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2:00PM David Wildgoose | The debate around Infinity Ward’s decision to include a mission in Modern Warfare 2 where players assume the role of a terrorist group is a discussion we need to have. By pushing video game boundaries in such a deliberate, provocative way, it highlights how immature our medium remains. More »
Monday Musings: War Games
2:00PM David Wildgoose | The debate around Infinity Ward’s decision to include a mission in Modern Warfare 2 where players assume the role of a terrorist group is a discussion we need to have. By pushing video game boundaries in such a deliberate, provocative way, it highlights how immature our medium remains. More »
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | Motion control purports to be intuitive and accessible. Peripherals, such as the plastic guitar, balance board, light gun and, with Tony Hawk Ride, the skateboard, seemingly add weight to the argument that the traditional control pad is a barrier to entry. But the racing genre has long offered its own dedicated controller designed to remove that barrier: the wheel. More »
Monday Musings: The Race For Control
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Motion control purports to be intuitive and accessible. Peripherals, such as the plastic guitar, balance board, light gun and, with Tony Hawk Ride, the skateboard, seemingly add weight to the argument that the traditional control pad is a barrier to entry. But the racing genre has long offered its own dedicated controller designed to remove that barrier: the wheel. More »
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11:00AM David Wildgoose | For years, the industry has been bemoaning the fact that too many games are squeezed into the end of year holiday period. This year, however, it seems things are changing. StarCraft II, Splinter Cell: Conviction and BioShock 2 and others have all been pushed back. If anything, we’re worried there aren’t enough games coming this Christmas. More »
Monday Musings: Does Christmas Still Matter?
11:00AM David Wildgoose | For years, the industry has been bemoaning the fact that too many games are squeezed into the end of year holiday period. This year, however, it seems things are changing. StarCraft II, Splinter Cell: Conviction and BioShock 2 and others have all been pushed back. If anything, we’re worried there aren’t enough games coming this Christmas. More »
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | Special editions are all the rage now. You can’t swing a Wiimote in a games store these days without knocking over some over-sized box crammed with toys, books, posters, and all kinds of novelty trinkets. More »
Monday Musings: Seduced By The Swag
2:00PM David Wildgoose | Special editions are all the rage now. You can’t swing a Wiimote in a games store these days without knocking over some over-sized box crammed with toys, books, posters, and all kinds of novelty trinkets. More »
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1:00PM David Wildgoose | It’s been over three years since Oblivion, so surely work on a follow-up is well under way at Bethesda. Here’s what I’d like to see them do. More »
Monday Musings: 10 Ways To A Better Elder Scrolls
1:00PM David Wildgoose | It’s been over three years since Oblivion, so surely work on a follow-up is well under way at Bethesda. Here’s what I’d like to see them do. More »
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11:00AM David Wildgoose | Playing Batman: Arkham Asylum recently, I was struck by two things. One, how good it is. Two, why does Batman need his hand held? More »
Monday Musings: No One Tells Batman What To Do
11:00AM David Wildgoose | Playing Batman: Arkham Asylum recently, I was struck by two things. One, how good it is. Two, why does Batman need his hand held? More »
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2:00PM David Wildgoose | It’s a funny term that. “Girl gamers.” What images come to mind when you hear it? More »
Monday Musings: “Girl Gamers”
2:00PM David Wildgoose | It’s a funny term that. “Girl gamers.” What images come to mind when you hear it? More »
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10:00AM David Wildgoose | So, Activision have threatened to pull support from the PlayStation 3. But what did they really mean? More »
Monday Musings: Activision Declares War On Sony
10:00AM David Wildgoose | So, Activision have threatened to pull support from the PlayStation 3. But what did they really mean? More »
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10:00AM David Wildgoose | Forget Mario versus Sonic. Forget Marcus Fenix versus Nathan Drake. The real battlefield of this console generation – and perhaps all future generations – is motion control. More »
Monday Musings: Do You Welcome Our New Waggle Overlords?
10:00AM David Wildgoose | Forget Mario versus Sonic. Forget Marcus Fenix versus Nathan Drake. The real battlefield of this console generation – and perhaps all future generations – is motion control. More »
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10:00AM David Wildgoose | Last Monday I gave you my predictions for E3 2009. Now that the show is done and dusted, let’s see how I did. More »
Monday Musings: How’d My E3 Predictions Go?
10:00AM David Wildgoose | Last Monday I gave you my predictions for E3 2009. Now that the show is done and dusted, let’s see how I did. More »