Time to see how right I was back when I wrote the following predictions about how things would turn MMO-wise in 2011. F2P titles continue to enter the market and other existing MMOs are likely to join them. Warhammer Online is a distinct possibility, as are titles in the position of Vanguard and Fallen Earth: … Continue reading
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The Single Player RPG Versus The Massively Multiplayer RPG, Round 47
It happens with a frustrating reliability: a single player game RPG (you choose if the ‘R’ stands for ‘role’ or ‘roll’) is released that contains a large world to explore and threads of emergent gameplay, leading to a large number of people wonder why they don’t see the same in the massively multiplayer online space. … Continue reading
Baby Got Cat – Batman: Arkham City’s DLC Follow-Up
It took about three days, mostly due to time differences, but I received a working Catwoman DLC code from Chris Z. at Warner Brothers Support. So thank you, Chris Z. I’ll do a longer post on Batman: Arkham City at some point after I’ve finished it. It’s a fun game with an odd narrative tone … Continue reading
The Trouble With Cats – Batman: Arkham City’s DLC Issue
Having won some money on the sweeps from the Melbourne Cup, I went off and bought a copy of Batman: Arkham City. I was fully aware that a new copy of Batman: Arkham City came with a code that unlocked the Catwoman sections to play through. I enter the code fresh from the box. “This … Continue reading
Goodbye, Joker! An Issue With Big Name Voice Over Talent
Mark Hamill has officially called it a day on the Joker voice which is a role that he’s made his own for near on two decades. For people of a particular age / interest in Batman, his Joker voice is pretty much the definitive characterisation for the Clown Prince of Crime, first appearing in the … Continue reading
The Unplayed Gaming List – October 2011
2011 has been a hell of a year for games. Despite calls from some circles that gaming today is awful and in the decline, when I look around I see a lot of strong gaming titles out (and coming out) that I want to find time to play. Hence: this list, to remind me at … Continue reading
Great Moments in Game Advertising – Celebrity Journalism And Gaming Journalism Collide; Results Not Pretty
Three issues with this particular article about Christina Hendricks being a character in EA’s Need for Speed: The Run. 1) The article itself. Yes, it probably is the first time a woman’s boobs have been downgraded in a video game versus real life, but comments like “Christina’s boobs are, like, totally the best thing about … Continue reading
Ruminations: Bastion (Supergiant Games) – Xbox 360
For a low budget / no budget game, Bastion certainly delivers. (I’ll throw a soft spoiler warning up here – I’m not spilling all the beans, but just hinting at some of the beans that are to be spilled over the course of the game.) – Game mechanics are simple and effective. What struck me … Continue reading
Ruminations: Dante’s Inferno (Visceral Games) – Xbox 360
Games are very easy to forget. I should know – I’ve forgotten hundreds of them. From the C64 through to the Amiga 500 through to various chipsets of PC and alongside the arcades I used to spend a lot of time in, there are lots of games I’d probably remember if I saw them but … Continue reading
DCUO: Up, Up and Free-to-Play
As expected, Sony Online Entertainment have announced that DC Universe Online is going free-to-play (F2P). Starting in October – roughly 9 months following the subscription-based launch of DCUO – players can get back into Gotham and Metropolis with no money down. I could point and mock and make fun of some of the patently ridiculous … Continue reading
World Class Villains 