Posted on May 7, 2008 by Kyle
PlayStation Home, Sony’s highly anticipated virtual gaming world (à la Second Life), has been delayed. Sony President, Kaz Hirai, announced yesterday that gamers won’t be seeing a public release of the service until late this year, stating that he felt the service needs more time before it is up to par.
Sony certainly has an uphill [...]
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Posted on May 3, 2008 by Kyle
In yesterday’s article, I talked about Grand Theft Auto IV and how it was the most expensive game ever produced. Sopranogrl22 left a good comment asking why it costs so much to produce a game like GTAIV. While I certainly don’t know of all the aspects that go into game production, I do have some [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Kyle
In yesterday’s article, I talked about how the Internet is changing the way we play our games. I also talked about how Fable 2 is introducing a new, seamless co-op experience, on and offline. However, Fable 2 is doing something else as well, something much more revolutionary. As Peter Molyneux announced at GDC last month, [...]
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Posted on March 27, 2008 by Kyle
In this generation of game consoles, it has become apparent that the Internet is the wave of the future when it comes to gaming. The Xbox helped to establish the idea of the connected console through its Xbox Live service and, although there may have been consoles before it that offered various connectivity options, none [...]
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Posted on March 24, 2008 by Kyle
The age of integrated media is upon us. It is now possible to do virtually any media-related task on one box. Take for instance the PS3 or Xbox 360. Both systems have placed a heavy emphasis, not just on being great gaming machines, but entertainment hubs as well. Sony and Microsoft want you to use [...]
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