Weekend Confirmed 147 - Resonance, Tera, Kentucky Route Zero
by Jeff Mattas, Jan 11, 2013 11:00am PSTWith regular frontman Garnett Lee away enjoying the technological maelstrom of CES, Jeff Cannata helms this episode of Weekend Confirmed, with co-pilot "Indie" Jeff Mattas. The duo of Jeffs are joined by Joystiq's Xav de Matos and director Dan Trachtenberg to discuss a number of video games, both big and small. IGF nominee Kentucky Route Zero and Resonance get some love, Cannata and Dan rave about Tera, and Xav talks about his time with the multiplayer mech mayhem of Hawken. Finishing Moves brings the show to a close, but feel free to stick around for a short post-show playoff edition of the NFL TailGate.
Weekend Confirmed Ep. 147: 1/11/2013
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Round 1 - 00:00:40 - 00:19:27
Whatcha' Been Playin Part 1 - 00:21:16 - 00:58:24
Whatcha Been Playin Part 2 - 00:58:57 - 01:28:28
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I found myself having mixed reactions as I watched the video.
First of all, I'm skeptical. After the Kinect fiasco, I just don't believe it will work as well as it is supposed to.
But let's say by some miracle that it does work well. On the one hand, the atmosphere it brings to the experience could be very powerful. As simple as it sounds, the idea of having snow falling around me as I drive through a blizzard in-game is pretty cool.
But then I think to myself "flashing lights in my peripheral vision does not enhance gameplay.... it is a distraction". Could all this swirling, flashing light actually detract from the game?
What do you all think?
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Look at it this way, if Microsoft releases televisions with this feature built-in, how much media can you realistically expect to support it? Will movies and television? Probably not. Will your PS4 and Wii U support it? No way. At best you're left with a handful of games on a single console that have their silly little light show.
3D televisions will look amazingly successful in comparison.
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