Man these Valve guys are genius! I mean, who'd ever have thought that you could plug a television AND a controller in to a computer? This is revolutionary, groundbreaking stuff here, folks. Finally, I no longer will have to endure the taunts and ridicule from my friends as they kick back on the couch playing games, while I'm strapped to this damnable computer chair - arrrrgh!
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Not bad, but the list is pretty heavily skewed towards "what have you done for me lately".
How about...
Microprose? (Civ series, XCOM: UFO Defense, Master of Orion series)
Psygnosis? (Lemmings, Colony Wars, Discworld, Wipeout)
Konami? (Frogger, Contra, Castlevania, TMNT Arcade)
Just a few oversights off the top of my head.
Hey now, Monster Truck Madness was a fine piece of work.
Putting your phone number on Twitter is roughly equivalent to scrawling it on the wall of the world's busiest public restroom.
It is pretty despicable that these nobodies are harassing the poor guy, but hopefully he learned to value his privacy a bit more.
The Smackdown series was great single player with the career mode, but much more vivid are the memories of crowding around an N64 after school with some 4-player WCW vs NWO.
Back in the 80's, the world was in love with fat plumbers and docile extra-terrestrials. Today, we love visceral murder simulators and conflicted anti-heroes.
I don't have a sociology degree, but it doesn't take more than a little awareness to realize that our culture's sensitivity to violent acts has been degraded to a point of apathy, acceptance, and even glorification.
Video games are just one arm of the media we are all exposed to today, a...
While your understanding of what constitutes a conversation seems sound, your implementation leaves something to be desired.
"Why should I care," comes off as juvenile and inept.
If you are, in fact, a ten year old child, please carry on.
And yet you felt the need to comment on the article.
I liked Dirt 2, but I can see why he might hold that opinion. Having America and the X Games shoved down your throat was pretty jarring for fans of the very Eurocentric (prior to the "Dirt" moniker) Colin McRae series.
Looks nice, but grainy and there's lots of aliasing. The face on the last screen is pretty amazing though.
Square Enix had an iPod Touch reward but it wasn't customized that I could see.
An Xbox live subscription has much more potential value to the company than a single console purchase.
What you suggest is like Ford giving you free gas for life when you purchase a new truck.
There's a fine line to walk between rewarding loyalty and attracting new customers. You don't want to throw too much at new customers, because the loyal ones feel like they aren't rewarded; you don't want to cater exclusively to your loyal customers, because the new ones won't feel as valued.
I think this is a nice touch, maybe even a little extravagant if it's given for free, but hey, Microsoft can obviously afford it, so why not? Definitely a nice co...
Would that really change how you handle them? Take care of your shit. :P
Assassin's Creed 4: Modern Warfare
Every time I think I'm ready to buy a 3DS, they announce a new version that I figure I'll wait for.
@MattS
With all your years of experience, I'm surprised at your confusion between news journalism and editorial or opinion pieces. For what it's worth, I am educated as a news journalist, though I no longer practice in the field.
I'm not saying that game reviews are, or have to be, completely devoid of the writer's opinion. In fact, I welcome it, when positioned as such. But video games are a technical offering, with technical merits which can...
@jeeves86
A professional review is not an opinion piece; it's an objective evaluation.
There is so much unprofessional and underdeveloped video game "journalism" floating around on the internet that this fact is easily diluted, and yet it remains true. A professionally written review judges a game against the standards of the industry and the genre, not those of the reviewer. So to call every review fair and accurate because it's someone'...
No.
There's a pretty big difference between developing the game (which noone sees) and advertising the game (which everyone sees).
^ Not sure why the disagrees @ Letros...
Some people must think that these games run on Steam; that Steam is some kind of platform. Well, Steam is a store. Sure, it's a really cool store, with lots of great sales, and you always run in to friends there, but yeah, still a store.
The games run on Windows. Or, to a much lesser extent, Mac. Steam currently lists about 40 titles as Linux compatible, of which roughly 10 are games you've actually heard of, a...