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Archive for December 2007

December 31st, 2007

Download Patch, Brick Your System

Have you suffered a lapse in sanity and are now looking for a way to destroy your Playstation 3? Namco has a treat for you. According to a Silicon Era reader, Time Crisis 4’s new 18mb update might brick your Playstation 3.
“During the FMV, it felt choppy on some parts and took time to load […]

By Nadia -- 3 comments

December 31st, 2007

Grand Theft Auto III: Hello Mister Thompson

Got an extra $4000.00 lying around? Sure you do. Consider spending it on a signed copy of Grand Theft Auto III that reportedly has been signed by Jack Thompson.
Jack Thompson is a Florida lawyer who fancies himself an anti-video game Crusader; if a school shooting takes place, Thompson is never far behind with claims that […]

By Nadia -- 1 comment

December 30th, 2007

Street Fighter IV Bits and Pieces

Destructoid.com has uploaded gameplay footage of Street Fighter IV. This footage actually featured on the most recent installment of the 1UP Show, but if you just want to cut to the chase…well, here you go.
Seeing the game in motion has given cause for some fans to rub their chins and keep an open mind about […]

By Nadia -- 0 comments

December 29th, 2007

Devil May Download


By Nadia -- 0 comments

December 28th, 2007

Kid Anticipates a Playstation 3, Gets a Phone Book

O what a crummy Christmas morning for Brandon Burns of California. When the poor lad husked the wrapping paper away from his brand-new Playstation 3, he learned a cruel lesson about deception: Inside the Playstation 3 box, there was not a console but a phone book.
It wasn’t a set-up by his parents, who were as […]

By Nadia -- 0 comments

December 27th, 2007

Sony Has Extensive Billing in 2007’s Blunders

Christmas is over: Back to the important business of judgement and ridicule. Next Generation is hard at work and the site just published their list of the The Top 10 Blunders Of 2007.
Everyone in the industry gets a fair shake (like your mom–Ohh!), though not surprisingly Sony got strapped a bit harder than Microsoft and […]

By Nadia -- 0 comments

December 26th, 2007

Sony and Boxing Day: What’s The Deal?

Hello and Happy Boxing Day to my Commonwealth brethren. I wince in sympathy for everyone working retail today; I remember being worked so hard on Boxing Day one year, I came down with a mysterious virus that put me out of work for three months. All that for one day of “deals.”
That’s it for the […]

By Nadia -- 0 comments

December 25th, 2007

No Rock Band For Canucks ’til Whenever

Merry Christmas!
Though if you’re Canadian and you were hoping for Rock Band, chances are good that your Christmas sucked the bag. Who cares about good health, togetherness or the birth of mankind’s Saviour when Rock Band is coming to Canada after the warm cheer wears off and everybody is ready to hate themselves and the […]

By Nadia -- 0 comments

December 24th, 2007

Music of the Night

If I were capable of naming my favourite game, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night would probably have to engage in a battle royale with Mega Man X, Secret of Mana and Final Fantasy VI. I’ve unlocked Symphony of the Night in Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles and I haven’t returned to Rondo of Blood since. […]

By Nadia -- 2 comments

December 24th, 2007

Reception for The Golden Compass: Downright chilly

What do you get when you cross a polar bear with a little girl? A bad game based on a bad movie based on a good book. In other words, a small tragedy.
AMN’s review of The Golden Compass for the Playstation 3 brings up a complaint we see so often with licensed games: Corners cut […]

By Nadia -- 2 comments