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I don't remember Bubsy3D being reviewed in Edge
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...
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Re:Russian to English Translation:
PomPom Games doesn't seem to agree.
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The best game in all of history...
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
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Re:Little Big Planet
I was just reading this article about it
http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/2007/05/expl oring_littl.php
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Re:why is the demand so high?
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.
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Re:Computer and Video Games already toast
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.
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Re:Wait...
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. -
Re:Guess they didn't learn
Bullshit.
http://www.edge-online.co.uk/
Click the subscription link and be enlightened. -
Re:Roger Ebert quote
How about: this one?.
The article links to a piece in Edge Magazine.
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Edge magazine
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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Hasn't Edge magazine been doing this for years?
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.
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Erm...The referenced link 404s, the search box on the root page bombs madly, and if you try to access http://www.edge-online.co.uk/archives/, you get:
spykids ownz you
I suspect someone at Edge is having a really bad day. Oh dear...
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Re:Linky
Don't you mean EDGE?
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Re:El Controller & El Price
"Don't jump the gun. For all you know, the Revolution controller will function like a floaty, laggy air-joystick."
Like my sibling posts have already pointed out, hands-on impressions seem to imply otherwise.
A 1up editor said that "It always shot exactly where it felt like I was aiming, and was incredibly responsive to even slight wrist movements-I barely had to move my hand at all."
IGN claims that "It was easy to get a feel for just how sensitive the device is -- it responded to all the movements quickly and smoothly. We did feel the need to use two hands, however, to steady it and improve accuracy, but that only lends to the idea of just how sensitive it is."
Edge Online states that "...this new, precise control system could well be the first time that mouse and keyboard-style precision is brought to console gaming by a native controller."
Gamespot's impressions didn't really delve into the accuracy of the controller, but they didn't have any complaints with the demos.
I suppose the controller could change before launch, and there's a chance that it may be prone to breaking or other reliability problems. But from the few hands-on impressions we have, all reports are that it works exactly the way that it's been described. -
This happens with every new medium
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.
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Re:Halo
Plug because I love it: if you want good video game reporting and criticism. read EDGE (the print version) and be happy. Really.
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Edge Online
Despite citing the source, it was not hyperlinked. You can find Edge Online at: http://www.edge-online.co.uk/
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Looking Forward to the 360I'm looking forward to the Xbox 360 for two reasons:
- 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.
It's currently pretty easy to develop code that compiles for both Windows and Pocket PC. I'd like to be greedy and ask for the same thing for the console.
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Re:That's a recent trend.
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... ;-) -
Well here they are:
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Re:InsertCredit...
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.
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Re:Edge MagazineCrap I hit submit too soon.
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!
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Edge MagazineEdge Magazine is a fun but serious gaming magazine for, like, actual adults. Reading it is a rather odd experience. It has articles that are interesting and which you find yourself thinking about.
It's a bit sad that this comes across as being unusual these days.
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Re:PCGAMERThe problem is that 70% should *not* mean 'tolerable', it should mean 'good, but not excellent'. 50% should mean 'average'. The excellent UK magazine EDGE follows this philosophy. These are the approximate meanings of the EDGE game ratings (taken from their review section):
- disastrous
- appalling
- severely flawed
- disappointing
- average
- competent
- distinguished
- excellent
- astounding
- 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%
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Already lots of "chaste" games out thereLots and lots of very playable, very imaginative and often very addictive games that adhere to many of the dogma2000 rules are being made right here and right now. I am talking "online" games in Java / Flash / Shockwave.
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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Already lots of "chaste" games out thereLots and lots of very playable, very imaginative and often very addictive games that adhere to many of the dogma2000 rules are being made right here and right now. I am talking "online" games in Java / Flash / Shockwave.
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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