Activision has begun the awkwardly titled Blur Multiplayer Beta Demo on Xbox 360. Basically, with the game two months from release it’s a closed demo, and while a web page is set up for beta testers to report any bugs or feedback, I have to imagine the only thing that may get tuned is the amount of XP per race or how much XP it takes to level up. Not the actual racing, cars, tracks, or power ups. Yes, power ups. Blur is Bizarre Creations’ attempt to merge realistic racing with the arcadey action of a Mario Kart game. Throw in a Call of Dutyesque leveling system complete with challenges to complete and you have what on paper sounds like a rock solid hit.
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Redefining Numbers
February 22nd, 2010
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“Seven is the average on our scale” is akin to saying “I’m a big dumb idiot and don’t understand math” in my mind. Need more explanation than that? Read on.
Impressions: Heavy Rain
February 5th, 2010
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Thanks to the currently running Heavy Rain ARG I got a chance to play next week’s demo, today. Heavy Rain is a game I am “heavily” anticipating and while originally I wasn’t going to play the demo to keep myself pure I figured since I’m getting it early I might as well play it and tell you guys about it.
Impressions: EverQuest II Sentinel’s Fate
February 5th, 2010
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EverQuest II is getting it’s sixth expansion on February 16th, and then digitally one week later on February 23rd. Sony Online Entertainment was cool enough to invite me to check out some of the new zones a little early.
Grand Theft Auto IV: A Trilogy On One Disc
January 28th, 2010
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In 2004 Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and in doing so wrapped up a trilogy of loosely connected games that began with 2001’s Grand Theft Auto III. An accomplishment that took three years and three individual full priced games to pull off, impressive to say the least. In 2006 at E3 then Vice President of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business, Peter Moore stood on stage and announced that Grand Theft Auto IV was coming to the Xbox 360. Not only that, but it was bringing along two exclusive downloadable episodes. No one knew it at the time, but Rockstar Games was going to turn Grand Theft Auto IV into a trilogy using one disc.
How Do You Choose An MMO?
January 21st, 2010
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I’m a sucker for a good MMO. There’s something about the combination of questing, loot dropping, leveling up, and hanging with friends that just hits me in the right spot. The question is with new MMOs springing up every day how do you choose the MMO that’s right for you? Let’s face it trying to play one MMO without sending your life into a tailspin is hard enough, I can’t imagine trying to juggle two virtual lives. So we have to pick one, but how?
What Are All These People Doing Looking At The PC Games?
January 13th, 2010
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You’re not going to believe what I saw at the store the other day. A crowd of people around the PC games, were they lost? What did they think they were looking at? Didn’t they know they can buy PC games from the comfort of their own homes? Seriously, with services like Steam, Direct2Drive, and Impulse why would you buy a disc at a store?
Best Of 2009: iPhone Games
January 5th, 2010
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I really thought when I sat down to make my top 10 games of the year list, it would include at least one iPhone game. I was sadly mistaken. It seems that my brain can’t help but keep the iPhone games in their own separate ghetto. So I decided that I’m going to show you my four favorite iPhone games of the year. Maybe next year one will crack the proper top 10. These are in no particular order, but one game outshines them all, we’ll get to it at the end.
Jim’s Top 10 Of 2009 #5-1
December 29th, 2009
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A top 10 rundown of 2009’s best video games.