The issue is battered around every once in a while: Are we video game journalists or just part of an enthusiast “press?” This writer definitely falls — and believes — most of of us are under the latter term. Further cementing this belief is an essay written by John Keefer over at CrispyGamer.

Keefer goes mainly into the topic of “embargoes” which are put in place to keep video game writers in check; it gives them a timetable of when they can publish pre-release information. It’s an interesting read and one that presents a few ways we can go about legitimizing the “journalist” tag some of us are more than willing to take up.

Via Crispy Gamer

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: crispy, embargo, enthusiast, gamer, Halo 3, journalism

The faint yell you’ve heard in ALL 6 Star Wars films is the legendary scream called ‘The Wilhelm Scream’. After playing Grand Theft Auto, Metal Gear Solid 4 and God of War I and II, I can confirm the infamous scream is also in video games. After reading up on the history of ‘The Wilhelm Scream’ it seems it has been used in 170 movies, 15 TV shows and 26 38 37 48 53 56 Video Games. That sound is so noticeable that when I hear it on any media, I’ll instantly look at my wife for confirmation. Then we both ask “This movie has it too?”

Below are the list of video games that include ‘The Wilhelm Scream’:

1. Ant City (When someone is run over by a car.)
2. Army Of Two (During the China cutscene)
3. Asterix at the Olympic Games
4. Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
5. Bionic Commando: Rearmed
6. Call of Duty 2
7. Civilization: Revolution (DS version)
8. Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Occasionally when killing infantry)
9. Dirk Valetine and the Fortress of Steam (Sometimes when you kill a guard)
10. Dungeon Keeper (When a warlock is being tortured)
11. Eragon (Demo: When Brom shoots the ropes holding the gate up and the gate collapses)
12. Grand Theft Auto IV
13. Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas (When you kill a gangster) DEBATED
    
14. God of War (When you kill the man holding the bridge on the Rooftops of Athens. Also during a later cinematic scene where Kratos leads his troops into a church)
15. God of War 2
16. Halo 3 (Occasionally when a Spartan is killed in Multiplayer)
17. Half Life 2 Continue reading »

    written by Juan Perez \\ tags: Adventures, Auto, Billy, Bond, China, Dirk Valetine, enthusiast, game, Gear, God, Grand, Indiana, LEGO, Metal, Richard L. Jenkins, scream, Solid, Star, Summer Wii, The Wilhelm Scream, Theft, Trailer, Vegas, video, War, Wilhelm Scream