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Artifically Tough? |
| Posted by: admin on 2008-09-09 08:47:26 |
| With today's games, the ability to save your progress is pretty much a given. Some games will allow you to literally save your progress every step of the way. Other games utilize designated save points or they auto-save when you reach certain checkpoints. This luxury was not readily a... Read the rest of this entry - Comments (0) |
2D versus 3D games |
| Posted by: admin on 2008-08-31 23:30:04 |
| I've been sitting here thinking about various games that I've enjoyed over my 20+ years of video game playing. The games that I seem to remember most fondly tend to be ones that were in 2D rather than in 3D. I really enjoyed games like Time Pilot, Root Beer Tapper, Mr. Do!, and others... Read the rest of this entry - Comments (0) |
Episodic Content, Part 2 |
| Posted by: admin on 2008-08-23 23:54:36 |
| As I had written earlier, I think that the concept of episodic content (DLC that can be purchased in pieces, typically as an add-on to an existing game) is a mixed bag. There was an announcement regarding the DLC that is forthcoming for Grand Theft Au... Read the rest of this entry - Comments (0) |
Duke Nukem 3D for Xbox Live Arcade Coming Soon |
| Posted by: admin on 2008-08-18 17:21:40 |
| According to various sources, the 1996 first person shooter Duke Nukem 3D will arriving in the Xbox Live Arcade "soon". The game has passed Microsoft's certification process and the publisher (3D Realms) has completed its work. While a price tag for this game has not been decided as of... Read the rest of this entry - Comments (0) |
My Second Drum Pedal |
| Posted by: admin on 2008-08-16 14:33:11 |
| I was an early adopter of the game Rock Band (for the Xbox 360). I obtained it on either the first or second day that it came out. Just recently, I cracked/broke my second drum pedal since the launch (November 2007). The first drum pedal lasted from November 2007 through mid-April 200... Read the rest of this entry - Comments (0) |
Xbox Live has made $240 million on DLC |
| Posted by: admin on 2008-08-06 16:29:33 |
| The various micro-transactions that users have made equal one very large macro-transaction for the coffers of Microsoft. Of that total, $180 million of it has been earned in the past 12 months. It would be interesting to know how the revenue breaks down categorically. I wonder if they... Read the rest of this entry - Comments (0) |
Episodic Content |
| Posted by: admin on 2008-08-05 16:38:44 |
| As you may or may not have heard, a launch date was provided for the first episode in the Strong Bad series of games. Later this fall (or perhaps early next year), we should also see episodic downloadable content of some sort for Grand Theft Auto IV. In addition, <... Read the rest of this entry - Comments (0) |
Top 10 games that are not DLC, yet |
| Posted by: admin on 2008-07-31 23:15:14 |
| I know that a favorite past-time of gamers is to long for game that are not released yet. DLC games are no exception to this phenomenon. Below I will list my top 10 games that should be released as DLC: 10) R.C. Pro-AM (Wii) - This game originally appeared on the Nintendo Enter... Read the rest of this entry - Comments (0) |
