What happens when a well and truly terrible game lands in the hands of games critic Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw? You’d expect him to explode with great new Yahtzee-isms. He definitely does come up with some great metaphors but he seems more amused by how bad the game is than anything else. He actually recommends it too.
Yearly Archives: 2013
Saints Row IV Cleared for Australian Release on Third Try
The third time was the charm for Saints Row IV and developer Volition. After being refused classification in its previous two appearances in front of the Australian Classifications Board, SR4’s third application for classification got the game rated and cleared for sale in Australia with an MA15+ rating.
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Peter Capaldi is the 12th Doctor
What’s old is new again for Doctor Who. After Matt Smith took over as The Doctor as the youngest man to play the role, Steven Moffat has selected 55-year-old Scottish actor Peter Capaldi to play the 12th incarnation of The Doctor.
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Geek Links of the Week
Having trouble watching YouTube videos? It’s likely not YouTube’s fault or the speed of your connection but your ISP screwing you over. [Ars Technica]
With Google Glass expected to take the world by storm before too long, can current mobile networks the additional bandwidth the device will require. [Washington Post]
Microsoft is struggling to get traction with any of its new products, not just the Xbox One. There’s a systemic flaw in Microsoft’s marketing that’s killing all of their products on launch. [Penny Arcade Report]
The folks from Obsidian talk about developing KOTOR 2, the content restoration work by modders and their plans for KOTOR 3. [Eurogamer]
Team Meat were contacted by a “producer” who wanted to make Super Meat Boy: The Movie. They proceeded to mercilessly troll him. [Indie Statik]
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Zynga Suing Bang With Friends
Zynga wants it known that they own the phrase “With Friends” and they don’t want anyone else in the mobile app scene using those words.
The big mobile and social game publisher, now run by former Xbox boss Don Mattrick, is suing Bang With Friends Inc. over the name of its Bang With Friends.
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Aarklash: Legacy Preview: A Little Bit of Old School
It’s not often that we get our hands on a preview version of a game but who am I to turn down a new experience. So, naturally, when Cyanide gave me an opportunity to take an early look at their upcoming RPG Aarklash: Legacy, I jumped at the opportunity and was pleasantly surprised with what I saw.
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New Star Wars: Battlefront Coming Summer 2015
Can’t wait to get your hands of the upcoming EA Star Wars games? Well, I would advise you not to hold your breath because we’re still a ways out from seeing them.
During their 1st quarter earnings call, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen revealed that the first of EA’s Star Wars games under the current licensing agreement will be the new Battlefront. Unfortunately, we shouldn’t expect it until summer of 2015 which means another two years of waiting for a new Star Wars game.
In his announcement, Jorgensen noted that they were timing the release of Battlefront around the planned release of Episode VII. While the teaser trailer was decidedly original trilogy inspired, it’s entirely possible that this could mean that the new Battlefront could tie into the new trilogy. Even if it’s DICE making the game, the prospect of a movie tie-in game worries me. I don’t think I need to tell you why.
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Russia to Ban Swearing on the Internet
While Russia is busy waging their war against gays and those who support them, they’re engaging in a mission to single-handedly fix the internet that’s so ridiculous that is makes Aaron Sorkin’s internet writing on The Newsroom seem Emmy worthy.*
Russia is planning to clean up the internet by requiring all web pages with profane language be blocked from access in Russia within 24 hours of the profane language being posted. See, told you Will McAvoy wasn’t this crazy with his mission to civilize.
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Rogue Legacy Review: Everybody Rogue
With the games release schedule decidedly quiet during the summer, it’s a good time for everyone, including would-be games critics, to catch up on games that you might have missed during the first months of the year. To be quite honest, I’m not sure how many of this year’s big releases I’ve finished.
I’m starting with the current indie darling du jour, Rogue Legacy. It’s received heaps of praise from critics but what do I, a gamer of average skill and free time, think of the latest big thing on the indie game scene?
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XCOM: Enemy Within Rated by Korean Ratings Board
Well, we knew that the classic style of XCOM games would continue after the success of last year’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown but we didn’t know that a sequel was so far along in development.
Yesterday, the Korean Games Ratings Board posted a rating for a PC, PS3 and 360 game called XCOM: Enemy Within.
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