Why is business so intense? Why do companies in industries such as the videogame industry have to flaunt their product and plaster all the positives across their promotional interface to make more sales? This is what Sony and Zipper have done with their console MMO. They’ve taken the absolute best situation, squeezed out all of the positives from this situation and left a mashed up piece of shrivelled matter behind which acts as the negatives. Never has a piece of matter such as this been so important. Remember those early previews, how 256 players would battle it out, and they’d take ...
One thing that seems to have exploded on the videogame front this generation is user created content. At the forefront of this boom is the acclaimed LittleBigPlanet, the cutesy platformer with the most adorable little character and addicting levels. With LBP having seen releases on PS3 and PSP, Sony were sure they were onto a winner. And so they decided they’d warrant a LBP type racer, known as ModNation Racers. This was announced at E3, all the way back in June, where not only did we hear about the game first, but we also got a live demo by the games publishers. ...
This is the final week. I understand you busy gamers are just so busy that you’re busyifying this article. I assume busyifying means something like shortening or making words up to mean something. I can’t be 100% on that. You get on a plane, train, or an automobile that you’re hopefully not operating. Reading a book just doesn’t feel right, listening to music isn’t stimulating enough, and you’re not tired enough to sleep right now. What to do? Whip out your portable gaming console and start tweaking away on the portable gaming smack! But now here comes the big issue. What ...
Each week in January, I (Tim) will cover a topic that is close to the working gamers’ heart. Yes, some of us are busy with work, school, and other non-game endeavors, heck, even social encounters! But gaming is who we are deep inside still, and I’m here to console, advise, and to help keep you abreast of gaming nerdery. This week, I ask the ultimate question: online play or single play? There's a very large line of demarcation between today's gamers: online gamers and those who are most assuredly offline players. As a busy, young go-getter gamer, it may be hard ...
One of my personal life goals was to be in a beta for a game. Yes, I shoot high on my goals. Among the others is teaching myself to play the lute/ocarina/fiddle to help my D&D characterizations when I play a bard, and writing game reviews for a website. So when I was asked to play the Star Trek Online beta for a bit, I was thrilled. I love Star Trek (owing this to a long term of unemployment combined with Star Trek marathons on daytime TV) and I love MMOs. The problem with the current MMO landscape, however, is ...
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