that. I just wanted to give my counter view..in a respectful way. :) It's a complicated conversation, I think...hard to put into a short post, but I hope I was clear enough.
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