Even though I left the Rocky Mountain News to run Kotaku fulltime awhile back, I still write for the newspaper. Mostly because I like the idea of being able to expose a very mainstream audience to gaming.
The Rocky Mountain News is hosting a chat session on the newspaper’s website later today about Grand Theft Auto IV. They’ve asked me to drop by at noon (Mountain Time) to take questions and send out answers about my story for the paper, the game’s release and other things game related. Of course I said yes, if for no other reason than to have a chance to talk with folks who don’t usually play games.
If you’re interested in joining in on the conversation head on over to the link at noon.
Chat with me [Rocky Mountain News]
As Mike McWhertor and I alluded to earlier this week, we both spent five days last week holed up in a room in a swank San Francisco hotel playing through Grand Theft Auto IV. Yes, all of the way through.
The embargo for our official review and other hands-ons, impressions, comparisons, stories and whatnots doesn’t lift until Sunday (10 a.m. Crecentral), but the package of stories I wrote for the Rocky Mountain News ran this morning. The story for the paper is geared for a much more mainstream audience, so I’m not sure how much you all will get out of it, but here’s how it wraps up.
First a thing about the name: I didn’t pick it. I think it’s hilarious, but I’d never name an award after myself, it’s obnoxious… and quite funny. Which is what I think the Rocky was going for. There are quite a few closet smart-arses over there. :)
So my annual pick for best video game ran in the Rocky Mountain News today and I picked Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare as the overall winner. The game beat out The Orange Box, Bioshock, Super Mario Galaxy and Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune.
Here’s why I decided to pick a war-time first-person shooter sequel over the splendor of a dystopian society, amazing character interaction of Uncharted and innovative design of Galaxy and Orange Box:
