For those who say, “print is dead,” I reply:
“…really?”
Just because Ziff-Davis is shuttering its remaining publications like CGW and PC Magazine, and the once-great Electronic Gaming Monthly, or EGM to you young-ins, is anemic to the point of flatlining, doesn’t mean it’s all doom-and-gloom for the rest. Page Flippin’ is going to be a somewhat-regular [...]
by spot on December 22, 2008
Just as I was coming down hard on OXM, and upon receiving my final issue before I let my subscription run out, the editors of the magazine finally came up with an article worth reading: The 20 Best Xbox Games You Never Bought.
I’m not going to list them here, because I encourage even non-Xbox owners [...]
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 [...]
The November Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) has quite a few whoppers in their Rumor Mole column. Below are some of the most notable along with my comments:
F.E.A.R. and Hellgate, two PC shooters, are making their way onto the Xbox 360. I had mentioned after playing the F.E.A.R. demo this was perfect for porting to the [...]
by spot on October 1, 2005
After reading about Chromehounds for the Xbox 360, I was wondering why I hadn’t heard anything about Metal Wolf Chaos since last year’s TGS, especially when everyone was tagging it as a show stealer. For those who don’t know, it’s based on the Otogi engine and from the same producer as said game, Masanori Takeuchi.
As [...]
by spot on September 16, 2005
Yesterday I went through the past three OXM demo discs and tried out some of the new games. Primarily to see if they supported HDTV, but also to catch up on some of the new releases. My comments below:
Far Cry: Instincts
Supported: DD5.1, HDTV 480p 16×9
I don’t know if it’s just me, but I may be [...]
by spot on September 14, 2005