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Band Hero Track Edits Are Ridiculous
8:00AM Mike Fahey | If you are planning on picking up Band Hero because it contains some of your favourite songs, be warned that some of the tunes have been edited beyond enjoyment. More »
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Outgoing IGDA Chief Departs With a Rant
3:30AM Owen Good | This was said in the context of the GDC’s notorious annual rant session, so, it’s not a classic burning of bridges in the last day on the job. More »
Please, Economic Crisis, Put An End To The Christmas Rush
8:00PM Luke Plunkett | As a part-time gamer, Christmas must be brilliant, because not only do you get some time off work to play games, but you’ll probably receive games for Christmas as well. Double score. More »
Nintendo: ‘We’ve Had A New Logo For Two Years’
4:00PM Luke Plunkett | Strange days yesterday, when a press release from Nintendo Europe turned up. It said “stop using the red Nintendo logo”. Seemed…odd. People were confused. Today, Nintendo have responded. More »
Shigeru Miyamoto, Broken Record
4:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Shigeru Miyamoto is a great game designer, we all know that. He’s an incredibly insightful and intelligent man. Likewise, that we all know. Yet, lately his interview responses sound, we dunno, canned? Take these recent responses regarding Wii Music: More »
“Non-Games Are For Non-Gamers”
7:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Frustrated with the current gaming climate? Alex Kierkegaard at website Insomnia sure as shit is. He’s got a biting (and often nasty) take on the sales situation in Japan. I quite like Kierkegaard and appreciate what he does with Insomnia, which has a very strong focus on Japanese games and developers I love like Cave. Here’s a snippet from his rant: More »
Why Are You All Ignoring Blue Dragon?
6:30PM Luke Plunkett | Oh, didn’t you know? Blue Dragon is out. In the West. In English and everything. And it’s being totally ignored. Which having played it non-stop for the past week makes me a little sad. Sure, it does absolutely nothing new, but the old stuff it does, it does with a degree of polish you rarely see outside of a first-party Nintendo title. I love it. Might even be, at time of writing, one of the platform’s strongest titles, and it definitely plugs a big hole in the 360’s lineup. In fact the game’s biggest problem is not its own, it’s Microsofts decision to ship it in the second half of 2007. The cupboard was bare earlier this year: had this been released then I’d have played it for months. Now? I don’t think I’ll get past disc 2 before the downpour starts, and I’ll end up retiring it to the cupboard until next year. Which is a damn shame. More »
