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WIN! A LittleBigPlanet PlayStation Portable Bundle

There once was a Sackboy named David
And on a great website he laboured
We made lots of post
That annoyed him the most
But he never got frustrated!

Modern Warfare 2 Selling Just Fine On PC

But Andrew, where do you draw your line?

When they force you to use a 360/PS3 controller instead of keyboard and mouse?

When core game play elements are altered in favour of balance for the console versions?

When they start to ban modders/mapmakers for making ‘unofficial modifications’ to their game?

When updates and DLC become console exclusives?

When PC versions are delayed for months and months?

When they decide not to make PC versions at all, because consoletards will buy dog shit if it has CoD written on it (Case in point: World at War)?

What this ‘boycott’ has proved is that either the hardcore PC gaming community is much smaller than we thought, or that PC gamers will cave instantly to developers.

Both are very troubling, as the PC gaming community are the driving force behind innovation, balance, and generally knowing what a good game is (case in point, Counterstrike’s rise from 3rd party mod to one of the most popular FPS’s of all time)

We’re heading towards a future where developers snub the PC gamers and develop simpler and simpler gamers for their ‘casual’ console audience, which will inevitably backfire when it finally hits the casuals just how shit the games have become, and they go back to riding bikes or playing football or whatever.

Then we have another video game crash

What Left 4 Dead 2 Boycotters Are Playing

No, the original leaders of the group announced that they were not going to boycott it anymore.

Many members felt this was because vale threw money at them (flew them out to valve HQ, gave them exclusive time with the game) and their opinion was therefore skewed.

So the boycott continues, just with people who have a slightly bigger moral compass

Left 4 Dead 2 Review: We Don't Care How You Did It Up North

Micheal, i’d really like to have a no-bullshit response of:

Is this game different enough from L4D1 to warrant a purchase

A lot of the stuff you speak of in your review seems like minor upgrades over things that they already had in the original.

A few other questions i have, for anyone who played the first game a lot:

Are the characters as likeable as the first game?
What’s the co-op campaign like?
Does it have 4v4 Matchmaking?
What’s the balance like in versus?

And a few questions for anyone who has the Australian version:

Are the changes REALLY noticeable to the point where they start to effect gameplay?
Do you often find yourself kicked from servers for using the Aus version?

And Lastly, a Big question for PC users!

What’s the matchmaking like? Especially for aussies! We all remember the horrible fiasco of early L4D1 matchmaking, putting you in Valve hosted US servers or worse, locally hosted!

Good review though, was never going to buy this game but now… eh, i’ll wait till it’s 50% off :P

Original World 1-1 Recreated In New Super Mario Bros. Wii

that looks MUCH too good to be on wii, it has to be dolphin

GameStop To Sell DLC...In Their Stores

I can see the benefit of this to people who have slow internet connections or limited download quotas. Some of those DLC packs can have a pretty hefty size limit, and that’s what stops a lot of people from experiencing good content

MSNBC Talks Terrorism Of Modern Warfare 2 With Totilo

Another thumbs up from me here! That could not have gone better. After hearing so much ignorance and intolerance about video games latley (mostly around the R18+ rating in Aus), it’s good to see that there are still people who are willing to listen to and comment on rational argument.

WIN! Tekken 6 Xbox 360 Arcade Stick Edition

King’s combo is long
It is quite hard to pull off
Fails to low kick spam

Aliens Vs Predator Vs Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle

Play-asia is your friend

Aliens Vs Predator Vs Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle

Considering that one of Sega’s prior releases, ‘House of the Dead Overkill’ was submitted and passed in Aus, and that it had copious ammounts of violence, i’d assume that they’d still at least TRY with Aus.

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Keep in mind, only if you have a PS3! The xbox 360 version is region locked

Bargain Hunter: That Wii Bundle Is This Much

Smash Bros is equal to ALL THREE of the other games included in the JB deal (wii Cricket, let’s tap and virtua tennis) so the harvey normal deal is far superior.

At least for anyone who calls themselves a gamer

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I really hope they actually work on the open world system this time. I read an interesting article in PC powerplay ages ago, that proposed the idea that the Jackal should have existed somewhere in the far cry 2 universe, and that it should have been possible for you to collect information and track him down at your own pace, instead of the linear complete mission -> advance story formula they have gone with