May 11th, 2008
The stereotypical image that most people have of gamers is either a plump and pasty teenage boy surrounded by empty Mountain Dew cans or the image of a plump and pasty middle aged guy who lives with his mom. [I’m not talking about you of course]
Slowly, but surely, this stereotype is being turned on its head.
Not only are chicks now playing games at an increased rate, some of those chicks are Moms. [gasp!]
Heck, I’m one of them.
With the advent of the Wii and the industry’s increased focus on casual gaming, even the most “normal” mom can delve into the world of video games.
But, don’t despair, dear reader.
Some moms are as “hard core” as the next pimply teenager.
There’s just something about being able to pick up my PS3 controller and forget about being a mom for hours a second.
[Thank God for understanding husbands.]
So, while the gaming demographic hasn’t radically changed, it’s definitely becoming more diverse.
Keep that in mind next time you’re playing XBox Live…you just might be fragging your mom. [That just sounds dirty]
Note: Originally posted on October 22nd, 2007.
Tags: Casual Gaming, diverse, fragging, Gaming, Gaming Chicks, Moms, mother's day, Mountain Dew, pimply teenager, PS3, video-games, Wii, Xbox-LiveShare This
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May 10th, 2008
I do believe that the bright red WTF?!!! describes my sentiment perfectly.
I’ve been waiting for this game for a rather long time and normally I can put Borderlands out of my mind and obsess over asinine time wasters.
But today I had a weak moment and decided to check out Borderlands’s website and was saddened, no, angered to see the words: “full site coming soon”.
Are you FUCKING JOKING ME?!
I proud of them for coming out with a kick-ass trailer; that made me happy. But is it really too much to ask for a website that tides me over until 2009?!!!
Image: http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/home.htm
Tags: 2009 fiscal year, Borderlands, disapointment, screenshot, time waster, video-game, video-game-trailerShare This
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May 9th, 2008
Each and every week I post one of Yahtzee’s reviews. I do this with the hope that I can convince you that he’s damn hilarious.
Scratch that.
I do this because I throughly enjoy his reviews and he makes me laugh…and I have a mild crush on him.
Well, maybe not a real crush, per se. I’m starting to wonder if the crush has turned into something akin to crazed fan.
Arg!
This whole think has devolved into something resembling a giant pile of green goo. Just watch the damn video where Yahtzee responds to “fan” emails. I particularly enjoyed the subtle reference to Kane and Lynch.
Tags: editorial, feature, mail, Mario, Nintendo, Reviews, shit, sonic, ssbb, super smash bros brawl, Videos, viewer mail, Wii, yahtzeeShare This
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May 8th, 2008
You know I’m always on the lookout for interesting and original video game art - be that food art, yarn art or Lego art. Now, I have found wood art.
Melissa not only makes custom signs but also carves custom video game characters. She takes all major credit cards and PayPal and ships worldwide.
Just think of all of the possibilities.
Images: http://nicecarvings.com/html/gallery.html
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May 7th, 2008
Korea got this Video Games Fashion Festival which you can see professional models sashaying on the runaway as characters from Korean online games like Lineage, Wonder King, AVA Online and more. Hit the link below to see more action of your favourite game character catwalking.
Image | Via: Sina Games
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May 6th, 2008
If you love to make your own stuffed animal and hug it to death, the famous Build-A-Bear Workshop will be extended to the Wii this coming winter season. The Game Factory will once again translate the bearish values of a real Build-A-Bear Workshop into the game.
While waiting for this beary Wii title, you can head to Build-A-Bearville for some beary social networking (virtual world).
Image: Build-A-Bear Workshop
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May 5th, 2008
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May 2nd, 2008
This is the video of the maps that I mentioned earlier.
Tags: boys, Broadcast, Call of Duty 4, Carentan, Chinatown, cod4, Creek, flirting, Killhouse, new maps, PS3, video, XBox360Share This
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May 2nd, 2008
Oh the random internet search hits that this one is going to get…
Like the picture to the left?
It’s one of the new maps that came out for Call of Duty 4
. They were giving out double points all weekend long so I’m sure that you can guess how we spent our time.
Now that I think about it, I guess it would have been nice of me to let you know about that. Oops.
The new maps kicked ass. Well, the three that we got to play. Killhouse never became an option for us but I know it exists because of a YouTube mash-up that I found. [I’ll post that later.]
Chinatown and Creek are by far the best of the three that we played. Creek is more of a sniper’s wet dream than Chinatown is and Chinatown is pretty good for in-your-face shooting. I wasn’t a fan of Broadcast. Then again, I wasn’t a fan of it in single player. I found it rather humorous that when the map would pop up, people started jumping ship like a bunch of rats.
The whole point of this post was to talk about boys flirting online. And by boys I’m of course talking about my husband and people he “meets” online while playing Call of Duty 4.
When girls play video games online, we tend to sit back and watch what’s going on. We watch who’s leading and who’s sucking and make our “friends” requests based on merit and I personally tend to make requests based on who got my back and decided against blowing my brains out.
Boys, on the other hand, seem to take a completely opposite strategy.
Boys are more inclined to run around a map and kill whatever moves. [Thank God friendly fire is turned off in COD 4.] Then, after several rounds of much mayhem, boys choose friends based on who killed them the most number of times.
After watching numerous boys request friendships with Tucker, [he’s gotten rather good] I was left with the distinct impression that maybe boys pick their friends like dogs pick their pack leaders: I will follow whoever could eat me.
Just a thought.
Tags: boys, Broadcast, Call of Duty 4, Carentan, Chinatown, cod4, Creek, flirting, Killhouse, new maps, PS3, XBox360Share This
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