
Apparently user-generated material does almost as well as official content – but the two come into play separately.įirst, as gamers moved from researching to purchasing and playing, we discovered that they viewed brandreleased and community-created videos, but relied on them at different times. Interesting report on the sorts of video content enjoyed by gamers on YouTube. Gamers on YouTube: Evolving Video Consumption | Google Will anyone get nostalgic for huge power bricks now that we seemed to have moved away from that era? I for one won't miss trying to fish them out from the back of my TV, dredging countless other cables up in the process. Instead, the power supply will be housed internally, not unlike the Xbox One. Shuhei Yoshida, Sony President of Worldwide Studios, has confirmed via Twitter that the PlayStation 4 will not use a power brick.

All of that kind of stuff comes up in the milieu of the game when you've got all of these different diverse characters." Sony Confirms PlayStation 4 Does Not Have a Power Brick | IGN

Things like racism, sexism, homophobia, all of these add tiny little biases that people might not even realise. "One of the aesthetic goals of my game is to explore consequential decisions with partial information. Kotaku has an interesting interview with the developer who talks about how the game's reliance on social interactions with various characters may be skewed by player prejudices: We've been watching the development of Chris Hecker's fascinating asymmetrical two-player espionage sim for ages and finally it's in open beta. SpyParty's Next Claim To Fame? It Will Be 'The Most Diverse Game Ever' | Kotaku Australia Tugging and pushing at unfamiliar controls as it tries to turn Xbox One from its course, Microsoft appears to have found the pilot ejector seat switch and thought "hey, this one is worth a shot!". Interesting piece by Rob Fahey on how Microsoft can now re-build its Xbox One messaging after the departure of Don Mattrick:Īs a rule, Microsoft ploughs ahead with its product strategies until either the world bends to its will or the product crashes into a mountainside.
