A geek, gamer, programmer and Dtoider from Israel. I'm primarily a PC gamer with a few PS3 games. I know my way around C#, Java, Javascript, HTML & CSS. I usually post gaming-related items along with great music, funny things and my own thoughts on plenty of things.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Videoblogging from Eurogamer Expo 2011
From September 22nd to the 25th, Eurogamer Expo 2011 takes place in Earl’s Court, London, UK, and I will be there! Not only am I planning to play a ton of kickass upcoming games and attend some great developer sessions, but I’m also going to videotape parts of it and post them online on my blog!
From gameplay videos, to general expo videos, to possibly even more, all will be posted on my YouTube channel, this blog and my Twitter timeline. Follow me on Tumblr/Twitter or subscribe using your RSS reader of choice to get updates on Eurogamer Expo from the event and every single video I post from it.
I will be using an iPhone 4 as a video camera as I don’t own a dedicated one, but that’s also a good thing: I’ll try and post HD 720p videos from the event as soon as possible via the Expo’s WiFi network, so videos will be available in no time.
I can’t wait!
This is why I love Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Controller for Windows.
Even though I’m not an Xbox 360 gamer, but actually a PC/PS3 gamer, I just love the 360’s controllers. Yeah, I know that sounds weird, but that’s the case. I like to play a lot of games with a joystick, specifically Psychonauts, Trine, Overlord: Raising Hell, FLOCK!, Braid, GTA IV and Mirror’s Edge. Mirror’s Edge is the only FPS I like to play with a joystick, mostly because you don’t need the high precision you get with a computer mouse, and because it feels better to play it with a controller.
First of all: they’re very, very comfortable. I like how the first joystick is placed on the top-left part, rather than at the bottom-left part like in Sony’s controllers. Sony’s “buttons-here-joysticks-there” approach doesn’t work these days. Every game has joystick control, and in most cases it’s mandatory, or just so bad with the D-Pad. You hear that, Sony? Improve your controllers! They’re lacking. It’s so much more comfortable to use the 360 controller, because of that, and other reasons.
Another reason is the controller’s overall design. Not only does it look better, but it also feels better in your hands, better than any generic controller, or at least Sony’s, in my opinion.
A third reason is controller rumble and pressure-sensitive triggers, which most generic PC controllers don’t have. Having pressure sensitivity is a great thing, like in GTA IV: pressing the trigger just a bit enters free-aim mode, and holding it stronger enters auto-aim mode. This makes toggling or having a button for each seem bad and primitive, huh?
The last reason is the best one. I love these controllers because they introduce a new, well-needed standard for PC games: controller support and auto-configuration. Every time I enter a game that supports these controllers and switch mine on, it automatically configures the buttons and changes every key indication on-screen appropriately.
Like with Mirror’s Edge. I open the game, turn on my controller, and… BAM!
BAM!
BA—Oh, right.
What do you think of Microsoft’s controllers?
