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BudzMcGee

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Axl Rose suing Activision over inclusion of Slash in Guitar Hero 3

Nov 25th 2010 12:29AM (Joystiq)
One possible reason for the delay is that now as an established franchise with upteen editions, Rose may, MAY be able to sue for more than just what Guitar Hero III made, making the argument that the success of III, due in part to their breach of contract with Rose, led to the success of several more sequels with the brand, possibly entitling him to the earnings of not just Guitar Hero III, but all "Hero" games that have come sense. It's a stretch, but if he can find any tiny bit of marketing by Activision that promoted Guns and Roses along with any depictions of Slash, he'd have a case.

Bloody Good Time, Haunted House sneak onto XBLA

Nov 1st 2010 12:27AM (Joystiq)
To anyone still wondering, Bloody Good Time is horrible.

Medal of Honor review: Danger close but no cigar

Oct 13th 2010 8:01PM (Joystiq)
@The Wicker Man

Take some international theory, or international conflict college courses. You'd be amazed at how much of what happened in WW2 isn't "black and white." For example, there are significantly far more people who condemn the use of the A-bomb and fire bombing today than there was at the time. Then again in the Political Science field no one is ever happy...

Medal of Honor devs rename 'Taliban' to 'Opposing Force' in multiplayer mode

Oct 2nd 2010 2:46AM (Joystiq)
@Dustin F
Yes, but censorship by any means is still censorship. The fact is EA made the choice to protect their profit margins, and they are a business, and we should expect that from them. But it could be equally plausible to imagine a scenario where say... a documentary filmmaker who in no way shape or form purposely distorts information; simply makes a film that shows how the Taliban are viewed by their supporters, and they do have supporters, solely for the purpose of increased understanding, is forced to edit/cut their film or the studio all together refuses to release the film because of backlash from military families who lost relatives in either war disliking anything that might be viewed as an even remotely "positive" view of the Taliban. Or to make it closer to the same, imagine that film maker choosing to edit the film specifically to avoid said backlash. The truth is, in either case, it is a form of censorship, but a significantly more subtle form then outright government intervention; which is why more often than not this form of censorship can be the most concerning. Just a thought exercise, devil's advocate if you will.

MTV admits higher sales of Beatles: Rock Band were expected in Europe

May 22nd 2010 11:49AM (Joystiq)
The only reason I can guess why sales were lower than expected is the reason I didn't run out and get it right away myself: I was a little disappointed with the song list. There were a lot of greats on there, but the problem with bands like the Beatles is that if you have taken the time to listen to them you probably like them, if you like them you probably have 20 songs you like by them because they have something like 34340 singles. No track list is going to make any one fan 100% content; i.e. there will always be a few tracks not on there. I know that there were more than a couple of songs I would have rather seen.

Furthermore, as cool as some of the video and photo stuff was, while playing it I couldn't help but think "Did I miss out on 5-10 more tracks for all of this?"

Swag Sunday: Xbox 360 'Surprise' [update]

Apr 5th 2010 3:40AM (Joystiq)
The Tomb of the Nazi Zombies or (a little less obvious title) The 4th Reich (Counting this at the tomb entry)
- An adventurer stumbles across the site of a WW2 Nazi lab hidden in the massive ruins of an ancient Roman tomb where in an desperate attempt to fill the dwindling ranks of the German Army, Nazi loyalist killed during the war were brought back to life, with an unintended appetite for more than just victory.


Subversion
-Based loosely on the true story of Operation Valkyrie, a fictional alternate history game where you are a Nazi lieutenant who joins the resistance in a plot to kill Hitler. The decisions you make through the game ultimately affect the outcome of the plot to take Hitler's life, both whether or not you succeed in your plan, and whether or not you live to tell about it.

Swag Saturday: Toy Soldiers! (XBLA)

Mar 6th 2010 9:25PM (Joystiq)
TMNT action figures of course!

Joyswag: Xbox 360 Holiday Games Bundle

Dec 18th 2009 3:30PM (Joystiq)
Mostly nice.

Joyswag: Xbox 360 Music Game Holiday Bundle

Dec 18th 2009 3:29PM (Joystiq Xbox)
I make naughty nice...

I'm sorry, that was stupid.

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