I wish they were all as honest as this. But what would have David Jaffe done if that was about his game?

Nah, I bet he would have loved it.

David Jaffe (THE God of War creator) just finished a completely different kind of project: casual, downloadable, $10 PS3 game "Calling All Cars". Then, Gamespot gave it a 6.7. David didn’t like it, but apparently something in the reviews (he says the IGN one) made them decide to spend a bit more time fixing some problems. Joystiq made fun of him, and he got really mad.

I like to see game developers voicing opinions, and I have my share of secretly (or not so secretly) hated gaming sites and reviewers… but when one of our industry’s best tells a gaming site to just "Fuck you, guys. Go fuck yourselves. […] I hope Kotaku fucking puts your ass out of business, wanna be fucktards", then things have got out of hand.

They are back. Hope your machine is up to the task! (If not, here’s a Youtube alternative)

Indie team Wired Weasel have finally released a public demo of Stick. This game received an award at the 2006 Art Futura videogame development contest, in which I had the honor of being part of the jury. Very simple game, but well polished and it will surely bring a smile to your face.

There is a new trailer for Mercury Steam’s next game, and it is fantastic. Enric & crew are busting their asses, and it´s great to see that the effort is paying (but now we want more in-game footage!). If you like Clive Barker’s horror style (and I certainly do), this will be a must.

Noel Llopis has left High Moon Studios to create his own little studio, Power Of 2 Games. Best of lucks to you two!

Check this out. Derivative, sure, but a great job.

In other news, the shit hit the fan in the UK.

This is a trip down memory lane! Jet Pac Reloaded is now available for download in XBox Live Arcade. For those not insanely old, Jet Pac was an 8-bit game released sometime around 1982. I played it on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and it’s a very dear game to me for several reasons.

This is the game that distinctly made me want to make games. I was 12 years old, but I used to say "someday I will make a Jet Pac".

Can’t wait to check it out. That will have to wait some time still, I just moved into my new apartment and there’s a lot of space to fill before I can concentrate on the geek stuff. 🙂

Will Wright gave a keynote speech at the SXSW conference. i had never heard of it, but if Will was there, it can’t totally suck. 🙂 3pointD has a fantastic transcription.

I’ll keep at least one quote: "Movie: What’s going to happen next? Games: Can I accomplish this?" He also mentions Groundhog Day and Truman Show, both of which are extremely popular among gamers, because they speak about the world in terms that any gamer will recognize.

Speaking of game-like movies, 300 is as brainless yet visually breathtaking as you could ever imagine. Sort of like The Phantom Menace was, minus the disappointment and the childishness.

Go to the GDC page, head to the 2007 Written Proceedings sections, and start downloading! With no way to filter pieces by upload date (to find new downloads), and meaningless filenames, it’s not the most user-friendly system ever created, but it should still be very worth the trouble.