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I have a feeling Edge always rated games on a scale of 1 to 10 (but it's been years since I read issue 1) so I suspect you are thinking of another magazine. I can't see Bubsy3D in the table of Edge reviews either...

PomPom Games doesn't seem to agree.

(As an aside, does anyone know where to find their patent information?)

The best game in all of history would have to be the one that's been played the most, which is "killing." Started with Cain (for the creationists) or with the first bacteria that ate another bacteria (for the Darwinists) and has been going strong throughout history.

The bloody poll was for the '100 best videogames' and not 'greatest ever' or 'of all time'. The BBC should spank the person(s) who wrote that news article.

The actual Edge article and poll: http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/2007/07/the_ 100_best_vi.php

I was just reading this article about it

http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/2007/05/expl oring_littl.php

Can't wait.

other then WiiSports, Zelda, and some VC games that any PC less then a decade old can emulate, there are no good games and other then PaperMario, which looks ok, none on the horizon either.

SSX Blur had a very good review in Edge this month (granted only 7 points out of 10, but they never cared to explain why in the text; there, they only rave). Many people like Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 and The Godfather: Blackhand Edition. There is also Cooking Mama and Trauma Center if you are into this kind of thing.

And just FYI, Guitar Hero 3 will be out in fall (ok, that is not exactly "on the horizon").

The guides and hints are better found online - the huge maps for games being an annoyance and waste of pages to the reader who doesn't happen to own that specific game. The Prima Guides with their glossy covers and absolute coverage of the games outdo the comparatively homebrew efforts of the magazines. Only the official magazines, and the more attentive mags such as Edge and games(TM) with more mature, reasonable, industry-centric content will continue to flourish. Although games(TM) do seem to dedicate a few too many pages to retro-gaming for my liking; I was raised on Sonic the Hedgehog, not Atic Atac.

As was mentioned in another article, it's not a recall. The replacement is entirely voluntary, and Nintendo has stated that their product testing showed the original strap was sturdy enough (though these douche bags seem intent on proving otherwise).

Not that that alters your point in the slightest, but this might end up playing into the lawsuit somehow, maybe in that since it's not mandatory they're allowing people to continue using "defective products" or some kind of bullcrap like that.

Bullshit.

http://www.edge-online.co.uk/
Click the subscription link and be enlightened.

How about: this one?.

The article links to a piece in Edge Magazine.

Yes, I want the karma that badly. Pretty please?

http://www.edge-online.co.uk/

I'm addicted. It's a gaming magazine that doesn't make me feel stupider for having read it... unlike the trying-too-hard-to-be-cool US mags (*cough* EGM *cough*). Even the binding feels high-quality, like a soft-bound coffee table book.

Too bad a subscription mailed to the USA costs *more* than the newstand price. ($130 for 13 issues at current exchange rates vs $8 an issue on the stand.)

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Edge magazine regularly give out 5's for average games and only give out a ten once every year or two. Perhaps it's not on the reviewers radar because it's a UK publication. http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/edge/index.p hp

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I suspect someone at Edge is having a really bad day. Oh dear...

Don't you mean EDGE?

"Don't jump the gun. For all you know, the Revolution controller will function like a floaty, laggy air-joystick."

What's interesting is that this argument is old...and I'm not talking about the argument over whether or not video games are art. Every time a new artistic medium arises, participants (artists, critics, educators, people involved in the business around other mediums) claim that the new medium isn't "art".

Many universities are still entrenched in the debate over whether or not to consider photography a classical art. One-by-one, educational institutions are accepting photography as a form of classical art. The fact is that over time, new mediums are eventually accepted as art, and the naysayers lose. The media with which Roger Ebert is a critic, film, was not always considered art either. There was debate over this media as well. Of course, TFA puts this argument much more eloquiently than I can.

It is irrelevant whether or not there is a unanimous acceptance of video games as art. All it takes is a critical mass of participants to consider a media art, and it's pretty much there. The credibility of an art form amongst educators doesn't really matter, except maybe in a legal (first amendment) sense.

The fact is that this is more of a generational issue. Video games are especially new to a fellow like Ebert, who is entrenched in the media that he is famaliar with. It is clear that Ebert is stuck in his ways and does not want to accept any new media into his worldview. Ebert admits to making a judgement of video games while being unfamaliar with video games. He claims that since the user is required to make choices and participate, that it is somehow inferior to other forms of art. I tend to disagree, since the viewer/reader/listener must take an active role in interpreting the art, thus taking an active role and making decisions in the outcome of their experience in the work itself.

Plug because I love it: if you want good video game reporting and criticism. read EDGE (the print version) and be happy. Really.

Despite citing the source, it was not hyperlinked. You can find Edge Online at: http://www.edge-online.co.uk/

• Xbox 360 Live Arcade Mushroom Toaster Strudel - In theory, Arcade will allow more small-fry developers to create content for livingroom audiences. The greatest barrier to profitable indie development on the console at the moment seems to be that the only viable way to sell console games is through a retailer, (which often requires the clout and money of a big publisher). Remove that barrier, and -- for what it's worth -- smaller studios have a shot. I believe some indie games have already gone this route for Xbox Live Arcade. And MS has already courted one small studio to create content for X360LA.
• Windows 360 - The original Xbox was basically a stripped-down-Windows 2000 box running DirectX 8.1, making Windows desktop->Xbox console ports a relative snap. I've read that the 360 will function along the same lines, with XNA making that process even easier. This is great for small developers, because it means production for consoles will be within our reach.

The point of mods is that you can make whatever you want to.

But ideally not using somebody else's trademarks and intellectual property (yes, a dirty, dirty phrase!) without permission.

I really liked games such as Marathon and System Shock. But you don't see me making Marathon: Source or something equally silly... ;-)

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If I remember correctly the guys that use to make the UK version of Next Generation ended up becoming Edge Magazine. I'm not totally sure though, my memory is a bit hazy. But yeah, Next Generation was by far the best video gaming magazine the industry has seen. It's too bad the Imagine Media guys were a bunch idiots.

Anyway, Edge, which actually isn't at Borders, is still the godfather of serious, hardcore and well designed, game mags. If you've never seen it, it's well worth the $80 US subscription rate!

It's a bit sad that this comes across as being unusual these days.

1. disastrous
2. appalling
3. severely flawed
4. disappointing
5. average
6. competent
7. distinguished
8. excellent
9. astounding
10. revolutionary

I think they have only ever given 3 games 10/10 - two of those were Gran Turismo and Mario 64. This honesty is one of the main reasons I read the magazine (that and the impression that it's written for adults, and game designers, rather than 12 year olds). Certainly makes a change from Spectrum User, when you could tell a game was good if it got more than 95% :).

Edge Magazine had a nice little article on this phenomenom. And here you can enough addictiveness to last you through the week.
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Edge Magazine had a nice little article on this phenomenom. And here you can enough addictiveness to last you through the week.
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