Posts tagged Console

Section 8: PS3 Review

I know the term “hardcore” is thrown around a lot in the gaming community, often with negative connotation, but there’s really no other way to describe Section 8 other than hardcore.  It eats other “hardcore” first person shooters for breakfast. Any seasoned FPS gamer with countless hours of Halo and Modern Warfare play under their belt, [...]

Bad Company 2 continues its not-so-covert war against Modern Warfare 2 with map pack announcement

DICE have taken every opportunity to capitalize on the mistakes made by Activision and Infinity Ward with regard to Modern Warfare 2.  From their timely announcement that Bad Company 2 would be using dedicated servers right down to the language on the game’s info page (emphasis mine): All of [Bad Company 2's] features combine to [...]

MW2 Map Pack: It’s just like the REAL Stimulus Package!

This goes along with my article from last week.  In that article, I discussed Modern Warfare 2′s apparent failure to keep the player base occupied and coming back for more as time goes on.  Well, Infinity Ward was concerned that such a thing was either going to happen or happening already, because they will soon [...]

Modern Warfare 2: How many players?

Tom’s Hardware has a post in which one Ryan Bowling (Edit: His name is Robert.  Tom’s reported his name incorrectly) at IW claims that MW2 has 25 million unique users.  Yes folks, 25 million.  The subtitle for this little gem of a mini-article is “Modern Warfare 2 is the major game for online gamers.”  First off, don’t [...]

Final Fantasy XIII out in less than 24 hours and I wish I cared…

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I know, I know. Almost everyone who reads this will, most likely, want to burn me at the stake but I guess I’m not all that interested in JRPGs (Japanese Role Playing Games) anymore. I try to be, I really do because, once upon a time, I really enjoyed them. Final Fantasy VII is still [...]

The PC as a “platform”

Microsoft and Sony have it easy, in a way.  Xbox Live and Playstation Network are easy methods of integrating a multiplayer experience because everyone has the same operating environment, the same hardware, the same software.  The PC is a different issue altogether.  The PC is a platform, in a sense, but only in the respect [...]

Good Advice Wrapped in Some Healthy MW2 Hating

Coming from a console player no less!  While I think the term “noob” gets thrown around too much by retards who think it’s actually something that will offend someone, this is an excellent video on how not to be one in Bad Company 2.  Unfortunately it would appear that MW2 Syndrome has invaded the PC [...]

PAX East 2010 Just Got A Little Angrier

The Angry Three have just been notified by the good folks at Penny Arcade that we’re all set for our media passes for the Penny Arcade Expo East 2010 in Boston (March 26 – 28).  If you’re unfamiliar with the event, it’s best described as “a three-day game festival for tabletop, videogame, and PC gamers,” [...]

MAG: wave of the future or throwback to the past?

Let me start off by saying I don’t own a PS3 and I have absolutely no intention of purchasing one (even if I had the money, which I don’t).  However, that doesn’t stop me from occassionally reading about new games for consoles, particuarly if they seem to have something new to offer.  That (and the [...]

Aliens Vs. Predator Multiplayer Demo Now Available

“I’m gonna eat ya with my little mouth!” Word on the street was that Rebellion would release a demo for the updated AvP, but there hadn’t been confirmation whether or not it would be before the full game’s release.  Just shy of two weeks before AvP ships, you can now get the multiplayer demo on [...]