CAPCOM sold 1.4 million copies of ‘Street Fighter X Tekken’ despite including locked content on the disc behind a paywall. The media needs to play a stronger role in protecting consumers from bad industry practices, and try to reach low-information consumers.
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Following in the footsteps of CAPCOM and EA, game developer Deep Silver has apparently included locked on-disc content on Risen 2. The content is only available through the purchase of downloadable content (DLC.) The ostensible point of DLC is to extend the life of a game by offering future downloadable content produced after the main […]
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Microsoft has confirmed that it will offer a $99 Xbox 360 bundled with a Kinect and two years of Xbox Live for customers who sign a two-year contract. This may be the future of console gaming.
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HBO’s adaptation of Game of Thrones veers further than ever from the books in ‘The Old Gods and the New.’ When it comes to the lackluster Dany storyline, is this a good thing?
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This comment was left on my + post for my Captain America is Porn piece by Sam Hutcheson. I think he makes some great points – as do many commenters on the original thread who disagreed with my thesis. So, for an alternate view, I give you Sam’s comment in full: “Nice write up. I don’t […]
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For Game of Thrones fans, this fictional brew should do the trick. I imagine it would be a porter or a stout – some winter beer you can drink warm if need be, close to the fire. Dark and nutrient-rich. The King’s Landing Royal Brewery would specialize in Red Ales. Lannister Gold would be a popular […]
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Captain America is a wish-fulfillment film that never breaks out of its own tropes. Here’s why.
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This will be number 7 on my list of video game RPG tropes that need to go away. Every Dwarf Is A Scotsman What is it in our collective imagination (or lack thereof) that requires every dwarf to be heavily bearded and sporting a thick Scottish brogue? I admit, as much as I am enjoying […]
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When we talk about innovation, we often think that for something to be truly innovative it must be entirely new. In reality, “nothing is new under the sun” and true innovation happens when people build off of other ideas by creating something new out of something old. Innovation is the motion of progress, but all […]
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I’m late to this (it came out last year) but it’s easily some of the best satire of recent gaming industry trends I’ve seen: This is particularly appropriate in light of the Max Payne 3 DLC Pass we discussed earlier. (hat-tip) Follow me on Twitter or Facebook. Read my Forbes blog here.
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