Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index
Electronic Arts
Announces restrictive copy protection for Spore and Mass Effect PC, then un-announces it. You now have two silly ideas remaining on this license.
Stride Gum
Puts a chewy bounty on Uwe Boll's head. Double the absurdity, double the fun.
Blizzard
Opens digital download store, allowing gamers to freely re-download their old games. Time to dig out those cracked jewel cases.
EA DICE
First Mirror's Edge footage reflects a huge amount of potential. And how about that music?
Nvidia
Company rep speaks out on PC piracy and its own confusing product line, but misses the bandwagon by about three years.
Rockstar
Lifts $500 million in one week. Gamers gladly participate in the grand theft.
id Software
Announces Doom 4. Now please kick our asses, gentlemen. We like it rough--just not in the dark.
Nintendo
Still hasn't announced EarthBound on the Virtual Console.
Take-Two
Treats the BioShock property with respect in handing it to a movie director who apparently cares for it.
"Putin personally throws funny Russian people into jail. That's why Russians are mostly dull and their take on computer games is 100% serious like they're creating a nuclear bomb or something. The dullest people are Russian publishers, who have no sense of humour at all and invest money in serious WWII titles, worn-out IPs and cheap adventure games. It is a very hopeless situation and I think that the Jews are involved somehow."
Stalin Vs. Martians lead designer Alexander Scherbakov, on the lack of funny Russian games.
"We've realised that maybe we were too ambitious with the non-gaming applications within Home, getting sponsors and stuff like that. In that sense we were deserting gamers."
SCEE president David Reeves, explaining his company's new game-centric approach to the long-delayed PlayStation Home.
"Its audience are even bigger geeks than the GTA audience, so if they weren't playing MGS, they would be playing some other game."
Analyst Michael Pachter, shrugging off the idea that video games like Grand Theft Auto IV and Metal Gear Solid 4 can significantly impact Hollywood box office.
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SeaLlama
replyIf registering at the Blizzard store didn't work the other day. Try again now, worked fine for me this time (about 1 minute for the email to arrive).
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Have they said when Diablo is going to be available for download?
