GamePro Media officially dropped the BlogFaction today, a move brought on by new management. Apparently, they want to focus more on the main site and let go of the sister sites. It sucks, but I guess that’s the biz.
Either way, that means you might be seeing more of me again as I won’t have anywhere to write for a while.
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Posted by 8bitjay
Guitar Hero boss Don Rosensweig recently told Edge that Beatles Rock Band has not had an effect on their sales. GH5 is outselling Beatles Rock Band 4 to 1 in the US and 9 to 1 in other markets during its launch week, this according to Edge.
Still, Viacom, MTV’s parent company, has said that the Beatles game has surpassed their expectations. Edge reports that Viacom chief executive Philippe Dauman spoke with the Financial Times recently and told them that, “Sales have exceeded our internal projections, and we’ve sold 25 percent of our inventory in the first week.”
Well, boys and girls, it looks like everybody’s a winner. I am just amazed, because even with all the Guitar Hero hate I read on boards and comments sections of websites, it seems that somebody is buying it — lots of it.
I am not a huge fan of either, because I had my fill several years ago. I do tend to like the Guitar Hero instruments better, and the games were never different enough, nor did I spend enough time with each, to really feel that one outshined the other.
Story here: Edge
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For anyone who doesn’t yet have a DS Lite, good news. Wal-Mart has some for $99 right now. This was just my local store, but it is worth calling around and checking if you were ever planning on getting one. Who knows how long it will last:
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Some dude on NeoGAF got married on Saturday, so kudos to him on that.
The wifey made some awesome Sackboy and Sackgirl cake toppers. Check ‘em out:
Congrats to this guy.
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To the delight of both of my readers. The creepy Ragdoll tribute to Michael Jackson has been completely pushed off the front page.
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Finally. You have announced the PS3 Slim, and you decided to drop the price.
Now, let’s just hope that the system’s sales start picking up.
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more about "Jack Tretton on PS3 Slim", posted with vodpod
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You know, as I read through Masters of Doom, I always thought that John Carmack came off as kind of a douche. It wasn’t until about halfway through the book that I started understanding that he really knew what he was doing, more so than any of the others on his team. Yeah, he came across as a jerk through a lot of the book, and it is hard to know anything about him on a personal level no matter how much material I read about the guy.
One thing, though, the dude never seems to BS his way through anything.
Just check out this interview with Stephen Totilo of Kotaku: Here.
Commends Epic and Valve for being great developers, but has no problem with being a smaller company. In fact, he was the guy who tried to keep it that way. All while Romero founded Ion Storm. And we all know that story…
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I haven’t updated in a while, but that’s ok. I just kind of update when the feeling comes around.
I am actually writing for GamePro Arcade now. It’s a pretty cool gig, and I hope to slowly gain more recognition through it. One step at a time, right folks?
Check it out here.
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I don’t know how I missed this, but it is amazing. I saw a mention of it in a video and had to check it out. It was made back in 2007, so I am sure a lot of people have seen it. If you haven’t, hit the link below and enjoy.
I won’t say much about it, because you just have to play it: Passage
It will make sense in the end.
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