Posted on : 25-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
Working in the PR business is a thankless, grinding thing. When you slip up, everyone knows about it. When do you well, no one thinks about it. The point of the PR professional in gaming is simple: to get a publisher’s games talked about, and to get review scores that are as high as possible. That can lead to some borderline villainous behavior, and to a bad reputation for the job as a whole.
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Posted on : 24-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Games
I just wish 007 373 5963 still worked.
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Posted on : 23-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
This week in gaming we have a huge EA release hitting the BitTorrent sites a little earlier than expected, a review of a wonderfully written and designed PS3 open world title, and the return of Punch-Out!! Let’s see what the world of gaming was talking about this week.
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Posted on : 22-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
Fans of the Metroid Prime games, as well as those who enjoy a good FPS/action title, are in for a treat this summer. Nintendo will be releasing the entire trilogy as a single-disc collection for the Wii in August.
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Posted on : 22-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Games
An eye-popping game filled with bawdy characters, fast-paced action, and innovative boxing.
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Posted on : 21-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
Americans are more inclined to stay home and play video games than go out to see a movie, according to research by the NPD Group. The research firm found as part of its 2009 Entertainment Trends In America study that only 53 percent of Americans have gone to a movie theater in the last six months, compared to 63 percent who have played a video game in that time. Neither activity came even close to the penetration of music listening, though gamers certainly do their fair share in “stimulating” the economy.
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Posted on : 20-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
California’s failed video game censorship law is headed to the Supreme Court. The bill, which was passed by the state assembly in 2005 with the support of Governor Schwarzenegger, aimed to criminalize the sale of violent video games to minors. It was promptly challenged in court by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), a video game industry trade group. After the US District Court threw it out Governor Schwarzenegger sought an appeal, which was rejected by the 9th Circuit. Schwarzenegger announced on Wednesday that he won’t back down and intends to take it to the Supreme Court.
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Posted on : 20-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Games
Raiden IV, another Forbidden Fruit
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Posted on : 19-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
There are many, many ways that the Wii reboot of the Punch-Out franchise could have gone wrong. For fans of the series, there was only one way to do it right. Luckily, Next Level Games understood exactly what made the classic so beloved, and stuck with the primary mechanics from the original title. That’s right, two buttons and a digital pad are all you need.
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Posted on : 18-05-2009 | By : Admin | In : Video Games
The rhythm game movement has put a plastic guitar in every home and a set of plastic drums in every closet, but is it possible that enough is enough? Both Activision Blizzard and Harmonix and MTV Games have released new details about their respective upcoming releases today, but gamers may be overwhelmed by the variety of choices and song selections of the newest batch of rhythm titles.
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