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• Book Review: The Race For The New Game Machine
  on May 2, 2009 in Article Opinion Book Review Console Gaming PS3 Xbox 360
  The Race For The New Game Machine is a deeply technical and deeply personal story about how the PowerPC processor in the PS3 and Xbox 360 came to be created. It is a must read for anyone interested in corporate culture, processor architectures, or a...
• Book Review: Opening The Xbox by Dean Taikahashi
  on Apr 26, 2009 in Article Opinion Book Reviews Opening The Xbox Xbox
  Opening The Xbox, by Dean Taikahashi, unveils the events which lead up to the release of a game console by the largest software company in the world. It provides a unique perspective and answers questions that no other book can reply to, but it relie...
• Guess What? The Games Industry Isn’t Recession Proof!
  on Apr 16, 2009 in News 360 Console Sales Pc Game Sales PS3 Wii
  That's right - Game Industry Sales For March 2009 are out - and down. Anyone who's been paying attention to sales in the games industry for the last sixth months probably isn't surprised by this report. But many will likely be shocked, as the popular...
• Grand Theft Auto IV And Power Fantasy: Chaplin Breaks Game Dev Balls
  on Apr 11, 2009 in News
  As usual, this year’s Game Developer’s Conference gave people plenty to talk about. As usual, too much of it was predictable. Miyamoto said things, and devs drooled. There were apparently some wild auto-biographical game ideas brainstorme...
• Book Review: Jasper Juul’s Half-Real
  on Apr 1, 2009 in Article Opinion Book Review Video Game Studies
  When it comes to new-born academic fields, you’ll find few fresher from the womb than the study of video games. Besides the long-standing mainstream belief that video games are meant for children, video games are also cursed by their straddling...
• Why I Hate World Of Warcraft And A Promotion For Bloody Rebels
  on Mar 26, 2009 in Opinion MMORPG PC Gaming World of Warcraft
  I hate World Of Warcraft. This is not a hatred I’ve come to quickly or lightly, because I don’t think that World of Warcraft is a bad game. A bad game is a game that fails to be fun or interesting and/or is a game that fundamentally fails...
• Stop The Consolization Of PC Games! (Or Why Games For Windows Live Sucks)
  on Mar 17, 2009 in Opinion Games For Windows Live PC Gaming
  Stop The Consolization Of PC Games! A few weeks ago, I picked up Dawn Of War II. Overall, I like the game. I’m not sure if it has staying power, but it is enjoyable. Relic’s choice to completely drop the need to baby-sit a base while at t...
• January Sees 13% Growth - Don’t Worry, Things Still Suck
  on Feb 15, 2009 in News Console Sales Game Industry Growth Game Sales Wii Sales
  Woohoo! January sales are up 13%. The games industry continues to be recession proof. Or not. Combined revenues for game sales were at 1.33 billion in January 2009, compared to 1.18 billion in Janauray 2008. In today’s economy, any growth is go.
• Is The iPhone The Next Game Console?
  on Feb 4, 2009 in Article
  So, Penny Arcade ran a survey. Most surveys ran by gaming websites are slack-jawed ego-boosters for game journalists who fancy themselves sociologists, but Penny Arcade’s survey grabbed a 38,000 responses and answered some reasonable questions.
• Game Previews: Journalism At Its Worst
  on Jan 29, 2009 in Opinion
  Who the fuck cares about previews? Its a question that I’ve been pondering on and off the last few days, spurred by some fairly standard “Game Journalism Fucking Sucks!” style posts I’ve seen on various websites. No

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