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World of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King; Everyone Including Your Grandmother Is Playing It
I'd say about 1 in 2 people reading this either play World of Warcraft, know someone that plays it, or has completely lost their lives to it. The reason I know that is because the expansion pack to WoW, Wrath of the Lich King set record numbers for sales its first 24 hours upon release.
Continue reading...Duke Nukem Forever screenshots - Also proof of bigfoot, little green men
30. September 2008
They are kind of pretty and shiny in a hard bitten, vaporware sort of way. But wait, could this be the proof that we're all waiting for? Will DNF be an actual product in our lifetime? I'll let you decide that while you gaze lovingly at the once familiar mug of our long lost protagonist. Let's hope that if it is real, it makes a better impression than Spore.
Continue reading...Fed up with DRM, high costs, the same old same old and system requirements that are way to high? Go old school with GOG.com!
23. September 2008
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably heard of Good Old Games (GOG.com). I've been hearing a lot about it as well so I decided to finally check it out and what I discovered was a little slice of gamer heaven. Let's start with some of the problems of modern gaming - issues that I have at least, maybe you'll agree with some of them. First of before anything else is the state of the software. Buggy releases which feel like nothing more than late beta stage games, crippled with DRM and support that consists of the user doing all of the footwork.
Continue reading...Spore patch released - DRM unchanged
22. September 2008
EA released the first Spore patch today (PC only, Mac users will have to check back). You can grab it here. Here's what it does (details in the full post), and the official site.
Continue reading...Mind Rot: A Video Game Addict or an Obsessive Personality?
14. September 2008
In this recent article at Bohemian.com, Gabriel Fransisco describes a lifestyle lost to an overwhelming obsession with video games. But is this attempt at a heart-wrenching anecdote evidence of the addictive nature of video games, or is it evidence of a man with an obsessive personality who has the uncanny ability (or curse) of overwhelming focus on his personal goals? My own positive relationship with video games provides a stark contrast with Gabriel's self-destructive obsession.
Continue reading...How EA and Spore are causing piracy, the DasmX86Dll issues, removing SecuRom and some great DRM free alternatives
9. September 2008
Speaking of SecuRom - I'm not quite sure why software companies continue to insist that DRM of this type (or any type) is worth it. I wonder how much money EA stuck into this? The game was available on the torrents before it's official launch and yet here's EA and far to many other companies shoveling money down the DRM hole. And it's doubly a problem because of their refusal to see this as an issue. If the game sells well, EA says "See! DRM isn't that big a deal, people don't care and we're still selling games." If the game's sales are hurt by DRM they fall back on "Pirates are killing our bottom line!" Seriously? Games will get pirated, sure. But you're much more likely to sell copies if they're not crippled in the first place by software that does nothing to stop the pirates and everything to annoy legitimate users.
Continue reading...My Spore creations - let me show you them
8. September 2008
Yes, everyone and their brother's sisters's uncle are playing, reviewing and yawping about the DRM (which does suck) in Spore. I've been busy making things though. You can check them out to the right ----> down there somewhere or look in this post for a flash widget which sometimes crashes my browser in Ubuntu (sigh).
Continue reading...Now you have to pay to help debug modern games - Call Of Duty: World At War I’m lookin’ at you!
4. September 2008
This is a disturbing trend I've been noticing, most recently with Call of Duty: World At War. You have to now put up money for a game you may not want, just to help the game developers debug their beta release.
Continue reading...Ahhh Spore. I sank more time into you tonight.
3. September 2008
I'm learning a bit. 9/7/08 will be a fun night for me! Here's a quick video of a flying mouth thingy.
Continue reading...Spore.com is down in preperation for the launch on September 7
3. September 2008
Looks like a whole lot of updating going on at EA's spore.com! They're currently down, most likely adding the promised updates to the site for the Spore launch, coming this Sunday.
Continue reading...Hooked on Spore - creature creator
2. September 2008
For purely research purposes, I downloaded and installed the Spore Creature creator today. What a hoot! I'm plunging into this game and very much enjoying myself. I spent some time getting familiar with everything tonight and designed a few additions to the Sporepedia. Feel free to check them out here.
Continue reading...Spore - finally a game to get excited about
2. September 2008
With the launch of Spore coming soon, I'm finally starting to get excited about a video game again! It's been a while since there's been a video game release that truly sparked a lot of interest in my gaming life. There's been the occasional left field surprise like Sins of a Solar Empire which I've enjoyed playing very much but most of the recent big gaming releases have been more of the same. Prettier sure, graphically some have been amazing - but it's still first person shooter or real time strategy. Will Spore be different?
Continue reading...Bionic Commando: Rearmed is Heavy on Nostalgia, Light on Gameplay
29. August 2008
In 1987, Capcom unveiled a new franchise - Bionic Commando. Bionic Commando started as a standalone arcade game, in which the the main character was a soldier equipped with a bionic arm used for swinging, grabbing, and ass-kicking. In 1988, a sequel was made for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Two weeks ago, Capcom released a remake of the 1988 NES classic on the Playstation Network, XBox Live Arcade, and PC gaming systems.
Continue reading...Tired of standing in line for first day video game releases? Amazon to the rescue
26. August 2008
Amazon.com announced today a program to ship games for arrival on their release date. You can now sneer at those folks who waiting in line at GameStop for almost 20 minutes to receive the latest gaming industry created rogue rip-off or YAFPS (Yet Another First Person Shooter - thanks Cavtroop) while you slave away at work and watch UPS repeatedly try to deliver a game to your empty home via their tracking site. It's only good on a couple of games right now, but expect more publishers to jump on board soon.
Continue reading...PS3 Uber deals at Amazon?
25. August 2008
If you're looking to score a PS3, some PS3 games, perhipherals or even a PS3 shaped oven mitt, you may want to hold off a bit. Amazon is threatening with their Gold Box storm of deals - the PS3 will be hitting the Gold Box on August 27th at 12:01AM PST.
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26. November 2008
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