Post Tagged with: "bullshit"

Bioware Employee Caught In a Review Scandal Over Dragon Age II

As if it wasn’t hard enough trying to be a decent game writer and trying to give people honest opinions about what games they should and should not play…

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Mortal Kombat Reboot Banned in Australia

The latest and goriest entry into the Mortal Kombat franchise has been refused classification in Australia’s outdated and problem-riddled classification process…

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PC Version of Bulletstorm Requires Persistent Internet Connection (Or Maybe Not?)

The PC version of Bulletstorm will require a persistent Internet connection, according to EA’s product disclosures page. Now People Can Fly say it wont . . .

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Website Preys On Lazy Gamers Promising Playful Tester Jobs With Free Soda

Do you want to make $150 a day doing nothing but playing video games and drinking soda, regardless of a college education? Well do ya, punk!?

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Latest Episode of Penn & Teller’s Bullshit! Tackles Violent Video Games

Violence and video games is a topic almost as old as time itself, and we’re all getting tired of hearing people discuss whether or not violent video games are a stimulant for violence & aggression. While the entire gaming community will probably answer that query with a resounding, unanimous “NO”, many analysts and therapists alike [...]

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Sorry, The Last Boss Fight Costs Extra — Some Devs Willing to Ship Incomplete Games

A few days ago I published an article talking about the impact of used game sales and rentals on developers. The piece revolved around comments made by Frontier Developments’ founder, David Braben and his idea to create two price points/versions of a game — a model he compares to the film industry. I really disagreed [...]

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Used Game Market Not the Problem, Lack of New Purchase Incentive the Real Issue

Look, I’ve been reading a heap of articles lately citing both the Eurogamer and GI.biz sit down with Frontier Developments’ founder, David Braben, and I simply couldn’t take it anymore. For those of you that missed the hoopla, Braben’s gripe is that the used game market will eventually kill the single player aspect of games [...]

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