The American Dream – PAX East 2017 Hands on Preview

<p>What if all our problems would be solved with guns&quest; I&&num;8217&semi;m not talking about confrontations and personal safety&comma; I mean literally ALL our problems&comma; like knocking on doors&comma; making bagels&comma; or feeding babies&comma; just to name a few&period; Australian development team <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;samuraipunk&period;com&sol;">Samurai Punk<&sol;a> explore this idea with their upcoming tongue-in-cheek VR title&comma; <em><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;samuraipunk&period;com&sol;the-american-dream&sol;">The American Dream<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Set in a 1950s World&&num;8217&semi;s Fair amusement ride created by an over-enthusiastic gun manufacturer&comma; <em>The American Dream<&sol;em> shows you how guns are not only an important part of American culture&comma; they are essential in all aspects of life&period; Using only two pistols&comma; the game asks players to complete the most absurdly mundane tasks via firearm&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I literally began my 10 minute demo as an infant in a crib&comma; using baby&&num;8217&semi;s first guns to interact with my mother&period; <em>The American Dream<&sol;em> controls very precisely for a VR title&comma; even allowing me to improve my aim by carefully looking down the sites of each pistol&period; As someone who&&num;8217&semi;s very sensitive to motion sickness&comma; I was happy to find that I never once felt remotely queasy during my time with the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"ICzYluJETvk" title&equals;"The American Dream VR - PAX East 2017 Interview"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;v&equals;ICzYluJETvk"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;ICzYluJETvk&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"The American Dream VR - PAX East 2017 Interview"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The American Dream<&sol;em> is slated for simultaneous release on all 3 major VR platforms by the end of the year for approximately &dollar;20 &&num;8211&semi; &dollar;30&period; For more information on the inspiration for the satire&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s amazingly badass reloading system and the possible blowback over the game’s lighthearted take on guns&comma; check out our interview&comma; recorded LIVE on the show floor with Winston Tang&comma; Co-Founder of Samurai Punk&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;