Jag och min vän QuarterPounder lekte loss med min dotters tågbana från Brio som hon fick i julklapp. Det var sjukt kul och då tänkte vi, hey, varför inte göra en bildserie och dela med oss till våra fellow imgurians! Sagt och gjort. I länken nedan finner ni resultatet. Enjoy.
Fotade med en Canon EOS 600D.
Otroligt länge sedan jag la upp något i den här serien, men fick en idé och tror nog att många medlemmar här känner igen sig.
RIP
Goddag! Har nyligen startat en ny blogg där jag ser på min favoritindustri från ett marknadsperspektiv. Har velat göra detta ett tag då spel är mitt största intresse tillsammans med mina studier av marknadsföring. Håll gärna utkik efter nya inlägg på bloggen. Här bjuder jag på mitt senaste.
---------------------------------------- Furious 4 Reflection - Brand & Profile
It seems as Furious 4, which initially was supposed to earn the well known brand Brother in Arms' (BiA) trademark, won't anymore. I am not certain if this was decided by the studio itself, i.e. Gearbox Software, or if the distributor Ubisoft made this choice. Either way, I think it mostly was a good decision which will save the future of both this specific game and the Brothers in Arms-brand in a whole. Here's why:
First of all, Furious 4 was compared to the movie blockbuster Inglorious Basterds which only imaginable connection to the Brothers in Arms franchise is that it's taking place during the second World War. For me, that's not reason enough to use its brand. There have to be more similarities for a new game to have the guts to use an older brand. Nowadays it feels like brands aren't taken seriously enough. This itself is a whole subject which I hope to encounter in a later blog. Back to the topic, the Furious 4 game did not show any kind of realism or tactical choices in its trailer, which were the main aspects of the predecessor. Of course, this doesn't really mean that the game wouldn't include these factors, but just to let us gamers get that expectation is wrong and will screw up our perception of the game. Therefore, using the BiA's brand would only weaken the game since it actually has nearly nothing to do with it, and it would also damage the BiA-franchise as well. Taking advantage of the brand would be a typical example of how companies often tend to look for short-term profits. And fortunately, they reconsidered.
We're not sure if it's a rumor or actual fact that Ubisoft will not publish the game, but if that is the case, Gearbox might catch themselves in a weak position against the new distributor, because of the urgent need for a new distributor. This will make the cooperation harder since they aren't used to each others' ways of working which, in this case, can lead to a mismatch between the game devs thoughts of how gamers should look upon their game and how the distributor will market the game. This problem occurs due to non-previously existing bonds between these two firms since it might be their first time acting together, which can mean that the partnership lacks of already established business bindings and knowledge about each others' corporate culture.
Even though Gearbox will not use the BiA-brand for their game, I still consider that the idea of having the game set during the World War 2 might be a good move. In spite of modern shooters being the fashion in gaming right now, I think it's a clever idea to back off from this cash cow, since we all know that a product has a limited lifetime, and you must take in account that these kinds of games have been popular for quite a while. That means that the audience probably wants something new soon. This is, for example, shown as the blockbuster Call of Duty's newest recruit Black Ops 2 is taking it into a more futuristic setting. And to differentiate your game with an already explored era might even catch one or two nostalgic gamers' hearts.
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För er som oturligen nog missade Digitex, aka Villes, blogg om detta för en liten stund tillbaka sedan så är WarZ spelet att se fram emot i höst. Varför? Det är ett realistiskt Zombie-MMO. Nuff said.
Fångade jag er inte så enkelt? Okej då, läs mer på spelets officiella FB-sida (http://www.facebook.com/warzmmo) eller, det jag vill tipsa om, spelets officiella forum! I synnerhet min egen tråd som jag precis skapade om huruvida limbs should be able to be torn-the-fuck off.
Men förutom min, lite väl nörd-djupdykande tråd, så finns där långa FAQs som besvarar de alla viktigaste frågorna, samt en hel radda med andra intressanta trådar med hängivna och aktiva medlemmar.
<bild> En sådan förträfflig utsikt!
Alla som lirar Max Payne 3 kommer att förstå den. :)
Enjoy.