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Sports Video Games Try to Hold On, with Infinite Diversity in Finite Releases
The question was put forth this past week, in a podcast where I was a panelist: Are sports video games in a golden age? “No,” seems to be the most obvious answer. Ten years ago, we had competing simulation titles in college football, college basketball and in professional hockey at least, to say nothing of…
By Owen Good - Culture
The Week in Game: Kick a Panda
Only Warcraft could survive a matchup with both FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer, and that’s what you get this week, along with Dead Or Alive 5 Tuesday • World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria (PC) • FIFA 13 (PS3, PC, Xbox 360, Vita, 3DS, PSP, Wii) • Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (360, PS3, PC) •…
By Owen Good - Esports
Free-to-Play Considered for Multiplayer StarCraft, Says Designer
At the inaugural eSports Congress in Valencia, StarCraft II‘s lead designer was asked of the possibility his game would go free-to-play, considering the potential that has to grow a game’s user base and competitive population. According to PCGamesN, that concept has been discussed. Blizzard, the game’s publisher is “looking at free-to-play as an option for…
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UncategorizedWhat Really Happened to Abe Lincoln? Skyrim has the Answer.
Two mods, the “Now you F**ked Up Mudcrab” mod, and the “Posh mudcrabs” mod combine for a near virtuoso reenactment of the climactic dialogue in The Whitest Kids You Know’s “What Really Happened to Abraham Lincoln.” [NSFW, language] I’m a little unclear, however. Despite the mudcrabs’ remonstrations, has the player in fact fucked up? YouTube…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
For a Change, Here’s a Borderlands 2 Easter Egg in Another Game
Barely a week into its release, Borderlands 2 is sprouting Easter eggs like—OK, the hell with it, it’s already a mixed metaphor—mushrooms after rain. Fine. Borderlands 2 is paying homage to so many other great games, here’s Torchlight II paying tribute to its fellow alumnus of the Class of Sept 17, 2012. Image uploaded by…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Strange Xbox Live/Time-Warner Outage Now In Its Second Day
This is the best part of Internet outages—when the Internet service provider blames the hardware, and vice versa. The customers really don’t care what the problem is. But a “a subset of Time/Warner ISP users” that haven’t been able to connect to Xbox Live since noon yesterday still can’t get into the system today. The…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Brief Boxes
The Sega Saturn lasted about three years in North America. It hung on twice as long in Japan. These two cosplayers paid tribute to it (more specifically, to the console’s Hitachi and JVC models) at Tokyo Game Show. It’s been a while since we had a cosplay exploitable, and if any is good for the…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
ChrisWarcraft’s Weekly NFL Quest, Level Three: Banish the Gold Farmers of the West [Update]
Haven’t you heard? Football is a role-playing game. Or at least, that’s how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter and noted World of Warcraft and RPG fan, seems to be approaching it. Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms of an MMO quest. We’re going to chart his progress and…
By Owen Good
