Curmudgeon Gamer

20 December 2007

UT3 PS3 can't download mods directly: true

But this isn't news, despite complaints by Penny Arcade and now Kotaku:

FileFront has the download and installation instructions, which, curiously, point out that removable storage of some sort is required for import. Whether it be compact flash, Memory Stick or simply a USB thumb drive, it seems one can't simply download to the PS3's built-in mass storage via the internet browser. What's up with that?

Believe it or not, this was known almost a full month ago. I remembered reading it today after Mike sent me the Penny Arcade link. Read it:

What we do to finalize it, make sure it makes the most efficient use of memory, and runs the fastest, is we bake it down to the PS3 version, but that's just like saving a file in Word in a different format. If you save it on a PlayStation 3 format, you can stick it on the Internet, and someone can download it, put it on a memory card [USB drive, memory stick], and import it into their PlayStation 3 version of the game. That works really well.

Awkward? Yes. Should it have been fixed before launch? Of course. Sony needs to fix it ASAP. I recall having trouble downloading themes directly from the PS3 browser too. And remember, this is the same outfit that hasn't gotten movie downloads online yet and can't seem to make an online PSP storefront that doesn't involve another machine (Windows PC or PS3).

But, hey, free fricking mods and levels, people. For all the kvetching we see over paid downloadable content, isn't free better, even if it takes a tiny bit of elbow grease? Jeepers.

And, no, that's not Free. It's free.

Labels: business, modding, online distribution, ps3, sony

--jvm at 23:45

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29 May 2007

Lara Croft, next-generation doll

If you ever doubted that Lara was eseentially a 3D dress-up doll for some people, well, this thread at Tomb Raider Forums will set you straight. Her model in Tomb Raider Anniversary demo can be retextured and people have been remaking her at will. Here's what she looks like in the demo:

And here are a couple of reworkings by TR Forum denizen jvjv:

Wow. Just...wow.

Labels: modding, tomb raider

--jvm at 21:17

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