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Mar
19
[The Japanese role-playing game is a surprisingly important genre for developers to study - and big sister site Gamasutra presents an ‘Essential 20′ - by HG101 star Kurt Kalata - explaining and chronicling the top JRPGs of all-time, from Final Fantasy and Chrono Trigger to Xenogears and Shadow Hearts.]
Japanese RPGs that concentrate on narrative […]
Mar
19
Mega64’s latest Ubisoft ads are for Rainbow Six: Vegas 2, which just came out this week. They released three ads plus one bonus behind the scenes video (all after the jump) and I have to say that this is some of my favorite ads from them yet. This first video is completely different from any […]
Mar
19
Hash naba fla: EA reveals first info on The Sims 3
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It’s March 19 and as expected, Electronic Arts have revealed the first info on The Sims 3. As one of the best-selling PC games of all-time, it had better be good, don’t you think? Based on these screens and the info EA have provided, things are looking good so far, if not kind of familiar.
The […]
Mar
19
And The Gamers Who Play Them: Turn-based nerds, in three generations
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[Editor’s note: Brilliam here takes a look at three different aspect of the turn-based strategy games as part of this month’s Monthly Musing topic. — CTZ]
If there’s one genre that I’m not only familiar with, but whose gamer base I am intimately familiar with, it’s the oft-maligned turn-based strategy. While the genre has evolved fairly […]
Mar
19
360-exclusive NCAA March Madness 08 content released
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If college basketball gets your blood pumping, listen up: EA has put out some tourney-centric DLC for NCAA March Madness 08. The content was developed, and is available, exclusively for the Xbox 360. At a cost of 400 Microsoft Points, it brings the real-life 65-team NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship bracket into your game […]
Mar
19
Guinness Gamer’s Edition celebrates with over 80 cosplayers
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By now you may have obtained your very own copy of the Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition, but Guinness is still busy celebrating. At least, they were busy yesterday in London, where over 80 cosplayers gathered at the Millenium Bridge to commemorate the launch of the book. They set their own record, in fact, by […]
Mar
19
Another stupid buzzword for the pile: Say hello to ‘bridge games’
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As if splitting videogames into "hardcore" and "casual" wasn’t stupid enough, Nintendo has decided to throw another idiotic and ill-defined buzzword into the ring — announcing that Mario Kart Wii is now a "bridge game." Yay for terms that further widen this nonsensical and mythical divide between "hardcore" and "casual" gamers.
Apparently, Mario Kart Wii is […]
Mar
19
Podtoid 48 records tonight; artgames a-plenty
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Being the huge indie fan I am, it was only a matter of time until we devoted an entire Podtoid to indie games. I’m still not sure if we’re gonna do the show on indie games in general, or just in ar-tee-steeck ones, but we’ll definitely be using them as a starting point.
Tonight at 8 […]
Mar
19
Fable 2 is talkative: Works with three XBLA games (also, tough achievements)
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Lionhead’s Peter Molyneux may be a bit of a hype machine at times, but he’s certainly got some smart ideas. As part of his plan to make games "talk" to each other, it has been revealed that not one, not two, but three upcoming XBLA games will be compatible with Fable 2 — as money […]
Mar
19
Codemasters dishes out the eye candy with GRID
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There’s nothing I’d rather see appear in a game trailer more than the words "actual gameplay footage." Generally speaking, this short disclaimer means that what you’re about to witness is visually stunning, leaving you to worry about the controls and gameplay itself instead of having your inner graphics whore take over.
DiRT was the last racing […]