If anyone has had experience reading fiscal reports, or anything of the like you’ll know that figures tend to be abbreviated. That’s usually because it takes up a lot of space to write out all those zeros. Generally, the company will write out something like: (Thousand Dollars) — 3,000…and if you multiply those two together, [...]
To me Red Steel is one of the most disappointing games ever. The games isn’t awful mind you, but it was such a let down. Going into the Nintendo Wii launch, the idea of sword fighting was high on everyone’s list. Including my own. The hype for Red Steel was getting so big that some [...]
With the Wii MotionPlus release rising in the distance, Wii owners are anxiously anticipating the chosen device to bring 1:1 controls for the system. Images of lightsaber duels, realistic sword fights between Link and Ganondorf have lined many gamer’s dreams since the MotionPlus announcement. We might have to wait a bit for some of the [...]
In my excitement for writing up my first impressions of Rune Factory, I forgot to mention the GDC this morning. The keynote for Nintendo will take place today, and all sorts of rumors as to what Iwata will mention have been floating around. I’ll have a couple of live Twitter feeds running, and I’ll be [...]
The GDC (Game Developers Conference), has become “the” conference to keep an eye out for these past couple of years. As E3 slowly fades into the distance in terms of importance, other conferences specifically GDC have begun to absorb the limelight. The past two years, Microsoft and Sony have delivered the keynotes at the GDC [...]
In the recent episode of South Park, I think the creators touched upon how most of us felt when we saw Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. What had they done to our beloved hero? CGI gophers? Shia LaBeouf swinging on tree vines? Oh, why George Lucas? Why!?! Now that the hurt and anguish [...]