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via Press Release
Nintendo Co. Ltd. President Satoru Iwata will return to deliver the Keynote at this years Game Developer’s Conference for the first time since the launch of Nintendo’s infamous little white box, the Wii. The keynote, entitled “Discovering New Development Opportunities.” is more than likely an attempt to interest more developers in to making more quality titles for Wii.
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This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever had to report here on Girth Industries. One of, if not the last reputable big time game journalism outlets has fallen to the corporate ax. The 1up Network of websites, which included 1up.com, Electronic Gaming Monthly Magazine, GameTab, GameVideos, MyCheats, and FileFront, has been purchased from the bankrupt Ziff Davis Media corp by Hearst Media and will be merged with the UGO network. Not only is one of the greatest, and quite frankly, more honest video game publications now gone, but the vast majority of the network’s writing staff has been laid off as well. The entire GameVideos.com team has been laid off as well. The worst part is that what was once, in my honest opinion, the greatest editorial team to cover the video game industry will now be fragmented. No longer will I be able to go to one place to get the best in not only game reviews, but industry news as well. The folks at 1up were something special. Their podcasts were unmatched. They were one of the few outlets that covered the industry with hard reporting, instead of just copy/pasting press releases like so many other sites do. It really is a shame to imagine such talented writers all with uncertain futures.
It wouldn’t sting so bad if UGO was keeping what made 1up so unique, but from looking at their homepage, only about 15% of the initial render is actual content, with the rest being advertisement, Hearst is more concerned with using the 1up name, not the talent. I for one am not looking forward to seeing the hollowed out husk that used to be 1up be slid over the sleazy, ad riddled UGO network. It’s really sad.
Here’s to wishing all of the former 1up-ers good luck in their future endeavors.
Tough break guys, hope you all land on your feet.
via Slashdot
Will Wright fans rejoice! If you’ve been waiting to buy the long awaited ‘life, the universe, and everything’ simulator because of EA’s draconian DRM that limits the players to only three installs, your wait is now over. Spore, along with other ‘hit’ EA titles have been released on Valve’s ever-growing Steam platform. The best part, Spore is now available under Steam’s terms and not SecuROM’s, giving savvy Steam customers much more freedom with their licenses.
So I was watching Attack of the Show this week, and during their fan favorite “Women of the Web” countdown I couldn’t help but notice number 8, a ginger haired geek girl with the web handle Zendulo.
Probably cause I totally went college with her.
We were both film students at Montana State University. She was actually a featured player in the local hit cable access sketch comedy show, “The Pizza Show”, which was created and produced by my good friend, and The w0rd interviewee, Josh Brandner.
I suggest you check out her work, she’s pretty damn funny.
The fellas over at ModDB.com posted this video celebrating a decade of Half-Life mods. It’s pretty good, be sure to click on the link and give them a digg as well!
I really do. I love how in this day and age, we can have the fate of a white man and a black man in a major national election decided not by the color of their skin, but through the content of their character.
That is so beautiful to me. Ever since I was a child, and I first learned about the civil rights movement, I couldn’t help but to agree with the late Dr. King’s message. It’s not about race or creed, it’s about who you are in your heart.
Now I’m not naive enough to think that the entire country is healed, but it’s an amazing step in history. I have witnessed many amazing moments in history, but nothing moved me more than Obama’s victory. If 9-11 is the Kennedy Assasination of my day, then Barack Obama is my Neil Armstrong.
It feels really good to call the President of the United States (elect) an American Hero.
Just wanted to share that.
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...it really is excellent advice.
That’s right, the widely loved Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy saga will continue with a sixth book. On the surface, this sounds like awesome news because that particular series is not only a personal favorite of mine, but nerds worldwide. Douglas Adam’s take on life in the universe was a clever, sardonic masterpiece. The troubling news is that Mr. Adams has been deceased since early 2001. His widow, Jane Belson has tapped Eoin Colfer, an Irish author well known for his “Artemis Fowl” series, to pen the book.
Honestly, I’m not too fimiliar with Colfer’s writing so I can’t offer any kind of true opinion or speculation oh how the story will turn out. What I do know is that he’s got his work cut out for him becuase *SPOILER ALERT*
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via Game|Life
EA’s promising first-person parqure action adventure title, Mirror’s Edge finally has a street date. Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 owners should mark their calendars for November 11. Those of us wait for this highly anticipated title have to wait until “later in the winter.” Added bonus for those who preorder, anyone who preorders after September 26th will receive a code that unlocks a Time-Trial mode in the Demo which will be available on both systems’ download services prior to the game’s launch.
Image lifted from IGN.com
I was super excited about this game when I first saw it earlier this year. It kinda reminds me of Portal as far as gameplay style goes.
And by that I mean more of a tacticle FPS, than a hardcore shoot em up FPS.
via Game|Life
Maybe not. Really, who knows? Peter Molyneux is infamous for his penchant for hyperbole.
Apparently, gamers who took advantage of an exploit which was recently found in the Xbox Live Arcade release Fable II Pub Games, are in for a nasty surprise when it’s parent title, Fable II comes out this fall.
The exploit allowed gamers who purchased the game in order to preemptively boost their future Fable II character’s wealth before the games release to boost it even further by allowing them to bet big money while actually risking the minimum bid. This caused some concerns for the game’s economy, even though Peter Molyneux, the game’s designer, said that a million gold pieces would only get you “a really nice house”.
In a recent chat with IGN, Molyneux mentioned that a “nasty surprise” that was in store for those who took advantage of the exploit which he also said was “no accident”. Now this is definitely open to speculation. This whole thing could have totally been a meta game, predetermining the player’s moral level on a much deeper scale than what we saw in the original Fable. Or, it could just be that old Peter’s talkin’ out of his ass again like he’s been know to do from time to time.
However, I kinda wanna think that it was a really good trick put in place beforehand, because if you think about how the actual glitch worked, it is a pretty obvious exploit. Almost sloppy. A little too sloppy.
Anywho, I guess we’ll just have to find out once Fable II is released in the next couple of weeks.
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