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• Xbox One shows flickers of visionary promise but misses an opportunity to prove it with games

• joelstinton 22/05/2013

  I thought it said alot that we got no gameplay footage of any games at all. Not even first party. Yeah ok save your load till E3, but at least give us something. Anything. Even if its 1 5 minute demo. Instead i got a headache from a script entirely comprised of Buzz words.
  
  It felt like games were an afterthought. Reply +43

• Microsoft reveals Xbox One, due worldwide this year

• joelstinton 21/05/2013

  i'm normally one of those wishy washy liberals and my star sign is libra which means i'm always on the fence and too nice, but my god this conference is awful. Reply +24

• Next Xbox Reveal: live report and live video

• joelstinton 21/05/2013

  well 20 minutes of the hour are already up. Reply 0

• joelstinton 21/05/2013

  i guess the college students are the ones cheering Reply 0

• joelstinton 21/05/2013

  this is fucking shite. Reply 0

• joelstinton 21/05/2013

  so much much for games then... Reply 0

• joelstinton 21/05/2013

  359 times worse than the 360 then Reply 0

• What to expect from tonight's Xbox reveal

• joelstinton 21/05/2013

  The 360 reveal is probably the funniest but soul destroying hour of rehearsed 'reveal' ever. The 00's really does look significantly worse than the 80's. Reply +2

• Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D review

• joelstinton 17/05/2013

  I love the Donkey Kong Series, DKC was my first console game i owned, and enjoyed the wii version. Want to double dip on this, but at 30 quid? I'm fine paying that for new 3DS games, but for a recent port?
  
  Great to see it plays and looks great though! Reply +3

• Polyphony considering PS4 version of GT6; has "unfinished business" with PS3

• joelstinton 16/05/2013

  The sale numbers in europe of GT are really impressive. Over half of the game sales is crazy. I wonder if it some sort of appeasement for a delayed ps4 launch in europe. I can't see how they could plan that in advanced, but it would keep a good amount of europeans busy with sony entertainment products. Reply +3

• Pre-order Rayman Legends at GAME to get Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell skins

• joelstinton 14/05/2013

  Day one for me. Looking forward to hearing hands on previews of the non gamepad versions to see how they have accomodated those features. Reply 0

• Senior Scottish cop calls for second look into prevention of children playing adult games online after 13-year-old boy slashes friend's throat following Gears of War 3 session

• joelstinton 03/05/2013

  @Jamieleets If i were to ask you and most people to describe this kid, and what he might like, i think most people would arrive at similar conclusions. Video games are not the sole reason this kid as done this, but its informed a image he wants to present to other people. If you are not in a environment to counter that it going to be pretty hard for this kid to behave in a normal way.
  
  Just think back to school and all the 'problem kids' and how similar they were all were in terms of what they liked and where they come from Reply 0

• joelstinton 03/05/2013

  @DanSmith09
  Think you made an important distinction there.
  
  The kid has been brought up in an envirnoment where his worldview is probably significantly inbalanced.
  
  Most people learn as they grow up what is acceptable and can counter the issues of violence and learn what is right and wrong.
  
  The poor kid, probably hadn't much chance or an opputunity to fully learn and take in those life lessons. Reply +2

• joelstinton 03/05/2013

  @PearOfAnguish
  
  I agree with you, but isn;t it fair to think that violent video games, Fast cars (sorry for the generalisations here) or what ever are an outlet for that up bringing, pent up emotion and tension? You know how tense and rage like some people get playing online.
  
  Video games aren't to blame,Much wider issues are. but Mr Policeman is right that 13 years old shouldn't be playing 18 games, or watching 18 films etc. Its clear that the guy as a warped sense of reality and what he can do to people with getting away with it which as been informed by various things. Reply +5

• joelstinton 03/05/2013

  "A senior Scottish policeman has attacked online gaming after a 13-year-old boy slashed a friend's throat with a knife following a Gears of War 3 session.
  
  His attacker, who is already a father, faces prison."
  
  Speechless. Reply +35

• Asda drops Wii U price to just £149/£199

• joelstinton 03/05/2013

  @snafu65 We don't know whats going to happen in 12 months.
  
  The last 3 consoles released on the market have literally stumbled out of the blocks (vita, 3ds, Wii U), with one of them, managing to turn it around.
  
  There are no gurantees that the next gen consoles are going to sell gangbusters as well. Reply +2

• joelstinton 03/05/2013

  @mcmarteau Like watch dogs? Reply +1

• Call of Duty: Ghosts confirmed for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and "next gen platforms"

• joelstinton 01/05/2013

  @DarkSpaceDS Watch the trailer to the end. it tells us so. Reply +6

• joelstinton 01/05/2013

  Post deleted Reply -1

• Grand Theft Auto 5 shown off in three new trailers

• joelstinton 30/04/2013

  This looks a bit special. Media black out from now i think! Reply +3

• Super Mario Bros. Crossover 3.0 due this May or June

• joelstinton 29/04/2013

  Be great if Nintendo gave this a release on the E-shop and gave it some great publicity has a fan made game. Reply +3

• Inside Sony's indie initiative: How the hardware giant is courting small-team talent

• joelstinton 29/04/2013

  I think with rising dev costs as well the game industry has lost alot - not all- but a lot of B tiered games such as XIII and timesplitters which publishers are now unsure whether to fund.
  
  I wonder if sony see the indie scene as a way to fill that hole to sit alongside the AAA games. i hope so! Reply +1

• Saturday Soapbox: Taking the Direct approach

• joelstinton 27/04/2013

  @dogmanstaruk
  Why not?, i have had fun playing brain age, Wii sports etc. They complement my main gaming habits fine (ps3), alongside the likes of the very good mario games (galaxy especially), zelda, luigi mansion 2, donkey kong country etc). I don't have a Wii U, but trust people enough to see that Nintendoland is a fantastic Local Co-op game to be played with friends.
  
  Monolith is a first party studio ala Retro. Mistwalker, sure, but like W-101, Bayonetta 2, they are funding these games to be made exclusively for Nintendo machines that form a part of Nintendo's Identity such as Professor Layton. They have a very well rounded group of games that can only be played on Nintendo Consoles.
  
  It is like turning round and saying you can't include Naughty Dog and Sucker Puncher in Sony's Portfolio which is just silly. Reply +5

• joelstinton 27/04/2013

  @dogmanstaruk
  
  Wii sports, Wii fit, brain training, Prof Layton, xenoblade, last story, pandoras tower, steel diver, Nintendoland, Nintendodogs, brain age, Elite Beat Agents, Pushmo etc are all new I,PS within the DS/WII/U/3DS generation. And i guess they are a small number amongst a lot more as well. Reply +2

• joelstinton 27/04/2013

  It be interesting to know from Nintendo, or Sony or Microsoft for that matter, how many people watch the Live streams for the press conferences ? And how many outside the gaming community watch it live. Which i think explains Nintendo decision.
  
  Effectively The Nintendo Directs ( i think there will be two, one for 3ds, one for WII U) are just replacing the conference. We will be giving a time to tune in, we will watch a video in the same way we would do a conference, and still get the news the same way. I don't think its as big as deal as some make out. Instead of getting an awesomely good or bad conference we getting a bit more sterile video of Nintendo presenting their information in way that is good for them.
  
  Outside the gaming community, general fans will just go to websites to get their information, in which all the stuff from the directs should be reported in just the same way as information is reported across the E3 week.
  
  Don't get me wrong, i'm a little sadden by Nintendo no show of a conference, I like all you guys genuinely look forward to E3 week, and being involved in the all fun of live conferences, but its just nintendo using a different way to channel that information into what has been a proven and succesfull way of presenting for them. Reply +1