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Month: August 2007 (Page 2 of 2)

Perspective

August 10, 2007 /

How important is graphics to the consumer? According to a story that Matt found, only 30% of XBox 360 owners are even aware that their product HAS HD. (40% PS3 owners know that their PS3 has a Blu-Ray, and only half of THEM even use it).

This doesn’t even count idiots like myself, who knew that my 360 had HD, but didn’t know about the super seekrit ‘HD’ switch on the video cord until my brother came over, and flipped it. For an extra bonus, he did this in front of a party full of people who ALSO didn’t realize the picture wasn’t HD. The sound afterwards was a very audible “ooooooh”. Continue reading

Has Guitar Hero Lost Its Way?

August 7, 2007 /

Despite having perhaps the best song list so far of the Guitar Hero franchise (”One” and “Welcome to the Jungle” were perhaps my two favorite songs back in the day), the public mood seems to be souring on Guitar Hero III, and interest is ratcheting up in the competing product Rock Band, which of course is being put together by the team that did the original Guitar Hero.

It probably doesn’t help that Guitar Hero Rocks the 80s was widely received as a quick and dirty cash in (really, $40 bucks for no new venues, no unlocks and 6 characters?), but that’s only a hint of the problem. Raph was among the first to spot trouble, when he spotted this article pointing out mocap for strip clubs. Continue reading

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