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Can We Interrupt This Video Game for a Studio Update?
One of the few broadcast features in Madden NFL 12 that I didn’t punch away with a quick button press was the official league bumper video at the end. You know, when the smooth narrator puffs up and says “This telecast is copyrighted by the NFL,” and lays down the law of the league’s expressed…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Sure Looks Like Steam Wallet Cards Are Coming to GameStop This Week [Update]
The pictures looked good, but we couldn’t get confirmation back when Luke broke the news a week ago that GameStop would begin selling Steam cash vouchers. Well, a second tipster’s sent us another couple of pictures of the cards and their display, basically confirming that the games retailer will start selling them. Though the picture…
By Owen Good - Culture
Choose Your Payne
Diablo III is this week’s long-anticipated release, but it is not the only one. Max Payne 3 also arrives on consoles, as does the Game of Thrones adaptation. It’s a busy mid-May for both physical releases and downloadable titles. Tuesday • Diablo III (PC, Mac) • Max Payne 3 (360, PS3) • Game of Thrones…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Star Trek Online Developer Admits the Game’s PvP Sucks
While being forthright with his community about the woeful state of Star Trek Online‘s player-vs-player combat, a developer at Cryptic Studios also admitted to something of a self-fulfilling prophecy: PvP in the game is so bad, no one’s participating in it. Participation is so low, the studio has seriously considered removing PvP altogether. “Something has…
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UncategorizedYou Can’t Judge Dragon’s Dogma by It’s Launch Trailer. But It Is Nice to Look At
We’ve been circumspect about Dragon’s Dogma, coming May 22 from Capcom. Totilo and Chris Person, the site’s video editor, have grown attached to it despite also calling it “one very messy, clumsy game, full of bad dialogue, cumbersome menus and annoying supporting characters.” But there are legitimately good qualities, they insist; this simply isn’t so-bad-it’s-good…
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UncategorizedSkyrim YouTube Parody has Big Plans—Like Bringing Gregethor Back from the Dead
When last seen, he looked like he was done for. Gregethor, the scene-stealing bearded shopkeeper from the enormously successful parody Skyrim 2012, was getting blasted in the stomach by his own Staff of Lightning. It appeared to be a fatal blow. I was so distraught I re-rolled a Breton in Gregethor’s honor. Well, the Grosjean…
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Zynga’s Next Big Game Sounds Like … a Farmville Sequel
Zynga’s next big Facebook game is an improved version of FarmVille currently beta testing under the name Big Harvest, reports TechCrunch. Their source says the game is being tested out in the Phillippines. Zynga replied to TechCrunch’s inquiry with a standard no comment that neither confirmed nor denied the project. The game, according to screenshots…
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Are You ‘Shop Enough
Most everyone has taken a swing at Time magazine’s blatantly desperate attempt to stay relevant for one more week. But there is a breed of satirist, known and feared for a cutting, cruel wit, that has yet to have its say: the video gamer. So here we go. If it’s good enough for Time’s cover,…
By Owen Good
