Negative Gamer

Once You Go HD, You Don’t Go Back

Halfleft — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:43:20 +0000

I recently bought some 5.1 over the ear headphones to use for gaming and it got me doing some reflective thinking. I remember the first time I played a console videogame on a HD television (PC gaming is another matter altogether). It was Gears of War. I was playing it on a poorly wall mounted 32″ [...]

Learn, Or Re-Learn, How To Comment On Negative Gamer

wardrox — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:06:12 +0000

[Any similarity between this post and one from earlier today on Kotaku is purely coincidental] Why, hello there. It’s that time again, time to remind seasoned vets and newcomers alike how to comment right here on Negative Gamer. Things to keep in mind: We banned a guy. Once. One time I did it. And that’s not all! [...]

Co-op Gaming: Methods To The Madness

Genfuyung — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:22:33 +0000

Co-op is one of the best features currently being used in gaming. There is no better feeling than running around with a buddy and relying on each other to beat a level or a boss. This generation of consoles has seen the most co-op games since the SNES. Some of these games have come close [...]

Things We Hate About Gaming: Real Life Meetups

Nerdfit — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:16:25 +0000

Imagine if you will: For the past month you have been playing Halo 3 on the Xbox 360 with a female “internet friend” you met while playing. Her gamertag “Foxylady69.” You both have gotten to know each other and decide to meet up in real life. Your mental image of her ranks an 8 on [...]

GameStop Catering to Wimmenz…Again

Rampancy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:06:45 +0000

GameStop will now be offering year subscriptions to ridiculously boring magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, and O Magazine. But wait, there’s more! I know you’re already rushing away from your computer to get your fill of sex tips, how to starve yourself, and how to please your man. Please contain yourselves for the [...]

Valuing Your Talent in The New Year

CameronS — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:07:14 +0000

[Cameron read an article on Kotaku titled "New Year's Resolutions For The Game Industry" by Leigh Alexander. Among the many points argued, she calls for more recognition of the people who actually make the games - Ed] Among the resolutions Ms. Alexander discussed, the ever so hopeful “Value Your Talent” section caught my eye. I’ll just [...]

Five Most Negative Supporting Characters

Halfleft — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:56:41 +0000

When we play our games we often have one or more supporting characters following us around giving us advice and aiding us in our quest/mission/attack. More often than not these characters are assigned personalities to make them feel more human. I thought that it would cheer us all up to think about some of the [...]

Your Kid Can’t Talk? Blame TV & Videogames Apparently

Mark "junglistgamer" — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:09:32 +0000

Britain’s most irrelevant major newspaper The Telegraph has delivered a particularly mindless piece of anti videogame propaganda. The report concerns a disturbing announcement by Conservative MP John Bercow that the language skills of children can be dangerously underdeveloped. I’m no fan of the Tories but Mr Bercow definitely makes some important points. He includes excessive gaming [...]

Wardrox’s Video Video Game Blog - Sun 4th Jan

wardrox — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:12:49 +0000

I thought it might be quite nice for me to have a weekly-ish video blog. If it’s good enough for David Jaffe, it’s good enough for me. So, starting today, roughly once a week I’ll post a short video filled with me talking about crap you may not care about. Hopefully one day I’ll say something [...]

Review Symposium: Review Scores (Part 3, Response)

wardrox — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 21:35:04 +0000

As I said a few weeks ago, this Review Symposium will either be very important for videogame journalism, or a bit of a “self-obsessed literature fart”. So far, and we have only seen one topic discussed, it’s been around 50/50. The first topic discussed was that of giving a numerical score to a review. I recapped [...]