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Nintendo Direct at E3: Liveblog
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Company Of Heroes 2 And The Fog Of War
On my flight to Los Angeles for E3 I watched a documentary called The Fog Of War. The documentary focuses on Robert S. McNamara, the US Secretary of Defense during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the early stages of Vietnam War. One of his quotes stayed with me: “[a]ny military commander who is honest with himself, or with those he’s speaking to, will admit that he has made mistakes in the application of military power. He’s killed people unnecessarily — his own troops or other troops — through mistakes, through errors of judgment. A hundred, or thousands, or tens of thousands, maybe even a hundred thousand. But, he hasn’t destroyed nations.”
I am playing Company of Heroes 2. Thank God it’s just a video game.
The Big Question: Dual Shock 3 Or Xbox 360 Controller
Something strange occurred to me during E3. I was receiving a demo showing me all the new functions of the Xbox One controller. At first I was thinking, ‘how trivial, just show me the games’. But then I realised: controllers are important. Super important in fact. As someone who prefers the Xbox 360 controller, it’s one of the sole reasons I play most (not all) multiplatform games on the 360.
This Mighty Ape PC Sale Is Mighty, But It Only Lasts For 10 More Hours
This is a good sale. Far Cry 3 for $16? Sleeping Dogs for $10? Mass Effect 3 for $13? If there’s been a handful of games you’ve been meaning to pick up, but never got round to it, might as well have a quick search around Mighty Ape because, as I mentioned, this is a good sale — and it’s pretty extensive!
The Open (And Mobile) World Of Watch Dogs
Watch Dogs may be the most anticipated game of the year and with good reason. I haven’t seen a showing of this game — a demo, a trailer, anything – that didn’t reinforce the game’s potential for greatness. At E3 we sat down for a demo with the game. Then, afterwards, we saw a demo that we couldn’t record. Both were among my highlights of E3.
A Million More Reasons Why Blanka Sucks
I’m sure it’s a familiar story. You or your friend gets a Super Nintendo with Street Fighter II. A horde of friends bumrush your house to play. One little bastard figures out Blanka’s electricity move. Then proceeds to dominate everyone before you figure out the Hadouken. Screw that kid. Ever since that day I’ve had a serious problem with Blanka, and this video just helps reinforce everything that is wrong him.
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Screen Australia Provides A Six Million Dollar Stimulus To Local Developers
Earlier this year Screen Australia commited itself to providing $20 million of funding to video games. Today it announced the recipients of $6 million of that funding.
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