February 2010
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GameSpot: Your Number 1 Source for What are...
GameSpot just posted news items announcing the US release dates of Infinite Space (DS, March 16th) Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PS3, 360, Wii, DS, May 18th), and Dragon Quest IX (DS, summer). You don’t really need to click those links because I’ve told you all of the relevant information you need. The rest of the articles are mostly culled from announcements and information...
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EXCLUSIVE: Console exclusive is exclusive to...
May 23rd’s Wii exclusive Super Mario Galaxy 2 has not just a release date and a trailer, but Planet Mario, some screenshots and some bullet points worth sharing. Or is that Planet Luigi? Hard to tell.
Is it really necessary to describe Super Mario Galaxy 2 as a Wii exclusive? Is anyone going to read articles about a Mario game and say to themselves, “Wow, I can’t wait for...
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Well done, Kotaku. Way to do your research.
Kotaku just posted this item on their website:
It had to happen eventually. Having wowed people ceaselessly since E3 with a a succession of explosive trailers, Just Cause 2 has finally put a foot wrong. And as far as the PC crowd is concerned, it’s a big foot.
It’s been revealed that the game won’t run on Windows XP. Why? Because it’s DirectX10 only. So only those running Vista or Windows 7...
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Why is Videogame Journalism full of Morons?
Videogame journalism has been in a decline for the last two decades now. In the early 90s magazines were giving average games a 7 out of 10 score instead of the more obvious 5, purely to appease developers and publishers, and to ensure they continued to get review copies of the latest games. Incredulous and deceitful, but at least it served a purpose.
Now, in the 21st century, we’re getting all...