Archive for December, 2007
Forbes to name Nvidia its 2007 ‘Company of the Year’
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Business
Forbes Magazine, or, as it’s commonly called, “the Champagne of Business Magazines”, will reportedly recognize the processor producing powerhouse Nvidia as its 2007 Company of the Year in an early January edition. Sure, we could list the company’s many contributions to gaming over the past few […]
DS surpasses PlayStation 2 in Japanese lifetime sales
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Nintendo DS, Sony PlayStation 2
It’s probably news to nobody at this point that during this past year, Nintendo fever swept through Japan like the Great Chicago Fire. Just by looking at a handful of recent hardware sales charts, the Big N’s dominance over the land of […]
Ron Paul advocates plan in-game WoW rally
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: PC, MMO, Politics
As campaigning for the presidential primaries reaches critical mass, America’s political eye will be sharply focused on a number of locations during the upcoming months — places like Iowa, Washington, D.C., and … Azeroth? Yes, the fanatical internet following of Republican presidential hopeful Ron […]
Major Nelson speaks about recent Xbox Live issues
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Microsoft Xbox 360
Many of you might have noticed a bevy of problems facing Xbox live over this past week: An unresponsive marketplace, the inability to recover a gamertag (or even sign in), and aggravating matchmaking wait times, to name a few. Major Nelson issued a statement […]
IGF Focus: World of Goo [Igf]
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Kotaku.
Trying to keep up with all the Independent Games Festival nominees is quite a chore, much less trying to actually play them. But, every once in a while, one really sticks out and really makes you want to play it. Such is the case with Kyle Gabler […]
Pro gamer gets XBL account stolen for Halo 3 armor
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Hacks, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters
Skyllus vBi, member of the professional gaming group Team vBi, just can’t seem to catch a break. After being recognized by Bungie for making a very popular Halo 3 video, Skyllus was rewarded with the incredibly rare in-game “Recon Armor“, […]
Top 20 Games of the Year You Should’ve Played, But Didn’t [Retrospectives]
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Kotaku.
I am perpetually lagging behind on my gaming list: too much to do, not enough time, and it’s all I can do to eek out a little chunk of something like Puzzle Quest here and there. So I kinda like the ‘top 20′ or ‘top […]
Super Scope 6 Commercial [Clip]
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Kotaku.
With all the hoopla that was raised regarding the Wii Zapper and its similarity to using real guns, I thought it would be nice to take a look back at one of the Nintendo gun peripherals that would never be made today. The Super Scope 6 was not […]
Cost of next-gen game production is a burden on developers
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Joystiq.
Filed under: Business
Game developers always have a sizable stack of things to worry about when working on a new project; things like: Is my game going to be any good? Will people buy my game? Am I making Vampire Rain? Is it too late to cancel? Of course, […]
Zhengtu: Where RMT, Gold Farming and Gambling Reign Supreme [Only In China]
31 December 2007This post brought to you by Kotaku.
I was thrilled to come across a most glorious article on Chinese MMORPGs (specifically, the wildly popular Zhengtu Online), translated to English from the original that appeared in the Southern Weekly. As Steve at PlayNoEvil sums it up, “While wimpy Americans can whine about “cheating” […]
