Gaming

[Updated] Blizzard makes plans to conduct largest internet social experiment ever

Update: Man, that was fast. As a friend suggested, maybe this was a PR move. “Now that we aren’t going to do obviously outrageous thing, here’s what we’ll do instead…” We shall see. Blizzard’s Plan If you are any sort of MMO player or you know one, you probably have already heard about Blizzard’s plans [...]

Biggest game budget ever.

According to some guesses and estimates based on some number EA released, Scott suggests that The Old Republic has about a 150 million budget. Wow. That’s a huge budget. That bigger than most movies get. I don’t know if it’s a good thing or a bad thing that game budgets are starting to out do [...]

Dragon Age!

  This is just an early writeup, but damn if Dragon Age isn’t an amazing RPG so far. Unless I run into some bullshit of Oblivion levels, this game will be the RPG of this year and next. I’m that enamored.   I only played yesterday and this morning, but I had to drag myself [...]

“We’re CCP! We march on fearlessly!”

  Indeed they do.     What Would Matt Do: Well, I guess I’d really like to play the game that they make that doesn’t require me to a good book to read…when they make that game, let me know. Until then, I’ll agree, HARDEN THE FUCK UP!

Wii update 4.2 may brick your console. Is it worth it?

  From /. games: Now, Nintendo has pushed a boot2 update to all Wii users, and the results are what was expected: users are reporting bricks after installing 4.2 on unmodified consoles. Nintendo is currently attempting to censor posts and remove references to homebrew. It is worth noting that the new boot2 does not attempt [...]