The gaming industry, and gaming media, is wrong to label upset consumers as ‘entitled’ or ignore the investment of fans beyond simply spending their hard-earned cash. Colin Moriarty has a peculiar video up at IGN. In it he talks about the ‘mass hysteria’ following the release of Mass Effect 3. Colin is perplexed by the […]
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This year’s Superbowl was the first to give fans a live-streaming option online and on mobile devices. There were some hiccups with delivery, but it was a step in the right direction for online sports. Now March Madness is coming to your Android and iOS devices, with an app that will stream live games directly […]
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From the Diablo III blog: As we’re counting down the days until we’re ready to announce a release date for Diablo III, we’ve come to realize that the PvP game and systems aren’t yet living up to our standards. Today, we wanted to let you know that we’ve made the difficult decision to hold back […]
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Yesterday I posted a video of a Mass Effect 3 fan who hacked the original ME3 disc to unlock a hidden character only available by purchasing the day-one DLC. EA and BioWare have both claimed previously that the DLC was worked on after the rest of the game was finished. Unlocking the character made this […]
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and (both staffers here at Forbes) have a great conversation about social media and the Kony documentary that went viral recently: I like Alex’s distinction between “slacktivism” and traditional advertising. The Kony documentary is basically a huge awareness campaign. As many have pointed out, awareness and social media alone will do very little to stop […]
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Gaming is supposed to be fun. My recent posts on the controversy surrounding Mass Effect 3 have not been particularly fun to write. I don’t actually enjoy controversy that much, especially when writing about something that I really enjoy like video games. It’s funny, I used to blog about politics primarily and when I first […]
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It’s terrible, I know, that I’m only just now getting into Gears of War (having missed the first two games during my gaming hiatus.) But it’s good to be back, and Gears is one reason why. To be honest, I’m not really that fond of third-person-shooters. First-person seems so much more intuitive. There’s more screen […]
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[several updates below] (Update: EA and BioWare have responded to the video and I have posted their comments and my reaction here.) This appears to be pretty damning for BioWare (as always, SPOILERS): (Updated below to note that this video does not show the entire DLC on disc, only a character from the DLC.) Yesterday […]
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I figured this blog needed a break from John Carter and BioWare. Happy listening. Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Read my Forbes blog here.
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I loved John Carter. Actually, the more I’ve thought about it since I saw it yesterday, the more I find myself liking the film. Sometimes with movies the opposite happens. You’ll leave a movie thinking, “Huh, that was cool” and then stew over all the little details that bothered you. Pretty soon you think, “Well, […]
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