BBC Are So Releasing A Game
Sockatume comments:

The BBC's last lurching venture into games development was an utter disaster. It was called FightBox.

You created a "fighter" using a really woeful create-a-monster thing with all the depth and nuance of a random text generator. If it was "good" enough, it got on TV, and the viewing audience got to see it fight in an essentially random, clipping-addled, flailing mess with another creature. The monsters' designers didn't see the fight as the CGI was superimposed in front of them later, they just had to cheer at a blank table.

It cost four million pounds. At its peak, it had only fifty-two thousand viewers. Most of the time, it had less than ten thousand, but it's hard to tell because the audience measuring system breaks down with numbers that small. It was so bad that the BBC's own videogames show took time out of an episode to mock it.

Halo 3 Fatest Pre-Order Ever
P4P comments:

I agree, once you throw in a mouse...it's just too easy and it becomes a head shot frantic-fest. A controller adds CHALLENGE to play. True skill...true strategy cause you know that the player can't turn around in .001 seconds and jump off a wall and double jump and shoot you even though you outsmarted him and got behind him.
Halo rocks cause it's got way more strategy than any other fps that isn't a "realism" simulator. And in some cases, it has more because you have more options and fluidity. The motion radar is pretty close to genius... cause you can move slow and not set it off or move fast and be caught but have more movement. There are a lot of checks and balances in halo that you won't find anywhere else! There's a lot going on in halo if you play it. There isn't much going on in quake, Unreal or doom. Sorry, they're just bunny hoping head shooters that are lots of fun, but don't have the depth that halo does. Halos got a little twitch and a lot of strategy. A good mix in my book that makes the game playable for years.
That being said, halo 2 was still flawed and not a perfect series by any means, but i think halo is more of the future of an fps and not fast-twitchy junk that you see on pcs.
And what pc exclusive fps games that have come out in the last 5 years have been any good any? What good pc games in general? BF2? Serious Sam 2? lol
Picking up Vegas soon so maybe that'll actually be a good fps....

Popular Game Machine: The Wii. What About The PS3?
SilverStar95 comments:

@SolidSnizzle: If games were selling strictly because of their name, then anything with Pokemon on it would be selling out everywhere, even when they're utter garbage. Except.. they're not. Pokemon Battle Revolution? Not such a hot seller once people realized it was trash. Pokemon Snap? Likewise.

And, again, if games were selling strictly because of their name, then why didn't Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for Gamecube outsell everything else? I mean, hey, IT WAS METAL GEAR!!!!oneoneoneeleventyone!(and yes, that's a mocking of your pre-teen CAPSLOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL typing)

And as for why "every" game Mario is on, selling so well.. Maybe it's because Nintendo is one of the few companies that doesn't simply whore a game for the sake of whoring it out? They actually care about their quality, since they're not trying to dumb down games to fit it on every platform out there. Nintendo was, and still is, a company with one of, if not THE, highest quality of titles. They don't try to flood the market with quick, cash-crop shit.

Except for Mario Party. Whoever decided Mario Party 8 shouldn't be online, should be castrated and fed his own balls, in public.

Now, I can understand, you're a kid who grew up with a Playstation. You're too young to remember what real quality is, and probably think FF7 was the best game of all time, until that point.

And if you're not that young, please go back to school. You've failed English, in so many ways and on so many levels that you should have your Internet turned off for trying to speak in public.

And don't try denying you're a PS3 fanboy. With an obvious play on Solid Snake, and your dripping lack of maturity, it's plain that your mommy and/or daddy is buying you all your hardware and software for you. And if you're not the one paying for it, why would you care about the price?

Ubisoft Puts Women In Their Place
Sascha comments:

Imagine: Earning 10 to 20 percent less than your male co-workers

Imagine: Going to college to hunt for a husband

Imagine: Not being acknowledged for all the hard work you do around the house every day!

Imagine: Having a headache every night around 11pm when he's pawing at your back

Imagine: Ironing!

HDMI Coming to Premium 360s
Tepoz comments:

One thing we need to put into perspective is the average consumer. Currently, most HDTV's bought are your garden variety 720P/1080i ones that are picked up at the local Wal-Mart. Does HDMI affect them currently and do they care? Also, only about ~30% of household in the US have HDTV's. Which would explain why the Wii is not suffering from missing HD graphics, why consumers are still not giving up their PS2's, and why total combined sales of all Blu-Ray and HD-DVD titles are usually outsold by a single DVD title.

Circuit City Subpoenas CheapAssGamer
RocketFella comments:

What do they hope to get from CAG? It's not like the guy signed up using his passport.

"We have all his details now.Send the letter to Mr. Giant Wang from 123 Fake Street."

Rockstar's PR Strategy is Nuts, Yo
Fusionboxer comments:

This generation, the industry itself is becoming more and more "see-through". We gamers are paying more and more attention to stocks, numbers, and the inner workings of the companies we loved based on the fact they may have created our favorite franchise. We learned Silicon Knights no longer trusts Epic, Hideo Kojima is bossy and that Insomniac loves the less fortunate. I mean in the long run does any of this information really help us enjoy games anymore then we already are?

Ubisoft Puts Women In Their Place
hatsumi comments:

I don't even want to think about the flames I'm probably going to get for writing this, but here goes... First of all, when I was in elementary school, there were no Gameboys and the like. When I was a little girl, I absolutely adored playing "Mommy." I had one of those dolls that you could feed with the bottle and it would actually wet its diaper. After I discovered Hot Wheels, though, that was it for girl stuff. Most of my female peers, however, were playing dress up, acting out "House" with their Barbie and Ken dolls, and having tea parties with their stuffed animals. Many of my coworkers have daughters (I only have a son) and while they may not be as stereotypically female as I was when I was little, I notice that early elementary school females still like to play "house," dress-up, and have tea parties. Whether we like to admit it or not, the demographic still exists. It has certainly changed and it might not be as big (honestly, I have no idea), but it's there. I hate being put into a gender stereotype as much as the next woman, but why NOT make games that target the group of girls that actually LIKE playing house and stuff? I don't see a problem with it. I'm not going to play it, but I'd be willing to bet good money that someone else out there will.

This is Hyper Multi-Tap
Gamemaster comments:

What's next, Hyper Multi-Tap II: The Anniversary Edition?
Eh, it's a great idea though- I'll try to contribute.

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