Polynauts Central: (11-12/8 Archived)

Posted by PaddyStardust on August 11, 2012 05:33 am 872

Todays image comes courtesy of JWD - "It's a knock-off of Pac-Man, called Dot Gobbler"

Welcome to Polynauts Central, here on Saturday, August 11th, 2012. My my, hasn't it been a serious week! But now, the week is over, and it's time for the weekend. And what signals the weekend better than dancing! This is Adam Jensen, cutting a rug. I believe this is the one thing he actually asked for.

Gets me every time...

NOTICE: ALL talk about THE DARK KNIGHT RISES must only take place in this forum. No spoiling the movie for anyone here on Polynauts. It's finally out worldwide so have a thought for those who haven't seen it yet and please, keep it clean of any bats in here.

NEW ARTICLES ON POLYGON:

1: 'Need for Speed: Most Wanted' streamlines, turbo-charges fun by Brian Crecente

"Criterion Games' executive producer Matt Webster had plenty to show me during a recent in-game tour of the in-development game. During my 40 minutes or so zipping through the streets of Need for Speed: Most Wanted I learned a lot of things"

2: How running a marathon inspired 'Canabalt's' creator by Tracey Lien

"We talk with the man behind endless runner Canabalt about his desire to have a positive impact on people's lives."

3: 'Assassin's Creed 3' PC delay confirmed, launching November 23rd in UK by Emily Gera

"The launch of Assassin's Creed 3 for PC will be delayed, Ubisoft confirmed today in a press release, which places its launch in North America on November 20th and in the United Kingdom on November 23rd."

4: Double Fine looking to move from work-for-hire to completely crowdfunded games by Alexa Ray Corriea

"We try to be as creative with our business development as we are with our games," founder Tim Schafer told VentureBeat. "We are always on the lookout for ways to break the traditional mold for game funding."

5: 'Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee' remake coming to Eurogamer Expo, looks grimy in first screenshot by Samit Sarkar

"Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee is getting a from-the-ground-up HD remake from developer Just Add Water, and the first screenshot hit in advance of the game's upcoming premiere at Eurogamer Expo 2012."

FROM THE POLYNAUTS FORUMS:

1: Old game shots -- post'em here by TheRealDoshu

"So it don't matter what "old" means to you (maybe you started gaming last year, it's all good), crank up the nostalgia and post it here."

2: Maxon Console (Concept) by motwera

"Today I will be showing something that I thought when I mixed the best of Console, Mobile/Tablet gaming aspects with some multimedia features and other things... (Note: This is not aimed to be real, but rather a concept to show off what Next-Gen Could be)"

3: What in game sport would you like to play? by zombie711

"Hey since the Olympics are ending soon, what video games sports would you like to play in real life?"

4: Trading places: The game that got away by Salias

"Video game memories; Everyone that plays games has them, whether they be favourable, unfavourable, or merely neutral. What about those games that you regrettably traded, sold, or lost? The ones that got away."

5: Is there such a thing as too many games? by piseleh0

"If you are like me you spend a lot of time playing games. But if you are like me, you have a bunch of games on your backlog and will probably never get to them all."

FROM THE VERGE:

Dan Rubenstein brings you yesterdays biggest tech news in 90 Seconds on The Verge which covers the following:

Google to begin punishing pirate sites in search results

FTC and Facebook reach final privacy settlement, agree to 20 years of audits

Usain Bolt: full-time Olympic legend, part-time sports photographer

POLYNAUTS COMMENTS OF THE DAY (10/8):

"I love that all of you guys and gals are here. I wrote this thing about arguing on the internet, maybe you’ll find it a useful guide for your interactions. LYLAS. http://justinmcelroy.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/a-new-standard-of-internet-civility-part-one-arguing/.- Justin McElroy (5 recommends)

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And there's another Friday catch up session. Remember to speak up in the comments below and share any awesome news you find today. As always, feel free to hit up Shaun on Twitter @shaunmcilroy if you want to chitchat throughout the day. I'm PaddyStardust, your weekend friend, and I'll see you in the comments!

NOTE:

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If you're looking the best way to filter through any current deals on games (regardless of platform) then check out The Gamers Grid created by community Polynaut, NuclearPrinny.

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Finally, check out the thread on multiplayer events here in Polynauts Assemble! for all the latest news on who's playing what, and when.