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Tuesday, December 4th, 2007Well that was unexpected!
A year where the console dominated my playing time rather than the PC! I never thought I would see the day and to be honest, I didn’t even realised I had seen the day until I thought about offering up my thoughts for Game of the Year!
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Forza 2 Demo will hit XBox Live ‘any minute now’
Thursday, May 10th, 2007So, literally any minute now, petrol heads, racing enthusiasts and general fans of all things car-like across the world will see the demo of Forza 2 drop onto Xbox Live.
You have witnessed my obsession with a game I haven’t even played on these very pages, it seems to be contagious as people who [...]
It’s Official! - Forza 2 Demo is Ready for Release
Thursday, May 3rd, 2007Here is the evidence!
I have never been so excited about a demo, especially one that is single player only, but still this will be the taste of the greatness that is to come on June 8th in Europe (earlier in lucky bastard locations around the world).
My speculation is that we will [...]
XBOX360 - Spring Update Video Leaked
Saturday, April 7th, 2007Is there a special school people go to in order to learn to speak at 300 words per second like this guy?
Anyway this seems to be a genuine leaked/released video showing off the new features of the XBox 360 spring dashboard update (apparent release date is 7th May).
Some nice features include [...]
Live for Windows Pricing Announced
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007Taken from gameinformer.com
"While Microsoft was quite quiet about Live for Windows Vista, today during a press event prior to the Game Developers Conference the company revealed to Game Informer Online the exact pricing structure for the service. Live for Windows Vista will actually be the same exact price for Vista as it is [...]
Windows Vista Aero Benchmarks Prove Gaming Performance Not Hit by Eye-Candy!
Thursday, February 1st, 2007Whilst I am not sure that ‘Eye-Candy’ should really have a hyphen, I can now be certain that my games are not affected performance-wise (hyphen?) thanks to the great people at FiringSquad.
They have proven once and for all that running the full blown, shiny aero GUI in Windows Vista had pretty much zero effect on [...]
How to Really Piss Off Your Best Customers…
Friday, January 19th, 2007You know the ones… the ones that are actually silly enough to pay for extra maps and stuff for the games.
Easy…. Make sure that the maps you pay for and download don’t actually work!
See here for details but in the meantime if you are silly enough to want to pay for extra maps for Call [...]
NC Soft - Assistants to Biggest Ever Gaming / ID Theft Crime Spree?
Friday, July 7th, 2006I find this absolutley unbelievable. It’s truly staggering! I can’t add anything to this incredible tale of arrogance, idiocy and outright shame! So I’ll let it speak for itself……
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Apparently, a number of individuals with access to various
individual’s personal information from their companies’ databases
leaked lists of various citizens’ resident registration numbers to
people who operated ‘game rooms’. [...]
A game engine rendering entire planets in real-time
Thursday, June 22nd, 2006“A video of a game engine capable of rendering entire planets in real-time! Kind of makes you scratch your head eh..The game will be a MMO btw, and like Project Offset, is being made by just a few guys.”
This is absolutely awe-inspiring and I can only begin to think about the possibilities before my drool-bucket [...]
Chris Crawford: “Video Games are Dead”
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006Crawford worked as a game designer at Atari until 1984 and also penned the classic The Art of Computer Game Design. For Chris Crawford, gaming is now lifeless: “Has anybody noticed that we don’t appeal to the general public? Has anybody thought that perhaps it might be a good thing?”
Reading this article, I think I [...]