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No “Free Press” In Game Industry
Posted by Rob Stevens Categories: Editorial, Features, Video Games,
Hey Dave…still want to know why there’s no real journalism in the video game industry? It’s because of stories like this, and like this, and like this.
How on earth are you supposed to have a “free press” in the game industry when the companies that admittedly support its existence are constantly trying to keep all of the news under wraps? I suspect that in at least one of these recent cases of IGN pulling content, a deal was brokered for an exclusive in exchange for pulling the content, but when are these companies going to learn that you can’t put the genie back in the bottle?
The games industry is one where companies have seen rampant “idea theft”, concepts shown early to generate buzz which proceed to get ripped off eight ways from Sunday by less talented development houses able to rush a competing product to market. Nintendo was such a victim of this particular tactic (specifically after showing off Super Mario 64 for the first time), that they have become the most secretive company in all of the game industry. So I get it, I understand why these companies want to keep their secrets under wraps ... it’s a matter of securing their revenue stream, and I can respect that.
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The Bleeding Edge 020: Xbox Studios Tour, Major Nelson Interview
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Microsoft, Video Games, Videocasts,
Trends have shown that a lot of you guys watching our show and into games. In fact, a few people on our Xbox Live friends list are there because of this show. We have received requests for more cool game footage, and we think we have delivered with this one. In this episode, Andru and Sparky head down to the Xbox Studios in Redmond to get a tour of the facilities and operations center. We also sit down with Major Nelson to talk about the Xbox 360, Live Arcade, and a bunch more. If you want to get a first-hand look at what goes on behind the scenes with the Xbox crew, check out this show.
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Bleeding Edge Byte 024: The Walluminate, a DIY Light-Up Wallet
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Features, Mods / Hacks, Videocasts,
In this Bleeding Edge Byte, Nate shows why the Walit doesn’t work when used in the real world, and instead creates his own better, brighter version. The Walluminate (get it? Wallumi-NATE?) was constructed using a standard folding wallet, some LEDs, and a few miscellaneous electronic components. The result? A wallet that brightens up your cash, and only lights up when the wallet is open. Check out the video, and let us know what you think.
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The Bleeding Edge 019: A Visit To Tom Bihn
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Features, PC / Laptop, Videocasts,
In this episode, we take a visit to the Tom Bihn labs, where we get a first hand look into exactly what it takes to design and manufacture their awesome line of bags. We take a tour of their facility, and talk with Tom about concept, design, manufacturing, as well as a few stories about how they stress test their stuff. I mean, when a bag gets blown up in war over in Iraq, but your computer that was in the bag is protected perfectly, you know these things are good.
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Announcing Our Game Design Contest Xbox 360 Winner!
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Announcements, Design, Features, Video Games,
Alright guys, a couple months back we asked you all to put your thinking caps on and design us a simple video game. Of course, we wouldn’t ask you to do something so daunting if there wasn’t something good in it for you - so we figured we would give someone an Xbox 360 for their troubles.
We had eleven entries into the contest (yup - just eleven!) and we gave each game a spin before determining the winner. If you want to check out the entries, you can download the following games, done exclusively in Visual Studio Express:
- RPGFight
- Spacealaga
- ActionSquare
- Crazy Maze
- Fifty
- Julie Tennis
- Memory
- Space Attack
- Ping Pong
- TicTacToe
We want to thank everyone for their submissions - but we chose one game to walk away with the Xbox 360. Congrats to Forum member Dbone - we liked the work you put into the contest, and enjoyed the frustratingly fun Action Square game. We will be contacting your for your info, and you can expect one of those new Xbox 360s to hit your doorstep in the near future. See? Dreams really do come true.
If you didn’t win (or participate for that matter), you still have an opportunity to win our iRiver clix giveaway contest, which runs through August!
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The Bleeding Edge 018: A Visit To iRiver, Jonathan Sasse Interview
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Features, Microsoft, Music, PC / Laptop, Portable Audio / Video, Videocasts,
Ever wonder what goes on behind closed doors at a major tech company? We hung out with the higher ups at iRiver America and got a tour of the place. We also sat down with iRiver America CEO Jonathan Sasse, and talked a bit about the company, the evolution of the iRiver clix, working with Microsoft and MTV, DRM, and a few other topics. Oh, and we got a look at the iRiver hummer.
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Motorola RAZR V3c: Six Months Later
Posted by Mark Harrison Categories: Smartphones, Features, Product Reviews,
About 6 months ago, with great anticipation, we picked up the Motorola RAZR V3c for Verizon. Boy, were we ever excited! Unfortunately, our high expectations led us to great disappointments.
Our biggest complaint half-a-year ago was the phones battery life. That annoyance has grown into a huge problem. Six months ago, twelve hours of marginal use cost us half of our battery life. These days it is more like ten hours of minimal use sends the phone into the annoying Motorola “can’t turn off the stupid low-battery alert even though the phone is on silent and helps run down the remaining battery life even faster” chime.
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Bleeding Edge Byte 023: Linksys 802.11n Router, Other Linksys Products
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Internet, PC / Laptop, Videocasts, Wireless / WiFi,
If you are looking to speed up your network, 802.11n is the future. The question is, has the future already arrived, or should we wait until it is officially accepted and announced? We talk with Linksys about their new pre-N router, as well as a few of their other new networking prodcuts, and get their take on the whole 802.11n debacle in this episode.
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Bleeding Edge Byte 022: Lumines Live, Greg Canessa Interview
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Features, Microsoft, Video Games, Videocasts,
We catch up with Greg Canessa, General Manager for Xbox Casual Games, and chat about the much anticipated Lumines Live for Xbox Live Arcade. Greg shows us around the game, going through the interface, and touching on music video integration. He also fills us in on details about matchmaking and competitive play over Xbox Live.
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Gear Live Review: iRiver clix Review
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Design, Features, Portable Audio / Video, Product Reviews,
We are glad to see that there are finally PlaysForSure MP3 players being released that can match up to the iPod not only in features (easy to do), but in form factor and ease of use as well (hard to do). At first glance, the iRiver clix looks like such a device. The clix is a redesigned iRiver U10, remixed with input from both the Windows Media Player 11 team and MTV, and is currently one of the only three PlaysForSure devices that is compatible with WMP 11 and the MTV URGE service. Does that make it good? We give you our full iRiver clix review after the jump.
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