jambolio • Comments

• FIFA 12 video reveals Man City kit

• jambolio 21/07/2011

  Ahhh so this is how City plan on complying to the FFP rules! Step one: Dodgy, over inflated sponsorship deals from related parties. Step 2: Market themselves mercilessly to the rest of the world through FIFA to increase revenues legitimately. Reply +3

• Gamers' Voice slams The Wright Stuff

• jambolio 18/04/2011

  Honestly the attitude of the media and "authorities" would lead you to believe, hidden under a quarter of the nations households there was a ticking time bomb under the TV. Reply +4

• Anonymous Sony Centre protest flops

• jambolio 18/04/2011

  They were probably too busy griefing online to bother in real life. Reply +23

• BBC reveals Doctor Who games

• jambolio 08/04/2010

  Point and Click Adventure where the puzzles can be fixed by just one inventory item? I'm looking at you Sonic Screwdriver. Reply +2

• EA Sports reveals "Ten Dollar"-like plans

• jambolio 02/03/2010

  Ah the second hand market, as consumers we all know that it makes sense to wait for a few months and pick up some bargains. You pay full price for the priviledge of playing it at release and being part of the hype machine.
  
  Second hand sales allow people to experiment and play the games that are initially gambles, a lower price point after all is a lower risk. These plans are seriously going to hurt start up studios and talented development teams as Retailers will carry fewer second hand games.
  
  As an Ex-Game employee, second hand sales are a massively important part of their buisness model. The regional manager on a visit to our store in West London claimed that 75% of the region's profits came from second hand sales after all.
  While certainly no fan of Retailers, I think that the plurality of choice offers the consumer a much better deal than what we seem to be moving towards, where the publishers and the platform holders decide on a seemingly abritary price that they think they can get away with charging. If they can decrease the number of ways to acquire content, it's only going to increase the amount they feel they can charge us.
  Reply +2

• Pitchford "terrified" to launch Borderlands

• jambolio 29/07/2009

  @Jensonjet
  
  If you can find ME somewhere in a bargain deal or pre-owned you could do a lot worse than it. It came out on the same day as COD:WaW and Banjo Kazooie nuts and Bolts, I bought all three first thing in the morning and I had finished both ME and WAW by tea time. I ignored WaW after that but played through ME many more times, it gets better and better as you improve your skills and adapt to its way of thinking. Reply +1

• jambolio 28/07/2009

  Do want!
  It's on the pre-order list already, if it is even half way as compelling as Diablo was then that spells trouble. Reply -1

• Valve details L4D Survival Pack

• jambolio 17/04/2009

  Bah, this comes out the very day I am moving house and will be sans net for a month. Reply 0

• GDC: Tim Schafer's free browser game

• jambolio 25/03/2009

  I'm going to go back and play Psychonaughts tonight, it has been a while. Reply 0

• Mirror's Edge Pure Time Trial Pack

• jambolio 03/03/2009

  Great! Loved ME, though still havent squeezed the full gamerscore out of it yet, I may well attempt to once I have re-run through Mass Effect. Reply 0

• Skin doctors discover 'PlayStationitis'

• jambolio 24/02/2009

  After a 24 hour binge of CoD4 my wrists were seriously sore, next time I wont use the rumble function. The other one was Mario Party on the 64, the spinny stick in the middle games wore a hole in my hands, made me feel like I had a Stigmata! Reply 0

• Noby Noby Boy

• jambolio 19/02/2009

  Damn lack of PS3, first exclusive I have actually been tempted by. Reply 0

• TF2 Scout revamp next week

• jambolio 18/02/2009

  My mate and I called the Sandman in the pub, after the quiz we did. Sounds like a good idea. Reply 0

• Smash Bros. boss working on new game

• jambolio 18/02/2009

  It is le broked! Reply 0

• I Am Alive due by end of March - Ubisoft

• jambolio 21/01/2009

  Maybe Ubisoft have learnt the lessons of over-hyping games, particular ones that aren't thus far part of an established franchise. This is brand spanking new IP after all and akin to Assasins Creed. I am hoping to be pleasantly surprised, Peter Molyneux should learn. Reply 0

• BlowOut to get re-release on Xbox Live

• jambolio 15/01/2009

  @Leewom, Kung Fu Chaos was awesome! I loved that game to bits, it even took time away from smash brothers and Timesplitters, a worthy accomplishment! Reply 0

• 2D Boy's Ron Carmel and Kyle Gabler

• jambolio 15/01/2009

  Was gifted it on steam by a mate, who felt guilty for pirating it. I have played through to the Virtual world, strange little game but thus far immensely rewarding and fun. Reply 0

• Fable II: Knothole Island

• jambolio 14/01/2009

  I cant decide whether to go back and buy this or to play Fall Out again, I enjoyed the wastes far more than albion. Reply 0

• Halo gun sneaks into Fable II

• jambolio 14/01/2009

  @Mildew, cheers, seeing as I haven't actually downloaded it yet I wasn't sure if it was something I missed in the main game. Reply 0

• jambolio 14/01/2009

  Where do you find this magical box? Is it the one in the guild of heroes? Reply 0

• Price cut for FIFA 09 Live Seasons

• jambolio 14/01/2009

  Meh, I tried the Live Season thing last night, cant say I was too impressed by it. Predictably all the star players were really buffed while the workers and the triers were narked. Reply 0

• Coming Attractions: Sports & Music

• jambolio 13/01/2009

  They don't make rugby games very often these days. Probably for the best, they have always been poo. Reply 0

• AC/DC Live: Rock Band

• jambolio 06/01/2009

  Meh, happy enough with the lunacy of "let there be rock" in RB2 too not need this, if it were to be released in DLC format I may snap up a couple of others, As a bonus though anyone fancy Roy Orbison? Reply 0

• Overlord II

• jambolio 19/12/2008

  Excellent, I really enjoyed the original, I shall have to pick this up too. Reply 0

• Free Radical Design closes doors

• jambolio 18/12/2008

  Oh Noes! I was looking forward to a new Time Splitters, it ruled my late teen gaming life. Reply 0