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The Daily Hotness: Filthy sickness (07/30/08)
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I can’t believe it has taken someone this long to speak of the evils of Half-Life, Alien Hominid and more. Bravo Jim Sterling. You truly are the Jesus of the videogame industry.
The Podcastle tries out a new live format, Castle Crashers and Braid’s price points haven’t been set yet, Tera Patrick would be sexier in […]
Jul
30
Design Lesson 101 - Barkley Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden
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[’Design Lesson 101′ is a regular column by Raven game designer Manveer Heir. The challenge is to play a game from start to completion - and learn something about game design in the process. This week we take a look at Tales of Game’s homage to JRPGS, Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, an independent […]
Jul
30
Sony says Home ‘not a social network’ … didn’t they say it WAS?
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SCEE’s Darren Cairns and Liam Wickham have spoken at the Develop conference, making strides to distance Sony’s Home product from social networks. The PlayStation creator’s official stance seems to be that Home is all about the games, and not about the socializing.
"Home is not a social network - it’s focused on games," stated the two […]
Jul
30
True stories from Destructoid’s E3 Intern B*tch 2008
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[Editor’s note: During E3, Destructoid blackmailed recruited Community member Dexter345 to be our Intern B*tch 2008. Now that he’s finally healed up from all of the abuse we inflicted upon him, he blogged about all of the amazing things he got to experience at E3. — CTZ]
I know E3’s been over for a long time […]
Jul
30
GTA IV ‘threatens’ American values, whatever THEY are
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You know what kind of story this is going to be already. Yep, it’s time for another one of those "ridiculous and ineffectual nobody talks about a game he doesn’t have the first realistic clue about," posts, so if you’ve had your fill of those, please feel free to check out what else Destructoid has […]
Jul
30
Scraps: Long Island is full of monsters confirmed (7/30/08)
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Little know, but fun fact: I grew up on Long Island, New York. I moved away just in time to miss this thing allegedly washing up on the shores of a Montauk beach.
I think I went to high school with that thing.
While at the ESPN X Games in Los Angeles watching perform outdoor activities, […]
Jul
30
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences president Joseph Olin has recently stated his belief that game reviewers are lazy, relying as they do on numerical scores, game comparisons and rushed play sessions to hit their mark.
"When I just see a score, whether it’s a Metacritic score or 5 stars or 4 thumbs, that doesn’t tell […]
Jul
30
Today, PlayStationBlog detailed a few facts about PixelJunk Eden, including a listing of how Trophies can be earned. PixelJunk Eden will allow players to upload up to ten minutes of game footage into YouTube to help prove how amazing they are. The game will also utilize the PSP Remote Play feature, for those somewhat on […]
Jul
30
[Just a note on early deadline for Austin GDC, which is put on by my colleagues here at Think Services, and is a very agreeable blend of practical game-related knowhow - particularly in online/social gaming, but also in writing, audio, getting into the biz, actually.]
The organizers of 2008 Austin Game Developers Conference (Austin GDC) […]
Jul
30
Porn star Tera Patrick shows off Saints Row 2. Also, Hot Dog suit
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As you may have heard, THQ hired porno star Tera Patrick as a special producer on Saints Row 2. Or in other words, she’s just going to be promoting the game while slowly shedding off her clothes while reading from cue cards.
The first developer diary has Tera talking about certain aspects of the game like […]