30. November 2007 by Costas Taliadoros.

It’s a dark, cloudy Friday and hopefully at some point it will also be a rainy Friday.

I hope that this Friday’s Click the Link help you get through these difficult and final office hours…

• N’Gai Croal, one my favourite videogame journalists, has written an article on having “repercussions” on what we do in videogames in the real world.

• MTV Multiplayer has a nice story of one its female employees playing Mario Galaxy in turns with her boyfriend. But what happens when she leaves town though? MTV Multiplayer

• Retro Studios tells Gamasutra how the company got the go-ahead from Nintendo to develop the Metroid Prime trilogy on the Gamecube and Wii and discuss some of the issues they had with all three games during development - Gamasutra

• The final link is another report on the effects of some forms of entertainment to young viewers and adults which was prepared by the University of Michigan. TV, film and game violence seen as a threat

That’s it for me. I am looking forward to a weekend of Apoel, Arsenal, Ratchet & Clank and early Christmas shopping.

Have a great weekend!!!

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30. November 2007 by Costas Taliadoros.

I am reading reports that Wii consoles in the US and Europe are going to be extremely hard to locate. Despite having launched the console a year ago Nintendo still seems to be under-supplying the market. I remember we had the same problems in Cyprus in the first months the console was launched. People could not find one (nor a copy of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess for that matter).

As i want to give a Wii as a Christmas present to a non gaming couple (i am a missionary of games converting non believers) this year i think i am going to buy it tomorrow. Just to be on the safe side…

What about you? Are you going to risk it until the last minute a.k.a the Cyprus way?

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30. November 2007 by Costas Taliadoros.

First of all please note that this is for the time being a rumour that has been circulating in the gaming world and has yet to be officially confirmed.

Primotech has a story that Jeff Gerstmann, the editorial director at Gamespot and also part of The Hotspot podcast team, was sacked from his job. The story claims it is because he gave Kane & Lynch: Dead Men only a 6 while Eidos, the publisher of the game, at the same time was pumping big amounts of money in Gamespot through advertising.

Penny Arcade’s comic strip is also running the story.

I won’t comment on this until it is confirmed. If anyone finds out anything more please let me know.

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30. November 2007 by Costas Taliadoros.

In the 1st Round of PURE Vs UBER session i advocated the optimality of the normal difficulty setting for the single player and also how cinematic and realistic COD4 was. Mardas counterattacked on the difficulty setting with the Veteran argument “I am a man” while also praising the game’s superb pacing. This is now the 2nd and Final round.

FROM: PURE OTAKU COSTAS
TO: UBER OTAKU MARDAS
DATE: 27 NOVEMBER 2007

Dear Mardas,

You have mistaken my words of sympathy with mockery. And I do have sympathy for you as in your never-ending quest for an ever higher gamerscore you have chosen a path which only leads to vanity. Besides COD4 is not a 360 exclusive title. There is no doubt that the Normal setting is easy. I agree with you 100%.

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