To: Crecente From: Ashcraft RE: BioShock Hang-Over
Damn you and your BioShock. The Asian edition doesn’t come out until later this month. That, and my 360 is still getting fixed.
Recent discovery: Drinking a half-bottle of sake everyday makes you fat. I love sake. Like love it. So, so, so much. I’ve visited a tonne of distilleries in Nara, and I’m fascinated by the drink, how it’s made, how delicate the flavour is, how it ages, blah, blah, blah. So! After I finish a 12 or 13 hour blog marathon, I would throw down half a bottle of the stuff.
That makes you BIG and FAT. More »
PREFACE: I love BioShock. Love it to bits. Best game I’ve played in ages. Still. Those that have finished it will know what I’m talking about when I say the final third of the game is a bit of a let-down. A disappointment, even. So it’s great, yes, but not as perfect as some may have you believe. Which brings me to this Zero Punctuation vid review from The Escapist, which dwells on many of the game’s flaws. Actually, it dwells exclusively on the game’s flaws. Which would make him the world’s most negative ninnie were it not for the fact he can back his assertions up with years of elitist, snooty PC gaming pedigree and a few dozen snappy jokes. More »
Oh, OK. So Lair isn’t crap. It’s cursed! Factor 5′s Julian Eggebrecht has told MTV that Lair didn’t just endure a troubled development. Something was up. Something…supernatural. I am not a believer in ghosts, but this one was haunted.
A few days ago, CVG spoke to retailer GAME and came away with news that there’d be no TV cables for the PSP Slim’s British launch. GAME practically own the specialist gaming market in the UK, so if there were no cables for GAME, safe bet was there’d be no cable for anyone else. WRONG. Sony have confirmed that TV cables will indeed be available at the handheld’s launch. So there you have it. Sony confirms white PSP delay, cables available from day one [Gamesindustry.biz] More »
And the international Call of Duty 4 bee-tah roll-out continues. Residents of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, you’re up next, with sign-ups good to go as soon as you grab the details from the official local site. The beta kicks off today (Sep 7), though, so don’t arse about or you’ll miss out. Official UK Beta Program [CoD4 Official Site] More »
Silicon Knights honcho Denis Dyack wants you to know about Denis. He wants you to know that Denis is honest and calls ‘em like he sees ‘em. Denis Dyack doesn’t lie! And neither does his Ontario-based company. Why, just ask Denis Dyack. He’ll tell you all about him: I think the games industry is challenging, but I’m always about telling the truth and saying it like it is. And that is a tough thing to do in this industry, as I’m sure you know. That’s always been our way. We’re often misquoted and misunderstood as a developer…
RedOctane would like to clarify something. When they said the Wii version of Guitar Hero III had its online balls in a vice, they were talking about downloadable content. Not online multiplayer, which is all ready and is looking good to go. So online play, yes, downloadable stuff, no. At least, that’s a no until Nintendo get around to announcing some kind of Wii storage device. Then I’d imagine it’d be on for all and sundry. Red Octane says Wii will have GHIII online play, no DLC initially [Joystiq] More »
The TGS anticipation continues! Taito has released its list of games appearing at TGS. And amazingly (or not, depending on how you look at it) all titles are DS games. They include:
Cooking Mama 2 Arkanoid DS Exit DS Space Invaders Extreme More »
I don’t skate. Can’t, my body just will not cooperate. Don’t really follow it, either, but I do own several DVDs devoted entirely to skateboarders crashing/stacking/grievously harming themselves. Don’t know why, but I just find it really, really funny. EA know what I’m talking about. More »
Sure, Kaz has gone on record calling the PS3 a games console. It’s a start. According to Square Enix boss Yoichi Wada, though, Sony need to go further, and sort out just what the PS3 is. Quit trying to sell it as a computer, as a multimedia centre, as a Blu-Ray player, and settle on what it really is. A freakin’ games machine. Sony first unveiled the PS3 as a mighty home electronics product. Then, after some badgering from game companies, it shifted the position of the console closer to a game machine.
(The future of the PS3) would be tough if its marketing strategy is not straightened up.
Ouch. Hear that, Sony? That’s your most important third-party publisher totally calling you out. Publicly. Best get that marketing in order, or things might get ugly. Wada’s a tough cookie. I hear he does 1000 push-ups and eats a bowl of nails every day. And that’s before breakfast! Sony needs consistent PS3 strategy: videogame publisher [Reuters] More »
