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PAX is Packed. Results of E3’s Dying?

August 31st, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Some folks over at Kotaku ran into problems at the Penny Arcade Expo, it was packed with people and complications. Apparently the rooms are cramped with humans and bad acoustics, leaving some wondering what was going on at the [...]

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Will Wright is Right: E3 is Dead

August 29th, 2008 · No Comments

Imagine that, a well known game developer finally says what everyone has been thinking, “it’s the walking dead.” Will Wright, famous for TheSims, SimCity and upcoming Spore believes E3 is in a state now where we’ll never see the old E3 and we’ll never accept the slimmed down anorexic thing we’re getting now.
End result is [...]

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E3 Needs Fanboys

July 25th, 2008 · 7 Comments

It’s official, E3 would be a lively show if they packed a few fanboys into the press events to cheer on their favorite brands. As Microsoft’s Peter Moore said it, “let’s invite the community. With the right planning, involving our biggest fans in E3 would bring back some of the raw passion the event has [...]

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Nintendo’s Not Talking To You, But Your Grandmother

July 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Miyamoto said Nintendo used E3 as a platform for spreading the word to a broad audience based on the media present at the event, they’re not speaking to the core audience. So, if you’re a core audience gamer and you were confused on why Nintendo didn’t build their presentation to be all glitz and glamor, [...]

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Is This The Golden Age of Gaming?

July 17th, 2008 · No Comments

Entertainment Software Association (ESA) president Michael Gallagher called this the “Golden Age of Gaming” during his E3 keynote address. Calling out innovators like Nintendo who have “helped revolutionize our industry” and Sony’s Home initiative.
The keynote fell on the ears of fifty or so people who filled the large room awaiting his talk. Gallagher believes we’re [...]

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Sony’s E3 Conference: Fairly Impressive

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

We’re all used to Sony falling on their face at E3 in the last few years, but, this year, things were different. They’re information was delivered well, they had a great presentation medium using Little Big Planet’s game engine as a presentation platform over the standard PowerPoint slides and everything went smoothly.
The format for displaying [...]

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Tags: E3 · Industry News · PSP · Sony · playstation 3

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades (Nintendo DS)

July 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Talk about a name dropping, E3 is all about hyping upcoming titles to get people stoked and talking about the games.  Nintendo had very little to say but to let the name slip Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades with a few minor tidbits about what we can expect.
First, we can expect massive carpel tunnel syndrome. [...]

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Tags: DS · E3 · Guitar Hero

SimAnimals, The Next Gen Black & White

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

Electronic Arts has announced SimAnimals, a game where you play the godlike hand and control the lifestyle of over 60 animals. In the game you’ll play the role of a disembodied hand which moves around and life animals, pick flowers and interact with the environment much like a past Lionhead Studios game: Black and White.
EA’s [...]

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Tags: DS · E3 · Industry News · Simulations · Wii · electronic arts

Netflix and Xbox 360 - It’s a Deal

July 14th, 2008 · No Comments

If you’re a Netflix subscriber and own an Xbox 360 you’ll be able to watch the entire library of Netflix programming on your console. This deal, recently announced at E3, puts Microsoft in a great way in terms of being the console to buy for multi-media entertainment against its Rival Sony.
While the Wii can’t even [...]

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Tags: E3 · Industry News · Microsoft · Xbox 360

Microsoft Avatar’s and Dashboard

July 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Microsoft has come out and validated some earlier rumors about Xbox 360 Avatar’s and their 3D dashboard design. Apparently, this is to build more of a community and bring a bit of the Mii-like influence from the Nintendo Wii to the 360 hardware.
It seems Microsoft is taking some of the concepts from the Nintendo Wii [...]

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Tags: E3 · Industry News · Microsoft · Nintendo · Xbox 360