Morale at CNET is plummeting over CBS’ edict that any product/company involved in litigation with parent company can’t get any good coverage from CNET. In other words, CBS is starting to take editorial control of CNET. [Jim Romenesko]
NVIDIA made a big splash at CES with their Project Shield handheld gaming device. Did you know, however, that the project was only about a year in the making from initial concept to being a showstopper at CES? NVIDIA detailed the development process on their blog. [NVIDIA]
MIDI turns 30 years old this week. Who didn’t love a good MIDI song growing up? [The Verge]
With the Sim City beta weekend done and dusted, the uber geeks at Mental Floss looked at the history of Maxis’ Sim franchises. [Mental Floss]
So what is the best Final Fantasy game of all-time? I’m not endorsing this list because FF8 is massively underrated and FF10-2 isn’t even on the list. (Shut up. I liked it.) I just want to remind myself to try to get finish an FF6 retro review before Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (-3) comes out. [Kotaku]
One of my favourite games of 2012 was Hotline Miami. There wasn’t much in the way of a deep plot or fantastic graphics. It was just an excuse to unleash some old school death and destruction on the forces of (relative) evil.
But what would happen if Hotline Miami crossed over to unleash chaos and death on other classic games? It might look a little like this.
That video above says it all. Sony has decided to hold a massive PlayStation event in less than three weeks’ time. Investors and the media have been invited to this press conference.
All signs point to this being one of two things: Either Sony has purchased the exclusive rights to Crash Bandicoot and handed off development of a new trilogy to Naughty Dog or PS4! PS4! PS4!
Sorry, I’m trying not to get excited. While this generation of console hardware has performed admirably and has played host to many an excellent game, after seven years, it’s time to move on. When a cellphone (okay, smartphone) has more horsepower than the major home consoles, it’s time for an upgrade.
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