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It Takes Two to Make NBA Jam Go Right
The inability to switch off between players was one of the few drawbacks of an otherwise rollicking NBA Jam revival last year. It required some clunky manipulation of your starting lineup and defense, for those who actually played it, often left a man open as you instinctively swarmed to the guy your CPU partner was…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Team Fortress De-Booted
Team Fortress, De-booted | Low-resolution Team Fortress 2 classes, made cuter for older systems. By PixelBlock, an artist who’s done these and numerous other demakes in the past month. Takedown Notice Sends Battlestar Galactica Modders Fleeing from the NBC Universal Tyranny A swell Battlestar Galactica mod for Nexus drew the attention of NBC Universal, who…
By Owen Good - Culture
A Forza to be Reckoned With
High-performance automobiles return to the Xbox 360 with Forza Motorsport 4 this week. Not a car guy? Take to the skies with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, on the PS3 and 360, or head back to the casino with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. There’s also DLC releasing for Dragon Age II Monday • Red…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Takedown Notice Sends Battlestar Galactica Modders Fleeing from the NBC Universal Tyranny
A swell Battlestar Galactica mod for Nexus drew the attention of NBC Universal, who sent a cease-and-desist over to ModDB, which had been hosting the work on it. And 19 other BSG mods. All have been wiped out. “I was shocked and saddened when i got the message from ModDB admins that our mod, the…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
Stunted Thinking
Each week throws off several new video game lists ranging from the humorous to the trivial. What’s better? A list of those. Here’s a roundup of the rundowns out there. •Five More Bizarre Publicity Stunts in Gaming [Delta Gamer] Includes the WTFery THQ concocted for its marketing of Red Faction: Guerrilla (pictured above). By no…
By Owen Good - Uncategorized
ModernWarfare3.com Finally Redirects to, Y’know, Modern Warfare 3‘s Website
At last, the long, sordid saga of ModernWarfare3.com has come to an end, one month before the game’s release, with lessons learned for all sides. For Activision, it’s “register the goddamn domain before you announce the game.” (They appear to have taken this to heart.) For cybersquatters, it’s “Don’t be a dickclown and you can…
By Owen Good
