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Category Archives: Industry Health
The Tragedy of Dynasty Warriors VS
It’s just been announced via Twitter that Dynasty Warriors VS will not be coming to 3DS outside Japan. There’s no reason given, however we do know that Dynasty Warriors VS didn’t do very well in Japan, selling a mere 10,000 … Continue reading
Posted in Industry Health
Tagged 3rd Parties, Dynasty Warriors VS, Link, Rant, Samurai Warriors: Chronicles, Samus, Taking Ass, Tecmo-Koei
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What Is Casual?
Casual, hardcore, non-gamer, casual-gamer. What do all these mean? What language am I speaking? If you’ve read any “insightful” feature articles on videogames in the past 5 years, you’ll know these terms pretty well. Let’s start with where these popular … Continue reading
Posted in Industry Health
Tagged Brain Training, Casual, cnet, Flaccid, Game Journalism, Journalists, Mario, Nintendo DS, Nintendogs, Taking Ass, Tardcore, Tong-Lime Gamers, Weakness
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Ninjabread Man 2 – What’s Cooking?
After the critical and commercial success of Ninjabread Man, a press release was issued on 8th of February 2008 announcing the sequel, Ninjabread Man: Blades of Fury for Wii. More than 4 years have passed, and we still haven’t seen … Continue reading
Posted in Industry Health
Tagged Data Design Interactive, Ninjabread Man, Popcorn Arcade, Wii
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I wish the TAKEDOWN kickstarter failed
They’ve sold the character squad mates to donors, so prepare to have your team of elite murderers look like acne ridden, neck bearded derpsters, unfit to hold a gun. They’re turning a first person game into a third person one for the console port, but then leaving the other console port up to player feedback. The mind boggles how their hardcore, realistic gunplay will adapt to an entirely different perspective from a radically different controller input. Despite this radical alteration to the entire gameplay dynamic for what will no doubt be inferior versions of the product, Mac and Linux ports, requiring only the most minor of coding alterations, are ‘under evaluation based on demand’ which is code for ‘not happening, but we’d like your money first.’ Continue reading
Posted in Industry Health
Tagged Call of Duty, Crowdsourcing, Flaccid, FPS, Hardcore, Kickstarter, PMC, Shooters, Takedown, Taking Ass, Tardcore
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Kid Icarus: Flaccid Uprising
This game is going to flop, and it’s your fault. Nintendo knows Kid Icarus: Uprising will be a tough sell, and they’ve already started a heavy advertising campaign for the game – spanning several trailers, 8 page magazine articles, hundreds … Continue reading
3DS Wall Update
It’s time for another 3DS Wall update. As usual, games have their score from GameRankings, and all the games are scored together to give a general idea of the quality of the out put from these various publishers and developers. … Continue reading
Game of the Year Awards – 2011
The pride, the glory, the honor. Which games will take home the top awards, and which ones will end up on the floor with a sore butt? Is there a difference?
Posted in Features, Industry Health
Tagged 3DS, Ass, Cellius, Dead Island, Dr. Lautrec, Earth Defence Force, Fist Note, Go Vacation, GOTY, Iwata Time, Mario Kart, Monado: Beginning of the World, NOA REGGIE, Resident Evil, Retro Studios, Samurai Warriors: Chronicles, Skyrim, Skyward Fist, Spyborgs, Steel Diver, Super Monkey Ball 3D, Swapnote, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Toilet, TrackMania, Vita, Wii Play Motion, Xenoblade Chronicles, Yuji Naka
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The Monado Conspiracy
I dragged out some of the more preoccupied Pietriots for comments. Got them to share their thoughts on why MONADO WAS SUDDENLY, MALICIOUSLY CANCELLED and how well they think this new Xenoblade thing is being handled in North Amerika – … Continue reading
Smart Phones With Dumb Games
Lately (well, the past few years) there’s been talk (viral propaganda, speculation) about handheld gaming systems becoming a thing of the past as iPhones and Androids threaten to take over the multibillion dollar industry inside your pocket. The logic behind … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Industry Health
Tagged 999, Angry Birds, Bejeweled, Dragon Quest, iPhone, Pokemon, Xenoblade Chronicles
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The Hype War
Hours ago, war broke out across the North American continent – no platform was spared as Electronic Arts invaded, attempting to seize all Activision strongholds on the continent. As we speak, more EA forces are mobilising off the east coast … Continue reading
Posted in Features, Industry Health, Whatever
Tagged Activision, Battlefield, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty, EA, Modern Warfare 3, War
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