I’m sure many of you are fans of the ‘Girls of Gaming’ by Play Magazine. I was doing a little research on the magazine for a future article and was surprised that the top search result for “Girls of Gaming” in Google led to a pirated version of the magazine on Scribd. Since the actual paid version of the magazine does not allow sharing of the file, it looks like some noob took some fairly poor screen captures of the PDF and turned it into a version anyone can download on the internet. I suppose the title might suggest we support pirating, which we actually don’t. But…if you are going to be a pirate, at least be a good one. If you want quality, just go and download the real thing HERE, but you have to actually pay real money to see it.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: article, Document, gaming, Girls, Google, magazine, Pirated, play, Poorly, Read, research, result, Scribd, search, version, Vol

If you are into video games, you more than likely read Edge - the videogames magazine and website. They have just awarded Halo 3 the Edge Award for Innovation at this year’s Edinburg Interactive Festival. This was a surprising choice considering the game was going up against Grand Theft Auto IV, Portal, Rock Band, Super Mario Galaxy and Wii Fit. Although Halo 3 is my favorite game of the ones listed above, I feel like Portal and Rock Band were actually more innovative.

According to the reps at Edge, the game won due to it’s “integration and coherence of Halo 3’s online content”.  While I certainly believe that the Halo series has one of the best online  setups in console history, it wasn’t a huge improvement over Halo 2.  Maybe I say this because I miss Halo 2’s maps…

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Award, Edge, Edinburg, game, Halo, Innovation, Interactive, magazine, Mario Galaxy, Online, Picks, Portal, Read, Rock Band, video, Website, year

Sony’s PlayStation 3 Home, is allowing the PS3 community to participate in their Beta testing. All you have to do is download the Theme!

If you’re one of the anxious PS3 gamers who wants to get involved with PS3’s Home, now’s your chance to get in.  Here are the very simple instructions, go to the PlayStation Store and download the ‘PlayStation Home Theme’.  That’s it!!!  By downloading that theme you are submitting and application to join the Home Beta testing.

I know this kid is looking to get in there and “Let it Rain!”

Via Blog.PlayStation

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: application, beta, blog, Chance, community, download, Home, Interested, Kid, Playstation, Rain, Read, Sony, store, testing, theme, Via

Read the following quote and let it sink in:

Naturally the common people don’t want war, neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

–Hermann Göring, for former nazi

Every Generation needs a new revolution.

–Thomas Jefferson

Wish you would have paid more attention in social studies class?  Or that you didn’t have a teacher who was too scared to speak the truth.  In the past 7+ years George Bush has committed mass murder by killing over 300,000 civilians in Iraq. 

This morning, on the Howard Stern show, I heard a very interesting commentary from former governor Jesse Ventura.  He was a navy Seal and an underwater demolitions expert.  There is not one demolition expert who was on his team that thinks that the planes knocked down the towers on 9/11.  Explosives were planted, Bush needed a major event to perpetuate his oil war and control the oil in the MidEast.  Please if anyone thinks I’m wrong…

Tell me how.

written by Aaron Ott \\ tags: America, bidding, communist, Country, Curtain, democracy, dictatorship, England, expert, Fascist, George Bush, Germany, Hermann Göring, Howard Stern, Iraq, Jesse Ventura, matter, oil, parliament, policy, quote, Read, Russia, Thomas JeffersonWish, voice, War

In a survey taken by game journalists in 2007, it’s discoveries about Japanese gamers inspired me to write about it. Ever notice that most games made in Japan have subtitles? (and not because they’re in Japanese, wiseguy) Well that’s because the Japanese would rather read than listen. Is that the developer’s choice to not include audio? some video game analysts say “no”. “It’s hard to emphasize certain points of the game.” Sure, you can show a character angry, but you can read ‘What’s he doing here?’ two ways”. Without a voice I would read the sentence as it’s written. But without a voice it would be difficult to know that he meant ‘What’s HE doing here?’, adding emphasis on the word he. My capitalization may or not make sense, thus my need in audio.

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written by Juan Perez \\ tags: America, audio, caption, developer, Features, game, Gamers, industry, Japan, Japanese, market, notice, Read, Survey, United States, US, video, voice, wiseguy, word, year