Opinion Piece
38 Studios Launches Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning At Gamestop Event in Massachusetts
By Jason Joseph at February 7, 2012 | 11:42 am | 0 Comment
It is officially February 7th, 2012, and for one of the all time pitching greats in Major League Baseball history, it is a new kind of opening day. Curt Schilling won three World Series as a member of both the Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Soxs, but that type of resume doesn't mean that much in the world of gaming. Fortunately for Mr. Schilling, he was more...
Microsoft Drops The Ball, Creates PR Mess
By Jason Joseph at August 12, 2011 | 12:53 am | 1 Comments
Earlier today, a glitch in the Microsoft Rewards Program awarded a number of participants in the program a bevy of points that they were otherwise not supposed to get. News of the mysterious points spread quickly, and soon the internet was abuzz in XBox Marketplace activity. Upon learning that strange tides were rolling in, I did what any normal human being would do more...
Epic Hate Mail Via XBox Live, Volume 2
By Jason Joseph at May 12, 2011 | 9:19 am | 0 Comment
So every so often, me and my homeys ruin some kids day. It starts with a lot of yelling at their TV screen, maybe some remote controls flying into the floor and then climaxes with the idiotic notion that sending a message to your in-game tormentor is a good idea. The most hilarious part of getting hate mail is that when I seem to get it, I never seem to realize it is more...
Just Another Reason I Hate The Gaming Industry: Riot Games
By Jason Joseph at April 8, 2011 | 3:26 pm | 15 Comments
I am now a year into being a full fledged member of the "gaming industry," and it has been a real eye opener. Actually, let me be absolutely blunt about it: it's pretty awful. I've been writing for websites and magazines for a long time, dating back to 2001. On top of contributing to a number of heavy metal/hard rock websites, I have had my worked published in magazines more...
Shockblast Media’s 2010 Year In Review
By Jason Joseph at December 31, 2010 | 8:38 pm | 2 Comments
2010 has somehow come and gone in a flash, and what a year it has been across the spectrum of the entertainment industry. It certainly has been a wild ride, and I for one am stoked to see what 2011 will have to offer. When I sat down to put together my list of the top 10 games of 2010, I knew that there was no way a simple list could do this year justice. Our site is a more...
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Dishonorable Discharge: EA And Danger Close Remove Backbone
By Jason Joseph at October 1, 2010 | 5:23 pm | 1 Comments
Today it was announced that EA and developer Danger Close would be caving into pressure and removing “the Taliban” from their much anticipated reboot of the Medal Of Honor franchise. Instead of facing off against the terrorist group romanticized by the media as the source of all evils, our Tier 1 operatives will now be up against “opposing forces.” Really? After more...
How Can You Call Yourself NBA ELITE When You Do Not Have Jordan In Your Game?
By Danny Dangerously at September 27, 2010 | 7:36 pm | 1 Comments
For the past ten years, 2K Studios and EA have battled it out for our hard-earned cash on their own versions of NBA video games. EA had NBA Live, which for many years, was the standard-bearer when it came to NBA video games. I'll admit, I never really gave 2K a chance until about 2K6, so for me, EA was it and nothing else mattered. I heard 2K games were good but more...
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The Halo Series, Microsofts version of The Matrix!!
By Danny Dangerously at September 12, 2010 | 7:31 pm | 4 Comments
When I played the first Halo, I thought this is gonna be the start of something special. The first Halo took the FPS genre to a another level, and it was a the franchise for the XBOX console. When Halo 2 was announced I was stoked. Then I played it and it felt like I had opened a Christmas present to find a pile a dog shit in a boc. The first Halo had a great more...
The Music And Video Game Connection
By Robby Post at August 31, 2010 | 5:33 pm | 0 Comment
As long as video games have been around there has been some kind of sound effect or "music" to accompany the player. I'm sure those pioneer programmers never dreamed that 30 some-odd years down the road that artists would be using their creations as a way to express their musical creativity. However, you look at the mid-80's as a prime source of alot of these more...
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10 Most Badass Video Game Villains
By Robby Post at August 31, 2010 | 3:51 pm | 14 Comments
I love video games. But what I love most is video games with vast stories. So in depth RPG's and Action-Advnture games are my favorites. What makes or breaks many of these games to me is not the heroes, but the villains. The villains are always more interesting and fun. Hell, I rock the Decepticon logo on my laptop cuz they are ultimately more awesome than the more...
Blizzard Wins $88.5 Large In Lawsuit
By Jason Joseph at August 16, 2010 | 7:33 pm | 0 Comment
Blizzard Entertainment, home of the MMO juggernauts that are World Of Warcraft and Starcraft 2, have won a lawsuit against Scapegaming, an online "company" run by an Alyson Reeves. The judgement was a default judgement, meaning that Reeves declined to defend herself, rendering the verdict automatically in favor of Blizzard. Scapegaming had been charging WoW players for more...
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The Top Five Ways The Internet Is Ruining Gaming
By Jason Joseph at August 10, 2010 | 1:52 pm | 0 Comment
Ever since Al Gore took the initiative to create the internet in 1992, the information superhighway has been improving the lives of users worldwide in a multitude of ways once never even imagined. Gone are the days where little Jimmy from down the block had to come over with his controller to get in a killer session of Techmo Bowl, as through the advent of the world wide more...
How To Be A Noob On Battlefield: Bad Company 2
By Jason Joseph at August 10, 2010 | 1:50 pm | 0 Comment
Today may be the greatest day of my... well, week. It's Sunday after-all. Anyway, after years on XBox Live, I have finally attained the greatest achievement of them all: hate mail. Finally, I have played a game at such a level that it resonated deep into the soul of another player, affecting them in a way that was so profound and life altering, that it prompted them to more...
What We Learned at This Year’s E3
By Jason Joseph at August 10, 2010 | 1:39 pm | 0 Comment
The 2010 Electronics Entertainment Expo has come and gone and has left us with a plethora of information to sit and digest. The annual convention is one of the most exciting few days of the year for the video game industry, as companies from around the world converge on the Los Angeles Convention Center to peddle their wares and show off the future of gaming. more...
E3 Day One Review: Sony
By Jason Joseph at August 10, 2010 | 1:38 pm | 0 Comment
Day one of the 2010 E3 Expo is dead and buried, capped by Sony’s best effort to steal the show. All three mega-powers of the industry took turns trying to peddle their wares on an unsuspecting public, with Microsoft leading it off and Nintendo sandwiched in the middle. With Microsoft trying to push snake oil and Nintendo offering the same cup of coffee you had more...