The HD Molehill/Spitwad battle; and, Paramount and DreamWorks choose HD-DVD

Viacom Inc’s Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks Animation SKG–including, inter alia, Paramount Vantage, Nickelodeon Movies, and MTV Films–announced today (Monday Aug 20th 07) that they will release their next-gen DVD titles exclusively on HD-DVD, dropping the Blu-Ray format. Want to watch Transformers, Shrek the Third, and Blades of Glory? Gotta do it in [...]

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Game Review: The Bigs (thumbs up)

I happen to concur with Homer Simpson’s attitude on baseball. When he abstained from alcohol for a week, he showed up to the ballpark (sober) and exclaimed, “I never realized how boring this game is!”
2K Sports answers these critics with The Bigs. The game interjects excitement into America’s pastime with two [...]

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UPDATE: $50 Xbox 360 price cut details emerging

Yesterday (the 24th of July), AO updated the 1 August $100 price cut rumor with news from XboxScene, which vaguely commented that the 360 would see a price cut of $50. No further details had emerged from that original rumor about a 1 August price drop, and the news from XboxScene seemed not worthy [...]

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Exactly who is buying the Wii???

2 stories were released today that seem to be a contradiction in terms. Both stories involve NPD - a market research firm. Taken together, they could indicate that Nintendo’s recent dominance will eventually evaporate.
The first is from TG Daily. They are reporting that NPD’s latest data indicates that Nintendo’s Wii outsold both Xbox 360 [...]

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An open letter to Bethesda Softworks

From: Aidyn
To: Bethesda Softworks
Re: Fallout 3 - please don’t fuck this up.

First of all, I do want to thank you for all the work that you did in the first place in keeping my love alive.
After the demise of Interplay due to bankruptcy, you bought the IP rights to make a single player game. [...]

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