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EGM gone, but what about the subscribers?
I’m deeply hurt to see EGM go, but what’s the plan with people like me - the ones who paid for a subscription?
Nothing was mentioned in Sam Kennedy’s blog regarding how their loyal EGM subscribers were going to be taken care of in this acquisition, which I feel is a backhand to the EGM fans [...]
Windows 7 beta 1 initial impressions.
Well, I got my hands on the x86_64 build of Windows 7 beta 1 yesterday and installed it on a free partition I had left on my laptop (Dell Latitude D830).
All I can say is that I’m DEFINITELY impressed. I have been putting Windows 7 through its paces looking for a reason to rag on [...]
Top 5. Advice to Insomniac For Resistance 3.
Here is the Resistance formula. Resistance: Fall of Man was the best launch title on a Sony platform, Resistance 2 kept us happy, and Resistance 3 should blow us away. Since Insomniac has 2 years (as of 1/8/09) to make Resistance 3 here are some ideas for them in a Top 10 list. Nothing story [...]
Matchmaking anyone?
Why is it that so many PC games lack matchmaking (the ability to organize a multiplayer team match through the in-game system)? Games like Halo 2 and World of Warcraft have been made extremely popular in part due to a great matchmaking system. With that in mind I am dumbfounded why other popular titles, specifically [...]
So I finally bought an episode of Qore…
Yeah, at this point I’m Killzone 2 crazy and so this month’s episode being about KZ2, and the fact that I’ve been curious as to what Qore is all prompted me to splurge and purchase an episode.
First of all the layout was just perfect. This is a Sony produced show so I would expect nothing [...]
The Biggest Double Standard This Gen Exposed
To fully appreciate the point of this story, you’ll either have to relive the four years of nit-picking you had to endure, or jog your memory to about three years ago and remember promises that weren’t kept. The double standard I am talking about is the way Killzone is being raked over the coals for [...]
Can we stop the discussions of future consoles and just enjoy what we have now?
Before we see any mention of the next PS console SONY will try to recuperate losses and build the PS3 install base. I highly doubt the system will be released in 2012, it’s more likely were going to hear about the plan to build a new Playstation rather then it’s release.
Lets look at the reasons [...]
Top 5 Reasons the Games Industry Hates You and how it’s Making Them Rich (Reason #4)
Since the first living creature emerged from the sea and began living on dry land there have been PR firms backed by major corporations trying to sell them something. Anything really, a little of this, a little of that mainly; but none are more feared and therefore successful (figure that one out) than two or [...]
Final Fantasy XI Team Talks Patches, Future MMOs, and More
Last week we sat down with the Final Fantasy XI development team on the eve of the latest patch release to their current expansion, Wings of the Goddess, and talked with Koichi Ogawa (FFXI planner), Mitsutoshi Gondai (FFXI job planner), Mizuki Ito (FFXI battle planner), and Hiromichi Tanaka (FFXI producer) about the state of the [...]
Disney trots out Bolt
The upcoming Toy Story 3 notwithstanding, Walt Disney Pictures has made a habit of outsourcing its Pixar subsidiary’s film-to-game tie-ins to THQ. However, since Disney began creating CGI films without the aid of Pixar beginning with Chicken Little in 2005, the publisher has tapped its own internal Disney Interactive Studios label for game adaptations.
That trend [...]
