I don’t want to repeat everything I said in my review of the Left 4 Dead 2 demo, but there’s a lot to talk about. The weather effects in the Hard Rain campaign are quite well done, and the hotel fire at the beginning of the first campaign actually makes you feel like you’re in… Read More: Left 4 Dead 2 – now with more zombies »
The official release time of L4D2 is 2.5 hours from now, but Valve intended to release it 3 hours early; at least, that’s true if you go by Pacific time. So technically it’s 30 minutes late but 2.5 hours early still. I think someone’s having trouble configuring the release: At least, I’m pretty sure there… Read More: L4D2 Launch woes »
There’s an article on IncGamers in which the author adds up all the money he and his wife have spent on World of Warcraft over the years, and then complains about how expensive it is. Now, I’m not a fan of MMOs, but I happen to disagree with his conclusion, for one very important reason:… Read More: The real cost of gaming »
A recent Bruce Schneier blog post got me thinking about boycotts. Specifically, the user “AwesomeRobot” made the following comment in response to another user who said they plan to forever boycott Sony due to the rootkits they put on music CDs in 2005: Boycotts don’t work unless you say you’ll buy from them again when… Read More: On boycotts »
This is something that happened around May 2008, but I thought I’d share it with you. There are several incidences of idiocy in this story, but at least it has a happy(ish) ending. This is one of those posts that’s kind of long. You may want to grab yourself a snack before you read any… Read More: Boycott Eidos Interactive »