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Source:Graphical Overhaul for World of Warcraft?

In an interview with EuroGamer, World of Warcraft producer, J. Allen Brack hinted at the possibility of a graphical upgrade to the popular MMO. Despite its insane popularity, WoW has often been criticized by gamers for being “too cartoony” and for lacking in the pretty graphics many games employ these days. With the upcoming expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, WoW will see a few minor graphical updates.

Though it is likely that Blizzard is considering major upgrades to the current client, it’s very likely that we won’t see a major overhaul for a while to come. J. Allen Brack pointed out that, “A lot of people continued to play with the original client, because it was faster, or they preferred it, or were just used to it or whatever and so for me as a game developer, the idea that we would spend so much time and energy on something and have people go, ‘meh, that’s not really for me,’ that’s not very exciting.”

It doesn’t sound to me that Blizzard’s got graphical overhaul as a major priority at the moment, but as technology continues to improve it’s likely that we will see something along those lines in the future.

Via | MultiPlayerGames

Image courtesy of Blizzard.

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Source:Florida Bar Finds Jack Thompson Guilty of Misconduct

The always-controversial attorney and outspoken activist Jack Thompson finds himself in hot water today, after a Florida Bar judge has recommended that he be found guilty of 27 separate charges of misconduct.

The vast majority of the charges are in relation to two videogame-related cases that Thompson argued before courts in Alabama and Florida, both of which had to do with Rockstar games Grand Theft Auto and Bully.

GamePolitics reports that Judge Dava Tunis’ recommendations will now pass to the Florida Supreme Court, who will issue the final rulings. Tunis’ complete report is due to the Supremes by September 2, but the next step of the process is a disciplinary hearing to be held before Judge Tunis next month.

Some of the examples of misconduct that Thompson (pictured above in the film Moral Kombat) is charged with include “knowingly making a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal” and “engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit or misrepresentation.”

Jack Thompson Guilty on 27 Misconduct Charges, Says Judge [GamePolitics]

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Source:Nodame Cantabile: Dream Orchestra, Kawaii Mongoose, Classical Music, Crazy Mini Games

Sometimes is just hard to find certain Wii games in my country, Singapore. Most of the hard to find Wii games are usually those Japanese Wii games that seldom debut in other countries. One such game is Nodame Cantabile: Dream Orchestra for the Wii. In short, Nodame Cantabile is about classical music. Highly popular in Japan and Asia in 2007, you can find Nodame Cantabile in anime, manga, drama and video games. I particularly like the main female character, Noda Megumi (Nodame).

Nodame - Played by Juri Ueno

Ok, back to the game. The game allows you to make use of your Wiimote and Nunchuck to “play” different musical instruments such as the piano, violin, drums, oboe, cello, clarinet, flute and of course, have fun being a conductor. Get on the beat and your music meter will go up. Sort of hitting a button in Guitar Hero III but this time, you shake your Wiimote (and Nunchuck) or press some buttons on the Wiimote to hit the right note. The actions which you carry out will resemble the way of playing the real musical instrument in real life. 4 people can form something like a band to play a music piece at the same time.

Besides playing the piano, Nodame also loves the Puri Gorota anime.

What’s Nodame Cantabile: Dream Orchestra without Puri Gorota mini games?

Strictly speaking, this game is for Nodame fans only. You can’t find the exhilaration similar to Guitar Hero or Rock Band but if you like classical music and simple yet cute gameplay, then Nodame Cantabile: Dream Orchestra is the game for you.

Official Nodame Cantabile: Dream Orchestra Website

Image: (c) Patrick & Fuji TV

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Source:Alone in the Dark Interview

There is a new Action/Adventure/Horror game for the XBox 360 called Alone in the Dark that looks pretty dang cool, and there’s an interview you can check out by one of the producers, Nour Polloni. Want to find more about this creepy looking game? Check out the video interview:

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Source:Super NES Wii Controller, Super Famicom Retro Relive

The Super Famicom (Super NES) Wii Classic Controller is perfect for playing retro VC SNES games such as Street Fighter and Super Mario. A not-for-sale item from Club Nintendo, this Wii accessory can be found for sale on eBay.

Will you grab one?

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Source:Microsoft: No spring dashboard update this year

Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360

Sad news today for those among you that love … functionality, as Microsoft’s Xbox Live manager Marc Whitten revealed to Next Gen that there would be no spring dashboard update this year, debunking this rumor that circulated earlier this month. Whitten said that Microsoft instead focused on “building the proper infrastructure and scale for the service.”

While we welcome updates and improvements to the infrastructure, we can’t help but be a little disappointed. With Sony regularly evolving the PS3’s functionality, a single update in a year for the (arguably more fully-featured) 360 dashboard seems a little paltry by comparison.

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Source:Phil Harrison talks Alone in the Dark, spotlight shines on game footage

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox 360, Action, Adventure

The dialog may sound cheesy, but Alone in the Dark looks like it could be good enough (and given our hands-on, maybe even 3 million units good enough) to try when it releases in late June. In the video above, Atari/Infogrames Directeur Général Délégué Phil Harrison speaks to 1Up about being impressed after seeing AitD for the first time and enjoying the narrative structure of the title.

The real highlight in the video is the impressive amount of gameplay footage shown, which gives us a much better idea of what the title will actually be like. We’re not sure yet if Alone in the Dark will be “blow your mind” fantastic, but much like The Darkness last summer, it appears well suited in getting some attention from the consoles it’ll launch on during a less-than-crowded release time. Don’t fret PS3 owners, you should be way too busy with Solid Snake starting June 12 to care about little ol’ Edward Carnby.

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Source:Nomltest FS Mods

Nomltest FS Mods is cool, and nicely encapsulates what I like about software development and games. You take keim’s Nomltest FS, an amazing abstract shmup. Then you’ve bring in a guy who reverse engineers the script format of the game and creates his own mod, complete with new enemies and patterns. You’re left with a great new variation of the game.

Simply install Nomltest FS, then unpack the mods archive into the same directory. Nomltest FS uses a slightly different script format, so you’ll need to make the slight modification to the .nts file that keim describes here. Finally, drag and drop the .nts file onto the Nomltest FS executable and you’re playing.

More reading: Nomltest FS, cannonML (keim’s newer scripting language)

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Source:My Thoughts On WoTLK 10 Man Raids - Is It Ok For Arthas?

I know it’s a not a new issue anymore considering the news about it came out last week but I’ll talk about it anyway. I’m talking about the news that all raid dungeons in WoTLK will have their 10 man and 25 man versions. This move was praised because it opens up the option to still do some raids when you can’t put 25 men together for the night. This also opens up the possibility for smaller and/or more casual guilds to experience all the content. But this move was also lashed by the lore purists saying that being able to 10 man a strong and important figure of the game’s lore like Arthas is just absurd.

My thoughts below are my attempts to try to justify that the move to allow these 10 man raids could work and kinda add to what was said in this post in WoW Insider.

As long as it feels epic…

Just like Kil’jaeden is tucked away deep in TBC’s raid progression and a guild who attempts to down him aren’t just a bunch of dudes with much lower quality gear, a guy like Arthas won’t be downed by just any 10 men. These 10 men will have to have passed through the progression and get the right gear that would be enough to kill him. This kind of preparation and gearing up is a feat in itself, adding to epic-ness to what you might encounter. If the encounter means having the best gear available and the right kind of team work and group make up to do then it should feel epic enough. If the fight feels epic enough then it really shouldn’t matter how many people it takes.

You’re not just any 10 men

One thing I’ve wondered when I first started raiding in the original WoW game was that it seemed like even 40 men was not enough considering the vast numbers of man power you needed to win a battle in Warcraft 3. but then I realized that you’re not just a run off the mill warrior created from the barracks. You’re a hero! That’s why it only takes 5 of you to ransack whole dungeons and do what whole groups of people like the forces of Thrallmar or even the Shattered Sun Offensive couldn’t do without your help.

You’ll probably have help

One day, it bothered me that an epic battle like the CoT: Battle For Mount Hyjal raid dungeon was just a 25 man encounter considering the number of Warcraft 3 units it took to finish off Archimonde. but then I then found out that you have the help of a lot of npc’s, making the battle feel much more epic. In the case of Arthas, I’m sure the Ashbringer will come into play somehow making the fight much easier to just 10/25 men to do where they would surely fail without it.

So I’m not saying that it’s totally ok for 10 men to kill a such a strong figure of WoW lore but the reasons above surely makes it a bit easier to accept. In the end, I still praise the decision to allow it since I’m not such a lore purist and I’m really for having more and more people experience the content even if it’s toned down and with lower quality loot.

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