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May
3
Japanese Phantasy Star 4 ad; my kingdom for a time machine
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Existing almost entirely on the Internet lends me a lot of free time during which I can scour the web, decry the death of my innocent, carefree childhood and drink until I can't remember what year it is. Occasionally, all three of those pastimes come together in a glorious anachronistic explosion, and I come across […]
May
3
Aha, look what we got from John Baez: “Independent game and toy developer The Behemoth announced today the first shipment of exclusive handmade trophies honoring the top players of Alien Hominid HD on Xbox Live Arcade”. And more to the point, there’s a special ‘making of’ page showing how the trophies were constructed.
Why is […]
May
3
Top Ten 8-bit Games
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Game Trailers counts down their top ten 8-bit games, and that it brings back some good memories. Blowing all kinds of stuff up in Contra, trying to survive in Punch-Out , and being unstoppable at Blades of Steel. I’m not going to ruin it all for you, enjoy the video!
Original post by Bob […]
May
3
One of the posters over at PS3Forums put up images of their invitations to Playstation Home, and their subsequent journey into the system. We get to see quite a bit, from interacting with your PSP to viewing videos, to playing games.
I'm really digging the way that you view videos in the TV screens. It doesn't seem […]
May
3
Double Dragon coming to XBLA next Wednesday; Battletoads green with envy
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GamingTalkHQ has word from a press release sent out by Empire Interactive, that Double Dragon will be gracing the Xbox LIVE Arcade next Wednesday. The title will feature the original arcade game as well as an enhanced graphics version and will retail for 400 points.
Double Dragon is one of those series that was the […]
May
3
The Pros and Cons Of Gamemaking
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Over at MSNBC, they’ve done an in-depth story on game industry salaries, at least partly based on the 2007 Game Developer magazine Salary Survey that we ended up creating for the April 2007 issue of the magazine.
The piece has an interesting, if odd angle - why is $73,000 (the average salary for a game […]
May
3
A step beyond achievements: the Alien Hominid trophies
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There's very little I can say here that can express my drooling worship of The Behemoth. Alien Hominid was one of my favorite titles last year, and I was delighted to see it come to XBLA. It seems that they want to give players more incentive to compete in the game than bragging over gamer […]
May
3
Disney Interactive has confirmed that it will be bringing enhanced versions of the arcade "classics" Tron and its sequel, Discs of Tron, to Xbox Live Arcade this summer.
The two titles are being released to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the popular 80s Disney picture, as well as to make sci-fi nerds open their tight wallets. […]
May
3
Someone buy our game please, Viva Piñata marketing returns
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Microsoft and Rare thought they had it all figured out with Viva Piñata. Here was a game that was not only sickly adorable, but was also supposed to appeal to the same gene that controls a child's frenzied Pokémon collecting addiction. Coupled with its own animated television show and a solid marketing campaign, the game […]
May
3
Someone buy our game please, Viva Pinata marketing returns
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 | Leave a Comment
Microsoft and Rare thought they had it all figured out with Viva Piñata. Here was a game that was not only sickly adorable, but was also supposed to appeal to the same gene that controls a child's frenzied Pokémon collecting addiction. Coupled with its own animated television show and a solid marketing campaign, the game […]