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Oct
7
Holy Crap I Own a New Sports Game
Category: EA, Video Game, hockey, nerd, sports | 
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If you know me well then you’re god damned lucky, because I’m so awesome. But that’s beside the point. One thing that defines me as a person is that I’m not big into sports and by not big, I mean almost totally uncaring towards almost all forms of athleticism. My only sports affiliations involves maybe […]
Oct
7
[Is Madden NFL 09’s lackluster launch on Wii a sign that the rebranded ‘All-Play’ feature was less than successful? Here, our correspondent Matt Matthews compares last year’s Madden performance, including exclusive NPD data, against this year’s multi-platform launch to show notable ‘long tail’ possibilities.]
According to figures released by the NPD Group two weeks ago, […]
Oct
7
COLUMN: ‘Game Mag Weaseling’: The Perils of Too Much Interaction
Category: Column: Game Mag Weaseling | Leave a Comment
I noticed the other day that a project to scan every InterAction and other Sierra in-house newsletter ever published was completed as of July, so I finally downloaded the ones I didn’t have physical copies of and gave them a gander. The one you see above is from the summer of 1998 and features a […]
Oct
7
Opinion: Grand Pianola Game Music
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[In this op-ed, game designer and researcher Douglas Wilson offers a different way to think about the relationship between music, games, and meaning.]
The best music game of all time is neither a rhythm game nor a synaesthesic puzzle game. It’s not Dance Dance Revolution, or Lumines, or even Rock Band.
The best music game ever made […]
Oct
7
Well, we’re switching back to the GameSetLinksDump format for at least the next few days, and possibly hiatus-ing it briefly, since I’m off to Japan and Tokyo Game Show for a fairly whirlwind visit.
So expect some coverage of the keynotes, show floor, and Sense Of Wonder Night at TGS - oh, and feel free […]