Friday, November 21, 2008
Study Suggests Playing Video Games is ‘a Great Idea’ for Seniors
10:00AM Owen Good | No sooner than two 70-year-old FPS enthusiasts pop up than we also find, in the journal Psychology and Aging, a study suggesting that older folks might benefit from playing strategy-intensive video games. More »
What Do Game Awards Mean, Really?
8:00AM Owen Good | No TUD for a while, so I’ll reopen the raging debates. And we had one going around the tower lately about the meaning, and utility, of video game awards. I’d like your opinions on this. More »
All the Bad Words You Can’t Say in Pure
7:00AM Owen Good | Meant to post this last week, forgot, sorry. Someone went rooting around through a PC copy of Pure and found what has been described as Disney’s standard wirty-dord list. More »
Rumours
Rumour: Factor 5 Goes Ker-plop
6:00AM Owen Good | Earlier we posted rumours that Factor 5 laid off half its staff. Now comes word the whole studio just closed. I guess everyone’s answer to the economy is just to give up. More »
Bungie Leaves Mythic Map Pack Stocking Stuffer
5:00AM Owen Good | Alert reader KilOMisFiT spotted a Bungie update on Halo 3, accompanied by holiday wishes and this new screenshot. More »
News
Realtime Worlds: Hold Up on Those Crackdown Rumours
4:00AM Owen Good | While not saying it has an offer to do Crackdown 2, Realtime Worlds says it is in “ongoing” discussions with Microsoft about the sequel. Rumours yesterday said startup studio Ruffian “may” be working on it. More »
Wii Injury Arrives in Time for Holidays
3:00AM Owen Good | Researchers at two different institutions in the UK have identified an injury, and an increase in its incidence, associated with playing the Wii. More »
PS3 Trophy Sync Bug Will Be Patched
2:00AM Owen Good | An admin over in Europe’s Official PlayStation Community says Sony will in fact patch a bothersome trophy-related bug that, in worst-case scenarios, borks certain games completely until one does a console backup-restore. More »
News
Free Radical Founder Sets Up New Studio
1:00AM Owen Good | A few months before Free Radical Design cratered, founder Steve Ellis set up a new studio and parked the domain for “Pumpkin Beach.” Well, he and 20 former FRD coders now have jobs there.
