Welcome to part 1 of my top 10 games of 2007. I’m going to work my way backwards from #10 to #1. 10. Rockband (PS3/360) Rock Band is a recent release of the year, but it’s one that should be on everyone’s list. Rock Band is the ultimate party game. Combine Karoke Revolution, Guitar Hero [...]
I’ve had a revelation recently. Nintendo makes good games. I know, that doesn’t seem like much of a revelation, but what I found was that while the games are good titles, they are never excellent titles. Nintendo has been around the video game industry now for well over 20 years. Those of us in our [...]
By now you’ve all seen the whole Gerstmann Controversy. I’m not going to go into details about it, if you want to know what happened just Google it and you’ll find the millions of entries. These events really have brought to a boil something that has been happening for years, that is the changing state [...]
I know we are only a year into the current next-gen, a term I loathe to begin with, but I was reading an interesting article over at the Washington Post regarding Verizon’s new open wireless standard. Verizon Wireless’s new policy also opens the network to a host of other devices, such as video game consoles, [...]
If you’ve been following this blog, you know my life has been a bit of a rollercoaster for the better part of 2 years now. I’ve found myself smack in the middle of the games industry writing for a popular website, participating in podcasts, and taking trips around the country. I’ve found myself responsible for [...]
So what is it lately with companies sending out emails/press releases/etc announcing an upcoming announcement. Here is an example of what I’m talking about with the names removed to protect the innocent. Heads up Nick: _______________ will release findings of ___________ on Monday, October 29th. Thank you for that. This just seems to be happening [...]
So I here I sit on a plane on my way back from Seattle. Flights across the country generally give one a lot of time to think about things. This particular trip took me to an event unlike any other I’ve been to. The event was called the Community Lock-In for Halo 3. Microsoft’s biggest [...]
So it appears like the US Government wants to fuck up even further are already paltry broaband penetration in this country thanks to an expiring bill. Congress would pass a new bill in its place which would levy taxes on internet access for cable, dsl, and other various means of access the great WWW. If [...]
I think I’ve decided today that I need to train myself to live on 5 hours of sleep. I normally go to bed around 11 or so and wake up at 6:30, but this simply is cutting into my gaming time. On top of all the games I want to play, I have the articles [...]
If this quote isn’t living proof that Electronic “Fuck your mom in the ass” Arts has too much power and money, I don’t know what is. EA’s CEO John Riccitiello made the following quote: “When you’ve got a competitor like Take-Two on the sports side, and they launch a football title using some of the [...]