I’ll be watching and writing about The Avengers tomorrow, so stay tuned for that and chime in with your thoughts on the film as well. It’s one of my eleven must-see science fiction and fantasy movies of 2012. In the meantime, here’s a fun piece of ephemera for the LEGO lovers out there. As a […]
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Bethesda has confirmed rumors of an Elder Scrolls Online game, slated for 2013.
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Yesterday EA product manager Kevin O’Leary took to Twitter to bash Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, calling the franchise “tired.” Now Markus “Notch” Persson, the creator of the popular indie title Minecraft has taken a swing at EA for releasing its “Indie Bundle” on Steam, calling the company “cynical bastards” on Twitter. Twitter […]
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On the heels of my piece on why Arizona’s SB 1070 anti-immigration law is bad for business, comes yet another horrifying shooting in Arizona with ties to the immigration debate. Jason “J.T.” Ready had been active in anti-immigration movements for years, including as a spokesman for the Minute Men militia. He’d also run for several […]
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It’s the end of the gaming industry as we know it according to Firefall developer and former World of Warcraft lead, Mark Kern, CEO of Red 5 Studios. Consoles are mostly-dead and the big publishers and console manufacturers are all too entrenched to adapt. “Who needs publishers any more? I certainly don’t. I couldn’t care […]
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EA global product manager Kevin O’Leary called Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 title tired and in need of a rest. Is the gaming industry becoming more like politics?
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Nintendo reported a loss of over half a billion dollars for its fiscal year ending March 31st, the first time the company has posted a loss in three decades.
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Giant Sparrow’s upcoming game “The Unfinished Swan” is a first-person painter for the PS3. So if you’re tired of stale first-person-shooter franchises, maybe it’s time to switch gears.
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Speaking of Kotaku, the gaming site is overrun this morning with Call of Duty: Black Ops II coverage, but my favorite article of the bunch is this one. In it, Luke Plunkett lists in detail the number of Call of Duty games that have been made since 2003. “The first Call of Duty game was released […]
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There are many things to love about the PS3 exclusive LittleBigPlanet. For one thing, it’s a challenging game that makes you think. It’s also mind-bendingly creative, and taps into that part of our brain that loves to accessorize, customize, and create. (If you don’t think you like accessorizing, just give the game a whirl. You’ll […]
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