Archive for February, 2009

Levelling The Playing Field – Making Games A Legitimate Medium

Gamasutra has a feature talking about games becoming a legitimate cultural medium and how it hasn’t reached that point just yet. We delve into that claim a bit deeper and offer the alternative.

It’s Full of Stars – Game Industry Too Focused on Big Budgets & Shiny Things

During a recent interview with Edge Online one of the bigwigs at High Voltage has claimed that game developers are too focused on chasing Hollywood. We explore these statements a bit more to see who is chasing the dollar signs a bit too much.

Warranties, Prices Drops & Pre-Orders – News Wrap-Up

A report is out indicating game prices are dropping on average, Killzone 2 is getting a lot of buzz and your Xbox 360 may be past its warranty. Watch out, it’s News!

Refocused and Ready – EA Announces Plans for the Coming Year

Dead Space for the Wii? That about summarizes EA’s new focus, as they plan to push out more titles for Nintendo’s system as the company aims to change its money-losing ways.

What Wii Play – Average Game Use Analysis for Wii Owners

Pulled from the Nintendo Channel on the Wii, MTV’s Stephen Totilo has ranked major Wii titles to show gamer trends. Like how people still haven’t finished Okami.

Dan Houser Wants Freedom – The Evolution and Weakness of Game Stories

Dan Houser of Rockstar Games says he values freedom to create the content he wants over respect for the content he creates. We talk about this and game stories in general.