I am always trying to figure out better ways to keep archive stuff. Twitter is really hard. I have been trying to find an answer for it. I've had a lot of help, so I thought I would show you what I mean.
Archive
Here is a post by Voultar. He is telling people someone ransacked his lab. Others are saying his shelves collapsed. He is a retro engineer of some repute so it's an interesting look.
https://x.com/Voultar/status/1791882321731228093
Here is an archive of that post. Notice how it's a single post in a thread with no comments.
Here is a thread reader look at it. I pay $3 a month to do this. Notice how it's just the posts from the thread. No comments.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1791882321731228093.html
Here is an archive of the post on thread reader
This is the post on nitter. I have to keep finding a new one to get it to work.
https://nitter.poast.org/Voultar/status/1791882321731228093
And then the nitter archive. I need to edit the link to get what I want.
Here is the ghost archive. Yeah, if this is real, we have a winner. I have had to edit it slightly to get it archived, but it worked.
I don't think people realize this happens. Architecture and how it is designed let's the person the street know what is what and the people in those areas. To see these ideas in shape, you need to find a display or interactive themed event that talks about it. Norman Bel Geddes did that.
Norman Bel Geddes
An article and bit of conversation about the designer. He created an entire experience with rides to describe the cities of the future. His designs are used even today
A quote from Bel Geddes
And a disagreement with his work.
A nice article about the design plans
This is why architecture is so big. Most of the time the ideas are artsy, and cool to look at or experience.
Architecture
A great design to make the room look light and happy. Just happy to find regular architecture articles again.
White building with all the stupid architect stuff added in
PassiveHaus cement house
Big wooden facade for a modern home
A brickyard retreat
Tropical rounded HQ in Brazil
New Urban Center in Bergen Norway
The insane building with honeycombed steps next to Hudson River are being opened again. This time with nets to stop people from jumping
A nice guest house
A honeycomb apartment complex in Germany
An open coastal California house with wood and big windows
An open cement house
Layered cement house in Barcelona
An artsy area with mirrors on the ceiling to make it look even bigger. Rounded everything. It looks like a black and white artsy TARDIS
A building using older techniques. I've posted about it before
A building with pillars that look like wings
A wooden fence style house
A simple but well organized house
Check out this open cement office
Orange cloth material slung by steel pipes.
A house that looks nice, but is probably terrible to live in.
The Bocha House. It's a nice breezy open area that looks like it should be in Argentina
A cool hanging courtyard
A compact house in a city
Service stations in a park
Arch: Different Feels
This stadium area feels different depending on where you are.
A black and white building that sticks out in a forest
Another building that feels different depending on where you are.
Most of the time I end up feeling like I'm looking at a videogame when designing for architecture. The design programs look like level editors so it's not hard to fall into those thoughts.
However, you can see a single country showing their culture once you can group them together.
Arch: Japan
A small but open home in Japan
Another interesting Japanese home
A slide able office. The office slides away for an open room to appear. Just as dumb and weird as you think.
This is why you find so much propaganda about architecture. It's not the artistry, it's the control.
Arch: Tech Propaganda
New methods to deal with earthquakes have the house pushed up by air. The problem is that the promotion of it says magnets with a bad picture.
Make urban living sustainable for nature, to stop global warming.
A protest against centrally controlled cities. The images were made using AI
Houses are shrinking in size. The 400 foot house is becoming popular.
SJWs come for architecture. Especially hard because I know black run architecture firms that are doing great. This will halt their ability to do work, not help it.
They get into debates about what materials to use.
_TP: Materials
Houses built of popcorn
Carbon Capturing Japanese house
Hurricane resistant house parts are being manufactured in southern Florida right now.
An argument for glass houses
RAAC housing turned out to use faulty cement in their lower income buildings. Now home owners are left with bad homes.
Then the debates are how to build them. The big controlling types are promoting 3D printing.
_TP: 3D Printed
3D Prefabricated homes
Trudeau pushes 3D printed homes to fix housing problems.
With $150,000 you can own a 3D Printed home. This is so cheap even paupers could buy it right?
Then we have modular design, which will work way better with AI designs.
Arch: Modular Design
An argument for modulars design. Modular means they have a bunch of basic parts and can change the building as needed.
Can modular design save the day? I bet it can be designed pretty easily with AI
A company that makes modular housing
This is a really cool house that can be changed around as needed with a courtyard in the middle.
Here's a fully modular building that can be changed as needed.
$300,000 micro factories build custom design homes. If it's the same materials being placed in different places, that makes it modular.
A big propaganda push for Modular Design
Companies are preparing to make modular homes and buildings
Modular homes seem to be from the same ideas as prefab homes, which have been around for a long time.
_TH: Prefab
Tour of a prefab home factory
Sears had homes to order for decades in the early 20th century. Many of these homes still exist. Every single part of the building was sent to you. Websites keep databases on where these homes still are.
Prefabs became very popular right after world war II in England. Housing has been destroyed and needed to be replaced quickly.
Here's a rebuilt kit house.
Tiny Homes seem like an answer
Arch: Tiny Homes
Sherpa Tiny Houses are small but friendly. I love how they manipulate the angles of the photos to make it feel better.
A tent home that can be expanded when you arrive
Mi Casita
Recessed lighting helps this Tiny Home stand out. It's $150,000
This tiny home expands to the size of a normal one.
Until you see the villages.
_TH: Villages
A tiny home village.
Kelowa has a tiny home village
Tampa opens up a homeless tiny home village
San Francisco residents are tired of paying for tiny home towns for homeless
Oregon promotes tiny home villages
And especially how anyone is treated based on how they acquired the tiny home, or it's village.
_TH: Living in the Woods
This couple bought a tiny home in the middle of the woods for $65,000. They are trendy folks.
Homeless man builds his own home on street
This homeless man built a tiny home and then got in trouble for not being up to code
Homeless encampments are appearing everywhere. They want to be left alone, so they make homes in places like a deep swamp.
You will note it's not the home, it's the control for it that is the stickler. They want to control the homeless and use them as a bully wick for power.
This is why Amazon selling the prefab tiny homes is an interesting thought.
_TH: Amazon Tiny Homes
Amazon is selling $20,000 manufactured homes.
$27,000 homes with rooms from Amazon
$10,000 tiny home with second floor
The truth is many of these made to order homes are nothing like a full home. It's just a shell and needs stuff like plumbing added on.
This could be an answer to the more destitute who want a place to call home. It could also be a large game of who gets control over a large part of a suburban area.
Milan show
Milan has an art display show. This is experiences and indoor architecture along with regular art. It's all about the design and thought of things, not their usefulness. I honestly didn't know it existed until I started seeing these links. I've been in theater and artsy stuff for decades, but never knew. It's fascinating to look at.
Walking sticks
Interactive musical furniture
Biodegradable traditional furniture
Enjoy some orange cushions
A lava stone tower with strange engravings
Here is a water display for the Milan show
Manufacturing foam and shoe soles
Post anthropacene interior design called NAP
The Derby display. This includes a giant walk over of the designs for a shirt.
There is an exploration map for the entire city
A portable tea house
A milk fountain
Milan: Lights
Dancing lights
Preciosa Lighting is several lights hung down in a grid pattern. It's an experience to walk through.
Milan: Glass Displays
Glass doorways display
A glass and mirror display
An article about various glass displays
Milan: Cars
Neue Klasse by BMW was shown off
City cars with tensile strength and lots of glass see through parts
Milan: Highlights
Here are the top things to see
Another highlights article
Here are some other displays at the Milan show
https://www.designboom.com/tag/milan-design-week-2024/
Design Boom said these were the absolute best
Milan: Samsung Display
Samsung has an art display at Milan Design Week. It was a walkthrough with strategically placed screens and projections
The company has a specific design group that creates these displays. There's even a way to apply to get support and sponsorship from them.
https://design.samsung.com/global/contents/sdm/who-we-are.html
Universal
The big rival to Disney had a lot to talk about last month.
Uni: Super Nintendo World Orlando
The announcement video. This has been one of the worst kept secrets ever.
The website
A promotional email that outlines it really well.
And an article. Donkey Kong Country will also be part of the world.
Universal England
The people of Bedfordshire lined up to hear about the plans for a new Universal park near the town.
It will be about £10 Billion to make the park and promote it
Universal Orlando
The new parade, land, and night shows will open up this summer in July.
Universal is losing two shops in city walk Florida. The cinnabon will be moved, but quiet flight is being replaced.
High tech assets hidden in concept art for new Epic Universal Park
Evermore is Gone
Imagine a place where you did real life quests, sung in a bar, and met actors who were characters in a continuous story. That was Evermore park. It was inspiration for my job, and one of the few Theme Parks that was known in the Pacific Northwest. It has been declared over
There appears to be two parts to this story. One, the person who owned the land had no idea how to run it and wants to build something he understands. Two, the people who did know how to run it were caught up in their own SJW hug box they couldn't see outside of their own problems.
The creator of Evermore also created the Void VR experience company. They did well, but had terrible financial planning. The company has gone into different hands since then, but the original idea is great. Players wear VR gear and walk through actual hallways with props. Everything feels like what is being seen through the visor. It's a genius thing, and way ahead of it's time. They even had a location at Disney world
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Void_(virtual_reality)
Bretschnieder now runs the Grid, which is a giant interactive FEC. Mixed reality go karts, smaller VR experiences and more.
www.thegrid.com
It's not only sad to see it go, but also shows signs of innovation being crushed by bad management and people who prey on these organizations.
AEI
An Overview by Kevin Williams. The article drops a lot of names, but not a lot of pictures. So I am listing a few companies to cover that. The big news is that there are very few arcade Cab style games, and the arenas are getting standardized to survive the incoming waves and losses.
Another article by Kevin Williams that covers the AEI show at a different angle. This time it's about XR and competitive socializing.
AEI: XR
SPREE Interactive
SPREE has VR playgrounds
Private Label VR has arenas and set ups
https://www.privatelabelvr.com/
VRsenal has arcade Cabs and arenas
AEI: Robotics
Bear robotics has a waiter
United Robotics Group has concierge, waiters, and medical robots
https://unitedrobotics.group/en-us
Todo Robotics has waiters. They look like nice Daleks
Miso Robotics has a robotic fast food cook.
Figure AI has an android for service work
AEI: Locations
You know those playgrounds at chuck e cheese and McDonald's? Imagine they made something for adults. Locations like Playground do this. There are games, experiences, and restaurants to enjoy.
https://www.playplayground.com/
HyperX arena is an ESports arena in Las Vegas.
https://hyperxarenalasvegas.com/
Area15 has Meow Wolf, a cool bar, and other stuff to enjoy. Las Vegas is turning into an experience and gaming haven.
https://area15.com/experiences/
Crocs and Schuh have an interactive AR experience in a store
First, XBox may be moving to a more 3rd party company. This has meant lots of publicity on being 3rd party is winning.
Xbox and Exclusives
Peter Moore doesn't think consoles should be a thing anymore. He should know, he killed the Dreamcast and led XBox. At the moment he leads Unity. The guy who looks like Satan should totally be believed.
Phil Spencer speculates about exclusives actually being needed anymore. He even wants Epic on Xbox
Some publishers and designers don't feel like making games for XBOX anymore. It's an attempt to create controversy.
It reminds me of a joke from Kung Pao
Then we see the analysts claiming victory.
Detecting a paid off Analyst
Sean Malstrom is a fairly well known blogger who predicted the Wii and DS selling well. This series of articles is looking at a single analyst and how he is promoting an idea paid for by Microsoft and Sony. It starts with looking at an analyst try to play with statistics to get his own conclusions. Direct comparisons are not given.
Then he shows that this analyst is being given a lot of press in articles. The analyst is compared to Michael Pachter who was paid to say things for Sony and Microsoft back in the day.
This one is a bit ranty, but it asks why bad ideas are being promoted. Especially since there is an obvious winner to compare to.
The analyst says some big things like Console Wars don't exist anymore. Companies like Sony and Nintendo should put their games on Xbox and PC. Also Microsoft is winning, losers. Malstrom points out Microsoft owns news sites, and likely this guy.
I could also post all of the articles from Sony looking at similar things, and articles from 2 months ago that cover this subject, but that's a lot of reading. Here are some samples.
Sony Samples
There will be aggressive Sony game releases to PC.
This means games go multiplatform much earlier. Sega watches knowingly with a smile
PS5 has no new games planned for the coming year.
PS5 at “Latter Stage of Its life”
Random Propaganda
Japan is losing, even though it's not. Videogame companies are doing fine, but other countries play different games, so Japan must be losing.
Could the Xbox become the next Dreamcast
I don't have a state of Sony this month source list by the way. Beyond the Helldiver's fiasco there isn't much to talk about. Either the PS6 is coming out soon, or the PlayStation in general is exiting first party status.
The analysts and articles all say this is the right thing to do.
Atlantic AI paid by Google
The Atlantic has a series of articles all about AI and how Google will save the world. If you remember the Donald Trump is Evil article series you get the gist. It's mostly interviews. This one is about creativity and how AI helps with that.
Google will save us by being properly restricted by Google
Capitalism will die and be reborn through AI. Google will lead the way.
Ethically created AI healthcare
How students are using AI in school. They aren't learning the way we demand they do.
Moving at the speed of trust
AI will help us communicate better
The year of AI is destroying school and how it works. Not paid for by Google.
How to be creative with AI and how it could destroy normal creativity
Doing AI right
Google Articles on AI
A Google article about AI being the future, especially if it's ethical
Google has been moving up… says an article paid for by Google
Various articles about Responsible AI
Time magazine promotes Responsible AI
Harvard Business Review says that Social Media was left uncontrolled and became dangerous. We should control AI now before it gets too powerful.
IBM comes in support for Responsible AI. The kind IBM can provide
We need Responsible AI… says Time
Responsible AI! It's a weird archive so you need to right click a bit.
If centralized Corporate AI gets control
AI needs to breach your privacy to properly work. Or so says the authorities who want to do it anyway
It's difficult to properly compare AI because we have no standardized systems for AI. We should do that, and ignore the progress that works against that. New York Times.
Adobe: Firefly
Here is an arrival saying the Ethical Adobe is paying off. By MIT no less.
It turns out Adobe Firefly is based on MidJourney images. They built their own database and used whatever they thought they could get away with.
Toms Hardware talks about the revelation
Firefly 3 has been released, and it is totally responsible …
Firefly 3 is now in Photoshop and looks great
Amazon
Suddenly Amazon is pro AI
And it's breaking rules to get ahead
Non AI articles also abound. The one I noticed the hardest was about Seattle.
The articles by the Atlantic that were paid for by Google and about AI continue. This time Seattle, my old home, is paying the bill. It's going through a boom and inviting so many companies!
Classics
Game designer Yoshi P wants to see another Final Fantasy Tactics. This could also be in VG Business
The processor for Pac Man is no longer being sold
Sega saved NVidia during the Dreamcast era
How the PS2 did transparencies
A 25 year old unreleased game has been archived. Riqa was a tomb exploration game for the N64
The creators of Crash Bandicoot were tortured while making the third game.
A discussion on incredibly American videogames.
Evolution of Final Fantasy battles
An interview with the music creator for Tetris CD-i
Atmosfear long play. It is a Castlevania like for the SNES
Wipeout XL convinced Sony to have internal game companies
Using old coding books to make games.
A Dreamcast demo helped Rockstar figure out how to make GTA3. I should mention said demo has Godzilla destroying a city.
Google is destroying buildings to expand its campus. This means old Atari buildings are missing or soon to be gone
Every single Goemon game
Classic Indies
Low Poly Aesthetic
Games being made for the Saturn right now
Descent 3 is now open source code
Sega Genesis Mini 3 announced
Former Dawn is an NES RPG without memory constraints. It will have a full cartridge release and Kickstarter It will also be released on PC.
Sega System 18 gets an FPGA core. That's an old arcade board
A point and click adventure for the Amstrad.
Point and click story horror for the good ol ZX
CI: Design
John Romero talks about getting into making games
The Shadow of Mordor was originally a Batman game. Here's what it looked and felt like.
Des: Levels
Radical Non Linear level design
How to plan out a Metroidvania
Des: Doom
Level design rules us d by John Romero in Doom
How to make a good looking Doom map
The visual language of Doom maps
Anyone can make a Doom map
Sandy Peterson's level design
Cl: MVG
A look at why games for consoles were different from each other. N64 vs PS1
A look at the N64 directly
A direct look at the PS1
Talk about the Saroo for the Saturn.
Cl: Books
A Book on the Sega Saturn
Cl: PlayStation Lists
Best Castlevania games for each PlayStation. It's mostly port collections
The best RPGs for each year of the PS1
CI: Fan Stuff
Some gamers can see more frames per second than others
You can play Tetris on a slurpee cup
A guy turned his N64 controller into an emulated game boy
CI: Mods and Fan Made
Fan remake of Fallout 2
Half Life 1 and 2 remakes… again….
You can unbrick any PSP
Fan Remake of Timesplitters 2 is needing funding
TMNT Hyperstone Heist gets a mod with all sorts of new things. It was released for the Mega Drive
Someone gave Doom Microtransactions
CI: LImited Run Games
Limited Run Games is charging a premium, but making lackluster products. Especially sad because I was just looking at some Castlevania collections then other day.
Another article talking about how these games can't play on the console they are promoted for.
Limited Run Games apologized and promised to do better
CI: Sonic Ring Racers
A racing game about Sonic the Hedgehog using a modified version of Doom
Have an article on the subject
CI: Classic Ports
Jaguar port of Mortal Kombat
Phoenix the arcade game to Amiga
PS1 Doom has been back ported to PC
Switch
Sony moves sales goal posts to battle Switch
There is a book about the impact of Iwata in videogames.
Takashi Tezuka talks about incorporating ideas from younger staff for the newest Mario Bros game.
NWC
Nintendo World Champions just got an ESRB rating
It turned out to be true
The physical sales are selling out
Old Nintendo Footage
Raw footage of Nintendo of America in the 90’s.
BBC news show about the latest big Nintendo console… the Nintendo. This was made in the 80’s.
Classic Indie Ports
Sunsoft is releasing old games for the Switch.
Switch getting Lynx games
Inti Creates is releasing games as well
Fans are porting GTA 5 to Switch, thanks to a code leak in December. It's kind of bad now, but that's expected
Xbox
Could the Xbox become the next Dreamcast
New XBox Boss has a special department for future compatibility of all games.
Phil Spencer
Phil Spencer says Xbox is a profitable and growing business. Also, water has a dry dusty feel to it.
Phill Spencer has been over XBox for a decade… of sales losses
Videogames
Asseto Corsa EVO has been announced
Felvidek is an old school feeling RPG set in medieval Slovakia
A long play through of Serum, a first person soviet game
Last of Us is getting a 10th anniversary OST
Demon school is a tactical RPG set in a school full of demons you can recruit
Turn based zombie survival strategy game Dead Season
Blue Prince is a puzzle exploration game inside an ever changing mansion
Long play of the game Pools.
A cozy game about living in the Shire in Hobbiton.
Xenotilt is a pinball shooter with neon graphics
Front Mission 2 releases on PC. I prefer it for the Switch.
Jump Ship is a sci Fi space exploration shooter.
A turn based deck building 2D sides scrolling samurai game
Eternal strands is by several BioWare and RPG creators
Fatal Fury sequel announced!
No Rest for the Wicked is by the same folks that made the Ori series
Capes is like XCom, but has actual characters and superheroes. Oddly enough there are no actual Capes.
An unnamed game made by a company paid by Ten cent wants to change how RTS works. Its helmed by a Star Craft 2 director, so it has a chance.
Stygian: Outer Gods is a continuation of the story from the game Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones. The game style itself is different, but is part of the larger story.
Dwarf Fortress now has graphical adventures. I don't know if it's an add on or on its own
Silksong is now on XBox wishlist.
Witcher 4 isn't 3 with an upgrade
Footage of Pine Harbour a Silent Hill like
VG: Castlevania Like
Carpathian Nights is a Castlevania like game. The article is paywalled for some stupid reason.
Beyond the Ice Palace 2 is a sequel to a game released in 1988. It's a Castlevania like game.
VG: NeoSprint
Atari is bringing back a racing series to the Switch
Here's another article
VG: Motion Twins
Dead Cells creators making a Prince of Persia side scroller. Didn't a game just like that come out? Yes, yes it did. This one looks cooler though
Dead cells creators are making an action roguelite co-op game. Cool combos while getting stats
VG: Fake Resident Evil 2 Port to SNES
A Norwegian gaming magazine showed off a prototype of Resident Evil 2. They used the balls trick from other games to make the characters. There's even a video
It was an April fools joke. The jokester admitted it was possible though.
VG: Nintendo Indie Show
An outline of the games
Yars Rising is a Metroidvania based on Yars Revenge
I got to try out the Europa demo. It's a beautiful game with a linear path, and a little bit of platforming. I wanted to explore this world and the game wouldn't let me. It really sucks knowing this. There are strangely placed items and the controls aren't the greatest. A real disappointment on my side.
Teenage mutant ninja turtles gets a beat em up roguelite
VG: Triple i
There was a big triple I display. It lasted 45 minutes, and had 30 games.
An article praising the III show
Silksong hinted at
VG: Strategy Game Lists
10 games
7 games
Fan games about Nintendo stuff. An HD with RTX version of Super Mario 64 is why I chose it. Mario 64 Infinite looks cool as well
8 games
VG: Lists
Game tanks has a good list on what they call AA games. These are great games without a large budget
City Builders and Colony Sims coming out in April
Best Nintendo games by year in the 00’s
VG: Multi articles
An article on the Vertical Kingdom game. It's about a mission based city builder that lets you expand your empire slowly. Then an article on why you should play giant shooter in WWII Enlisted
VG: Updates and DLC
Company of Heroes 3 prepares for first update without Sega.
Fallout 4 is getting an upgraded version with new content and 60 FPS
"Those then, who resist a confirmation of public order, are the true Artificers of monarchy—not that this is the intention of the generality of them. Yet it would not be difficult to lay the finger upon some of their party who may justly be suspected. When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits—despotic in his ordinary demeanour—known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty—when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity—to join in the cry of danger to liberty—to take every opportunity of embarrassing the General Government & bringing it under suspicion—to flatter and fall in with all the non sense of the zealots of the day—It may justly be suspected that his object is to throw things into confusion that he may 'ride the storm and direct the whirlwind.'"
Interesting quote.
Imagine a place where you did real life quests, sung in a bar, and met actors who were characters in a continuous story. That was Evermore park. It was inspiration for my job, and one of the few Theme Parks that was known in the Pacific Northwest. It has been declared over
There appears to be two parts to this story. One, the person who owned the land had no idea how to run it and wants to build something he understands. Two, the people who did know how to run it were caught up in their own SJW hug box they couldn't see outside of their own problems.
The creator of Evermore also created the Void VR experience company. They did well, but had terrible financial planning. The company has gone into different hands since then, but the original idea is great. Players wear VR gear and walk through actual hallways with props. Everything feels like what is being seen through the visor. It's a genius thing, and way ahead of it's time. They even had a location at Disney world
Bretschnieder now runs the Grid, which is a giant interactive FEC. Mixed reality go karts, smaller VR experiences and more.
- www.thegrid.com
It's not only sad to see it go, but also shows signs of innovation being crushed by bad management and people who prey on these organizations.
VR AR MR XR
Mannequin is a prop hunting multiplayer game
Promotional article for TV show 3 Body Problem that reviews the headset in the show.
Interaction has to change for XR to actually work.
VR Chairs are coming to theaters.
Taskmaster VR lets you make your own tasks
Gundam VR preview
Blue Wave uses of XR equipment may be a new open spot for attack. Blue Wave is the equipment that works within the military to follow each member. Tech heads have wanted to have a full UI for servicemen for a long time. Attacks could make the equipment cause nausea.
Myst sequel Riven coming to VR
XR and education, an argument for more
Companies are trying to find a way to make money off of XR in the public space
Arcade experience via VR
Zero Latency is a location based VR company
A two year old article about how VR hasn't risen to the heights expected. It's a good look at the problems VR is having, and the solutions being used.
XR: Vision Pro
Review of the Vision Pro by Wired. It's nice, but has problems and doesn't work very well. They sold tech, not an experience
The Matrix is viewable through an app
https://youtube.com/shorts/O6le7WFtmuQ
Vision Pro 2 could launch sooner than expected.
NVidia Omniverse now available on Vision Pro
VR: PSVR 2
Review of PSVR2 one year in.
Games coming to PS VR 2
PSVR2 has stopped being manufactured. The games haven't been exclusive and the competition too strong
Is this the next Vita?
XR: Meta
Meta has a funding program for designers
Amnesia gets a fan remake for Quest 2 and 3
Meta has an XR program that labels, measures, and documents things it sees.
Oculus accounts being deleted
_M: LG and Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg visited LG To discuss VR hardware. The article was read by AI translation. .
Another article about the visit
XR: Quest 3
This article talks about the popularity of the Quest series and how the Vision Pro will change the use of XR devices to much more expensive upper middle class workers. Personally I think it doesn't matter, because you need a good use for either and neither company really does that.
Why Quest 3 could be the next Wii experience. That article is paid for.
Quest 3 is more powerful than expected. It can mimic a low level gaming rig.
Film TV
Why Dark Crystal and Labyrinth couldn't be made today, by the Hensons themselves.
A new live action edition of City Hunter is being made. Jackie Chan dressed as Chun Li will not be present.
The movie that inspired Resident Evil is getting a remaster
There is a horror movie universe based on old Disney animated movies. It's being worked on right now and is called the Poohniverse. So we getting some Poohn Tang here.
Spiderwick Chronicles Reboot. Exact changes expected happens.
Deadpool and Wolverine is a reboot of the MCU. Speculation ensues
I love the scene in Dune 2 when Kevin Bacon shows up
Super Mario Bros 2 announced
Picard season 2 was rewritten because it felt too star Trek says writers
Kaiju Pangolin vs Giant Snake is being made by a Chinese company
The Netflix Film executive who left the company is now producing a movie about Bruce Springsteen
Why Harry Met Sally is sexist. The term high maintenance is seen as sexist.
The movie Starship Troopers was never about the book, and the director just wanted to complain about fascism
The 3 Body Problem is a terrible adaption of the book, here's why it's a good thing. This was a book that caused a huge during the sad puppies protests, because each side liked the book.
An article about the relevance of the Matrix today. It mentions red pill
San Harmon's latest show is about blue aliens from Strange Planet
Warner Bros Animation gets new leadership from Netflix and others
Madame Web died by committee not the Message says actress
Using Unreal Engine to make Dune 2
Film Noir classic Night of the Hunter is getting a remake.
Can Warner Bros Uncancel JK Rowling? Does it matter?
Star Trek Reboot movie 4 is still being made, but it could be the last.
FTV: Videogames
Earthbound documentary about fans of the game
Rooster Teeth is no more
Starfield animated story
FTV: Disney+
Disney is making an aliens movie between the first two movies. The director loves the films and has the blessing of the two major creators. He's using a lot of practical effects and wanted it to look natural. It's coming out for Disney+.
Disney+ is getting Macross
Star Wars Acolyte is about sith before Palpatine. It's mostly women.
Theme Parks and Experiences
Area 15 by Meow Wolf is coming to Orlando.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1u2pcGvQ73/
The story of the terrible Willy Wonka experience in Scotland has gotten the creator a new name, Willy Wanker. He has done worse things in the past it seems.
Joe Rohde, a retired imagineer, is visiting his old office to give lectures on design
Mattel is getting a full park in Kansas City. Disney once had a Barbie park, but it lasted a week at best.
TPE: Universal Epic How to Train your Dragon
They are slowly revealing information about the new Epic Universe Park. This month is the Island of Berk from How to Train Your Dragon. It is kid friendly with a play park, and water cannon target ride. Check out the website
Have the fly through video
USA today has a nice article on it. The park looks like fun for a day.
A good overview of Berk using the concept art posted.
Have a generalized article about Epic Universe
TPE: Disney
Disney changed Splash Mountain. They made it look like it was a response to criticism. Instead, the critics were likely hired to promote a new ride by talking about how racist the old one was.
Star Tours will get a new lease on life and be inspired by the universe the Mandalorian created
Disney is getting a drone show
Parts of the Star Cruiser hotel are headed to California for events at Disneyland
TPM: Sim Racing Theme
An F1 Sim Racing experience is getting popular
The Lego Ferrari experience is coming to Legoland Florida
Pagani has a Sim Racing setup for the Huayra. This could also be in cars.
TPE: Digital Immersive Experiences
The term means projections, actors, and interactive programs that let a guest become part of the experience, instead of passively viewing it. Here is an interview explaining the idea. Lots of buzzwords, but some good ideas.
Arcades have something for this called Immersive Gaming Rooms. I tried to build one for a class for my masters, but could only get one wall to work. It was a headache.
It's showing up for dinning experiences as well.
This article says VR at a pub, but it's actually a small immersion room.
TPE: Kevin Williams Articles
Investment for entertainment is pivoting to a more digital interactive scene.
EAG rundown
Arcade FEC Social Gaming
A retro arcade that took 10 years to make burnt down
Most iconic pinball tables
The story of namco slowly leaving the arcade business. They made an all time favorite while trying to make money during this time.
VR is in a lot of trouble. The PlayStation VR2 is not doing well.
VR: PSVR 2
Review of PSVR2 one year in.
Games coming to PS VR 2
PSVR2 has stopped being manufactured. The games haven't been exclusive and the competition too strong
Is this the next Vita?
The Quest line is actually doing somewhat good.
Why Quest 3 could be the next Wii experience. That article is paid for.
Quest 3 is more powerful than expected. It can mimic a low level gaming rig.
But it's sales are not doing Switch or PlayStation style numbers. Mark Zuckerberg has been talking to other companies about releasing headgear without as much internal investment by Meta.
_M: LG and Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerberg visited LG To discuss VR hardware. The article was read by AI translation. .
Another article about the visit
Which leaves us to the Apple Vision Pro. This is expected to bring an upper middle class treatment for VR to continue.
This article talks about the popularity of the Quest series and how the Vision Pro will change the use of XR devices to much more expensive upper middle class workers. Personally I think it doesn't matter, because you need a good use for either and neither company really does that.
It is a popular idea with people lining up to help it move forward.
NVidia Omniverse now available on Vision Pro
By this Wired review it's more tech than actual experience.
Review of the Vision Pro by Wired. It's nice, but has problems and doesn't work very well. They sold tech, not an experience
VR as a home use just has a lot of problems with no real answers. The hype for it seems to be based on videogame console sales, but nothing is reaching those heights.
However the out of home market seems to be finding ways to use it. First off, it's not VR, it's mixed reality or MR. A wall has a projector, with sensors watching your movements. Headgear can be involved, but is not necessary.
Themed Experiences do this all the time with companies like Meow Wolf.
Area 15 by Meow Wolf is coming to Orlando.
Or the F1 Simulator experience.
TPM: Sim Racing Theme
An F1 Sim Racing experience is getting popular
The Lego Ferrari experience is coming to Legoland Florida
Pagani has a Sim Racing setup for the Huayra. This could also be in cars.
Using the new tech for an experience creates a Digital Interactive Experience.
TPE: Digital Immersive Experiences
The term means projections, actors, and interactive programs that let a guest become part of the experience, instead of passively viewing it. Here is an interview explaining the idea. Lots of buzzwords, but some good ideas.
Arcades have something for this called Immersive Gaming Rooms. I tried to build one for a class for my masters, but could only get one wall to work. It was a headache.
It's showing up for dinning experiences as well.
This article says VR at a pub, but it's actually a small immersion room.
Investment for entertainment is pivoting to a more digital interactive scene.
Companies are trying to find a way to make money off of XR in the public space
It really does look like the out of home experience is more likely to make enough than the in home experience. The problem is this takes away from the aim of the companies for the home use VR. They want VR to replace your work desk and home theater. If entertainment is pointing away from that, their take over of those household areas does not win.
There are arguments that the stay at home method will take over.
XR and education, an argument for more
Arcade experience via VR
There was a fairly open secret that XR was ring funded for military use, but now it has problems.
Blue Wave uses of XR equipment may be a new open spot for attack. Blue Wave is the equipment that works within the military to follow each member. Tech heads have wanted to have a full UI for servicemen for a long time. Attacks could make the equipment cause nausea.
VR not making it big at the home is not a new conversation either.
A two year old article about how VR hasn't risen to the heights expected. It's a good look at the problems VR is having, and the solutions being used.
Meanwhile movie theaters are getting VR chairs set up for group viewing
VR Chairs are coming to theaters.
VR is not making it to the home, but the ideas are working for themed experiences out of the home.
It's amazing how much retro gaming has been used to sell games. The first part is articles written about nostalgia.
VG: Classics
Mech RTS games
Best Rare Games. This list includes games like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy. It's multiple pages and I have archived all of them.
Tetris Sequel for Gameboy found
Elder Scrolls turns 30, and PC Gamer celebrates
Grandia Collection coming out
Yuji Naka learned to port and make games by porting Ghouls and Ghosts to the MegaDrive. This gave him the skill to program Sonic.
The 32x Castlevania that became Symphony of the Night
How the PS2 totally beat everyone else. It's a short read. It's also wrong.
10 Sega Classics on the Switch
A look back at European magazines talking about consoles
A look at Shigeru Miyamoto’s thoughts on game design 17 years ago.
Trip Hawkins talks about how he nearly got various companies united against Sony in the 90’s.
The best games for MegaDrive by year
Every game in the videogame hall of fame
_C: Konami
Top 10 Konami characters. I wish there was a Goemon collection with translations for the Japanese only games.
Best Konami games
Castlevania Bloodlines is 30 years old
10 Konami arcade games
The classics are told with a bit of nostalgia. Look at how the PlayStation is given a narrative of dominance. They did sell more consoles, but no where near the amount claimed. But this is the narrative, and it must be told this way.
But it gets deeper as you realize that this nostalgia is big money. Museums are being made to tell stories about videogames.
_C: Museums
The Strong Museum has 12 candidates for their hall of fame this year. Games like Myst, Tony Hawk Pro Skater, and Metroid are up for the vote.
Nintendo museum is delayed
There is an entire industry selling games and products for classic gaming.
VG: Classic Indies
Grind is a Doom FPS style game for Amiga
Earthion is being released on modern consoles, PC, and MegaDrive. A SHMUP that pushes the console to its limits.
Super Mario if the CD Drive was real
Castlevania Revamped is a PC edition of the game with various upgrades.
Super Metroid port to MegaDrive is called Space Hunter
Virtual Reality from the N64
A ROM hack of Light Crusader gives the player a double jump.
Otogorisou has been translated to English. It's a Famicom visual novel game by chunsoft.
A Sega fan game maker is making his own game.
Breath of Thunder is coming out for several consoles including Virtual Boy
A rogue squadron style star wars game for the Dreamcast
An NES edition of SEGA Bass Fishing
Hard Knight and Haragon are new games for the Commodore 64
Toaplan games are heading to Steam. Truxton 2!
Sunsoft shows off games on Switch
CI: Classic Ports
You can now watch movies from the Atari 2600
Demons of Asteborg was made for the MegaDrive. It's being ported to the GBA and Neo Geo
Surprise Attack, the Konami arcade game, is being released to Switch and PS4
Check out that videos on Atari. I saw a similar set up for the TI99 a few years ago and was blown away. The guy showing it owned a retro computing store, and knew tons of people making ports and physical parts for old computers.
It's really hard to differentiate fan made fun stuff from people doing it professionally. For example, the company that made a game is releasing an open source version of it.
_CI: Freestars from Star Control
Star Control II is being released for free with a new name
Here is a Tweet about it.
Then we have a fan making ports of games, and then his own game which may or may not be sold.
_CI: FPS Dungeon for MegaDrive
Guy who created the Final Fight Mega Drive edition is making an FP RPG for the console
We have footage now
There are companies like Atari and Nightdive studios which only make modern ports for games.
_CI: Atari
Interview with the CEO of Atari. He wants to under promise and over deliver
Talk about Atari buying Nightdive and Digital Eclipse and how it's worked out
_CI: Nightdive
An interview with Nightdive studios and their CI port work
Dark Forces Remaster!
Nightdive studios publicly asks to port No One Lives Forever
I really want that port of No One Lives Forever. I had the demo, but never bought it. So a modern port would be great.
Physical stuff like toys, and computer remakes blur the lines just as quickly as the software side.
_CI: Physical bits
Commodore 64 keyboard revamp
Virtual On is getting a pedometer
What do you do with your mini console? Play it on a mini monitor!
How to modernize your console collection in a really convoluted way
You can now add a second screen to your steam deck. DS games will be much easier to emulate.
A look at the Atari 400 Mini
Altered Beast gets a toy line
That's a fan based company making toys for sale. The Atari 400 mini is especially cool to me because a friend is really into it. I got him a full sized XL once through my retro convention connections. He lost his 400 in a fire and still missed it.
If I taught videogame history I would include a class where students had to make games for old school consoles. Sure they start at QBASIC but Assembly, C, and C++ would be taught along with using level editors and stuff like SCRUMM. Let them slowly build up to the modern engine to see and understand the history.
There is so much Classic Indie work being done that it would be easy to set up and begin working.
VG: Opinions and Propaganda
Phil Spencer may be the one that destroys Xbox.
A lawsuit is coming for game makers that accuses them of making addictive practices to make more money. The response has been, “you can't sue us for making good games”.
This could be in AI or XR, but it starts about Videogames. Basically, you can predict things based on how it happened with videogames. Since tech and entertainment tend to be ahead of the market, and videogames are both, you can see what happens years ahead of what will happen with the general public.
Interview with women who work at Mojang. Buzzfeed article says diversity will help us all.
Why I stopped being a framerate snob… advert for Steam deck
33 games not on Switch
How Sweet Baby Inc ruined a game called Flintlock
A business model designed to milk small amounts of players, rather than selling well overall. Comparison to the Cable channel model.
Peter Moore doesn't think consoles should be a thing anymore. He should know, he killed the Dreamcast and led XBox. At the moment he leads Unity. The guy who looks like Satan should totally be believed.
VG: Business
Toys for Bob is making their own game. They usually make them by assignment, and have been very successful at it. The NFC toy games were started by them, and they created Tony Hawk Downhill Jam.
Nintendo restructures it's testing department
Gearbox started firing people as soon as it was bought by Embracer
Skull and Bones is slashed by $25 after three weeks on sail
Monopoly Go had a nearly half a billion promotional budget.
Activision QA has a large union now
Yellow Brick hints at the game they are making.
BioWare had an online game store that could have sold the Witcher and other big games. They didn't, and feel dumb now.
I don't know where to put this one, PC Rig news. It's all too expensive for me.
Valve created an orb for video making using steam decks they had lying around. Half Life 3 is still not released.
Falconeer is actually part of a game trilogy where each game is a different type, and they all tell the same story.
Capcom raises salaries in tough times
More Remedy games are planned
New MMO allows you to Bot the game, so every player has bots and the bot becomes part of the game.
Relic entertainment sold by SEGA
Russia wants to make it's own home console.
_B: Sony
Sony does not rise to the victory expected
You can own a bobblehead of Jim Ryan, the boss at PlayStation
PS5 was the top seller in February, but that's after console sale shrinkage. Helldiver's 2 is the best selling game.
_B: Warner Bros keeps on losing path
Warner Bros Gaming would rather commit suicide squad than make another successful Harry Potter game.
They really want that Fortnite style money
_B: XBox Exclusives and ports
Phil Spencer speculates about exclusives actually being needed anymore. He even wants Epic on Xbox
Some publishers and designers don't feel like making games for XBOX anymore. It's an attempt to create controversy.
_B: Unreal Engine Payment
Epic Games will start charging companies for use of their movie making and architecture displays.
More on the changes to the payment system
ESports to have a lot more consolidation
_B: EA Losses
EA drops star wars games and fires 650
EA is looking away from licensed games
_B: Saber Sold
Embracer sells Saber interactive along with other companies. This includes Metro series and new Warhammer 40k Space marine game
Space Marine is still being made
It's being delayed though
VG: Rumours
The Switch 2 could be announced in June
PS5 Pro
Dead Space 2 Remake
Handheld Xbox?
_R: SEGA
Streets of Rage and Virtual Fighter getting new games.
Jet Set Radio and Crazy Taxi are unreal engine remakes
VG: Design
A bit of detail on why Agent by Rockstar was dropped. They just didn't have the manpower to do it.
Free beginners course for Unreal Engine
Square Enix translators used Shakespearean English to make it feel more medieval. He was late Renaissance and was very flowery.
_D: Princess Peach and Goemon
The director of Princess Peach hasn't directed a game since Mystical Ninja Goemon for the N64.
The last classic Goemon was made a long time ago, and for the PlayStation
https://youtu.be/B_tcVhXyMLw?si=CAD77UGZXWkrU4ie
But, there is a spiritual successor by the same company that made the Princess Peach game.
_D: GDC
When to make your own game engine. A GDC speech
Subscription trends for World of Warcraft
How to promote a game through steam
Graphics discussions and how they are implemented
Level Design mentorship
Web3 Games Suck is a great way to get attention for your Web3 games
How to survive the gaming hell scape as an indie. Be small and adaptable.
Artsy indie games at GDC
_GDC: Wrap up Articles
Look at GDC after it ends
5 takeaways from GDC. It's a good article and does show the problems the industry is dealing with.
Almost 30,000 visited GDC
_GDC: Scream
A group go together to start
Screaming in a park
_GDC: Zelda
Nintendo told the director of Breath of the Wild his game was coming to Switch in an email
How they had to create multiple physics engines for Tears of the Kingdom. This meant the game had sounds not created by anyone.
_GDC: AAA and Creativity
It costs too much to be creative in the AAA field.
Maybe AAA deserves to die. Corporations are greedy! Become an indie!
_GDC: Unity
An overview of the Unity Presentation
The Unity Presentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9AGkB9nnkc
_GDC: Unreal
Unreal Engine 5.4 presentation
Here's the entire speech for Unreal Engine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVoQ5AH_wxI
The official webpage talking about it
Major optimizations
Elon Musk made an appearance
Fortnite will be from a nerfed unreal engine, fans are disappointed
Another outline of the presentation
_D: avid Lynch
David Lynch’s influence on videogames. He made Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Dune, and Eraserhead.
The influence of Twin Peaks on Zelda. The one where Link is in a dream world, the entire set up was based on the ideas from the show. Bob was no present.