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Metal Gear Solid: Philanthropy. Almost done with a HUGE surprise

It seems the long-awaited and respected project by italian filmmaker Giacomo Talamini is almost done.
According to the official web-site, the last shots were taken on march the 15th 2009, and the final steps of post production have begun a month after.
This non-profit movie, about 90 minutes length, will be downloadable for free before the end of current year (after many delays)from the official web-site of the project (and arguably from some mirror sites).
Delays were not to blame at all, considering that the CG quality has improved a lot since the first shots, and that the dubbing includes some really awesome voiceover, including professional dubbers here sharing their Art for free.
Last minute HUGE surprise is that the ending track will be sang by Aoife Ferry, singer of the first Metal Gear Solid videogame ending track. Another pro working for free in the name of Art, internet, community.

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Nitrowolf25471d ago (Edited 5471d ago )

Sweet can't wait to watch.
I think that they did a pretty good job, we can't expect perfect i mean this is a non profitable no budget movie.
That really cool that they got the singer who sanged some of MGS song to do a song.

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Why Is No One Making AAA Horror Games Anymore?

Saif from eXputer inquires, "Despite the everlasting popularity of the genre, why hasn't there been a good AAA horror game in a while now?"

Jin_Sakai1d 5h ago

Because the gaming industry is obsessed with live service games.

Rynxie16h ago

Because he touches himself at night to characters like lady Dimitrescu.

Crows9012h ago

You're the one still thinking about her

Rynxie12h ago

@crow

Did I give away your secret? It's okay, if you sit on your hand and numb it, you can pretend it's her playing with your little stick.

MaximusPrime_1d 5h ago

Good for me, I have no interests in horror games

-Foxtrot20h ago

Even when they do it's first person trying to copy Outlast, Five Nights, P.T etc

I think the Dead Space / RE2 / RE4 Remake and the Evil Within 2 showed you can have a good story based, third person survival horror game.

jeromeface17h ago

remakes is another good reason

thesoftware73016h ago

Calisto Protocol was also fun with fantastic presentation.

FinalFantasyFanatic9h ago

I feel like we haven't had much in the way of horror games for years, I think it became rare after the PS2/PS3 gen. Maybe i'll pick up that Crow Country that recently came out, that looks good.

Venoxn4g7h ago

Crow Country needs some more love.. and more exposure

Redemption-6418h ago

Because outside of a fee games, most don't sell that well

Crows9012h ago

So in other words...AAA publishers don't have creativity or passion for games.

CrimsonWing6918h ago

Didn’t we have Dead Space Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake last year?

thorstein18h ago(Edited 17h ago)

Among others

And isn't Dying Light 2 a horror game?

Scissorman17h ago

And Alan Wake 2 and Alone in the Dark.

on_line_forever1h ago

I like Alone in the dark but it's not AAA game

richardmmorales9h ago

We also had The Quarry and The Dark Pictures The Devil In Me.

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N64: Recompiled — Creating Native PC Ports Is A Godsend For Game Preservation

"In a time when companies don't care about preserving games, I have high respect for the creators of projects like N64: Recompiled." - Hanzala from eXputer.

gold_drake2d ago

it is, i might be finally able to play Snowboard kids 1 full screen ha.

purple1011d 22h ago

il beat you to the ski-lift,

framerate on snowboard kids was shocking, do you remember./?

talking of shocking framerate and kart racers style games,
Sony had a gem on ps3, with 'Modnation Racers' but again, framerate was so terrible, still fun though, indeed, when is drifting sideways not fun, the answer is never. we have not seen enough of that game, technically some people made race tracks/games in dreams and little big planet etc, but its just not the same,!!! grrrrr

morning rant over.

here, relive some ,memories. https://www.youtube.com/wat...

itBourne1d 20h ago

The load time on ModNation where also excruciatingly long... But man oh man I wish that game took off more, so much fun! Could turn off garbage rubber banding, I had karts with 100's of stickers to design some crazy cool stuff, custom tracks. Fantastic undeappreciated game

gold_drake1d 16h ago

SK1 had a fairly good framerate. sk2 maybe not so much ha

Redgrave1d 16h ago

Some food for thought:

Would you donate your physical copy of a really rare/expensive cartridge (Conkers's BFD, Bomberman 64 Second Attack, Ogre Battle 64, the two Castlevania titles, etc) to those managing this project for the greater good of getting them preserved online for all to experience at some point?

UltimateOwnage1d 16h ago

As long as it meant they never took money from Patreon and invited a DMCA takedown / lawsuit by Nintendo to take it all away. After seeing the whole debacle with Yuzu I now question how long any of these teams can maintain game preservation efforts through emulator development, or otherwise.

franwex1d 12h ago

I mean. They may borrow them…

Profchaos1d 10h ago

Is it realistically needed though I would not personally give anyone my old carts for games that are already persevered and easily available online

Inverno1d 15h ago

The snippet of ray tracing at the end of the og trailer was low-key amazing. I found out thanks to Nerrel who also made a texture pack for MM, and i can't wait to see how much more great this game will be in the near future. With model swaps, ray tracing, retextures, and a more quicker process than decompilation, it's gonna bring new life to N64 games.

Profchaos1d 10h ago

There might need to be a bit of clarification recompilation is not the same as decompilation.

This is basically a container to excite the rom within but allows for all sorts of beat additions and tricks like new lighting effects such as ray tracing to be added.

But decompilation would ultimately be king as it allows for a widespread porting capabilities and uses the assets from games to build a native install for PC or whatever the target system is e.g Mario 64 for PC or sonic mania for psvita / wii

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How EA & Xbox Are Defining Gaming's Bleak Future

Xbox and EA have recently made baffling moves that define how bleak the future of the gaming industry is with major companies at the helm. Ryan Bates from "Last Word on Gaming" posits in this op-ed that maybe it's not ineptitude, but intention.

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Profchaos5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

Name someone that isn't trying to look us these days maybe cdpr.

Take two, ubi and yes even PlayStation are pushing us to own nothing and be happy with our live service ad injected games on a sub so they can raise prices at will and take access away when they see fit.

If it keeps up I'll be a full time retro gamer and this industry will be crashing hard

As rediculas as it sounds we need government reforms to defend consumer rights

gold_drake1d 6h ago

i can tell you that the government or any government has our backs on this. the glo al trend goes to digital.

wait until money is digital only. we are already on the way there.