I really wanted to love Bioshock: Infinite. Sadly, I didn’t. Here’s why.
***SPOILERS*** FOR THE NARRATIVE OF BIOSHOCK INFINITE. AND BIOSHOCK. AND BIOSHOCK 2. Continue reading »
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Duke Nukem Forever: Taking Tits To Task
Or in this case, one tit in particular: President and CEO of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford. Eurogamer conducted an interview with Pitchford a few weeks ago covering Gearbox’s generally poorly received 2011 title Duke Nukem Forever. In the interview he made a few comments worth evaluating: On why Duke Nukem Forever was a polarising title: … Continue reading »
Reading the MMO Tea Leaves for 2012
In previous years I’ve spent a lot of time reviewing and writing up a year’s worth of Massively.com / other MMO sites news articles. Although this is very useful from an information point of view (particularly the “oh, I’d forgotten about that” articles) it takes a very long time. So, this year I’m still doing … Continue reading »
Extra Credits: A Credit For Your Thoughts
Extra Credits bugs me. I don’t watch it that often, but when I do I’m left unsatisfied by the end of it. It’s like bad pizza – I like the idea, would love it when done well, pick it up when it’s there but end up regretting the decision to sit down with it. Probably … Continue reading »
Ruminations on Duke Nukem
I’ve been thinking a bit about the character of Duke Nukem recently following the critical cratering of Duke Nukem Forever’s launch. In some ways I did the safe thing – wait until DNF came out, saw how bad the review scores were, now write something – but I felt the same way before DNF came … Continue reading »
The Difference Between George Broussard and Randy Pitchford
Given that Duke Nukem Forever has launched in Europe / will launch shortly in the US: Randy Pitchford has better project management skills, but George Broussard has higher standards of quality.
The 7 – 9 Review Score Problem Personified
Taken from GameSpot’s video review of Infamous 2, a comment from meke12: “WORST REVIEW EVER. i dont know if anyone else has noticed but compared to all the 9′s and 8.5′s this game got from other good websites, they gave this a 7.5, in my case that’s off my buying list. To me a game … Continue reading »
