Technabob » lucasarts http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Play Like a Pirate on Talk Like a Pirate Day http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/18/play-like-a-pirate-on-talk-like-a-pirate-day/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/18/play-like-a-pirate-on-talk-like-a-pirate-day/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:33:19 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=20089 Arrr, matey. September 19 be Talk Like a Pirate Day, and this year, it may also be known as Play Awesome Piratey Games Day. What’s a holiday for pirates without cheap or free pirates games, after all?

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In celebration of everyone putting on weird pirate voices, LucasArts is dropping the price of the Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition on Steam and Direct2Drive to only $5, as well as cutting down the iPhone version’s price to just $4. Those special “holiday” prices last through the 21st. And with a special code from the Telltale Games website, you’ll be able to unlock the demo for Tales of Monkey Island and get the first season at a reduced price. It’s not free, of course, but it’s still full of piratey goodness.

[via Joystiq]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/18/play-like-a-pirate-on-talk-like-a-pirate-day/feed/ 4 Lucidity is Beautiful, Not So Silent [Xbox/Pc] http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/15/lucidity-is-beautiful-not-so-silent-xboxpc/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/09/15/lucidity-is-beautiful-not-so-silent-xboxpc/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:50:11 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=19882 Lucidity…, the new puzzling platformer from LucasArts, will be out later this month, but I have a feeling these charming visuals will hang around in your mind’s eye for a long time. There’s so much to love here, from the bobbled hat and the heroine’s softly rounded face to]]> Lucidity, the new puzzling platformer from LucasArts, will be out later this month, but I have a feeling these charming visuals will hang around in your mind’s eye for a long time.

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There’s so much to love here, from the bobbled hat and the heroine’s softly rounded face to the gorgeous light effects, and that’s even before you get to the fact that Lucidity is the product of the amazing folks at LucasArts.

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Sophie, the game’s protagonist, moves on her own across the screen, while players must manipulate objects in the environment around her. It’s Lemmings for a new day, with an adorable little girl and her adventure. Not sure how it all works? Check out the vid.

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[via Joystiq]

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The first video shows off the enhanced AI engine (called “Euphoria”) which provides each enemy with a “central nervous system,” which makes them intelligent and emotional reactions to stimuli in their environment:

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The second video shows off “Digital Molecular Matter,” which provides objects with much more realistic physical properties than seen in other game engines. Surfaces such as wood don’t simply break into pre-determined pieces, they actually splinter and fragment like they would in real life:

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It’s pretty amazing what the hardware in today’s gaming systems can enable. Let’s hope these technologies make it to the final game, and that other developers follow suit.

[via TechEBlog]

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