Maybe all games are power fantasies, existence given purpose, even if that purpose is to let things fly into you, a mountain in the void. Or, maybe, videogames model solipsistic empowerment: the freedom to look around and think “this is all for me” and be right. The world doesn’t move forward not because it’s an objective reality that looks to the player for guidance, but because it’s a perceived reality filtered through our avatar.
Perhaps, I thought to myself, that the structure of most videogames: placing the player at the center of a world that doesn’t move forward until they do, isn’t a model of empowerment, but a model of subjectivity. Games model subjective experience, asking the player to take on a role – the role of a soldier, a writer, a pirate, a mountain, a team, an army, a nation – and then invest the player in that experiential model by placing them at the center of it. A game about being a mountain is important.” From that, I managed to parse out an answer to my question: games are about empathy. One particular perspective on Mountain crossed my mind again and again: a tweet from Ian Bogost, where he says simply that “Games are about experiencing other things.
Reading about Mountain didn’t shake my resolve on this point, but I did start contemplating possible commonalities between Mountain and other games, in some futile attempt to find some heart of ‘gameness’. I’ve always abided by a performative definition of videogames: that is, if it calls itself a videogame or feels the need to define itself in terms of the videogame medium (that is, things like Gametrekking’s “notgames”), then it is a videogame. Recently, against my better judgment, I found myself contemplating the iOS game Mountain and, I’m ashamed to admit, what exactly makes a videogame a videogame. Smarter people than me have already done so I touch on its appeal a bit, but I won’t defend its quality here. Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days is ready to maim and available now for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.* Author’s Note: Contrarian opinion time! I consider Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days one of the best shooters of the last generation. Given the game's ending (no spoiler), I would definitely like to see a third game in the series. Maybe the idea was to dress so outlandishly, the police would be perplexed and not shoot you immediately? Who knows.Īnyway, IO Interactive looks to be showing Kane & Lynch 2 their support and it is a much better game than it's predecessor, albeit, with some issues. These guys aren't dressed for any kind of tactical action at all, but then again, I'm not quite sure what you're supposed to wear to a robbery.
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I like the idea of the mask DLC, which I'm hoping will just be free as the content is already in game, the masks add to the slight campy feel you already get with the character costumes. Multiplayer does seem very fun from the little I have played of it, but I have been having connectivity issues with it so far and hope that it's just me or that the problem will be resolved soon. Httpv://I have finished the game myself and do agree that it's a very short ride, but it is a pretty crazy one. If you were wondering what some of the products looked like, you're in luck: This limited edition trailer (embedded conveniently for you) shows the masks in use and some extra weapons, leading me to believe the Doggie Bag pack will contain a number of new maps. Unfortunately, there is no pricing information available yet, but I would venture they cost between $5 and $15. Starting August 31, three multiplayer packs will become available for gamers to abuse: 'Multiplayer Mask Pack', 'Alliance Weapon Pack", and 'Doggie Bag Pack'. With Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days released (check out our review here), you can expect that IO Interactive will start rolling out the online content for it, and they will. The newly released Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days will be receiving potentially free DLC on August 31 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC.
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