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WHITELIGHT Showcase at SHED London
March 2nd-April 30th, 2017, London - United Kingdom
Curated by online photographic platform Whitelight, the exhibition introduces works by 13 contemporary Greek photographers as well as Whitelight's new website, www.whitelighteditions.com. It is the first physical presentation of photography by the team of Whitelight, co-founders and editors Gelly Siganou & Ellie Tsatsou, on the theme of things being transient & imperfect; beautiful nevertheless.
Participating Artists:
Alexei Siozov, Alexis Vasilikos, Athanasios Gatos, Georges Salameh, Ellie Tsatsou, Emilios Haralabous, Kostas Kapsianis, Maria Mavropoulou, Orfeas Sampatakakis, Spiros Kokkonis, Tasos Aivalis, Yannis Drakoulidis, Yorgos Karailias
Opening night: March 2nd, 7pm
Show Duration: March 2nd-April 30th, 2017
SHED London, 8 Lee Street E8 4DY
Closest station: Haggerston Overground
With special thanks to SHED London for hosting us.
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Both local and foreign marine experts are seeking approval from Myanmar government to open a Marine Geosciences Research Centre in the country, Xinhua has reported quoting Myanmar's state media.
A report which includes research plan and a study concerning marine geology conducted by the marine experts from nine countries will be submitted to the government within three months following a conference on Wednesday titled "Laying the groundwork for Marine Geosciences in Myanmar."
According to the report, by opening such a marine research centre, research relating to marine pollution and underwater measurement as well as studies relating to earthquake, tsunamis and landslides can be done.


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Natalie MacMaster
November 6, 2006
With a talent that remains both raw and wondrously refined, and backed by a band any top musician would be proud of, Natalie MacMaster has grown to become the musical face of Atlantic Canada, and continuously stuns crowds around the globe with her feverish fiddling and mesmerizing step dancing.
Well-known to international audiences as one of Canada's major talents, Natalie has been an ambassador of traditional East Coast music, and is credited with exposing the style to its contemporary prominence. While acclaimed for taking Celtic music to new heights, each album Natalie releases displays a creativity and range that constantly pushes back the boundaries of the genre.
Natalie first picked up the fiddle at age nine and hasn't looked back. The niece of famed Cape Breton fiddler Buddy MacMaster (with whom she recorded a tribute album in 2005), Natalie quickly became a major talent in her own right. After winning numeous awards for her early traditional recordings, Natalie's subsequent releases have been boldly ground-breaking and well-adorned with abundant accolades.
With albums like In My Hands, which fused Jazz, Latin, and the guest vocals of Alison Krauss, and Grammy-nominated My Roots Are Showing, Natalie has proven time and time again that she is leaving her mark on music history.
Her last release, Blueprint, combined Natalie's own musical radiance with the cream of American roots instrumentalists, including Béla Fleck, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush and Edgar Meyer, and won her "Best Female Artist of the Year" and "Best Roots/Traditional Solo Recording" at the East Coast Music Awards in 2005.
Two of her CD's have charted on Billboard's Top 20 Selling World Music charts. Four of her previous five CD releases have been certified "gold" (50,000+) in Canada.
Natalie's live performances are renowned for their incandescent energy and toe-tapping, rhythmic intensity. She has shared the stage with Santana, The Chieftains, Paul Simon, Pavarotti, Faith Hill, Don Henley, Michael McDonald and dozens of distinguished symphony orchestras, and has appeared on network television many times including Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Good Morning America. All of Natalie's shows resound with what the Los Angeles Times described as "irresistible, keening passion."
In 2002, Natalie married fellow fiddle virtuoso Donnell Leahy of the famed Canadian band Leahy, and in 2005 the couple were proud to announce the birth of their first child, Mary Frances Rose. Motherhood has barely slowed Natalie, and she has already begun the touring-with-baby experience with the help of her mother. "Having someone you trust on tour with you to help take care of your child is a must," she says.
Natalie has a Bachelor of Education degree from the Nova Scotia Teachers College, and has received honorary doctorates from St. Thomas University and Niagara University. She was also awarded the prestigious Order of Canada in July 2006.
In 2005 Natalie and Donnell launched an internet radio show called "Cape Breton Live" which features live performances of musicians in traditional venues across the East Coast. Earlier in the year, Natalie played a moving tribute at New York's Carnegie Hall to journalist and news anchor Peter Jennings, who had been one of Natalie's greatest fans.
This fall Natalie is set to release her 10th recording, an album called Yours Truly, and music aficionados and fans across North America and beyond eagerly await its debut.


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Strasbourg (France) (AFP) – The leader of Italy's far-right League party, Matteo Salvini, said Tuesday that the euro was a "mistake" but he did not want a chaotic exit from the single currency.
Salvini, whose party got most votes in the right-wing coalition in Italy's inconclusive general election, said he would not hesitate to breach EU spending rules if he became prime minister.
The March 4 ballot resulted in a hung parliament with the maverick anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) the biggest party but short of a majority and struggling to find coalition partners.
"The euro is a mistake but I think we cannot plan to leave the euro in an improvised manner," Salvini told reporters at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Salvini has claimed he has the "right and duty" to govern Italy, though his coalition with flamboyant ex-PM Silvio Berlusconi's more moderate rightwing Forza Italia party fell short of a majority.
He said if he became the prime minister of Italy, the eurozone's third largest economy, he would not feel bound to stick to the EU's three percent deficit-to-GDP ratio.
The limit "is part of the European rules that have been imposed", said Salvini, who is leaving his role as an MEP to take up a seat in the Italian parliament.
"If it's possible (to follow the rule) I will do it, but if respecting the three percent means job losses or social catastrophes, we will not accept it," he said.
The anti-EU, anti-immigrant League wants to renegotiate European treaties and rules which Salvini says have "negative repercussions for Italians".
"If we can't do it, I don't rule anything out but an improvised exit from the euro is not desirable and it's not something we want," he said, adding that his party was working on a "plan B".
Nicolas Bay, an MEP from France's far-right National Front, told AFP they could hold joint events with the League on the campaign trail for next year's European elections.


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CA Technologies goes green with annual Earth Day activities
INDIA, April 24, 2014: CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) today announced its annual Green Week of worldwide employee volunteer activities in
celebration of Earth Day. Currently in its seventh year, Green Week
promotes environmental awareness and supports the company?s sustainability efforts. As part of the program, CA Technologies employees will give time during their work day to nonprofit organizations, and participate in activities like beach clean-ups, tree plantings, trail maintenance and more.
Employee-driven projects will take place throughout the U.S. in locations
including Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Bellevue, WA, Cary, NC; East Windsor,
CT; Ewing, NJ; Framingham, MA; Ft Collins, CO; Herndon, VA; Islandia, NY;
Lisle, IL; New York City, NY; Pittsburgh, PA; Plano, TX; Portsmouth, NH;
Santa Clara, CA; Southfield, MI; and Tampa, FL and internationally in
countries including Argentina, Australia, Chile, China, Colombia, India,
the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
?Giving back to the communities where our employees live and work is an
important part of our company culture," said Erica Christensen, vice
president, Corporate Social Responsibility, CA Technologies. "Whether it's
planting trees, revitalizing distressed neighborhoods or cleaning local
beaches and parks, CA employees will again come together and work to
strengthen the communities where we do business."
?As part of this year's sustainability efforts we are encouraging
employees to use public transport to reduce the carbon footprint and
ensure a cleaner environment.? said Venkatraman Subramaniyan, vice
president, Software Engineering, who is also the Corporate Social
Responsibility champion for CA Technologies, India. "In addition, we are
educating employees about the importance of segregating wet and dry waste
and running regular recycling and reusing campaigns internally to help
create a more sustainable environment for everyone."
Conducting business in a way that advances sustainability is a top
priority for CA Technologies. Highlights of the company's sustainability
efforts include:
· Active employee Green Teams, representing more than half of the
company's workforce?committed to reducing natural resource consumption at CA Technologies offices around the world.
· A commitment to reducing the company?s greenhouse gas emissions.
· Company products and solutions that improve data center efficiency
for CA Technologies and its customers.
· Purchasing electricity from renewable resources.
· Building approximately 330,000 square feet of company office space
that is LEED-registered or under a green lease.
· Being recognized as a sustainability leader by the Dow Jones
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Kimberley's Julyfest will be moving to a new location this year.
The annual event will be held outside of Centennial Hall, moving from the parking lot of the Civic Centre and Rotary Park.
The city's Chamber of Commerce manager Mike Guarnery says construction of the new Splash Park and work on the Civic Centre's North Wall led to the change.
"We would need more infrastructure, electricity in particular, for Rotary Park," Guarnery says. "We looked at what we have with Centennial, we're taking the concert out this year and it allows us to test Centennial Park. We'll keep everybody up there and we'll have music going until we're allowed to from the city."
The Chamber of Commerce are holding an open house about the changes to the event next week.
Its happening March 1st at the Kimberley Aquatic Centre.
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Please don't flush your medicines down the toilet or down the drain. Use a disposal site or collection event when available, or dispose of old medications in the trash.
We can reduce the amount of these substances by properly disposing of unwanted medications. Expired or unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications from households are typically disposed of by flushing them down the toilet or a drain. Although this method of disposal prevents immediate accidental ingestion, it can cause contamination in our aquatic environment because wastewater treatment systems, including septic tanks, are not designed to remove many of these medications.
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Some objects of desire + some objects of necessity + some objects of no concern - those things that escape notice / a force majeure = some things (Lawrence Weiner).
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panta feron osa fainoliV eskedaV auoV
fereiV oin, fereiV aiga, fereiV api materi paida
Evening-star, best of all stars bringing all things that morning dawn scattered
You bring back the sheep, you bring the goat, you bring the child to its mother.
Dissection of the internal logic of the Intelligent design argument for the origin of species.
The 18th-century clergyman William Paley likened living things to a watch, arguing that the workings of both point to intelligent design (ID). The old argument is that complex things with a special function, like a watch or a living organism, cannot have arisen spontaneously by chance and, therefore, must have been created by an intelligent designer; the watch by a watch craftsman and life by God. The argument is repeatedly proposed as a logical proof for the existence of God and against the Darwinian theory of natural selection. Michael Behe, American biochemist, author, and intelligent design advocate, published a letter in New York Times (2005) where he rephrases the argument using the metaphor of the sculpture of Mount Rushmore: "Unintelligent physical forces like plate tectonics and erosion seem quite sufficient to account for the origin of the Rocky Mountains. Yet they are not enough to explain Mount Rushmore." The ID argument is based on the supposition that some biological systems are so complex that they can only function when all of their components are present. Such systems could not have evolved from a simpler assemblage that did not contain the full machinery. They call this complexity "irreducible complexity" (IC). In all, we can all recognize ID from its complexity and because the living organisms present irreducible complexity they could not have evolved by natural selection but must have been created by an intelligent designer; guess Who...


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Are you ready to give your palette a real challenge? If you are the one who loves to try new food, then go ahead and try these strangest and weirdest eats from around the globe!
7 weird foods from all across the world
Balut – Phillipines
You may be an egg lover but test your egg eating skills in Philippines. Here they catch hold of a duck embryo which is still in the developing form and then just end up boiling it alive! Every part of the egg is eatable, which also includes the beak and little wings.
Sannakji – South Korea
This is a famous South Korean dish. The dish comprises of live octopus which can be either eaten in small pieces or eaten as a whole. It is generally served in the raw form with a bit of sesame oil.
Escamoles – Mexico
You may feel tempted to eat it as you may mistake it to be grain salad; however this dish is prepared from ant larvae.
Hakarl – Iceland
If you tried eating Greenland shark fresh it may turn out being quit poisonous. However, if eaten in the rotten and decayed form, it turns out being edible.
Casu Marzu – Italy
This dish may look quite appealing as it looks creamy and soft. However, it is made from thousands of maggots, and live ones, and is enjoyed by adventurous eaters.
Pig Blood and bread
When a pig gets slaughtered in Hungary right at dawn, its blood is conserved and then fried with fresh onion. That is it; it's then served for breakfast!
Witchetty grub, Australia
This dish is basically prepared with huge white larvae of many moths.


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In dying color: No. 4 NBC has cast itself in the role of the fading peacock
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Where there's mire, there's muck, and NBC is just the place to find both. It's long been a kooky little tradition that when TV columnists and critics write about which of the four major broadcast networks is doing worst in the ratings, they say it is "mired in fourth place" or "mired" in third. The practice seems to be phasing out, but then, networks seem to be phasing out, too.
None is phasing faster than NBC, the once-proud-as-a-peacock establishment that is now mired in fourth, behind Fox, behind everybody. Compounding their humiliation, network executives have had to undo, at tremendous expense, their remake of that cultural institution "The Tonight Show," returning it to Jay Leno, killing Leno's ballyhooed prime-time hour and ousting the conspicuously talented Conan O'Brien from his "Tonight" berth after only seven months.
Things are ever-so-much worse even than back in the late '70s and early '80s, when longtime programming wizard Fred Silverman picked NBC as the one network he failed to rejuvenate. His signature flop was a show called "Supertrain," which lasted five short months in 1979 and lost a heap of dough. Battles and tantrums in the executive suites contributed to an abiding sense of collapse.
It was arguably the lowest point in the network's history. But in 1984, Silverman and his brilliant protege Brandon Tartikoff brought Bill Cosby back to television in "The Cosby Show" -- a social milestone that proved to be the sitcom that revived sitcoms. "Cosby" ignited Thursday nights as the birthplace of "Must See TV"; it was on Thursdays that such hits as "L.A. Law," "ER," "Hill Street Blues," "Cheers," "Family Ties" and, later, "Friends" and "Seinfeld" appeared.
And it was Tartikoff who hastily and famously scribbled two words on a piece of paper, handed the note to producer Michael Mann and made television history. The two words were "MTV Cops." The show that resulted was "Miami Vice," which introduced a new, hip sensibility to prime time and, as few shows had done, made a point of stressing the visual.
Was this the golden age of NBC? It was one of 'em, one of several great Peacock Epochs during which NBC dominated network television and set the highest of broadcast standards. The Golden Age was the first decade of television (roughly 1948 to 1960), when a large percentage of every week's prime-time fare consisted of live drama or comedy -- great plays like Rod Serling's "Patterns," great comedy like Wally Cox as "Mr. Peepers."
And there was "Your Show of Shows," a witty Broadway revue every Saturday night, live from New York, just as "Saturday Night Live" would eventually be. NBC also thrived with the "Today" and "Tonight" shows (both invented by pioneering genius Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver) and, more gently, with "Kukla, Fran and Ollie," a deceptively simple puppet show that was one of the greatest children's programs ever.
What made the gold shine brighter in NBC's golden age was that people could see its color. They could see the color of everything, because NBC began telecasting programs "in living color" before cheap ABC or sluggish CBS did. With every color show, NBC was pushing the color TV sets made by RCA, which owned the network. The Justice Department apparently saw no problem with this.
NBC had other periods in which it shone more brightly than its competitors. The '80s and the '90s saw the network aglow not only with ratings success but, thanks to new chairman Grant Tinker, who also teamed with Tartikoff, also with the reputation of being a quality operation. "Cheers," an innovative and warmhearted comedy, was kept on the air for a second season even though its first had been feeble in the ratings; eventually, it not only caught on, it triumphed.
While still running the network, Silverman decided to exhume as a company logo the old NBC Peacock, originally designed by an advertising agency to help RCA sell those then-pricey color TV sets. Many a baby boomer can easily recall NBC's animated peacock unfurling at the start of some major production, accompanied by a musical fanfare and announcer Mel Brandt intoning majestically, "The following program is brought to you in living color on NBC."
You can see those original peacock openings -- the birdie went through a few different versions -- at many Web sites. If you lived through TV's early days, the sound of that orchestral theme and the sense of auspiciousness may actually give your spine a tingle or two. They helped imbue the programs that they preceded with an exciting sense of event.
NBC is no longer owned by RCA; it's owned, for now, by General Electric, a company that has been an ill-suited, penny-pinching guardian -- sort of like Nicholas Nickleby's. If current plans are approved, meanwhile, NBC will soon pass into the mighty clutches of Comcast, the giant cable conglomerate. Sadly enough, Comcast is much less interested in the NBC Television Network than in all of the little niche cable networks that NBC owns: USA Network, Syfy, Telemundo and more.
Might the trademark "NBC" be retired and the TV network become just another cog in a large, empty capitalist apparatus -- one that plops out leisure-time product with the slick, chilly efficiency of an assembly line? It's possible that Comcast could be even more tightfisted an owner than GE and that NBC might be the first network to prove that the whole idea of broadcast networks really is over. It could prove it by dying.
And then all those shows, and those sparkling golden ages, will be consigned, like so much else in this new century, to memory, or to electronic bric-a-brac on the Web. One of the sites brandishing the animated peacock calls itself "RetroJunk.com." Imagine. Retro "Junk." I wouldn't want to be the one to tell Kukla, Fran or Ollie about that.


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Obverse: Griffin seated to right, two curled wings raised, left forepaw raised. In front, irregular knob; around, [inscription]. Plain border. Reverse: Irregular quadripartite incuse square, surface rough. (see media screen for inscription)
By date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren (Regling, Die Griechischen Münzen der Sammlung Warren, no. 1137); September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren
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Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Greek, Archaic Period, 520–500 B.C.
Teos, Ionia
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Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1941.
Diameter: 23 mm. Weight: 11.81 gm.
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The Crick Crack Club presents
He's naked. He's angry. And he's on the run... Storyteller Ben Haggarty, and musician Sianed Jones embark on an intense monster's-lib interpretation of Mary Shelley's modern myth.
Truly a story for our time, Frankenstein speaks of power unleashed; the responsibility of the creator towards the created, and our fear of the unknown.
Expect wild song, steam punk & fast-paced epic storytelling in the hands of two master performers. Enter a world of feverish dreaming...
Drawing on the original story, Hollywood's cinematic retellings, Greek and Jewish legends, and pop culture, this powerful and startling contemporary performance combines improvised spoken word, vocals, bass and electric violin, to lure audiences into the imagined world of Dr Frankenstein and the monster he created.
Internationally renowned for his playful, challenging and dynamic performances, Ben Haggarty tells his stories with infectious charm and deceptive ease. Composer, multi-instrumentalist and singer, Sianed Jones, has been variously described as having a voice like that of a 'wailing Welsh banshee', a 'soft seducer', and a 'passionate revolutionary'.
THE CRICK CRACK CLUB is the UK's premiere performance storytelling programmer and promoter, working with the finest performance storytellers, developing audiences, supporting artists and collaborating with venues across the UK and Europe.
BEN HAGGARTY: Ben is one of the world's leading and most popular contemporary storytellers, renowned for his passionate and physical performances. He tours widely, is a much sought after teacher and director of storytellers, and is artistic director of the legendary Crick Crack Club. He is Honorary Professor of Storytelling at the Arts University of Berlin (UDK). His graphic novel series 'MeZolith' is published by Archaia.
SIANED JONES: A formidable composer, performer and collaborator, Sianed has shared stages with the likes of Max Eastley, Clive Bell, Eric Truffaz, Jan Bang, Arve Henrikson, Andy Sheppard, Barbara Thomson, Philip Jeck, and Will Menter to name but a few. After an upbringing drenched in the choral and poetic traditions of Wales Sianed has toured the world. Haunting and spontaneous, once heard, she is hard to forget…
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'Bloody brilliant' TIMEOUT
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NEW YORK CITY – On Tuesday, Feb. 19, Swann Galleries will conduct the third auction organized by its new African-American Fine Art department.
The sale offers 250 paintings, drawings, collages, prints and sculpture from notable collections and estates, and illustrates the full panorama of achievement by African-American artists – from Henry Ossawa Tanner to Faith Ringgold. Many of the works are recognizable because they have been included in important museum exhibitions and illustrated in catalogues and monographs.
Hale Woodruff, 1900-1980, Woman by the Sea. Oil on canvas, mounted to masonite, 1930.
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Charles White, 1918-1979, Lo, I am Black. Charcoal and crayon drawing on cream illustration board, 1978. Estimate: $200,000-$300,000.
Other highlights among the paintings include William Henry Johnson's Flowers in a Blue and White Vase, a great modern still life, oil on canvas, circa 1933-35, which epitomizes Johnson's embrace of the European modern aesthetic ($60,000-$90,000); Beauford Delaney's iconic oil on canvas of early 1960s Paris, Untitled, and his Portrait of a Youth,oil on canvas, a gift to James Baldwin, painted in Istanbul in the summer of 1966 (each $50,000 to $75,000).
Ernest Crichlow, 1914-2005, Untitled (Girl and Boy Outside Church Doors), Acrylic on canvas, 1989.
Estimate: $30,000-$50,000.
The auction will take place on Tuesday, February 19 at 1:30 p.m.
For more information, call 212-254-4710, or go online to www.swanngalleries.com.


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Today is a mild sunny day with 10°C, it is the perfect weather for going out and it does feel a little bit like Spring. I think I need to get some new fresh flowers. :-) Wish you all a lovely Thursday!
Knit jumper & necklace: COS, skirt: Balenciaga, gloves: Gebeana, booties: Céline.
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Nice pop of color for spring! I am also in the mood for green. Would you pair with tights or knee high socks?
Oh, I found inexpensive background paper roll. Also, using a tripod arm would solve the distortion problem. ^_^
the dotty prints are so perfect on each other. I'm loving the faux fur gloves, it adds so much character to the entire outfit. Lastly the crystal gum ball necklace is so cute! I wanna have one too, lol
Love the COS nakelace, would like to have this one as well for the spring.
This outfit is fabulous!! It reminds me of a spring day!! Fresh & vibrant!! :0)
I like the subtle pattern of both the top and the skirt!
I love this green COS sweater! Will head over to their online store now!
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Industry analyst and all-around controversy starter, Michael Pachter, has has plenty to say at this year's SXSW, but his biggest claim may be that the next Xbox will win the coming console generation.
Oh Really ?!
It's on, brah! lol
Haha. He thinks the social features and Skype will help the next Xbox?
I guess the games,focusing on the developers and hardcore gamers aren't that important..
Nooo. Social features and Skype ftw... So he says
Microsoft = U.S.A
Sony = Japan
Nintendo = Japan
Michael Pachter= U.S.A
Xbox 24.65 Million global
Ps2 153.68 Million global
Xbox360 74.52 Million global
Ps3 ~76 Million global
Sony lost ALOT of their user base to Nintendo and Microsoft. Sony better hope it doesn't happen again
Ah look. Stealth disagree's from people know they cannot argue with numbers.
If Microsoft repeat their success next gen and Sony fail that hard again..sony is really gonna be ****ed.
Edit-- Oh really Mebeatdown...was that stupid? Ok.
After 6 years Ps2 sold over 100 Million. After 7 years it was 118 million
Ps3 is on it's 6.5 years btw.
Irishguy, the ps3 is still selling, and its still not even under the $200 price point.
The competition is selling a lot more consoles but ps3 is still steadily and very happily on its way past the 100 million barrier. With further price cuts and games who knows how much it will sell up until its dead.
Sony may have lost marketshare but have they lost their userbase? This isn't the end of the ps3's life, it's steamrolling sales at the moment.
It will be Sonys third console to hit 100 million sales. I don't think their userbase has changed that much actually.
Lest we forget ps2 only died this year I think. Which if ps3 follows a similar course puts ps3 just over half way through its life. It's still more expensive then the Wii was at launch in 2006
"Stealth disagree's from people know they cannot argue with numbers"
Or they are just smart enough to realize that's it's dumb to compare a console that has been on the market for six years to a console that has been on the market for twelve.
Sony didn't sell 150 million PS2s in six years. After six and a half years on the market, it sold around 117 million, if this is accurate...
That's a full seven years if you take the early Japanese launch into account.
But the PS3? It's around 75-80 million after a little under six and a half years. And that's not even taking into account the delayed European launch.
Sony's behind, at max, around 40 million units. But then again, the PS2 spent eleven of its 13.5 years on the market at under $200... a price point PS3 hasn't even touched.
It doesn't really look like Sony "failed that hard" to me.
I'll believe him once we actually get to see what the next box is capable off. ;)
If the next Xbox isn't a primary gaming devise, then it really isn't competing with Sony. Looks like Microsoft is going to try to compete more with Apple TV and cable box makers like Motorola and Hauppauge. Microsoft is essentially no longer a gaming company.
Michael Pachter personally likes the services xbox is coming out with. He previously predicted that xbox live would attract a premium, classier type of customer due to having to pay for it, where PSN would attract everyone, meaning more kids screaming obscenities into your headset. Boy, Pachter you sure were right about that one, XBL couldn't be classier, with absolutely no screaming kids yelling the N word and other hate obscenities into your headset.
This is the problem with asking a non-gamer, old person who is out of touch with the gaming industry. Pachter doesn't have a clue what gamers want because HE IS NOT A GAMER. He likes social functions, TV tuning and Skype, like every other non-hardcore gamer out there, so of course he will predict success for the console he personally would buy. Notice he said Sony would have content (ie. games) as its advantage, but still wouldn't outperform Microsoft? It's because Pachter has the same mindset Microsoft has - games won't sell your next console, social features, tv tuning and skype will. Because people really buy consoles not to play games, but to talk to their friends and watch tv. Please.
The hardcore audience are the ones willing to pay top dollar for the next best console. Everyone knows this in the industry, and Microsoft has gotten greedy (as usual) trying to cater to everyone right off the bat. Cater to little kids is not how you sell an expensive new console. Little kids gasped the last time they saw a console that ended up with a 500 and 600 dollar price point, as if the paper route money and allowance would never pay for it. They thought to themselves "I make 70 bucks a month doing papers... it's going to take a bajillion years to get a PS3 now!"
Yes kiddies, it will take a bajillion years, and that's why no one is catering to you when they first release a console. They cater to you when they sell the console for half of its initial price, or if they were smart they would.
@irishguy. You want to argue numbers?. Ok.
Time on market
PS2 = 14 years
PS3 = 7 years
Numbers as of 2013
PS3 = 76 million
PS2 = 153 million
Yearly rate of sale
PS3 = 76/7 = 10.9 million
PS2 = 152/14 = 10.9 million
Launch Price
Current (2013) price
So basically at the current rate with the PS3 still a heck a lot more expensive the PS2 the PS3 will sell 152 million by its 14th year the same as the PS2.
Once the PS3 reached 199 then eventually 135 we will see this rate of sale increase further and Sony will sell more than 153 million PS3 way past the PS2 numbers.
I know you fanboys hate logic but Sony didn't sell 152 million PS2's out of the gate. It took them 14 years.
Once the dust settles the PS3 will sell more units than the PS2 which means Sony actually will gain a bigger userbase contrary to what you are saying.
You must understand that the console market expands every generation. The wii userbase are mostly new casual gamers. The x360 perhaps are mostly PC gamers and some mutli console owners who own a PS3 and x360 who use to own only a PS2. I am one such PS2 gamer. I only owned a PS2 because i didn't have a job then plus there were no real big games on the xbox i wanted. These two factors changed at the onset of this generation. I now have a job plus MS have done great and released some games that appealed to me warranting an x360 purchase.
PS3 is the only console that has enough tech and support to last another 7 years. This is a testament to Sony's foresight and their strategy for 10 year plus lifecycle.
PS is THE global gaming brand. Right now in developing countries they are just now starting to warm up to the PS3 and blu-ray because of lower price.
When all is said and done Sony will again sell at least another 100 million PS3 to make it a 3 peat.
"Edit-- Oh really Mebeatdown...was that stupid? Ok.
After 6 years Ps2 sold over 100 Million. After 7 years it was 118 million
Ps3 is on it's 6.5 years btw. (77 million)"
Did you not read the rest of his comment?
PS2 achieved those sales by spending a large portion of its life under $200. PS3 hasn't even reached under $200 yet. It's kind of a big deal.
Apparently 360 is already $99. It's quite amazing that ps3 despite costing more then double the 360 is spanking it currently in worldwide sales. It sold roughly 50% more then 360 in February worldwide. Just wait till ps3 gets below $200. There is a heck of a lot of life left in the ps3
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"Edit-- Oh really Mebeatdown...was that stupid? Ok.
After 6 years Ps2 sold over 100 Million. After 7 years it was 118 million
Ps3 is on it's 6.5 years btw."
I said the PS2 was out for 6.5 years because it was only out in Japan for half a year. I excluded the Japan-only period so I wouldn't be taking away from the PS2 by making it look like it needed to be out everywhere for seven full years to sell what it did. I was pretty clear... "That's a full seven years if you take the early Japanese launch into account." If you want to call it seven years, go right ahead. It just makes the PS3's numbers look better by comparison.
As for PS3, it launched in mid November. That's two months shy of 6.5 years. Like I said "a little under six and a half years." And that's ignoring the fact that it launched four months late, and is still a few weeks shy of six years on the market outside Japan and North America.
You all know pachter always predict the opposite.
Patcher is up there with Charlie Sheen. plus we all know very little about A Lot right now.
What Irish guy is saying is that Sony lost a huge portion of marketshare this gen! Fuck brand loyalty here, its business...losing that much market in one gen is a fail no matter how you put it
Sony announcing first, new controller and also some better online capabilities is basically proof of their errors this gen and their willingness to address them.
Hats off to Sony for doing this....
With all of these comments it's very clear the console wars will continue on. What fun lies ahead.
The next Xbox could win but that is only if Microsoft can tap outside of the U.S. market. So far the PS4 looks very good but we don't know the pricing yet and very little on the next Xbox.
The Xbox could be the Wii of the next generation. It would win in that case in terms of sales but I wouldn't care about it.
This is just a speculation.
I am waiting for E3 before I decide what direction I am going although if things seem equal again like the last gen I will have to go for the PS4 because I am all ready a fan of some Playstation exclusives.
You are right, however it's usually best to go by fiscal year, as it's consistent. In which case Sony is only down by 10 million during the same time frame. Also I think the 77 million is still speculated, but close to accurate. After the end of this month there should be an official number put out by Sony.
Either way, Sony's sales of the PS2 actually were about 15 million per year for 4 years after the PS3 released. If the trend continues with the PS3, then that will mean the PS3 is likely to be around 130 million after four years of the PS4's release, and make up another 20-30+ million by the time they retire it. All in all it means that the PS3 will likely sell the same number of units as the PS2.
Aren't numbers more fun, IrishGuy, when you actually use them in the proper manner instead of just cherry picking data?
The Wii stole none of SOny's fan base. Grandmothers and families bought Wiis. Not dedicated fans
Clearly Pachter is off his rocker. I don't know who will win. No one really predicted the PS3 to outsell 360 so how is this even something to pick before we even know what Nextbox is
Well if he believes that then congrats to Sony.
Win is a relative term. If next box sells more units but its highlights are social media while Sony sells less but has a butt load of games that are made for hardcore gamers, then I have no problem with people saying MS "won".
The gaming wars are so ridiculous that I do not take part at all. The sole reason I will by next gen is for good games. I don't care if a new system called 'Film Flam Head' comes out. If it has killer games and runs them all in 1080p with locked 60 frame rates then I will buy it.
Screw Facebook posts, tweets, angry birds. I want hardcore games. Infamous, any naughty dog game, the souls series, media molecule, valve these are the reason I spend money on gaming consoles. The only reason.
Well said Campy, completely agree.
Its not a maths test or 'lets-share-everything' ; contest, gaming consoles are for gaming, so, i dont know, why not focus on making great games?!.
And also, "I'm going home to play my film flam head", just rolls off the tongue.
man do i hate the expression "hardcore."
i'm probably more "hardcore" into gaming than 90% of this community. to me, that means competitive multiplayer. i spend probably 60% of my time on pc, 30% on 360, and the last 10% on ps3 and vita. sony just offers me nothing in terms of hardcore-ness. killzone, uncharted, resistance MP...they're a joke. they are casual single player experiences that you are done with in 7 hours.
get off your high horse, sony guys. sony hasn't even begun to tap the market for "hardcore" yet. and games like GOW:A don't come close.
By that logic, 'hardcore' gaming started with the invention of multiplayer.
"Hardcore" has nothing to do with competition. Ugh, I really do hate that term.
I don't know how anyone can say Sony/MS/Nintendo have never catered to the gamers.
They each have defined multiple genres at one point or another.
you're kidding right? You think MP only players are hardcore? You guys are the casuals! All you do is play one genre and ignore anything that doesn't have guns and explosions. You spend 60% of your time pointing and clicking and you think you're hardcore!? lol
I really hope they do a better job next gen with keeping SP and MP players seperate or at least optional. There are those of us that actually get enjoyment out of gaming without having to "prove" our gaming skills to others.
If I was a xbox gamer I would not want him to say that lool, this guy is not always wrong but he his wrong 90% of the time.
Xbox can win america but not by much and the rest of the world is still playstation centered, asia and europe won't buy an xbox over a PS4 if the price is similar.
i dont know why Americans choose an American product , this is Stupid
Pachter always means vice versa.
O, you little sweet crystal gazer.
I think most American choose what the media tell them to.
The media say it's cool then it must be cool.
twinclipz WHAT??
THAT IS the most retarded comment ever today, well including every sony retards comment on this story and past.
why do we buy american products? BECAUSE WE LIVE IN THE USA DURR AND WE ARE PROUD OT IT, MORON, at least us xbox fans aren't traitors haha!
why do you support a japanese company, the japanese have hated usa for centuries, always trying to one up the usa.
if you live in the usa and dont buy american products, then your the stupid one.
twinzclipz and infamous are both stupid you buy the products for the quality not country of origin.
Some companies get away with superior marketing -apple.
I buy sony systems because the games are killer, not because it's japanese.
Show me one piece of consumer electronics, that is actually made in america any more.
Shouldn't the title say he predicts to win the next console generation, he isn't choosing steak over lobster for dinner.
In regards to "winning" it isn't always a good thing, look at wii u and nintendo.
"why do you support a japanese company, the japanese have hated usa for centuries, always trying to one up the usa." Take a history lesson or 2 dumbass, we haven't even been in direct contact with japan for 2 centuries yet.
That is as stupid as still holding a grudge against britain for the revolutionary war.
Lmao at mr hardcore-ness up there. Clearly someone never played mag, because it's very competitive. You mention competitive and only talk about shooters, that is funny.
What does he mean by win? Money or quality? Money - Microsoft, Quality - Sony, as long as Microsoft has people pay to play online there going to win money wise but you can't beat Sonys lineup of games there just phenomenal, I think this guys a clown anyway social features? C'mon pachter if you we're a real gamer you should know that's not what games used to be, and are about.
If it's Pachter speaking, he means money.
Sony will always win in gamer's ❤ hearts ❤.
Good news my fellow PS fanboys. Pachter has predicted sbox to win the next generation, pretty much guaranteeing playstation to be victorious!!
Why would any gamer want a company that doesn't care about their core fan base to win next gen. I know fanboys will but I mean really, success deserves to go to the company that actually supports their audience, not screw them over for a new one. If he's talking about it in a bussiness sense then yeah MS will probably make the most money but in terms of quality and support Sony is going to win by a long shot. I mean look at the PS4 specs, it took in developers complaints and some of ours about the console, they learnt from their mistakes and listened to feedback.
Xbox gamers don't seem to care about how the industry moves forward into the future. They tend to support a company who doesn't care about what gamers want (a variety of aaa games).
MS spends very little on developing core titles and have policies that disrupt 3rd development on other consoles. Yet their fanbase doesn't seem to complain.
2 theories about 360 gamers.
Kids who have never experienced ps1/ps2 platformers or
2 they got xbox just because their friends have it and don't give a shit about the industry.
Xbox and iPad are 2 products that are ruining this industry for the core gamers.
"they got xbox just because their friends have it and don't give a s*** about the industry."
So true, the amount of people who choose an Xbox over a PS3 only do it because their friends have one.
It's because you have these people who class themselfs as "gamers" but arn't really, they just bought a console to kill time when their at home bored....the reason they went for an 360 is because it's cheaper for them. If you need something to kill time why pick something more expensive.
I hate when they do this and yet say the 360 is better, it's like "Your only saying that because you bought one"....seriously most of them wouldn't be able to actually give solid reasons about why they bought it in the first place. Then you get crappy status on Facebook like "Oh playing Fallout 3 at the minute, love my Xbox 360"....and your like "Oh f*** off your just saying that for attention most nights your in town drowning your sorrows with alcohol in town EVERY night, you don't have time to play on games or the money"
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Ey man. I buy gold and played on xbl from time to time only becuz my friends refuse to get ps3s.
When I asked them why the refuse they told me they dont care about exclusives and that they hate the ps3. They couldn't tell me why they hate the ps3 though.
Haha!! Friends don't let friends go casual.
If you want to liken it to a current example there is the Wii. There is no doubt that it "won" this generation both financially and sales wise, but for gamers, outside the Nintendo base that won't look at anything else, it went pretty much ignored by a lot of "hardcore" gaming community due to it's technology and lack of core support. Casuals loved it, and die-hard Nintendo fans loved it, but the overall feeling I got from seeing discussions on it was always a "meh" feeling.
It's kind of a shame really, since the Wii did have quite a few really good games on it, but for the most part the Wii was more of a joke this gen than I ever thought it would be.
I don't think MS will let their image of the Xbox get to the same level of the Wii among gamers, but I haven't put a lot of faith in them lately from a gamer's perspective.
Its soooooooooooooo true. Xbox gamers are ignorant of the industry.I bought my girlfriend a Xbox cause she really wanted that over al other consoles only because she played one because of her brother and her friends have one. I told her she can have all the same media apps as xbox has like netflix but you dont have to pay 60 bucks a year (shes actually more retarded than that and pays by the month.) To use them and online play is free she was like WHAT?!?!?! And shes always complaining about certain games that arent on xbox. Shes dumb.
ok and we are suppose to care because?
if sony keeps delivering games while MS keeps worrying about kinect,smart glass and exclusive dlc than i could careless who wins as long as gamers get games
every studio sony owns or has contracted is working on ps4 titles now that's saying something.
patcher is an idiot
wasn't it patcher who said GTA3 would sell less than 500K?
wasn't it patcher who said Houser brothers will leave RS at end of 2012 since their contracts were up?
patcher should be a spokesperson for MS since both like to make ignorant statementss
Everyone at Microsoft is making games for 720 too. Thats saying something. Ow wait i forgot its probably all Kinect stuff. Because that's what the PS4 Fanboys are telling me.
It's not any fanboys making claims ms only makes crappy kinect games to the fact they have only done that for last 2-3 years, ms sees casual market and now that's all they seem to care about and totally forgetting about core fanbase
I guess I am a spoiled gamer because Nintendo and Sony deliver games while ms delivers halo and epic deliver gears while everything else is kinect or exclusive DLC
@gildarts Look at the 360's library output for the first 3 - 4 yrs of it's life vs the last 3-4 yrs, if you don't see a significant shift that is worrying for 360 owners your blind as hell. I know this shit, and i haven't had a 360 for 2 yrs yet.
The last 3 e3's from ms have kinect buffets, it's not just ps4 fanboys(isn't even available yet stupid)
"Everyone at Microsoft is making games for 720 too. Thats saying something." Alot less than you think, what studio are working on what games, how much gameplay was shown any trailers.
We will see for ourselves at e3, but ms has gained a bad reputation of ignoring the core user to sell kinect to nintendo's wii crowd.
Did they ever patch steel battalion for voice commands.
Pachter in favor of Xbox does not bode well for them lol...
So Xbox being last place console next gen is confirmed?
@cchum that is mean, it has a wider base than nintendo and will at least be a next gen system.
It will do fine, unless ms pulls some very oddball or bad decisions.
These are Pachter's reasons http://stickskills.com/omeg... He is indeed making very bold claims He's says the TV Tuners and Skype are the winning factors. How does Pachter know Xbox will have a Tv tuner and is Skype REALLY gonna be all that big of a deal?
Listen I want MS to do well next gen but Pachter needs to understand its about the games first. MS needs to bring the first party games and cater to the gamers as well as bring the social, Skype features and Tv programming.
That is if MS wants to be taken seriously by gamers.
This is great news! This means ps4 (the core gaming system) will win for sure!!
Thank you Pachter!! I love you!
When Michael Pachter says something, it's always in relation to the American market. So yes, he is probably right. The next Xbox will probably win the next generation in the USA.
As for World sales, that's a different story.
...Oh great, it's Pachter again.
Well, if he says the next XBox will win, then that means the PS4 is in good hands. The opposite of what he predicts will come true. :D
He's manipulating the market as usual. I don't know how he gets away with it.
Attention whore who rarely gets anything wright.
He is a bean counter who should not be trying to sway the consumer market, but that's exactly what he is doing.
I have boat and a large house and am a lawyer dammit. That's How Mr. Pachter thinks.
Wondering why you got disagrees when he is OBVIOUSLY a PR talking head.
Thanks for the confirmation pachy I was hoping PS4 would "win" next gen.
Well if Pachter thinks Microsoft will win the 8th gen we can safely assume they'll come last.
Pachter said abracadabra.
Now ps4 victory confirmed.
patcher not even a real person his a fortune cookie for the video game industry with random opinions just for fun
^^ this comment made me to log in.
Bubbles up sir, that was an entertaining comment :D
no surprise here
ms has been kissing american media's asses for years.
pachter knows who helps him pay the bills
pay no attention to Michael pachter this guy is delusional


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A few months ago, Evan Ross released a lyric video for his new song, "How to Live Alone."
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Ross, whose mom is music legend Diana Ross, has now released a new version of the song that features T.I. Available on iTunes, "How to Live Alone" will be the first single from Ross' upcoming debut album.
"This song means so much to me, as a songwriter and also for what it stands for," he tells me. "I feel so lucky to have found someone that I do want to spend my life with and having T.I. come on board to make it that much more, I can't be prouder."
With new music on his mind, we thought it was the perfect time for Ross to offer up his perfect Memorial Day Weekend playlist.
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1. "Earth Song" by Michael Jackson: "This is one of my favorite songs of Michael's. I loved the music video and it has stuck with me since I was a little boy."
2. "Human Nature" by Michael Jackson: "I was lucky to grow up around Michael. I remember seeing him perform this song. It paints a picture in your head and leaves you with a visual of the magic world of love."
3. "I'm So Tired of Being Alone" by Al Green: "His performance of the song is one of my favorite things to watch. I put it on almost every night when I am relaxing and just can't hear it enough."
4. "It's My House" by Diana Ross: "This reminds me of my childhood. I was too young to understand the lyrics and I did not understand what they meant but this is one of her songs that brings me back to being a little boy."
5. "Zion" by Lauryn Hill: "I am inspired by this song as a soon-to-be dad. The love she has for her son, I can't wait to feel when we welcome our daughter."
6. "Outta My Head" by Ashlee Simpson: "I love this song. It's by my wife, my best friend and I think she is so talented."
7. "Dream On" by Steven Tyler: "Steven is my favorite rock vocalist. You can hear the passion in his voice in this song and I can play it on repeat over and over again. He is also a great friend to me."
8. "Good Life" by T.I.: "This song is from the ATL soundtrack (and my first film), where I first met T.I., who over the years has become a mentor and a friend. It reminds me of how far I have come."
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Dayton and Cincinnati metroplex "within the decade"
DAYTON (WKEF/WRGT) -- There is a real push to combine Dayton and Cincinnati into one giant metroplex.
"It's not if that's going to happen, it's when," Jill Meyer, President & CEO of Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber, said.
The idea being discussed by local leaders in both cities is to combine Dayton, the 72nd largest metropolitan statistical area, or MSA, and Cincinnati, the 27th largest. Meyer says combining the two would make the region of Southwest Ohio the 18th largest MSA in the country.
"That's big," Meyer said. "It's great for exposure from everything from companies locating as well as potential opportunities for federal designations and funding grants and additional economic opportunities that come from being on the radar."
"When you look at the folks that are associated with Interstate 75, that's going to continue to fill in over this next decade," Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Phil Parker said. "It's going to be more robust."
Meyer estimates this will come to fruition within the next decade and the timing is ripe.
"If you look nationally, Southwest Ohio is on radars and maps it's not been on before."
One of those includes online giant Amazon. Dayton and Cincinnati recently teamed up in hopes of landing the company's second world headquarters.
"Employers want to know that they have a talent base, that they have a university base to draw from to continue to build," Meyer said. "If you combine the Cincinnati MSA with the Dayton MSA you have a wealth of education institutions and people."
But all of the excitement doesn't come without concern, especially for the Dayton market.
"Cincinnati is this great, big 800-pound gorilla," Parker said. "We're the 400-pound gorilla. We have to be cognizant of our own needs. We want it to be a win, win, win situation. I still think we've got some challenges and there's plenty of room for conversation on this thing."


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Pretty neat, certainly an improvement on Into the Unknown, nice job.
Welcome To The Dreamscape: Demo
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
The future has come, and an experimental psychiatric company has invented a new method of therapy, Dreamscape Therapy. Through the use of new VR technology, they can now allow you to simulate your own dreams, giving you full consciousness inside of them, but are you ready to discover what your dreams hold? Good luck, and welcome to the Dreamscape!
Welcome To The Dreamscape is a story driven, first person, puzzle game about trying to learn about your past through your own dreams, but, not all is as it seems. Journey through the amazingly odd world of your own mind and piece together your story. Game-play involves mostly puzzle solving and narrative, but there are hints of combat and stealth as well.
This is the demo for the upcoming video game, Welcome To The Dreamscape. It was developed by high school freshman Conner Rush, developer of Into The Unknown, over the course of a little over a year so far, although the development still hasn't ended. His skills have sharpened in game development in that time, and he intends to create the biggest and best project to his abilities. Welcome To The Dreamscape has been meticulously crafted to extend the story of Into The Unknown, while remaining it's own entity, allowing new players to experience the game on its own, while previous fans of Into The Unknown will learn even more about this original world and story. The game is expected to release a some point in late 2017 or early 2018.
NOTICE!: This game is still currently in development and any changes may occur before the game's final release. All input is welcomed! Also, the description above is intended to represent the full game. Some of the features mentioned may be absent in the demo.
All donations made on this demo will go towards making the full game the best that it can be!
I hope you enjoy, and thank you for playing!
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Very nice game! I really enjoyed the demo! Can;t wait for the full game to be released! Anyways here is my let's play for the game! Hope you enjoy! :D
I went through this demo and what can I say other than I'm waiting for its continuation and full release!
As always, I like to leave a text-based feedback around my experience with the game. I usually split it between gamejolt and itch.io pages because of characters limit.
First things first, there's not a whole lot of story in this demo for some logical reasons. All that set in stone is that in this game you are going to go through the process of living your dreams conscious (Well, kinda. You still need to do drugs xd) in order to restore your past.
In this particular demo, the developer gives us a taste of going into the dream for the first time. Its gameplay is pretty straightforward. It's basically a first-person puzzle game. But with a pretty interesting premise. I imagine it's going to become more in-depth because controls menu features some interesting mechanics.
From the visual standpoint, the demo looks very nice. With that said, the environment differs as you would expect from a dream.
There are a few flaws because of the demo state of the game. But I'm going to talk about it at the gamejolt page.
All n' all, I'm really excited for the developer and his game!
I've made let's play video on this demo. So, if you want to see a real life reaction to it, here it is:
This one certainly has promise and if the full game is almost done I look forward to it.
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- Pictures & videos: 42,726 files
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- Since last month: + 916 files
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Why the difference from last month?
This month we took close to 1000 pictures. Yep, that sounds right. We took a trip to Pasadena to see the Rose Parade floats which was great (See my pictures from the 2010 Rose Parade) even though it was very hot and too many people. Then we went to San Clemente to the beach and the pier (No pictures yet). Lastly we took a trip to Solvang (See my older pictures from Solvang) which was amazingly scenic and green. It's amazing what rain does to California.
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