by Nike Okami
Will Wright (co-founder of Maxis, which is now a part of Electronic Arts) has been feeling the pain lately, but it’s not over the recent Chinese earthquake or the World Food Crisis. The sultan of Sim has lived through the ultimate Grand Theft Auto experience — that of butchering an innocent in cold [...]
by Nike Okami
It has happened several times. Developer makes a telling comment, departing from the earnest etiquette of public relations. Someone retaliates. Developer subsequently apologises with proverbial hat in hand. Case in point: Laurent Fischer, marketing director for Nintendo of Europe, being reprimanded by none other than famed God of War creator and designer David [...]
by Nike Okami
Metal Gear Solid, directed by Hideo Kojima and developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Japan, is one of the most successful and stylish franchises ever in gaming. However, come June 12th and it’ll all be over.No, the end of the world is not imminent (unless Jack Thompson takes a sudden interest in Patapon).
Metal Gear [...]
by gSathe
The first thing to do, we’ve got to stop calling it piracy. Piracy sounds cool, piracy is Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightley. Piracy sounds sexy. So let’s just call it what it is – stealing.
Don’t get me wrong. We’ve all bought pirated discs, we’ve played games and watched movies and listened [...]
by ess-see
My name is Sunaina. If that isn’t enough of a tip off, then let me add that I’m a girl. Actually I suppose that woman is the right word by now, since I’m 26. But I haven’t started using that word for anyone else I know yet, so I’ll be damned if I start [...]