Tetsuo Time

Partway into this video Mark Rein said that they are going to bring UT3 and GoW to the Mac. UT3 I knew but it hasn't been formally announced but I didn't think GoW would ever be coming to the Mac and I hope he's not joshing around or pulling our legs. I also hope it can join the PC and 360 versions in multiplayer (CO-OP!) and have achievements like those latter versions but if that's just a microsoft only thing then it might not.

Now we just need for the rest of the Unreal Engine 3 games to be announced for the Mac. Everyone and their grandma is licensing this engine now. I would like it if you use that engine then you automatically support all the platforms it's on by default... but I know that's dreaming and I know some of the UE3 games use Havok Physics engine which prices them out of the reach of Mac porting which is unfortunate.

Not only is Gears of War coming to the PC but also Viva Pinata! The first one was kind of an of course it's coming kind of thing for a while now but I didn't think the second one would ever come the PC much less this soon. I like how they say the PC version of GoW is getting lots of extras and a level editor so PC users will be able to make their own maps. I imagine the game will be as moddable as Unreal Tournament so I fully expect to see lots of mods come out for it. Some people have suggested that it might require a 360 pad to play but I don't buy that. Keyboard and Mouse is just as good for third person shooters as it is for first person shooters... I should know I beat both Max Payne games on the computer with keyboard and mouse. Here's a video from 1UP.com about the game:

Oh yeah and that previous posting with the Gears of War footage? That really was the PC version in action.

Viva Pinata seems pretty interesting to me I look forward to trying it out. Adia said she doesn't like Gears of War so much because it makes her nervous playing it but I think she may like the news of Viva Pinata coming to the PC more. Interesting thing to me is that game is by Rare who Microsoft had bought out a while back. This is the company that made Donkey Kong Kountry and Banjo Kazooie for Nintendo. They also made the Killer Instinct games.. throughout most of their history they have mostly made games for arcade and consoles so this is the first time that I know of that they have brought one of their games to the PC.. besides playing their older games in emulation which doesn't count because it's not official and they had nothing to do with it.

I need to see the videos of those games being announced I want to see the official footage and have more details about controller options, etc. Some people on the comments on the sites that have reported this so far are complaining that the game isn't exclusive any longer. It is still exclusive though... it's a Microsoft exclusive. =P It's either Windows (XP or Vista), or 360.

Now that I'm on the subject of games.. Steven Spieldburg is having a go in making some games and there are two games he is working on. In particular the one that interests me is the second one. In that game you are a secret agent who meets and Alien Girl who has different powers depending on how you relate to her in the game. It could either be really good or a flop but I tend to like the stuff Spieldburg does so I kind of feel like it may be good if it's anything like his movies. I know there are haters out there but I don't care I liked War of The Worlds.. it wasn't his best movie but it wasn't his worst either.. I think Lost World Jurassic Park was worse although it was still entertaining in its way.

Not only is Gears of War coming to the PC but also Viva Pinata! The first one was kind of an of course it's coming kind of thing for a while now but I didn't think the second one would ever come the PC much less this soon. I like how they say the PC version of GoW is getting lots of extras and a level editor so PC users will be able to make their own maps. I imagine the game will be as moddable as Unreal Tournament so I fully expect to see lots of mods come out for it. Some people have suggested that it might require a 360 pad to play but I don't buy that. Keyboard and Mouse is just as good for third person shooters as it is for first person shooters... I should know I beat both Max Payne games on the computer with keyboard and mouse. Here's a video from 1UP.com about the game:

Oh yeah and that previous posting with the Gears of War footage? That really was the PC version in action.

Viva Pinata seems pretty interesting to me I look forward to trying it out. Adia said she doesn't like Gears of War so much because it makes her nervous playing it but I think she may like the news of Viva Pinata coming to the PC more. Interesting thing to me is that game is by Rare who Microsoft had bought out a while back. This is the company that made Donkey Kong Kountry and Banjo Kazooie for Nintendo. They also made the Killer Instinct games.. throughout most of their history they have mostly made games for arcade and consoles so this is the first time that I know of that they have brought one of their games to the PC.. besides playing their older games in emulation which doesn't count because it's not official and they had nothing to do with it.

I need to see the videos of those games being announced I want to see the official footage and have more details about controller options, etc. Some people on the comments on the sites that have reported this so far are complaining that the game isn't exclusive any longer. It is still exclusive though... it's a Microsoft exclusive. =P It's either Windows (XP or Vista), or 360.

Now that I'm on the subject of games.. Steven Spieldburg is having a go in making some games and there are two games he is working on. In particular the one that interests me is the second one. In that game you are a secret agent who meets and Alien Girl who has different powers depending on how you relate to her in the game. It could either be really good or a flop but I tend to like the stuff Spieldburg does so I kind of feel like it may be good if it's anything like his movies. I know there are haters out there but I don't care I liked War of The Worlds.. it wasn't his best movie but it wasn't his worst either.. I think Lost World Jurassic Park was worse although it was still entertaining in its way.

Now this is how I'd want my 360 setup if I had one. The only problem is they say since the adaptor you have to use emulates the thumb stick with the mouse you can only aim so fast so if you try to pull a 180 as fast as you can on a computer it'll only go as fast as you can go with the thumb-stick when you push it all the way to the edge which isn't as fast as whipping the mouse around as fast as you can. So unfortunately it isn't as full a solution for someone like me like it may seem. I'd rather they bring out Gears of War to the PC.