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Talking Points Brought To You (Mostly) By Peter Moore
Half the fun of any panel with Peter Moore on it is just listening to him talk. Sometimes he says funny stuff, sometimes he says important stuff. But he never fails to entertain. At the PLAY Conference this past weekend, I got to watch the man at work during “The Monetization Game” panel, which also…
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Guitar Hero, Madden, Eliminate Play The Monetization Game
Kai Huang, Peter Moore and Neil Young forecast a grim future for physical media at the University of California at Berkeley’s PLAY Conference this past weekend. Huang, co-founder of Red Octane and parent of the Guitar Hero franchise, went so far as to predict that this generation would be the last to own physical media.…
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October Surprise
To: Bash From: Owen Re: Move Along Like my birthday note, this one’s gonna be short and sweet. I’ve worked every day since July 17, and every weekend since mid-May. I’ve got the coming week off, weekend included, and it starts right about … now: Highlights: OK, This Wiimote Mishap? We’re Calling Not Fake. Modern…
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Popping the Question in Super Mario World
If her “awwww! Yes … !” reaction doesn’t melt your heart, then that little dog jumping and wagging his tail when they kiss will definitely finish you off. We get a lot of video game proposals and weddings over the weekends – YouTube user bradsmith182 shows how to do it right. (Which is good, he…
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Madden Patch Adds Hideous Seahawks Uniforms
An upcoming patch to EA Sports‘ Madden NFL 10 will deliver plenty of gameplay tweaks and, most noticeably, the Seattle Seahawks’ vomit-colored crossing-guard outfits (pictured), which everyone has been dying to see. Or dying because of seeing them. No word on when this patch goes live, but when it arrives, the development team has promised…
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Gamer Kid Leads Study Showing Connection to Joint Pain
A St. Louis fifth-grader, with help from his father (a rheumatologist) and researchers from New York University, led a study showing kids were more likely to complain of joint pain the more they played video games. Deniz Ince, 11, is the lead author on the study, to be presented Monday in Philadelphia at the annual…
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OK, This Wiimote Mishap? We’re Calling Not Fake.
That infamous “Mama!!!” video where the Wiimote destroys the flat-screen has been endlessly debated: staged or real? In this, it’s safe to assume the Home Shopping Network did not intend to smash its own TV showing off Wii Tennis. Hand it to that guy, he does not deviate from the sales pitch after such a…
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EA, Dawg Apparently Settling $25,000 Madden Lawsuit
By the end of this month, Cleveland supafan John “Big Dawg” Thompson should resolve his civil suit against Electronic Arts, alleging the unauthorized use of his likeness in the publisher’s Madden NFL series. Two weeks ago The Plain Dealer of Cleveland reported that Thompson’s lawyers had canceled a procedural conference because the case is in…
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Week in Games: Run for the Border
FIFA 10 arrives in North America, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars comes to both PSP and iPhone, and WWE Smackdown vs. Raw does a six platform full ginsberg. Borderlands, however, is the hot-name AAA console drop for Oct. 20. Astro-Boy: The Video Game is another six-way release, as most movie tie-ins are wont to do.…
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Kotaku’s Top 5 List of Top 10 Lists
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •The Top 10 Cosplay Look Alikes [PerezStart] This is the one-year anniversary of the infamous Top 50 Cosplay Cleavage meltdown when I posted bewbs and…
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Modern Warfare 2 Server Petition … Sigh … at 21,000 Sigs and Counting
Online petitions ain’t worth much to me – just once, I’d like to see someone with a clipboard outside a GameStop doing this in person. But on some topics they’re meaningful, like the Infinity Ward/dedicated server fiasco that broke yesterday. Especially when the petition registers 20,000 in just a little more than a day since…
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Farmers Aren’t the Only Ones in Overalls at the State Fair
Ordinarily I’d give this the “About to Get a Letter” treatment, but you know, maybe this thing is licensed. And good luck getting a letter to a carny, anyway. Reader GHETTO CHiLD spotted “Mario Land” at the N.C. State Fair (largest midway of any state fair in the U.S., you can look that up.) It’s…
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Guitar Hero’s ‘Couples’ Cameo Profitable for Activision, Film
Ever met a Guitar Hero salesman? Me either. Vince Vaughn’s character in “Couples Retreat” was made one, however, because he and co-screenwriter John Favreau adore the series. And, how about that, it crowbared a few buxx out of Activision marketing. Activision joined an all-star list of brands such as Bud Light, Captain Morgan’s and Crunch…
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DICE Makes Hay With Dedicated Server Controversy
Earlier this morning, the executive producer for the Battlefield franchise tweaked Call of Duty over Infinity Ward ending dedicated server support, “confirming” that, yes, dedicated server support is “a given” in Battlefield titles on the PC. “Dedicated servers FTW. What ever secures a better online experience is a given for us,” Tweeted DICE’s K.M. Troedsson.…
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Miyamoto, Asked Why Peach Isn’t Playable, Looks to Skirt Issue
Oh, the eminent Nintendo designer still answered the question directly. He just said that Peach’s flowing gown would have required different programming to incorporate her as a playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii. See? Get it? “Skirt issue?” Destructoid says Wired’s Tracey John brought up the question (at the same roundtable at which…
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No Mercy in Left 4 Dead Hospital “Reviews”
Mercy. The hospital in Left 4 Dead’s “No Mercy” campaign, and the name of a real one in Pittsburgh. And Louis, Zoey, Francis and Bill are sowing panic about its conditions, the access to medication, and patients you’ll find there. Some eye-opening (and – for the irony-deficient – pranked) reviews for Pittsburgh’s real Mercy Hospital…
By Owen Good