June 2006

Playing Blazing Angels, the first word that comes to mind is A

Satoru Iwata seems to feel that games are being discounted too quickly, and consumers are learning the patterns and buying them on the cheap. He would have a fair argument, if the truth weren’t something along the lines of the games not selling at higher price points. Sorry Satoru, but that’s business.

Source: [url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060622-7113.html]Arstechnica[/url]

Podcast Delayed

June 22, 2006

My apologies to everyone for the delay on the podcast. Episode 25 will be up soon, I am currently in transition to a new job. I have barely found time to play anything because of this transition period in my life so please bare with me. This latest podcast was pretty interesting, we had some good discussion on the topic of rewarding gamers. We want to thank everyone who chimed in and gave their two cents. Episode 25 will be up soon, so stay tuned in.

DS Lite

June 21, 2006

This weekend was good to me and I spent lots of it playing my shiny new DS Lite. I have to say that it is a vast improvement over the original device. Reviews of that and a slew of games should be going up this week so I won’t ruin the suprise, but if you don’t have a DS, go buy a Lite.

The Fragdolls are apparently up in arms about a gamer girl beauty pageant, joined by the larger clan PMS. Their complaint is that the girls’ gaming skills are being passed over in favor of their looks. I don’t think there’s any question about the Fragdolls self-promotion having little to do with their gaming skill, so what exactly is going on here? I’m guessing publicity just might be a factor.

Source: [url=http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ubisoft/frag-dolls-protest-miss-world-series-video-games-contest-182231.php]Kotaku[/url]