I'm sorry to hear that man. Well, hopefully you're in good health now, and good luck in finding/keeping work.

Oh sorry, I thought you were talking about the side-missions. The touchpad is required for a lot of things, such was drawing powers from smoke and neon, opening doors, and defeating mobile command centers... so yeah it'll be hard to go through the game without it.

Yeah... considering what's going on with Comcast and Sony, I wonder if I should be saying anything to upset the beast, also...

Heh yeah, the world of unlicensed is a strange and terrible place. I loved my GB to death in those days, and I'm one of those guys who thinks Link's Awakening was the best Zelda game. I also thought the animation for GB games were surprisingly smooth compared to other platforms (especially that infernal Game Gear,…

Sucks to be on the inside, doesn't it?

Completely optional. If you clear about 70% of the side-missions in each area, you unlock the "District Showdown" battles, which supposedly eliminates enemy patrols in the area and enables fast travel to that district. Even then, fast travel isn't necessary to complete the game, so you can run through the entire game…

The DualShock 4 touchpad gets used for some environmental interactions: press down to drain power sources, swipe left to open cages or down to destroy auto-turrets. And to perform the grafitti side missions—where you imprint Banksy-style rebellion/civil disobedience stencil art all over the city—you'll use gesture…

Maybe you're taking on a few dozen Department of Unified Protection agents in one of their strongholds, starting off the combat with smoke attacks. But a pesky sniper keeps nailing you wherever you go. You can find a Neon node, absorb it and slow down time to put a laser right between his eye. Or absorb the element…

It's not a monopoly, it's just hey look over there! scampers

Heh, trust me my friend, I'm vividly cognizant of the PR game's machinations. I simply enjoyed the amusing twist in the overall narrative spun by consumers, while giving nod and a wink to the obvious reactions: "Oh yah? Well PS4 does TV now too! So all you fanboys can suck it!" You have to admit: the contrast between…

You make that all sound like a bad thing. Good marketing is nothing if not convincing others to believe in your product, and/or draw an emotional reaction for the sake of attention. All PR revolves around that. When you place a malicious, emotional context to some marketing, and imply people are "blindly towing the…

QA jobs are generally awful, but QA jobs at SCEA are surprisingly nice compared to elsewhere. As usual, everyone's a contractor without benefits, but pay is decent (dem "San Mateo" wages...) and contracts are regularly renewed. Plus, the new campus kicks ass.

Word on the street is that Sony's trying to cut a deal with Comcast. But you didn't hear that from me....

Haha yeah. I'm technically a "Sony guy" but I profoundly feel the irony in this. I said as much to the guy managing this project at SCEA.

srs bsns homie.

Personally I just found it weird to play n64 zelda games on PC with the 360 pad. I compulsively reach for that right thumbstick to no effect....

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This is true, but on the other hand, there's the unifying factor of having it dedicated to a single popular platform rather than being open. A lot of the critical tech in Morpheus is proprietary, such as the PS Eye and Move technology. The PS4 already facilitates all that tech, from the hardware right down to the…

While you might be right in regards to shovelware landing en masse on the GBC, I gotta say I have fond memories of the days prior, where I'd get boatloads of absolutely horrible OG Game Boy games while working at the fleamarket as a kid. I made a meager $20 a day, but the games were $2 a piece, so each week I'd get 10…

You got em good, Josay. Way to bring on the butthurt.