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The quest for Shadow of the Colossus' last secret
Introducing the secret seekers and their eight-year quest
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Sid Meier's cultural victory
"If there's anything in reality that's not fun, we will change it."
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Civilization 5: Brave New World due in July
Oh dear! Oh dear! And is 1984 about the Indians who died in Bhopal.
Also "usage is usually used" - a thesaurus is a beautiful tool. Reply 0
Saturday Soapbox: Christopher Nolan has ruined video games
You could argue though that cynicism is being too heavily introduced into games. The old games could be dark but weren't cynical with it. It all becomes very world weary and depressing without an injection of charm and fun and whimsy which games excel at by default. Even Nintendo seem to have lost their touch in this direction recently.
Games need to become less like cinema and more like games again. The quiddity of gaming is fun and if you lose that it becomes something else. Reply +14
Destiny: Bungie unveils its shared-world shooter
So it's official they do circle-jerk. Reply +79
With Project Godus funded, Peter Molyneux can finally get some sleep
It's not that it is not newsworthy but is it worthy of so much news? Reply +4
Far Cry 3 patch will allow you to tailor the HUD/UI
Oh and the game designers aren't to blame for the ever present UI it's the testers. :) Testers don't tell the developer how to make his game they just log bugs and errors. They can suggest things but the producer makes the call. Reply +2
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 review
I can almost smell the blood gushing out your nose as you wrote this.
Anyway book an appointment with the doctor Monday morning he may be able to medicate you and stabalise your mental illness. It's worth a shot but it may be too late. Reply +1
After 70 days awaiting trial, jailed ArmA 3 devs refused bail
And why the hate on the Greeks in general. It's very disappointing to see that nasty side of human nature that wants to believe that other people are bad and lazy and the problem. It's that kind of attitude that elects tyrants. I'm sure most of these comments are just people off-loading their daily frustrations. Try masturbation it's more private and less shameful. Reply +1
Face-Off: Call of Duty: Black Ops 2
Editor's Blog: New Editorial Policies
Editor's Blog: Lost Humanity 18 Aftermath
People complain about the media and then amp every nothing into a soap operatic drama. It's hurricane Sandy in a teacup. You can make it matter but it doesn't. Reply -5
Forza Horizon review
So now we know what happens when a whiny fanboy takes one cock too many up his hungry ass. And that's a metacritic 87% view. Indisputable. Reply 0
Dust: An Elysian Tail Review
It makes sense to dial down the difficulty to get the game finished and write the review by a deadline but a little unfair to be judging the game on being too easy when you can change the difficulty anytime within the game. Reply +7
Zen Pinball 2 PS3, Vita release date announced
Mafia 3 heading to next Xbox, PS4 - report
I agree that is a perfectly reasonable expectation; if you are mentally retarded. Reply -1
Minecraft 1.7.3 update is out now
Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 release date announced
Ubisoft discusses next-generation game budgets
:) It's just a snide dig at people who add too much biography into arguments that demand none!
I am married too but If people who have time on their hands want more games then why not? My way of life has no bearing on what other people may or may not want. That shouldn't really baffle you :) Reply 0
Just because you don't use something *gasp* doesn't mean someone who's younger, and hasn't ruined their life with a wife and child, might not play more games!!
So you spend just over 17 mins a day on gaming and wonder why people are complaining about lack of games. And you "guess" just a "guess" you say that people may play games for different amounts of time. Has that just occurred to you? A sudden epiphany that your arsehole isn't the new Copernican revolution ;) Reply -2
Global Xbox 360 sales down nearly 50% year-on-year
Strict definitions are all well and good but first how accurate is the data for an economy the size of the UK to determine whether things have gone up or down a fraction of a percent. Accounting by firms is so complex and profits so distributable across other parts of an organisation and are often left hanging across two tax terms as to be very hard to nail down with any precision.
But it is clear if you run a business that costs are increasing wholesale without a pick up of sales to balance things off. Unless you are Apple we are very much in a recession and the terms that determine this are precise but the data is being massaged by the government and other organisations to paint a rosier picture than is really being experienced. Remember it's in business and governments interest to keep a fake picture that is positive than a real one that is negative.
It's was considered "common" knowledge before Enron that the American companies were cooking the books and inflating the US stock market. But as people, in general, were benefiting there was little political will to discourage it. If you want conspiratorial theories maybe the markets were deliberately crashed to bury the evidence of these fraudulent procedures. Reply +1
If you go back in time, say late 2004, and put money on MS outselling Sony by 2012 it would have been seen as a ridiculous outside gamble. Only one winner was predicted when the consoles were announced.
Nintendo and Microsoft are the real successes of this generation. Nintendo by virtue of revenue and getting the Wii to be a desirable product (years ago) and Microsoft by the increase of their brand as a credible alternative to Sony, in fact, these days the xbox is seen as the more complete gaming package. With more sales in units and in software.
Given the success of the Playstation 2 and it's total domination of the games scene this is a remarkable achievement for MS. By contrast Sony have made error after error and if they repeat just a fraction of the errors of this generation in the next one then Sony are a spent force.
Plus when the xbox, which seems the most likely, breaks the £100 barrier then sales will accelerate and it may well top 100 million units sold.
The evenness of this generation is a good thing if you want competition. But even this seems irrelevant nowadays as software companies tend to ignore individual strengths of the systems and make a product that runs approximately equal on both systems. So they may as well have the same specs. The only difference here is in user experience through the UI and online architecture. Again Sony are behind the curve when they would develop home but have no cross-party chat. Why not try and get the basics right before you try the ambitious stuff. Reply +3
Why the Magic of Independent Stores Should Never Be Lost
Fez Review
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Sony bracing for biggest annual loss in a decade
If you look closely he's a bit paler in the second photo. That's the one where he's looked at his accounts. Reply +2
Xbox 360 entertainment app usage surpasses online gaming
Well XBLA is good and the lineup is varied and interesting if you are tired of FPS's and racing games. Worth having a 360 for, especially with Trials evo out soon. Reply +2
Microsoft patents Gaming Helmet for Xbox
Your friend's aunt is a dirty whore. We can't all go that route. Reply -1