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Review Scores Confidential

On the latest Player One Podcast episode, CJ, Greg and Phil discussed the news that Joe Rybicki, in his review for PS3′s Warhawk, noted if the price of the PSN version was above $30 to drop the review score one point. This turned into a debate about whether game reviewers should factor a game’s pricepoint [...]

The Best Xbox Games You Never Bought – OXM

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 [...]

Let’s See if Size Matters…

As I had written before, I did not believe the size of the original Xbox was a deterrent to Japanese consumers. I still believe that, but now something will test that theory. It is reported the size of the PS3 is large – by some accounts, a little bigger than the original Xbox. But yet [...]

November OXM Rumor Mole Report

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 [...]

Game Graveyards – Metal Wolf Chaos

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. [...]

OXM Demo Roundup

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 [...]