EA Stops The Medal Of Honor Train, Reminds Us That It Was Our Fault It Failed

Dear Peter Moore,

I’ve loved your bravado and showmanship all the way back through your Xbox days. You’re a lovable guy and, no offense to Don Mattrick, but I’d give up Don Mattrick to have you back at Microsoft. But please, don’t insult us. During an investor conference call today, you, now COO of Electronic Arts, confirmed that after completely blowing your second huge attempt at rebooting Medal of Honor in some desperate, hopeful tackle at Activision’s Call of Duty juggernaut, you’re just gonna stop trying. Then, as a kind of a slap on the ass, you suggested we rated it too low and probably hated it too much. Not us personally, but the plurality of gamers and media.

No, that’s not going to work.

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Best Pre-Super Bowl Commercials You Can Watch Right Now!

Like many others out there, my favorite part of the Super Bowl is the commercials. Every year I get excited around this time and see what’s been released early. Last year is was the year of teasers for commercials and this year it seems to be about the same, except we are seeing trailers that are either just as long as the commercial would be or longer, seriously. There was one big surprise to me that made my list and that was Go Daddy. One of their commercials is no at all raunchy and really funny. Read the rest of this article…

Zynga Gets Worse: Rise Of Nations, Alpha Centauri Designer Brian Reynolds Leaves

Brian Reynolds is a name you’ve probably never heard of, but he’s easily one of the most important designers in the gaming industry. I even met him at E3 and asked him a question. I can’t remember the question or the answer, but it happened! Reynolds doesn’t quite get the attention that Molyneux or Miyamoto do, but his games are some of the finest to ever be crafted. When Civilization II is one of your first credits, you know you’re going places. Nearly four years ago, Brian was snapped up by Zynga after he left Big Huge Games, which was snapped up by 38 Studios (and we know how that went) and he went to work on Frontierville and Empires & Allies for Facebook. To pile on Zynga’s woes, he’s now leaving.

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Sony Online Entertainment Announces Partnership With MLG

Ok, don’t get me wrong. I have mad love for the MLG, for everything they’re doing for the world of gaming. Major League Gaming is doing more to legitimize gaming and stop the persecution of gamers than just about anything else. The problem, to date, is that they haven’t really played anything that I, or most of the people I know, give a shit about.

Seems that is going to change.

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Taking a Look At FireFall In All Its Bug Killing & Resource Mining Glory [VIDEO]

It seems like more and more MMO’s are trying to breathe life into the genre by bringing new ways to do battle, new ways to involve players with quests, and new ways to become social. With Guild Wars 2 giving us a bit of fresh air in the Fantasy MMO market, EVE Online continues to dominate space while trying to grow into the console territory, and Planetside 2 delivers a somewhat unprecedented sci-fi war-time simulater, it’s hard to redirect one’s attention to other games. Read the rest of this article…

SimCity Beta Impressions: The FleshEatingZipper Crew Weighs In

This past weekend, a few of us got our grubby mitts on the new SimCity beta release. Capped at an hour of play before your design was lost forever, the more-of-an-extended-demo-than-a-beta beta was a bit of tease, but it also provided a lot of insight into what we’re waiting for in early March. N and Rob watched far too many of their cities wash away into the digital dust, but have some firm impressions about Maxis’ and EA’s new city builder. Check it out!

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Ghostbusters Review (iOS): The Best Mobile Ghostbusters Game Yet

Who knew Ghostbusters was popular enough to have another iOS game developed? Beeline Interactive must have hired a bunch of ghosthead developers because this iteration is the bees knees.

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Chevy Chase Is On Facebook, Hallelujah! Holy Shit!

One day while wasting time on Facebook, I was suggested to like Chevy Chase. Sure why not, I thought. He’s a funny guy even if he has been known to be a real Hawthorne. Seriously.

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Newgrounds Wants You To Convert Your Flash Movies To Real Ones, Releases Swivel

In a previous life, I used to make Flash movies. In fact, for most of my graphic design (and yes, the video work as well), I still use Flash on a regular basis, but the biggest problem with Flash-based content is that unless it’s a still image, it’s virtually incompatible with any other editor. You can’t just dump a Flash animation into a video editor like Final Cut Pro or Sony Vegas and have it work, it just doesn’t work like that. Even After Effects, another Adobe product, has issues with Flash content, nested movie clips, and so on. I’ve searched for years to find a way to efficiently move my Flash content away from its vector-based roots to something I can actually use.

Enter Newgrounds and their new Swivel tool, unleashed today.

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‘Cosmopolis’ Review: Everything He Wants And Nothing He Needs

I can see why people can’t stand Robert Pattinson: he gets to be with Kristen Stewart every night. It’s okay, I know the feeling. I haven’t even seen the Twilight films and I know. I simply know. As the hyper-arrogant CEO of a financial institution, Pattinson does well to portray a young man living in a world just beyond his reach where every obstacle is merely some complex math equation away from resolution. Here, Pattinson’s Eric Packer just wants to get across town for a haircut. Too bad everything just seems to get in the way.

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