Some comments in reaction to the new and re-imagined Lara Croft, of Tomb Raider fame: “I want to see her succeed because I see a little bit of me in her. “
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Tips from the writer of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood
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The trailer for Rockstar’s new game, L.A. Noire, and its incredible facial animations.
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Unintentional, though, while hearing oral arguments for the video game censorship case of Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association.
Justice Sotomayor seems to earn the prize for most funny lines uttered. But her multiple questions do make evident that the state regulation at issue is probably vague and overbroad…
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It’s come a long way since the days of the joystick…
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VIDEO: Simulating Pac-Man with people.
Plus, the Evolution of Female Action Heroes.
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A very cool short-film tribute to old-school video games, directed by Patrick Jean:
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Assassin’s Creed Lineage: a three-part series.
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Relax. It’s an AdultSwim.com game. May not be suitable for some audiences. And it’s definitely NSFW, because it’s about being at work and hating it…
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Did the Wii become a spoiler to the XBox 360?
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A review, at TV Squad.
Dexter returns to Showtime for its 4th season this Sunday night.
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Thompson on Hollywood: Cameron discusses the videogame for Avatar – his much-anticipated 3-D film – at E3, of all places (there’s video). Plus, Anne offers a Terminator: Salvation post-mortem.
More on Avatar - the movie - at BigHollywood.
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GeekDad: 10 Things You and Your Kids Will Want From E3.
Sorry, guys. No E3 booth babes. I’d tune in to G4 for that. They should have extensive E3 coverage.
I know my E3 coverage has been non-existent. And I apologize. I love videogames, although I just don’t play them regularly anymore (I haven’t upgraded to a next-gen console yet, either). But in between politics, film, and TV, I just don’t seem to have the time. I wish I could hire a videogame editor, but no chance of that either.
I certainly appreciate any news tips or scoop you may care to send me by e-mail, though.
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At Physorg.com.
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Hmm. Does that mean Gran Turismo
will be sporting a parental advisory soon?
Gamepolitics: Study shows driving games make players more aggressive than shooting games.
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Times of London: On-demand videogame service has backing of major game publishers.
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Variety: A bad review for Watchmen: The End is Nigh.
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New Zealand’s chief censor wants to jail parents who break video game age limits.
Via GamePolitics.
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Your used games in exchange for an Amazon gift card? I’m in! Details here.
The WSJ has more from the business angle.
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Why the music industry hates Guitar Hero.
I still haven’t played it or Rock Star, but I had the feeling the recording industry would be a little jealous…
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The economy is a serious matter, but there’s already a casual game online on the topic: Trillion Dollar Bailout.
The point of the game is to field a number of requests from business and homeowners for federal money. You decide who you bailout and who you ignore. A live graph (the “economy bar”) zig zags up and down based on your decisions’ effects on the economy.
Now, I wonder if there’s a hidden small government message to the game, because when I started doling out cash to certain pork projects while ignoring troubled mortgagors and troubled corporations, the economy tanked.
But the second time I played, I did nothing. I handed out zero government cash. And this is what resulted:
H/T: GamePolitics
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Violence is not obscenity, said the Court.
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Tarantino’s “Gift to Nazi Haters” sounds like a gory, anti-nazi slaughterfest.
And having the protagonists be a team of tough Jewish kids from New York is just brilliant.
Sounds to me like it could be the most fun diversion in this vein since Wolfenstein 3D.
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Aren’t video games just wonderful? Now a study indicates real time strategy video games such as Rise of Nations
may improve critical cognitive skills in older folks.
Perhaps it’s better to start this therapy as early in life as possible, no?
(H/T: Gamepolitics)
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Will it work? I think it could. Maybe not with GTA IV, but since it already works with WOW and such, who’s to say it can’t work with smaller games?
(Via Instapundit)
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Via GameCulture: What does an Obama Victory Mean for Videogames?
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User-created content not owned by the user-creator? What else is new?
Seriously, was anyone expecting Sony – or any other company – to let players own their user-created content?
More at GamePolitics.
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Videogame movies are known to generally stink. Predictably, on Metacritic the Max Payne film is rating pretty low based on 17 reviews. So I guess the answer to the question is “not so much”.
That aside, Max Payne
is one of the best shooters I’ve ever played. But I really wasn’t expecting much from the movie.
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Just in time for the holidays.
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The farcical anti-video game crusading attorney got disbarred yesterday by the Florida Supreme Court after multiple instances of misconduct.
I don’t know what got into Mr. Thompson, but either he is obsessed with his concept of video games as tools of the devil or he is obsessed with how much money he could make from suing video game companies.
At any rate, I’m sure he’ll be back in one way or another, but not as an attorney (at least not a Florida attorney).
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At Geekdad.
Yes, it’s for kids. Chris Nolan fans may want to move on.
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…with a cool, new interactive upgrade.
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Bugs and flaws marr the debut of one of the most anticipated games of the season.
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The governments of the United States, Canada, European Union, Japan and other countries are negotiating an anti-piracy agreement that could have a massive impact on digital media consumers.
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Will allow for installation in up to 5 machines and issues an apology. Smart move.
