Wow, the only one who's exposed themselves here is you, Martin. You've absolutely no creative talent, have you? Of course you defend gen AI; because it fools you into thinking that you have talent, when in actuality you have none.
Great article. I always enjoy reading these deep dives into the classics of yesterday and finding out what those involved in their creation have to say.
Thief is one of my favourite games of all time, so it's lovely to see it get the Nightdive treatment. Here's hoping that they'll remaster Thief 2 as well.
Great to see the usual Jackson defenders out in force within the comments section. I'm sure you'd all be defending the notion of a Gary Glitter game too... oh wait, no; because his music was rubbish.
I've been saying it for decades now; Red Dwarf and a point & click adventure game are a match made in heaven.
It's quite frankly ridiculous that we've never got one, but had a bunch of lame action games for mobile instead, which don't take advantage of the show's strength; characters, narrative, and jokes (the very qualities that adventure games excel at).
RPCS3 is one of my favourite emulators; it's easy to use, has daily updates, and is leagues better than any 360 emulator. The AI Bros need to keep their filthy, talentless hands off it.
@RenHope - Developers need to declare whether they've used generative AI on a growing number of stores and whenever that happens, I don't pay them a single penny.
Not sure why there's this common perception that the Dreamcast was an underpowered console. I owned both a DC and a PS2 and often thought that games on the former looked far prettier than games on the latter.
slider1983 is sick and tired of these articles about AI slop. Whereas I'm sick and tired of slider1983 making endless comments about how great generative AI, just because he has zero artistic talent.
@ihaveallthecoins There's no gatekeeping happening here. I'm merely stating how the pixel art was designed to be viewed. The Mona Lisa wasn't designed to be viewed through a lens of poop.
The 16-bit era artists, quite literally, meant for their art to be viewed via a CRT screen. If one views that pixel art as pixel perfect, then it becomes as corrupt as AI generative *****.
@ArcadeRacingCENTRAL I'm not gatekeeping. I agree that games are meant to be played and enjoyed. I'm merely saying that if one plays games without a genuine CRT, or a CRT shader, then one isn't viewing games the way which they were meant to be played and viewed.
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Re: "This Is From Zelda, If You Didn't Know" - Test Footage Highlights The Danger Of Using GenAI In Video Game Development
Wow, the only one who's exposed themselves here is you, Martin. You've absolutely no creative talent, have you? Of course you defend gen AI; because it fools you into thinking that you have talent, when in actuality you have none.
And then resorting to Spaghetti Monster quotes.
What a plonker.
Re: Talking Point: Does The World Want (Or Even Need) Two Fatal Fury Live-Action Movies?
Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. Given that Mortal Kombat II flopped at the box office, what chance does Fatal Fury have?!
Re: "You Are The First One To Seek Me Out" - Tracking Down The Inspiration Behind Wizardry's Iconic Enemy Murphy's Ghost
Fantastic detective work! Here's hoping for a more in depth interview with Murphy.
Re: This Long-Awaited 'Zombies Ate My Neighbors'-Style Genesis Shooter Could Be Recruiting A Group Of Industry Legends
Bill Tiller and the Fatman! I love those guys' work and it's encouraged me to pledge to the Kickstarter.
Re: "Ever Since I Was Around Nine Years Old, I Dreamed Of Having My Own Arcade" - Arcade Operator Resorts To GenAI To Realise Lifelong Goal
@DustyBin1 - Sounds good to me. Go join your fellow creatively untalented AI Bros elsewhere and leave us talented and ethically minded folk alone.
Don't like the site? Then don't visit it. Nobody owes you the blessing of tailoring the site to your own tastes.
Buh bye now.
Re: The Making Of: FIFA International Soccer, The Game That Launched A Billion-Dollar Series
Great article. I always enjoy reading these deep dives into the classics of yesterday and finding out what those involved in their creation have to say.
Re: Review: Dark Alien In Deep Space (Vectrex) - Survival Horror Straight Outta 1982
It would be easier if they just made a Vectrex Large (a 1:1 replica of the original). I would back that day one
Re: "Another Step Closer" - The 'Impossible' DOOM Port Could Yet Happen
Woah... trippy lookin'!
Re: "Everything In The Final Product Is Going To Be Original" - Sega Addresses GenAI Use In Crazy Taxi: World Tour
@slider1983 - Get some new material, you oddball. You're the worst person on this site.
Re: "How Embarrassing" - Sega's Getting Some Serious Blowback For Using GenAI In Crazy Taxi: World Tour
I will never pay money for this game. Shame on you, Sega, and shame on the AI Bros defending this crap in the comments section.
Re: "What Was That Noise?" - The System Shock Remaster Studio, Nightdive, Is Turning Its Attention To Another PC Classic
Thief is one of my favourite games of all time, so it's lovely to see it get the Nightdive treatment. Here's hoping that they'll remaster Thief 2 as well.
Re: This Incredible Dark Fantasy Love Letter To EGA Graphics, J.R.R. Tolkien, & The Wheel Of Time Is Heading To Steam
Looks great. I really hope that he'll add a CRT filter option for the game though, as The Drifter was sorely lacking one.
Re: "The Important Thing Is That We Were Not Trying To Make A Vanity Project" - Enter The Matrix Dev Shiny Almost Made A Michael Jackson Game
Great to see the usual Jackson defenders out in force within the comments section. I'm sure you'd all be defending the notion of a Gary Glitter game too... oh wait, no; because his music was rubbish.
Bunch of hypocrites.
Re: The Devs Behind Loco Motive Once Pitched A Red Dwarf Adventure Game, & It Looks Smeggin' Brilliant
I've been saying it for decades now; Red Dwarf and a point & click adventure game are a match made in heaven.
It's quite frankly ridiculous that we've never got one, but had a bunch of lame action games for mobile instead, which don't take advantage of the show's strength; characters, narrative, and jokes (the very qualities that adventure games excel at).
Re: The Devs Behind Loco Motive Once Pitched A Red Dwarf Adventure Game, & It Looks Smeggin' Brilliant
@Guru_Larry - There's also Robert Llewellyn, who did voice acting for Discworld Noir and starred in The Feeble Files.
Out of the main cast, it's only Craig Charles who's never acted in a game
Re: 'Oh My Doug!' Is A Hand-Drawn Metroidvania Set Inside A Human Body With Ren & Stimpy-Style "Gross-Ups"
This looks fantastic.
Re: 'Final Fight 64' Made Possible Thanks To New Tool That Could Change N64 Homebrew Development Forever
When I read Final Fight 64, I immediately envisioned some hideous, chunky 3D version of the game.
Re: '90s-Inspired Roguelike 'Dungeon Lurker' Unveiled With "Era-Accurate" Diorama & Website For Maximum Nostalgia
The game looks lovely and the marketing is ingenious.
Re: "Thought I'd Give It Another Go" - Super Play Artist Wil Overton Reimagines The Debut Issue's Cover
I prefer the original cover because I find the new variant to be a tad too crowded. Both are very well made though!
Re: "I Am Not Making Up This Story" - You Won't Believe What Yuji Naka Wanted To Call Billy Hatcher And The Giant Egg
@Arcadia_Official - Little Pecker
Re: Feature: How Did Resident Evil's Tyrant Become Mr. X? I Decided To Investigate
"Dr. Evil"
That made me chuckle!
Re: "We Got Him Out" - Spyro: Year Of The Dragon's E3 Statue Rescued After Being Abandoned For Years
I'm imagining the couple driving with the statue on their trailer like the ending to Lake Placid with the croc.
Re: "Celebrate The Legacy Of Zool With Taste And Restraint" - Zool Is Getting A Physical Re-Release On The Sega Mega Drive
Awful game, but the packaging is nice enough.
Re: "Very Few Franchises Of This Era Have Stayed Relevant" - After More Than A Decade Of Rumours, Broken Sword Could Finally Be Coming To The Big Screen
@WileyDragonfly - Interesting observation considering that Broken Sword came out in 1996 and Titan AE came out in 2000.
Guess Revolution are time travellers...
Re: "Very Few Franchises Of This Era Have Stayed Relevant" - After More Than A Decade Of Rumours, Broken Sword Could Finally Be Coming To The Big Screen
Urgh, no thanks. Hollywood always messes this kind of thing up.
Re: "An Unparalleled Experience No FPGA Console Could Come Close To" - SuperSega Is Back, And It's Even Crazier Than Last Time
Alejandro Martín is the gift (grift?) that keeps on giving. Long may his crazy antics continue, say I.
Re: "An Intelligent, Good-Humoured, Down-To-Earth Hippie" - A Tribute To Roy Ozaki, CEO Of 'Pang' Creator Mitchell Corporation
Rest in peace, Ozaki-San.
Re: "Learn How To Code" - Team Behind PS3 Emulator RPCS3 Has Had Enough Of People "Peddling AI Slop"
RPCS3 is one of my favourite emulators; it's easy to use, has daily updates, and is leagues better than any 360 emulator. The AI Bros need to keep their filthy, talentless hands off it.
Re: Lost Rampage Atari Lynx Predecessor 'Monster Demolition' Discovered In Recent Preservation Haul
What a fantastic find!
I like how casual the Notzilla looks as he grumpily strolls through the neighborhood.
Re: Review: Epilogue SN Operator - This $60 Device Unlocks Legal SNES Emulation Via Your Own Personal Collection
Neat! A niche product to be sure, but I'm glad that it exists.
Re: "You Cannot Claim Ignorance" - Myst Co-Creator Under Fire For Using GenAI Art In Riven Soundtrack Release
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Re: "Pathetic. Keyboard Courage. Can't Stand It" - Call Of Duty Movie Director Has A Dim View Of The Video Game Series
Ah yes, the ol' "Insult your potential customers before your movie comes out tactic". That always works out so well...
Re: Playdate Has Had Enough Of All This Generative AI Nonsense
I love my Playdate and now I love Panic. Screw AI slop and those who create it.
Re: AI Is Not "Of A High Enough Quality" For Use In Video Games Right Now, Says Peter Molyneux
@RenHope - Developers need to declare whether they've used generative AI on a growing number of stores and whenever that happens, I don't pay them a single penny.
Re: "Prepare For The PS2 Fanboy Meltdown" - Here's Resident Evil 4 Running On Dreamcast
Not sure why there's this common perception that the Dreamcast was an underpowered console. I owned both a DC and a PS2 and often thought that games on the former looked far prettier than games on the latter.
Re: "I Sympathise With The Negative Sentiment" - Technosoft's 'Fantastic Pinball' Gets An AI-Assisted English Translation
slider1983 is sick and tired of these articles about AI slop. Whereas I'm sick and tired of slider1983 making endless comments about how great generative AI, just because he has zero artistic talent.
Re: "This Is Devastating News" - Hackers Force Console Preservation Site "Back To Basics"
Whomever is responsible for this must be one very sad and pathetic individual.
Re: Obscure Mega Man Game Given The Game Boy Remake "Nobody Asked For"
Absolutely adored and played the ever loving crap out of my Paperboy LCD game as a kid.
Re: Random: The Guy Behind The Disasterous 'SuperSega' Is Back, And He Wants To Sell You A Wooden PC
@flojomojo - I will never NOT want to read what new, crazy venture the SuperSega guy conjures up.
Re: The DNA Of Hideo Kojima, Video Gaming's Greatest Auteur
Counter-argument: The boob mechanic in Policenauts.
Re: This Game Boy Cart Uses ChatGPT To Create "Personalised Scenarios Tailored To Each Player"
Garbage idea, running off a cart which will be useless within a year or two. Bravo.
Re: More Classic Capcom Titles Have Arrived On Steam, But, Of Course, There's A Catch
@slider - I've modded countless titles from my GOG library, even using the guides on Steam.
Re: More Classic Capcom Titles Have Arrived On Steam, But, Of Course, There's A Catch
@slider1983 - You don't need to use Galaxy in order to leave a review of a game on GOG.
Re: This New SNES Mod Offers Razor-Sharp Digital HD Output
@ArcadeRacingCENTRAL Agreed, that was a very hyperbolic statement to have made. That'll teach me to drink and comment!
Re: This New SNES Mod Offers Razor-Sharp Digital HD Output
"It's not wrong to view the clean pixel of a SNES HD output."
Actually, it quite literally is. It's an affront to the pixel artists themselves.
Re: This New SNES Mod Offers Razor-Sharp Digital HD Output
@ihaveallthecoins There's no gatekeeping happening here. I'm merely stating how the pixel art was designed to be viewed. The Mona Lisa wasn't designed to be viewed through a lens of poop.
The 16-bit era artists, quite literally, meant for their art to be viewed via a CRT screen. If one views that pixel art as pixel perfect, then it becomes as corrupt as AI generative *****.
Re: This New SNES Mod Offers Razor-Sharp Digital HD Output
@ArcadeRacingCENTRAL I'm not gatekeeping. I agree that games are meant to be played and enjoyed. I'm merely saying that if one plays games without a genuine CRT, or a CRT shader, then one isn't viewing games the way which they were meant to be played and viewed.