Today in Joystiq: March 7, 2008

by Ross Miller { Mar 7th 2008 at 11:59PM }

This Edge Magazine cover from November 2006 (via 3ndo) brings us great memories. It also reminds us that many of these characters have been MIA for quite some time (RIP, Manny Calavera). Check out the highlights for today:

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DS Fanboy Lite: Mar. 1 - Mar. 7
EIEIO 2008: One day of concentrated Gamecock weirdness
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Metareview -- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
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SXSW08: SXSWag
This Week in Review: A Smashing Start
Today's most innovative Rick Roll: Astley's hit on Audiosurf

News
New book seeks to clear up game violence debate
Midway loses $100 million to the ether in 2007
Konami, Jericho devs working on something for PS3, Xbox 360
No in-game ads in Starcraft 2
Throwback signs new execs, still has nothing to show for it
Get double XP from some Halo 3 playlists
Lost Planet: Colonies achievements leaked, more info coming soon
Legendary gameplay footage reeks of promise
Turning Point is too 'high concept' for reviewers, says CEO
Microsoft's Steve Ballmer talks Blu-ray support
Video: Spore on the iPhone
Another PSP Phone patent appears, with touchscreen and feedback
Infogrames offers to buy rest of Atari stock
India's Xbox 360 boss leaving in April
Patch for buggy Bully on 360 coming next week
NIS wastes little time, announces Disgaea DS for North America
Nyko's Zero Wireless PS3 controller wins race to rumble ... or does it?

Rumors & Speculation
Rumor: 20GB Xbox 360 is out, 60GB is in

Culture & Community
Gerstmann's next thing: Giant Bomb
New gamerpics are a teabag full of insipidness

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Desert Eagle @ Mar 8th 2008 12:13AM

I remember this magazine on display at a local bookstore in my city. I like how Guybrush Threepwood looks on that cover picture. Haha!

Jonah Falcon @ Mar 8th 2008 12:45AM

What about LeChuck there?

WhoMe @ Mar 8th 2008 6:53AM

Yeah me too. I have this issue. Their covers are always cool. Almost like something you'd put on your wall, what other magazine has that?

I like EDGE, it's different and they have a deeper appreciation for games. I don't agree with them all the time, but then that's not necessary. I don't necessarily like it because of the reviews, but the other articles.

Maverick Saturn @ Mar 8th 2008 1:52PM

Yeah same, long live EDGE ey? They had great reviews.

Jonah Falcon @ Mar 8th 2008 12:45AM

RIP, Ben (from Full Throttle)

t_m @ Mar 8th 2008 1:02AM

It reminds us that lucasarts hasn't made a good game since Jedi Knight 2.

It makes us cry.

chaos3346 @ Mar 8th 2008 1:14AM

I dunno, personally I was a fan of Jedi Academy, I thought that it was a reasonably well-done game. Jedi Outcast would have been very good had it not been for the abysmal level design.

Iceman346 @ Mar 8th 2008 5:12AM

Not that Lucas Arts did Jedi Knight 2... That was a Raven Software game.

The last good game which was developed by Lucas Arts themselves probably was Grim Fandango. Or Monkey Island 4, but you could argue if that was a really good game.

t_m @ Mar 8th 2008 7:28AM

heh. I meant Dark Forces 2: Jedi Knight.

Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast sucked.

Its not my fault, its their stupid naming system!!

DangerMouse @ Mar 8th 2008 11:55AM

Agreed. Rule of thumb...never outsource your franchises to raven.

Jedi Outcast and Jedi Academy were pretty bad. It's too bad they had to ruin a great series.

THE WICKER MAN (BWF) (GT: Dalek Prime) @ Mar 8th 2008 1:44AM

I miss mansion and throttle...me sad.

curtis3389 @ Mar 8th 2008 1:54AM

Ahh...Grim Fandango. When will a game raise the bar above where you set it?

Clayton Kober @ Mar 8th 2008 5:46AM

Wheres the love for The Dig? My personal favorite Lucas Arts adventure game.

Tax Payer @ Mar 8th 2008 5:57AM

Edge is pretentious. Please stop being elitist, it's alienating.

Tiger of PTS @ Mar 8th 2008 6:07AM

lol.

This has to be the dumbest thing I've read since I entered the internet.

Tax Payer @ Mar 8th 2008 6:17AM

Read your post again. Check your grammar. Then read your post again.

t_m @ Mar 8th 2008 7:30AM

Edge is a good magazine with intelligent articles.

Not treating gaming like a hobby for 12 year old boys doesn't make them pretentious, it makes them grown up.

Plus, they have the best graphic designers and covers of any mag ever.

Second Strike @ Mar 8th 2008 7:59AM

Convulated language is not grown up, it's off putting. They have awesome covers. But their articles aren't the holy grail many readers hold them up to be. They review harshly - which is good - but there is a real smugness about the way they go about things. You can be adult without being "literary" obscure.

I would even argue their "adult" position is childish. Elitism is childish, and selfish.

Badwolf @ Mar 8th 2008 10:44AM

"Plus, they have the best graphic designers and covers of any mag ever."

Good enough to spot that Sam doesn't have a star on his hat and that LeChuck was never a skeleton in the games?
And that Max is either simultaneously in front and behind Sam at the same time, or is just disproportionately huge?

It's probably me just being picky, but they are pretty weird mistakes to make.

LaughingTarget @ Mar 8th 2008 7:48AM

To be fair, it is hard to make a Grim Fandango sequel with Manny. I'll leave out the ending spoiler for those poor saps that haven't played it.

tc @ Mar 8th 2008 9:36AM

it took me so freaking long to get right to the end of that amazing game...then my solitary save file got corrupted and i never got around to finishing it!

Mills and Boom @ Mar 8th 2008 9:37AM

Probably should buy Retro Gamer mag?

Roger @ Mar 8th 2008 9:49AM

why does luke look like porky mitch?

Peter J. Lupo Esq. @ Mar 8th 2008 10:02AM

I wanted more article, more prose, more content, more punning, and more integration here. :O)
So many characters, games, engines...the boundlessness of The Force, Willow, and Howard the Duck.

From Lego to Legolas.

Peter J. Lupo Esq.
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