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Molyneux a filthy liar?

September 16, 2008

In IGN’s recent preview of Fable II, Hilary Goldstein mentions that the now-infamous Pub Games “glitch,” which allows one to cheat at a card game to earn enormous amounts of money for import into Fable II, was planned by Molyneux all along. Molyneux claims that having used the cheat will enact repercussions in Fable II [...]

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Why we won’t be playing Warhammer: Age of Reckoning.

September 10, 2008

Despite our enthusiasm for the upcoming Warhammer: Age of Reckoning (WAR) MMO, we decided weeks ago that we wouldn’t be participating in the game. This fact has nothing to do with previews of the game, which actually entice us to give it a go rather than succumb to the comparably poor World of Warcraft (WoW) [...]

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“Special” editions and pre-order bonuses have gone too far. Or not far enough.

August 14, 2008

There used to be a time when pre-ordering a game for a “bonus” item was a snazzy way for a company to build up hype about their product. The same can be said of “limited” or “collector’s” editions of games. Often, the extra $20+ is worth it to gamers, but many times, the inclusion of [...]

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On the PS3′s massive shitiness.

June 24, 2008

We still don’t quite understand what Sony was thinking when they stopped manufacturing the 60GB PS3. Those blind to PS3 on-goings may have missed the fact that the 60GB PS3 was the flagship PS3 that included four USB ports, slots for a variety of memory card formats, and most importantly, complete backwards compatibility with the [...]

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Nintendo must be high.

May 4, 2008

The rumour band-wagon is hastily moving forward that a gyroscopic controller from Microsoft will fulfill the role of the Wii’s innovative control scheme. Nintendo doesn’t feel particularly threatened, however, because they’re keen on pointing out how they did it first, and somehow, this first-to-market strategy is what they believe to be key to market success. [...]

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Song redundancy in Rock Band.

November 24, 2007

After much time believing that the Guitar Hero franchise was not for him, my pal Maxator recently folded and picked up Guitar Hero III. This event was one in a handful of links that lead him to write about his love of Rock Band, which is a logical step in the progression of playing rhythm-matching [...]

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