September 2005 - Posts
A Factor5 employee known only as Han Solo, has leaked the specs to the Nintendo Revolution. They are clearly not going to win the processor battle (as long suspected). The real question is, can innovation really trump processing power over the long haul?
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Tales From The Cheap Software Rack, Volume 1 The other day I was on my lunch break trolling the local CompUSA. I really don't have a lot of use for the store, I buy most of my components from NewEgg , and most of their hardware is a little too "least-common-denominator"
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There is one piece of hardware in the history of gaming that has had an impact above all others. It set in motion a multi billion dollar industry and set the standard that console manufacturers have built on for years. No less than three previous legends
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We reported the Flashback to you waaaaay back around E3 when I proclaimed it (much to the shagrin of Russ) my favorite console of E3. Well the NG finally has gotten one in their grubby little hands and I have to tell you it is a work of art. When I opened
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Professor Fizzwizzle is far from the usual Nomad Gamer fare -- but Grubby Games has come up with an obsessive little game that combines the challenge of puzzles with the action of a 2D platformer. As Professor Fizzwizzle your goal is to return to your
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The Beatles talked about a Revolution. This is not what they had in mind. For months Nintendo has fueled speculation on the innovative new controller that would ship with the Revolution. Yesterday they unveiled it to the world. Nintendo has invented the
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The history of video gaming is littered with 2D platform games. During the early years (pre Wolf 3d) this was pretty much the de-facto standard in game design. These games displayed a side view of the “level” with an animated character that
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The NYT (That's the New York Times to you non newsies) is reporting an inevitable burst in the MMO bubble culminating with a loss of 75% of current subscribers. We will refer you to the Joystiq article on the subject , a site that has a bit more of
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David "Zeb" Cook was known to gamers long before he became Lord Recluse, the "Paragon of evil" in City of Villains. Of course, they weren't video gamers, they were tabletop gamers of the RPG variety. Since the early 80's Zeb
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Cryptic and NCSoft have done it again releasing more free content to the City of Heroes crew. Issue 5 is live on the servers and features a new zone for the 30ish level heroes known as Croatoa. Other content includes the new sonic and archery powersets
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