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May
15
Some how, the designers over at PlatinumGames (formerly Seeds) used their mindbullets to break into my brain and discover my secrets: If the premise of your unproven game is good enough, I will defend it to the death. It’s worked so far with Denis Dyack and Too Human, and the idea of a Miltonic showdown […]
May
15
Xbox 360 Spring Showcase: Peter Molyneux talks about Fable 2 and bird poop
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Like Gears of War 2, Fable 2 was only being demoed out to everyone in attendance at the Xbox 360 Showcase. Peter Molyneux is on hand and gives us a small preview of the game. He first goes into detail on the story of Fable 2. It’s Peter’s goal to make the story for the […]
May
15
2K Sports reveals Rick Nash to be NHL 2K9 cover athlete
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Hockey is a sport that, sadly, has completely fallen off the radar of most Americans. Out of the four major sports in America, it was already the least popular one, but losing the entire 2004-05 season due to that damn lockout dealt the sport a terrible blow. And when ESPN decided not to renew its […]
May
15
MadWorld: The most awesomely violent Wii experience yet
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The Internet is abuzz with talk about upcoming Wii game MadWorld, the ultra violent action title from Platinum Games (the new company composed of key members from Okami-creator Clover Studio). And if the above trailer is any indication, the game looks to be violent … really violent.
Honestly, I am still in shock that this is […]
May
15
WoW expansion coming this year…polar bear mounts included?
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I hear some people who play World of Warcraft still have social lives and care about things other than epic raids, and this does my heart good, as I worry that gamers are falling into that pit that Chinese MMO fans are rapidly being sucked down. I like MMO’s, but I don’t want to die […]
May
15
World of Warcraft Exposed: The Lore of the Horde
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[’World of Warcraft Exposed’ is a weekly column by Michael Zenke about the culture and experience of the globe’s biggest online game phenomenon, the ten million subscriber-strong World of Warcraft. This week’s final column (more about this in the outro!) looks at the stories behind five of the game’s character races.]
World of Warcraft’s lore is […]
May
15
You’re looking at one of two — count ‘em, two — variant headline pictures for this week’s Podtoid. The above 3D rendering of The Blogocube, created by Gynecologist Cobra, is sexier than most Mac ads.
Head to the official Podtoid page not only to check out this week’s show, but to see Ashley Davis’s illustration of […]
May
15
Too Human demo in the works? You better believe it
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Chatting it up with Eurogamer, Silicon Knights head honcho Denis Dyack revealed that a demo for Too Human is currently being planned for release on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
"We haven’t announced a date yet. Our goal is to try to get it out obviously before the game releases, and we’ll announce the specific timing of that […]
May
15
Xbox 360 Spring Showcase: Taking a stroll through Gears of War 2 with CliffyB
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The dreamy Cliff Bleszinski was at the Xbox 360 Spring Showcase to show off Gears of War 2. We got to see the second level of the game, which is what was released a week ago in the latest trailer.
Gears of War 2 takes place six months after the first game. At the […]
May
15
Taiko no Tatsujin coming to the Wii, I take off my pants
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Yeah, you heard me. I’m excited about anything Taiko no Tatsujin related (as you may have noticed by my cblog header), but hearing that the Wii would soon be getting a Taiko title made my day today. The title was spied in Namco-Bandai’s 2008 Financial Summary Report, and although all it says is that the […]