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May
27
The Review View: An indie take on The Game Reviewer’s Bill of Rights
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MTV’s Multiplayer Blog has posted The Game Reviewers’ Bill of Rights, along with some very interesting discussion from a number of reviewers across the games media industry. The Bill is only a rough draft, but here’s what they have so far:
Item 1: A final, boxed copy of a game will be provided to a reviewer […]
May
27
New Far Cry 2 trailer now, tons of Ubidays coverage later
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The latest trailer for Far Cry 2 gives us a little insight to the game’s storyline. There’s an arms dealer named the Jackal and it looks like you’re trying to hunt him down. The trailer shows off a variety of guns that you’ll be using to take on enemies and set things on fire. The […]
May
27
[Over at virtual worlds site WorldsInMotion.biz, we’ve restarted the Worlds In Motion Online Atlas, penned by Mathew Kumar - looking at the rapidly advancing free-to-play online game biz. This time round - we check out Nexon’s free social online MMO Mabinogi.]
Here’s an overview of Mabinogi, Nexon’s “Fantasy Life” MMORPG, which promising users the chance to […]
May
27
In the last debate, in anticipation of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4, we argued over which of the previous Metal Gear games have been the least and most enjoyable in the series so far. Over a hundred votes were cast for a variety of different console titles from the past, but no single game was a landslide […]
May
27
Street Fighter IV is coming to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC
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Capcom has beamed us a couple of announcements, with the biggest being the official console announcement for Street Fighter IV. Both the Xbox and 360 versions were pretty much a given, but the PC one took us by surprise. Well, not really; we’ve been hearing rumors about a PC version for awhile now. I guess […]
May
27
The Power Of Video Games - Motley Crue Sell More Copies Of New Single On Rock Band Than iTunes
Category: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PS3, News, Xbox, Announcements, Sales Figures, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, DLC, rock, Singstar, iTunes, Motley Crue, RIAA | Leave a Comment
Music and video games have been awkward bed buddies in the past, with artists not often being happy to have their songs license for use in titles in case they are somehow cheapened. However, this all changed last generation with games such as Grand Theft Auto using official tracks from established artists to add credibility […]
May
27
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars lands on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
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PC gamers have been shooting each other up in id Software’s Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for quite a while now, but the time has finally come when console owners can partake in the team-based multiplayer fragfest as well.
That’s right, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Quake Wars are out now in the U.S., […]
May
27
G4 announces Xbox Live distribution agreement
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In what can only be described as a brilliant move, G4 announced today that they will be partnering with Microsoft to release several of their series via Xbox Live. The shows up for grabs are "Code Monkeys", a show about coding that may or may not feature monkeys, "The Block", which features people strapping themselves […]
May
27
When Jackasses Get Theirs: The Hilarious Penny Arcade Ads
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Over on Filefront I saw an interesting article highlighting the fact that the marketers around the new Penny Arcade game (Penny Arcade: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness) have been using quotes that are a little less than complimentary in their ads:
The quotes don’t come from a gushing review, they are from a Penny […]
May
27
Column: ‘Homer In Silicon’: Why Time-Management Games Ought To Be Great At Story-Telling (And Why They Mostly Aren’t)
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[’Homer in Silicon’ is a new biweekly GameSetWatch column by Emily Short. It looks at storytelling and narrative in games of all flavors, including the casual, indie, and obscurely hobbyist.]
There is a line of argument I’ve seen in quite a few places, which goes like this.
1. Games would be better if they had better stories.
2. […]