DOTA 2 has been listing for a couple years now, after 7.0 hit player count has either treaded water or slowly sank ever since for a host of reasons. Not that unusual for even the greatest games. Growth can't last forever and DOTA 2 has never been good or even seemed to really care about onboarding new players. Eventually they were going to have to confront that (the new-ish Turbo mode inspired...
While many of us have understandably been wrapped up in EA's Lootboxcalypse, gaming as we know it may have changed in an even more profound way. Thanks likely due to PUBG 's meteoric rise in China, English speakers are now but a fraction of Steam accounts. http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/ an absolutely seismic shift in the space of a single month. Are the numbers reliable? I don't know t...
There are some momentous things in life you remember in minute detail where you are and what you are doing when it happens. 9/11 was a day like that for me, so was the day I learned I was going to be an Uncle. Today is going to be one of those days for me and I suspect for many of us here. I can't say that I knew the man or ever met him (although after consuming what feels like 1000+ hours of m...
Boldness encouraged, Accuracy & explanations not required Now that E3 is nearly here and the consoles have been revealed but not completely revealed, it is the perfect time to make predictions. We know just enough to make some fun guesses, but not enough to really completely discount anything. So look into your crystal balls and let loose your mad theories here Giant Bomb! Here’s mine Console W...
In about a week voting will open for the cover player for Madden NFL 13. If you love your team at all I beg you to vote for a player not on your team's roster. Last Season (likely soon to be former) Cleveland Browns Running Back Peyton Hillis graced the cover as winner of the second ever Madden fan poll beating out Michael Vick . and I think no one has ever been as Madden cursed as he has been....
Ballmer just announced this at the Consumer Electronics Show keynote today. looks like a follow up on what Patrick reported a couple months ago. http://www.giantbomb.com/news/microsoft-turning-kinect-into-a-business-tool-early-next-year/3777/ Here's the relevant bit of the update via Barron's, for those who care http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2012/01/09/ces-ballmers-last-time-at-bat/...
Ya know Wired Science writer Erik Klemetti brings up an excellent point, which I hadn't thought in the context of video games previously. Lord help if you fell on Lava, but chances are you wouldn't really sink into it. from: http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/the-right-and-wrong-way-to-die-when-you-fall-into-lava/ Molten lava is nothing like water . Sure, everyone thinks that liquid rock...
Now this, this is very cool research work being done on Starcraft 2. Apparently somecognitive scientists are reviewing SC2 replay files to see how players learn and how it affects their cognitive abilities. One scientist in particular, Mark Blair from Simon Fraiser University has a study ongoing called "Skillcraft" . Seems like early indications are that high level sc2 play could actually be pr...
I love the quick looks here and I actually enjoy the ones of bad games and games I've never heard of the most. But it does make me wonder who actually buys these Kinect/game show shovelware games? So I was curious and looked some sales #s up. NPD stats you have to pay for, but vgchartz.com has some estimates (can't say how reliable they are). But if remotely accurate all I can say is Yikes, som...
The Lulz and the WTF are strong in this one. I'm luvin it!
Alright, I thought the thing about dudes being into the new My Little Ponies was funny at first, but this is taking the joke pretty far. Man I don't even know what to think of this fan project by (or how much time they must have already put into it) http://www.mane6.com/
SIlly me I assumed Patrick was right in the quicklook was right about the hugging in return to dreamland. But uh this entry on wikia is really pretty gross if true. http://kirby.wikia.com/wiki/Kirby%27s_Return_to_Dream_Land Food sharing by mouth-to-mouth food transfer has returned, and works the same as in Kirby Super Star , but now up to four players can share the same food Wow, that is really...
Whoah this Occupy stuff just went next level in Oakland today Hope all you Bay Area duders stay safe out there http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/02/BA8Q1LPI1J.DTL
yet another one of these really dumb studies about whether video games cause violence, this one claims that they do. one of these days I'd really like for someone to teach these psychologists that correlation does not equal causation, so they can stop wasting our time with these pointless studies that prove nothing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-uq-dangers-violent-video-games.html New r...
Don't now about all y'all, but this Wii U thing kinda reminds me of the SEGA situation when they launched the Dreamcast and I feel like Nintendo may have just one last chance here to get some things right they haven't for a long time (e.g. online play, decent third party games, multi function device) . Or they are done in the console business for good. I really hope I'm wrong. A reputation is h...
Of all the 1980's era classic cartoon/movie properties I've always felt GiJoe should be the easiest to make a decent game out of. And yet that that has never seemed to even come close happening for reasons I can't fathom. Given War for Cybertron and the upcoming Fall of Cybertron , Transformers feels the "closest" to having realized the potential of the property. He-man, Voltron , Thundercats a...
Oh Joy mega corporations are trying to use congress to kill teh Interwebs yet again from http://www.pcworld.com/article/242776/showdown_looms_over_new_controversial_antipiracy_bill.html SOPA (PDF), which is modeled partly after the Senate's PROTECT IP act , will allow copyright holders to obtain court orders to block sites that allegedly infringe on their property. Targeted sites would include...
I was looking for the DOTA page on the gb wiki couldn't find it and instead found this Multi Online Battle Arena page when and where did this term come from? I have never heard it before (obviously) despite playing Warcraft III Dota for about 4-5 years. Seems like a goofy name. Wikipedia seems to suggest Riot games came up with term when they launched League of Legends but that doesn't mean we...
Have many people really lost meaningful weight using fitness video games? Most of the ones I've tried like Wii fit really didn't seem to do much at all. I'd be curious to see if there's been any unbiased studies done on the topic. The only one I can ever remember playing and feeling like I ever got an actual workout was the DDR series. And perhaps coincidentally (or not?) it's also the only one...
And this time it struck my favorite team, the Cleveland Browns, in particular the running back Peyton Hillis. He is out once more when the Browns really need him. Last year he was the lovable hard working running back. Ultra team man, loved to hunt, blow up linebackers . Touchdown scoring machine. This year he whines about getting disrespected by not getting a contract extension, is back to bei...
Me thinks this Dr Pepper 10 drink will fail badly. The whole not for women thing is dumb. Do dudes (or video gamers apparently) really care about low calorie drinks? And if they do why wouldn't you just drink one that has zero calories? You can trust me I'm not a doctor!
I suppose I'll complete you by posting this.