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Blog Herding: Community Edition 08/26
Blog Herding might have disappeared momentarily, but I've been keeping an eye on blogs. Check out this post and catch up on community blogs from the past two weeks!
Starting And Stopping: The Art Of Not Finishing A Game
With the flood of AAA titles that have graced the industry this year, it can be hard to keep up. TheClassyOne shares his experience of booting up a game and never reaching the end credits. It's not because the game isn't good, it's just, ah we'll just let him tell it.
Video Games Don’t Cause Violence, Just Ignorance…
Just because you've mastered Rock Band, that doesn't make you a musician. If you dominate in CoD multiplayer matches that doesn't make you a skilled shot on a real battlefield. It can sharpen some abilities, but games and real life activities are not the same thing, even though some people may argue otherwise. Check out this post for Saint's real-life example at the shooting range.
New Medal Of Honor Game - A Question For Our Military People Here
Medal of Honor has been stirring up some controversy, with the game's ties to Afghanistan, a location where American soldiers are still stationed, a few military families have expressed concern. Hist throws out a few questions to GIO members with military ties regarding the issue. Join the discussion in the comments section of his post.
Uncharted Tombs: Naughty Dog X Crystal Dynamics
If you take the best elements of Uncharted and Tomb Raider what would you get? OmegaSpartan08 digs into the idea of what would be nothing short of an incredible union.
Italian-American Group Against Mafia II – A Tangent Rant
With "inappropriate and insulting perpetuation of the pervasive and denigrating stereotype of organized crime being the exclusive domain of Italians and Italian Americans," Italian-American advocacy group UNICO National objected to the release of Mafia II. Hist once again tackles controversy and provides his take on the matter. Do you agree with his argument? Check out the post and comment.
Why Console Exclusives Need To Go
“Ever since the dawn of gaming, console exclusives have been a constant pain in our collective rears. Mario doesn't appear outside Nintendo systems. Master Chief goes only with Microsoft products. Ratchet & Clank's adventures are confined to consoles made by Sony. If you want to experience all of these great series, well, that's too bad. You have the equally unattractive options of shelling out to buy all three consoles or saving your money and missing out. It's such a shame that so many gamers don't get to experience a series just because it's on a system which they don't have. Besides, appearing on only one console doesn't help a game. It's a corporate f*** you.” Do you agree with Apozem’s views on console exclusives? Join the discussion in the comments section of his post.
Why a Good Portion of the Gaming Community Angers Me
When Microsoft announced that it would permaban anyone who played Halo: Reach early, the community applauded their efforts. On the other hand, when THQ defended the online pass, gamers cried lawsuit calling the company "greedy." At the end of the day developers want to make money on their products so why the two wildly different responses from the community over the same principle? Demon Ragnarok explores this topic. Do you agree?
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