March 2011
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Alpha Six's 10 Days of Influences - Day 3
Day 3
SNK (Shin Nihon Kikaku)
Let’s be honest. SNK has seen almost nothing but misery lately. After the underwhelming The King of Fighters XII and the dreadfully plain Samurai Shodown: Edge of Destiny, everybody assumes that SNK has lost their original touch. However, the more dedicated fans recognize SNK for their overall accomplishments, and not their recent “failures.”
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Alpha Six's 10 Days of Influences - Day 2
Day 2
Shinji Mikami
Chances are, unless you really pay attention to the end credits of your video games, you’ve probably never heard the name “Shinji Mikami.”
However, you’ve probably heard of the following titles:
Aladdin (SNES)
Goof Troop (SNES)
Resident Evil (PSX)
Dino Crisis (PSX)
That’s right. Mikami created all four of these titles. Chances are if...
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Alpha Six's 10 Days of Influences - Day 1
So I decided out of nowhere that I wanted to work on a little something “personal”— give the followers that I have and anybody who could possibly be curious, a little more of an inside look into me and my influences— different people or groups that have made me care about my career as much as I do.
So let’s get started.
These influences are in no particular order....
There's Something About Traveling.
The more that I wake up, the more I feel that stinging sense of repetition— waking up in the same town, in the same house, doing the same things every single day for the past 10 years.
I keep feeling this intense feeling that I should be moving around a lot more. It might just be because I can’t drive yet, but damn, I can’t stand spending all of my time in this general area that...
Game Development: NAVIGATOR News 3/23/2011
Hey folks. Since I haven’t updated in a while, here’s some stuff for you!
Progress on Navigator is shaping up pretty well. I recently rediscovered SFXR (it’s an open-source sound creator; google it!) and have started making plenty of sound effects for the project, and I’ve got a buddy working on music!
The beta itself is pretty much done gameplay/feature-wise, we just...
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Thoughts on the Mortal Kombat 9 Demo (PS3).
So, if you own a PS3 and you DON’T have PlayStation Plus, you can finally download the Mortal Kombat 9 demo. There are 4 characters— Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub Zero, and Mileena, and you play through 4 stages in the “story mode.” From my experience with the demo, this is the most fine-tuned Mortal Kombat game to date— exceeding even the earlier games in gameplay...
The Nintendo GDC 2011
The Nintendo GDC (abbreviation of Game Developers Converence) was today. If you missed it, it’s currently on loop at http://gdc2011.nintendo.com/.
It’s not E3, so don’t expect a bunch of new stuff. However, they did show off a new Zelda: Skyward Sword trailer, talked about Miyamoto working on a new Zelda for the franchise’s 25th birthday, and revealed a tentative Super...
