2011年1月27日星期四

I really put the game through its paces

“When I reviewed EyePet last year, I really put the game through its paces. Being a kids game, though, that's where I drew the line. These guys? I don't think they even have a line.A clip - which is very unsuitable for work/small children's eyes - featuring a blow-up doll and a children's game that makes use of augmented reality was never going to be a thing of beauty. But as crass and juvenile as turning a PlayStation Move controller into a replica Corum 396-152-47-0F01-FM30R Men's watch rubber cock is, watching this video is still the most fun any of us has ever had with the game.[4PlayerPodcast, thanks Adam!]”In controlled environments, Sony's EyePet had looked set to revolutionise the way we interacted with our games. But my house is not a controlled environment.Not that it's not a nice place.

It is! But it's also a place where the lights were installed by me, not by Sony. Where my furniture and windows were placed for everyday use, not for showing off a fiddly camera-based game. And where I'd be spending a whole week with an EyePet—the PlayStation 3's virtual dog-monkey-thing pet largely controlled and cared for via the rarely used PlayStation Eye camera—and not just an hour or two.So cast initial impressions aside: what's it like to spend some time in the real world with a fake pet? replica Corum 396-150-20-B100-FO30R Men's watch The EyePets themselves are almost perfect. Perfectly cute. Part-dog, part-monkey, they'll tug at all but the driest and coldest of heartstrings. Provided, that is, they're able to do what they're told (see below).

DogMonkey See, DogMonkey Do – While there are plenty of things you can do with your EyePet, there are two that stand out; you can teach them to draw, and you can teach them to sing. Drawing involves sketching something on a piece of , holding it up to the PlayStation Eye then seeing the creature replicate your drawing. As something to astonish your friends with, it's up there. Up there with teaching your EyePet to sing, which replica Corum 383-250-20-0F11-FB24R Men's watch requires singing something, then sitting back as the cute little guy copies/mocks your attempt with a Gizmo-like warbling of his own.Can We Keep Him? – When EyePet works, it's mesmerising.