For Valentine’s Day, Nintendo gave each player one best-friend confection to give to their animal of choice in Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp. When you give it to an animal, that animal gives you a bell-jar bouquet with a note attached. There are three types you can get, but I didn’t think about what reward I wanted. I knew I had to give my best-friend confection to Stitches! He’s the best!
This is probably one of the most amazing games ever made, and I’ll never get to play it.
Realm Pictures put together a live version of a first-person shooter video game played over online the online chat services Chatroulette, Omegle, and Skype. The “player character” asks the chat partner what to do, and the unsuspecting chatter gets to take control. How come I never got something like this when I tried Chatroulette?
I love all the touches of FPS culture – finding better weapons, starting with a crowbar, needing to connect the battery. I especially love the HUD, the over-acted grunts and exclamations, the exaggerated recoil and reloads. It’s really a thing of beauty.
Source: Realm Pictures
Via: Engadget
There were a few tidbits that interested me today.
The Last Guardian
Yoshida of Sony remarked that The Last Guardian isn’t canceled. He also said that when they do cancel a title that’s already been announced, they’ll tell their fans. It’s nice to see that reiterated, but I’m still annoyed that when I bought my PS3, I did so under the impression that I’d get to play The Last Guardian on it.
– If we ever cancel The Last Guardian, we’ll tell you, Sony’s Yoshida promises, Brian Crecente, Polygon, 6/11/14.
The Last of Us, Shadow of the Colossus, and Diablo 3
There will be a nephalem rift in Diablo 3 Ultimate Evil Edition with references to The Last of Us. This is sort of interesting although I haven’t played The Last of Us and prefer D3 on PC. What’s slightly more interesting is that there will be armor based on Shadow of the Colossus. After reading the first part of an article about the inclusion of The Last of Us, I was really hoping for more than just armor. Could you imagine fighting a Colossus in Diablo? Oh well.
– The Last of Us and Shadow of the Colossus guest star in Diablo 3 on PS3 and PS4, Owen S. Good, Polygon, 6/11/14.
LittleBigPlanet 3
Another reminder of a game I own and still need to play – LittleBigPlanet 2 in this case. LBP 3 still includes Sackboy but has three new characters as well: Oddsock is a dog-like character that moves faster. He’s adorable, and I’m excited. Toggle is a large, heavier sack-person that can move heavy objects and use his weight to solve puzzles. Lastly, Swoop is a flying bird. I’ll admit it; I’m interested.
– LittleBigPlanet 3 has some new friends for you to meet, Colin Campbell, Polygon, 6/11/14.
Devil’s Third
Here’s a game that I skipped yesterday until my friend talked to me about it today. It was announced as a Wii U exclusive. The trailer shows the main character as some sort of ninja, sniper, assassin cool guy with an attitude that also plays the drums, cusses a lot, and drinks. Honestly, it seemed over the top, and not in the good way like MadWorld or No More Heroes. It just seemed like Nintendo wanted to show that they can have mature exclusives, when that should be obvious by the titles I just mentioned. This just looked silly.
– Devil’s Third Trailer (Wii U), GamesHQMedia, YouTube, 6/10/14.
Destiny
Lastly, I watched a new Destiny gameplay video. I’m fairly certain others had already been released, but I didn’t know much about the game. A friend of mine has compared it to WoW a number of times. He’s never played WoW, and that’s incredibly clear after watching the video. It might still be a fun game, but it’s not really in the same market at all.
– Destiny gameplay video and interview, E3 2014, Polygon Staff, Polygon, 6/11/14.
Polygons and Pixels 