While today’s gamers sit in front of their televisions with our eyes glued to the screen and hands affixed to their controller we may forget just how video games all started. Long before PlayStation and the Xbox become house hold names in 1972 Ralph H. Baer , a.k.a “Father of Video Games” invented the first home video game console, the Magnavox Odyssey, which also pre-dates the Atari 2600. At the age of 89 Baer has witnessed the evolution of gaming first hand as video games have made the huge technical leap forward from Pong to Uncharted. And while players may be impressed with the changing face of video games over the decades, Baer isn’t too happy with what the industry has become. I think it’s a disgrace,” Baer stated in a recent interview. “What I created got abominated. You can see the same thing in music, literature, art — any form of art,” he added. Despite his dissatisfaction with the entertainment medium he helped create nearly 50 years ago, Ralph H. Baer is still proud of his contribution to the video game industry. In the late 80s Baer created the first motion controller for the Nintendo NES system ( which Nintendo rejected at the time ) that involved a camera mounted on a television which tracked a player’s movements. Sounds a lot like the Eye Toy doesn’t it? Via

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The Father of Video Games Calls Current State of the Industry a “Disgrace”.

Capcom has released a new Dragon’s Dogma trailer along with some new screens FOR US TO CHECK OUT. Take a look at the screens after the video, all of which can be found after the break: Here’s what Capcom had to say about the new trailer When the countryside is filled with dragons, griffons, hydras and who knows what else, you don’t want to go it alone. Enter the Pawns, a gaggle of customizable, recruitable semi-humans who follow you throughout the adventure. They help fight creatures, gather loot and over time learn new tactics based on their experience. Our new trailer explains more Source: Capcom

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New Dragon’s Dogma Pawn’s Trailer and screens

Bethesda released this video bringing to life the concept art of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. There is also a great flickr slide show below, showcasing over 40 pictures. Watch it full screen for the full effect. You can click on any of the pictures to be brought to that picture on flickr. There you can view it in all sizes, and download them if you would like to have one or more set as a desktop like I did.

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The Concept Art of Skyrim

If you like having a “bloody” good time, solid combat, exploring an open world while upgrading and collecting weapons, or just like zombies in general, then Dead Island will keep you entertained for countless hours. Read my full review of Dead Island here , and enter below for your chance to win this awesome game! Please like & follow Dead Island on Facebook & Twitter. It’s because of them we are having this giveaway! So show them some love. Follow @deadislandgame [Worth up to 5 Entries] Purchase Lottery Ticket for 150 Points for a entry into the lottery. Here are all the possible ways to earn points . [Worth 1 Entry] Like the giveaway post on the lottery page (not the actual post itself) via Facebook. Then post a comment to your facebook wall from the lottery page. [EARN 20 Points] [Worth 1 Entry] Follow @ps3blogdotnet on Twitter. Then there will be a tweet button. You just have to click that & tweet the exact text in the pop-up . Then a notification will pop up saying your entry was successful. [EARN 20 Points] [Worth 1 Entry] Use the Google +1 button on the lottery page (not the actual post itself), then share on your Google+ profile to complete your entry. [EARN 20 Points] [Worth 1 Entry] First, be a fan of our our Facebook page . On the left sidebar, there is a [Giveaway] link. Go there and at the bottom there is a “Enter Contest” button you can click for your Facebook PS3Blog.net Fan Page entry. Note: Make sure you’re logged into PS3Blog.net before you click the button. [EARN 5 Points] [Worth 1 Entry] Subscribe to our YouTube Channel . We will post a bulletin. Follow the link & it will count as your YouTube entry. Note: Make sure you’re logged into PS3Blog.net before you click the link. [EARN 5 Points] [Bonus 4 Entries] After you have purchased at least one lottery ticket you are eligible for video entries. Make a video saying why you want to win. It can be funny, unique, strange, etc. Have fun with it. Include PS3Blog.net and the name of the item being given away in your video & in the title of the video. Then use the button above to submit your video for review. Also leave a comment below with a link to your YouTube video. [EARN 20 Points] Here are the most recent YouTube video entries for all lotteries on PS3Blog.net with the most recent ones displayed first. Make sure you get all of your entries in! The giveaway ends at 11:59PM MDT, October 31st, which will be at the time this countdown ends:

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Carnivores: Ice Age is a very fun game that improves upon Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter and is an affordable and interesting option in the minis range of games. For the full review, you can just click here and read all about it! Beatshapers have been kind enough to provide us with 6 copies of the game that you can win here at PS3Blog.net! How do you enter? Read after the break for all the details. Good luck! Please like & follow Beatshapers on Facebook & Twitter. It’s because of them we are having this giveaway! So show them some love. Follow @http://twitter.com/#!/Beatshapers [Worth up to 5 Entries] Click the button above to buy lottery entries with points earned on PS3Blog.net. Each ticket is only 50 points each. Here are all the possible ways to earn points . After you donate, refresh the page to see your entry in the list on the right. On the left, you can see your chance of winning the lottery, points spent on the lottery, and how many times you entered the lottery. [Worth 1 Entry] Like the giveaway post on the lottery page (not the actual post itself) via Facebook. Then post a comment to your facebook wall from the lottery page. This will cost you 1 point [Worth 1 Entry] Follow @ps3blogdotnet on Twitter. Then there will be a tweet button. You just have to click that & tweet the exact text in the pop-up . Then a notification will pop up saying your entry was successful. Press OK & your entry is complete. This will cost you 2 points [Worth 1 Entry] Use the Google +1 button on the lottery page (not the actual post itself), then share on your Google+ profile to complete your entry. This will cost you 3 points [Worth 1 Entry] First, be a fan of our our Facebook page . On the left sidebar, there is a [Giveaway] link. Go there and at the bottom there is a “Enter Contest” button you can click for your Facebook PS3Blog.net Fan Page entry. Note: Make sure you’re logged into PS3Blog.net before you click the button. This will cost you 4 points [Worth 1 Entry] Subscribe to our YouTube Channel . We will post a bulletin. Follow the link & it will count as your YouTube entry. Note: Make sure you’re logged into PS3Blog.net before you click the link. This will cost you 5 points [Bonus 4 Entries] After you have donated at least once to the lottery you are eligible to get bonus entries. Make a video saying why you want to win. It can be funny, unique, strange, etc. Have fun with it. Include PS3Blog.net and the name of the item being given away in your video & in the title of the video. Then use the button above to submit your video for review. Also leave a comment below with a link to your YouTube video. Here are the most recent YouTube video entries for all lotteries on PS3Blog.net with the most recent ones displayed first. Make sure you get all of your entries in! The giveaway ends at 11:59PM MDT, October 19, which will be at the time this countdown ends:

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Watch the sixth and final RAGE gameplay video — ‘Jackal Canyon: Recover the Decrypter’. Enter your date of birth to access this video. In this video, the Resistance has heard rumors of an Ark surfacing in Jackal Valley, and they need you to search the site for a valuable data decrypter. Finding it won’t be easy as the valley is home to one of the Wastelands most brutal factions, the savage Jackal Clan. RAGE releases next week in North America on Tuesday, October 4th (October 7th in Europe).

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Rage Gameplay: Jackal Canyon: Recover the Decrypter

“This Fall, experience the phenomenon that is taking the world by storm: Professor Genki’s Super Ethical Reality Climax, Steelport’s most popular survival game show in Saints Row: The Third. Contestants from around the globe compete for cash, prized, and their own lives in games of death and dismemberment. It’s fun for the whole family.” Of course this video isn’t for the whole family, and is therefore required to be behind the age gate. Also, there is a warning that the blinking lights may cause a seizure, so be careful! Enter your date of birth to access this video. Saints Row: The Third is set to be released on November 15th in America and November 18th in Europe, 2011.

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Alright, We had this fantastic review for Deus Ex: Human Revolution done by our own PR Manager: Oly. After reading the review, I just drove to the store and got me a copy before they run out! We barely get any new releases here in the middle east, but when we do, they cost a fortune “by our economy standards”. Here is the unboxing video and keep in mind that EdEN have talked me into this, so don’t accept candies from EdEN! I played through the first mission and I thought it was a great, I can’t wait till my kids go to sleep, so I can get my daily dose of Deus Ex! Note: The code I mentioned at the end of the video is actually the Explosive mission pack and the tactical enhancement pack redeeming code.

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Hamilton’s Great Adventure, is truly a Great puzzle game, and our very own EdEN gave the game a 94/100. Make sure you check out his entire review here . We had a total of 5 US PSN codes to giveaway thanks to FatShark games!! Here is a video of the random selection of winners. Sorry guy’s I forgot to save the video. It went like this: list of all entries… random shuffling… random picks… premiersoupir, dragon290513, Darklurkr23, Jason, Jason, Jay, and Cheeto Jay’s entery was a mistake and Jason doesn’t need two codes soo.. Congrats to premiersoupir, dragon290513, Darklurkr23, Jason, and Cheeto. Your codes have been PMed to you here on the site. Enjoy!

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A lot of people contacted me about my last post on Sony’s development tool choice for the upcoming PlayStation Suite. Many people agreed with me, but many others did not and honestly believe that Microosft/C#/Visual Studio is really the best, easiest, and most popular way to program software. I can summarize my rebuttal to that in three words: The Strange Loop . This is one of the best, if not the best, programming conference that covers the most cutting edge programming concepts, applied technology, and paradigms. There are lots of programmer conferences and meetups, but this is the main event. This really gives you a feel for what the brightest programmers of today are really passionate about. (BTW, this is a yearly event, going on right now, and my current manager, and several coworkers flew to St. Louis on their own dime becuase it is that good). Skim through their session list . You can see lots of excitement and use of the JVM (Java Virtual Machine), which you will notice almost no one is using for the Java language but the newer more elegant languages such as Scala, Clojure, and Groovy. There’s also lots of excitement about Git, monads, cloud computing, iPhone/Android, HTML5, etc. The number of sessions that are interested in Microsoft developer tools are very few. Absolutely zero mention C# or Visual Studio. There’s one speaker from Microsoft (speaking on category theory and monads) and another session about F# (which is Microsoft’s more elegant, cutting edge language), but that’s it. Secondly, most of the recent success stories in software don’t use Microsoft development tools. The developers at Twitter are fanatical about Scala. The Facebook devs write lots of PHP but their core fancy massively parallel database (Cassandra, which they open sourced) is completely written in Java. Mint and Pandora were created on Java/JVM development stacks. Amazon has a heavy investment in Java and a few other non-Microsoft infrastructure pieces (going by their job postings and past Amazon developer speakers). Most people think Netflix is all Microsoft tech, becasue they have an exclusivity deal with Microsoft on the web client to only use Silverlight and that’s the piece that people see, but internally, Netflix predominantly uses Java and some C. Talk to most of the programmers working with university academics in the natural science, and Python is prevalent (see the SciPy conference). Even look at Microsoft’s Bing: you think it’s built in C# or .NET or Visual Studio? Nope, it’s all Java and Hadoop on the server-side (well they basically acquired it from Yahoo). I will say this. In the English speaking video gaming blogosphere, particularly among the non-programmers or very light programmers, Microsoft’s developer brands have by far the most brand awareness influence. This is for a few reasons: The big video game competitors, Nintendo and Sony, don’t have a stake in software development tools and brands. They don’t have their own IDEs, languages, and VMs, and don’t have interest in that field either. The other big players in development tools don’t have such a large consumer presence as Microsoft. There are tons of smaller companies pushing game development kits for hobbyists. Adobe Flash has probably been the most successful at making game developer tools that are successfully used by hobbyist and entry level developers. But Microsoft is really the only company with both a large consumer presence and a large investment in developer tool brands that is heavily advocating to the hobbyist game developers. This may change in the near future with Google who is under strong lawsuit pressure to move away from Java, has serious interest in video games on the web and on Android, and has two large programming language projects (Dart and Spot) rumored to be near unveiling. The Microsoft fan culture, among adult managers, is generally all Microsoft all the time. Even if 99% of people think that the Microsoft web browser is ridiculously inferior compared to the competition, Microsoft fan mangers enforce it’s adoption rigorously just because it’s Microsoft. Somehow, they mentally equate using Microsoft software with maturity, and anyone who prefers another product for any reason is being childish, silly, and just being a hater. Go to a SharePoint Saturday conference: you will see seemingly normal looking adults who obsess about pushing obscure bits of Microsoft tech on others for no apparent reason. Contrast that with the Java/JVM community or the Python community. The Python community has a heart of its own and isn’t centrally driven at all, which you can tell by the general refusal to adopt Python 3.x. Most of the people who are writing amazing software in Java, actually hate Oracle, and have zero loyalty to Java as a language or the corporate backers. I’m talking about the guys who wrote Scala or Clojure or Fantom or Hadoop or Cassandra or Lucene or all of the other big success software projects that use Java internally. The great part about this, is that technologies and paradigms generally don’t gain traction because the corporate backer says so and spent a bunch of money on developer advocacy and expensive media circus keynote speeches, but instead because the stuff is actually good. The downside is that you don’t have a strong central voice to do the consumer style advocacy that are needed to win over the more consumer driven minds of the video gaming crowd.

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Programming Tools Part 2