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Anyone who knows me knows that my second-favorite hobby (after making sure my fingernails have no white parts) is numerology. You can’t use a number over and over again on my watch if you expect me to not take notice. The Games Industry tried to slip a battleship-sized “coincidence” past the public in 2011. Most of you might not have noticed it. I, however, am a Certified Professional when it comes to working with or looking at numbers. Allow me to blow your mind: the following games were all released in 2011:
The Killzone card game is not official. A fan made it, and now you can play it.
And not as a hardware bundle. Just as a general, Christmas-y giveaway. The deal was supposed to kick off this Thursday, October 23. It obviously, now, will not be. It’ll instead be kicking off a little later, whenever SCE Australia can confirm a local release date. The deal will see every single PlayStation 3 console sold in the country during the holiday season come with a copy of LittleBigPlanet. A free copy of LittleBigPlanet. Even if you don’t want one. Good news for Aussies in the market for a PS3! Bad news for LittleBigPlanet’s pre-owned market value.
Once a month or so, N’Gai Croal and I debate a video game. Usually we do it well after a game’s been released. We call our exchanges Vs. Mode, co-publish them on both of our blogs, and hope that people have enough bathroom time to read them.
The latest debate concluded this morning. It’s all about Grand Theft Auto IV. We talked about bringing our A game for this one. Or at least we would have if we spoke in sports metaphors. It’s full of spoilers… about the game’s moral quandaries, its ending and other stuff. So beware.
But if you’re looking to see him have a go at me for preferring San Andreas to GTA IV and if you’re interested in stuff like this…
