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By Andy Groen, January 16, 2008 0 GN

Call of Duty 4 developer Infinity Ward published an interesting blog recently from Community Manager Robert Bowling. In it, he passionately discusses the state of PC gaming, and the rampant piracy that he says cripples it. The post is titled… Read More »

By Andy Groen, January 12, 2008 0 GN

Personally, I don’t ever pay even an ounce of attention when a game launches its official website. There usually isn’t any point. 99% of the time what you’ll find is a decent piece of art and the game’s name in… Read More »

By Andy Groen, January 11, 2008 0 GN

Keeping up with a game throughout its development can be difficult. There’s always rumors and speculation about gameplay feature x and the involvement of company z. Keeping up with the rumors isn’t so hard, if you read the daily gaming… Read More »

By Andy Groen, January 11, 2008 0 GN

It’s no secret that gaming magazine sales are slumping lately. It’s also no secret that the world is primed and ready for Super Smash Bros Brawl. So if you were one of the aforementioned slumping gaming publications like, oh, Electronic… Read More »

By Andy Groen, January 9, 2008 0 GN

Sony didn’t have much of a gaming presence at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. In fact, the way I heard it told, if it weren’t for a small showing of Metal Gear Solid 4, you’d never know Sony was even… Read More »

By Andy Groen, January 9, 2008 0 GN

When you leave the creativity up to the Ph.D. stiffs this is what happens. This may be the nastiest series of gaming related illnesses since those Japanese Voltron games started giving people seizures, or that time Warcraft killed off half… Read More »

By Andy Groen, January 8, 2008 0 GN

Wasn’t it bad enough that gamers in Australia had to pay $999.95 AU (871.16 USD) to get their hands on a PlayStation 3 at launch?  A new trend seems to be arising in the land down under to charge extra… Read More »

By Andy Groen, September 21, 2007 0 GN

Make no mistake, more than a few shins were scuffed and whimpering tears were shed over the critical reception of Lair. For the last two weeks it’s been pretty much Factor 5 versus the world. The world said Lair was… Read More »

By Andy Groen, September 21, 2007 0 GN

So, the rumors were true. Sony is in fact releasing a rumble-enabled version of the SIXAXIS. They denied the topic for nearly a year saying that rumble was not something they even wanted in their machine. That it was "last… Read More »

By Andy Groen, September 19, 2007 0 GN

SNK announced today that the latest installment in their long-running, much-beloved side scrolling shooter Metal Slug 7, will be coming exclusively for the Nintendo DS. This should come as a bit of a surprise to most people, as the last… Read More »