"He obviously doesn't know anything about the study he criticizes about... "
which guy is the idiot?
A Rockstar rep told me earlier he expected a PC version 'at some point soon' - what's the big deal? It's clearly going to be on PC soon.
Like, you know, if you kill your PS3 or 360 with GTAIV... PCs can HANDLE TEH POWER!
Second pretty much all of that Dr Ivo... PC's absolutely rule over consoles, but they are just not financially viable for a massive sector of the market (ie the non filthy-rich) and the fact that I can play Unreal Tournament 3 on my PlayStation 3 now and NOT on my 2 year old Alienware lappy pretty much sums up the current state of play for me... (state of play! geddit? hahahaha... oh. sorry. bye.)
Nokia needs to fix this. IMMEDIATELY.
Dude (Tempist) - the original idea of this, as presented at E3 2006, was that you could effectively play games while on your Xbox against your mates on PCs (or just check up on your Live status etc etc while at work)... and also keep on top of various aspects of gameplay via your Windows Mobile phone while on the move (Gates demoed a Forza demo, whereby you could personalise your cars on your mobile)... Microsoft made a MASSIVE DEAL about this less two years ago (almost to the day). Then seem...
Come on Nintendo, just sort it out. Get a decent free takeback scheme in place, cut down on use of hazardous chemicals and then publicise the fact that you also make the most energy-efficient consoles on the market. It's not rocket science, merely a commercially savvy PR move...
This piece opens with: "Grand Theft Auto IV may not just be the most profitable game of the year, but the biggest release in any media, full stop. In terms of the bottom line, it could over-shadow any movie – at least in a fiscal sense."
What other type of bottom line is there? Did I miss an important meeting?
I have to say that the view of the Statue of Liberty from the speedboat with the sun going down over Brooklyn Bridge (or whatever those two landmarks are called in the game) as you tour the island could be defined as SUBLIME. Which, for some art critics, might suggest that GTA IV could well be defined as art.
As Tom Wolfe defined PORNOVIOLENCE: "The new pornography depicts people acting out another, murkier drive: people staving teeth in, ripping guts open, blowing brains out, and getting even with all those bastards... the old pornography was the fantasy of easy sexual delights in a world where sex was kept unavailable. The new pornography is the fantasy of easy triumph in a world where status competition has become so complicated."
Totally agree with Mr.Lyle's take on this. GTAIV is not art. It's mainstream, commercialised entertainment.
Many other games come closer to being art - as the reference to SEGA's Yu Suzuki suggests. http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
I think there is a definite role for the BBFC's ratings system in games - far, far more parents understand the BBFC's symbols and age ratings, in comparison with PEGI. PEGI is also not legally enforceable (so retailers can get away with selling adult games to kids). There needs to be a system that is widely understood and recognised AND that is future-proof, for when the games industry moves online wholesale over the next few years.
Admittedly though, the Manhunt 2 saga did the ...
Looks like a massive fat Wii that's eaten way too many Wii pies
It's good to see ELSPA actually speaking out against the sensationalist anti-gaming nonsense that the British red-tops peddle as news. Go ELSPA!
I'm 36, but still appreciate finely crafted interactive entertainment. I prefer frivolous cartoon fun to pretending to be a muscle-y alien with a massive gun. This is my personal preference. I find most 360 muscle-y alien gun men games a bit of an embarrassment to be honest, with questionable homo-erotic undertones.
I've always been hardcore. I was Mostly Dangerous in Elite and I'm now I'm mostly rubbish at Wii Tennis. No, I don't play twenty hours a week anymore and yes, I have to pretend I'm at Gamestation 'for my nephews' and all of that - but it still doesn't make me any less hardcore. So there.
Wii has - Zelda, Mario, Metroid and a few other cracking games. Can you remind me what Xbox 360 and PS3 have that can even come within a hair's whisker of those three incredible videogames? And please don't give me your Halo 3 BS....
Your idiocy? Your poor grasp of English and your clearly apparent humour bypass?
What does someone being "butt hurt (like a little kid)" MEAN?