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Jon Rana
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About The Author
A trim chap who is alarmingly adept with a pack of cards. Oh and he greatly enjoys writing about lots of different things...including monkeys...and various varieties of cheeses.
Now hopefully you didn’t take that headline too literally because most of us actually do rather enjoy a spot of internet ‘noob’ butchering. That being said, the underlying point is a serious one and this isn’t the first time we’ve flagged this up as a discussion point.
According to various rumours and trustworthy sources, the infamous PS3 code cracking cyber titan George Hotz has now enrolled into the world’s biggest social network. Apparently Mr. Hotz has just started working for Facebook alongside fellow hacking talent Joshua Hill.
A recently updated job post by Google reveals that the internet giant is seeking out a project manager of some sort to drive ‘Google’s gaming strategy’, and take the reins on some new platform we assume they plan to release in the future.
It’s interesting to consider what kind of effect a gaming headset has on the multiplayer experience, to actually step back and reflect on how essential the online microphone is to gaming. With millions of people all over the world plugging themselves in every day to exchange exhilarating moments of fierce competition and oddly rewarding teamwork, it’s something many of us will have thought about.
The videogame landscape is always shifting and morphing in desperate attempts to keep up with our ever evolving and subjective tastes, always striving to make the competition on the other side of valley sweat. And the only things that tend to remain consistent through all the experimentation (successful and unsuccessful) are the killer image-conscious protagonists of our gaming fables. Our most iconic videogame characters.
Following the worldwide critical reaction of utter disappointment to Duke Nukem Forever, the gentleman who provided that signature exaggerated action man voice that is the Duke’s has snapped back at reviewers who spoke ill of the decade in development Duke Nukem: Forever.
The confusing controversy of ex-Infinity Ward bosses Jason West and Vince Zampella squaring off with the Call Of Duty publishers last year has once again sprung back into life. Reports are suggesting that the LA Superior Court judge ruled earlier this week that West and Zampella (now starting up a new studio for EA called Respawn...word is they are creating a sci-fi FPS) have sufficient evidence to back up claims of fraud and once again take Activision to court sometime next year.
After a rather busy week with E3 and all, the results for last week’s poll have finally been dug out from the mountains of work and empty coffee cups, and we have them here for your viewing/reflecting pleasure. Last week we asked you just what influences your decision making process when it comes to buying your videogames. We were curious to see what sort of roles factors like review scores, advertising, word of mouth, and reputation had on your choice of titles.
The new subscription layer that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 will offer on launch is being put into a special Black Ops Beta early next month on July 14th. The aptly named Call Of Duty: Elite is set to offer a new range of social tools that enable specially tailored community matchmaking, advanced theatre mode editing, and more expansive viewable player statistics.
As most of you know, the genre of competitive multiplayer has been rapidly expanding into a bustling virtual metropolis of killstreaks and XP on the current generation of gaming platforms, and despite the huge amounts of online based gameplay we as gamers indulge in, our multiplayer marathon’s are plagued by a very generic collection of problems.