SubscribeHere’s another hypothetical review:
Bill: I’ve really been looking forward to Mass Effect 2 for a long time, and now that it’s finally here I feel a little bit underwhelmed. The first game had its share of problems with the dialog options, despite trying something different from the typical branching conversations found in other RPGs. That [...]
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Game of the Month
What if all movie reviews were like this?
After nearly 20 years of anticipation, George Lucas finally whets the appetite of millions of fanboys worldwide with the release of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace to theaters everywhere. Although this latest installment has it’s share of issues, it proves absence makes the heart grows fonder [...]
Now THIS is News!
CheapAssGamer.com’s CAGcast podcast recently discussed, well, I’ll let CheapyD himself tell it to you:
On CAGcast #133, Wombat and I discussed how major gaming blogs seem to
post any and all gaming rumors with little consideration given to the
credibility of the source or the plausibility of the story.
It goes on to use the specific example of the [...]
Professional Integrity 101
I’ve never been easy on the big bloggers who call themselves “news sites”; namely, Joystiq and Kotaku. Recently I’ve had a bit of sympathy toward Joystiq, if only because their news stories have been setting a dependable trend of being timely, opinionated and humorous. And, that devil boy Brian “Kotaku” Crecente has been just way [...]
The Lester Bangs of Video Games is Under Our Noses
I’ve been kicking around a response to the uproar that was Chuck Klosterman’s article, “The Lester Bangs of Video Games“. Poor Chuck. He was misunderstood. All he wanted to do was jump on the video game criticism bandwagon. Hell, if Hillary Clinton can put it on her agenda, and with legislators carrying out their witch [...]
Journalism or Plagarism?
Okay, call it a coincidence but I’m really starting to suspect my blog is acting as fodder for “original” news stories on other blogs and online pubs. For instance, I wrote yesterday how this summer is a drought for videogaming, and surprisingly Joystiq, a day later, echoes the same sentiments without naming their source of [...]
Thoughts on the Official Xbox Magazine
I subscribe to Famitsu Wave, a great monthly DVD-based magazine in Japan from Enterbrain. Each issue comes with a 2 DVD set chock-full of interviews, previews, and game trailers. But most important, and entertaining, are the regular segements produced by the staff. It’s kind of like a milder Jackass based around videogames, except the people [...]
My Thoughts on Media Reviews
One of the absolutes in media is that there will always be critics. This absolute ranges across everything that consumes my free time – film, television, anime, video games, music. But there is a trap that all critics fall in at one time or another in their career, something to which even I have not [...]
Thoughts on the Gaming Press
There are three big players in the gaming press: GameSpot, IGN and 1UP. Actually four, with GamesRadar from Future, but since they are in their infancy, I’ll exclude them for now. I’ve had a lot of exposure to each of these, and a lot of thoughts have been floating around for a while now regarding [...]
What’s Going on at MDIAG! Right Now…- We’re Still Here, We’re Still Twittering! June 4, 2009
- Calling All Readers! A Letter from the Editor February 23, 2009
- TRU Offers New Pokemon Download February 10, 2009
- FusionFall May Make Move to Consoles February 10, 2009
- Viva Pinata Valentine’s Day Cards Now Available February 10, 2009
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- RT @mint: Today is the 10th anniversary of the peak of the technology-stock bubble via @WSJ
- I could totally use a copy editor. Some minor modifications to my blog post: http://bit.ly/9zZyLY
- My first blog post in quite some time. Thanks @patrickklepek for the inspiration. http://bit.ly/9zZyLY
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