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Tiny Diggers – An iPad Construction Truck Game for Kids Age 2-5

February 20, 2012 – 12:39 pm | 3 Comments

Tiny Diggers has just been released on the iPad and soon the Mac computer. Here’s the details on this fun, educational game from TouchTilt Games.
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Major Nelson: “It’s About Choice”

Submitted by James Munn on October 25, 2006 – 5:33 pm28 Comments

I've got your choice right here. Major Nelson’s answer to micro-payments on G4TV tonight? “It’s about the choice”. He came off just as I expected.

Andrew Pfister, Editor of 1up, joined Major Nelson on the panel, playing the role of the gamer. Andrew said, “It doesn’t appear that anyone is in control of the situation. You have publishers like EA doing their own thing, you have publishers like Atari doing their own thing, and you even have small publishers like Q Entertainment…”

Andrew represented the case properly, stating that the problem with Lumines Live is not that the game is segmented but how it’s represented on Xbox Live Arcade.

Before Major Nelson even answered a question, he decided to remind us that the people behind Xbox Live (aside of the Lawyers and millionaires) are gamers and that “Xbox Live didn’t get to be 4 million users strong by not listening….that’s what we do, we listen to the gamers.” He then stated, “It’s about choice” and basically, if you don’t like it, don’t buy it.

Andrew counter punched, saying that the real problem here is that $59 games are then piling on over-priced, undervalued micro-transactions. They referred to The Godfather by EA as a great example of abuse of the system.

pickassoreborn

Seems to me that EA have control over Microsoft and Microsoft don’t want to piss off EA. So EA continue to completely break and ruin the microtranaction structure by taking the piss. Gamers in the know won’t be buying the microtransactions, but the casuals will and this will encourage them. I worry how much worse it’s going to be with the PS3′s PlayStation Store…
Stuart

As a gamer I’m very frustrated at the current microtransaction trend. I haven’t picked up a 360 yet, but I keep seeing and hearing about the implications, and honest to god it’s got me a little frightened.

I already have a very meager games budget. Why are companies making me pay more money to simply “unlock” or “add” features to a game that already should have it?

I really was looking foreward to getting a 360 and buying Oblivion, especially after playing COD2 on my friend’s 360. Then I heard about this HorseArmor thing, and then the new dungeons, and etc, and I was honestly turned off from it. So I decided to wait till Gears of War. Then the Wii made a good showing at E3 cemented my loyalty over the summer, so I decided to wait till next summer for a 360. Now I think I’m not going to get one till Halo 3…

Hell I might as well get Oblivion for the PC where I can get user made content (in some ways better than Bethesda.)

I think if Nintendo avoids this Microtransaction stuff and stays simple with their Virtual Arcade stuff I might be set.
http://zombie91836@hotmail.com Kordack

Meh. I’m just not buying anymore EA products. I’ll probably get pissed off that I’m missing a “must-have” game in the future, and EA’s bank account won’t notice the difference, but I’m so disgusted with them lately that I’d just feel slimy and disgusting if I sent any money their way.