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Xbox 360 gets left on stove, melts, still works

Oct 8th 2007 10:33PM (Joystiq)
It's nice that it works now, but he's definitely voided all his warranties.

Assassin's Creed comic provides more questions, few answers

Oct 8th 2007 1:36PM (Joystiq)
I'm holding out for the "How to review Assassin's Creed" comic book like Lair got.

Jeff Minter tweaking Gridrunner++ for XBLA

Oct 4th 2007 11:48PM (Joystiq)
This is what's great about digital downloads. It hardly costs MS anything to host it, so why not release it? It's nowhere near as expensive as shelf space, so the more quirky games (which I really like) can carve out a niche market for themselves without worrying about distribution charges. Plus, you get to demo everything, so it's unlikely anyone will accidentally download Space Giraffe.

Joystiq impressions: Conflict Denied Ops

Oct 4th 2007 1:41PM (Joystiq)
Yeah, but as far as nations that have nukes and have threatened to use them on the US, how many have we crushed? US doesn't invade or militarily engage countries that have nukes. That's why Iran, Korea, etc want them.

We knew that Iraq didn't have nukes (the gov claimed that they would have them soon), which is why it was OK to invade. If we knew that they had them, we would have continued with sanctions and other non-invasion strategies.

GamePro graphs PS3 and Gamecube sales

Oct 3rd 2007 4:38PM (Joystiq)
The GameCube was my only system last generation.

The problem wasn't that the games were bad. Most of them were very good (Not Mario Sunshine). The problem was how long we had to wait in between each good game. The first year after launch was especially painful. Super Smash Bros and Super Monkey Ball (mostly the monkey target minigame) got a LOT of play time. Luckily I had a lot of friends coming over who were content to play those same games over and over.

As the above poster said, a system has to break out by its second holiday season. The Cube had very little going for it coming into that Christmas. A lot of excellent games came out after that, but the damage was done.

Metareview: Halo 3 (Xbox 360)

Sep 24th 2007 8:28PM (Joystiq)
I played a lot of Myth back in the day. That was where Bungie first implemented the replay system, if I remember correctly. A lot of people would hang around after the match and watch what their opponents did to beat them. Or laugh at what they did to lose.

Tekken 5 online add-on in the PSN store

Aug 31st 2007 11:11AM (Joystiq)
I don't like this precedent of paying extra for online per game. Rubs me the wrong way.

Retro Studios taking a Metroid break

Aug 31st 2007 11:02AM (Joystiq)
Oh man. The first time I even heard about Too Human was when Dennis went on some podcast and argued that they shouldn't have judged his game when it was running crappy at E3. He talked a lot, and I learned a lot about what goes into showing off a game, but his argument was so pathetic and whiny. Classic foot in mouth, for a full 1/2 hour.

Rock Band: The next great franchise (an interview with Harmonix)

Aug 30th 2007 3:27PM (Joystiq)
I already know how to play guitar and bass. I'm going to pick up rock band to learn how to play the drums.

Leipzig, booth babes, video, nudity, NSFW

Aug 28th 2007 3:46PM (Joystiq)
"Noone is treating them purely as sexual objects"

Did you not watch the video?

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