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    Image of GOLD5 GOLD5
    08/26/09

    In reply to Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms
    Huh... Maybe there are some job openings at SecuROM?
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    Image of (Starman) Count Von Count (Starman) Count Von Count
    08/26/09

    In reply to Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms
    Sorry guys, I never should have bulldozed the Maxis building to make way for Kane Tiberium. :(
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    Image of Psudonym Psudonym
    08/26/09

    In reply to Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms
    Ya know... I hate to be "that" asshole but this is all probably "My Sims" fault.

    I do sincerely wish them, and by extension the people at Raven Software all the best of luck in finding gainful employment for them and their families.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    08/26/09

    @Psudonym: It is also entirely possible that they grew a LOT in anticipation of Spore and all the associated spin offs. When it didn't reach Sims level sales they had to reevaluated.

    Sucks how volatile of an industry this is. It is like making movies, only without the unions or $20 million paychecks.
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    Image of arcvr4 arcvr4
    08/26/09

    @Psudonym: mysims is not a maxis project
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    Image of Psudonym Psudonym
    08/26/09

    @arcvr4: Consider me corrected. Thank you.

    @Moleculor: I'm among those Maxis fans who found Spore lacking. Something about it never struck the brilliant chords that were promised. But I think that's all I need to say about that. Spore, the good and the bad, have been discussed quite in depth already. It still doesn't change the fact that I wish Maxis a speedy recovery, and the unemployed good luck in the market.
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    Image of peterpanpiper2 peterpanpiper2
    08/26/09

    In reply to Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms
    Possibly the result of the Sims franchise not quite selling as many as the company would have liked them to. They need to make a new simcity game for consoles and then they will be back in business.
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    08/26/09

    @peterpanpiper2: Dude what are you saying? Maxis =\= Sims Studio. and for the record The Sims 3 has been selling fantastic thus far...

    Also: NEVER... EVER... put Simcity on a console that it isn't designed to be on. They made if for the Wii/DS with Simcity Creator and it sucked.

    We do however need a new Simcity for the PC...
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    Image of AncientUnknown1 AncientUnknown1
    08/26/09

    In reply to Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms
    Does Will Wright still work at Maxis? If he's not involved much over there anymore, I can see why EA would be cautious about the studious future endeavors.
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    Image of -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties! -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
    08/26/09

    @AncientUnknown1: Nope. Stupid. Fun. Club.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    08/26/09

    In reply to Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms
    What the heck, is this serious news day or something?

    The tone got started with your 360 killing kids in China, and then was followed up in short intervals by actual bad news in the industry.

    Crappy day. Crappy mood, and no uplifting silliness from Kotaku.

    *sad face*
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    Image of Gambit09 Gambit09
    08/26/09

    @Yossarian: Before the day ends, your most anticipated game gets a delay.
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    Image of -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties! -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
    08/26/09

    @Gambit09: They Delayed Carnival Games 2?! DAMN IT!

    Someone get me 2K on the phone!
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    Image of grampaspanky grampaspanky
    08/26/09

    @Yossarian: I would think someone with a screen name taken from the main character in Catch-22 (I'm assuming) would be used to constant bad news.
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    Image of Yossarian Yossarian
    08/26/09

    @grampaspanky: Nah, I just think everyone is out to get me.
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    Image of GohanGVO GohanGVO
    08/26/09

    @Gambit09: BREAKING NEWS:

    Modern Warefare 2 is now an iPhone exclusive. Other versions canceled.

    Expect a PSP, DS, and Wii port, though.
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    Image of Psudonym Psudonym
    08/26/09

    @Yossarian: Well, I suppose it could be worse. You could be into politics and watching the 24 hour news coverage today like I am.
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    Image of Banana Stand CEO Banana Stand CEO
    08/26/09

    @Psudonym: Hope it's not Fox News. For the love of God don't be Fox News!!!
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    Image of Psudonym Psudonym
    08/26/09

    @Bannana Stand CEO: I wouldn't dream of it.... yeesh. I don't even want to think about what they're saying bout Kennedy.
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    Image of -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties! -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
    08/26/09

    In reply to Maxis Hit With Job Cuts, EA Confirms
    Translation: Spore didn't do quite as hot as we had hoped
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    Image of Trygle12... NOW IN HD! Trygle12... NOW IN HD!
    08/26/09

    @-Skyline-: Voted Crecente 12':

    It promised cool stuff, it delivered about half of what I thought it would.

    The fact that Evolution wasn't automatic was my biggest gripe :(
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    Image of -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties! -Skyline-:Offering FREE Grunt Birthday Parties!
    08/26/09

    @Trygle12 is back! Still has trouble reading his posts. : (: Yeah i just got really bored of it. Civ, Space and Cell stages were a lot of fun... Just the stuff in between was garbage.
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/06/09

    In reply to Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
    Sindel is a mother right? I can't remember now.
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    Image of tim rogers tim rogers
    05/07/09

    In reply to Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
    man, no mother from earthbound?


    this list hereby ceases to exist :-/

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    Image of Fenian Fenian
    05/07/09

    In reply to Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
    What about Dahlia?, Alessa's mother from Silent Hill?
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    06/06/09

    @Fenian: She wasn't as much of a bad mother as she was blinded by the faith. And she regretted. I can only say for the movie, I never played the game.
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    Image of Koztah Koztah
    05/06/09

    In reply to Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
    Dude. You forgot Dahlia Gillespie.
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    Image of Chesu Chesu
    05/06/09

    In reply to Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
    Wait, isn't Cooking Mama's daughter in one of the Wii games...?
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    Image of Miksho Miksho
    05/06/09

    In reply to Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
    Okay, I'm kind of sad for knowing this.


    In Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends, you cook meals for "Grandpa," "Grandma," and "Papa," Cooking Mama's dad, mom, and husband respectively. You also cook for a variety of children, but two of them (Ayaka and Takuya) look like a combination of Mama and Papa, leading me to believe that Cooking Mama is a married mother of two.


    Now I'm REALLY sad for knowing this.

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    Image of LucasReis LucasReis
    05/06/09

    In reply to Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
    Where is BLANKA´s mom? The whole point of him going to the tournament is to find his mother. She should be in the fighter´s mom´s department. His ending is always about him and his mother. Not fair, but cool list nonetheless.
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    Image of DannKnee DannKnee
    05/06/09

    In reply to Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
    What about Sindel from Mortal Kombat?
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    Image of AlKusanagi AlKusanagi
    05/06/09

    @DannKnee: 1. Wait for Father's Day.


    2. Everyone knows the King of All Cosmos would win every award for every genre.

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    Image of AlKusanagi AlKusanagi
    05/06/09

    @AlKusanagi: Oops. That was for the person complaining about lack of fathers on this list.
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