Tag Archives: Games
Zak Efron: Call of Duty 4 Junkie
High School Musical actor Zak Efron, currently promoting his new movie, 17 Again, said in the San Francisco Chronicle article he’s a Call of Duty 4 junkie. “If I could give my 17-year-old self one piece of advice, it would … Continue reading
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GDC: How to Love a Fat Princess
If ever there was a game that balanced the childlike joy of gaming with smart, adult multiplayer ideas, Fat Princess is it. An exclusive downloadable PSN game scheduled for summer, Titan Studios’ Fat Princess appeared at the 09 Game Developer’s … Continue reading
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GDC 09: Evolving Game Design: Today and Tomorrow, Eastern and Western Design
Would you believe that taking a poop is actually a good way to come up with a good game story? Goichi Suda has used that “technique” to come up with one of his more successful game ideas. During the GDC … Continue reading
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Max Payne 3 Developed by Rockstar Vancouver
Rockstar Games today announced Max Payne 3 will hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in winter 2009. Besides that this is the first next-gen version of the game, it’s in development by Rockstar Vancouver, not the game previous developer, … Continue reading
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Dan Rosensweig a Guitar Hero?
Activision Blizzard President Bobby Kotick allegedly is handing over the reigns of the Guitar Hero franchise to Quadrangle Group partner Dan Rosensweig, an announcement that could be made in days, says All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher, who cites courses close … Continue reading
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Nintendo, Wii Fit and Street Fighter IV Prove EEDAR Wrong, Boost February Sales
Was EEDAR’s Jesse Divnich prediction for lower February sales a bad prediction, or just a feeble attempt at getting attention? I suspect the latter, but as analysts are so often wrong, NPD’s report of North American video game sales showed … Continue reading
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“Scratch: The Ultimate DJ” is Big in the Britches
It’s easy to say that your game is going to be bigger than Guitar Hero, especially when you’re Mix Master Mike . That’s exactly what the Beastie Boys DJ proclaimed to MTV Multiplayer recently to describe his involvement in the … Continue reading
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Nintendo Wii Rejected Ideas
This YouTube video is old, but College Humor gets it right again. Here are about 10-15 game ideas “rejected by Nintendo,” all of which are totally fake (yes, I just explained that). Not a single one of these was outrageously … Continue reading
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Vin Diesel Says Games Will Change Society
In an interview published today by G4, Vin Diesel, the iconic bad-ass anti-hero made popular by movies such as Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick, said games will change the world. Really? They’ll change the world? “With the new … Continue reading
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Resident Evil’s Best Villains
Look, it’s Resident Evil 5 again. If you look closely, you can tell whether a Website ignores or pays attention to its readers. IGN always has done an excellent job of incorporating its readers into the fold, whether through its … Continue reading
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