Category Archives: Games

I don’t hate GamesRadar, but you might

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Dan

For some time I’ve been boring friends with the topic of why gamers hate games. I’ve blogged about it but only briefly as I was organizing my thoughts. I chatted with Stephen Pierce over at GamesRadar about the idea one … Continue reading →

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On gaming with dead goats

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Dan

You know, I’ve said that I just don’t understand Sony’s approach to things lately. Lots of their decisions, both business and creative, have come under fire, and it’s fair to say that it’s been a case of kicking Sony when … Continue reading →

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Duelin’ Firemen lives!

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Dan

I have spent a good deal of my career poking around for info about a never-released FMV game for 3DO called Duelin’ Firemen. I wrote about it as vaporware for GamePro and was told by the developers that it would … Continue reading →

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Things Guitar Hero II has taught me

Posted on April 18, 2007 by Dan

If you’re looking to score some Achievements, you will not earn them by playing “Woman” on Hard. 94% is good enough for five stars and nobody needs to know. When people on your Friends list make a point of telling … Continue reading →

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Cheer up, gamers!

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Dan

I am a positive person. I love me some brutal sarcasm, but at my core, I really do look on the bright side. In the game industry, I am apparently alone. Every new product announcement, every bit of news, every … Continue reading →

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Battling Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Dan

I have a “thing” for real objects from fake worlds. On my desk at work I keep a model of the puzzle box from Hellraiser. I searched high and low until I found Marty McFly’s baseball cap from 2015. And … Continue reading →

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Guitar Hero 360 bugs

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Dan

Tried to do some co-op with the OXMmers tonight to unlock some of those juicy two-player achievements; there were about eight profiles/gamertags between two memory units and a hard drive. End result: 70 points, two corrupted save files (including the … Continue reading →

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Shame on you, Guitar Hero fanboys

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Dan

Why is this 900-Diggworthy news when it was on page 62 of OXM’s March 2007 issue, which came out in early February? This thrilling information is two months old, and their version lacks quotes from the development team. Maybe it’s … Continue reading →

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Urgh! A (Gaming) Music War

Posted on April 2, 2007 by Dan

The day before Guitar Hero II drops for 360, Harmonix (developer of GH1 and 2) and their new publishing partner EA announced that they will release Rock Band by the end of the year. Rock Band is basically “Band Hero”: … Continue reading →

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Presenting…Palette-Swap Ninja

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Dan

So Jude and I got to talking, and then we got to laughing, and then we got to work. The result is a musical side project for video-game related parody songs under the name Palette-Swap Ninja. We have our own … Continue reading →

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