as hypocritical as he sounds here, he's actually kinda right. And it's a genuine shame.

If they want to place the blame on anything, they should blame the social conditions that mentally prepared these rioters to act the way they are, not videogames.

Very good article. Whilst everything you mentioned in this article is completely true, it's a perspective I had not yet considered, despite having worked on a few "exploitationware" concepts myself contrary to my disdain for big business.

at least the cover guy doesn't have a dong on his face this time!

There was a game on the PSone called Hidden and Dangrous. Silent but Deadly would have been a more appropriate title.

there's always Deadliest Warriors! :D

I've been in the closed beta for a few weeks. the smaller scale of the battles feels more frantic and intimate, and whilst it's taken influence from other modern shooters it has it's own identity and feel. The perks are awesome! Whilst your loss of hype is entirely your prerogative, I'd suggest not writing it off just…

DIFFERENTIATE!

yeah. that gun was badass!

but hey, at least you had awesome classmates and teachers, right? [/trololololol]

Red faction seems like it's had an identity crisis since it first came out.

bricks were shat!

what do you think the game comes in!? :P

You should grab Talisman 4th edition! games take ages but are epic!

I get together with friends to play boardgames several times a week, from Risk or Monopoly to Talisman... there's something about sitting round a table playing classic boardgames with a group of friends that you just don't capture with videogames :P

bwahaha! I've been quoting the "looks like you chose the wrong party to crash!" line all week, awesome to see it in it's original context... if a little bizarre to see it so soon since remembering it...

really? Im sure I recall fighting off 4 blue phantoms as a black phantom once....

one of the great things about the difficulty in Demon's Souls was that it kinda drew the community together to collectively defeat the game, and whilst there were always the trolls and aggressive players who'd litter the dungeons with lies, leading unsuspecting newbies to their ultimate demise, there'd often be…

I agree. I preferred the new take on the franchise to the overcomplicated main-canon series. Sure, the game was perhaps a little over-simplified, but I grew to appreciate the no-death thing, and the lack of complexity in movement allowed me to concentrate on the gorgeous animation and artwork throughout the world.

not on the new model PS3s anyway. If you want to have a PS3 run in HD through component, grab an older console.