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Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:01:53 +0000

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By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:12:12 +0000

By: Philip

Philip — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:56:07 +0000

I’m glad to say I’m not the only one who doesn’t feel entirely comfortable with randomly running over Velociraptors without cause. Maybe it’s because the game features feathered dinos rather than the more “evil” looking Deinonychus/Utahraptors featured in Jurassic Park. In the game they almost look like a dinosaur that’s wandered into Viva Pinata. :-P

I’m also slightly confused by the emphasis on this being physics-based, when some of the physics on display in the demo looks a little ropey, especially when the car starts flipping/barrel-rolling. Maybe I’m just getting old and jaded though…

By: md

md — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:57:39 +0000

for some reason that reminds me of ‘big red racing’ (demo here). no problem there though, thats a game for which ive patiently been waiting 10 years for a remake of.

By: Justin Sherrill

Justin Sherrill — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:51:38 +0000

This is both awesome and awful: awesome cause, well, obvious reasons.

Awful, because it would be fun to play with my kids except they’d be all sad the chickens were getting dragged around. It is kinda mean.

Maybe an establishing scene where the dinosaurs are really mean to someone; perhaps stomping on their house?

Or more explosions.

By: terry

terry — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:04:03 +0000

Jack Thompson is going to just love this one, I can tell.

By: JakethePirate

JakethePirate — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:08:48 +0000

Ineffable genius.

By: Optimaximal

Optimaximal — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:40:33 +0000

After saying that it seemed a bit unfair, having a dude in a jeep chasing velociraptors with a spiky ball on Funmotion, Matthew put up a pic of the driver:

http://www.raptorsafari.com/driver.jpg

That’s right. It’s wearing a pith helmet and MONOCLE. Truly, the best player character ever.

That presents a disturbing dilemma…

That raptor is raging a physics-based war against its own species – does that mean we might face a situation where fat lordish british royalty don their own pith helmets & monocles and proceed to terrorise us in their Jags in ol’ Landahn Tahn?

By: No Picnic

No Picnic — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:30:24 +0000

Is your family prepared?

American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention
http://www.velociraptors.info/

“Velociraptor attack is the 3rd leading cause of death for men age 27-29. However, everyone must think about the implications of velociraptors: young and old, men, women and transgendered persons.”

By: Flibster

Flibster — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:25:49 +0000

This has to be the funniest thing i’ve seen all day, the misleading title leading you to believe it’s some kind of educational immersive sim, then BOOM! Raptormageddon! Will definitely check this one out on release :D

By: Max

Max — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:23:31 +0000

Best trailer evar. I particularly liked the bit where he crushed the ‘raptor against the rock. :D

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:21:52 +0000

Reminds me of an off road Trackmania with dinosaurs. I’m addicted to Trackmania Nations, but it has a certain lack of Cretaceous creatures. This could be my new favorite game.