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With Diablo 3 looming on the horizon, I can think of a few people (myself included) who wanted — nay — needed a grind-fest to satiate their lust for phat loot. Being a Sci-Fi RPS (Role-Playing Shooter, as termed by Gearbox), the game borrows elements from the Action RPG Genre, being easily comparable to games like Diablo and Titan Quest, as well as open-world FPS’s like Farcry 2.
The narrative and setting have similar tones and themes as one of my favorite shows of all time, Firefly. The opening cinematic, which uses the song Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked, by Cage the Elephant only reinforces that with its Western/Bluegrass feel, and slightly cynical lyrics.
This makes for a great blend of a lot of my favorite genres, but does it successfully use all of the elements that make the genres that it draws upon great? Read more →
Towards the tail end of an interesting interview with Maximum PC, Randy Pitchford, Gearbox’s CEO, has some things to say regarding the conflict of interest with Valve owning one of the largest PC distribution channels; Steam. He said some other things in the interview too, and if you’re interested in PC gaming or Borderlands, go check it out.
Talking to MPC Pitchford says:
I’ll tell you what. Steam helps. As a guy in this industry though, I don’t trust Valve.
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I, personally, trust Valve. But I’m just saying, honestly, I think a lot of the industry doesn’t.
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It would be much better if Steam was its own business. There’s so much conflict of interest there that it’s horrid. It’s actually really, really dangerous for the rest of the industry to allow Valve to win.
I never really thought too long or hard about this in the past, but he has a very good point. Imagine how many posts we would publish if Activision owned something on par with Steam?
Whilst right now I’m not too worried, after all Valve come across as a “nice” company, I think he makes a very interesting point worth keeping in mind.
Via: GamePolitics
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