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Red Dead Redemption an ‘Ambitious’ Game with Ad Budget to Match
Red Dead Redemption will be Rockstar’s “most ambitious game to date,” says a studio executive, which explains why it’s carpet-bombing TV and certain film audiences with a sizable pre-launch ad campaign. Speaking to MCV, Rockstar GM Neil Stephen said Redemption will get the company’s first ever cinema advertising campaign.”We think the cinematic nature of the…
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Mass Effect 2 Formally Introduces Kasumi Tomorrow
An April 6 release for Mass Effect 2’s “Kasumi” DLC is hardly a secret or a surprise. If nothing else, this video reminds you to get your grubby paws on it tomorrow. Billed as an homage to James Bond (warning, spoilers at that link), it delivers us Commander Shepard in some kind of astro-tux with…
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Swiss ‘Crackdown’ Sounds Rather Mild Now
Switzerland recently passed two acts meant to clamp down on violent video games, but has yet to enact them while the government determines the standards under which a game considered too violent. Apparently, only 12 titles would fit the description. That’s according to a prime backer of the law, who in an interview with a…
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Justifying My iPad Purchase: The Future Of Comic Books Is Now
While the iPad presents a functional but far from optimal gaming experience, gaming isn’t why I wanted Apple’s latest big thing. For comic book fans, the iPad is the new frontier. Digital comics have been picking up steam over the past few years, but several obstacles have been in the way of full-fledged acceptance of…
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UncategorizedSuper Street Fighter IV’s TV Spot Is Stylin’
Inspired by urban artists and featuring a hard-hitting track by record producer/rapper Just Blaze, this Super Street Fighter IV TV sport makes me wish Capcom had tapped ad agency Ammirati to do the game’s cover art as well. Seriously, compare this ad, appearing today on stations like Adult Swim, BET, MTV, USA, and SyFy, to…
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UncategorizedLosing Our Religion
In the early 90’s Nintendo was famous for removing religious iconography and references from video games for North American release. Have times changed, or is religion still a taboo subject in the video game industry? Any discussion of religious censorship in games inevitably leads to Nintendo of America in the early 90’s. Religious themes, images,…
By Mike Fahey
