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Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

angerbot posted:

Is it like OOOH YEAH or Oooo Yeah or what

like this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG_6CopW9GQ

can you embed on this page?

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Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

bucketmouse posted:

I was in the beta for that. It's unity so I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually running on a PC.

That's actually the most flattering presentation I've seen of it. Gentle reminder that it's the game that has a honest-to-god teabagging mechanic and equip slot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRK8ELrZe5o

You sure this isn't ouya footage? It sure sounds like it is.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
I didn't even think about the porn thing. Even if this piece of poo poo gets a small install base the media backlash that this is sold to kids in major retailers would be a spectacle at the least. The potential of ouya is so vast I can't wait for it to be released.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
I'm glad we could come to an amicable agreement. :)

I actually am happy the Ouya team is doing some curation. It will bring the quality standards higher than the levels achieved with XBLIG! This can only be a great thing.

Fun Ouya! Fact: curation is usually associated with works of art!

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

ZYNGA STOCK CRASHER posted:

Glad you guys trashed the OUYA Controller so much. Sony knows a good idea when they see one. Thanks for believing, Xboxpants.



I'm not being sarcastic when I say this. Ouya really did think ahead of the curve on this. Or rather Sony decided to rip off the wiiu, the kinect, and the ouya all at once.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
My friend is so convinced the OUYA will be a mainstream success he wants to bet on it. He proposed the system would sell 10 million by the end of 2014. Since it won't make it that far I'm tempted just to say they will stop production by then. What hard terms would you guys suggest?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Before you refine your arguments maybe you should make sure it was a valid argument in the first place.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

theflyingorc posted:

Seriously - I'm wondering if the reception will be poor enough for Target, Best Buy, and Gamestop to cancel whatever deals they've worked out thus far.

Considering how many copies of that giant tony hawk skateboard that doesn't work are sitting in my local Best Buy, I'm not sure I can see that happening.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Now I just feel like I'm exploiting the guy I made an ouyaaaahhh bet with.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
5 minutes into the sxsw interview all you can see is the back of heads standing up to leave. She also isn't answering any questions :stare:

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
You don't understand. This is a tegra-3 processor for less than $99! You can't show me a device that cheap! This is an amazing piece of technology and everyone should own it.

What? No I have a tablet and a phone, why would I buy one?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

Beef Assistant posted:

Reminds me of a video for a scam console thing that let you "program any kind of game" using a bunch of crappy templates. Wish I remembered the name.

You're thinking of the WONTON: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4Nf9nMW8rA&list=FL9DMI9lDJmO50ZPajZBTQiw&index=50

check out that amazing door handle technology

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
What happens when this thing comes out and the feds take every penny ever seen by this company because they don't follow any tax laws because no one knows what the gently caress they're doing?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

Mayor McCheese posted:

So I just assume this "prototype" unit was fake too from the last thread:


You would think they would show the unit off outside of one ugly photo -- this photo's purpose to prove that the console wasn't a scam. Maybe this unit was giving people splinters.

This picture looks like something out of dead space.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Wow they hosed up testing purchases? Devs have fraudulent charges due to testing their games? This ships tomorrow?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
The ouya is a device I imagine the dilbert gang throwing together. At least Scott Adams would have kept Julie far away though?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Ouya is never actually going to pay anyone are they?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

PunkBoy posted:

My friend called me a Gaming Elitist for bashing the OUYA, and he argued that people excuse The Big Three for their mistakes (far-out expectations, hardware defects, etc.), so they should do the same for OUYA. I then showed him the Red trailer, and he didn't see anything wrong with it. I...I need to lay down or something. :negative:

I have a friend like this. Luckily he was dumb enough to put his money where his mouth is. Maybe try to profit from a fool? Or would that make you no better than the ouya lady?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Do you think Julie approved Affine or Shift cyphers for security?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

Requested_Username posted:

Please someone help, my eyes reflexively rolled so hard at this headline that I'm stuck permanently looking up and to the right.

The irony hit me so hard I had an orbital floor fracture in my left eye causing permanent nerve damage. I can't look down anymore!

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

Madcosby posted:

Heh, sadly I'm looking for the same thing, to no avail. I did see that all kickstarter backers got an invite. That goon in this thread that narced to nintendo should narc to the SF police deparment because if there's booze at the party, I guarantee none of the backers are over the age of 21.

That's loving cruel. Let the kids get drunk off the stupid videogame people, that is a dream for many young male teens.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Booooooooooourmans

I really wish I could be there right now. I want to know how tense it is in there.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
You guys should shift your expectations over a bit. Getting accepted from the sandbox to the ouya store is really closer to being allowed behind the closed gates of XBLIG.

If Julie and other indie devs want to bring back the 1983 videogame crash we can at least have an appropriate perspective here.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

raditts posted:

Hahaha, what? All you need to get past the "closed gates of XBLIG" is a hundred dollar bill. I mean seriously, how can you look at some of the poo poo on there at any give time and believe that there's any significant gatekeeping there? I feel like there's a joke sailing above my head here.

If you want to make comparisons, the "sandbox" is everything not in the top 20 rated games on XBLIG or the 20 newest submitted games. If your game doesn't have a 4-5 star rating after a week or two of it appearing on the dashboard, it might as well not exist to anyone that's not specifically looking for it.

Getting accepted into the ouya store brings as much exposure and recognition as paying $100 if not less. I'm saying that if you're a developer hoping to get hand picked it would be way faster, easier, and profitable to pay the $100.

Getting hand picked does give you more exposure but by that logic I found a dime the other day and am now RICH.

XBLIG and Ouya are the bottom of the barrel. The sandbox is what lies under that barrel. XBLIG is bad but not ouya sandbox bad, both as far as content and usefulness to the developer.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

XboxPants posted:

I'd understand where you were coming from if they showed some awesome footage or something, but they were showing Wizorb and Saturday Morning RPG and other simple pixel art games like that. I guess there's The Ball, but that game isn't so graphically crazy that modern mobile chipsets couldn't handle it.

Is there something specific in that video that make it seem unbelievable?

The problem here is that EA advertises poo poo like "Need for Speed Most Wanted" and never makes any clarifications if it's the awful mobile one or the game that is the same across 360/ps3/pc/vita? Since the OUYA is a cell phone when it wants to be and a big boy tv console when it wants to be there is no loving way to tell other than these trailers, which often are just flashy enough to trick impulse buyers but don't show what the actual game is.

Showing footage of the game that isn't even running on that hardware, and may not even be representative of the final product in the slightest, is gross.

VVV Ouya's scalers can't handle that duke crotch zoom. Sorry to wake you up indie dreamers! VVV

Liquid Penguins fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Mar 29, 2013

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

packetgrinder posted:

Yes, but that still doesn't answer the question of "Why is RED the 100% Brony shooter?"

They had an awful trailer where some red square (the main character???) puts on sunglasses that say "100% brony".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5moED9qfHU

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

packetgrinder posted:

Yes but why why why

:smith: Why.

I did a bad job of answering your question but hopefully this attempt might work.

The developer(s?) lives in south africa.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Charging a price for a game that is grossly higher than it should be is not a good influence on the ouya market. Are you insane?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
I can't imagine how pissed I would be if I realized that dumb indie thing I casually threw money at has my loving name on it. What else can any of those people be thinking right now?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

het posted:

It was explicitly part of the reward, they were paying specifically for that. Why would they be pissed? Also as the other guy pointed out, it's $10k; if you casually throw $10k around, let me know and I'll set up a Kickstarter where I promise to never put your name on anything.

Think about who paid for that. They're the same people that donate 10k to every indie bundle. Don't think I'm saying normal people do this, I'm saying the people who actually did it probably didn't put much thought into it.

I would be mad if my name was imprinted on an awful product. They probably payed way before anyone definitively knew how this thing would turn out. If you want to take this and interpret it as me having a poor sense of money, go for it.

Liquid Penguins fucked around with this message at 22:15 on Mar 30, 2013

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Isn't that just a fan site? There is no way they would be stupid enough to produce that themselves.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

theflyingorc posted:

Always with the caveats, sheesh.

OK XboxPants I am trusting you a lot with this information so you have to be good.

The idiots running their forums have no idea what they are doing, either. I am only banned from posting on the forums. My developer account is still 100% valid, nothing has changed about app ownership, my only punishment is that I can no longer post to the forums.

Which is going to make it really hard to promote my exciting new game "The Zybourne Clock".

Your surprise was something you've already posted about?

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Ouya felt confident enough to let their product review embargo lapse (which I'm assuming existed due to the phrasing used by journos on twitter) but that still isn't good enough for these people.

The ouya will never be a failure because it will never be done.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

BlueGrot posted:

Are people really expecting this to run Skyrim?

Maybe half a dozen bleeding edge crazies I'd estimate.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
What happens when Jane Soccer buys this Ouya thing at the Best Buy for Johnny, puts in her credit card so he can use it, is charged $1200 because there are no parental controls, returns it, and is charged more by the people who buy the system next?

These are the questions I lay in bed at 5am and ask myself before work.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Destructoid posted an article rationalizing the current reviews with "at least the June hardware will be improved," but it was written by Jim Sterling and who loving knows when that guy is making poo poo up as his brand of humor.
http://www.destructoid.com/first-ouya-reviews-hit-the-internet-250863.phtml

Liquid Penguins fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Apr 5, 2013

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

FrozenVent posted:

Wait, hang on, they used a d-pad and four face buttons game as the benchmark for controller testing?

In 2013?

If it works in my mind it works. If on paper you could argue it works it works. I'm Julie Urhman.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
While failing as a videogame console the Ouya works perfectly as a lovely videogame journalist detector.

Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer
Do you think that it would be easy to convert an ouya into a smoking apparatus?

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Liquid Penguins
Feb 18, 2006

by Cowcaster
Grimey Drawer

Noyemi K posted:

It isn't already? I mean, think about it... it generates the heat for you already; doubtless a unit has caught fire at some point. Hell, you can smoke the plastic whether you want to or not—just be sure to drop it out of a tree first.

Please, I'm asking a serious question. Can you mod an ouya to make it into a bong?

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