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E3 Activity Book: Fun With No Purpose
7:00AM Owen Good | For those too young to attend E3 – which is to say, damn near all of us – B-Miggs and Agent B have cooked up their latest laugher: The E3 Activity Book for Kids, with its deadly accurate Nintendo presser mad libs. More »
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Silicon Knights Hires Bean Counter as VP, Has Him Hand Out Swords
12:20AM Brian Crecente | Too Human developer Silicon Knights hired Michael Mays, a “skilled financier” with nearly 20 years financial experience, as their new vice president. More »
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Silicon Knights Exec Leaves Company
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Rob DePetris, vice-president of finance for Canadian developer Silicon Knights, has left the company. His reason? More »
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What’s Working for Denis Dyack Like
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Right before you go to sleep, ever wonder what it’s like to work for Too Human creator Denis Dyack? Neither do we. But let’s say, hypothetically, that you did wonder that. Read what some Too Human employees say about Dyack: Carman Dix, Art director of Too Human: Underneath, Denis is still that boy that genuinely loves video games with a passion. Henry Sterchi, Director of design of Too Human: Denis is sincerely passionate about the quality of everything Silicon Knights does, and with that passion comes some of his outspokenness and desire to interact with the community. Steve Henifin, Audio director of Too Human: One of the things I like about Denis is that he is a tenacious person and he takes risks. I respect him for that, because I’m the same way. That’s nice and all… What do you really think? ‘Too Human’ Developers Share Impressions Of Denis Dyack [Multiplayer] [Pic] More »
Too Human Review: Dyack’s Human Too
4:00AM Brian Crecente | Too Human is neither as good nor as bad as many have made it out to be. The action role-playing game, nearly ten years in the making, built up quite a storm of controversy and expectations as it tumbled its way to completion and release. The game tackles a retelling of Norse mythology with a cyber twist and works to reinvent the way people play button mashers. In the game the most loved god in Norse mythos, Baldur must contend with enemies on all sides and balance his desire for revenge with thoughts of the greater good. Too Human set out to be epic and it delivered on at least one level: Denis Dyack’s painfully personal reaction to the previews and reviews made for a soap opera drama of epic proportions on gaming forums and websites international. But what about the game, did it deliver on the same epic level as Dyack’s wounded ego? More »
Microsoft Compares Too Human To Star Wars And Lord of The Rings
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Once again that Microsoft has “Never Say Die!” tattooed in neon green across its corporate chest, the company has announced it is sticking by Denis Dyack and Too Human. While the reviews have been mixed at best, Microsoft states: Microsoft Game Studios and Silicon Knights are committed to finishing the first instalment, but Too Human is an overarching epic with a rich and vast game universe that cannot be told in one instalment. This game will begin the saga of the god Baldur in the narrative tradition of classic trilogies, such as Star Wars and Lord Of The Rings. We will talk about the full trilogy and we are very excited about its potential. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Too Human? All in the same Microsoft breath. Too Human trilogy ‘very exciting’, says Microsoft [MCVUK] More »
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Dyack: Canadian Town’s Future Riding on Too Human
2:20AM Brian Crecente | Too Human isn’t just a science fiction reinterpretation of Norse mythology, nor is it just a philosophical look at humanity’s growing reliance on technology, nor is it just a cautionary tale about the nature of war, nor is it just an action game. Definitely don’t judge it as just an action game. No, Too Human is, among all of these other things, a chance at salvation for an entire city in Ontario, Canada. Or thus spake Dyack in a recent interview with his home town paper. More »
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Epic Has ‘Defrauded Us, And Major Portion of Industry’
10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | Once again proving that legal metabolism is slow, the Silicon Knights vs. Epic court battle slogs on. It’s been a year since developer Silicon Knights filed suit against Epic, claiming that Epic had “failed to provide a working game engine”. Silicon Knights went on to ditch the Unreal Engine 3 that it had licenced from Epic and finished Too Human with its own engine. Says Dyack: Well the trial is proceeding, we feel really good about our claims, and we’re hopeful that justice will be done. We all feel really strongly that they have defrauded us, and a major portion of the industry. The Unreal Engine is still the industry’s most popular third party engine. SK v Epic: ‘Justice will be done’ says Dyack [Develop] More »
It Finally Happened. Too Human Went Gold.
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Almost a decade and a couple platforms later, Microsoft has announced that, yes, Too Human’s gone gold. There’s even a demo of Denis Dyack’s game up on LIVE to prove it. It’s apparently been downloaded more than another action demo on LIVE Marketplace in its first week. That’s what Microsoft says! Feel free to download it. Or not. It’s your choice. Hit the jump for the full press release with pre-order info: More »
