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• Deus Ex Machiwuhuh: Where is Warren Spector?

  Warren Spector is what we here at 61 Frames Per Second call “a mule of epic proportions”. His mulishness can be measured by a number of standards. For example: how many people could make a decent videogame about Mark Hammil dogfighting giant space cats? How many people could make a medieval stealth game and actually have it feel speedy and good? How many people could make Deus Ex? Precisely one person. He rules, but it's been quite a long time since we've seen him 'round these parts. Read More... Posted Mar 25 2009, 06:30 PM by John Constantine with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: disney, will wright, deus ex, thief, eidos, wing commander, deus ex3, junction point studios, pixar, david perry, mark hammil, mickey mouse, Disney interactive

• Puerile Pure: Disney Racer’s Profanity Revealed

  This one is almost too good to be true, but here it is: the typically smart Quarter to Three forums have revealed that the PC version of Disney’s entertaining racer Pure comes with…curse words. Long lists of curse words. Long lists of curse words in seven languages. The other forum posters have alleged that this is probably Disney’s standard profanity filter, inexplicably stripped and left naked in Pure’s file structure for all to see. They also hypothesize that this is an enormous ESRB no-no, which is true and could make this a ticking time bomb of controversy: you’ll recall that after that Hot Coffee fiasco any and all offensive on-disc content had to be revealed and rated. And this certainly is offensive. I like to think that I know all kinds of amusing words, but Disney? Disney knows more. And if this really is the house of mouse’s profanity filter, I have to thank it for teaching me a variety of new and terrible vulgarity. After the jump, some multi-cultural cursing. WARNING: contains cursing so multi-cultural I do not know how offensive most of it actually is. Read More... Posted Dec 09 2008, 01:41 PM by Joe Keiser with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: disney, esrb, joe keiser, racing, pure, disasters waiting to happen, profanity

• Chiptune Friday: Dangerous Disney Ducks!

  As previously reported, Capcom is all about the retro revivals these days, what with Bionic Commando Rearmed, Mega Man 9 and the upcoming Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. Unfortunately, some of their best retro games are likely to never be revisited due to complex liscensing issue.Yes, once upon a time there were fantastic platformers staring unlikely heroes like Mickey Mouse and Little Nemo, action puzzlers staring Goofy, and more! Of course, their most remembered liscensed property is Ducktales, which has gotten some 61FPS love in the past. Ducktales for the NES even got a sequel and its action spinoff Darkwing Duck got its own sweet NES action-adventure. So now, chiptune lovers, the NES renditions of both duck-cartoon theme songs. Feel free to sing along after the break. Read More... Posted Oct 10 2008, 12:01 PM by Derrick Sanskrit with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: derrick sanskrit, capcom, nes, chiptune friday, disney, retro, ducktales, darkwing duck

• Screw Attack Remembers The Lion King; I Remember a 16-Bit Jungle Hell

  Screw Attack's Video Game Vault peeks back at the games we enjoyed as cubs. Most of the commentary on their video game recollections doesn't go beyond "This game was AWESOME!" or "This game sucked!" It's hard to fault them for it, since we all have a tendency to do the very same. Their latest retrospective, which looks at the Lion King game for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo, is another "omg this game was rad in ever-y way!!" moment. Maybe they're thinking of another game in a parallel dimension or something because I remember a gamethat was exceptionally well done in some areas and finger-breakingly frustrating in others. For starters, I have a shaky history with The Lion King. I know chunks of the movie are lifted from Osamu Tezuka's Kimba the White Lion (The Simpsons acknowledges the very same in the episode "'Round Springfield," with the famous ghost-delivered line, "You must avenge my death, Kimba--dah, I mean, Simba.") and that Disney's subsequent denial of Osamu Tezuka's existance is the worst thing the company has ever done outside of Walt gassing Jewish children in Space Mountain (disclaimer: Walt probably never gassed children). Read More... Posted Oct 07 2008, 05:35 PM by Nadia Oxford with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: screw attack, disney, retro, 16-bit, nadia oxford, movie games, the lion king

• Darkwing Duck: Capcom's Secret Mega Man

  Since we've all got Mega Man 9 on the brain--and because XBox 360 owners won't even get to play the game until tomorrow--there's never been a more appropriate time to talk about Capcom's 2D legacy.  Tragically, a good chunk of Capcom's 8-bit output will never be seen or played again outside of illegal methods or flea market acquirements; the rights to various Disney franchises, once held by the company, are now elsewhere, leaving us with quite a few orphaned and homeless games dating from the late 80s to the early 90s.  It doesn't look like Capcom or Disney is interested in bringing these titles back to life--and Disney especially seems to be fond of completely ignoring most of their older television animation--so all we're only left with memories, and the magic of emulation. Surprisingly, playing Mega Man 9 over the past week has caused memories of Capcom's Darkwing Duck to start leaking from my brain, so I went back to the game to find out why. The shocking truth? Darkwing is shamelessly similar to Mega Man--he even makes that same little cricket-y noise when he lands on his feet. But Darkwing (the game) lacks many of the accoutrements that can lower the blood pressure of the frustrated Mega Man player; there're no boss weaknesses, energy tanks, or robotic dogs to help shield you from certain death.  Darkwing does have a few more moves than Mega Man, but being able to shield yourself from projectiles and hang from certain objects only facilitates more scenarios where you will die.  Repeatedly. Read More... Posted Sep 30 2008, 06:30 PM by Bob Mackey with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: capcom, nes, disney, mega man 9, retro, bob mackey, darkwing duck

• Capcom to Date, By the Numbers

  Late spring is always an interesting time to watch videogame publishers. With the close of the fiscal year, companies sit their investors and the media down to talk about how things have been going, what people are playing, and, most excitingly, what’s on the horizon. They also occasionally drop information that is ripe for trivia. For example, Capcom, the publisher you may remember as the one I have an unhealthy relationship with, released a list of all-time series sales numbers for the company. The usual suspects like Street Fighter and Mega Man are all over the list but, surprisingly, neither of those series take the top spot. Capcom’s best-selling series over the past twenty-five years has been Resident Evil, with over fifty games released world-wide and 34.5 million sold. Mark that down for quiz night. Hit the jump for the top ten. Read More... Posted May 27 2008, 12:00 PM by John Constantine with | with no comments Filed under: john constantine, street fighter, next-gen, devil may cry, resident evil, capcom, final fight, mega man, dino crisis, disney, monster hunter, onimusha, ghosts 'n goblins