Michael Pachter is a genius! A god-damn sage, if you will... why I haven't discovered his prophetic wisdom on the gaming industry sooner, is a huge letdown on my end...
I remember the first time I climbed that ladder and the music started playing I paused for a second and thought, "I must be tired, I'm starting to hear things."
There's a Nintendo Wii in one of Little Spirou's episodes. "Playing tennis" by waving around the remote-like controller? Yup, that's a Wii alright. I was like (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)!
Surprised no one around here has talked about the lawsuit regarding Sega, Gearbox, and Aliens: Colonial Marines. Something about the trailers for the game were misleading and that the final build of the game was nothing like the original trailers. So Sega and Gearbox are being sued for false advertising and misrepresentation. But I always thought the game companies always put disclaimers in their trailer saying that said trailers don't represent the final product. Will be interesting to see how this plays out...
Here's a little video explaining the issue in more detail:
Fuck you, Ubisoft Montreal CEO Yannis Mallat, you can stick your 90 minutes of your entertainment up your ass in 45 minutes if you know what I mean, I don't.
The comment section of that page was really worth reading.
Can't tell whether I was amused or disturbed after watching Lara Croft's various QTE death scenes on Youtube.
Depends, were you one of the players that loved all the ways you could die in Resident Evil 2 & 4? If yes I think we have just the stuff for you somewhere on this site. Or the internet as a whole really.
Just started playing the Brutal Doom mod... it's FUCKING AWESOME!! Loving the new animations, lighting effects, explosions, new sound effects... it's almost like a brand new game - even though this mod came out like 6 months ago...