Recent content by player66 [deprecated]

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    Boston Transit Bans M-Rated Ads

    Sometimes I'm glad Americans have somewhat higher decency standards when it comes to what belongs in the public domain...this is not one of them.
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    Xbox 360 Class Action Filed Against Microsoft

    I fought with Microsoft Xbox customer support twice to get my original 360 repaired, but luckily my repairs were covered under the "prior to Jan. 1st 2006" recall. My experience with them was horrible, seeing that the first box they sent back to me was my original with no repairs made. I would...
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    Dragon Quest IX Goes To DS

    I'm thrilled to see DQIX on the DS. I only had the time to get 40% through DQVIII on PS2, mainly because I never have the time to sit down and play on the TV anymore for long stints of time. I always seem to find time to fit in short gameplay on my PSP or DS though.
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    Nintendo's Fils-Aime Speaks Out

    I am willing to venture that, at least within this generation, we don't have to worry about consoles becoming too high end for their own good. Even if that were the case, a $400 Xbox 360 is a pretty cheap mid-range gaming PC. It is 100% up to publishers and developers to reign in their...
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    3D Realms' Scott Miller Calls For Steam Independence

    Valve has pioneered digital distribution on the PC. Why shouldn't they enjoy the spoils; they certainly took all of the risks. I whole-heartedly agree with Bongo on the console situation. EA and M$oft fought for years over Xbox Live, mainly because EA didn't want to share such a large of their...
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    3D Realms' Scott Miller Calls For Steam Independence

    I agree. His logic is also fundamentally flawed; Valve tanking on a couple of games is like theorizing Blizzard may release a couple of stinkers and be in financial crisis as a result. My impression of Valve is that they don't release half-finished titles and won't release a product until it is...
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    Sony Executives Shuffle Positions

    I guess all of that playground banter got Ken sent back to a desk job.
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    Ritual Lead Tester Slams Sony's Quality Assurance

    One of the most central reasons why large publishers will probably never fully back 3rd Party test labs is the security issue. Can you picture M$oft sending Halo 3 out to a 3rd Party lab via FTP or UPS - never happen. The potential for theft, loss or malicious distribution are too high. Most...
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    3D Realms' Scott Miller Calls For Steam Independence

    I suppose it's easy to say that if you aren't Valve. I remember when Steam was first being publicly discussed. The rest of the industry seemed to be taking a wait and see approach. Valve in the meantime went through a couple years where retail, publishers, users, journalists and other developers...
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    Nintendo's Fils-Aime Speaks Out

    Combining motion sensing controllers with anything has been troublesome lately, or at least Sony definitely thinks so (rumble anyone?). But in theory, I agree with you. It would be fantastic to have a truly powerful CPU/GPU/Control Scheme on the market at this point. Maybe Nintendo is trying to...
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    73: Turning the Tables

    I'm glad to see that M$oft is starting to turn a small profit on the 360s. I love my 360, even though I have had to replace the unit twice due to lousy first-run production issues. Dead Rising and now Gears of War have made me a believer. Having worked at Maxis PRE and POST absorption into...
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    Nintendo's Fils-Aime Speaks Out

    I'm personally glad that so many "hardcore" gamers have this opinion of the Wii. heavyfeul has a soulmate in Greg Vederman, EIC of PC Gamer. On their podcast from last week, Greg and Gary Whitta (Gaz) had it out over the Wii's appeal as a gaming platform. Greg's entire argument could be summed...
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    Nintendo's Fils-Aime Speaks Out

    It's about time someone in the top position dropped the macho BS and cut to the point - innovation and quality will win out in the end. Consumers ARE smart enough to support an innovative game system. I'm no Nintendo fanboy, but when almost every visitor to my place has to play a couple rounds...
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    Rare Cautious About Downloadable Content

    Maybe Kameo downloadable content didn't take off because the game SUCKS? Viva Pinata must not be selling all that well if they're uneasy about crafting bonus content for purchase on Xbox Live. A good place to start would be to develop a couple dozen more picture packs and see how those sell first...
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    Research Claims Violent Game Effects Linger

    Need for Speed Underground? Maybe the stimulation was dulled by the hundreds of product placement adverts the poor kid was being subjected to. I know my amygdala wouldn't be activated by a Burger King ad whizzing by at 90 mph. Shooting Nazis in the face for the 1 millionth time...somewhat more...