An article chronicling Massive Incorporated's quick rise as a major player in the video game industry, and the effect it's had on how we consume games.
ThumbPad writes : The Splinter Cell franchise has been kicking it stealth-style since 2002 when the first title in its critically acclaimed portfolio introduced series leading man Sam Fisher and his employers the secretive black ops organisation Third Echelon. It won over countless stealth converts with its stylish game play, top shelf graphics and well scripted storyline and remains one of the highest rated xbox/ps2 games of all time.
I remember playing the first game when I was still in grade school. I was blown away by the fact you had to walk slower so the guards wouldn't hear you XD
“Our games are not designed for young people,” said Rockstar’s Lazlow in an interview. “If you’re a parent and buy one of our games for your child, you’re a terrible parent."
Hey that was a pretty dang good read, at first I thought it was gonna be somebody whining again about Rockstars games, but this one was pretty good. :)
Today, Microsoft and SNK released Metal Slug XX for Xbox Live Arcade. Metal Slug has a huge fan following that would be irate if SNK changed very much about the game fundamentally and that makes it a bit hard to review sequels and follow-ups to the series. So this review will be more geared towards if you like the Metal Slug series, will you like XX?
nice article
"Ads Offer Zero Benefit to Consumers" Amen.
Right about the time Sony allowed you to order pizza from within Everquest 2, I completely lost patience with in-game ads.