Two work nights down, one to go...

    Another Vent brought to you by the magic of Blogger.com's automatic post... It's my Friday and it happily coincides with the real day-of-the-week Friday! Hopefully, I made it through the work night relatively unscathed. Keeping my fingers crossed...

    B3ndro's first impressions of Blacklight: Tango Down are linked in the main blog, and it looks like he really liked the game. He does mention that there are some match-making issues to resolve with the game. Hopefully, those will be addressed in a patch. I'm pleased that he liked the game, and that makes me even more determined to try the game out. After all, a measly $15 is less than I spend on a pizza - which I can't eat any more, unfortunately... (Eating healthy is pretty dang hard on one's joie de vivre. Of course, the alternative - being dead - really blows chunks.) Moving on...  

Uploaded 7 July 2010 on Machinima Respawn

 

• New Call of Duty: Black Ops screenies from Playstation Lifestyle. 
• Activision adopts 'one game focus' for studios/developers.

• Blacklight: Tango Down interview with lead designer Jared Gerritzen. 
• Blacklight: Tango Down dev diary discusses customization.
• Old news but worth another look: Blacklight: Tango Down offers 'trillions of combinations' with weapon customization options.

• Team Fortress 2 Engineer update, day 3.
• Xbox Live reaches $1 billion in sales. Sixty percent of that is Bobby Kotick's, right?
• Dead Space Ignition is a downloadable Dead Space prequel for Xbox Live Arcade and PSN.
• IGN: The case for more violent games. I've always fancied a bit of the ultraviolence - in games.
  

 

 

Got moloko?

 

 

IGN Strategize - Crackdown 2 Easy Achievements

Uploaded 7 July 2010 on IGN Entertainment

 

• Classic 'Blood Gulch' map returns in Halo: Reach.
• OnLive Latency: The Reckoning.
• GamaSutra reports on Blizzard's reaction to user reactions about the upcoming RealID change on their forums.

 

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• iPad going 3D. So, now you can look twice as dorky using your iPad and wearing LCD glasses.
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• The Science of Lying: When the truth really can hurt. 
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• Steve Jobs tells Bill Gates he's being sued. 
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