Milo and Kate
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Peter Molyneux's cancelled Kinect-based project. It features a young boy who interacts with the player by recognizing facial features and the tone of the player's voice.
Milo (And Kate) Appears at TEDGlobal
After a mini-PR campaign launched by Microsoft revealed that Lionhead Studios is still developing the Milo project, the Kinect-controlled simulation has now had its first public demonstration since E3 2009.
At TED, Peter Molyneux took the stage and allowed a demonstrator to show off the curious title for those in attendance. According to Wired UK's coverage, a few different scenes were shown, one being the inside of a house, where the demonstrator had Milo clean up his bedroom. Another was outside by a pond, where the player was asked to teach the boy how to skip stones. The best one, of course, was outside in an area with snails, where the aforementioned murder of mollusks occurred.
== TEASER ==Molyneux said no one's Milo will be the same. Mine will certainly be different. I can't wait to teach my Milo how to dispose of bodies, operate by a strict code, and lead a double life in a posh Miami flat. (It all starts with this kind of innocent snail-smashing stuff, you know.)
As Joystiq points out, a more traditional narrative structure for Milo--which is now being called properly Milo and Kate--was also revealed during the demonstration. The game will revolve around a Milo who has just moved and wants to explore his new surroundings. You'll be in charge of assisting him and, if you want, turning his digital boy brain to mush.
Oh, and speaking of Milo's brain? Apparently, it'll be stored in a cloud of some sort. I'm pretty sure this is how Judgment Day starts. Or Mad Max. I forgot which.
After a mini-PR campaign launched by Microsoft revealed that Lionhead Studios is still developing the Milo project, the Kinect-controlled simulation has now had its first public demonstration since E3 2009.
At TED, Peter Molyneux took the stage and allowed a demonstrator to show off the curious title for those in attendance. According to Wired UK's coverage, a few different scenes were shown, one being the inside of a house, where the demonstrator had Milo clean up his bedroom. Another was outside by a pond, where the player was asked to teach the boy how to skip stones. The best one, of course, was outside in an area with snails, where the aforementioned murder of mollusks occurred.
== TEASER ==Molyneux said no one's Milo will be the same. Mine will certainly be different. I can't wait to teach my Milo how to dispose of bodies, operate by a strict code, and lead a double life in a posh Miami flat. (It all starts with this kind of innocent snail-smashing stuff, you know.)
As Joystiq points out, a more traditional narrative structure for Milo--which is now being called properly Milo and Kate--was also revealed during the demonstration. The game will revolve around a Milo who has just moved and wants to explore his new surroundings. You'll be in charge of assisting him and, if you want, turning his digital boy brain to mush.
Oh, and speaking of Milo's brain? Apparently, it'll be stored in a cloud of some sort. I'm pretty sure this is how Judgment Day starts. Or Mad Max. I forgot which.
Still think the whole Milo and Kate tech demo video was faked.
Exact same plot as 'Hey you Pikachu!The game will revolve around a Milo who has just moved and wants to explore his new surroundings. You'll be in charge of assisting him and, if you want, turning his digital boy brain to mush.
" Still think the whole Milo and Kate tech demo video was faked.
Exact same plot as 'Hey you Pikachu! "The game will revolve around a Milo who has just moved and wants to explore his new surroundings. You'll be in charge of assisting him and, if you want, turning his digital boy brain to mush.
I thought that Hey You, Pickachu! was supposed to turn the user's brain to mush?
" @The_Laughing_Man said:Milo is the same. Just with Pedofiles." Still think the whole Milo and Kate tech demo video was faked.
Exact same plot as 'Hey you Pikachu! "The game will revolve around a Milo who has just moved and wants to explore his new surroundings. You'll be in charge of assisting him and, if you want, turning his digital boy brain to mush.
I thought that Hey You, Pickachu! was supposed to turn the user's brain to mush? "
I still worry about what sort of people this game'll attract.
ie: "Take your clothes OFF Milo! And show me your wee-wee!"
I still laugh at that old ass joke to this date, but it's really creepy either way...
Milo - go play with traffic
Now Kate - where were we? Those clothes of yours look awfully uncomfortable.....
Heh, new technology being explored is worthwhile, I guess. Though it remains to be seen just how gamey and scripted this whole Milo thing is going to be. Above all, though, the concept as I understand it does not appeal to me. Why would I want to guide this boy around? Yeah, it sounds novel, and I'm sure it would be cool in a funny "Haha, this boy does my bidding and answers in eerily accurate ways" but the best thing I can see coming from it is having one in an amusement park or something and paying a dollar to see what it's all about.
It's the type of stuff you see on the Discovery Channel: robots being able to fold up towels by themselves, an ineffective and expensive jetpack that allows you to fly for a couple of minutes and is extremely dangerous... a program that acts like a real person fits right in. Like the aforementioned subjects, Milo is intriguing, but only as something that you watch from afar as you observe the scientists messing around with their new toys. Would you ever buy such a robot, given the fact that folding towels doesn't take much effort and you're better at it than any robot? Would you buy a jetpack, given the fact that it's A) ridiculously expensive and B) you'll have to refuel after a couple of miles which is also ridiculously expensive. No? Why then would you buy Milo?
" What the hell is on top of that xbox? "It's a Debug unit, they have different hard drives.
" Milo - go play with traffic Now Kate - where were we? Those clothes of yours look awfully uncomfortable..... "Kate is a dog in the game. You sick, sick man
" @OmegaPirate said:lololol" Milo - go play with traffic Now Kate - where were we? Those clothes of yours look awfully uncomfortable..... "Kate is a dog in the game. You sick, sick man "
i hate using this phrase..but
pwnd
" @FizzleNizzleBear said:Hey what's wrong with putting overcoats on dogs? furless dogs get cold in winter too - and i aint paying a vets bill...." @OmegaPirate said:lololol i hate using this phrase..but pwnd "" Milo - go play with traffic Now Kate - where were we? Those clothes of yours look awfully uncomfortable..... "Kate is a dog in the game. You sick, sick man "
So, I'm pretty tired. In fact, I'm fucking exhausted.
When I read that Milo's brain was being stored in a goddamn cloud... I freaked the fuck out.
Still that sounds to have a lot of potential for unfamiliars in the tech market.
Oh boy, I cant wait to take advantage of a rich friend with a Kinect to play this.
/Can't wait for the horrific youtube videos.
I refuse to make this digital boy perform horrific acts of depravity if I can't sit on the couch while doing it. Standing is for chumps.
" What happens if you stand there naked? "Molyneux tested it and Milo said, "Oh boy I love liver spotted balls!".
" @The_Laughing_Man said:HEY YOU PEDOFILE!Exact same plot as 'Hey you Pikachu! "And thats a bad thing?! lol "
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