Online presence is the least of Nintendo's worries -- I think they may have painted themselves into the motion-controlled corner.
For their next console to be as successful as the Wii, they need to up the immersive-gaming factor. I'm not sure how they do that inexpensively, which is Nintendo's MO. Focusing on technologies like 3D or something similar to Kinect won't result in a $250 system with a pack-in game.
I'm fairly positive that's from Metal Gear Solid 4.
The Walking Dead premiere was great; I'm looking forward to the rest of the T.V. adaptation.
And I do agree that video games can learn much from the series's use of violence, but I don't think that means we should encourage developers to limit their expression in the hopes that we fend off another legislative effort to limit the sale of M-rated games to minors. We'd be playing right into their hands.
I really enjoyed this story. Great writing!
That was more entertaining than I expected!
Interesting comparison! I never thought about Nintendo's technological progression in terms of telecommunication advances before. Eerie how they sort of match up.
I'm tempted to buy a PSP (either hardware model), but I'm only interested in Valkyria Chronicles 2.... I can't justify the investment for one game alone.
I'm looking forward to using the Giant Death Robot!
I hope Gearbox included the multiplayer taunts and the ability to mod in my favorite movie quotes!
Let me know when I can get this for PS3 as a standalone purchase.
I think it's quite a jump to say that there being no "best" game in any category also means that no game can be "overrated." "Best" and "overrated" mean different things.
I remembering seeing Command and Conquer running on a 486 in a CompUSA during its initial release. I thought it was such a graphical improvement over Blizzard's Warcraft at the time!
There's nothing erotic about Kinect-a-Sutra.
I've never understood the draw of Halo games. I feel far better first-person shooters are available on PC.
Used-game critics, though, argue that in both cases (borrowing a book and buying a used game) you didn't buy new, and therefore, deprived the publisher of a sale.
This is just the logical conclusion of their argument that used games are no different from piracy because the developer doesn't see money in either scenario.
The bottom line is that a purchased game is my personal property. Selling that game to whomever I want is my right -- as I can do with anything else I own -- and the second buyer is no more a pirate than a library patron.
I don't think Itagaki could have done anything to address this game's faults.
Well, we do have Stardock's Elemental, which just released, for the time being.
I look forward to another Alpha Centauri remake!
I wonder if OnLive would ever offer PC exclusives -- that'd definitely attract console-only gamers looking for a piece of PC action.