Comments on: Spielberg ‘throws away’ current work to focus on ‘heart-breaking’ Natal

By: Cort

Cort — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:50:18 +0000

“…right now I’m so excited to be able to write for [Natal]“.

Woohoo. Aliens and happy endings for morons.

By: Suikoden Fan

Suikoden Fan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:19:33 +0000

My mate said imagine the sex games you could have with Natal, i’m not sure how to respond to him

By: JonFE

JonFE — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:20:51 +0000

Thanks anasui for the clarification!

By: anasui

anasui — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:06:59 +0000

yes, phrase is correct, altho it’d be more like Proof of the pudding is the eating

it definitely proves something. It proves that my girlfriend can’t do pudding for shit

By: JonFE

JonFE — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:56:18 +0000

I’m quite positive that if they can accurately detect and analyze in real time all those body movements they showed on the video (and I realize that is a very big IF) detecting walking would be the least of their problems, so maybe a pad isn’t actually necessary. Running on the other hand could prove problematic.

However, holding the pad while performing the various actions could also work – it’s not that heavy anyway.

Anyway, the proof is in the pudding, as they say (is that an actual phrase? – English is not my native language)… If MS can get Natal to work as demonstrated, an action game like that may prove to be feasible easier than, say, Lionhead’s Milo project…

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:45:53 +0000

So you would have to switch between the pad and your bear hands? Sounds awkward, unless you want to swing the pad as if it were a weapon i guess…

By: JonFE

JonFE — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:44:36 +0000

On the contrary, all the action could be pretty much live. Moving/running forward could be assigned to a standard controller, but fighting and interacting with the environment left to Natal.

By: pleasant_cabbage

pleasant_cabbage — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:44:08 +0000

Why would it need to be on rails? They’ve already demoed camera head tracking and movement by just moving one foot and this works with the pad too.

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:41:15 +0000

So it wouldnt be an action adventure any more but a sort of on-rails RPG…?

By: JonFE

JonFE — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:36:39 +0000

Acting the part of Indy throughout the game of course! Punching and kicking and whipping your enemies for starters!

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:30:25 +0000

What possibilities exactly?

By: JonFE

JonFE — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:27:04 +0000

What about Natal support for that next-gen Indiana Jones action-adventure LucasArts were working on? Can you imagine the possibilities?

Oh come on Steven – you know you want to!

/drools

By: Morrius

Morrius — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:18:20 +0000

Jurassic Park: Natal edition.

FUCKING RUN FOR IT THERES A FUCKING T REX.
AWW TOUCH THE LICKLE TRICERATOPS.
FONDLE THE RAPTOR GENITALIA.

etc.

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:15:22 +0000

Casual gamer movie director whose full of himself proves that he knows nothing. plenty of games can make a person emotional which is more then i can say for his movies.

By: BillyBatts

BillyBatts — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:13:52 +0000

Jeez, he’s starting to look old isn’t he?

By: Michael O'Connor

Michael O'Connor — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:08:55 +0000

““I don’t really know of a convergence, and I can’t give you a date for convergence, but so far, the videogame industry has not allowed us the opportunity to cry while we’re playing a videogame because we’re too busy putting our adrenaline rush into the controller,”

The guy clearly hasn’t played Ico.

The ending of that game made me bawl like a complete baby for half an hour… =’(

By: Suikoden Fan

Suikoden Fan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:08:26 +0000

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:07:18 +0000

When someone wants the whole games industry to be made up of casual mini games can they really be considered a gamer?

By: anasui

anasui — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:06:32 +0000

I thought he started throwing away his work with Indy 4

and all of this to work on the new Eyetoy…oh god, real-time writing the new chapter in videogame flops, cannot miss this one

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 12:03:37 +0000

Natal with onlive… yes, that would be a great idea.

/moves
/waits

By: G1GAHURTZ

G1GAHURTZ — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:58:01 +0000

LOL!

You really are relentless! LOL!

I give you 10/10 for effort.

By: blackdreamhunk

blackdreamhunk — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:54:27 +0000

lol natal was a pc gaming product first.:P natal is system that would work better for onlive rather xbox 360. I have to agree natal could work.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10797_3-10239304-235.html

By: Patrick Garratt

Patrick Garratt — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:53:59 +0000

It’ll certainly make Microsoft happy.

By: Suikoden Fan

Suikoden Fan — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:53:07 +0000

That’ll make EA happy

By: G1GAHURTZ

G1GAHURTZ — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:51:42 +0000

Go back to making films about sharks, Steve.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:50:29 +0000

Boom Blox 360 confirmed!