Old Man Gamer

Thank you Rob Delaney

Wed, 01 May 2013 11:38:08 -0400

I don’t *want* there to be global nuclear holocaust, but at least then I wouldn’t have to see...

theomeganerd: Star Wars 1313 was a Boba Fett game Before It...

Thu, 04 Apr 2013 17:47:46 -0400

Star Wars 1313 was a Boba Fett game

Before It Was Cancelled, Star Wars 1313 Was Going To Be About Boba Fett

We’ve learned a great deal about Star Wars 1313 over the past few months, and today we’ve got one more huge detail thanks to a reliable Kotaku source: last year, just before E3, LucasArts shifted focus and turned it into a game about the masked bounty hunter Boba Fett.

This happened last May. Star Wars creator George Lucas looked at 1313 - which at that point had been scrapped and refocused multiple times - and told the team he wanted it to be about Boba Fett, the mercenary whose origins as a clone were revealed in the Star Wars prequel movies.

You can see concept art from this version of Star Wars 1313 above. Boba Fett stands over someone who looks a whole lot like Bossk, a lizard-like bounty hunter who Fett has apparently captured. They appear to be in the seedy underworld of Coruscant.

Sadly, LucasFilm cancelled the troubled game yesterday, when they shut down LucasArts, the 30-year-old video game studio responsible for 1313, among many other games. Although LucasFilm has said that 1313 and the studio’s other cancelled game, Star Wars: First Assault, could be licensed out to other developers, I’ve been told by multiple sources that chances are very slim. Development on the game had been on hold since last fall, as we reported in February.

“They ended up with movie tech that wouldn’t fit in a game, and game tech that wouldn’t fit in a movie,” a source told me. “1313 was always in danger of not being made.”

Kotaku

No! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Disney Shuts Down LucasArts, Cancels Star Wars 1313 And Star...

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:15:19 -0400

Disney Shuts Down LucasArts, Cancels Star Wars 1313 And Star Wars: First Assault

Disney has laid off the staff of LucasArts and cancelled all current projects.

Staff were informed of the shutdown this morning, according to a reliable Kotaku source. Some 150 people were laid off, and both of the studio’s current projects—Star Wars: First Assault and Star Wars 1313—were cancelled. Disney will still use the LucasArts name to license games, but the studio is no more.

Publicly, Disney is saying their current games could be licensed out to a different publisher or developer, but according to our source, that’s unlikely. Our source says Lucas has pursued the option for “one or both games,” but nothing happened. “With the teams now basically being dispersed I think both games are effectively dead forever,” our source said.

A second source also told Kotaku this afternoon that the chances of Lucas licensing out 1313 are very slim. The odds are “effectively zero,” the source said.

I’m less upset about 1313 but the legacy that was LucasArts is officially dead.

Some of you may not remember a good Star Wars game, but there was a time that they existed and LucasArts made them.

But LucasArts was more than Star Wars they made beautiful looking, funny, imaginative games that defined genres and inspired millions.

LucasArts however somehow lost its magic. I always hoped that they would come back somehow. I was really hoping Disney would inject some much needed fairy dust to bring it all back and pump out something like Full Throttle 2, or an update to the X-Wing or Tie Fighter games.

But although I’m sad about LucasArts being shelled out and turned to a label there is some hope. Maybe there will finally be good Star Wars games instead of something half baked, buggy, and the outright retarded titles we’ve been getting for the past few years.

Good-bye old friend. Thank you for my childhood. I only hope Walt will treat you well in the afterlife

Skyrim Nick Cage Style

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 14:57:26 -0400

Skyrim Nick Cage Style: So I FINALLY got my hands on Skyrim, and I was doing the Liam Neeson thing...

laughingsquid: Dad Hacks ‘Donkey Kong’ So His Daughter Can Play...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:52:30 -0400

laughingsquid:

Dad Hacks ‘Donkey Kong’ So His Daughter Can Play As Pauline and Rescue Mario

You’re never going to beat the Wiebe you sad bitch! Never!

laughingsquid: Ralph Baer, Inventor of the First Home Video...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 11:44:00 -0400

laughingsquid:

Ralph Baer, Inventor of the First Home Video Game Console

At one point shit gets real.

You had me at whale harpooning.

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:45:28 -0500

You had me at whale harpooning.

factsandchicks: The Super Mario Bros. theme song has...

Fri, 22 Feb 2013 17:41:38 -0500

factsandchicks:

The Super Mario Bros. theme song has lyrics.

source (video)

Super who? Sorry I was distracted.

It looks FUCKING amazing. Almost like a techy version of...

Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:38:05 -0500

It looks FUCKING amazing. Almost like a techy version of Assassins Creed.

I just would have popped the guy though. Saves time.

laughingsquid: A Riot Simulator Based on Real Worldwide Events...

Wed, 20 Feb 2013 10:56:21 -0500

laughingsquid:

A Riot Simulator Based on Real Worldwide Events for iOS and Android

Occupy!!!

"My grandkids always beat me at Rock Band. And I say, ‘Listen, you may beat me at Rock Band, but I..."

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:43:15 -0500

“My grandkids always beat me at Rock Band. And I say, ‘Listen, you may beat me at Rock Band,...

Bungie Reveals Destiny

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:51:00 -0500

Jezum Crow, there’s a lot of info here… Bungie style. So that means a lot of...

Oh no, nothing is gonna go wrong with this idea. This is a...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:23:00 -0500

Oh no, nothing is gonna go wrong with this idea. This is a perfectly safe invention. Although if I was the Dropkick Murphy’s I would be on the phone with my lawyers.

For the record, I came up with this idea YEARS ago.

LA Noire, poor under appreciated LA Noire. At least it gave us...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:38:00 -0500

LA Noire, poor under appreciated LA Noire. At least it gave us an unblinking glimpse into the uncanny valley.

Although the one option I would love to have seen is a classic 1940s interro-beat down like they did back then.

Because nothing gets grandma to talk quicker about her traffic violation than loosening up her teeth, with your fist.

Ummmm…. yeah.

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:49:13 -0500

Ummmm…. yeah.

A trip into madness: A terrible fan base.

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:16:43 -0500

A trip into madness: A terrible fan base. : i-e-madness: I was until very recently a subscriber on...

Nooooo continues…… noooooooo continues for you!!!!!!

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:03:48 -0500

Nooooo continues…… noooooooo continues for you!!!!!!

Conan O’Brien Plays & Reviews Halo 4 for his Clueless Gamer...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:45:36 -0500

Conan O’Brien Plays & Reviews Halo 4 for his Clueless Gamer Series

Still funnier than Leno, and Fallon.

The next Xbox will require an always-on connection, no used games, Blu Ray and a new Kinect

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:17:00 -0500

iheartchaos: Sony will be announcing their next generation Playstation later this month, and...

Another take on Angry Birds

Mon, 28 Jan 2013 10:44:06 -0500

Jerry’s gf (Pamela Adlon) plays too much Angry Birds. “Pigs steal eggs. Birds kill...