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Why Do I hate Madden?

By George Walker
Posted in asides, sports on 7 August 2008
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WARNING! Rant incoming!
The Kranz, one of our long-time podcast listeners called me out on my wish for the Madden series to just die. In our forums, he wrote:
Millions of people love Madden, yet you want to kill it and without solid reasoning George. Don’t cop out and say “competition” because you didn’t come to that [...]

Review: American McGee’s “Grimm” Episode 1 (PC)

By George Walker
Posted in PC, Reviews on 31 July 2008
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“Make it… STINKY!”
That is the mantra of “A Boy Who Learns What Fear Is,” the first episode of American McGee’s episodic adventure/platformer. Not necessarily in a bad way… American McGee’s breakout title Alice received great reviews in its time, due mostly to some fantastic graphics. Grimm has taken a very different tack, in more ways [...]

Nintendo Caring About Hardcore Gamers Is Good For Everyone

By George Walker
Posted in Articles, E3 2008, Industry, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii on 25 July 2008
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Since Nintendo has come out and apologized for not appealing to the “core” gamer with their E3 conference, a major argument I’ve been hearing in several places, including some of the comments on my previous article, is that Nintendo doesn’t HAVE to care about hardcore gamers. They’re doing just fine without them, so why bother?
Here’s [...]

Do Developers Affect Game Sales?

By George Walker
Posted in Industry on 25 July 2008
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A twitter contact of mine recently stated, “does the customer care about the game, the publisher, or the developer? I think the MAJORITY care about the game and nothing else.”
While I think he may be MOSTLY right, there is enough evidence to at least have a lively discussion on the matter. Firstly, I’ll agree that [...]

Nintendo Apologizes For Horrible E3

By George Walker
Posted in E3 2008, Nintendo on 23 July 2008
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And frankly, they should. Nintendo’s E3 conference was slightly less painful than having my hand skewered by a power drill, much like in that Bioshock trailer. But, I digress… the real crime, according to Iwata, was ignoring the hardcore gaming market.
Iwata told Forbes.com, “If there is any perception that Nintendo is ignoring the core [...]

Digital Distribution Fatigue

By George Walker
Posted in Industry, Online, Technology on 11 July 2008
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There’s no question that Digital Distribution is the wave of the future. The success of Steam and Xbox Live Arcade make this clear enough.
However, with the release of yet another (seemingly excellent) digital distribution platform, I’m finding myself getting a little overwhelmed.
I currently have used Steam, Xbox Live Arcade, The Playstation Store, Gametap, Stardock’s TotalGaming.net, [...]

Warhammer Online: Will I Buy It?

By George Walker
Posted in Online, PC on 10 July 2008
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I suspect that we’ll be getting some more info on this title, especially since hype seems to be ramping up a bit as we get to E3. Oddly, I haven’t heard much about it from some of the MMO blogs I frequent, but SUPPOSEDLY, Warhammer Online has about 700,000 beta applicants. I believe WoW had [...]

Ones to Watch: Xbox 360 Games for July 2008

By George Walker
Posted in XBOX 360, ones to watch on 3 July 2008
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July actually has a few interesting titles coming up for Xbox 360 owners.
Unreal Tournament 3 is coming out next week, but those that aren’t FPS fans have a pretty good pick with Civilization Revolution coming out, as well.
Gloriously, we’re only a few months away from football season, so get ready to jump right in by [...]

Source Claims Bungie Already Working on Halo 4

By George Walker
Posted in Industry, Microsoft, XBOX 360 on 3 July 2008
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The guys over at SarcasticGamer.com are known for their hilarious parodies and the SarcasticGamer podcasts. Interestingly, they’ve also been able to allegedly score an inside source that has some interesting claims about Halo 4.
A very good and anonymous source tells us that Halo 4 is already in full development over at Bungie.  I wish to [...]

Oh man, I Love Sameness

By George Walker
Posted in PC on 28 June 2008
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So, I’m watching the Diablo 3 gameplay video, right now. I can honestly say I wasn’t super excited about Diablo 3. I haven’t been eagerly anticipating it since I pretty much had played out Diablo 2 for a couple years after it was released. Good times…
Very much like Starcraft 2, it looks like Blizzard is [...]