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Jun
5
Holy sh*t! Actually in game footage of Duke Nukem Forever running in real time. I never thought I would live to see the day. Now that this was shown off, there’s a good chance that we’ll be seeing this in greater detail during E3.
Other big news from today include the very long Ghostbusters script, GTA […]
Jun
5
Chewing Pixels: ‘Video Game Review Scores: Pointless or Pertinent?’
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[’Chewing Pixels’ is a regular GameSetWatch column written by British games journalist and producer, Simon Parkin. This latest instalment deals with video game reviews and scoring - the good, the bad, and the ugly.]
Last month a British games journalist reviewed Xbox Live Arcade’s Penny Arcade Adventures for two different publications. In one of the […]
Jun
5
BioShock movie will coincide with BioShock 3, no one happy or surprised
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Nary three months after the BioShock 2 announcement, Take-Two Interactive chairman and talking head Strauss Zelnick casually mentioned to investors in a conference call that a BioShock 3 is on its way.
Speaking about the recently-announced, Verbinksi-directed BioShock movie, Zelnick said, "It’s more likely it would be released coincident with BioShock 3." While I can’t necessarily […]
Jun
5
Detective Chrys Liszt is tired of crime in the city of Troi and she isn’t going to take it anymore! Along with fellow anthropomorphic insect partner, Roachy Caruthers, she’ll be gathering clues and gunning down baddies in the first part of Crackpot Entertainment’s "bisodic" downloadable series, Insecticide, which has just gone gold.
Combing elements of more […]
Jun
5
Hot Zerg concept art: Well, I certainly fapped
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If you’re stoked for StarCraft 2, you might want to check out this Blizzcast interview, which discusses the notorious Zerg and its evolution in the new game. Because I have a history of awful computers, I never really got into these types of games, but the details on the new Zerg — complete with scuttling […]
Jun
5
Street Fighter IV not hitting consoles until 2009?
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After having spent a decent amount of time with Street Fighter IV at CAPTIVATE last week, I must say: "Do want." That said, the lack of arcades in the United States is going to make it difficult for me to find places to "put up my quarter."
So the home versions of the game (for Xbox […]
Jun
5
It’s really too bad that this trailer, outlining a stunning array of obscene activities in Saints Row 2, was so poorly executed. You’d think with a combination like stealing a sanitation truck to hose pedestrians with raw sewage, seriously injuring your friends to collect insurance money, and dressing up like a cop to rob a […]
Jun
5
During a financial results call today, Take-Two Interactive revealed a not too shocking truth — Xbox 360-exclusive downloadable content Grand Theft Auto IV won’t be available until the company’s 2009 fiscal year. In English, what the means is that the DLC could be available anywhere between November 1, 2008 and January 31, 2009
It may pain […]
Jun
5
The Memory Card .38: Running outside the castle
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While everyone enjoys videogames for different reasons, we all have one thing in common: we love to play them.
When thinking about this week’s Memory Card, the word “play” kept popping up in my mind. Playing videogames. Are we, as gamers, enjoying videogames because of the stuff that is happening on the screen, or because of […]
Jun
5
Student’s Atheism game does more harm than good
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History and common sense teach us all a valuable lesson in dealing with people whose religious beliefs don’t parallel your own, violence is only acceptable if you’re willing and able to decimate the opposition. It appears that a University of Virginia student didn’t take that into account when creating what is reportedly a game with […]