Old News, New Ideas

Ecochrome, the strange game previewed at E3 this year during Sony's Press Conference apparently has people so riled up that they would go out and develop their own level editor before the game even comes out. Sweet Deal.



It's not the highest definition game but that's ok, it's free! Check that out here Weird OLE Coordinate System?

I figured it out in about 5 minutes. The only part of this system that i couldn't figure out was the hyper dimensional stuff that they were doing in the preview, like jumping from the back to the front of the level by lining it up right. I'll get it damnit! Shut up Kevin!

-Ian P.

Thanks to Gamespot, Digista Lab, and The Dudes who found this on the Crysis forums, and the guy who I found it from.

Nothing New to Report, so... Here's A Game Informer Interview With Phil Harrison.

Not a whole lot is going on in the gaming world right now, as you could guess by looking at every game site around the place either reporting on lawsuits or keeping their heads way back in e3-land.

Meanwhilst, us here at D-Pad are supporting our dorkiness by burying our heads in the final Harry Potter book. What can we say -- we're nerds in more than one corner of this big nerdy world.

So, anyway, here's probably the last interesting thing that's come up in recent days. I'd cover a game coming up like Ian has, but there's a podcast coming where we'll be spending like ten minutes espousing three must-have games that may have been lost in the dust (well, maybe just two) of other games in recent weeks and months.

So, for the moment, here's a Game Informer interview with Phil Harrison.

And, for fun, here's the e3 2007 Gameplay trailer for that other weird game at Sony's conference, Patapon.



-K

D-Pad, Episode 2: The Aftermath of E3 And Some 'Arry 'Otter

Click here to hear about:

- E3, Our thoughts on
- Harry Potter, Donald's review of
- Hardcore gamers, Nintendo's abandonment of
- Jokes, of the gay variety
- And much more!

Gamespot Talks With Neil Young

Not that one, the one that runs EALA, the division of the uber-publisher that is working on Steven Spielberg's two new games, LMNO (for 360/PS3) and PQRS (for Wii).

-K

E3 Q&A: EALA on Spielberg's PQRS, LMNO

D-Pad, The Podcast: Episode 1 - Past, Future... PRESENTS!

We here at D-Pad are proud to introduce our other feature, besides random inane talk: our podcast. Which is filled with... random, inane talk. You can't win 'em all. Don't even bother. Trust on this; we're not experts or anything, but who else can you trust?

Download it directly to your hard drive by doing the 'ol "right-click and save" here.

Expect us to do more, whether you listen or not. So just listen. You'll feel better about it.

Trust us. On this episode, we introduce ourselves, state our experience, talk up the pros and cons of each console, and look into this fuzzy crystal ball-shaped thing (read: TAKE WILD GUESSES) at the upcoming E3 Business And Media Summit's big surprises.

Now, just click the link.

Do it.

We have punch and pie available for those that do listen.*







*note: only we may have the punch and pie. No p&p for you. Philistines.**

**note: sorry about that "philistines" comment. Sometimes we just get too full of ourselves.***

***note: Well, just Kevin. ****

****note: He's a real jerk, don't you think?