Shorter Richard Garriott: Zynga is awful and oh by the way I have this new game coming out that fixes everything they’re doing wrong in social gaming today.
I’d say it’s good to be the king, but last I checked, that was Zynga.
Lord Convenient
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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Ho hum
BREAKING: Popular company’s brand new hardware sells out in first week.
Lessons not learned
The video game industry at large would be wise to read—and hopefully learn from, although I’m not optimistic—this GQ article called “The Day the Movies Died.”
Video game sales numbers are down, you see, and there are a heck of a lot of numbers in the “hotly anticipated” titles set to launch in 2011.
Mixed messages
So, the future of the PlayStation brand is a dedicated gaming/tablet/phone device that will attempt to compete with Apple and Microsoft/Nintendo all at the same time? Good luck with that.
Shorter Harmonix
Jaded
Jade Raymond: Still beautiful, still talented. I just wish her shop was working on something besides a franchise or a sequel.
Indicative of a larger problem with this industry, perhaps, but that’s nothing new.
Old joke
Developer High Voltage says the 3DS is “more powerful than the Wii.” Does that mean it’s, like, two Wii’s taped together?
Forgetting Kevin Butler
So the Sony PR flak that writes tweets for “Kevin Butler” messed up and broadcast the key to PS3′s heart to the entire world. No worries! Hire this dude and make his commercial a national spot. All will be well.
Day the music ended
Guitar Hero is no more. Hundreds out of work as Activision sees the end of a fad and reacts accordingly. Is anyone surprised?
Just numbers
“Kevin Butler” should probably stick to advertising.