Grave Gamer News & Views — gdc

“I feel like we rarely see new creations from Japan anymore.  We just stick to our memories and we re-release HD versions of games. That is the upper limit of what we are showing to our users today and that is not what our users want.”

Keiji Inafune, Mega Man’s father and lifelong video game pioneer, lambasting the state of Japanese video games at 2012’s Game Developer’s Conference.  Inafune continued to prod at Japanese developers in his speech, hoping to light a fire beneath their collective asses and push them to experiment, persevere, and avoid the easy route in order to deliver innovative experiences.

Ignoring Keiji is the first of many grave mistakes that will lead you to ruin, world.

Quantic Dream’s ’Kara’ Tech Demo Will Have You Tripping Over Your Jaw

Let me get it out of the way: this footage is fucking extraordinary.

If you were under the impression Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain pushed graphical boundaries, witness the developer knock them right down.  While the video above may seem like it could be toting the next generation’s capabilities, Karais actually rendered on the...