Taking Stock: The Gibson-Goldstein Index
Florida Judge Dava Tunis
May have taken away the last shred of credibility from that annoying Thompson guy. The fate of our sanity rests with you, Florida Supreme Court.
WoW Cheaters
Banned in widespread Glider crackdown, then ask for their money back. QQ more, noobs.
AMD
Launches console-like branding scheme for PC hardware, but fails to account for changing system requirements. Nice try?
Entertainment Software Association
id Software the latest on a growing list of studios that have left the E3 hosts. Are you not entertained?
Capcom
Resident Evil 5 with co-op? Yes. Gas prices to blame for poor arcade sales? No.
Spore
Still looking great. Bring on the summer.
Kojima Productions
Some say Metal Gear Solid 4 has 90-minute cutscenes, and some say they're just "occasionally lengthy". The scary part? How believable both are.
"Some games out there are incredibly poorly optimized pieces of... software, that don't run well on anything, even a super computer. Crysis is one of the most hardcore, demanding games that's on the market."
AMD rep Brent Barry, after a mention of Assassin's Creed PC and Crysis, speaking on the standardization of PC gaming.
"I think people just need to do a better job of looking at where gamers are at, being more honest about the system requirements they put on the box, and just sort of taking a step back and saying, 'Gameplay is king, performance is second, and graphics are somewhere after that.'"
Valve marketing VP Doug Lombardi echoes the need for reasonable PC system requirements.
"you are all not getting it that i'm the guy who made it against the big hollywood system and you are all only busy to destroy me and finish me up and then you YOU WON WHAT ? the attention of the studios, michael bay .. ????? if you damage me you feel closer to Hollywood ? what is your game plan?"
Respected film director Uwe Boll, responding to fans after the news that his upcoming Postal adaptation would only reach four theater screens.
"Stereo production is the next big thing."
Respected film director James Cameron hyping the game adaptation of his upcoming sci-fi flick Avatar. Both will use 3D stereo technology.
