While we, as a gaming community, have a more direct experience with the dangers, or lack thereof, of videogames, the parents of the current generation don't, and they're terrified of them. This doesn't, however, make them bad parents.Erin Hoffman speaks about wooing today's parents to the videogame cause.
Following weeks of rumors, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced a new 40 GB PlayStation 3 model for release in Europe that will list at $565.
NCsoft director Thomas Bidaux, speaking in advance of the London Games Festival, outlined what he described as four fundamental aspects of MMOGs that must be tapped into for any successful venture.
Microsoft has confirmed that Bungie Studios, developers of the acclaimed Halo FPS series, has taken steps to break away from the software giant and will operate as an independent company.
Left Behind Games, producer of the biblically-apocalyptic Left Behind: Eternal Forces, has issued threatening letters to blogs and websites that have criticized the company's real-time strategy game.
It takes no small amount of Googling, but I eventually figure it out. You have to actually exit the game to host a server. (Pretty tricky. Outside the game is the last place I would have thought to look.) Then there are some shenanigans with having to add command line parameters to the executable. I'm not sure what that means, but I figured it out by finding forum posts from people kind enough to address the issue as if they were talking to fourth graders. But wait, there's more.
The Writers Guild of America has created a new award to recognize excellence in videogame writing, to be presented at the 2008 Writers Guild Awards ceremony in 2008.
Students at the University of Calgary have developed a new driving simulation with a unique twist: The object is to drive home loaded out of your mind.
What's amazing is, even after remembering TFC in my rose-colored way, I love TF2. And I hate sequels. Seriously. Couldn't stand Diablo II. My favorite Star Wars movie was A New Hope. In my world, The Godfather Part 2 is overrated, and The Matrix should've ended with Neo flying into the sunset after blowing up Agent Smith. (I don't think I'm in the minority on that last one.)Joe Blancato reviews Valve's Team Fortress 2.
