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Sony and write protection

This is one of the hotter topics currently filtering about the internet. Sony is apparantly accused of write protecting their disks to ensure that no game of theirs can be sold or loaned after already having been placed onto one specific individual console. Im no Sony fanboy by any stretch, and no matter how much I hate Sony as a corporation, I see no truth whatsoever to this rumour and I will explain why here.

Sony has made admittedly several mistakes already, but this would be a catastrophic blunder of a gargantuan proportion. Sony is already attempting to cover their hides with the cost of the playstation 3 console being at minimum $100 us above and beyond the Microsoft flagship xbox 360 console. However, despite the cost differential, Sony did throw in a blu-ray dvd player along with a hard drive that is at least equivilant to the premiere xbox 360 premiums hard drive. The Sony premium ps3 offers triple the current xbox 360 hard drive space. Cost in my opinion, for my budget is excessively steep, but there are others out there of better means or that like the system that are more than readily willing to pay the extra money for these features.

We now move on to the controller for the Playstation 3. This is another hot topic of debate especially concerning the release of the Nintendo Wii. Even though Sony has already produced licensed copyrights that predate the Nintendo Wiis controller, there are many out there that believe that Sony just literally found out that Nintendo went ahead and implemented the idea and Sony decided to jump on the bandwagon. Regardless of the hows and whys, I feel that there is enough of a difference between the two styles of controllers to ensure that there is more than enough room for both ideas to be successfully implemented. The Wiis controller setup is based off of motion. The Ps3s controller appears to be based off of certain gamestyles (driving/flying/motion based simulation type of games) while the Wiis motions are all inclusive to all gametypes.

Then if that werent enough of a hurdle, we still are faced with the aspect of Sonys online play which we still know little to nothing about other than it is free. We still know little to nothing about guaranteed launch titles for the Sony console. I think that Sony realistically has more than enough on its plate with
1)high console price
2)controller scandals
3)lack of knowledge of launch titles
4)lack of information with online play
to realistically concern itself with write protection of games.

Will Sony go ahead and write protect their software? Potentially yes it could happen and will more than likely happen sometime in the future, but I do not feel as though this would be the opportune time to do so. There are many out there that have already (due to the reasons listed above) jumped ship to either Microsoft or Nintendo. Sony already is around a year behind Microsoft, they cannot afford anymore major mistakes in the industry if they want to retain their #1 position in the console marketplace. If however this does happen, I fully anticipate that the ps3 will replace the gamecube in the #3 status of the business podium of console finishes.

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Common sense applied Liberally

With regards to the esrbs rating systems and methodology of choosing their ratings, supposedly all content is to be passed by the esrb before ratings are chosen. The current "scandal" is Bethesda softwares Oblivion nude mod. It is the main rationale for the esrb bumping the rate up from a t to an m. I believe that the developer did release all information that they had available. I cannot comprehend that something as simple as a method for creating characters that involves nude modeling would have been something that would have required the esrbs notification.

In view of the mod, if there were something that would have been lude, or something of an adult nature of content, then there would have been more of a reason to make it known to the current ratings standard. As it is, the mod appears to be applicable to the upper torso of the female skin. Should Bethesda software be subjected to this negative publicity when the actual content was altered by an individual outside the company? Is there a reason why Bethesda is not seeking out the individual responsible and pressing charges?

Much attention is going to be drawn to this topic and more only fueling the fire between public responsibility and manufacturer responsibility. The true topic that I feel is going to be overlooked is the very fact that most will alter any type of code that they have access to. This is a form of political and societal protestation. There is no way to prevent a game from being altered, no lock that cannot be picked. We are already seeing examples of the xbox 360 being hacked already with less than a years shelf time.

Another example is the Battlefield 2 patch/mod made by terrorist organization. As much as it pains the general populace to see these things going on, and as much as we want these items to cease existing, there will never be a way to stop these hackers. When do we state that the developers responsibility stops here and the action taken is solely the responsibility of an individual that is outside of the corporate sphere of responsibiliy?

There will more than likely be more items of this nature to come in the future before we see less. As much as those that do these acts view themselves as anti-heroes or speaking out politically through their modifications to someone elses work, its done for one reason and one reason alone, attention. It is not the individuals that will be forced to pay the price for their transgressions, but the corporations that have made the very platforms that these actions take place on.

I find it amusing personally that the violence that these games have contained in them were not the reason for the advancement in the games software rating, but rather the biological human physique that did it. Those in power seem to find it easier to accept violent motifes rather than physical structure yet the crimes that take place that are usually attributed to violence within video games rather than physical attributes of the human body. Are we focusing on the wrong field within the gaming community? Are language and nudity more of a reason to penalize rather than violence? If it is than Id like to hear an arguement against mine supporting this. Ive emailed a copy of this letter to the esrb and am waiting a notification though Im not holding my breath.

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ps3 rant (work related)

Okay, working at any video game store will teach you a lot of things about the industry. One of the things that I personally would like to address is the LACK of knowledge that we have about the playstation 3. I recieved I dont know HOW many calls yesterday ranging from "do you have it in stock" to "what are the launch titles". Sony hasnt announced ANYTHING! The PSM magazine that stated that it was coming out in november at xxx dollars? Sony heads have already come forward and stated publicly that, and I quote

http://joystiq.com/2006/04/26/psm-reveals-ps3-release-date-price

"Sony hasnt actually decided on a firm price yet. Theyre in the process of shrinking down everything to try to fit it in the box, getting together all the manufacturing partners for some of the miscellaneous chips, ordering parts, etc. This is the time when Sony themselves are trying to figure out exactly how much its going to cost to build and ship, try to get that cost down, and ultimately come up with a price for consumers.

Theres little chance that Sony even had a real price internally for PSM to catch wind of (remember, the print mags are produced usually a few weeks before readers get them).

Theres potential that Sony would announce a price at E3, but if they do, itll be debated internally probably up to the last minute.

Dont believe anything you see or hear about the PS3 price until Sony officially announces it. Nothing even remotely reliable is going to leak out in just a single magazine or website."

We are gamers no different than yourselves, we dont have that much in the way of insider information. We dont know when halo 3 is coming out. We can only tell you things about a month in advance. If you want to ask for example exactly how far out we can project, we can go safely to about august. Just because we told you that a game was going to be released on such and such a date, doesnt mean that it isnt subject to change.

We dont have control over the developers of software or hardware. If something gets pushed back, all that we can do in a worst case scenario is to refund your deposit, or let you know that it has been pushed back and we will still contact you when your product has come in. Congratulations, youve just yelled at the LOWEST possible person in the pecking order that has the LEAST amount of control over what goes on in these corporations. If you want to yell, yell at the corporations that actually make the games.

I apologise for the rant, but some little peon in a retail outlet store that just happens to be standing in front of you is not the person to go off on. We are gamers just like yourself, the only difference is we have a minimum wage job working minimum hours to sell what we enjoy. For maximum information, that is ACCURATE, talk to the actual developer. If you do not hear it DIRECTLY from the developer, then it is literally nothing more than "he said, she said".

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In Search of the Killer App

Too many times with my 360, I find myself still wanting to play halo 2. I have two of the so called killer apps for the 360 at the moment with call of duty 2 as well as graw, but theres still that undefinable something thats missing. That halo for the 360 type of feel. I, like many others have been following the rumours regarding the next halo, and if it is going to be an mmorpg, I dont think its going to work and instead of halo2sucks.com, were going to be dealing with a lot more websites along the same line. Right now, theres only two games that are coming out that I really want to get my hands on, chromehounds and gears of war. I dont think that either is going to be good enough to be truly called the killer app. Developers, please take note of whats going on in gaming, THERE IS NO HALO FOR THE 360! This is what we call a golden opportunity for capitalization. Your chief competitor is currently absent! If you have the ability to outdo graw and cod2, which are both according to the public still plagued with glitches, and just come out with a better product, you will have the 360 to yourself.

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The oh so popular WW2 fps genre.

It seems to me as though most of the historical based war games seem to forget that there were wars both before and after ww2. Had it not been for a few twisting my arm to get cod2, I never would have purchased it since theres been how many games out that have focused on this era of combat? How many times can we actuallly take the beaches of normandy before the germans watching the beaches just throw down their guns and say "enough"?

Im going to say that call of duty 2 is one of the few GOOD ww2 games that Ive played, primarily because with the way that the gameplay is done, its actually a hoot to log onto it and play with other sgers. Going beyond this, there have been attempts (albeit piss poor ones) at the vietnam war, and then the ever popular "war on terror" . The problem with the games that were done with the war in vietnam, although the games were highly publicised, was that they felt like they were not taken seriously. Id have liked to have seen a good vietnam war game done with the quality that call of duty 2 was done with. Just having watched and read the developer interviews, you can tell that painstaking attention to detail was done with this series.

Some people that Ive seen do similar posts offer up desert storm, or korea as other alternative wars. Myself, Id just rather not have to sit through one more world war 2 game. I share more of an affinity to vietnam and korea than I ever did with world war 2. Right about now Id even settle for a game based off of the bay of pigs invasion. My point is this, theres plenty of other wars that weve been in in the 200+ years that this nations been around. Id love to see a wwI game or even spanish american war, or anything JUST NO MORE WORLD WAR 2!!!!! Heres what Id like to see (conditionally based going off of the same attention to detail that was paid to cod2)
1)Vietnam/Korea: Still one of the hotter wars, but I think that theres plenty to go around here especially if historical facts were presented, to my knowledge, the only major battle was the tet offensive, but I think that these two conflicts stand to atually have quite a bit of sales points.

2)Desert storm: Sadly, it would be a short game given the duration of the war,and this war was actually covered quite extensively during the old days of the genesis/snes. Regardless with next gen hardware pushing it, I think Id enjoy giving old saddam another enema again.

3)WWI: Yeah this one is usually covered by aerial combat, but I cant ever remember seeing a ground based fps on this (or even a sidescroller for that matter) Yes, it would be mostly trench combat, but I think that war would be pretty good if it had the right people working on it.

4)WWII PACIFIC: I put this one lower since the wwII is part of my rants, but I wouldnt mind fighting somewhere OTHER than europe in WWII settings.

5)Civil war: Nice Idea, but can we say racial tension? That and the reload times would truly be a bitch and it would probably wind up being a pistols match.

6)Spanish American war:Better known as the battle of the alamo to some, immigration issue being what it is? Time for another good idea/bad idea, you can imagine what this one would be.

7)Revolutionary war: No thanks, unless someone gets really super hyper creative do I think that this one would be suitable.

Anyways, as always with my posts, I leave this puppy open to debate. Just thought Id try to stir up yalls thought processes and see what falls out. Enjoy tearing each others throats out, and take care of yourselves

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Are you a parent?, Just a lengthy idea that I came up with a couple days ago

Those of us that have kids are truly blessed. Those children that have us for parents are also equally blessed for having parents that are not against video games. I remember as a child wishing that my father would understand my intricacies with mario, zelda, and samus. There are so many video game magazines out there that we all subscribe to, have added to our favorites and more. We seasoned gamers have so much of an edge on our children that its a miracle and I wish that my parents had taken to this level of understanding back when I was a child.

This article is not really about us seasoned gamers. This is about the teeming masses, the 9-5ers that dont have the time, or the interest in the games that we do. The parents that focus on their world and just want to get their child whatever they want then move on with their life only to discover that their child has burned down a building, raped a woman in a back seat of a car then murdered her and recovered their financial deposit. Following this discovery, the parent usually returns the game, rips the sales clerk a new one, and storms out of the store without a refund which if they had made an informed decision to begin with would not have even occurred.

The two businesses that Ive worked that Ive had the most fun in are the video game industry, and book stores. Those of you that have read my fanfiction (fall from glory) know that I do have a bit of an imagination once given set boundaries and ideas to feed off of. The following are ideas that Im tossing around and will probably be intialized with an msn community/group since I lack any serious computer knowledge regarding web pages and dont have the finances for a full blown website.

This thought hit me when I was at a local barnes and nobles bookstore and browsing to see what there was out recently. I witnessed a child grabbing a copy of oxm and pointed out a game that he wanted to his parent, the parent did the typical open the magazine, scan the pictures, then put the magazine back. I dont know how long the child had been pushing for the game, nor do I know anything other than the complete dismissal look which a lot of us recieved from our parents or guardians growing up. I feel that the christmas issue really isnt doing parents any justice either since its only once a year. Annabeth and myself were also watching x-play on g4 and today there was an episode regarding childrens games. During my time at gamestop and eb games Ive also noticed that most parents dont even know in sum what the ESRB is or what the ratings even mean.

What Id like to do is to walk you through what Im thinking right now. For starters, my job at gamestop allows me to "rent" new release games a week before they are released to the public for a 24 hour timespan. Granted we only have a 360, an xbox, and a gamecube. This does however, allow me to cover the 360 releases which as we all know right now is the hot system to have and will more than likely be the system that most of the children these days will have.

I do know that Ive got the drive to be able to do something like this when I decide to dig my heels in. My first major project that I did was with mirc scripting and msn chat a few years back. I started out with a mere thought of being fed up with programs that did not work in their entirety and decided to take things into my own hands. Within 3 years, I went from an idiot that knew less than nothing to one of the top 20 programmers in that field for msn chat in the roleplay section.

I feel that even though the video game magazines do keep the gamer informed, they do nothing to promote the parents to be able to step in and take part. Talk of cell chips, blu-ray players, mmorpgs, rpgs, fpss, and digital and analog controllers to the world at large summarize themselves as alphabet soup.

I dont have a name for this project, and havent as yet started it. Im figuring on starting out with a website for about a year, submit the website to a few major magazines, then eventually push off to a subscription based format. Im wanting to do this not only for the money that comes with a business (no mistake made, Im a greedy sob) but also the positive feedback that would be sent to the gaming community in general.

My idea for this would consist of a name that would attract a parent of a gamer rather than a gamer (quite the conundrum) along with a non game related photo at the start (possibly chosen from pictures sent in by subscribers) followed by the usual message from the editor (myself) that would explain the purpose and intent of the magazine. Which would vary month to month based off of whats going on in the industry and families or whatever the topic of discussion might be at the time. Next up would of course be letters in pictures, experiences and more. From here I would move on to what I would feel would be most unique to the magazine itself. Family photos of gamers with their children doing what they do best (spend time together, live normal lives with gaming being a part of the family) and any new additions to their own family.

Next would be the game reviews which I feel are crucial. Rather than going into the technical speak, Id focus more on the content of the game, storyline but rather than the focus being on a gamers point of view, Id give out the facts on the content as the parents need to be concerned about examples being gore, types of violence etc. Every month Id give a family friendly award to the game of the month, and also give reccomendations on the age group for the game. The trick is to put enough details in to tell the parents what they should be aware of the game but not too much that the parent starts to lose interest in the article given the average adults attention span with life, this is going to prove to be the most tricky part of the scenario.

After the reviews, there would be information on websites that have chosen to submit their links as a family based gaming site (sg, 2old2play, geezer gamers, corporate websites and the like) along with links to the esrb and whatever else I can turn up from time to time.

I think that the reviews should be broken up (not in genre) but in age specific groups example 5-10 yrs of age, 10-15 15-20 etc. Most parents I feel dont know the difference between the fps shooter style of halo 2 and the ots view of ghost recon. The age specific format would also allow for quick browsing for the parents to quickly get a glimpse of what their children are for lack of a better phrase, eligible to play. Please note that I wouldnt be TELLING parents what they should be buying for their children. The words and phrases "I feel, I believe, It is my understanding, It is the opinion It is reccomended" would be liberally applied. Granted, thats not to say that it would never be taken out of context and as always you can please some of the people some of the time, but not all of the people all of the time.

Im thinking of starting out on an msn community, and from there get about six months to a year of reviews and thoughts posted, after which dropping a few thoughts to online and monthly established publications to see if theres enough demand to keep pushing to an eventual subscription. Its a grass roots campaign if I start it off, but I was curious as to what sgers thought on this idea or would like to see from something like this or if you thought that it was just a pipedream.

Right now, no action on this has been taken in any direction. This is nothing more than an idea that spawned in my brain during a shopping trip. If I were to do this, it would be a hobby. But I feel that if it were to take off, it would be something that in my opinion would be quite literally a worthwhile cause.

Any feedback/suggestions/input/advice would be appreciated.

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The state of online gaming as well as the media and games

Ive spent a lot of time playing online since first acquiring my xbox. Too many hours on halo2 and feeling lost on other games online features (or lack thereof). It astonishes me that halo 2 has stayed at the top of the xbox most played online since release. It also surprises me that someone has not done something as simple as just following bungies lead. Even with the advancements on the xbox 360s dashboard, its still a shadow of the masterful setup that bungie gave us. The matchmaking engine of bungie has been given mixed reviews, but the party system with which bungie endowed halo 2 with and comparatively speaking, its amazing that noone else has decided to implement this on a grander stage. Even some of the more basic features (clan support, mass messaging, mass invitations, and more) have seemingly gone unanswered or unchallenged by any other manufacturer. The only things that bungie missed in its formula in my opinion is the standard old-school optimatch (you set your own map, your starting weapon etc.) and the ability to make your own matches publicly available. I highly doubt that any developer is reading this that works for any company, but you seriously might want to stop and think about what Im saying here. If you have the right game, all you need is the right online setup and the game at the right price and wham instant success.
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Ive recently acquired the g4 channel as well. Ive suffered through x-play. This show in my opinion is a tragedy! We need a serious show that actually views gamers as what they are: people. I think that a show that would be akin to the 6:00 news (maybe weekly, maybe daily?) that would go for about an hour that would not only review games in a serious tone, but also go into the industry news, top games, as well as upcoming games. I dont think this idea will go anywhere until someone takes the plunge and tries it, but Id prefer anything to adam sessler and morgan webb who usually spend more time making fun of games (kind of like people sitting on couches at home detracting from a lot rather than actually offering up constructive criticism). I feel that this only further detracts from the seriousness of video games and video gamers.
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On another note, I think that it would be a good idea for a publisher somewhere to start up an actual magazine based for parents and video games. Im not referring to the annual x-mas special that comes out at the holidays that only covers what a grandmother or grandfather wants to get junior for the holidays.Im referring to an actual regular monthly periodical that goes into all the releases and discusses each game, what the content is (as a parent is concerned) and age reccomendations.
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I guess in summary that the press is in general taking games as always, lightheartedly. This allows more to go head to head with more and more finger pointing. Maybe this step would be towards the right direction. But we can always guess, cant we?

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So, you kids think you have it soooo bad? Try this on for size

The coming of the virtual console,
It never ceases to amaze me how those of us from the atari/nintendo generation of gamers were able to make it without downloadable content. We were all amazed at the first site of extra levels/maps/player skins/game fixes on the original xbox. Game manufacturers currently have gone so far as to issue full games (xbox live arcade) for download onto a console with no need for a disk, Id like to think that sometime in the future, a disk will no longer be necessary and that all games will come in a digital foremat. Oblivion is the first next generation game to hint at using this feature to full advantage, and if implemented correctly, would truly bring about a never ending game and quite possibly an ever expanding world. Rare has gone so far as to implement cooperative campaign (something that many gamers have begged and pleaded with bungie to do with the award winning halo 2 to no avail) which I believe is no small feat. I hope that with this next generation of games, we shall see even more of this in the future as it not only extends replayability, but also increases the life of the game if we have more to do with a SUCCESSFUL game.

The downside to the digital age of games, is it removes the stress on the quality control of some of the developers. A prime example that comes to mind is ghost recon advanced warfighter for the 360. The game by default is by no means anything to sneeze at. However as always, there are those that push the games to their limits and do things that no programmer intended to be done with the game. This results in glitches that did not show up in gameplay testing. Sometimes these glitches do absolutely nothing to gameplay, other times they can be critical and can swing a battle one way or another. With the advantages of digital content, it appears as though game developers are pushed to get the game out rather than ensure that all factors are dealt with before release, knowing that fixes can be implemented later on.
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I would like very much to touch on the issue of the gaming public at large, history has proven to us that en masse, the human race is not the most organized of species. Collectively when pointed towards a common goal, we are capable of doing things that truly boggle the mind. Sadly, with any online gaming, as a general rule, we are the epitomy of disgrace.

I am referring to trashtalkers, cheaters, standbyers, glitchers, animostic modders (I know that modding and true modders are artists that are capable of doing wonderful things), racists, and glitchers. I have only to say this. There will be many ideas that halo 2 has done that will more than likely be implemented into future games, proximity voice, non-dedicated hosting via forcing host, modification of maps and physics engine with the maps on the hard drive, etc. I hope that proximity voice will not be included on future games, or will only be included as a selectable option. If you are striving for a new plateau in gaming, then I would reccomend that you hire actual gamers to test the games, rather than having the developers test the games to make sure that all things are agreed upon and would also more than likely raise the quality of gaming in general. Nintendo itself back in the nes/snes days used to go to temporary agencies to hire gameplay testers from outside the company, which obviously enough, ensured that the games were of the highest quality. One can only hope though.
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On a final closing note, Id like to discuss the hotly debated topic of "balancing" of weapons, spawn camping, and some of the more intricate levels of fps multiplayer gaming.

BALANCING
One of the more popular areas of debate in the area of gameplay is the "balancing" of weapons. Much talk has been done in many of the premiere fps style of games. For those of you not in the know, there is an organization called major league gaming. Their basis of arguement is for balanced weaponry, gameplay, and skill. Initially, I was against this organization, however since trying out their gametypes,I feel there is indeed a creedence in this arguement. Once again, I think that this is the ideal that I feel will be strived towards in the future of gameplay, but will remain an ideal that is to be blunt, unachievable. War is in its own nature an unbalanced thing to begin with. Weapons intrinsically have their strengths and weaknesses, these variables are commonly adjusted by such things as rate of fire, reload times, and availability. It is my opinion that once again, much of this may be alleviated by the developers actually speaking with the gaming public at large while the software is still in beta phase. Through feedback from gamers before release, a better sense of balance may be achieved that would be beneficial to both parties.

SPAWN CAMPING
Ahhh, the one thing that is so hotly contested. If it were not for the strong opposition on both ends and the complexities therein, where to begin to come up with a solution becomes quite the in-depth query.

Many solutions to this have been proposed, from limited invincibility, to a seperate spawn room. Some call it nuances of gameplay, others call it cheap and underhanded. Conker in my opinion (though rampant with spawn camping in its online gameplay) had many plausible solutions. From an armed automatic weapon over the spawn room, to limited invincibility, to selectable respawn points, I feel that this game (had it not been an online flop due to lack of updates to gameplay and dlc) hit on many positive alternatives to counter spawncamping. I agreed with conker on many points of their spawning tactics, but I feel that a little more steps to delve further would have been beneficial

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Thoughts on online gaming

What initially started my thoughts on this obviously was the whole uproar over being charged for themes, gamerpics, and of course, the hottest item of debate, the horse armor for oblivion. I find it very surprising myself that a lot of companies seem to "not know" what they should be charging for a product over download. What these people have in front of them is an opportunity for independent thought. Before you place something up for download, ask yourself these questions.

1)What would I pay for this item?
2)Is it something that is merely cosmetic, or functional
3)Is there more that could be added to this to justify a higher price tag?
4)Has this company tried running a multiple choice poll on the website to get a "feel" for how the gamers think about the cost of said item/items?

Next gen console wars are starting to heat up quickly guys. You need to start putting more serious thoughts on what you want to put out, and how you are going to distribute the product along with what size download. The oblivion horse pack would not have been so controversial if it had come with a few extras. While this does require more work and getting paid less, we as a gaming public are more inclined to actually pay for things when we feel we are getting our moneys worth.

On the topic of themes and gamerpictures, you guys seriously need to cut the charging out for this. These are ways for gamers to support and speak out for their favorite games. Consider it marketing or promotional material. If for example a gamer happens to like the idea of the new tomb raider game, has played the demo, has seen the trailer, and wants to make himself more into the game, then the pictures or themes for free wouldnt be that bad of an idea. I can understand charging for the themes, but its a little on the highside at the moment. People will pay for skins, extra quests, but you also might want to consider (after costs have been recouped of course) making them free eventually. Mechassault for the original xbox still is up for download for the obligitory cash of 5.99 this is a prime example of what Im speaking of. Its not to say that the content isnt worth the extra cost, but the cost of developing this extra content has no current leg to stand on so to speak. My reccomendation would be a minimum of six months for charged downloads, then cut the cost to a discount followed finally by a gratis download after full costs have been recouped.If you believe this to be a bad idea, historically speaking I merely will point out to you that bungie did it rather well with the halo 2 map and autoupdates. Bungie recieved more than enough financial reimbursement for this idea, but once the costs and profit margines were settled, they were offered for download at no cost.

Give us what we want, at a reasonable cost for the content, and we will continue to play and play happily. There will always be price gouging no matter where you go or what you do, but I think its going to be interesting when you look overall at the picture of gamers vs developers when things start to settle down on the marketplace and a meetingpoint between the two is finally made.

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Greetings to you

Well, first blog and I have to do it on a gaming site. Well, all things considered even, we all have to start somewhere, so Ill give you an ideas as to what Ill be posting here.

My thoughts on different games and issues pertaining to the games

My thoughts on the gaming industry in general

Any other specific or non specific rants that I would like to vent on.

I dont expect anyone to read this, but if youve got any thoughts feel free to reply.
Other than that, I wish there were more to say, but theres not much to rant on right at the moment. Ill blather away later on when something about the industry lights a fire.

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