Crunch time = sick guy ? Dont worry house will fix it!
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New episode of season 6 is about some dude who collapses during crunch time and has some weird illnesses starts hallucinating the video game at one point!
awesome episode!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/100171/house-epic-fail
awesome episode!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/100171/house-epic-fail
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IMHO, it's the worst episodes of house I've seen, based on their cheesy interpretation of what VR or videogames are.
Also: Needs moar Cuddy
Rarely do I stop watching House once I've started an episode, but yah, that opening was so cheesy (and classic misrepresentation of the games industry) that I stopped watching once it was done. Would it kill the entertainment inudstry to get the game industry down right for once? They were doing so well with Grandma's Boy.
Lol grandma's boy gotta watch that my friends said it was lofl.
Amusing tidbit: the 'game' the main character is working on was actually supposed to be a launch title for the Xbox, which is why it looks like an actual game.
And its funny how dev office at the beginning ... looks just like the grandmas boy dev studio haha!
No sir, the original Xbox. Called Demonik.
http://www.skankerzero.com/
Scroll down a little bit and you will see grandma's boy...
It was kind of cool though, seeing the guy trippin'. When the hospital turned into the game.
Well the in-game characters were animated to speak at the same time the players spoke so its arguable that the headsets were required to do that
Yes of course, i think its only reasonable to expect that Hugh Laurie and the entire cast and crew of the show should be just as up to date on the culture of industry and working habits of game industry professionals, as we, game industry professionals are. Tottally reasonable.
Yeah it was cheesy, but its house, so you know whatever i still watched it.
I find it pretty hilarious that you mention grandmas boy, you've worked in a studio before havent you James? Grandmas boy its just slightly, very slightly better than those "tighten up the graphics" commercials when it comes to an accurate representation of game development. I find it very ironic you would say how bad the house thing is, and then bring up that terrible movie as the shining beacon of hope.
And why the hell is the sick gamedeveloper a rich guy? It's like we're all rich... I wish.
HOUSE FTW btw! :P
I heard the bitmapping was super smooth.
close, but thst should be;
"Grandma's Boy is to us what Star Trek is to astrophysicists." as star trek at least has a few things that can be relate-able to that field with out blood gushing from the ears and eyes.
yeah... the bitmapping is SWEEEEET.
On the other side of your point, I *totally* think it's only reasonable and responsible that Hugh Laurie, his entire supporting cast and crew, along with most likely a copious amount of writers, researchers, etc, should deem their representation of the industry I'm involved in as relatable and enjoyable to me, whilst adding to the already skewed opinion of our industry from the point of the general public.
I still watched it, too.
the texturing was very miamoto
Players throwing their arm around because of gimmicky white plastic games controllers ? Check.
Expensive useless attempt at VR tech for the masses ? Check. (hint : it's red plastic this time)
Headset interaction even if in the same room ? Check. Yep, LAN play!
Generic cannon fodder ennemies? Check.
Cliche team of heroes? Check.
Female player going "wouah this looks so reeeeeeeal!" when seeing a decent looking game : Check (hint : your ex girlfriend)
Game visuals getting close to movie quality visuals : Check.
Now you can complain on how they used brute force rendering to put the piece together for a TV show instead a licensing an engine and creating assets for it. But see, it would make no sense to do so, because it would cost a LOT more to do.
I'd rather rant about magical 'Oh can you magnify that for me please?' 1000000000000 dpi pictures on forensics shows, thankyou!
House is cool.