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Tetsuya Mizuguchi on Rez HD, Game Design, the Future
6:30AM Maggie Greene | Gamasutra has an interesting (if spotty at points) article up with Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the man behind Rez and Lumines (Lumines Live! is one of those games I have to be careful about playing, since I find it oh—so—hard to put it down), talking about proper vibrator placement while playing Rez, the future of Dadaist games, and emotional depth in games: More »
Mizuguchi: I’m Too Artistic, I Know
11:40AM Kotaku US Edition | Tetsuya Mizuguchi, founder of Q Entertainment and best known for his work on Rez, Space Channel 5 and Lumines took the stage at DICE today to talk about the future of gaming and give attendees a quick history lesson on all things MIzuguchi. His talk, titled “Art vs. Commerce” focused on his career-long struggle to balance the artistic and the fiscally responsible. From the wildly successful Sega Rally—which sold 20,000 full-sized arcade units and 1.5 million on consoles and PCs—to the commercial underperformer Rez—a game for which he declined to offer sales data. More »
9:00PM Luke Plunkett | REZ HD REMINDER – Just a quiockremunder tht Rez HD is now out on the Xbox Live Markwtplace. Im playing it eright now, actyuall. Its great, the vibrating contrl pads are bpth pleasurabl and theraptic, thigh they make typong a little difficult. More »
Chessmaster LIVE (And Rez HD) Coming to XBLA
5:40AM Mark Wilson | You probably already know that Rez HD is coming to Xbox LIVE this Wednesday (don’t forget to read our impressions, btw), so we’ll refrain from rehashing what is now a nugget of your wisdom in snarky blogger format. Instead we’ll just mention that Ubisoft’s Chessmaster LIVE is coming this week as well. With a multitude of boards, online play (surprise) and extra game modes, chess players can decide whether or not it’s worth their 800 points. Because while Chessmaster LIVE looks good and everything, it’s no Battle Chess. More »
Three Vibe Hands-On With Rez HD
12:45PM Flynn De Marco | A few days ago I headed to downtown San Francisco to meet up with the Tetsuya Mizuguchi and the folks from Q Entertainment as they did their final push for Rez HD before it officially hits XBLA this coming Wednesday. I was ushered into a hotel room and seated on a comfy couch in front of a nice big screen displaying the familiar beats and graphics of Rez. The next thing I knew I was being handed three different controllers: one was placed behind my back, one on the floor under my feet and the third in my hands to control the game. This, I was told, was “the Miz way” to play. As it turned out, the Miz way was the way to go. They fired up the game, I chose my level and as soon as it started I could feel the first pulses of vibration at the small of my back, at my feet and in my hands. As the level progressed the vibration became more intense and the controllers did not always vibrate in tandem, sometimes they ping-ponged back and forth creating a unique sensation. Having only played the Dreamcast version and not being among the small number of people to have actually gotten a hold of a trance vibrator, I had no idea how immersive having all that extra vibration could be. If you have played Rez before and were on the fence about getting Rez HD, the multiple controller vibration (it can support up to four) should be enough to push you over the side. When we saw the game demoed in Tokyo last year, they were still undecided on how they would incorporate the vibration into the game. One thing they didn’t want to have to do was design a new peripheral, so they needed to come up with something else as Mizuguchi explains… More »
“If I Have A Reason, I Will Remake Space Channel 5″
7:30PM Brian Ashcraft | Rez HD? Can’t wait. The game is getting released next week on Xbox Live Arcade. What does that mean for folks who don’t own an Xbox 360? Tetsuya Mizuguchi (Rez, Space Channel 5, Lumines) says: We started on Xbox 360, but we have no reason not to provide this game to other platforms. So, while we’re in this share-the-love frame of mind, how about Space Channel 5 HD? If I had a reason to remake Space Channel 5 on the new platforms, I will do that. Oh, but you do, you do! Miz Interview [Game|Life] More »
Rez HD To Join Us Next Wednesday?
5:09PM Luke Plunkett | Rez HD is coming to Xbox Live Arcade soon. Maybe, very soon. Speaking with Eurogamer, a Q Entertainment spokesperson offered this sugar-coated, snacky tease: The game is being prepped and it’s just waiting for the green light. Maybe next week? Maybe, huh? Great. Wait, was that a wink? And was that a nudge? What are you trying to do here, Q, get our hopes up? We already know Ubisoft’s Chessmaster Live will be appearing next Wednesday, so our extremities are crossed that Rez will be joining it. Rez HD “maybe next week”, says Q [Eurogamer] More »
Want Rez HD Free?
9:00AM Michael McWhertor | If 800 Microsoft Points is “too much” for a hi-def remake of one of the best video games of all time, by all means, go ahead and register to win one of fifty copies of Rez HD. It’s no skin off my back if you want to fill out a registration form at the official Rez HD site and skirt the payment, you cheap son of a bitch. However, if you do have the gall to weasel your way into a free code for the Xbox Live Arcade version, do me a favor and don’t tick the radio button on the survey that says “I’m a fan of Tetsuya Mizuguchi” because you’ll be lying. The man’s got kids to feed and you’re trying to shortchange him and the rest of the underpaid Q Entertainment staff. People like you make me sick. Rez HD Official Site More »
Rez HD Will Actually Support Trance Vibration.
3:35PM Luke Plunkett | Never used it myself (I played the original on Dreamcast), but certain flavours of gamer were big, big fans of Sega’s “Trance Vibrator” peripheral for the PS2 version of Rez. So it’s a shame we won’t be getting one for the 360 version, right? No shame here. Microsoft have told Joystiq that any additional 360 controllers you’ve got lying around the house can be commandeered by the game to serve as…well, vibrators. Indeed, the game will support up to three of them, just in case you need to…OK, you know what, never mind. Rez HD: extra controllers double as trance vibrators (seriously) [Joystiq] More »
