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Jun
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[’Roboto-chan!’ is a fortnightly column, by a mysterious individual who goes by the moniker of Kurokishi. The column covers videogames that feature robots and the pop-cultural folklore surrounding them. This edition covers the functional issues that have plagued Konami’s ZOE games and where they originated from.]
In December of 1999, SEGA released a nigh-on arcade perfect […]
Jun
3
What a bomb shell. Itagaki leaving Tecmo was a total shock when I heard about it. Especially over the reason why he’s leaving. Wonder what will happen to the Dead or Alive and Ninja Gaiden franchises now. My best guess: Less jiggly boobs.
Monthly Musing promotions kicked off today and Nick Chester brought to us tons […]
Jun
3
Game Debate to the Death!Worst game you ever played?
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In the last debate, we took a look back at the entire GTA series and asked everyone if their opinions had changed after a month of Grand Theft Auto 4 gameplay. Last year we saw Vice City dominate GTA III in a similar debate, so it was interesting to see how some people still stood […]
Jun
3
As many of you know, I stopped playing Guitar Hero III shortly after I bought it. I got stuck on Tenacious D’s “The Metal” on Expert, and after I became frustrated with the game’s arbitrarily difficult note charts, I bought Rock Band in mid-December. Since then, the GH III disc has not seen the inside […]
Jun
3
[Since I’m out here in California, I’ve been paying perhaps less attention to the upcoming Paris GDC - which we co-run with the Game Connection creators - than I should have. It’s taking place in about three weeks, and the line-up is starting to look frighteningly good - suspect you European folks should take […]
Jun
3
The start of the affair: Amphibians — A metamorphosis of obsession
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[Editor’s note: Here’s the first of many contributions to this month’s Monthly Musing topic, The start of the affair. — CTZ]
When I was little, I used to sit quietly in kindergarten class, staring at the ceiling, carefully projecting the image of that busy stretch of highway above me so […]
Jun
3
Before I start promoting blogs for this month’s Monthly Musing topic, I wanted to recap the blogs that were promoted last month for the "If you love it, change it" topic. I pretty much forgot to do a recap post for the previous Monthly Musings, but thanks to a gentle nudge by Niero (he beat […]
Jun
3
Educate Yourself: The classic game of the month club — Castlevania
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[Editor’s note: Educate Yourself is kind of like a book of the month club. Each month, Cowzilla3 picks a title and tries to get the community together to play and write about the game. — CTZ]
Welcome one and all to the third and hopefully most prolific month of Educate Yourself: The Classic Game of the […]
Jun
3
[In this impassioned opinion piece, movie and game writer Justin Marks (Street Fighter: Legend Of Chun-Li, several unannounced game projects) looks at the interplay of story and gameplay in today’s AAA games, suggesting that artfully story-entwined gameplay is what many major titles are missing.]
My friend Ben Fritz, who writes for Variety.com’s videogame blog The […]
Jun
3
Spyborg’s devs looking at Balance Board support, using every Wii peripheral ever
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When speaking with Spyborgs creative director Mike Stout, he admitted there may be a chance the team could include Balance Board support in the Wii exclusive.
"It would be really cool," he said, "but we’re not sure if we can yet. So there are a few opportunities for it in other places of the game that […]