Something to amuse you while you wait for LittleBigPlanet:
Fantastic Contraption: A fun online physics puzzle game
Day: July 21, 2008
Wars and games and wargames
I’m often accused of being thin-skinned or overly sensitive about certain topics, and gaming past wars is definitely one of them.
So I have to give a cheer to Ross Arbour’s article over at Nukoda:
Wii Aren’t Amused: Call of Duty World at War and Nintendo’s E3 Press Conference
Mr. Arbour takes exception to that portion of the Nintendo press conference where two friends were shown gleefully waggling their remotes to simulate hosing down Japanese soldiers with a flamethrower. I remember seeing that segment and having a definite “WTF?” moment. I thank Mr. Arbour for reminding me of it and bringing broader attention to the topic.
Giant Bomb Launched
No, this isn’t a military story…
After Jeff Gerstmann left gaming site Gamespot in the midst of a controversy about his publishers strong-arming him to give advertisers positive reviews, he started work on a new gaming site called Giant Bomb. He had a blog going while all the features got built; I’ve been reading it and its been pretty good.
Now the full site is open. I just found that out this morning and honestly I haven’t dug into it much yet, but wanted to spread the word asap so readers of Dragonchasers can get over there and claim their preferred username. 🙂