It was a nonsense article by Forbes. They really cited no facts, there was a typo, it was ridiculous. Smashpad's right on point in this part:
"What pisses me off most about Forbes article is that supposedly they’re a mainstream publication full of real journalists. And what garbage do the publish? A 202-word brain fart void of a single citation or quotation. Meanwhile, game bloggers such as I are held to much less esteem. At least political bloggers write about something con...
I can't help but echo these concerns in the post:
"Probably the biggest loss though is that of writer Sam Lake, who penned a fantastic story for the first two games and is currently working on Alan Wake. Aside from the graphical beauty and wonderful action in the first two games, the story, mood, and dialogue are what really made the Max Payne games great and partially why the movie sucked so much by comparison.
While Rockstar Vancouver may be a capable studio f...
I have been all around the game myself but mostly reside in the “small site” bubble. I have been working on my site, Gamer 2.0 ( http://www.gamer20.com) for close to 9 years now, though it has only had that name since ‘07. One of my former writers, Kevin VanOrd, went from us to GameSpot. I have even freelanced at GameSpot.
I would say that there isn’t much difference between smaller and larger sites. Aside from access, I would...
I definitely agree. But we're a country where college football coaches make twice what university presidents, so is it all that surprising? The mainstream is the land of the lowest common denominator.
I definitely agree with the list, and my biggest pet peeve is definitely the "incredible badass must save the entire world" scenario. It's "grand" sure, but look at film. When was the last really great film you saw in which the hero saved the entire world. Game stories need to be self contained to the hero's dilemmas. I'm tired of saving the world.
I definitely agree. I feel some games are closer to it than we've seen in the past. BioShock is a good example, as is Mass Effect. Mass Effect even had an instance of true choice and consequence that added a lot of drama to the events on Vermire. It drew out emotion in me that I haven't felt in a while in a game. Any game that accomplishes that should be considered art.
In addition, it had a fantastic story with a very deep history. Even movies don't have that much content. Only...
Key point from the article:
"IT administrator and avid gamer, Jefferson Scott, believes that “casual” gamers pose no threat to the gaming industry, “As they bring new people into the hobby they also help to bring new development dollars.” He continued, “’Hardcore’ gamers will get the games they want as long as they keep buying them, and the attention paid to the portable and “casual” gaming crowds only help to make sure that money keeps flowing into the developers’ pockets.”...
Hahaha this was definitely a good read and pretty damn funny too. Best part:
"Well, it starts with all of you, I guess. Give the titles you’ve never heard of a chance. There’s a reason they were made and you never heard of them–lack of money. But any game that actually shows on shelves needs one of three things–money, a prequel, or balls. And balls in a creative medium is always good."
I just read this and it sounds absolutely awesome. Just the story of a scrappy little company with a lot of volunteer work putting together a game for the 360 and PS3. It's nuts.
From the article:
Prophecy are promising that the game world - consisting mostly of a sunken ship that’s a mile long - will be almost totally destructible. And that destruction will be persistent.
Example: early in the game, you set off a grenade on a staircase. It’ll warp and s...
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Personally, I think Champion Foosball could work. I mean the Wiimote could definitely simulate the act of playing foosball. It's probably going to be terrible. I want to play Redneck Jamboree HHAHAA, that seems so wrong.
I think we're going to see a slow progression of these casuals to more immersive, hardcore games. I've known some people who've gotten tired of the casual Wii kind of games and have asked me what I suggest they get for more hardcore kinds of games (obviously they haven't used that word, just more involving types of games).
Unfortunately the Wii doesn't really satisfy that need, so in time I think a lot of those people may go to the PS3 or 360. Wii will still have a big audience, ...
As I said though, looking at if from a full year standpoint is a little misleading:
"Well if we remember, September was down (I believe) and October was up, but only by a small margin (a little over 10 percent). If you compare that to the growth before the economic fallout, it's a pretty big drop. There were months earlier this year like March that was up 30-40% over 2007, so for October to only grow so little by comparison to the growth earlier in the year, the industry is ...
Well if we remember, September was down (I believe) and October was up, but only by a small margin (a little over 10 percent). If you compare that to the growth before the economic fallout, it's pretty big. There were months earlier this year like March that was up 30-40% over 2007, so for October to only grow so little by comparison to the growth earlier in the year, the industry is showing signs of slowing down.
I think it'll grow from 2007, but publisher stocks are sliding. <...
Good Lord, do you have this 360 sh*tfest saved in a Word doc somewhere or did you just type that out this one time?
The 360 has had a ton of issues, but they've worked past it for the most part and they're still selling really well. Whether you like what they've done this gen or not, it hasn't changed the fact that they've been quite successful. They've already topped their lifetime sales for the original Xbox.
Definitely a great list as long as their well done. Those are some of my favorite movies so I'd be tough to please. I wish games gave me the emotional hooks these movies did. Definitely would love a Sev3n game.
I'm actually really pumped for this game now. The modes, class system and all sounds great. I would like to know how the lag is on the huge 64 player matches, but considering they didn't mention it, I assume it plays without a hitch.
Personally, I think it has a much better chance than Star Wars Galaxies, only because Galaxies was kind of an unknown. Nobody knew if it was going to be really good.
This time around we have BioWare working on it. While they've never done an MMO, I've yet to play even a mediocre game from the. I even though Jade Empire was a lot better than a lot of people gave it credit for. JE just kind of had the bad fortune of having to follow the amazing KOTOR.
This time it's B...
You're probably right. I think that's probably why it's a good idea to have the Open Zone left for those retards that spew garbage here on N4G.
This reminds me of how petty the arguments are on here between people comparing the 360 and PS3. I mean come on people, this is what it's all about. This guy busted his ass for months, day and night, and at the end of the day it's all about the gift of games:
"And, more than anything else, be appreciative. Unless you’ve been in a similar situation as me – and I realize that with unemployment at 10%+, that’s highly probable – then you have been given a gift. A true gift that’...