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Mar
29
Here’s a new Gamasutra article which is very GSW-worthy - a ‘Playing Catch Up’ column featuring Adventure creator Warren Robinett, who made the first video game ‘easter egg’, of course - and also founded educational game firm The Learning Company, which I didn’t know.
Anyhow, there’s some good stuff in here: “Adventure… capitalized on the […]
Mar
29
Japanese Gears of War viral ads; the Japanese are wacky! Who knew?
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Microsoft has never had the kind of kitten-smashing success in Japan that it has enjoyed here in America, but with the release of its Xbox 360, and the system's mega-smash-hit Gears of War, the company is looking to reach out to the Japanese gamer with the oldest trick in the book: viral ads propagated via […]
Mar
29
Japan: Buy a DS otherwise you’ll become fat like an American
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Japan really doesn't know how to advertise games in a normal way. Either they have a Japanese Johnny Cochran advertise their games, or just have PS3 ads that make no sense. Well now all you Japanese people better buy a DS and English learning software for when you go over to America, otherwise you'll end up […]
Mar
29
COLUMN: ‘Game Collector’s Melancholy’ - Shadowrun
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[’A Game Collector’s Melancholy’ is a bi-weekly column by Jeffrey Fleming that follows the subtle pleasures and gnawing anxieties of video game collecting. This week let’s datajack the Matrix and see what we can find on Shadowrun.]
Video games and role playing have always been close allies. Just as Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson attempted to […]
Mar
29
I Lived Through The Rockstar Server Crash…And All I Got Was This Lousy Trailer [Update 2]
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In case you didn’t know or were too busy with actually living your life, today was the day the GTA IV trailer was supposed to debut. At first, I’m sure you all were doing the same thing I was. Cursing like a sailor at your computer because the moment the trailer went “live”, […]
Mar
29
I Lived Through The Rockstar Server Crash…And All I Got Was This Lousy Trailer [Update]
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In case you didn’t know or were too busy with actually living your life, today was the day the GTA IV trailer was supposed to debut. At first, I’m sure you all were doing the same thing I was. Cursing like a sailor at your computer because the moment the trailer went “live”, […]
Mar
29
YTMND Thursday: Come on, ride the train, woo woo
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Welcome to another exciting edition of YTMND Thursday. This week, I want to point out two specific YTMNDs that have a very special Destructoid theme. The first one was created by Dtoider king3vbo. It's another YTMND in the Also, Cocks theme, but this one was inspired by Destructoid. The second YTMND is aimed directly at […]
Mar
29
If it doesn’t have super deformed graphics, an epic tale of sorts, or teen girls driving huge ass mechs, then the Japanese gaming market probably isn’t interested in it. So Microsoft decided to make a bunch of viral videos in order to persuade Japanese gamers to embrace Gears of War, just like their […]
Mar
29
Reason #434 to move to Oz: Aussie game journos offered sex for bonzer reviews
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Oh, how I love the Land Down Under! The country itself is populated almost entirely by deadly, poisonous animals and pretty blonde girls, and apparently game journalists are the equivalent of Bono or Herve Villachaize down there. Oz is like some kind of sun-drenched paradise where you're always a moment away from catching a stinger […]
Mar
29
UNO is the first Xbox Live Arcade game to be downloaded one million times
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According to Albert Penello, marketing director for Xbox, UNO, a card game deemed “the devil’s work” by my loving grandmother, is the first XBLA game to go platinum.
Most people will cry foul, thinking a more “deserving” game should have achieved this milestone, but I have to defend the addictive little distraction. I love me some […]