The World of Gaming

[stevencho]

I especially love it when people state that today's music is dead, when they don't actively search for the right kind of music on teh innernets, instead they rely on what is heard in the mainstream media, and what they grew up with.

Yes. If all you listen to is Pop that is played on TV and the big radio stations, then you don't deserve an opinion on today's music.

[Magical]

That's a bit harsh.

[Daemon]

It's completely true though.

This. Whenever somebody says today's music sucks I always want to ask, "Are you only capable of listening to pop radio?"

[Nerdysimmer]

Yes. If all you listen to is Pop that is played on TV and the big radio stations, then you don't deserve an opinion on today's music.

Not only that, but it also applies to people who only stick with the older stuff. It's absolutely fine if you like those bands back in the day like Led Zeppelin and Steely Dan, they were awesome, but jegus, give the newer generation a chance. You're not looking in the right places if you come up empty.

And if you can't because you are not comfortable with branching out, stick with what you have and don't call others out for not liking what you like.

[stevencho]

That's a bit harsh.

You can't give a true opinion about "today's" music, which would include all kinds of music currently being made, unless you have actually listened to all of today's genres of music. That's all I'm saying.

It'd be like me saying all of today's books are trash if all I have ever read was Twilight. I do not have enough information to actually come up with an opinion.

[deiviuxs]

Why the end of the $60 video game is near

A boxed copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, the world's top-selling console game, costs $60. Angry Birds, the world's biggest mobile game franchise, costs $1 for software that you can download in under a minute. The pricing gap between what's traditionally considered the highest-tier premium games and the fast-evolving mobile, tablet, and social gaming market is widening, and it's spelling disaster for countless game makers caught in the middle.

Continue the reading at Yahoo!

[Spiderpig24]

Why the end of the $60 video game is near



Continue the reading at Yahoo!

One of the many reasons why to avoid Yahoo News. They don't understand the difference between a full fledged game and a mobile app.

[Pleiades]

Yahoo! News still exists?

[Spiderpig24]

Yahoo! News still exists?

Unfortunately it does, and their sports section is even worse than the gaming one.

[Ronthis the Werewolf]

John L. Beiswenger, research engineer and science-fiction author, is suing Ubisoft for copying his novel “Link” with its Assassin’s Creed franchise.

He claims that the series shares many similarities with his novel that explores the ideas of memories being ”accessed, recalled, relived and re-experienced” using a special device called the “Bio-synchronizer.”

According to the legal complaint filed, his novel also touches on assassins and assassinations, using John Wilkes Booth as an example. Beiswenger also claims that the Assassin’s Creed games copy themes from “Link” such as ”spiritual and biblical tones, with references made to Jesus and God, the Garden of Eden, and forbidden fruit.”

“Ubisoft have directly copied, and directly and contributorily infringed on the whole of Plaintiff’s copyrighted work,” the lawsuit states.

He is demanding $1.05 million in damages, with an increase to $5.25 million if Ubisoft admits to willful copyright infringement. In addition to this, Beiswenger is also looking to block the release of Assassin’s Creed III and all related products.

Source

[roza]

Seeing how MW3 sales aren't measuring up to Black Ops, all we to do is wait to see if this game does even worse and we can finally kiss this overrated series goodbye.

I hope to GOD you're right. I mean, I remember BlOps was still around £30 Used at this point last year. I saw MW3 at £15 the other day. I desperately hope BlOps 2 flOps so bad that it ruins the already stale fishy smell of CoD and puts an end to it.

[roza]

I just don't see the purpose of stuff like that. If anything, that website was good for business.

Well anyway, some news that I don't really care about.

Call Of Duty Reveal Likely Coming Next Month

"Return for debriefing"

can a man hope they will announce they are canning this shite?

[Luigi53]

"Return for debriefing"

can a man hope they will announce they are canning this shite?

Call of Duty: Final Resort. (A twenty-nine part epic conclusion!)

[deiviuxs]

Dead Space 3, Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2 listed by South African retailer

Leak-prone South African retailer BT Games today posted pre-order pages for Dead Space 3 and Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2 (since altered). Neither title has been officially announced, although there's been plenty of chatter about the former.

Read more at Joystiq.

[stevencho]

Dead Space 3, Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2 listed by South African retailer

I'd buy Most Wanted 2 in a heartbeat.

[Spiderpig24]

I'd buy Most Wanted 2 in a heartbeat.

Hell yes, that game was fantastic. To me it was the last good NFS game that stuck to the NFS formula. Hot Pursuit was a good game, but it could have really had it's own name apart from the NFS series.

[super-mega-hyper-sonic]

Dead Space 3, Need For Speed: Most Wanted 2 listed by South African retailer



Read more at Joystiq.

Ohh Dead Space 3? Yes please?

[Pleiades]

Most Wanted was the best Need for Speed, hands down. I could spend hours simply roaming the streets and countryside, getting into police chases just for the hell of it. A sequel would be a nice return to form.

"Return for debriefing"

can a man hope they will announce they are canning this shite?

The Call of Duty series is a huge moneymaker for Activision. Why would they can it?

[Daemon]

Sony patents a new bizarre-looking abomination of a controller.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...ontroller.aspx

Honestly I hope they stick to the dualshock for PS4.

[Pleiades]

Sony patents a new bizarre-looking abomination of a controller.
http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/a...ontroller.aspx

Honestly I hope they stick to the dualshock for PS4.

It looks meant to specifically compliment the Move controller, which I doubt Sony will use as the default for the PS4. It'd alienate a large part of their audience (practically all of it).