Hey, this is kind of a great idea. I'm almost sorry I'm sharing with everyone.
Put your location in, and it tells you which areas to avoid, while pointing out useful locations for shelter, food, supplies, and weapons. Looks like it's also going to be part of some real-world game, too. Hopefully one without actual zombies.
... that didn't involve Grand Theft Auto or Mortal Kombat.
With the recent Supreme Court ruling that video games are a form of Free Speech protected by the First Amendment, it seems like a good time to look back at some of the controversies that led the nation's highest court to get involved in the debate. While you've heard the stories behind notorious titles like Mortal Kombat and Grand Theft Auto, here are some video game controversies that might have flown under your radar.
mental_floss Blog ยป 7 Video Game Controversies Not Involving Grand Theft Auto or Mortal Kombat
The numbers weren't so good, and DJ'ing isn't really a group activity. Also, it's really expensive. And apparently, awesome.
Is there hope?Honestly, it's going to be hard to overcome these challenges. There is already a low margin on plastic instruments, so it's going to be hard to drop the price on the game and still make a profit. DJ culture is unlikely to explode in the next few months to give the game a sales boost. People are increasingly drawn into more social experiences, and this is a rare beast: a rhythm game best played alone.
Which is a shame: the game is wonderful. The music sounds great, the gameplay is addictive once you get the hang of things, and Activision has proven that they can create a high-quality rhythm game without a roadmap being given to them by Harmonix. It's worth your time and money. Will it get them?
I guess times are bad all over the universe.
Uh-oh! Another big bank is the subject of a depositor run amid charges its chairman has run off with customers' money. Thankfully, this scandal is taking place in Eve Online, a space-age virtual reality created by CCP, a games developer and Iceland's coolest company. But these troubles in the ether may offer some valuable lessons for earthly banking and regulation.
Breakingviews.com - A Virtual Bank With Real Woes - NYTimes.com
This is singularly more awesome than the entire Ep1-3 trilogy!
Too bad it's not actually a movie, and is a cinematic for the new MMO. No MMO could even come close to this level of awesomeness.
I like the Scottish guy with the urinary tract infection...
Topless Robot - The 10 Most Ridiculously Stereotyped Fighting Game Characters
Street Fighter II has a lot to answer for. Sure, it founded an entire subculture of videogames and offered a nicely complex tournament fighter that holds up even today. But it also relied on the most basic of international prejudices, from its South American beast-man to its stoic Japanese warrior, ensuring that each and every fighting game to follow would paint its cast with similarly broad strokes.
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